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Episode 147 - Discernment: Finding Our Way, Part 2

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“Discernment is the process of gaining clarity on finding direction for the next step of our journey.”

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Today’s podcast is part two of a discussion between Steve and Spiritual Director Martie McMane. Martie is a retired minister, artist, and spiritual director who used a collage process with Steve & Gwen to help them make some crucial life decisions during a period of repositioning. They continue the conversation today about how the collage process can work in each of our own lives

Thank you for joining us in today’s conversation!

About Martie McMane

Rev. Martie McMane, MA, M.Div, is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and was the Senior Minister of First Congregational Church in Boulder from 2000-2016.  As a certified Enneagram teacher for 25 years, Martie has reached well over 1,000 people with her in-depth knowledge of the Enneagram and how its understanding can be transformative for our lives. In retirement, she enjoys creating pastels and mixed media, using it as a way to express the connection with the Divine as witnessed in nature and what it means to be human.


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This is the Soul Collage that Steve did in the retreat with Marty.

 


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  • Music Break at 23:13 - A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation by John Rutter

  • Music Break at 39:50 - There will be Rest by Frank Ticheli - performed by Kantorei


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Episode 146 - Discernment: Finding Our Way, Part 1

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“Discernment is the process of gaining clarity on finding direction for the next step of our journey.”

Show notes

Last year Steve and Gwen went through a period of repositioning: changes were on the horizon but any clarity about what to do next was clouded by the realization that they were not on the same page. They reached out to a trusted Spiritual Director for help and the result was what they called a “Discernment Retreat.”  They needed clarity. They needed discernment.

Today’s podcast is a discussion between Steve and the Spiritual Director they called on for help, Martie McMane. A retired minister, artist, and spiritual director, Martie used a collage process that helped Steve & Gwen in making those crucial, life decisions. Today they dive deep into the process.

Thank you for joining us in today’s conversation!

About Martie McMane

Rev. Martie McMane, MA, M.Div, is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and was the Senior Minister of First Congregational Church in Boulder from 2000-2016.  As a certified Enneagram teacher for 25 years, Martie has reached well over 1,000 people with her in-depth knowledge of the Enneagram and how its understanding can be transformative for our lives. In retirement, she enjoys creating pastels and mixed media, using it as a way to express the connection with the Divine as witnessed in nature and what it means to be human.


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This is the Soul Collage that Steve did in the retreat with Marty.

 


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  • Music Break at 33:22 & 36:32 - Waltz for the Broken Hearted Written and performed by Jeff Wahl.


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Episode 145 - Walter Brueggemann's Prophetic Imagination

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“I am simply humbled at this stage in my career, to have the privilege to tell Walter’s story and to help amplify his amazingly relevant voice. Getting to know Walter has been a healing and restorative experience for me as a former pastor and a professor deeply committed to social justice when so much of the church and society has forgotten what the biblical text says about God’s care for the marginalized.”
— Conrad L. Kanagy

Show notes

Steve’s chats with Conrad Kanagy, the author of coming soon book Walter Brueggemann's Prophetic Imagination: A Theological Biography. (releases Oct 24, 2023) Steve and Conrad focus on the book and how it reveals the most complete portrait to date of this remarkable prophet, pastor, preacher, teacher, and friend.

Thank you for joining us in today’s conversation!

About Conrad L. Kanagy

Conrad L. Kanagy is professor of sociology at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania. He holds an undergraduate degree from Wheaton College (Illinois) and a PhD from Penn State. He is the author of eight books and numerous scholarly articles. His primary area of expertise is American and global Christianity. He hosts the podcast A Church Dismantled--A Kingdom Restored.

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  • Music Break at 33:00 - The Feast of St Augustine

  • Music Break at 47:28 - Kyrie Eleison with Audrey Snyder

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Episode 144 - 'Kindavangelical' with guest Pete Briscoe

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“I came to the conclusion that I could not stay in that role and be healthy. So I chose to be a healthy person over a megachurch pastor, and it was an incredibly hard choice.”
— Pete Briscoe

Show notes

In today’s conversation, Steve talks with Pete Briscoe about why Pete no longer calls himself an “evangelical.”

