Episodes

  • In Process: Considering Worry & Anxiety

    In Process: Considering Worry & Anxiety
    Feb 11 2025
    Today, we’re continuing our theme of being a human in process, by considering normal human emotions and reactions that tend to come up as we are navigating life as a human on planet earth. Particularly, we’re looking at emotions and reactions related to the fight/flight response. In January we talked about anger, fear, and stress, […]
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    24 mins
  • In Process: Considering Fear & Stress

    In Process: Considering Fear & Stress
    Jan 28 2025
    Today we’re looking at the other half of the fight or flight response by considering fear and stress. What are they? What purpose do they serve? In what ways are they often misunderstood? We’ll talk about all of this and also look at some examples of where fear shows up in the Bible. As always, […]
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    20 mins
  • In Process: Considering Anger

    In Process: Considering Anger
    Jan 15 2025
    Today we’re considering an often misunderstood but necessary emotion, anger. Being a human in process means that we will experience a variety of emotions, both comfortable and uncomfortable. In the next couple of episodes, we’ll be covering some of the less comfortable emotions. In this episode, I’d like to talk about anger, what it is, […]
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    25 mins
  • Looking Up: A Conversation with Courtney Ellis

    Looking Up: A Conversation with Courtney Ellis
    Dec 17 2024
    If you love birds or nature, then you are really going to enjoy today’s conversation with guest, Courtney Ellis, about her new book, Looking Up: A Birder’s Guide to Hope Through Grief. This is such a great episode about ministry, grief, mindfulness, and soul-care. It’s also sprinkled throughout with great bird facts! Courtney is a […]
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    47 mins
  • Psalms of New Orientation

    Psalms of New Orientation
    Dec 10 2024
    Today, we conclude our series on the Psalms by examining Psalms of new orientation. We’ll be looking for signs of life, of rescue, of reversal of fortune, and of thanksgiving as we meditate upon Psalms 34 together. What is clear in all of these Psalms of new orientation is that there is a celebration of […]
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    18 mins
  • Psalms of Disorientation

    Psalms of Disorientation
    Dec 3 2024
    We’re continuing our series on the Psalms and what they teach us about being a human in process. Today, we’re talking about psalms of disorientation. These are songs of darkness, of grief, of anger, of lament, and of complaint. These psalms answer the question of how we might worship and pray when our world is […]
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    19 mins
  • Psalms of Orientation

    Psalms of Orientation
    Nov 26 2024
    Today we continue our series on the Psalms and learning what they teach us about being a human in process. We’ll be meditating on a psalm of orientation today, Psalm 19. Psalms of orientation evoke gratitude for the blessings of creation and God’s good law. It just so happens that we’ll be reading this on […]
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    19 mins
  • Orientation, Disorientation, and New Orientation

    Orientation, Disorientation, and New Orientation
    Nov 19 2024
    We might call this mini-series, “where faith meets mental health.” More specifically, we would call it, “where worship and prayer meet mental health.” For the next few weeks, we are going to be diving into the Psalms and examining them through Walter Brueggemann’s lens of orientation, disorientation, and new orientation. This framework beautifully encapsulates being […]
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    20 mins