Podcast appearances and mentions of Audrey Assad

主播：翩翩（中国）+ 梅莉（法国） 歌曲： What Makes You Beautiful（开头）+Show Me [by Audrey Assad]（结尾）上一期节目中，我们用 12 个问题一起reflect on the past year(盘点过去的一年）。今天这期是新年计划系列的第二部分——2025 年新年计划。我们同样准备了7个prompts（提示问题），let's plan for 2025！Prompt #1 : What is your theme for 2025? 你的2025年是什么主题？这个theme具体指the energy you want your year to represent or you want to have in your year (你希望这一年展现出的能量). 比如说to be bold and courageous（大胆一点、勇敢一点）、to go slower and heal（节奏慢一点，治愈自我）。翩翩的theme: focus and deepen (聚焦与深耕)Prompt #2 How can I embody my theme this year? 如何体现这个主题？具体来讲，就是怎样才能开始living this theme（把这个主题活出来）, 想一想需要做什么改变才能将你的新年主题加入到你实际的生活中。翩翩：比如我的新年主题是聚焦与深耕，那我要定下我要聚焦的项目，并且不要贪多，人一贪婪，能量和智慧都会降低。就定一个，然后每天去刻意练习。This way I can embody my theme this year.Prompt #3 How do I want to evolve in 2025? 2025年我想如何演变、进化、发展？Evolve means to grow and change.针对这个问题，我们可以倒推思考，就是想想2025年年末的时候，你想成为什么人？This can be about habits (习惯), your personality (性格) etc.Prompt #4：What do you want to release in 2025? 什么是你想断舍离的，不带入2025年的？This can be bad habits, emotions, mindset (思维), certain relationships etc.就是做一个结界，盘算一下，你需要释放掉哪些戕害自己的人或事。任何不好的东西，你都可以列下来，release them。Release the bad things, 然后好福气才会进得来。Prompt #5：What are your main goals in 2025? 2025年最主要的目标是什么？This is a step where you should really take the time to think about what goals you want to set. 你应该花时间认真思考想要设定哪些目标。而且不能贪多（3 to 5 goals），目标太多，人会be overwhelmed (被压垮)，就像之前说的，人一贪婪，能量和智慧都会下降。一旦设置好，其他所有事情都要为其让路。Make sure to prioritize them (把这些目标放在首要位置、优先处理的位置).还有很重要的一点，就是得知道为什么定这几个作为你的年度主要目标，不能拍脑门乱定。在每个任务旁边，要写下why you want to achieve this goal (为什么要实现这个目标), and also write down how it related to you living your dream life（写下它和你所梦想的生活的关联）.Have a good “why” because that's also what is going to keep you motivated to work towards and achieve those goals when things get hard. 拥有一个明确的“理由”，当事情变得困难时，这将是激励你朝着目标努力并最终实现它们的关键。Prompt #6：How do I want to transform myself? 我想如何转变？依然是倒推思维，picture the version of yourself you want to become. 想像一下你理想中的自我版本是什么样的？Build new habits. 建立新的习惯。然后掌控习惯。Identify the small daily or weekly actions that can help support your transformation. 从微小的行为入手，来达成转变。For example, if you want to get fit, maybe it's starting with 10 minutes of exercise each day and gradually increasing it. 比如，如果你想让自己变得健康，可以从每天10分钟的锻炼开始，然后逐渐增加时间。Prompt #7：What are some things I could start doing today that would guarantee an absolutely horrible year? 有哪些事情，如果我从今天开始做，一定会让我这一年过得特别烂？这其实是一个反向的问题，所以当我们列出来这些之后，应该问问自己，该如何避免做这些？翩翩：staying up late (晚睡)、手机闲聊Maelle：spending quite a lot of time in front of screens (花了太多时间在电子产品上)这些提示问题问完之后，我们就可以break down our goals, and plan them on a quarterly, monthly, weekly and then daily basis (把我们的目标细化，并按照季度、月度、每周甚至每天的维度来进行规划).制定新年计划是实现更好自己的重要一步。希望通过这期podcast，能够帮助你理清日常和年度计划的重点，并从中获得创造更好生活的动力。What is your theme for 2025? 你的2025年主题是什么？欢迎在评论区与我们分享，让更多人了解你的2025计划！Happy New Year! 新年快乐！

