This month on Mercy Talk, we’ll be diving into the book, “The Entitlement Cure” by Dr. John Townsend and examining how entitlement lies to us in 2 primary ways… (1) I am exempt from responsibility; and (2) I am owed special treatment. In the last installment of this series, we’ll look at why doing hard things first and keeping inconvenient commitments makes all the difference in a culture of entitlement.  

• Why the NHT (Next Hard Thing) is so key to getting away from entitlement  
• What Self-medicating behaviors are keeping you from your Next Hard Thing 
• Why the little things are a BIG deal!  
• How to quit making commitments you don’t have the resources to keep 

This month on Mercy Talk, we’ll be diving into the book, “The Entitlement Cure” by Dr. John Townsend and examining how entitlement lies to us in 2 primary ways… (1) I am exempt from responsibility; and (2) I am owed special treatment. In the third episode of this series, we’ll discuss a self-image that actually helps with the entitlement problem and how to replace the phrase, “I deserve” with “I am responsible”.  Also, in this episode: 

• The right way/wrong way to deserve  
• How playing word games hinders our self-improvement 
• Skills for developing a self-image that will serve you both in success and failure 

This month on Mercy Talk, we’ll be diving into the book, “The Entitlement Cure” by Dr. John Townsend and examining how entitlement lies to us in 2 primary ways… (1) I am exempt from responsibility; and (2) I am owed special treatment. In the second instalment of this series, we’ll discuss God’s framework for working through entitlement and how to encourage others who find themselves stuck there. Also, in this episode:

• The hard way principles  
• vulnerable and consequence-based conversations (and what those even are!) 
• Why discipline and structure are more feasible than you think! 

This month on Mercy Talk, we’ll be diving into the book, “The Entitlement Cure” by Dr. John Townsend and examining how entitlement feeds us 2 primary lies… (1) I am exempt from responsibility; and (2) I am owed special treatment. In the first installment of this series, we’ll look at the deeper narrative behind what entitlement actually is. Also, in this episode:

• The universal disease of entitlement  
• The cure for entitlement and doing things the hard way  
• Relational patterns that drive entitlement

This series is meant to explore the church’s response to topics that are often times criticized, belittled or even ignored. This is a forum in which to ask ourselves, “how can we be motivated to better respond from a place of love?” (1 Peter 4:8). In this episode, we’ll discuss the way the church has traditionally approached mental health, common misunderstandings of mental health terms and how we can better serve those asking for mental health help.

This series is meant to explore the church’s response to topics that are often times criticized, belittled or even ignored. This is a forum in which to ask ourselves, “how can we be motivated to better respond from a place of love?” (1 Peter 4:8). In this episode, we’ll break down a basic understanding of what mental health means, how we approach mental health at Mercy and how we can better serve those seeking help for mental health issues. 

This series is meant to explore the church’s response to topics that are often times criticized, belittled or even ignored. This is a forum in which to ask ourselves, “how can we be motivated to better respond from a place of love?” (1 Peter 4:8). In this episode, we’ll look at how we can better serve those faced with an unplanned pregnancy as well as practical ways the church can convey support to a woman, even after a pregnancy is over. 

This series is meant to explore the church’s response to topics that are often times criticized, belittled or even ignored. This is a forum in which to ask ourselves, “how can we be motivated to better respond from a place of love?” (1 Peter 4:8). In this episode, we’ll look at how we can better serve those faced with an unplanned pregnancy without pushing our own agenda.

In this episode, we’ll look at how we can better love and serve those who have walked through the pain and difficulty of divorce.

In the fourth installment of the series called “How Do We Respond?”, we’ll discuss infertility and pregnancy loss and why it’s important that we not grow […]