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Click to Watch the Full Episode Don't miss this episode of "Love, the Goal" podcast, featuring author, Shane Claiborne, founder of The Simple Way, Red Letter Christians and Raw Tools. In this episode, host Rev. Chris Heckert asks Shane about the beginnings of a Simple Way, his experience in practicing love in community amid beauty and brokenness, along with his commitment to living according to Jesus' teachings on love.

Click to Watch the Full Episode This episode of "Love, the Goal" podcast, features Rev. Cristin Cooper, founder of Coop's Soups, a social enterprise that makes soup to build bridges and get to know neighbors. In this interview, Cristin shares about her efforts to help people fight loneliness, build community, and share food while helping others in need as an expression of God's love.

Click to Watch the Full Episode Don't miss this episode of the "Love, the Goal" podcast, featuring Dr. Ashley Boggan, who is the General Secretary of the General Commission on Archives and History for the United Methodist Church. Ashley offers historical perspective behind the emphasis of love in action by the early Methodist movement, as well as reflects on her own experiences of seeking to make love the goal of her life.

Episode #4 of the "Love, the Goal" podcast, featuring Rev. Tim Merrill, pastor and social activist in Camden, NJ. In this episode, host Rev. Chris Heckert asks Tim about his own journey of putting the love of Jesus into practice while working with young people in Camden to help them flourish and thrive in the face of adver. Love the Goal is a production of Two Pews Media, Executive Producer: Chris Heckert; Edited by Phil Fizur and Megan Martin.

Episode #6 of the "Love, the Goal" podcast, featuring Rev. Rev. Rachel Billups, Lead Pastor at New Albany UMC in Ohio. The author of "Be Bold - Find Your Fierce," and An "Unlikely Advent," Rachel has a heart for loving Jesus and doing something about it. In this interview, Chris and Rachel explore what it looks like to put the love of Jesus into practice, including through self-care, ministering across racial/ethnic boundaries, conflict management, and owning who God has crea

Episode #1 of the "Love, the Goal" podcast, featuring Rev. Dr. Michael Beck. In this first episode, host Rev. Chris Heckert invites Michael to share of his own experiences with putting love as Jesus teaches into practice, including in uncomfortable circumstances, messy community, and with people who need it the most. Love the Goal is a production of Two Pews Media, Executive Producer: Chris Heckert; Edited by Phil Fizur and Megan Martin.