The Good Ideas Podcast

The Good Ideas Podcast

By Steve ElshawEducationSelf-Improvement
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The Good Ideas Podcast episodes

  • The Emotional God (feat. Becky Castle Miller)

    This episode's guest is Becky Castle Miller, a PhD student at Wheaton College studying New Testament with Esau McCaulley. Her dissertation research is about emotions in the Gospel of Luke. She writes and speaks on emotional, mental, and spiritual health in the church. She graduated from Northern Seminary where she studied with Scot McKnight. Her discipleship workbook with Dr. McKnight is called Following King Jesus. She and her husband and their five kids and cat returned to the US in 2020 after living in the Netherlands for eight years, where she served as discipleship director at an international church.


    On this episode, Becky shares valuable insights about:

    • Why it's important to recognize your emotions and be emotionally healthy.
    • Her favourite parts of the Bible that deal with emotion
    • The meaning of discipleship 
    • How pastors can provide excellent care to people who are dealing with trauma in the church
    • Becky's Links:

      beckycastlemiller.com
      beckycastlemiller.substack.com
      Instagram: @wholeemotion
      TikTok: @beckycastlemiller
      Twitter: @bcastlemiller


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      19 min
    • Listening to Survivors of Sex Trafficking (feat. Lena Cebula)

      Lena Cebula is an author of a spiritual autobiography called  “Miraculous”.  She runs Love&BLoved, an organization that grew from her personal journey and her autobiography. Lena is a drug addiction and human trafficking survivor. Today she has a thriving marriage and is a mama of 3 beautiful children. Lena is a blogger, speaker, and Advocate for women in need and victims of human trafficking. Lena invites you to share her story with others who need to hear stories of forgiveness and second chances.

      For more info, visit: loveandbloved.com

      Trigger warning: This episode contains information about sex trafficking and is not suitable for all audiences.

      7 min
    • The Light of Advent (feat. Emma Witmer)

      Emma Witmer reads from her book of poetry, The Light of Advent, and shares about the inspiration for 5 of the 25 poems in the book. 

      Purchase a copy of the book here: https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/emma-witmer/the-light-of-advent/paperback/product-eq58q9.html?page=1&pageSize=4

      21 min
    • The Link Between P*rn and Sex Trafficking

      Audio clips from my Fight4Freedom speaking engagement about the link between p*rn and sex trafficking. 

      Trigger warning: This episode contains information about p*rn and sex trafficking and is not suitable for all audiences.

      14 min
    • Human Trafficking 101

      Audio clips from my Fight4Freedom Human Trafficking 101 speaking engagement.

      Trigger warning: This episode contains information about sex trafficking and is not suitable for all audiences.

      14 min
    • Listening to the Disabled Community (feat. Katie Stewart)

      Katie Stewart is a secondary school teacher in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board. She lives with her husband and four-year-old daughter in Ontario, Canada. Katie was born with a birth defect called Spina Bifida. She is a firm believer in the possAbilities in life! Katie has just embarked on an exciting new venture, with the creation of PossAbilities Redefined, where she shares her unique personal life experience through writing and guest speaking. Katie aspires to become a published author and is working on her first book. Her biggest passions in life are her family, teaching, writing and guest speaking.  You can find Katie on Instagram @possabilities_redefined.

      In this episode, Steve talks with Katie about the following topics

      • Her work background, areas of passion and hobbies
      • What her personal experience was like as someone who experiences a disability before the Covid-19 pandemic
      • How the Covid-19 pandemic impacted her life and the lives of people in the disability community
      • Her ideas about how society can be more inclusive and accessible for people who experience disabilities
      • Ways that the voices of the disability community can be better amplified
      • 48 min

      About The Good Ideas Podcast

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      Hosted by Steve Elshaw, this podcast features guests who are making a positive difference in the world.