Rev. Dr. Jared Michelson—Year C Proper 18-21
Welcome to the Gospel Reverb podcast. Gospel Reverb is an audio gathering for preachers, teachers, and Bible thrill seekers. Each month, our host, Anthony Mullins, will interview a new guest to gain insights and preaching nuggets mined from select passages of Scripture in that month’s Revised Common Lectionary.
The podcast’s passion is to proclaim and boast in Jesus Christ, the One who reveals the heart of God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And now onto the episode.
Anthony: Hello, friends, and welcome to the latest episode of Gospel Reverb. Gospel Reverb is a podcast devoted to bringing you insights from Scripture, found in the Revised Common Lectionary, and sharing commentary from a Christ-centered and trinitarian view.
I’m your host Anthony Mullins, and it’s my delight to welcome our guest, Rev. Dr. Jared Michelson. Jared is a Presbyterian minister and a research fellow at the University of St. Andrews School of Divinity. His research interests include but not excluded to the doctrine of the divine attributes and Reformed thoughts, the doctrine of God, and the crisis of modernity and theology and economy after Barth.
Jared, thanks for being with us and welcome to the podcast. And since this is your first time joining us as a guest, we’d like to get to know you a bit, your story, projects you may be working on, and ultimately how you are participating with the Lord Jesus Christ.
[00:01:31] Jared: Thanks so much for having me. It’s great to be with you.
Yeah, I live in St. Andrews, Scotland. I’ve lived here for about 12 years, but I’m from the states originally and came over here to study. But during that time, I was ordained in a denomination here in Scotland and have two young daughters. My wife is named Becky. She came over with me from the States.
We actually had only been married for one month before we moved here. So, our entire married life has been in Scotland. We just decided to do all of the transitions in one glorious and terrifying moment. So yeah. I’m a researcher now, which means in theory, most of my day is meant to be spent researching and writing, although in actual practice a lot of my time ends up being spent teaching and helping with the Divinity School. Here I’m involved with what’s called our Systematic and Historical Theology Masters, and I’m also still very much involved with the church here, both locally and nationally.
[00:02:32] Anthony: Since you’re at St. Andrews, I have to ask you this, because I’ve had friends who have lived there, either participating in the School of Divinity or just going to play a round of golf. And when I ask them about St. Andrews typically, Jared, they get this just far-away look in their eyes of enchantment. What makes St. Andrews so special?
[00:02:54] Jared: Yeah, a lot of things do. Obviously, the big thing I suppose is that it’s the home of golf, the oldest golf course in the world. And so, when you tell a golfer that you live in St. Andrews, and as I do not— you do not — play golf, it’s really like committing a war crime. It’s deeply idolatrous to them. You can lose friends very quickly when you admit you live in St. Andrews and don’t play golf. So that’s one of the reasons. But it’s also the oldest university in Scotland. It’s a beautiful, small town. But one of the things I’ve loved about living here is it’s also a place with a lot of need.
And having been in ministry here, anyone that’s been in ministry, in any community, I think you see there’s the kind of beautiful exterior and then there’s another side that’s maybe not as obvious. So, I love this community. Yes, you can come for a few days and be taken up by the mystique, but there’s also a lot of need, but a lot of wonderful people doing great
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