A lo largo de la vida recibimos muchas invitaciones, algunas con alegría, como la boda de un buen amigo, una cena, un concierto, o un café. Otras, sin embargo, uno se pregunta si no hay forma de librarse de ellas. La invitación de Jesús en el séptimo capítulo de la Buena Noticia según Juan (vv. 37-39), no se parece a ninguna otra. La sintonía de Ruta 66, esta vez está a cargo de un pianista, organista y cantante popular en la América de los años 50 y 60, el músico afroamericano Earl Grant. En esa última década comenzó a actuar también Dionne Warwick con un grupo de gospel, The Gospelaires, convertido luego en estudio en The Sweet Inspirations. Su escepticismo ante las falsas promesas (Promises, Promises) con las palabras y la música de Burt Bacharach y Hal David, se convirtió en todo un himno, el mítico año 68. Es la constatación de las "Palabras vacías" (Empty Words) que hace el guitarrista y fundador de Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore, junto a su compañera Candice Night en 2008 con el amable sonido renacentista de folk que tanto frecuentaban los grupos que iniciaron el "rock duro" en los años 70. "¿Qué es lo que realmente sabes? (O Que Voce Quer Saber De Verdade) se pregunta la carioca Marisa Monte en 2011, tras su éxito con los Tribalistas. La película "La invitación" (2015) no se debe confundir con el reciente horror del mismo título del año 22. La interesante directora Karyn Kusama, hija de un psiquiatra japonés, cuenta el inquietante reencuentro de un matrimonio divorciado tras la muerte de su hijo. El "hipster" angelino, interpretado por Logan Marshall-Green, es convocado por su ex, junto a un grupo de amigos, para darles testimonio de su conversión en lo que parece un ambiente sectario. Este prodigioso thriller psicológico te muestra la terrible diferencia entre la conversión psicológica y la experiencia liberadora de la que habla Jesús en este texto. José de Segovia comenta algunas escenas con la banda sonora de Theodore Sapiro para esta y otras películas. La canción de Larry Norman, "¡Olvida tu hexagrama!" (Forget Your Hexagram 1969) rechaza el esoterismo de la época en que publicó este disco para Capitol, cuyo eco llega hasta el día de hoy. Hay mucho de "postureo" también en el cristianismo, como muestra la crítica a la alegría superficial de la "música de alabanza contemporánea" en la "Mascarada a la luz de la vidriera de la iglesia" (Stained Glass Masquerade 2005) que revela un grupo de Florida, Casting Crowns, cuyas canciones recuerdan también ese mismo tipo de música que no suele frecuentar nuestro programa. Si Jesús hablaba en este pasaje de la experiencia del Espíritu que viene de Él, la canción de los escoceses Waterboys (Spirit) es bastante más ambigua. Escuchamos la versión en vivo que hizo Mike Scott con su grupo en Dublín en 1986, antes de entrar en la comunidad cristiana esotérica de Findhorn. Audrey Assad es otra buscadora espiritual incansable. Nace en la familia de un refugiado sirio, que llega a una Asamblea de Hermanos. Graba sus primeros discos en el ámbito de la llamada "música cristiana contemporánea", tras su conversión al catolicismo en 2007. Habla en los conciertos de su adicción a la pornografía y la masturbación, cuando tras su divorcio del líder de música de alabanza, Matt Maher, dice en 2021 que ya no es cristiana. Oímos en vivo la maravillosa composición que hizo sobre las Bienaventuranzas (Blessed Are The Ones) en 2012, que hace eco de la invitación de Jesús en este séptimo capítulo del Evangelio según Juan.

This is our unabridged interview with Audrey Assad.“Why shouldn't I question that?”This was the question that started Audrey Assad on a journey away from the faith of her childhood and early adulthood. It's a question that, years later, is still a guiding light for her towards healing and truth-seeking.But asking such questions after years as an acclaimed singer-songwriter in the Christian music industry comes at a cost. Today, Audrey discusses her unreleased memoir “Doubt Becomes Wonder: Embracing the Loss of Everything You Thought You Knew.” They discuss healing from childhood wounds, the consequent navigation of doubt, and Audrey's experience as a woman in the church. Show Notes Resources mentioned this episode: Audrey's website "The Body Keeps the Score" by Bessel van der Kolk Similar NSE episodes: Amy Grant: Fame, Vulnerability, and Staying Grounded Christian Wiman: The Opposite of Faith is Certainty Joy Oladokun: Listen, Love, and Turn the Other Cheek Transcript of Abridged Episode Want more NSE? JOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes designed specifically to help you live a good life, ad-free listening, and discounts on live shows Subscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTubeFollow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTubeFollow Lee: Instagram | TwitterJoin our Email List: nosmallendeavor.com See Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy Amazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