You’ll hear Pete’s story, filled with pain and struggles, as he discovers more beautiful ways to live the Christian life. While you may not agree with his path, we think there’s something here to learn in his story.

Thank you for joining us in today’s conversation!

About Pete Briscoe

After leading Bent Tree Bible Fellowship church for nearly three decades and preaching for Telling the Truth ministry for more than a decade, God led Pete to a new season of life.

With his wife Libby, they sold their home, donated most of their stuff, and bought an RV. They drove west into the sunset, took a couple of months to catch their breath, and then started to work from the road.

Pete now coaches pastors and business owners/leaders in communications and self-care. He is also the host of the podcast Kindavangelical, a podcast for folks who have spent time in the evangelical culture but it isn’t working for them anymore.

Learn more about Pete on his website: www.petebriscoe.org

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MUSIC USED IN PODCAST

  • Music Break at 31:40 - Gratitude by Scott Lamlein.

  • Music Break at 56:05 - Luminous Night of the Soul by Ola Gjeilo. Performed by Central Washington University Chamber Choir.

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Episode 134 - A year of Slowing Down

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Many of us seemed hard wired to do, do, and do more. Changing this requires a long, slow rewiring of our minds at the cellular level.

It is not acquired by reading quotes, attending conferences or transferring an addiction of accomplishing more and more to the spiritual life.

Steve talks with author Alan Fadling about his beautiful book, A Year of Slowing Down: Daily Devotions for Unhurried Living

A year of slowing. I like it and you will also!

Today’s Guest - Alan Fadling

Alan is a founding partner of Unhurried Living, Inc, a non-profit that trains people to rest deeper, live fuller and lead better. Alan is a trained spiritual director and leadership consultant, and the author of the award-winning books An Unhurried Life and An Unhurried Leader, which was honored with a Christianity Today Award of Merit in spirituality. He is also coauthor (with Gem Fadling) of What Does Your Soul Love?

  • Learn more about Alan & his books, podcast, coaching, and Unhurried Living on his website - www.unhurriedliving.com


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  • Music Break at 33:23: Sanctus (De Angelis) - Juliano Ravanello

  • Music Break at 50:21: Heavenly Violin - Beautiful Relaxing Violin Music


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SUMMER 2022 Replays: Episodes 17 & 18 - The Critical Journey, Part 1 & 2

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SUMMER 2022 Replays: Episodes 17 & 18 - The Critical Journey, Part 1 & 2

How do we determine where we are on the spiritual journey? It can be 1 step forward, 2 steps back! This is what we call the Critical Journey, a model that includes 6 stages in our journey in Soul Care. Today we will be discussing the first three stages (next week we will discuss the final three stages):

1.      The Recognition of God

2.      The Life of Discipleship

3.      The Productive Life

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SUMMER 2022 Replays: Episode 25 - Spiritual Identity: Exploring the Three Core Lies

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SUMMER 2022 Replays: Episode 25 - Spiritual Identity: Exploring the Three Core Lies

We struggle to identity ourselves, but what is the real truth about our Identity?

Today Dustin is talking about Identity with David Sachsenmaier, a trained and certified executive coach whose identity was challenged by a family crisis as a child and now focuses on identity as a cornerstone in his work with others.

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Episode 117 - Original Blessing with Danielle Shroyer

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Before there was "original sin" there was original blessing! This is a conversation that may challenge much of what you have believed and help you reframe what the Bible actually says.

This is a deep and rich conversation about our true identity as men and women. We talk about reclaiming our blessing and birthright that some theology have taken from us. We talk about parenting with blessing, marriage and blessing, and troubled / broken friendships and blessing.

