Pastor John Bower joins Stephen with Forerunner Mentoring for part three of our Relational Needs series. Today, we discuss the obstacles to building relationship with your mentee. We cover what a healthy mentoring relationship looks like, what obstacles may be present, and how to overcome those obstacles.

Pastor John Bower joins Stephen with Forerunner Mentoring for part two of our Relational Needs series. Today, we discuss the concept of the emotional cup, what causes us to leave emotions unprocessed, the importance of just being present, how to talk with your mentee about their emotions, and why it's important to differentiate between thoughts and feelings.

Pastor John Bower joins Stephen with Forerunner Mentoring for the first of a four-part series on relational needs. This week, they discuss the pain and potential within relational needs, how shame can hinder us in meeting our relational needs, the role of attachment within relationship, why it's important for us to meet our relational needs outside of the mentor/mentee relationship, and how social media can shape our identity.

We are gearing up to get a handful of podcasts your way. All of these are geared to help you live and live well. This episode draws from Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening devotional.

A few thoughts for this Lectio podcast. The first is, the whole reason we set this up was to help you live in Christ. And after the horror we experienced as a church last Sunday, I wanted to cover some verses on peace. Hope this helps.

Back at it again! In Episode 6 we dive into Philippians 2:1-11. As we are all sheltered-in-place, St. Paul comes reminding us that we are still called to be one (even if we are in close quarters).

On Episode 5 is a minor deviation from the straight up practice of Lectio. In this episode, John walks through some thinking about fear and how God calls us to respond to it (Exodus 4:1-5)

What do you think when you think about God? What are the stories you’re telling yourself now about God yourself and our current life? These are some thoughts to think about during today’s Lectio (Isaiah 40/21-31 NIV).

Today's episode was written with the recent shelter in place ruling set forth by Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. Most believers factually know that God tells us not to fear many times in scripture. Despite this knowledge many Christians live in a great deal of fear. I believe fear is overcome through a relational experience with God and His word that helps us overcome fear with knowledge He is actually with us. Today's Lectio is from a collection of verses and read by Kasey Bower (Deuteronomy  31:8; Isaiah 41:10; John 16:33; Romans 8:15-17; 1 Peter 5:6-7).

After the devastation this weekend, I wanted to produce a Lectio to help comfort our church. In this episode I briefly examine three ways we heal and then walk us through being comforted by God (Isaiah 40:1; Matthew 5:4; 2 Corinthians 1:2-5).