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There's no escaping it: everyone experiences seasons of pain and despair. In 2019, when Amber Haines resigned from her position as church curate and walked out the church doors for the last time, she entered her own season of pain and despair. That season taught her--and her husband, Seth Haines--that the journey toward hope starts with recognizing "the deep down things." In The Deep Down Things, Amber and Seth point to a simple truth: even in the darkest times, there are tangible signs of hope all around us. The authors demonstrate how tasting, touching, feeling, holding, and participating in these tangible acts of hope picks us up, builds our strength, and moves us into beauty, even in times of despair. They invite readers to participate with those signs of hope and thereby experience the divine love of God, even in the struggle of their everyday lives. A lifeline for those who desperately need it, this book helps readers overcome despair, find hope, and spread that hope to an aching world.
Today we talk about what it looks like to look for hope in a season of pain and despair. Amber Haines resigned from the dream position at her church because of abusive leadership. In the process, she and her family lost their community too. Amber points us to the participate with those signs of hope even when daily life is a struggle. TAKE IT TO YOUR COMMUNITY Invite a friend to join you in a mundane task, and name what is painful together. You can find "The Deep Down Things" or follow Amber on Instagram You can find Elizabeth writing helpful hints on the blog Helping you love Jesus and disciple your kids on Instagram Or get access to the "Bible Study" by signing up with email! *affiliate links are used when appropriate. Thank you for supporting Sunshine in My Nest --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elizabeth-santelmann/support
Why hope? Because we have no other choice. A few years ago, Amber Haines entered a season of pain and despair when she resigned from her role as church curate and walked out those doors for the last time. Since then, she and Seth have been learning that hope requires a recognition of the deep-down things. Writers Seth, Amber, & Tsh Oxenreider talk about why we HAVE to hope, even when (especially when?) things are bleak.* Guest: Amber Haines* Hosts: authors Seth Haines and Tsh Oxenreider* Seth & Amber's new book, The Deep Down Things: Practices for Growing Hope in Times of Despair* Buy a round of drinks* Recommended reads* Merch* Go to Greece with Tsh* Why We're Required to Find Beauty* Orthodox Farmhouse Brewery* Patty Griffin: her self-titled 2019 album* God of the Garden, by Andrew Peterson* Ask a question! Email adrinkwithafriend@gmail.com Get full access to The Commonplace at thecommon.place/subscribe
The resilient rhythms that we create help us overcome despair. Everyone experiences despair, but yet in the midst of the darkness, there are signs of hope throughout and we must be able to find it. In this episode, Seth & Amber Haines join us to help us overcome despair, find hope, and spread that hope to an aching world. They'll also share how they've created practices to push themselves to build resilience in their own lives throughout hard seasons in their lives.Join us for the Rhythms Retreat in Franklin, November 16-17. Learn more at https://www.rebekahlyons.com/retreat. Use the code RFL100 to receive $100 off your registration before prices increase Friday, October 27. Buy Seth and Amber's new book: The Deep Down Things: Practices for Growing Hope in Times of Despair, wherever books are sold.
This is one of those conversations that will meet you right where you are no matter what you're walking through and is an invitation to think truly and critically and kindly about your own story and your own faith. Today's conversation with Seth and Amber Haines fits right in as we're thinking about the voices in our lives, our spiritual growth, and our spiritual leaders. We talked about participating in hope even when you don't feel it, how to disciple kids in the midst of pain caused by the church, and why Catholicism was the next right thing for the Haines family. Seth and Amber's book The Deep Down Things is absolutely beautiful! It made me laugh and cry and ALL THE THINGS! I'm so thankful for the Haines and their honesty about their journey of faith. . . . . Subscribe to Let's Read the Gospels with Annie F. Downs HERE. Go to https://anniefdowns.com/gospels to purchase your October Reading Plan or Let's Read the Gospels Guidebook. . . . . . Head to anniefdowns.com/books for more information and to sign up for the AFD Book of the Month. . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . If you'd like to partner with Annie as a sponsor for the That Sounds Fun podcast, fill out our Advertise With Us form! . . . . . NYTimes bestselling Christian author, speaker, and host of the That Sounds Fun Podcast, Annie F. Downs shares with you some of her favorite things: new books, faith conversations, entertainers not to miss, and interviews with friends.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Universal Voices is back with an all new A Heart For mini-series. In this final of six new episodes, Alissa welcomes Laura Kelly Fanucci. Laura is an author, speaker, retreat leader, and founder of Mothering Spirit, an ecumenical project on parenting and spirituality. She has authored seven books, including Everyday Sacrament: The Messy Grace of Parenting and Grieving Together: A Couple's Journey through Miscarriage. Laura's work has been featured on the Hallow and Ritual apps, and in popular outlets including NPR's Morning Edition, On Being, and the Kelly Clarkson Show. She writes frequently for online and print publications including OSV News Service, Grotto Network, and Give Us This Day. She and her husband live in Minnesota with their children.This episode is packed with all sorts of balm as Alissa and Laura enter into conversation around what feels