Simply Equip Podcast

On today's episode, we start the conversation about how to be an intentional parent as our kids are in the elementary school age. This episode starts the conversation for what kids face in today's world and how we can model what they need from us as parents to help them navigate and learn to be Christ followers at an early age. We have special guest, Camille Alderman, who has been an educator and administrator in our local public school systems for the past 22 years, on the episode to discuss trends in students and how we can assist in giving them the direction needed as parents.

We will follow up with an episode geared towards pre-teens to teenagers.

On today's episode, we dig a little further into the passages that have been confusing and difficult to interpret as it pertains to women in ministry and "headship" passages in Scripture.

Part 1: Sermon in 1 Corinthians series at Creekside Church 

Equal by Katia Adams

The Blue Parakeet by Scott McKnight

The 5 Myths of Male Headship- The Junia Project

On today's episode, we talk with special guest, Connor Tyndall, about how powerful our negative thoughts can be, and talk about some practical steps for guarding our minds and re-training our brains.

Resources:

You are not your brain- Jeffrey M Schwartz

Get out of your head- Jenni Allen

Resource for Kids dealing with anxiety or intrusive thoughts:

What to do when you worry too much-Dawn Huebner

Today we will be discussing how to position ourselves to hear from God! Does God speak today, and if so, how? We believe God is speaking through many different ways, but have we trained ourselves to listen for Him?

Resources:

The Practice of the Presence of God-Brother Lawrence

How to Hear God-Pete Greig

On today's episode, we summarize 3 different views on the topic of Hell. Here are the different podcasts and book recommendations to help you dig further if you choose:

Traditional view

Conditionalist/Annihilism

Book on all three views including Universalist

In today's episode, we are talking about living vulnerably. We define what it means to live this way, and give some boundaries around how to live this out!

Here are a few of the resources we mentioned in our discussion:

Dare to Lead: Brene Brown(mainly the first chapter)
Anatomy of the Soul: Curt Thompson M.D.

On today's episode, we look at what it means to live a life of worship. We define the difference between worship and praise, and what the Bible says about how to engage in worship and praise! Here are a few additional resources we mentioned in today's episode:

"How to Worship a King" by Zach Neese
"Holy Roar" by Chris Tomlin and Darrin Whitehead
"The Reset" by Jeremy Riddle

On today's episode, we interview Carma Burgos,  and discuss the importance of mental health. We touch on myths surrounding professional counseling, and how the Christian faith supports being holistically healthy. 
Notes: 5 areas to check in with yourself regularly to evaluate your mental health:

• Physical
• Emotional/mental
• Social 
• Environmental
• Occupational

Resources for how we as the church can integrate faith with psychology(counseling):
A new approach to mental illness in the church-Ed Stetzer
Is Scripture Enough-Kristen Kansiewicz, LMHC
The Wounded Spirit-Tim Keller

We hope you enjoy today's episode on Sabbath, or Shabbat! Here are the resources we referenced as we researched:

The Bible Project: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/sabbath-video/ Also, check out their blog, and podcasts on this subject for a much deeper dive into the topic.

24/6 by Matthew Sleeth, M.D

The Deeply Formed Life by Rich Villodas

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: by John Mark Comer

We wanted to kick off our first episode, and the new year, with some thoughts on what we do each year as individuals, in our marriage and as a family to live intentional, value-driven lives! This is not a recipe or formula for you to follow, just some thoughts on how to frame the questions you ask of yourself and how to turn those thoughts and values into actionable steps to help you live out those values!

Here is a link to the value cards we talk about in this episode!

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