Dr. Rev. Gerald Liu & The Compassion of God-#2, The Ambition of God -#3, & The Creativity of God-#4

During this episode we talk with Dr. Rev. Gerald Liu about theology, the Enneagram, and the nine faces of God. In this episode we focus on types 2, 3, and 4. Gerald is the son of culturally Buddhist immigrants from Taiwan, the Rev. Gerald C. Liu, PhD is an ordained United Methodist Elder of the Mississippi Annual Conference and currently serves as Emerging Faith Communities Cultivator for the Great Plains Annual Conference. His role helps to revitalize an ecology of 716 United Methodist congregations across Kansas and Nebraska roiled by disagreements over human sexuality and to start new ministries. Previously, he resourced 3,000 students and counting, and budgets that together exceeded $10 million as Director of Collegiate Ministries, Initiatives, and Belonging for the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. He has also taught as Assistant Professor of Worship and Preaching at Princeton Theological Seminary. He holds an honorific as a Minister in Residence at the Church of the Village, a United Methodist Congregation in Manhattan. He preaches regularly in local congregations across the United States. Gerald chairs the Board of Artworks Trenton, the leading community arts organization for the state of New Jersey. He sits on the Vanderbilt Divinity School Board of Visitors, is co-chair of engagement for the Asian American Vanderbilt Alumni Association, and programming chair for Woodruff Alumni Advisory Board, a specialized board consisting of members from all 9 university divisions who have held the highest university scholarships and fellowships. He has held leadership positions in the North American Academy of Liturgy, Societas Liturgica, the Academy of Homiletics. He has been invited to co-direct worship for the 15th Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies at Keble College in Oxford, England this August. Gerald has authored numerous print and online articles and book chapters about liturgy, preaching, and theology and the arts; as well as the books, Music and the Generosity of God (Palgrave, 2017) and has co-authored with "Music Week" extraordinaire, Khalia Williams, Associate Dean of Worship and Music at Candler School of Theology, of A Worship Workbook: A Practical Guide for Extraordinary Liturgy (Abingdon, 2021).