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Wondering how Pastor Johanna has been doing lately? Join Lisa and her as they discuss how Pastor Johanna's treatment is progressing and the various insights she has been gleaning from this experience since the last time Lisa and Pastor Johanna talked about Pastor Johanna's diagnosis of ovarian cancer.

In this podcast, Lisa and Pastor Johanna discuss a range of topics: the meaning of the Hebrew word "shalom," its relationship to contemporary ideas about wellness and further details about what will be going on at the church in September. Tune in to find out why staff intend to make "shalom" the guiding theme for this upcoming school year's programming.

In this podcast, Lisa and Pastor Johanna talk about ways to combat the low grade feelings of depression many people are feeling nowadays. They also discuss some of the staff's plans for September, in particular, the possibility of the church's embarking on a team walking/getting outdoors ministry. Tune in to find out more about this and September's sermon series.

Lisa and Pastor Johanna are back, this time talking about PJ's recent diagnosis of ovarian cancer. She's out of surgery and on to the next step of the journey: chemo. Find out how she's doing and how the diagnosis has changed her perspective on life.

This podcast records an adult education class Pastor Johanna taught recently about Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, a therapeutic intervention that focuses on some of the reasons why people may struggle to control their emotions and what they can do about this.

This episode of the podcast is a redo of a talk Pastor Johanna did on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Tune in to learn more about this therapeutic approach and how to "do it anyway."

Wondering what First's elders, deacons and committee chairs were up to at San Damiano? Tune in to this podcast to catch a glimpse of the goings on at this year's Leadership Retreat.

In this week's episode, Lisa and Pastor Johanna talk about the opening pages of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's book, Life Together. If you are in the area, and find this discussion about Christian community interesting, drop us a line and we will get you set up with the small group.

In this week's podcast, Lisa and Pastor Johanna take up the topic of forgiveness, with a special emphasis on how this plays out (or doesn't play out) in the Old and New Testaments.

In this podcast, Pastor Johanna and Lisa talk family conflict, mining scripture for insights into how to avoid it, when -- potentially -- to engage in it, and how to adjust our expectations regarding our more vexed relationships.

In the second podcast of our Religion & Science Series, the topic turns to science with Pastor Johanna and Michael talking about how modern scientists explain the differences between what Aristotle called the various "orders" of nature. Spoiler alert: Pastor Johanna has forgotten a lot of what her teachers must have once attempted to teach her about biology!

Pastor Johanna and her husband, Michael, are teaming up on a series in which they will alternate one podcast about religion with one about science. This first podcast of the series takes up Michael's questions about the psalms generally and Psalms 1 and 2 in particular. Tune in to see whether Pastor Johanna has what it takes to satisfy his curiosity about this ancient text!