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 #2 - Abundant Pardon
Abundant forgiveness is within reach, just waiting for your acceptance. Today we draw hope and inspiration from Isaiah 55:6-7 and Jeremiah 3:14-15. This Word of the Day series, a new twice-weekly addition, aims to encourage and inspire by focusing on God's yearning to forgive and the importance of repentance. There is an urgency to accept divine mercy before time runs out. Today you can enjoy a deeper connection with the the Lord.
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Hey, family, it's great to have you back. How are you today? Happy Friday, happy Friday, welcome to our new Word of the Day series. Just a quick note to say that this series will not replace the weekly podcast episodes. Right, I got you, the weekly episodes are not going away. However, I just felt the need to connect with you, my people, on a more frequent basis, and so I've added this word of the day series just to stay in contact a couple more days out of the week, and for now we'll aim for wednesdays and fridays. That's, that's the goal for this word of the day series. So you can consider the word of the day series as series, as sort of your bonus content, and they're usually very brief, just to connect with you and provide you with an uplifting, inspiring, encouraging word between episodes. And we'll still aim to put out the weekly podcast episodes on Mondays. You definitely want to make sure that you follow, subscribe, share with friends, share with family, to spread the love, as they say, and also, just in case there's any delay in the release of the weekly episodes or the word of the day, you'll get that notification as soon as they are released.
Speaker 1:So today's word comes to us from the 55th chapter of Isaiah, verses 6 and 7. And it says Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the Lord and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Now I want you to focus on those two words right there abundantly pardon. Not just pardon, but abundantly pardon. Let me say this to you, I'm talking directly to you God desires to forgive you, god wants to you, god wants to, longs to, yearns to pardon you. And there's just one requirement repentance. Say it with me. Repentance To support the scripture in Isaiah 55, 6 and 7, we can take a look at Jeremiah 3, verses 14 and 15, which says seek, which says return, omex, lighting children, says the Lord, for I am married to you, I will take you one from a city and two from a family and I will bring you to Zion.
Speaker 1:Well, let me pause right there. You need a Zion, you need a foundation, you need a home, you need a community of faith-believing people who are going to be there for you, support you, encourage you, uplift you. You need a Zion, yes, yes, and I will bring you to Zion and I will give you shepherds, according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. According to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding? Who's feeding you? Well, that's another word for another day. Well, you see, friends, that's how precious you are to our God. God says I am married to you.
Speaker 1:However, coming humbly before him with a repentant heart is a key step, as we see in Psalm 38, 18,. David says I will declare my iniquity, I will be in anguish over my sin. If we refer once again to Isaiah 55, six and seven, the phrases while he may be found and while he is near, both remind us that time really is not on our side. No, it's not. And so God's mercy awaits you, his abundant pardon awaits you. Don't delay If you'd like to accept Christ as your Savior and Lord.
Speaker 1:I'm committed to guiding you through that process. Of course, I could just tell you to say a smooth little mantra and you're in. But on this journey toward eternal salvation, you will need a guide, you will need a coach, you will need a mentor, because sometimes the road gets a little lonely, and so I'm offering to connect with you If you feel alone, isolated. You're looking for a new path. You're looking for a new walk, searching for a new foundation in which you could anchor your weary soul. I want you to reach out to me. Yeah, if this speaks to you, I really would like for you to reach out to me, and I'm going to make this real easy for you.
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Speaker 1:I am here waiting to hear from you, because you're that special and this is a secure way of messaging me. I will not see or know your name or phone number unless you tell me so. If you would like for me to respond to you, then I would need your email or a number, whichever one you're more comfortable with, so I can reach out. Alternatively, you can send me an email at faithmeetsacademia at gmailcom faithmeetsacademia at gmailcom. And that contact information is listed right below the word of the day description or episode description if it's a regular episode. Oh, there's one more thing In that same section. In the contact section, there is a link where you can submit your prayer request. You click the link, submit your request and you're done, and you'll see all these ways to connect in every single word of the day or podcast episode. I'd love to connect with you and I look forward to hearing from you. I pray you'll have a most productive and blessed day. Be sure to tune in on Monday for episode 39. Peace be unto you.