This Poor Pastor's Podcast

On today's episode, I'm just gonna speak from my heart. There aren't a lot of steps to follow, or a formula, just some heartfelt inspiration. One of the greatest passions of my life is to help people move out of the prison of their past into the light of the future God has for them. I'm not naive. I know life is hard. BUT...our past, no matter how difficult, does not have to become our future.

The person best equipped to help you might not be the one who knows how you feel. This is a lesson I have been learning, and, thanks to my PT I have found several other lessons that will aid in your recovery from injury, physical, emotional, or spiritual, and help you understand why it's really hard to be both the patient and the physician.

Grief doesn't have to be your master. There is a way to manage your grief that can bring hope and healing to your life once again. In this episode, I share my 5 step process to help you do just that.

Interested in downloading the free PDF of this process? Click on the link below to download it from my website.

"How to Grieve Well"

We are surrounded by people who are wounded and grieving. Trying to help those people can be incredibly difficult, primarily because of the teaching that is prevalent in the secular world and even many churches, that confuses comfort with sympathy, empathy, and validation. It is a philosophy that eschews solutions, in favor of "understanding." In this episode, I would like to provide another option. One I believe to be Biblical.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode

How to Grieve Well (Free PDF)

On this episode, I want to walk you through my U.N.S.T.U.C.K. acronym. This is a program I developed to walk people through the process of identifying and initiating the meaningful change they need to get them out of that rut. I have seen it work in my own life, and I know it would work in yours.

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Who are the three most important people in your life? It might not be who you think. In this episode, I challenge you to identify and maybe consider changing those people if necessary. I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Here's a quick challenge to you. Pick at least one contact from your phone or social media and send them a note to let them know that you were thinking about them. Pray for them, and let them know it. Reach out to someone you haven't heard from in a while, or someone you recently met and leave them an encouraging message. Grow your network, grow your community. Give a good word.

Not everyone who has experienced pain and difficulty develops the mindset problems we examine in this episode. Some people in this mindset haven't even experienced anything difficult at all yet. In today's episode, I list the ten signs of what I call the "trauma and disability" mindset that is so prevalent and holds so many people back.

You can download it for yourself in PDF form at my website: www.markfostercoaching.com/resources

When you are pruning a fruit tree, you won't be successful by just making miniscule cuts, year by year. If there is no fruit or diminished fruit production, it will take some targeted, aggressive cutting to return to a fruitful stage. And no, this episode isn't about horticulture, but it is about church, ministry, and life. Take a listen!

Resource Mentioned in This Episode (Thank you!)

"Mind Shift" -Erwin Raphael McManus

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Hey everyone! This is the seventh episode since I started my daily podcast experiment. I thought this would be a good time to share some thoughts I have on the future of this podcast, ask you for some valued feedback, and share a short essay I wrote on the perils of raising daughters. It's a bit eclectic. Hopefully, you enjoy it!