Walk Me Through This

This is the first part of the conversation with Pastor Don Meeks titled, "The Thing Is Never The Thing." In this episode, we introduce the concept of the podcast and introduce the topic of discussion.

This is the second part of the conversation with Pastor Don Meeks titled, "The Thing Is Never The Thing." In this episode, we delve into the idea that The Thing is NOT The Thing.

This is the third part of the conversation with Pastor Don Meeks titled, "The Thing Is Never The Thing." In this episode, we talk about the dichotomy of Brokenness vs Blessedness.

This is the fourth part of the conversation with Pastor Don Meeks titled, "The Thing Is Never The Thing." In this episode, we explore the benefits of what it is to Embrace The Bad.

This is the fifth part (and conclusion) of the conversation with Pastor Don Meeks titled, "The Thing Is Never The Thing." In this episode, we wrap up the conversation by answering the question, "Now What?"

The second part of Walk Me Through This is called "How Do You Know You're Doing The Work?" This four-part series continues the conversation that started in part one (The Thing is Not The Thing) by getting into the concept of "doing the work." In Part 1, we explore what the "work" actually is. "Donny Downer" starts us easy in a conversation that just starts to scratch the surface of what "the work" is.

The second part of Walk Me Through This is called "How Do You Know You're Doing The Work?" This four-part series continues the conversation that started in part one (The Thing is Not The Thing) by getting into the concept of "doing the work." In Part 2, we get into the questions that begin to answer the question, "how do you know you're doing the work?" We begin first by turning the question around and instead asking, "how do you know you're NOT doing the work?"

The second part of Walk Me Through This is called "How Do You Know You're Doing The Work?" This four-part series continues the conversation that started in part one (The Thing is Not The Thing) by getting into the concept of "doing the work." In Part 3, we begin to explore how to even get started on the daunting task of doing "the work." You've got to start somewhere, right?

The second part of Walk Me Through This is called "How Do You Know You're Doing The Work?" This four-part series continues the conversation that started in part one (The Thing is Not The Thing) by getting into the concept of "doing the work." In Part 4, the conversation begins to focus on hope. What's the point of doing all of this hard work if there's no hope? Can we actually enjoy the work we need to do on ourselves? The answer is yes, but the "how" gets explored here.

In this episode of Walk Me Through This, we discuss the concept of Three-Dimensional Living. Samantha, Don, and Jeremy talk about what it means for a person to be two-dimensional and what it takes to become three-dimensional. In this Part 1 of this episode, we go deep into how we are all two-dimensional people, what "hope" means for us, and calculated vulnerability (a.k.a. - low-risk disclosure).

In this episode of Walk Me Through This, we discuss the concept of Three-Dimensional Living. Samantha, Don, and Jeremy talk about what it means for a person to be two-dimensional and what it takes to become three-dimensional. In this Part 2 of this episode, we explore the original meaning of the word "hypocrite," and discover that we are all, in fact, hypocrites.

In this episode of Walk Me Through This, we discuss the concept of Three-Dimensional Living. Samantha, Don, and Jeremy talk about what it means for a person to be two-dimensional and what it takes to become three-dimensional. In this Part 3 of this episode, we enter the world of people-pleasing and how it is a major contributor to our bent on being two-dimensional beings. Don explains the relationship between Jesus and the Pharisees, who were major people-pleasers.

In this episode of Walk Me Through This, we discuss the concept of Three-Dimensional Living. Samantha, Don, and Jeremy talk about what it means for a person to be two-dimensional and what it takes to become three-dimensional. In this final part, Part 4 of this episode, we conclude the discussion with how we can live into the hope of becoming more and more three-dimensional people over time.

In part 4, Samantha and Don talk about how to develop resiliency and how resilience plays such a major role in our lives when hard times come.

In the conclusion of this series, "2020, A Year In Review," Samantha and Don wrap it up with a discussion about how this isn't the end of hard times in our lives. They discuss the idea of leaning into the winces of pain we encounter and that Jesus meets us in our place of pain.

Samantha and Don sit down to discuss the year 2020. The first part talks about what the word "Apocalypse" means, and how we all have our own apocalyptic moments in our lives.

In the second part, Samantha and Don get into the idea of being comfortable with being uncomfortable. As Don says, "this is how patience forms."

In the third part, Samantha and Don talk about what it means to build character in a pandemic. Parenting is one of the areas where many of us need some help so that we can learn how to build character in our children now to be better people later in life.

In this episode of Walk Me Through This, Don and Samantha talk about "Long-Gaming." Part 1 gets into the "Messy Middle," which is the area somewhere between "Once Upon A Time" and "Happily Ever After."

In Part 2 of "Long Gaming," Samantha and Don talk about how God is the ultimate "long-gamer." God is the great "I Am," and He is "who was, and is, and is to come."

In Part 3, Don and Samantha discuss purpose and perspective. Long-gaming relies on these two key things, so we should all aim to have the "purpose" mentality, which means that we need to gain perspective on life's journey.

Samantha and Don discuss what it really means to be a Christian in Part 4. Part of long-gaming involves understanding that we all have our crosses to bear in life and if we are to be "like Jesus" in all ways, we are going to go through some hard times. The hands and feet of Jesus involve the messy parts of life, but sometimes we only want the "happy" parts of Jesus.

In the conclusion of their discussion about "Long-Gaming," Samantha and Don talk about what it means to keep running to Christ. The long-game mentality for any hard situation can be, "let me get through the next 2 minutes," then, "let me get through the next 2 hours," then, "let me get through the next 2 days," and so on. This is a great strategy to learn how to long-game ANYTHING.