Faith Meets Academia
Welcome to Faith Meets Academia!
Struggling to connect your faith with everyday life, career ambitions, or academic pursuits? Hosted by a university professor and ordained minister, Dr. Adrian Reynolds, this podcast will help you translate your faith-based values into personal growth, professional development, and academic success. Faith Meets Academia emphasizes that faith and work can forge a mutually sustaining partnership.
Each episode breaks down complex academic concepts into everyday language and connects them with timeless spiritual principles for transformational learning and development. By the end of each episode, you will be equipped with practical tools to set the tone for a purposeful, productive week.
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Your host, Adrian Reynolds (Ph.D.), is an ordained minister, learning coach, and assistant professor of medical education at an R1 university. He is on a mission to merge educational innovation with biblical wisdom. Dr. Reynolds brings over two decades of teaching experience across the educational continuum: from working with underserved, high school students as a state-certified instructor of Spanish to coaching students in graduate and professional degree programs in evidence-based teaching skills and the science of learning.
Dr. Reynolds’ work is located within the rapidly growing field of applied learning sciences and is driven by both socio-cognitive and sociocultural approaches to learning and teaching. His preventive model of academic coaching has been published in journals such as Medical Teacher and Clinical Teacher. He has held over 1,000 (one-on-one) academic coaching sessions with medical students, residents, fellows, and pre-med students. Dr. Reynolds has developed numerous peer-teaching programs for medical students in addition to courses in the science of learning for residents, pre-med and high school students.
Dr. Reynolds has been preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ for over 10 years both nationally and internationally. He has long been recognized to seamlessly intertwine academic concepts with biblical principles: His approach to preaching and teaching the word of God is centered around growth mindset (Philippians 4:13), transformational learning (Romans 12:2), and reflective, mindful practice (Philippians 4:8, Joshua 1:8, Psalm 119:97).
As a missionary ambassador, Dr. Reynolds has embarked on transformative journeys that bridge cultures and continents, bringing tangible support and hope to those in need. Most recently, in the fall of 2023, his dedication to humanitarian causes led him to Mozambique: From the bustling streets of Maputo to the serene countryside of Inharrime, through the unwavering support and sponsorship from faith-based leaders and communities, Dr. Reynolds has played a pivotal role in the allocation of humanitarian aid and educational resources, providing essential support to elevate community wellbeing.
Earlier that year, he engaged in a mission focused on cultural exchange and relationship-building in the Maputo province to better understand and address local challenges. Through these missions, Dr. Reynolds exemplifies the true essence of a missionary ambassador, integrating service, education, and faith into impactful action.
Faith Meets Academia
Word of the Day #1 - God's Unwavering Faithfulness
Imagine you're navigating the toughest week of your life, and you hear a whisper of hope: "God is faithful." Claim the promise of a divine escape route during life's challenging moments and bank on God's unwavering commitment to carry you safely through the storm.
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Hey family, I hope your week is going well. Just wanted to touch base real quick, give you a quick word for the day Happy Wednesday. As you make it through the rest of your work week, school week, vacation week, wherever you are, whatever you're doing, I just wanna encourage you to keep 1 Corinthians 10, 13 in mind. Here's what it says no temptation has overtaken you, except such as is common to man, but God is faithful. I want you to repeat that line God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation that's a sermon title right there but with the temptation will also make the way of escape that you may be able to bear it. Remember that you are not in your challenge, trial or temptation alone, even though it may feel like that sometimes. Know that you are attached to a community of believers who are also with you in this good fight of faith. We are connected through the blood of Jesus.
Speaker 1:Paul reminds us through Hebrews 4.15,. We do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses but was in all points, all points, family, tempted as we are. Yet this is the key, yet without sin. Yet this is the key, yet without sin. So this lets us know that we are in solidarity with our Savior. God, in his faithfulness, will never give us more than he knows we can bear. He'll make a way out so that we can make it back in, back into the joy of the Lord, back into the hope of salvation, back into his perfect peace, into the hope of salvation, back into his perfect peace. When you feel overwhelmed, pause, pray, take deep breaths and look for that way of escape that God has promised us. Trust that our Heavenly Father has equipped you with the strength to stand firm, unmovable. So today, family, lean into his guidance and rely on his promises in moments of trial. May you have a blessed, productive day. Peace be unto you.