Trisha Banya is a lawyer from Uganda, navigating a life issues we all face, from a unique and enlightening perspective. Particularly, she offers valuable insights on expectations, family, and rest/silence.

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Original score by Brother (James Bishop), incorporating the cultural rhythms of the tribe that lives in the region where Trisha grew up. (Instagram: @musicbybrother, new single "Wake Up" available on Spotify and streaming platforms)

Can be productive and efficient without sacrificing creativity? Instead of shifting back and forth between hyper-productivity to the exclusion of all else (health, relationships) and struggling to find the motivation to accomplish anything, is there some insight and habit that can help us bring them together? 

Dr. Bill Gaultiere, Psychologist and founder of Soul Shepherding Ministries says there is.

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Original Score by Julius Obregon Jr.

How can monks, nuns, and ancient monastic practices can help us connect our spirituality and our time management? Listen in as Shema's directors Wil and Julius explore the history of monasticism and what it has to offer us today. If you're interested in learning more about how we attempt to embrace monastic wisdom and practices in our ministry as Shema Center for Christian Formation, visit our website below. 

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Original Score by Julius Obregon, Jr.

In the middle of the darkness and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, a reflection on a key text Christians have used to proclaim Resurrection.

Doctor Sleep (2019) provides meditation on the themes of redemption and purgation. Through the main characters, we learn if we numb our fears we end up feeding them and becoming part of the problem, but facing and suffering evil with faith and hope leads to purgation and redemption and deep connection with life itself.

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Original Score by Julius Obregon Jr.

The 1959 camp horror classic starring Vincent Price provides material for a fun episode with a serious and timely topic: how fear and isolation can lead us to turn on each other and miss the real threats shaping events.

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Original score by Julius Obregon Jr.

There could not be a more timely topic: the horror that can result from our failure to achieve togetherness and connection in difficulty and trauma.

Engaging the film Midsommar (2019) leads us to the question: In a dangerous world, can we make and sustain community without God? Without doing violence to one another?

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Original Score by Wilson Ryland

How is the COVID 19 outbreak effecting the unsheltered/homeless and most vulnerable? How are some Christians reacting in hope and faith? What can you do?

Count Dracula is an Anti-Christ: One who lives and draws others into an undead life that draws its strength by feeding on others. Such an existence might be powerful and enduring, but it’s not real life. We follow Francis Ford Coppola’s 1991 film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel to see how Count Dracula might help unmask evil and an undead imposter form of existence for which too many settle. 

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Original Score by Julius Obregon Jr.

Unpolished, but an episode that couldn't be left undone. 

How do we respond with faith, not fear?

How do we properly direct our faith in times like this?