Overflow Unplugged

Episode 22: How To Read The Bible

In this episode of Overflow Unplugged, the Overflow Team talks about the best way to approach the Bible and read it in a way that makes sense and helps us apply it to our lives. From sharing how they read the Bible and something they are learning right now, the team also gives some practical resources that we can all use whether we have been reading the Bible our entire lives or just picked it up for the first time! 

Here are some resources that are mentioned in the episode! 

The Bible Project 

Bible Hub 

You Version Bible App

Let’s talk about how we spend our time!  Staying consistent and intentional throughout the summer can be difficult due to the changes in rhythm and environment, so we must go back to the basics and keep it simple yet intentional.

Here is the text from the book of Colossians that is read and discussed in this episode!

Colossians 2:6-7(MSG)

My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you’ve been taught. School’s out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving.

Colossians 3:1–2 (MSG)

So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective.

If you would like to connect with someone on our team, we would love to connect with you! All you have to do is text the word “CONNECT” to (910 597-1160!

Thank you for being a part of the Overflow Unplugged community!

On this episode of Overflow Unplugged, Carson sits down with Dr. Chinwé Williams to talk about mental health and some practical steps we can all take in finding healthy mental rhythms and taking our best next step to mental wellness. We believe this conversation is vital for us all to continue engaging in, and we hope that this is encouraging to you right where you are!You can find Dr. Williams on Instagram at dr.chinwewilliams! We are confident that following her will encourage you and provide some helpful encouragement in your feed!If you have questions after listening through this conversation, want to get connected to our team, or need help finding care and support for your mental health, we would love to help. You can connect with someone on our team by sending a text to (910) 597-1160! We love you and want to support you every step of the way!

On this episode of Overflow Unplugged, Carson talks with our friend Samer who is the lead pastor of Woodstock City Church in Atlanta, Georgia! They cover a wide variety of topics from how to navigate the change in rhythm during spring break, relationships and the opportunity we have to lead during college! We hope this conversation encourages you to take your next step to living in the way of Jesus!

We hope that every episode of Overflow encourages, challenges, and equips you in your faith journey. We believe that we belong together and would love to connect with you! You can reach out to us through our Instagram account "pc3overflow" or by sending us a text at (910) 597 1160, and we will help you get connected to more resources to help you walk with God!

On this episode of Overflow Unplugged, Carson sits down with our good friend Stuart Hall to have a conversation about mental health and how we see God moving in the world! Stuart has been a part of our church and Overflow for many years! He is a leader of leaders and consistently calls people higher in their pursuit of living out their faith in the way of Jesus! 

We hope that every episode of Overflow encourages, challenges, and equips you in your faith journey. We believe that we belong together and would love to connect with you! You can reach out to us through our Instagram account "pc3overflow" or by sending us a text at (910) 597 1160, and we will help you get connected to more resources to help you walk with God! 

We are back and more excited than ever because this is our first episode since September of 2021! We hope this conversation encourages you and challenges you to take the next step in your walk with God! In this week's conversation, Carson sits down with the new Overflow staff, Jenna Mondoro and Jake Smith, to talk about what the first part of 2022 has been like and what they are all learning right now in their walk with God.

The relationship we have with our phones is complicated. Our phones connect us with the world around us and make our lives so much more convenient. But with the average college student consuming 9 hours of screen time a day and almost 3 hours spent on social media, it seems like we might be unintentionally trading convenience for constant distraction. 

In this week's conversation, Clay, Maddie, and Zack sat down to talk about the positives and negatives of screen time, how we can DTR (define the relationship) with our devices, and some helpful tips for intentional and meaningful usage of our phones.

If we have learned anything about friends over the past few weeks, we've learned friendships are complicated, nuanced, and even messy- but they are worth it!

On this week’s Overflow Unplugged episode, Clay, Maddie, and Zack sat down to finish responding to the friendship questions we received from you guys on Instagram!

In Part 2 of the Q&A, we discussed questions like:

-How do you handle toxic friendships?

-How do you deal with one-sided friendships?

-What do you do when you are the friend everyone runs to but there is no one there for you?

-What do you do when you feel like you’ve given too much trust away and you often are left feeling hurt?

-What do you do when you have friends who get jealous when you hang out with other people?

-What are healthy boundaries in friendship?

-How do you set boundaries when helping a friend begins to hinder your growth?

-Boundaries in friendships with the opposite sex?

-When to take a step back in a friendship?

We hope you enjoy today's episode!

We've really enjoyed unpacking this idea of "T.R.U.E." friends last time on the podcast. But friendships are complicated, nuanced, and even messy. So we wanted to take some time to get more specific. We asked you guys on Instagram what questions you have about friendship- and you didn't hold back!

On this week’s Overflow Unplugged episode, Clay, Maddie, and Zack sit down to respond to the questions we received from Instagram. But with so many questions, we had to split the questions into two different episodes.

In Part 1 of the Q&A, we discussed questions like:

How do you get past surface-level friendships?

How to build trust in friendship?

How do you handle friends who don’t understand your relationship with God?

Why does God give us temporary friends?

How do you get over the fear of being a burden when reaching out for help from a friend?

How can you heal broken friendships?

We hope you enjoy today's episode!

We all want friends- yet it seems like few of us have the friends we want. For some of us, that’s because we hold our friends to such a high standard that no one ever meets our expectations. We make friendship impossible when we expect our friends to be perfect!

For others, we don’t have the friends we want because we don’t have a vision for the friends we need. We settle in friendships when we have no vision beyond what the world tells us to look for in relationships. But we believe that God has a better vision for friendships, a vision for T.R.U.E. friends!

In this week’s Overflow Unplugged episode, Clay, Maddie, and Zack sat down to have a conversation to unpack what it means to be a T.R.U.E. friend. They discuss how we have healthy expectations in our relationships and how we can become better friends personally. But by the end of the conversation, they acknowledge that getting friendships right might be one of the most powerful things we can do to change the world around us. 😳

We hope you enjoy!

If you want to watch the Overflow message discussed in this episode, you can find “T.R.U.E. Friends: The One With The Perfect Friendship” on our YouTube channel using the link below:

https://youtu.be/hMVvJPTqD-w