186: Waiting with Urgency (with Howard Dueck and Brian Delamont)

What does it look like to wait with intentionality rather than apathy or impatience? For the final episode of season 5, co-hosts Heather and Keane are joined by TeachBeyond Executive Vice Presidents Howard Dueck and Brian Delamont as they reflect on Acts 1 and waiting with urgency.

• Acts 1:4-26
• “Waiting for something definitive is so much different than waiting for something that’s undefined.” -Brian Delamont
• “The fact that they are together in the waiting brings growth to one another in that time.” -Brian Delamont
• Romans 8:22-25
• Pursuing God’s Will Together by Ruth Haley Barton
• “It’s our transformation in the waiting that actually enables us to act with love and wisdom in the world. There’s no quick and easy way to get there.” -Brian Delamont
• “He has given me accountability and responsibility to be involved in some level of decision making, but the Kingdom does not hinge on the decision I’m about to make in that moment, and that helps right-size the decision for me.” -Brian Delamont
• “Our hope isn’t on ourselves or our plans, but it’s on the Lord.” -Howard Dueck
• The Critical Journey: Stages in the Life of Faith by Janet Hagberg and Robert Guelich
• “Take this period of waiting as a period of eager anticipation of what God [is] going to do next, as opposed to slipping into apathy or impatience or precipitated action. That’s where our whole soul is being shaped in that time.” -Howard Dueck
• “God is combusting something new within us.” -Howard Dueck
• “Rather than being stuck in this empty void of life, we have the opportunity to do what we can do because in God’s sovereignty, in His love and care for you, in His shepherding, you are right where you are and He’s right there with you.” -Brian Delamont
• “There’s this inner compulsion that builds with the waiting [...] and this growing our longing and capacity for the fullness of the Spirit so that then He can speak through us.” -Howard Dueck
• “Who you are wherever you are in that waiting stage is exactly what you’re going to be able to bring to wherever that other place may be.” -Brian Delamont
• “This is your time. Seep yourself in Scripture, in your craft that you’re learning, become all that you can be within your time of waiting. This is your apprenticeship.” -Howard Dueck
• Matthew 25:14-30

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MONTH Reflection: What am I waiting for?

What’s changing our lives:

• Keane: Kids packing their own lunches
• Heather: Savannah Bananas baseball on streaming platforms
• Brian: Learning from and doing life with others in TeachBeyond
• Howard: Grandparenting

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