Unterwegs, the en route Podcast Envision Berlin

In this episode Dr. Heather Holleman returns for part two of her Five Questions survey with Mike.  This week focuses on questions 4 and 5, and the conversation is far reaching - including raising adult children, writing as an act of worship, and one thing that people from international backgrounds seem to have in common.
This is a part of the 5 Questions series, in which Mike asks people from different backgrounds the same 5 questions:


What is a significant transition you have experienced?


What’s one of the most important risks you have taken and why?


What is one decision you wish you didn’t make?


What role does faith play in your life? (Or Who do you look up to for inspiration or mentorship)


What are your current projects or what are you working on next?


Resources:
Check out Heather's blog on her website.
Dr. Holleman has written 8 books - which you can find here.
Among them are (paid links below):
Her new book, available for preorder: The Six Conversations: Pathways to Connecting in an Age of Isolation and Incivility
Seated with Christ: Living Freely in a Culture of Comparison
Sent: Living a Life That Invites Others to Jesus (cowritten with Ashley Holleman)
and her upcoming book - The Six Conversations: Pathways to Connecting in an Age of Isolation and Incivility
Join the conversation on Discord
Email us at podcast@envisionberlin.com
About the Guests:
Heather Holleman's Bio
 
Credits:
Regular Theme music by Mike Picconatto
Unterwegs is a production of Envision Berlin, e.V. and Envision Berlin and is recorded at Sprig: Envision Berlin's creative space.
Cover art: Rachel Norton
Disclaimer
 

In this episode Mike interviews author, speaker, and professor Dr. Heather Holleman.  Mike met Dr. Holleman in State College, Pennsylvania, where she teaches at Penn State University.  Heather and her husband Ashley spoke the week before Mike in part of a series at State College Alliance Church.  You can listen to both of their messages here.
This is a part of the 5 Questions series, in which Mike asks people from different backgrounds the same 5 questions:


What is a significant transition you have experienced?


What’s one of the most important risks you have taken and why?


What is one decision you wish you didn’t make?


What role does faith play in your life? (Or Who do you look up to for inspiration or mentorship)


What are your current projects or what are you working on next?


In part one of the interview, we cover questions one through three.
Resources:
Check out Heather's blog on her website.
Dr. Holleman has written 8 books - which you can find here.
Among them are (paid links below):
Seated with Christ: Living Freely in a Culture of Comparison
Sent: Living a Life That Invites Others to Jesus (cowritten with Ashley Holleman)
and her upcoming book - The Six Conversations: Pathways to Connecting in an Age of Isolation and Incivility
Join the conversation on Discord
Email us at podcast@envisionberlin.com
About the Guests:
Heather Holleman's Bio
 
Credits:
Regular Theme music by Mike Picconatto
Unterwegs is a production of Envision Berlin, e.V. and Envision Berlin and is recorded at Sprig: Envision Berlin's creative space.
Cover art: Rachel Norton
Disclaimer
 
 
 

Doctor Stephen and Jennie Jones finish part two of their conversation with Mike about language learning in Berlin.
This week they talk about their current school, how language learning is a key contributor to role deprivation, and the impact language learning has had on their spiritual lives.
They also talk about the CESL, the levels of language learning, and how language learning based on a level and a proficiency test can be both helpful and discouraging.
Resources from this episode:
Stephen’s book Transitions Across Cultures: Bookshop.org or Amazon (As Amazon Associates, we receive a small proceed of books purchased using this link.)
Blog posts from Stephen at iamintercultural.com
Contact I Am Intercultural about customizing the Cross-Cultural Transitions Handbook for your cross-cultural ministry organization.
Join the conversation on Discord
Email us at podcast@envisionberlin.com
About the host and guests:
Bio from Stephen
Bio from Jennie
Bio from Mike
Credits:
Regular Theme music by Mike Picconatto
Unterwegs is recorded, edited and produced in Sprig, the creative space for Envision Berlin
Cover art: Rachel Norton
Disclaimer

One year after starting Unterwegs, the En Route Podcast, Mike sits down again with Stephen and Jennie Jones to talk about their ongoing cultural adjustment in Berlin.
The topic this time is language learning! The Jones share some of the challenges, the ways they have been learning, and some of the wins they are now experiencing.
This is a two-part series, so come back next week!
Resources from this episode:
Stephen’s book Transitions Across Cultures: Bookshop.org or Amazon (As Amazon Associates, we receive a small proceed of books purchased using this link.)
Blog posts from Stephen at iamintercultural.com
Contact I Am Intercultural about customizing the Cross-Cultural Transitions Handbook for your cross-cultural ministry organization.
Join the conversation on Discord
Email us at podcast@envisionberlin.com
About the host and guests:
Bio from Stephen
Bio from Jennie
Bio from Mike
Credits:
Regular Theme music by Mike Picconatto
Unterwegs is recorded, edited and produced in Sprig, the creative space for Envision Berlin
Cover art: Rachel Norton
Disclaimer

Today is part two of the 5-Questions interview with Marcus Dip Silas and Lauren Usherwood Dip Silas.  
Marcus and Lauren are digital nomads who have traveled to, studied in, and served in countries around the world.  
Last episode we covered question 1:  "What is a significant transition you have experienced?"  
This week, we cover questions 2-5:


What’s one of the most important risks you have taken and why?


What is one decision you wish you didn’t make?


What role does faith play in your life? (Or Who do you look up to for inspiration or mentorship)


What are your current projects or what are you working on next?


We talk about marriage, gap years, the role of faith, how to look at "seasons of change" when you come from a part of the world with no seasons, and more!
Resources:
Check out The Dips Collective the collaborative community website from Marcus and Lauren
Join the conversation on Discord
Email us at podcast@envisionberlin.com
About the Guests:
Marcus on Social Media - Facebook and Instagram
Lauren on Social Media - Facebook
Credits:
Regular Theme music by Mike Picconatto
Unterwegs is a production of Envision Berlin, e.V. and Envision Berlin and is recorded at Sprig: Envision Berlin's creative space.
Cover art: Rachel Norton
Disclaimer

In today's episode, Mike goes back to his 5-Questions series with Marcus Dip Silas and Lauren Usherwood Dip Silas.  
Digital Nomads from different cultural upbringings (Marcus from Malaysia and Lauren from the US), they have navigated life together both in the US, where they met and married and Malaysia where they moved the day after their wedding.  They are currently living in Minnesota but on a recent trip to Berlin (among other places) they sat down with Mike to have a conversation based on the following 5 questions:#


What is a significant transition you have experienced?


What’s one of the most important risks you have taken and why?


What is one decision you wish you didn’t make?


What role does faith play in your life? (Or Who do you look up to for inspiration or mentorship)


What are your current projects or what are you working on next?


In today's episode, we don't make it past question 1!  We spend a lot of time discussing the challenges of intercultural marriages, and Lauren shares a beautiful illustration from Danish theologian and philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (whose name Mike consistently mispronounces throughout the episode!)
Resources:
Wikipedia article about Kierkegaard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Søren_Kierkegaard
Check out The Dips Collective the collaborative community website from Marcus and Lauren
 
Join the conversation on Discord
Email us at podcast@envisionberlin.com
About the Guests:
Marcus on Social Media - Facebook and Instagram
Lauren on Social Media - Facebook
Credits:
Regular Theme music by Mike Picconatto
Unterwegs is a production of Envision Berlin, e.V. and Envision Berlin and is recorded at Sprig: Envision Berlin's creative space.
Cover art: Rachel Norton
Disclaimer