This will be our final episode for Season 7! We are taking a break this summer, but will be back in the fall. Wishing you all a lovely summer of rest and respite.

Special Guest Danielle Shroyer

Danielle Shroyer spent over a decade in pastoral leadership and was a founding member of the emerging church movement. She speaks often across the country on issues of theology, faith, culture, and story, and blogs at www.danielleshroyer.com. A graduate of Baylor University and Princeton Theological Seminary, Danielle is the author of Original Blessing: Putting Sin in its Rightful Place; Where Jesus Prayed: Illuminations on the Lords Prayer in the Holy Land; and The Boundary Breaking God: An Unfolding Story of Hope and Promise.

Danielle Shroyer
 

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  • Music Break at 53:02: Medie noctis tempus est - Composed by John Tavener - Performed by Anonymous 4.



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Episode 116 - Aging: A Lifelong Transition with Alice Fryling

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“Grow old with me, the best is yet to be.”
— Robert Browning

Today is our third, and final episode in a series called Managing Transitions. And if you've been listening over the course of the last couple of weeks you've heard a lot about the terms of our own internal shifting amid transitions. Change is inevitable, but transitions is really our internal work to the external change that we've been going through. Today we're going to be talking about aging with special guest Alice Fryling.

Alice is the author of Aging Faithfully: The Holy Invitation of Growing Older, a beautiful book that addresses aging: how we all age differently and how God calls each of us to new spiritual birth as we mature. Whether you are approaching the beginning, middle, or end of your senior years, you are invited to today’s conversation.

Special Guest Alice Fryling

Alice Fryling

Alice Fryling is a spiritual director and a bestselling author of ten books on relationships and spiritual formation, including her new book Aging Faithfully: The Holy Invitation of Growing Older. Alice received training in Spiritual Direction from the Christos Center in Minneapolis, and training in the Enneagram at Loyola University. She has been leading Enneagram workshops for thirty years, teaching participants how to use the Enneagram to know God and themselves more deeply.

She is also certified to teach the Myers Briggs Temperament Inventory. She and her husband, Bob, have two married daughters and four grandchildren. They live in Monument, Colorado.

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  • Music Break at 29:04: Joie De Vivre by Frederic Chopin - Performed by George Davidson.

  • Music Break at 50:49: Down to the River to Pray - Attributed to George H. Allan in the Slave Songbook of 1867 - Performed by The Apex Singers.



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Episode 115 - Managing Transitions, Part 2 with Steve

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“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens...”
— Ecclesiastes 3

We are on the second part of our series on Transitions, and Steve will be talking to us about the many ways we change and transition. Using personal examples and sharing from his heart, this is a podcast to not miss!

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Episode 114 - Managing Transitions, Part 1 - The Leader's Transitions

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It’s been said that the only constant in life is change. While that’s true, it’s not always reassuring.

Change, as William Bridges explains it, is “situational: the move to a new site, the retirement of the founder, the reorganization of the roles on a team.” It can be the end of a relationship, the death of a parent, the move of your best friend. Any change brings with it a gap, some-thing called a transition. These in-between times are hard, even in the best of circumstances, because they represent moving from one phase of life to another.

Today we begin a new series on Managing Transitions with Joe Chambers reading from Steve’s book Inside Job, The Leaders Transitions: Understanding Change (Chapter 9).

Thank you for joining us in this conversation!

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  • Music Break at 42:12: Sing Joyfully by William Byrd (c.1540 - 1623) - set from Psalm 81. Performed by The King’s Singers.


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Top 10 Episodes - #5! Soulcare in Exhaustion

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Top 10 Episodes - #5! Soulcare in Exhaustion

Today is the start of our fourth season, and we are changing things up a bit with a new format that will be more reflective, personal, and focused on Soul Care in Anxious Times. This week’s episode is Steve sharing his recent struggles with exhaustion… that deep in the heart, soul weary exhaustion that many of us are struggling with now. It’s a beautiful episode that will speak to your heart and soul and help you find the unforced rhythms of grace.

