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In this episode, Mary and Jay interview Patrick Friedline, who is the Associate Dean of Career Development at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Pat has served at Moody for over 30 years. Pat provides some great advice on pursuing careers and finding your ideal calling for a career. Also, Mary and Jay ask Pat what are the pros and cons in using assessments like personality and gifts in pursuing and looking for a career and job. And Pat concluded with why he likes the PLACE assessments as a tool in the tool box in guiding students in their career and job search. If you follow Pat's suggestions in this podcast they can be a part of guiding you down the career path God has designed for you.

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In this episode, Mary and Jay will explain the 16 spiritual gifts from the spiritual gift assessment in simple and practical ways to understand what they look like in life and ministry situations. There is much disagreement and confusion about many spiritual gifts like prophecy, discernment and knowledge. If you listen to the entire podcast you will walk away with a much clearer understanding of how some spiritual gifts are similar and where they are different in often accomplishing the same purpose within the Body of Christ. And you will be more informed as I Corinthians 12:1 says in how to use your spiritual gifts within the Body of Christ.

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In this episode, Mary and Jay discuss when spiritual gifts assessments are useless and detrimental, but also when used correctly how they can be extremely helpful in discovering your spiritual gifts. Mary gives the Biblical mandate from I Corinthians 12:1 that we are not to be uninformed about our spiritual gifts. From there Jay gives 8 biblical principles where he and Mary give practical examples on how to discover your spiritual gifts beyond a spiritual gift assessment. Again, spiritual gift assessments are valuable, if used properly and in the beginning of the discovery process.

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In this episode, Mary and Jay talk with Hannah Payton, a first year student at Liberty University. Hannah shares how her life experiences entering college and during her first year at college have shaped her for a ministry position(Shepherd assistant in her dorm)she will have as a sophomore at Liberty. Hannah also discusses how her personality and spiritual gifts and understanding them will allow her to shepherd and minister to those in her ministry position as a Shepherd assistant at Liberty next year. Mary and Jay point out that from Ephesians 2:10 that God created Hannah to do good works that only she can fulfill based on how God has created her and where he has placed her. And yes, the same is true for you in how and why He created you to minister to others.

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In this episode, Mary and Jay look at four Biblical giants (Paul, Peter, Barnabas, and Moses) from their DISC personality type. They share strengths and yes even weaknesses (growth areas) of each Biblical personality. As always Mary and Jay set the podcast in the context of Scripture and the role the Spirit of God plays in our personalities. As you listen ask yourself what biblical personality you relate to based on your strengths and weaknesses. And take the DISC personality that is provided in the links above in either the Apple store or the Google Play store.

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Many people who claim to believe the Bible struggle with believing what God says in Psalm 139:14. God says we are "fearfully and wonderfully made." When it comes to our personality tendencies many people struggle with believing they are fearfully and wonderfully made.

In this episode, Mary and Jay talk with Paul Kelley, a junior at Samford University about the potential conflict that can arise when you have personality tendencies that can conflict inside you. Paul describes some situations where his personality tendencies conflict in living on campus at Samford. Jay asks Paul when two personality types that have opposite qualities conflict how he decides which one to go with in his mind and actions. At the end of the podcast Mary points out how Paul uses what could be conflicting personality types in a positive way to live out how God created him to be fearfully and wonderfully made.

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There are many good personality assessments available from the DISC personality assessment that Jay McSwain has developed to Meyers Briggs to Enneagram which is very popular among college students. However, RARELY do personality assessments account for the role of the Holy Spirit in a believers' life-shaping and molding personality tendencies. In this episode Mary and Jay caution against not accounting for the Holy Spirit living IN a believer to mold and shape your personality. Also, you are encouraged to take the free myPersonality assessment in both the Apple and Google Play apps. Remember, personalities are not bad or good, it is what you do with them and Who (God or you) that is in control of them that makes the difference.

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Some people have chameleon personalities.  Is it good or bad to be a chameleon personality?  In this episode, Taylor Ryzeck who is a freshman at Samford University discusses with Mary and Jay her personality which some may see as a chameleon.  The podcast discusses why some people like Taylor might be a chameleon and when it is positive and when it can be a negative quality to be a chameleon personality.

myPLACE podcast launches with Mary McSwain and Jay McSwain discussing what myPLACE podcast will cover in the future. myPLACE will focus on helping you discover how God has uniquely created you through your personality, spiritual gifts, abilities, passions and life experiences. And beyond discovery how to incorporate how you are in having healthy relationships, successful careers, and impactful ministry endeavors. And beyond discovery how you can have healthy relationships, successful careers, and impactful ministry endeavors by knowing you are in Christ.