Image Makeover

I had my mom, and two grandmothers praying for me during my growing up years, so I like to say that I didn't have a choice but to be a pastor. Children need to learn how to pray because, prayer is a key component in our relationship with God and because of our relationship with God, we can ask Him for things and He answers our prayers. It also takes much prayer in order to parent our children and lead them in the way that they should go.

Special Guest: Jessie Rayos.

What is prayer and how do you make it part of your church culture? These are the questions that we seek to answer in this episode of the Image Makeover podcast.

Special Guest: Andrew Knollenberg.

Music is satisfying to me. Whether it is a screeching rock opera, a soft ballad, a jazz tune with blazing sax and trumpet jams, a beautiful symphony or a simple song sung by a talented vocalist, I am transported to that place where I am at ease and I get that tingling down my spine. I connect to God through music as well. I am transported to the throne of God through music and when I can hear everyone around me singing, it just brings tears of joy to my eyes. My mom knew this about me at a young age, so she always tried to steer me towards Christian music, so her and my dad made sure that I got to go to a lot of Christian concerts. One such concert that sticks in my mind is a concert that I went to at Lincoln Christian University with the late Rich Mullins. His main song was Awesome God, but that was not what triggered me, it was the rain storm that the audience made before that song. Rich directed the crowd to start with rubbing your fingers in your hand and then moving to a snapping of the fingers to a golf clap and a harder clap to smacking the knees and back to the rubbing of the palms. With a large crowd doing this all together, it sounds like a rain storm and just thinking about it tingles the spine.

Special Guest: Kylie Oyler.

In this episode, Nick Oyler, our regular host, shares his story of going through a painful season of ministry. He is joined by special guest host, Mitch Lamb, and they talk about the things that Nick has done over the years to care for his soul so that he could overcome ministry adversity.

In this episode, we discuss the best spiritual practices for each personality type on the Enneagram.

Special Guest: Brenda Baldovin.

Things just don't happen by accident, there is a natural process to all things. Take a garden for an example, plants do not just appear and produce fruit without being planted and nurtured. The is a process of preparing the ground, planting a seed, making sure it's watered and fed and the weeds and pests kept away from it. Then when the plant is mature, fruit will appear and you can enjoy green beans and tomatoes and peppers.

Special Guest: J. Thad Harless PhD.