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TOP 10 EPISODES... #10! Discernment: The Journey to Discover God’s Will

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All of us are looking to discover God’s will. We all need clarity in making decisions. This exciting conversation between Steve and Father Tim Corbley unpacks spiritual discernment, defined as the art of finding clarity. Through discernment, our goal is to “find God in all things.”  Father Tim was Steve Smith’s spiritual guide for year long journey Steve took in 2017, called The Ignatian Exercises. This conversation is like listening to two seasoned souls talk of deep things. 

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Episode 90 - A Soul Care Experience

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How do you “do” the invisible work of caring for your soul?

The Soul Care Institute was created to do just that -to help you discover what your soul has been longing for.

Kaylene Derksen, the President of the Soul Care Institute (and previous co-host for the podcast!) joins today’s podcast and chats with 3 students who are in the middle of their own journeys. Listen as they describe how they made the decision to join the Soul Care Institute and what they are learning through their journey.

Once you have listened to the podcast, go visit SoulCareInstitute.com to learn more about the Institute and to sign up for Cohort 10!

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  • Soul Care Institute

  • Jeremiah 6:16 (MSG) - “…and you will find rest for your soul.”

  • Lectio Divina

  • Competitive Edge International

  • Retreat Locations

  • Above All Else (the previous retreat for Potter’s Inn, run by new owners)

  • Music in podcast: Sweet Hour of Prayer sung by Sounds Like Reign

    Sweet hour of prayer
    Sweet hour of prayer
    That calls me from a world of care
    And bids me at my Father's throne
    Make all my wants and wishes known
    In seasons of distress and grief
    My soul has often found relief
    And oft escaped the tempter's snare
    By Thy return, sweet hour of prayer

    Sweet hour of prayer
    Sweet hour of prayer
    The joys I feel, the bliss I share
    Of those whose anxious spirits burn
    With strong desires for Thy return
    With such I hasten to the place
    Where God my Savior shows His face
    And gladly take my station there
    And wait for Thee, sweet hour of prayer

    Sweet hour of prayer
    Sweet hour of prayer
    And wait for Thee
    Sweet hour of prayer

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Episode 89 - Exposing the Soul of the Pastor!

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The Soul Care Conversation in this episode is "Exposing the Soul of the Pastor!"  We live in a day of tension, frustration, and alienation - and no people group faces the brunt of the discord we navigate more than pastors of the local church.

We've gathered four pastors to have a candid conversation, which will be a portal for us to listen and understand the soul of the pastor in today's environment.

A pastor told me recently that "Pastoring today is like pastoring the United States which is now the fragmented states. We have the Anti-maskers, Pro-Maskers; the Anti this and the Pro that every time we meet. We have Blue people and Red People and every one matters people and I don't give a rip people.”

Imagine what this tension does inside the soul of the pastor! 

Please help us by sharing this podcast with anyone you know who works in and for the local church. Perhaps this Podcast will help a pastor, somewhere, feel not so alone and or alienated. Perhaps these words and voices might give voice to their own inner rumblings.

It's honest and raw - it's clarifying and helpful. 

Take a listen. Pass it around!

Every blessing,

Stephen W. Smith

HOSt & Special Guests

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Joe Chambers is today’s host and the pastor of Mountain Heights Baptist Church in Buena Vista, CO. He studied at Oklahoma Baptist University, completed a two-year certification program in Soul Care from the Potter’s Inn Soul Care Institute and Fuller Seminary. Currently an apprentice with Anam Cara in Spiritual Direction. Living with his wife Lynette at the base of Mt. Princeton, Joe is an avid reader and writer, loves to tell stories and spend time in the wilderness.

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Zach Bearss is the lead pastor of Clearview Community Church in Buena Vista, Colorado. He is married to Catherine and they have four children: Anna, Isaac, Noah and Joe. Pastor Zach has a passion to lead people into a transforming relationship with Jesus and authentic community with one another so that the light of the gospel can shine through their lives to the world.  