“Sometimes artists have to take a chance and be vulnerable.” Drew Holcomb and Audrey Assad are two such artists, whose brilliance is in large part due to their vulnerability. Drew was once heralded by Rolling Stone as “one of Americana's most popular stars,” and yet he is quick to note that “the human heart was not built for notoriety.” He describes the complex road he took to full-time artistry, his relationship with his fans, the tragic loss of his brother, and more. Audrey found success in the Christian music industry, until her quest for authenticity and truth led her in a new direction. She shares her story, speaking honestly about traumas and doubts that brought her to where she is now. Show Notes Resources mentioned this episode: Drew's website Audrey's website "The Body Keeps the Score" by Bessel van der Kolk Similar NSE episodes: Amy Grant: Fame, Vulnerability, and Staying Grounded Christian Wiman: The Opposite of Faith is Certainty Joy Oladokun: Listen, Love, and Turn the Other Cheek Transcription Link Want more NSE? JOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes designed specifically to help you live a good life, ad-free listening, and discounts on live shows Subscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTube Follow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube Follow Lee: Instagram | Twitter Join our Email List: nosmallendeavor.com See Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy Amazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Aan de slag!Luister het lied: It is well with my soul. De prachtige Engelstalige versie van Audrey Assad of de Nederlandse versie van Stichting Opwekking.Deze overdenking is geschreven door schrijfster Alina Bikker-van Rijn.

The prayer that Jesus taught us, or the Lord's prayer, outlines a vision for the kin-dom of God on earth. This Peace Sunday, as we are surrounded by narratives of war, scarcity, and fear, how can we rewrite the stories? How can we reimagine the ancient vision of shalom (peace) and make it make sense for our world today? Note: Song recording Your Peace Will Make Us One by Audrey Assad has been removed due to copyright.

This past Sunday, at Storyline's Gathering, we wrapped up our series on Jesus and politics. The band performed songs by Joni Mitchell, Audrey Assad, Drew Holcomb and Mary Gauthier.

Yes!  Casey is back.  Back again!  The Jogging Jesus going Old School and sharing lessons from thousands of years ago that are still so relevant to today.  Our land does need some healing.  Here you go...Opening Song:  "Your Peace Will Make Us One" by Audrey Assad, give her some love and buy/support her music.

Passage: 4 Say to the cowardly: “Be strong; do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God's retribution is coming; he will save you.” 5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped. 6 Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy, for water will gush in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; 7 the parched ground will become a pool, and the thirsty land, springs. In the haunt of jackals, in their lairs, there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus. -- Isaiah 35:4-7 (CSB) Song: Nothing to Fear (https://open.spotify.com/track/4iI8AJDQSWb1j3zGzlno8a?si=8480bf9a5537416e) by Audrey Assad, Isaac Wardell, Paul Zach Lyrics: When you pass through the waters I will be with you And the depths of the rivers Shall not overwhelm When you walk through the fire You will not be burned I am the Lord I am the Lord And there is nothing to fear nothing to fear There is nothing to fear nothing to fear For I am with you always (Ooo ooo) In the depths of your sorrow I wept beside you When you walked through the shadow I drew you near Yesterday today tomorrow Always the same I am the Lord I am the Lord What can separate you from my perfect love Do not fear do not fear do not fear Prayer: O God, at whose bidding man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening: grant us to cherish the lessons we have learned out of your holy Word. Support us when we are tested in duty, that in all our doings we may remember that you have chosen us that we should go and bear fruit and that our fruit should abide. -The Gelasian Sacramentary

Passage: 1 Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit ​— ​just as you were called to one hope at your calling ​— ​5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all. 7 Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8 For it says: When he ascended on high, he took the captives captive; he gave gifts to people. 9 But what does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower parts of the earth? 10 The one who descended is also the one who ascended far above all the heavens, to fill all things. 11 And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God's Son, growing into maturity with a stature measured by Christ's fullness. 14 Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit. 15 But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head ​— ​Christ. 16 From him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building itself up in love by the proper working of each individual part. -- Ephesians 4:1-16 (CSB) Song: Little Things With Great Love (https://open.spotify.com/track/4mpVCcWKI4uQVJoQWAwTHV?si=b7041364625449e1) by Audrey Assad, Isaac Wardel, and Madison Cunningham Prayer: Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your grace that your faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

