Mind The Gap

Phil Morris is a husband, father, pastor and student at Bethany Global University. In this episode he shares his testimony of being healed from PTSD and depression as he learned to love God and serve others in his hometown of Erie, PA. We dive into topics such as his confidence in his wife and her faith and loving her to the fullest by learning to lead as the head of his house, practicing the biblical idea of love to others, figuring out how to hear God's voice in our everyday lives, and recognizing the uniqueness of others while forming personal relationships that foster understanding and real love.

If you want to go deeper in understanding from a loving and biblical perspective of current events, please visit the following conversations as mentioned at the end of the episode. Each resource is available through YouTube and everywhere podcasts are available.

Southside Rabbi:

YouTube - CRT Series PART ONE, CRT Series PART TWO, CRT Series PART THREE, CRT Series PART FOUR

Podcast - PART ONE, PART TWO, PART THREE, PART FOUR

Just Thinking Podcast:

YouTube - Episode #108 Critical Race Theory

Podcast - Episode #108 Critical Race Theory

Joining us today is Lisa Davis, who is a highly educated, God-fearing, people-loving woman among many other things to many people. She sits down with us to discuss her testimony full of supernatural grace, freedom, and healing starting from living in a dirt poor, abusive household as one of nine children in West Virginia to eventually not only being the only member in her family to go to college, but going back later to get her masters degree. She talks about her journey as a wife of 30 years, a mother of 2 children and 3 step-children, a counselor to women who have experienced similar traumas, and how God was with her through fatherlessness, molestation, and life-altering decisions as a young woman.

She offers her personal time and experienced counsel at the end. Please feel free to reach out if you resonated with her and her story and are in need of someone to talk to directly. As mentioned toward the end of the episode, her email is [email protected].

Jillian Walters sits down with us today to chat about getting through tough times. When striving and achieving fail us and we come to the end of ourselves, where are we supposed to turn? Jillian shares where she found support and grace in the midst of child loss and carrying a heavy secret.

For listeners who are going through a similar season in life and need direction and encouragement, please feel free to watch the 4-part sermon series called Hurt Happens linked below.

Click here to watch the Hurt Happens Sermon Series.

Join us today as we delve into how to live a Jesus-centered life as a young person in today's modern society. Kenny Ortiz, a professor at Bethany Global University and a pastor at Cities Church, sits down with us to discuss navigating things like dating, finding a church community, and moving forward in our careers. 

Professor Kenny's podcast: Theology For The Rest of Us

Other resources mentioned:

Podcast - Ask Pastor John  

Books - Habits of Grace by David Mathis and Accidental Feminist by Courtney Reissig

YouTube - Paige Benton Brown with The Gospel Coalition 

We're back! In this episode of Mind the Gap, we're kicking off a new style of conversation where we bring on guests of all ages, genders, and races to share their story of how God has saved them and grown them.

Our first guest is none other than Ma'Laika's mother, Yolandé Hall. Since she's been a pillar, mentor, and encourager in all of our lives, we decided there would no more perfect way to start this new version of the podcast than to hear more about how she grew into a Godly woman who knows how to balance showing love and speaking truth. 

The podcast is transitioning into a new direction. Listen to this short episode to find out what to expect in the coming weeks, and don't forget to subscribe and turn on notifications to be updated when the new season starts.

In today's episode, we're discussing the the fine line between honoring our bodies with adequate rest and dishonoring our bodies by being too complacent in our own daily comforts. This conversation covers the perspectives of a college student working out twice a day on her summer break, a corporate 9-5 employee getting in exercise when she can, and a pregnant, work-from-home entrepreneur exercising only when her body feels good enough to move.

Our guest today, Katelyn Stephens, is a friend, Seed77 participant, and fellow Jesus lover. She joins us to share her story and perspective of overcoming being hurt by people in the church and how that led into a deeper relationship with God. In this conversation, we make the distinction between human-made religion and rules and God-given convictions and communication.

And stick around until the end of the episode where talk about how this applies to our bodies and nutrition.

In this episode, we go deep into what it means to differentiate between receiving proper grace to never be perfect and having the license to do whatever we feel like doing. We break down how true grace is the only power that allows us to change for the better and how license keeps us stuck in the same cycles and patterns that keep breaking us down time after time.

If everyone receives a form of common grace, what does that look like?

Is there a standard of grace or does everyone receive it differently?

Listen in as we tackle these questions and more in today's conversation.

*Correction: The artist mentioned, Eshon Burgundy, published the song, "Nothing But The Blood", on the album "Don't Shoot the Messenger" not "For the Love of Money". Both albums are equally awesome.

In today's episode we have a special guest and friend, Kayla, who shared a very unique experience within an online program led by a weight loss charlatan on Instagram. Listen in as we dive deep into the mysterious world of online coaching programs through the lens of real client experience, coaching red flags, and enrollment call scripts.

Stay tuned until the end to hear who the only true mentor and coach worth having is, and if you are ready to take a step forward with creating healthier habits for yourself, check out the free program of Seed77 by visiting the link below.

www.seed77.org