Is it Christmas time yet? Can we decorate and not feel shame? Kelly Morris joins Brook this week as we discuss our holiday traditions before we dive into the heavy conversation on trauma and Kelly shares some of her story of healing from her past of trauma. Then Loren sits down and goes On The Mic with Cesar Diaz, a Colonial member and trauma therapist.

Links From The Episode

The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, and Body In The Healing Of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

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It’s Halloween so obviously we need to discuss the perfect time to put up Christmas decorations! Also, we reminisce about Halloweens growing up and Monday nights in the 90s before we dig into some of the statistics and the pervasive topic of anxiety.

Links From The Episode

Anxiety As Opportunity - Good Faith Podcast

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Counseling Referral List

Check www.aacc.net (The American Association of Christian Counselors)

Amy Fleming, Licensed Professional Counselor (MA, LPC, NCC, RYT)

Grace Stone Counseling

3608 Preston Road, Suite 146

Plano, TX 75093

Local, Wichita Falls – Christian Counselors

Christ Counseling Ministry

Taft Counseling Center

Local, Wichita Falls – General Counseling

Rose Street Mental Health Care

Hospice of Wichita Falls Grief Counseling

Additional List – Local Counseling

Cesar Diaz, MA, LCDC, LPC (Actively involved at Colonial Church)

Jennifer Garner, LPC

Laura Bennett, LPC – Associate (Dr. Tara Fox, LPC – Supervisor)

Carrie Andree Gardner, LPC

Darla Montgomery, LPC

Daniel Madden, LPC

David Arinder, Life Coach

Covid struck again, but we are back just in time for a new episode! Today we are finalizing our Compassion 2022 update, dealing with a tough listener question on letting go after major trauma, talking about the compartmentalizing of spirituality and science, and kicking off a new series dealing with mental health.

Links From The Episode

Don’t Give The Enemy A Seat At Your Table by Louie Giglio

Louie Giglio’s Step By Step Method of “Winning the Battle of Your Mind”

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Colonial’s Counseling List

Check www.aacc.net (The American Association of Christian Counselors)

Amy Fleming, Licensed Professional Counselor (MA, LPC, NCC, RYT)

Grace Stone Counseling

3608 Preston Road, Suite 146

Plano, TX 75093

Local, Wichita Falls – Christian Counselors

Christ Counseling Ministry

Taft Counseling Center

Local, Wichita Falls – General Counseling

Rose Street Mental Health Care

Hospice of Wichita Falls Grief Counseling

Additional List – Local Counseling

Cesar Diaz, MA, LCDC, LPC (Actively involved at Colonial Church)

Jennifer Garner, LPC

Laura Bennett, LPC – Associate (Dr. Tara Fox, LPC – Supervisor)

Carrie Andree Gardner, LPC

Darla Montgomery, LPC

Daniel Madden, LPC

David Arinder, Life Coach

Compassion Sunday 2022 was amazing! This week we are sharing updates on a prayer walk, kids sponsored through Compassion International, a future trip to Tapachula, Mexico, and a change to service times, as well as diving into the church leaders listed in Ephesians 4 and going on the mic with Compassion International graduate Gilbert Mfitundinda from Uganda.

Links From The Episode

Life’s Lens: Looking Through The Eyes of A Compassion International Child by Gilbert Mfitundinda

Brook’s Email

The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating Apostolic Movements by Alan Hirsch

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Loren, Brook, and Tanner are back together again for the first time in several weeks! Today we’re discussing twinning, how crazy busy the last few weeks have been, our thoughts on an article about being bored in church, seeing the Sunday gatherings as transactional or practical or entertaining, and what it means (and does not mean) to expand the rule of Jesus.

Links From The Episode

You Should Be Bored In Church

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Brook is on vacation so Tanner and Loren have taken over E6 Podcast for the week! Check is out as they answer some questions and talk about defining "The Church"

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We’re back! After a week off due to sickness, we are back with an episode packed with thick conversation. First we learn about the origin story of the ladybug, then dive into the recent announcement of staff changes, finish of the last 5 chapters of the book Unoffendable, and briefly discuss the topic of women in leadership of the church specifically as deacons.

Links From The Episode

Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All Of Life Better by Brant Hansen

Unoffendable Audiobook

Colonial Church Elders’ Emails

Brett Swiger: [email protected]

Doug Marchand: [email protected]

Loren Jones: [email protected]

Pat Page: [email protected]

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Happy Labor Day! We aren’t taking a holiday break so here’s this week’s episode! We had one of our favorite people, Kelly Morris, join us today. We briefly touch on important topics such as lesser known uses of spiderwebs, an illegal way to use Furbies, and air guitar before we dive back into Unoffendable chapters 13-20. These chapters take us through conversations about how anger and offense relate to justice, some of our favorite revenge/vengeance movies, protecting our families, and loving our natural enemies.

Links From The Episode

Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All Of Life Better by Brant Hansen

Unoffendable Audiobook

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Remember the Canadian string cheese guy from a few episodes back? Well, we’ve got an update for you! Plus there are snakes on the loose, Brett Swiger joins in the conversation and shares some of his elder wisdom, we discuss the difference between joy and happiness, and continue our conversation of the book Unoffendable with chapters 7-12 where we learn to be the kind of people that others DON’T want to punch in the face.

Links From The Episode

Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All Of Life Better by Brant Hansen

Unoffendable Audiobook

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What do gully washers, The Office, and mullets have in common? Not much! But they are all interesting enough to make it into today’s episode. Loren, Tanner, and Brook sit down and discuss the recent rain, some News Of The What??, chapters 2-6 of Unoffendable, and how expectations and gratitude will help fight back against our tendency to be offended.

Links From The Episode

Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All Of Life Better by Brant Hansen

Unoffendable Audiobook

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