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Scott and Teresa discuss working with parents of teenage drug users and give tips for self-care during a time of quarantine.

Scott and Teresa discuss the challenges that come with trying to build a non-biological family in your life

In this message recap, Teresa and Scott talk about the importance of wrestling with yourself when it comes to your faith. There is no formula for faithful living, we have to use self-awareness to assess our growth.

Scott and Teresa McBean discuss the fact that healthy families handle problems creatively, rather than caving in to madness and mayhem.

Scott and Teresa unpack what it looks like to build a family. In particular, they talk about the importance of avoiding the traps of strife and conflict and using our freedom to see possibilities for thriving.

In this week's recap, Scott and Teresa talk about the importance of staying committed to your values in the midst of difficult times.

In this week's message recap, Scott and Teresa talk about the importance of creating an atmosphere of forgiveness which allows us all the freedom to grow more and more in the image of God.

In this week's recap, Scott and Teresa talk about the fact that forgiveness should never create a sense of guilt, shame, duty, or obligation. If it's anything at all, forgiveness is an invitation to live more freely and more fully as who we are.

Continuing in a series on forgiveness, Scott and Teresa unpack the fact that forgiveness is about freeing us, even unleashing us, to live more in alignment with who we want to be. It's not about obligating us to "behave" better.

In this week's chat, Scott and Teresa talk about the fact that forgiveness is less about going from bad feelings to good feelings and more about learning not to retaliate against our wrongdoers.

Scott and Teresa talk about forgiveness basics: What it is, and what it is not. Primarily, we introduce the idea that forgiveness might be about more than our emotions.

Scott and Teresa talk about the importance of knowing who you want to be so you don't get distracted by, well, distractions.

Scott and Teresa talk about the importance of acting like who you want to become.

In this conversation, Scott and Teresa talk about the "big picture" part of God's work. He's creating a safe, secure, stable, joyous home for people to live in. And, He's making sure our pasts will never be used against us.

Scott and Teresa talk about the fact that God's work is really to create a better home for us to live in. This new reality He is creating comes slowly and quietly over time. In fact, it happens so slowly and so quietly it might be easy to miss...

In this week's episode, Scott and Teresa talk about the fact that suffering in the world is not a punishment from God. God is not punishing you. God is not abandoning you. God is working to make the world a better place.

In this week's edition, Scott and Teresa talk about the importance of offering support to those who might be suffering alone.

Scott and Teresa talk about the importance of choosing who to imitate in life so that we can become the best version of ourselves.

Scott and Teresa talk about being people who cause harm and finding the path forward in being honest and self-aware.

Scott and Teresa talk about finding a faithful way of living that does NOT involve fear of God's punishment.

In this week's episode, Scott and Teresa talk about the good news of why God doesn't need us to be good and why this should comfort us, but not encourage us to fall asleep at the wheel.

In this week's episode, Scott and Teresa talk about how transformative it can be to know that you're loved before you're even known.

Scott and Teresa discuss how important it is to know how loved and accepted by God we really are.

In this week's message recap, Scott and Teresa talk about what it means to love in a culture that has forgotten what it looks like.

Scott and Teresa talk about what it means to be a person who tries to live faithfully when we've been hurt, damaged, abused, and more.

In this week's message recap, Scott and Teresa talk about what it means to be a person of faith who has cravings and what it might look like to refuse to be defined by our cravings.

Scott and Teresa discuss what it means to live in the light as opposed to living in the dark. While we often assume God sees us as living in darkness, Scott and Teresa work to break down this assumption and remind us of God's love for us.

Scott and Teresa talk about what it means to be drawn into God's life and to be allowed to live freely, with a soft place to land when we make mistakes.

Scott and Teresa talk about what it means to be formed by God and how imperfections are a perfectly acceptable part of the process of transformation.

We often get distracted thinking about a big, epic purpose to try to live out. In this week's podcast, Scott and Teresa talk about the value of trying to do just a little bit to improve the world around us, rather than trying to do something so large that we're ultimately de-motivated into complete non-action.

Scott and Teresa discuss how the presence of evil makes God's work complicated.

Scott and Teresa talk about where we find hope in the midst of despair.

Scott and Teresa talk about the importance of drawing hope from the knowledge that God is actively at work combating suffering.

Scott and Teresa talk about the importance of refusing to disengage when relationships get hard, and instead embracing the idea of radical mercy.

Pastors Scott and Teresa talk about the issues that get in our way of being people who can meet life's challenges head-on.

Scott and Teresa talk about the importance of doing difficult things in life that are not pleasant, but may be good for us.

Scott and Teresa talk about what it means for Easter to be about death, rebirth, and hope.

Scott and Teresa discuss the implications of believing you are loved.

Scott and Teresa talk about the importance of dealing with the shame that prevents us from living more loving lives.

Scott and Teresa discuss the role wisdom plays in our lives as imperfect people struggling in our recovery.

Scott and Teresa talk about how our need for validation can confuse us about what is ours to do in life.

Scott and Teresa McBean discuss the role expectations play in relationships.

Scott and Teresa discuss what is and what is not a person's responsibility in the context of a relationship

This week's episode covers the disconnect between how we think other people should live relative to how we allow ourselves to live.

Scott and Teresa discuss the importance of finding places to give and receive love after the world has dealt us a cruel hand.

Scott and Teresa talk about responding to major life challenges that happen without warning.

Scott and Teresa discuss the implications of Thomas Keating's The Welcoming Prayer

Scott and Teresa discuss a metaphor of God transforming us like a sculptor transforms stone into beauty.

Scott and Teresa talk about finding hope in the midst of hopelessness

Scott and Teresa talk about the importance of experiencing a collapse, and what long-term spiritual benefits may come from that.

Scott and Teresa discuss how our culture gets the idea(s) of strength and weakness wrong and how our faith can help give us a gentler image of ourselves and God.