like "The Great In-Between" of the current time in the Church--a messy and beautiful place of forging a new way of being, while at the same time holding fast to sacraments, Jesus, ritual and one another. They talk of what it is to feel spiritually tired, and offer a few gentle ways forward. They also chat about:Tending to our collective griefRitual as balmThe power of making space for lamentEUCHARISTComfort and freedom in the grayThe power of ecumenical relationshipsGod as Way-MakerFocusing on our commonalities vs our differences in Christian spacesThe well of personal experience, leading to the aquifer of human experienceClinging to Jesus and the Gospel God in this one momentThe beautiful work of Mothering SpiritYou'll also hear the two reference the wisdom or work of all sorts of folks including: Meg Hunter-Kilmer, Tina Guyden, Erica of Be A Heart Design, Shannon Evans, The Upside Down Podcast, Scott Erickson and Amber Haines.Make sure to follow Laura on Instagram and Mothering Spirit on both Instagram and Facebook. You can join Alissa in supporting Mothering Spirit by becoming a Patron here.Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Universal Voices. We are so glad you are here! An extra shout-out to our amazing supporters who helped to make this episode possible! To learn more about From Here's mission and vision or for more information on how to join our growing group of financial backers, please visit fromheremedia.org.
Introducing the Quad Cities first dry bar! Now you're full of questions, so let me explain! They have all the amenities of a standard bar, pool table, jukebox, bartenders, darts, bands, karaoke, trivia. You name it and they have it! Drinks? Of course! They have meticulously crafted alcohol-free cocktails served up by our bartenders. At Unimpaired (UIP), they simply created a space where you can have fun, but not at the expense of your health if you so choose. A place where you don't have to feel pressured to consume alcohol, or looked at funny for ordering something non-alcoholic. UIP is simply a place where you can enjoy the nightlife without the hangover the next day. Fun times that aren't foggy and you will make memories you will remember forever. This is an amazing innovative idea that the Intuitive Mind Solutions feels needs a big light shined on it. The concept will spread and will create healthier future generations. Even though we are on the other side of the planet, we are still here to support the vision Unimpaired has and we will do whatever we can to help spread the word about them. Thank you for all that you do. Quad Cities Dancing with the Stars Show information: February 27th 2021, 7pm Central U.S.A. timezone. https://www.ballroombynick.com/ Kickstarter Initiative for Unimpaired in Iowa City: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/unimpairedic/sober-movement-dry-bar-iowa-city Hosted by Dr. Matthew Breske and co-hosted by Tamara Haller
Amber is down-to-earth and down for a good time. In this episode, we are talking about how to love your friends--even when you disagree. Also, we talk about the beauty of winter and how it prepares us for Spring, along with gushing about the goodness of God's green earth. If you want to slow down and remember what matters, we're here for it.
Amber Haines is the author of Wild in the Hollow: On Chasing Desire and Finding the Broken Way Home (2015), a spiritual memoir about her search for freedom, belonging and true intimacy with God. Amber's book traces her path from an Evangelical childhood in Alabama to her rebellious teen years and into marriage and motherhood, all while trying to find her place in different church and faith communities and keeping her creative spark. In today's conversation, I ask Amber how she has honored the "wild" parts of her while also growing in maturity and steadiness; how she keeps in touch with her inner rebel and artist while also showing up in marriage, motherhood and church. Amber shares ways that she reconstitutes and nourishes herself when she's feeling used or used up, and we talk about learning to receive love and be more human.
Because of this paradox about the internet: that it can be both a thing of beauty and a dumpster fire, we all have to do our individual parts to make it more of the first description: a place of needed connection, education, encouragement, and personal and communal growth, and much, much less of the latter. There's more than one way we can do this, but this episode is about one specific idea. Shadow & Light Browse Tsh's recommended books Create Your Rule of Life (pay what you want) Who Tsh supports on Patreon: Annie Jones' From the Front Porch, Beth & Sarah's Pantsuit Politics, The Catholic Traveler, Dear Hank and John Who Tsh supports on Substack: David French's The Dispatch, Claire Diaz-Ortiz's Newsletter, Knox McCoy's Sectional Healing, Amber Haines' Story Letters, Seth Haines' The Examined Life, Circe Institute's Forma Journal, Hank Green's Pay Attention, Nicole Bennett's Book is the Watchword, Mark Galli's Galli Report, Jeff Chu's Notes From a Make-Believe Farmer, Stephanie Smith's Slant Letter, Michael Wear's Reclaiming Hope, Anna Cordrea-Rado's The Professional Freelancer, Sarah Bessey's Field Notes, Erin Moon's The Swipe Up, and Caroline TeSelle's I'll Be Witty Tomorrow The Repair Shop, on Netflix Rothys.com/goodlist
Sarah sits down with lawyer and author Seth Haines. They talk about coping with pain, alcohol abuse, embracing a life of sobriety, and how stillness and solitude are avenues into deeper attachment to God.Seth is a self-proclaimed working stiff who considers himself lucky enough to call the Ozark Mountains home. He has been married to the love of his life, Amber Haines, for twenty years, and together, they have four boys. Seth enjoys good sentences, good music, good food, and good fly fishing.For notes from this and other Not My Story episodes, go to notmystorypod.com.Follow this link to find out more about hope*writers and take the 30-second writing path quiz.
