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This week on the Every Story Matters is therapist Alison Keene and Nathan Blake. We explore a variety of questions around the pandemic.

What do we tell you, kids, during the pandemic?

What do we do if we are alone during the stay at home order?

Best practices in self-care through this season?

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Churches often measure their success by numbers. How many people are in the pews week after week.

But what about the depth of care for one another? What about the relationships?

Relationships are the things that can't be measured or quantified. They aren't a product to be sold or controlled.

Excited to talk to Randy Evans Lead Curator of the Feast Gathering and get his take on how cultivating deep community relationships have been foundational in his story.

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Got to hear Randy Evans of the Feast Gathering story today. Here is a tiny preview. Looking forward to everyone hearing it!

Today on our podcast we are talking to Kat Mathias who is a small business owner of Impulsive Creativity. We wanted to get her take on how the Coronavirus was impacting her small business. And also find ways that we can support our small businesses in our community. Such as buying gift cards are a great way to help small businesses during this season.

We hope you will make a purchase this week!

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How are stories told? How are they handed down to us? It isn’t that our families sit us down for a “long storytime” session but it over many simple moments around the table where stories are told. And these stories shape our identity, they shape our place in the world, and they shape how we other stories.

Today I am talking to Ricky Hurtado. What made me want to sit down with Ricky was something I heard him say the other day that his parents escaped conflict-torn El Salvador in the 80s in a car trunk to the US in search of a better life.

I want to see how that story was handed down to him. But also how the story influences how he hears other people stories.

We start by talking about what everyone is talking about and that is Covid-19.

Ricky Hurtado is the Democratic Candidate for North Carolina House seat 63 and a UNC Professor. He is also the co-director and co-founder of Latix Ed.

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In this episode, we will do a series of readings that journey towards the trial, torture, and death of Jesus.

We tell part of his story yet again through various voices in our community.

You can find the readings below.

Before you listen take a moment of silence.

What are you hearing? What are you feeling? Take in a deep breath.

And listen.

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How do we journey through grief?

Is the process the same for everyone?

What does that look like for each of us?

Leslie whose husband recently died from a massive heart attack shares about her story about her journey in grief. She shares about her daily struggles and about the significance and power that the community plays on that journey.

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This week on the Every Story Matters podcast we have Rev. Jay Kennet of Hillsborough United Church of Christ.

At some point on our journey, we will begin to be curious and ask questions. The church has often been a place that didn't welcome questions and doubts.

For Jay this was his catalyst... this is what helped him grow and transform into who he is now.

We talk about his journey from being a southern baptist and the curiosity and questions that have led him to who he is now.

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What is "church"? What is spirituality? What does it mean to "loving yourself" have to do with "loving others"?

We believe stories TRANSFORM us. Take some time out of your day and listen to Dr. Judy Butler's story and how in many ways her story might have something to say to our story.

Dr. Judy Butler recently did a Ted X talk that will come out in April.

We talk a lot about spirituality, church, mental health, coronavirus, and death and dying. We hope that this podcast will leave you encouraged and empowered.

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Today on episode 2 we talk to Nathan Blake a Pastoral Therapist here in Burlington, North Carolina. Particularly how we might care for ourselves during this coronavirus outbreak. We will talk about ways that we might offer ourselves and other grace and practices that encourage us to unplug from social media and be present.

You can find out more about Nathan Blake here.

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