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Jason Tippetts is married to Sarah and they live in Buena Vista, Colorado where they try to figure out how to have time together weekly as they raise 5 kids and two dogs. Jason is ordained in the PCA and is planting his second church in Colorado. Favorite hobbies are trying to decide with his wife what we feed the kids for dinner, looking for a quiet place to read in our house, and watching his weather app. Sometimes all at one time. 

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Leslie Quilico is a daughter of God, wife to Steve, mother to three, & pastor & friend to many. She is a passionate learner who loves coffee, books, walks, & conversation. Her favorite conversations are with Jesus, & her biggest hope is to be a part of God's kingdom coming to earth on the daily.


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Episode 88 - The Post-Pandemic Church

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SHOW NOTES What will church look like and be like in the post pandemic era? We discuss pastors inner worlds and implications for the new wine that is coming! A stirring, provocative conversation which will rattle and stretch us from these two seasoned veterans who work in the subterranean world of helping church leaders!

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What will church look like and be like in the post pandemic era? We discuss pastors inner worlds and implications for the new wine that is coming!

A stirring, provocative conversation which will rattle and stretch us from these two seasoned veterans who work in the subterranean world of helping church leaders!

Meet Special Guest Dr. Chuck DeGroat

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Chuck is Professor of Counseling and Christian Spirituality at Western Theological Seminary Holland MI, and Co-Founder and a Senior Fellow at Newbigin House of Studies, San Francisco. He is a licensed therapist, author, retreat leader, and spiritual director. Chuck has been married to Sara for 25 years, and has two daughters.

Chuck  has spent the last 20+ years in a dynamic combination of pastoral ministry, seminary teaching, and clinical counseling.  His books are practical and pastoral, meeting readers at the intersection of our spiritual journeys and the very real struggles we experience.

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Episode 87 - The Trap of Money, Sex, and Power - Part 2

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"No issues touch us more profoundly or more universally. No themes are more inseparably intertwined. No topics caused more controversy. No human realities have greater power to bless or to curse. No three things have been sought after or more in need of a Christian response: money, sex, and power.

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“No issues touch us more profoundly or more universally. No themes are more inseparably intertwined. No topics caused more controversy. No human realities have greater power to bless or to curse. No three things have been sought after or more in need of a Christian response: money, sex, and power.”
— Richard Foster, from Challenge of the Disciplined Life: Money, Sex, and Power

We are continuing the conversation today with Steve and Special guest Hayne Steen - “The Trap of Money, Sex, and Power, Part 2”

Meet Special Guest Hayne Steen, MAMFT, LMHC

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Hayne grew up on the north Florida coast and met his wife at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida where they were both students and Young Life leaders. Since 1992 they have been serving together in full time ministry with Young Life and the local church all over the southeast.

Hayne worked in private practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist for six years while co-directing The SoulCare Project, serving as the Director of Counseling and Care. In 2017, he started his own practice, Elbow Tree Christian Counseling, LLC.

Hayne is a Flagler Alumnus (‘95) and did his graduate work at Richmont Graduate University (‘11). He lives in Saint Augustine, FL with his wife, three children, and one grandchild.

Contact Info for Hayne at Elbow Tree Christian Counseling:

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  • Proverbs 12:15 (NIV)

  • Proverbs 15:22 (NIV)

  • Family of Origin exercise - 6 questions:

    • What were the negative characteristics that you experienced in your caregiver (In the growing up years when you were just being formed)? Whether that was a mom, dad, or a grandparent that was charged with your care.

    • What were the positive characteristics that you experienced in that caregiver?

    • What were the unmet needs that went unmet. Like, what were the needs that you had, like physical, emotional, spiritual, that just did not get met?

    • What were the words that never were said, that needed to have been said over you that you long to hear?

