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Gaining the Skills: Practical Steps For Reconciliation

If I want to try to reconcile with someone, how is it done? What steps should be taken? How can I prepare my heart? What other issues should I consider? How do I know if I am ready to pursue reconciliation? Answers to these and other questions are found in this episode.

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Understanding Reconciliation and Its Obstacles

We are beings designed for relationship, but disagreements, misunderstandings, and betrayals hinder unity. God is the great Reconciler, drawing us to Himself. He then passes on to us the ministry of reconciliation. Understanding its purpose and the obstacles to it will give us the opportunity to consider pursuing reconciliation in our lives.

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God’s Presence in Infertility and Miscarriage with Rich & Melissa Short (Part 2)

Miscarriage can be traumatic. Infertility can bring despair. Questions about why it happens to arise from those who have experienced it. How is it possible to have faith after great loss? How can people come alongside those who are going through grief? Rich and Melissa share their journey of grief and loss and how God met them in each step.

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Facing Grief in Infertility and Miscarriage with Rich & Melissa Short (Part 1)

The unmet longing of infertility and the loss of a child who doesn’t live to full term bring deep grief. Friends Rich and Melissa, missionaries in Japan and Germany, share the first part of their story of infertility and miscarriage. They share the honest internal struggles they experienced and the ways God ministered to them along the way.

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Grief and Loss in Children, Teens, and Adults with Angie Warren LCSW, (Part 1)

Angie Warren, a therapist and licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), joins us to talk about grief and loss. In her work with children, teens, and adults, she helps them walk through the process of understanding and facing their grief. In this episode, she talks about grief and how it manifests in the lives of people of all ages. She speaks with kindness, compassion, and understanding.

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God Brings Hope After Huge Betrayal: Mary’s Story (Part 2) 

In the second of two episodes with Mary, we learn of the aftermath of the criminal betrayal by the man she married after her first husband's death. Mary shares the long journey of healing she experienced by God's grace. She shares the lessons she learned and the hope she found.

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God’s Grace Brings Generational Change: EJay and Lori’s Story, (Part 2)

When my friends, EJay and Lori came home broken from the mission field, they had no hope. As they learned and believed God’s grace, they healed and discovered that this process affected more than the two of them. In this episode, they share how trusting the truths of who they are in Christ brought generational change

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How to Live in the Hope of the Gospel with Caleb Smith (Part 2)

Caleb Smith, Young Adult and Associate Pastor at Open Door Fellowship Church, and I talk about the Gospel and what it really is. Misconceptions and limited understanding of it keep us from living in the power of it. Caleb shares God's plan for a full and abundant life in Christ.

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The Holy Spirit’s Work in Us

In this episode, I’ll share what the Holy Spirit did for us at our salvation and how to live out these truths in our day-to-day lives. As we practice believing and depending on the Holy Spirit to do His work in us, we mature and grow in faith. The more we live in what God has done for us, the more shame loses power.

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Sexual Addiction, Part One: Its Cause and Effects

In this episode, join me and licensed therapist, Mark Huey as we unpack the definition of sexual addiction and its effect on our health and relationships. Listen to how Mark works with his clients to reduce shame and heal from sexual brokenness.

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