Christmas! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Right? For several of us it is. And for several it is a hard season all around due to a plethora of circumstances.

Join us on our last episode of 2018 as we talk about holiday traditions and ways to love extravagantly over the holidays!

Also, we invited our listeners to share their traditions and expressions of Christmas! It’s going to be a FUN episode!

Merry Christmas listeners!

Samuel Johnson once said "When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency."

We believe this is holds more truth today than ever before.

We’ve lost the art of speaking well to and of one another.

Tune in today as we explore what it looks like to focus on extending kindness instead of our own rightness.

Last week was an amazing, thought provoking experience with our guest and friend, Associate Pastor Chrissy Stergos.

Today in Part 2 of Women, Leadership and the Church, we have the privilege of sitting down with Pastor Matt Lybarger. Matt holds a Masters of Divinity and has devoted extensive time to studying what the Scriptures have to say on this challenging topic, as well as the different positions held on the subject by people in the Church.

Join us as we unpack the Scriptures to see what God has to say on this topic.

To Answer the Call: Women, Leadership and the Church

In a needing world, the more qualified people who can answer the call to be a leader, offering help and hope in the church, the better.

But sometimes, the challenge is less about saying “yes” to the call and more about battling the patriarchal culture in the church.

Fortunately, things are changing. But we can do more to help people understand what God has to say about women He’s designed to teach and lead and why we need them now more than ever.

Tune in today as we visit with one who has been “answering the call” for nearly 20 years. Chrissy Stergos is an Associate Youth Pastor in Missouri. Join us as we unpack the Scriptures to see what God has to say on this topic.

Happy Thanksgiving Y’all!

Around here, we believe Thanksgiving is more than a holiday. Tune in today as we share incredible stories of thankfulness from some of our listeners, traditions to enhance your holiday (that have nothing to do with food) and how making thankfulness a way of life changes your brain and your overall quality of life. We even walk you through an exercise, so you can experience the power of thankfulness for yourself!

We’re SO thankful for each of you! And you’ll be thankful you tuned in for this special episode.

What else are you thankful for? We’d love to know!

Last week was an awesome start to exploring the topic sex and sexuality.

Tune in this week as we pick up where we left off with Dr. Kathy Karigan and Dr. Petra Blum exploring the topic of healthy sex and sexuality.

It’s so much more than you think!

Let's talk about sex! No, really. It’s an important conversation to have. It seems that we have forgotten that sex is a holistic experience. The best sex involves the healthiest versions of our emotional, physical, spiritual and mental selves. If we want to talk about sex in a way that is honoring to how we’re created and in a way that treats sex as the gift it is, we need to look at more than just the logistics of the act itself.

Join in as our guests Dr. Petra Blum and Dr. Kathy Karigan help us with this sometimes-challenging topic.

Are you your own worst enemy? Awareness is half the battle! Throughout our day we can unintentionally say or think things about ourselves that contributes to an unhealthy and unhelpful self-narrative (the story we tell ourselves and consequently believe about who we are).

Join Gina & Polly as they discuss the ins and outs of our thoughts and how to become free from self criticism!

The church can be a great place to find deep levels of healing and growth, even in matters of mental health.

Research shows that people who are able to incorporate spirituality into their healing achieve a greater level of success in their journey.

But sadly, there are times when those in the church turn a crisis of mental health into a crisis of faith. When someone is struggling emotionally and mentally, “pray harder” isn’t the answer. Sometimes the answer is Jesus AND a therapist.

Tune in today as we chat about the challenges of handling mental health in the church and the importance of faith & science when helping someone heal.

What happens when the place meant to help us heal is a source of deeper wounding?

Join us this week as we explore the topic of Post Traumatic Church Syndrome with our special guest, Radonda Rowton, MAC, PLPC. Radonda was raised in ministry (27 pastors on just one side of the family!). For twenty years, she and her husband have served in music ministry.