Evan talks with Rev. Dr. Matt Reynolds about discipleship, what it is, how to engage greater discipleship in the church, and how it intersects with mental health.

Rev. Dr. Matt Reynolds is the president of Spirit and Truth and lead pastor of Stillwater Church in Ohio.

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Lyn is an integrative wellness coach with Hope Wellness Services and is the author of Hope for the Hopeless: Freedom From Anxiety and Depression is Possible.

Website: https://www.hopewellnessservices.ca

Bethany Dearborn Hiser is the director of soul care for Northwest Family Life, a network of therapists trained to work with survivors of domestic violence and sexual trauma. She is a bilingual social worker, chaplain, and pastoral advocate, and she is the author of From Burned Out to Beloved: Soul Care for Wounded Healers. She lives with her family in Seattle, Washington.

Website: www.bethanydearbornhiser.com

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Burned-Out-Beloved-Wounded-Healers/dp/0830847952/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=Bethany+Dearborn+Hiser&qid=1620931833&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyVTQxRkFYV1lGUEw0JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTc2MjQzMjVWUUZVVTIzNTk1TCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzgwNDQzMllWNkRIT0dTUTNFVyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

Dr. Mike Hutchings is Director of Education for Global Awakening. He is the author of Supernatural Freedom from the Captivity of Trauma, and is the founder and director of God Heals PTSD Foundation, a ministry that provides education, training, resources and awareness events that equip and educate to give treatment and restoration to those who have experienced trauma that continues to impact their present lives. He lives with his wife, Roxanne, in Pennsylvania.

Website: www.godhealsptsd.com

Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0768446279?pf_rd_r=9WNEK65Y12V46G18DGMN&pf_rd_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&pd_rd_r=5468b2fe-4fa6-452b-a063-afe4f4ba1f64&pd_rd_w=hXjA6&pd_rd_wg=7gky2&ref_=pd_gw_unk

PTSD Prayer Model Training Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMjYGhg-4fA

Evan speaks with Rev. Dr. Stephen Rankin about spiritual maturity, discipleship and the relationship to our mental health.

ABOUT STEPHEN RANKIN:

Founding Director, Spiritual Maturity Project

Book: Aiming at Maturity: The Goal of the Christian Life

Twitter: @stephenwrankin

Dr. Evan talks with Brett Ullman about his personal mental health journey, making the church more open to mental health conversations, best practices for family mental health, and more....

Brett says his writing and speaking focuses on "Connecting our ancient faith with our mental world."

You can access YouTube videos, books, and social media from his website.

website: www.brettullman.com

Evan chats with Dr. Peter Bellini about his work in mental health and the church, his books and ministry.

Guest: Rev. Dr. Peter J. Bellini. He is the Associate Professor of Evangelization  in the Heisel Chair at United Theological Seminary. We discuss his books, his ministry, and mental wellness & the church.

Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Peter-J-Bellini/e/B003HC5PYO?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1616427159&sr=8-1

United website: https://united.edu/faculty-directory/peter-j-bellini/

Allan and Bonnie Gallant have a conversation with Evan Rohrs-Dodge, the new host of Hope For The Agora podcast.  Evan shares his heart and deep concerns for the mental wellness of all God's children.

Evan's Bio:

Evan Rohrs-Dodge is an ordained elder in the Greater New Jersey Conference of The United Methodist Church. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maine, a Master of Divinity from Drew Theological School, and a Doctor of Ministry from United Theological Seminary. He is the senior pastor of Belvidere United Methodist Church in Belvidere, NJ, where he lives with his wife Amanda, also a United Methodist pastor, and his three children, Amelia, Auden, and Beatrice. Evan also serves on the editorial board of Firebrand magazine (www.firebrandmag.com). He enjoys reading, being outdoors, and exploring live recordings of the Grateful Dead.

He is currently working on a book on a Wesleyan approach to inner healing, utilizing John Wesley's via salutis, or Way of Salvation, and Wesley's treatment of the imago Dei, as a paradigm for constructing such a ministry.

Join Allan, founder and Executive Director of Agora Network Ministries and Laura Howe the founder of Hope Made Strong ministry as they dialogue on what compassion fatigue is and how we can renew ourselves.  Understand that compassion fatigue is not a bad thing, it highlights the hazards of being a care giver.

Laura will be sharing a critical webinar on Thursday, February 25th at 7:00 called Finding hope in helping.  On this show page you can download her burnout and fatigue assessment.  A great tool to help you along your healing journey.

Webinar link - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-hope-in-helping-tickets-140127602431

email - [email protected]

website - https://hopemadestrong.org/

Link to Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Assessment:

Surprisingly pastors are not too good with their own soul care.  Many pastors feel driven by the tyranny of ministry or everyone else’s urgency — or at least what they think is most urgent.  How we take care of our bodies and our mental and emotional state through healthy lifestyle is very important.  But, perhaps even more important is the condition of our soul.  Often the unresolved and unhealed wounds of our lives fester and infect everything soul allowing Jesus to bring healing into those wounds is crucial in daily disciple living.

Allen talks with Cathy Gates, Director of Thrive Ministries, a ministry to support pastors.

https://thriveministries.ca/

Cathy mentioned a sacred pathways assessment to help you understand yourself better in light of what ways you best communicate with God.  That is not to say that others are not just as important, but some naturally lend themselves to going deeper with the Lord.

Sacred Pathways came from a book of the same name written by Gary Thomas

Free Assessment here