Join Ridge Kids Director, Neil Erredge, and Ridge Family Director Doug Applegate as they tackle some challenging questions about God posed by our very own Ridge kids!

We were made to glorify God with our whole lives and that includes our physical bodies. But what exactly does it look like to honor God with our bodies? 

Join Ridge Leadership and Ministry Director, Julie Wiemann, as she welcomes functional nutrition counselor and health coach, Jayne Reysack to the podcast. Together they'll explore the role that nutrition plays in glorifying God in our physical health. 

Jayne works with people to help them understand how nutrition directly affects their overall physical health. For more information contact Jayne at [email protected]

We were made to glorify God with our whole lives and that includes our physical bodies. But what exactly does it look like to honor God with our bodies? How might our dietary and lifestyle choices play a role in it?

Join Ridge Leadership and Ministry Director, Julie Wiemann, as she welcomes functional nutrition counselor and health coach, Jayne Reysack to the podcast. Together they'll explore the role that nutrition plays in glorifying God in our lives.

Jayne works with people to help them understand how nutrition directly affects their overall physical health. For more information contact Jayne at [email protected]

From the Ridge University Podcast, it’s our From the Archives series, in which we take a look back a look back at some of the most memorable and impactful sermons from the past several years and then sprinkle in a little modern context. Today’s topic: Am I putting up barriers that are keeping others from coming to faith in Jesus?

From the Ridge University Podcast, it’s our From the Archives series, in which we take a look back a look back at some of the most memorable and impactful sermons from the past several years and then sprinkle in a little modern context. Today’s topic: Finding joy in our work. If that seems impossible to you, stay tuned. God’s got a plan. 

From the Ridge University Podcast, it’s our From the Archives series, in which we take a look back a look back at some of the most memorable and impactful sermons from the past several years and then sprinkle in a little modern context. Today’s topic: Living counterculturally amid a culture that doesn’t seem to need God. 

For many, the presence of suffering in the world presents a damning verdict on the existence of a good, all-powerful God. Or, if God does exist, it is suggested that He must not  care about the suffering we endure. But what does the Bible say about God and suffering? 

Join Ridge U podcast host Will Herron and special guest Dr. Barb Braband as they conclude this series highlighting Scripture that breathes strength, courage and hope into hardship and pain. 

Book Resources: Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering (Tim Keller) / A Grief Observed (C.S. Lewis) 

For more info on counseling services and support groups at The Ridge click here.

Sharing our story of suffering can be difficult. In the days following a hardship, we often feel more like curling up into a ball rather than opening up to others. What are some of the ways we can get better at sharing our suffering and coming alongside others who are suffering? What are the “phases of suffering” and how can we identify them?  

Join Ridge U podcast host Will Herron and special guest Dr. Barb Braband as they address these questions in episode two of “Walking Through Suffering.” 

Book Resources: Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering (Tim Keller) / A Grief Observed (C.S. Lewis) 

For more info on counseling services and support groups at The Ridge click here.

Despite the reality that each of us will encounter some form of suffering at some point in our lives, most people tend to avoid the topic. One might argue, why would we want to dwell on the difficult things in our lives? Isn’t it better to simply hope for the best or plan to face hardship when it comes? 

Join Ridge U podcast host Will Herron and special guest Dr. Barb Braband as they begin this series discussing the importance of talking about suffering and being able to identify it in our own stories. 

Book Resources: Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering (Tim Keller) / A Grief Observed (C.S. Lewis) 

For more info on counseling services and support groups at The Ridge click here.

Hope is essential for anyone at anytime but perhaps none more so than when we are in the midst of something challenging. In Christianity we find an ultimate hope, a promise of eternity with God in a restored heaven and earth. But how does that hope impact how we navigate the atypical life in the here and now? 

Join host Will Herron and special guest Kerry Lust in this final episode of the series as they discuss the ways in which our promised future can greatly impact an often challenging present. 

Resources: Aching Joy: Following God through the Land of Unanswered Prayer (Jason Hauge) / Unbroken Faith: Spiritual Recovery for the Special Needs Parent (Faith Kim) / Eat, Sleep, Save the World: Words of Encouragement for the Special Needs Parent (Jamie Summer) / Boundaries (Cloud and Townsend) / Held: A Bible Study for Special-Needs Parents (Sandra Peoples) / Unexpected Blessings: The Joys & Possibilities of Life in a Special-Needs Family (Sandra Peoples)

Spark Ministry at The Ridge – (Special Program Assisting Ridge Kids)