Fresh Cup

This week we are joined by two of our staff therapists to talk about what it looks like to flourish in our mental health. This is a VITAL area in our lives that can make or break our flourishing as God intends. Learn some tools and some signs to look for from Gabe and Tania as well as hear what can happen we Jesus enters the room and walks with us in our journey to becoming mentally healthy. Breakthrough is possible and beautiful! 

If you're local to the central coast of California, and are interested in speaking with a counselor call the New Life Community Center at 805-489-3891. 

Hear 3 beautiful stories of finding God's goodness and unwavering presence in the midst of change. Through big things and small, change and transition are inevitable. Whether it's moving across the country, losing a spouse, becoming a caregiver, life is a series of transitions. How can we find God's peace and beauty in the midst of so much uncertainty? This week we are joined by Lexy Hutsko, Dave West, and Becky Garacci, sharing how they have seen God's hand though very challenging seasons of change. 

This week we welcome Jenny and Andy Blunt to discuss flourishing in the beauty and the challenges of parenting, marriage, and life in general. As parents of kids of different ages and abilities, they have a unique perspective in learning to trust God and surrender our expectations and learn contentment in all areas of our lives. 

We tend to like to categorize our lives into boxes of sacred and secular; often keeping separate our faith and church lives from our day to day roles in our jobs or schools or in the world. God doesn't usually make these distinctions and in fact, something beautiful happens when we start to see our WHOLE lives, our businesses, our jobs, our education, through the lens of the divine. Join us as we discuss with local business owners, Diane and Eric Cabrera what it looks like when we commit our vocation to the Lord and ask Him to use it for His Kingdom. 

This week we have another set of special guests, Amber and Jacob Allen, sharing about experiencing struggles in life and yet, still seeing God's flourishing power at work in the midst of it all. From practical wisdom to authentic vulnerability, we explore how we can seek God, His Kingdom, and His beauty even in the times life isn't fair or doesn't make sense. 

Join us as we invite special guests Chris and Rosemary Cameron to discuss our unique and amazing role as stewards and co-tenders of His natural world. When we press in and take this role seriously we will find ourselves filled with awe and wonder and we intentionally live with curiosity. This spiritual practice not only benefits our relationship with God but also our marriages, our friendships, and even our relationship with ourselves. So get ready to walk in wonder and maybe even learn the important concept of Residual Dry Matter! 

After taking a week off to recover and renew, we are back reminding ourselves and you of God's love and His intention to see us flourish! 

But blessed are those who trust in the Lord
    and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
They are like trees planted along a riverbank,
     with roots that reach deep into the water.
Such trees are not bothered by the heat
    or worried by long months of drought.
Their leaves stay green,
    and they never stop producing fruit.
JEREMIAH 17:7-8

Do you believe God is FOR you?
Where have you seen Him help you flourish?
What area of your life are you praying to see God move and help you flourish in?

Our final episode discussing the 3 great enemies of the soul: the devil, the flesh, and the world. Today we're talking about what our response is to the enemy of the world. The answer is to surround ourselves with the people of God because a fully devoted community, centered around the person of Jesus, is the antidote to the ways of the world and the pathway to seeing real change in our lives and in our world as a whole. 

The third enemy of our soul, the world, can be an upside-down place. It's a place where the disordered desires of our flesh are normalized, where God's goodness is redefined into new terms, and where we trade the beauty of God's intentions for cheap imitations. Join us as we talk about how we reconcile God's love for the world (John 3:16) with His call to NOT love the things of this world (1 John 2:15).

How do we find victory in the battle we face over our flesh? The beast shrinks or grows depending on if we feed it or starve it. God invites into the process of our own spiritual maturity while taking on the heavy lifting himself. When we realize that this battle is not an equally matched game of tug-of-war, we can find healing, victory, and the new abundant life promised to us! Join us as we jump into Galatians 5 & 6 to see the warnings and the promises for us in this battle.