Seth Haines has experienced the grace that comes from a God who lives in mystery, who works through both joy and pain. Seth’s first book Coming Clean: A Story of Faith received a Christianity Today Award of Merit in the publication’s 2016 book awards. Seth’s poetry and prose has been featured in various publications, including In Touch Magazine, Fathom Magazine, Tweetspeak Poetry, and at SethHaines.com. He makes his home in the Ozarks with his wife, Amber Haines, and their four sons. His next book, The Book of Awakening, will be released January 7, 2020. Twitter: @sethhaines Instagram: @sethhaines
This episode is for you if don't recognize the person in the mirror. On a recent girls weekend, my good friend Amber Haines and I got into a conversation about being uncomfortable in our skin lately. It's more than simply aging, we both feel like our personal sense of style (something we've been proud of in the past) has taken a back seat in the past few years during a busy life. This topic is both shallow and not. We discuss body changes, hiding ourselves, the mental hurdles of buying new clothes, and the logistical aspects of getting dressed up for a day when you don't see anyone except your kids. This is a no shame, no judgment, authentic conversation between friends. We plan our next steps to get our groove back - the emotional part, and the practical part - and will do a check in on this topic in 3 months. Full show notes for this episode here. Follow guest @AmberCHaines on Instagram Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on facebook **This episode is sponsored by LOLA, a company founded by women for women. LOLA feminine care products are 100% organic cotton with no added chemicals, fragrances, synthetics, or dyes.
Acclaimed Israeli-born, UK-based choreographer Hofesh Shechter brings his Grand Finale to the Melbourne Festival, we travel to the Brisbane Festival to experience three Australian works that question the ways in which we connect: From Darkness, Bitch on Heat and Communal Table, award-winning English actor Maxine Peake shares the Best Advice she was ever given, and Chicago returns to the Australian stage, bringing glitz, glamour, guile and all that jazz.
Acclaimed Israeli-born, UK-based choreographer Hofesh Shechter brings his Grand Finale to the Melbourne Festival, we travel to the Brisbane Festival to experience three Australian works that question the ways in which we connect: From Darkness, Bitch on Heat and Communal Table, award-winning English actor Maxine Peake shares the Best Advice she was ever given, and Chicago returns to the Australian stage, bringing glitz, glamour, guile and all that jazz.
Part 8 of our series on what we’re learning about women and men leading together in the church. We interview Amber Haines and Seth Richardson again (we interviewed them for Part 3, too), who work together at Christ the King Anglican Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Amber and Seth share with us a new theological model they’ve […] The post 032 – Women & Men Leading Together, Pt 8: A New Model appeared first on Gravity Leadership.
This week, we spend some time with Seth Haines author of Coming Clean: A Story of Faith, detailing Seth's journey through alcoholism to sobriety.Seth says he is blessed to be the husband of Amber Haines and the father of four boys. He enjoys good sentences, good music, good food, and good fly fishing.You can also find him at A Deeper Story, where he serves as the Church channel editor. He is also a contributor to sites such as Tweetspeak Poetry, The High Calling, and In Touch.You can find out more about Seth hereResources that we talked about, for further reading:Book: The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery, Ian Morgan Cron & Suzanne StabileBook: Sober Mercies: How Love Caught Up With a Christian Drunk, Heather Kopp.
Jamie talks with author Amber Haines about being a mom, writing, supporting your spouse and the ancient art of Karate...
James & Betty Robison with Seth & Amber Haines
James & Betty Robison with Seth & Amber Haines
Part 8 of our series on what we're learning about women and men leading together in the church. We interview Amber Haines and Seth Richardson again (we interviewed them for Part 3, too), who work together at Christ the King Anglican Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Amber and Seth share with us a new theological model they've […] The post 032 – Women & Men Leading Together, Pt 8: A New Model appeared first on Gravity Leadership.