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Welcome to the Maundy Thursday Liturgy of the Meal. This podcast is here to guide you through preparing and eating a meal together as a family on April 1, Maundy Thursday. The liturgy will take you through scripture, discussion, and reflection through your meal, practicing mindfulness at every step, from preparing the meal, setting the table, eating the meal, communion, and sending. If you cannot gather on Maundy Thursday, feel free to use this Liturgy of the Meal sometime this week. The day is not what is important, the time together as family is!
We conclude our Celebrate the Light series with Silent Night. "Silent Night" sung by Lily Payant and company, arr. by Central Live Narrated by Paul Manutes
Our celebrate the light series continues a part eight, "Celebrating the Source of Light." "O Come All Ye Faithful" is sung by Kristen Rhynard, arr. by Dan Galbraith. Narrated by Paul Manutes.
We continue our celebrate the light series with part seven, "Inspired by the Light" "I Heard the Bells" is sung by Paul Manutes. Arr. by Mark Hall as sung by Mercy Me. Narrated by Paul Manutes.
Our celebrate the light series continues a part six, "A light is born... again." "Joy to the World." sung by Anne Harper, Stephanie Harper, Glenn Hecox, Carla McWilliams, Danielle Mitchell, Donna Phelps, Paige and Rod Sgrignoli, Sara Schuster, Cathi Thelen, and Frank Virginia. arr, by Phil Wickham Narrated by Paul Manutes.
We continue our celebrate the light series with part five, "We'll leave the light on for you." "The Work of Christmas" is sung by Stephanie Harper, Rachel Lessard, Carla McWiliams and Cathi Thelen, Glenn Hecox on Piano. Words and music by Dan Forrest. Narrated by Paul Manutes.
Our Celebrate the Light series continues with Part 4, Our Journey as the Light. "Behold" sung by Ava, Faythe, and Nathan Payant. Words and Music by Ella Camp and Shaeleen Puckett Narrated by Paul Manutes
We continue with our Celebrate the Light Series with part 3, "Responding to God in Turbulent Times." "Noel" sung by Sarah Cushman. Written by Matt Redman and Chris Tomlin and Ed Cash. Narrated by Paul Manutes.
We continue with our celebrate the light series. Today, part 2: "Trusting through a left turn." Christmas Eve in Bethlehem, sung by Ella and Johnny Arnold. Words and music by Hannah Kerr. Narrated by Paul Manutes.
For the next nine days, the Abiding Hope family support network podcast invites you to listen to the Celebrate the Light Christmas worship. We begin with Chapter One, "Where is the light?" O Come, O Come Emmanuel sung by Annie Plungis and accompanied by Elliott Bostrom on saxophone and arranged by Grant Wall. Narrated by Paul Manutes.
Helping our kids is what we are about. So what do we do when they do wrong? Do we get into the mode of judge or teacher? In this little "podlet", Pastor Jay shares a few thoughts on how to discipline from a place of teaching.
What if we changed our relationship with food? What if we helped our child care about what they eat and love food but not by using shame and denial, rather by tapping in to their intuitive nature to explore, try new things, get stuck and find their way back? Christine Zimmerman, licensed dietician and Intuitive Eating Counselor shares great thoughts here about how we can change the way we approach food with our kids.
Marjorie Laird, PhD, (https://www.marjorielairdllc.com/) believes that we often think about communication after we have a problem. How can we get ahead of communication and work on how we care for one another before there is a problem? In this podcast Dr. Laird talk with us about healthy communication, establishing values, and learning to communicate well.
On our 5th installment on trauma, we speak to Teresa VanPelt. Teresa is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) whose journey led her to discover a technique for handling anxiety that can stem from trauma called Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) otherwise known as "tapping". This is a technique that one follows a pattern of tapping different parts of the body to help focus mind and body. It's not for everyone, but for those who wish to try something new this may be a technique that can help. For more on EFT, you can try www.eftinternational.org.
In episode 4 of our series on Trauma, we speak to Elizabeth Rawlings who shares how her work in campus ministry evolved into a trauma informed ministry. Here she shares what she learned and ways we can handle trauma in ourselves and create safety for others.
We welcome Dr. Jill Van Horne to the Podcast. Jill is and old friend and professor at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC where she recently received the 2020 Reich College of Education Outstanding Mentor Award. In this podcast Jill provides insight on parenting in times like these where trauma may be prevalent.
As a high school teacher, Edward Mooney Jr. was outside with students when he suddenly realized someone was shooting at him. This experience set him on a path of discovery which led to his EdD in trauma and teacher. His book, Teaching After School Shootings: Echoes of Gunfire explores the result of his study and his doctorate. Here, Edward Mooney talks about how aloneness is a part of trauma and through empathy and compassion we can walk with people through trauma.
We are beginning a 5 part series on Trauma with an interview with my friend, Nikki Flemming. Nikki brings to us her personal experience with trauma and sheds light on how we might reframe what trauma is, how it affects us, and how we can be a person of safety and support to those who have experienced trauma. It's a personal interview that will shed light in new ways on how you see trauma.
Death is a part of life. Everyone will experience someone close to them go through the death process and that includes our kids. How do we help our little ones understand and participate in the grieving process? How do we model healthy grief? In this podcast we welcome David Coffman, hospice chaplain to the podcast to share his years of experience with how we can teach our kiddos to grieve. Listen all the way to the end as it closes with some fine advice from David.
We welcome our friend Diana Rarich, the Social Emotional Wellness coach at Chatfield High School. Diana has nearly two decades of experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in school systems around the Denver area helping High Schoolers and their families become more healthy. In this podcast, Diana shares her wisdom about our time during the Covid-19 pandemic encouraging us to name our emotions (even the bad ones), check our reality making sure we are wise about how we are reacting, and then learning empathy for all the ways we as people experience this time. For more updates and resources for parents visit https://www.facebook.com/COCourageousParenting/
Man, teens are messy. It feels like we are raising a 15-going-on-3-year-old! How do we manage all those emotions? In this podcast we discuss self-differentiation and systems theory that teach us how to be close, yet separate from our kids' emotions. We learn how to use that pre-frontal cortex we've developed that our kids haven't so we don't have to get sucked into all the drama.
What is the difference between self-esteem and self-efficacy? During this podcast we discuss the difference between growing kids who are able to grow self-esteem through learning to make mistakes, problem solving, and developing new skills.
We re stuck at home! Thanks, Covid-19. This means our students are learning at home and over the internet, they are making things messier in the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom, and needing more help and attention. This also means it's an opportunity to create new rhythms in your household. During this podcast we will discuss how kids like structure and predictable patterns and how a schedule can be your friend.
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