WELCOME to our brand-new Feast Talk series for May 2024, titled

FEEL: Why Your Emotions Matter.

When it comes to our feelings, we have two big problems: We have trouble labeling them, andwe have trouble leading them. Labeling means identifying them. Naming them. Discerning them. For a lot of people, their feelings remain one giant, convoluted, chaotic blur. Sadly, when you cannot label your feelings, you cannot lead them well.

The goal of our 5-part teaching series? To learn how to lead your emotions better, so that you can love God, love others, and love yourself more.

Talk 1 is titled Shame.

Shame is the intensely painful feeling of believing you are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging.

Shame signals that your identity is being threatened. Every emotion carries a special gift. And what is the gift of shame? To tell you that something is threatening your identity and needs your attention.

The key message of Talk 1 is You are already loved.