    • When we think back on positive experiences in your family: vacations weekends, special birthdays, holidays--positive experiences in the family, what were the warm emotions that you felt in that season?

    • When things were not going well in the family; when things were blowing up; when things were breaking down—How did you cope? Where would we find you? What did you do?

  • Challenge of the Disciplined Life: Money, Sex, and Power by Richard Foster 

  • READING: Excerpt from In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen - [READ]

 

SOLO: Creating Space with God

by Stephen W. Smith and Peter Ivey

 

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Episode 86 - The Trap of Money, Sex, and Power - Part 1

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SHOW NOTES "No issues touch us more profoundly or more universally. No themes are more inseparably intertwined. No topics caused more controversy. No human realities have greater power to bless or to curse. No three things have been sought after or more in need of a Christian response: money, sex, and power."

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SHOW NOTES

“No issues touch us more profoundly or more universally. No themes are more inseparably intertwined. No topics caused more controversy. No human realities have greater power to bless or to curse. No three things have been sought after or more in need of a Christian response: money, sex, and power.”
— Richard Foster, from Challenge of the Disciplined Life: Money, Sex, and Power

This quote from Richard Foster is the perfect introduction to today’s podcast. Join Steve and Special guest Hayne Steen on today’s new podcast “The Trap of Money, Sex, and Power.”

Meet Special Guest Hayne Steen, MAMFT, LMHC

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Hayne grew up on the north Florida coast and met his wife at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida where they were both students and Young Life leaders. Since 1992 they have been serving together in full time ministry with Young Life and the local church all over the southeast.

Hayne worked in private practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist for six years while co-directing The SoulCare Project, serving as the Director of Counseling and Care. In 2017, he started his own practice, Elbow Tree Christian Counseling, LLC.

Hayne is a Flagler Alumnus (‘95) and did his graduate work at Richmont Graduate University (‘11). He lives in Saint Augustine, FL with his wife, three children, and one grandchild.

Mentioned in Podcast

  • Challenge of the Disciplined Life: Money, Sex, and Power by Richard Foster 

  • Family of Origin exercise - 6 questions:

    • That in the growing up years when you were just being formed, what were the negative characteristics that you experienced in your caregiver? Whether that was a mom, dad, or a grandparent that was charged with your care.

    • What were the positive characteristics that you experienced in that caregiver?

    • What were the unmet needs that went unmet. Like, what were the needs that you had, like physical, emotional, spiritual, that just did not get met?

    • What were the words that never were said, that needed to have been said over you that you long to hear?

    • When we think back on positive experiences in your family: vacations weekends, special birthdays, holidays--positive experiences in the family, what were the warm emotions that you felt in that season?

    • When things were not going well in the family; when things were blowing up; when things were breaking down—How did you cope? Where would we find you? What did you do?

  • Ephesians 1:3 (MSG)

  • Brene Brown - The Daring Way

  • “A Prayer for the Church” by Rev. Emily Swan reading - words to meditate and pray on

  • O Ignis Spiritus (Music) - Lyrics translated to English

 

SOLO: Creating Space with God

by Stephen W. Smith and Peter Ivey

 

SUPPORT THE PODCAST

Donate Here for an individual contribution or on Patreon to set up monthly support.

 
 

INTERESTED IN MORE SOUL CARE RESOURCES?

Check out our recommended reading, books on spiritual growth, and our soul care blog. Want to experience soul care in person? Learn more about our soul care intensives and retreats. 

 

JOIN THE CONVERSATION HERE!

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Episode 77 - Prayerfully Examining the Year: The Yearly Examen

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Episode 77 - Prayerfully Examining the Year: The Yearly Examen

If there was ever a time for hope of a new beginning in the coming new year, it would be now! 2020 has been a challenge (yes, the understatement of the year), and today’s discussion is all about how we raise awareness, in our own hearts, of how God has moved in the midst of the past year.