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In this episode, Brian and Tabitha Caplinger sat down with Mary Stoinski - founder of Demential Life STL - and Wanita Foster - a member of Faith Community staff. 

They talk about what it means to show mercy, why it's important to receive it ourselves, and how showing love to others can make a huge difference in the world around us. 

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00:00 Welcome & Introductions

03:15 Blessed are the Merciful - Defining Terms

06:52 Simple kindness matters

17:30 We're not above needing help

24:00 Healthy boundaries for caregivers

28:30 Where does forgiveness fit in?

37:45 How do you express mercy in everyday life?

49:30 Barriers to Mercy

54:00 Receive mercy yourself

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Following Jesus is a choice, not a feeling. In this conversation, we continue our look at the Beatitudes with a couple of new guests you're going to love! Chet Hunter and Madison Hunter have such great insight into what it means to hunger and thirst after righteousness throughout the seasons of life. 

02:30 Recap & today's Beatitude 

04:00 Defining Terms

10:00 How our journeys began

20:00 Going after the healthy food for your soul

28:00 What does it look like to find satisfaction in God?

30:00 Following God is a choice, not a feeling

40:00 How do we identify what's missing?

50:00 People can be weird, God is not

55:00 The Power of Community

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If you're new to the Bible or want to take your study further, consider these free resources we use ourselves:

Bible.com - A free, digital Bible with many translations from YouVersion that also provides hundreds of devotionals

BibleProject.com - A free resource from The Bible Project that provides in-depth overviews and studies of Scripture as well as key concepts and themes within the Bible.

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As we continue our discussion on the Beatitudes, we're chatting about the next Beatitude in our series - Blessed are the Meek. Tabitha sat down with a couple of friends to discuss the common misconceptions of meekness and how practicing it leads to God's blessing in our lives. Spoiler alert: it has nothing to do with weakness! 

00:00 Last Episode Recap

03:30 The misconceptions & truth of "meekness"

17:50 What meekness means Biblically & how it makes us feel

20:00 It's not about me

24:50 Learning to be content with how God made you

27:00 The why behind the what

39:00 The promise of meekness

50:00 The power of the pause 

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If you're new to the Bible or want to take your study further, consider these free resources we use ourselves:

Bible.com - A free, digital Bible with many translations from YouVersion that also provides hundreds of devotionals

BibleProject.com - A free resource from The Bible Project that provides in-depth overviews and studies of Scripture as well as key concepts and themes within the Bible.

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What if grieving sin is actually a way to grow closer to the God who loves us and others? As we continue our study of the Beatitudes, Tabitha Caplinger sat down with Josh Quick and Fawn Ellerbrook to chat about what sin is, what it means to mourn it, and how we walk with others as we learn to follow Jesus together.

00:00 What does "blessed are those who mourn" actually mean?
04:30 Defining sin and why it's something to mourn
17:00 The consequences of our sin
25:00 The hope for something better because of God's mercy
30:00 Having compassion for ourselves and others
42:00 Walking with people who are struggling
50:00 God transforms us from the inside out 

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If you're new to the Bible or want to take your study further, consider these free resources we use ourselves:

Bible.com - A free, digital Bible with many translations from YouVersion that also provides hundreds of devotionals

BibleProject.com - A free resource from The Bible Project that provides in-depth overviews and studies of Scripture as well as key concepts and themes within the Bible. 

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In Matthew 5, Jesus shares a set of profoundly rich statements about what it means to be blessed as you follow Him. In this episode, we jump into the first statement - "Blessed are the poor in spirit..." Tabitha Caplinger is joined by Lauren Earls, Brian Caplinger and Fawn Ellerbrook to chat about what this statement means and what it looks like in our everyday lives over 2,000 years later. 

02:00 What does it mean to be poor in spirit?

14:00 You don't have to be enough.

24:00 What we can learn through lack

27:00 How do we love in humility?

40:00 Sanctification is a process.

44:30 What are my expectations rooted in?

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We're starting a new series walking through the Beatitudes found in Matthew 5. In this first episode, we'll get an overview of what this section of scripture is and talk through our thoughts on what this means for us. Tabitha Caplinger got to chat with three friends from Faith Community - Grant Reeves, Nicole Sullivan, and Fawn Ellerbrook - as we kick off the series.

00:00 Welcome & Introductions

03:00 Reading the Beatitudes

04:58 What does it mean to be blessed?

16:55 Our thoughts on the Beatitudes

23:25 Jesus made things right for us

33:00 We're called to follow Jesus & partner with the Holy Spirit in every season

46:15 The eternal perspective

51:50 It's all rooted in God's love for us

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If you're new to the Bible or want to take your study further, consider these free resources we use ourselves:

Bible.com - A free, digital Bible with many translations from YouVersion that also provides hundreds of devotionals

BibleProject.com - A free resources from The Bible Project that provides in-depth overviews and studies of Scripture as well as key concepts and themes within the Bible. 

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We’re all influenced by our surroundings - our friends & family, the media we consume, the work we engage in. So how do we determine if our influences are helping or hindering us? How do we create healthy boundaries, build healthy relationships, and consume content that helps us move toward the person we want to be? In this conversation, Brian Caplinger, Radonda Rowton and Fawn Ellerbrook chat about how to assess and steward our influence well. 

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00:00 Welcome & Introductions

04:25 What is influence?

08:35 The importance of knowing who you are

12:00 Life is seasonal, things can change! 

15:30 How does our family of origin impact us?

20:00 Influence as connection

22:25 How do we determine what influences to keep and what to let go of?

30:35 What questions can we ask ourselves to determine how to care for ourselves?

39:29 The problem with pornography

41:44 Overcoming the voice of shame

44:30 Reframing our thoughts with what's true

47:00 Learning from King Solomon's story

53:00 You don't need to change people

1:04:00 How do we steward our own influence?

1:12:18 You are in charge of your own influence and what influences you

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We're back with another season of podcasts! In this episode, Tabitha Caplinger chats with Josh Quick and Chris Rowton about what it means to think critically as a Christian and why the way we process & share information matters. 

00:00 Welcome & Introductions
00:42 Information Overload & How to Deal with It
05:00 Empathy, the anti-trigger
10:22 Just walk WITH people
13:14 Seeking THE truth, not MY truth
15:40 Reach over the wall
19:20 A Kingdom kind of love
21:50 Jesus welcomes you just as you are
26:00 Different doesn't mean evil
29:35 Responsible social media
38:42 The whole perspective 
44:20 How to think critically and ask questions
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This episode wraps up our Easter series as we explore what it looks like to live life in light of the resurrection. Pastor Josh and his friend Pastor Bob Poley from Grace Union sit down to talk about the powerful transformation we experience when we encounter Christ and what it looks like to walk out our salvation in everyday life no matter where we’re at on the journey. 

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Throughout life, there are seasons of grief and loss as we experience the death of a loved one, a dream, a job, or an expectation. In this episode, Pastor Josh and Lauren sit down to talk about Jesus as a dying Savior and how we walk through a variety of losses in our own lives. They discuss the difference between death and dormancy and how God walks with us every step of the way as we allow Him to lead this powerful process of growth. 

00:00 Welcome & Introductions
03:40 Jesus had to die to resurrect us
07:00 What does it mean to "die to yourself"?
09:30 The difference between death and dormant
15:45 The winter season is vital
18:00 How God works through the process
22:15 The other side of the pain
29:00 Allowing people to process their pain
31:30 Grieving expectations
35:50 Someday you'll see purpose in it
43:30 God works through people in the process
44:45 Let people in to help 
49:50 If you're in the middle of it, God will lead you on the way through

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