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主播：翩翩（中国）+ Maelle(法国） 歌曲：What Makes You Beautiful（开头）Show Me [by Audrey Assad]（结尾）上一期的podcast,我们用10个问题来reflect on the past year(盘点过去的一年）. It is now time to plan for the new year!该做新年规划啦！新的一年，像一个崭新的空间，装满了未曾使用的时间。而做新年规划的心情，就像一个肥美丰腴的新年在前方等待自己。但，今年的新年规划前，我们先听主播梅莉给我们读一段essay（小短文）：Preparing time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.（preparing time to do the thing为了做这件事而预备出时间isn't doing the thing 并不是在做这件事）Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.（scheduling time 安排时间）Making a to do list to do the thing isn't doing the thing.（making a to do list列一个待办清单）Telling people you are going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.（telling people you are going to do the thing 告诉大家你要做了）Writing a social media post about how you are going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.（writing a social media post在社交媒体上发个帖子）Hating on yourself for not doing the thing isn't doing the thing（hating on yourself怨恨自己）Hating on other people who have done the thing isn't doing the thing.（hating on other people怨恨他人）Hating on obstacles in the way of doing the thing isn't doing the thing.（obstacles那些障碍 obstacles in the way挡路的障碍）Fantasizing about all the adoration you will received once you have done the thing isn't doing the thing.（fantasizing幻想，白日做梦，theadoration you will received once you have done the thing，一旦做成这件事，你会得到的那些爱慕与崇拜）Reading about how you are going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.（reading about how you are going to do the thing阅览那些关于你怎么做这件事的信息）Reading about other people who have done the thing isn't doing the thing.（reading about other people who have done the thing阅读别人已经完成这件事的信息）Reading the essay isn't doing the thing.（reading the essay读这篇小短文）The only thing doing the thing is doing the thing.（唯一能做的事情就是去做这个事情。）新年立志之前，这是一则超棒的提醒，it's such a great reminder!走得最慢的人，也比原地徘徊的人走得快。总之新年规划，重点不是规划，而是doing the thing （做起来）！为了避免there is so much pressure put on ourselves to make plans and goals，同时也为了避免计划得太多，忘记得太快，今年我们打算 do it in a more simple way。实践检测，这种方式更加有效， it works best for me!一共三步：1. Find a few categories in which you want to focus on this year. 定下今年你想重点关注的几个类别。For example, it can be related to health, professionally, family, financially etc.• berelated to:与……相关• health健康,professionally搞事业, family家庭, financially搞钱…2. Write a specific goal or goals for each category. 给每一项定下具体的目标。“焦虑”的反义词是“具体”。• specific goals: 具体的目标 比如，for the health category，the goal can be to run a marathon, drink more water, eat more vegetables etc.• to run a marathon 跑一次马拉松关于吃蔬菜，翩翩有一个量化的原则：警车加信号灯。（会问自己：我今天有没有吃够5种颜色的食物，黑、白、红、绿、黄。） 3. Write down exactly how you are going to achieve each goal for each category. 写下具体如何实现每一个目标。比如，想要实现本年能够 run a marathon, you need to come up with a plan（需要制定一个计划），来实现你今年健康这一项里running a marathon的目标。比如计划：how many times a week you are going to train 一周训练几次do research on what you need to eat 研究相应的饮食how long in advance do you need to do this以及提前多久开始做这样，就成为了一个简约有效的 action plan。梅莉常用这种方式来做年度计划，so I can look back on them throughout the year（一整年都可以随时回顾），并且it helps me reflect at the end of the year（年末复盘时很有帮助）。另外，国外年轻人很很流行做vision board（愿景板），来自我激励。Vision board就是a collection of images（一组图片），代表了你的目标、梦想和愿望。其实就是一种视觉提醒，a visual reminder，提醒你今年的目标、梦想等等。Making a vision board is quite simple!做起来非常简单！You just need to find pictures that reflect your goals. 什么图片都可以，pictures of people（人物图片），quotes（名句）， pictures from magazines（杂志图片）等，只要能够reflect your goals就行。很多人会在冰箱上做vision board，每天都能看到这些图片，来提醒自己今年的目标。希望你听完今天的播客后，今年的new year's resolution制作起来会更高效！And remember!!!九层之台，起于垒土；千里之行，始于足下。 The only thing doing the thing is doing the thing!欢迎大家留言告诉我们：你的2024年，最大的目标是什么呢？Please comment us!Happy new year everyone!

Merry Christmas Storyline! We get so busy shopping for, buying, giving, and opening presents that we may not give much thought to what kind of gift Christmas is. This past Sunday at Storyline's special Christmas Eve Gathering, we looked at what makes Christmas itself the real gift.The band led us in Christmas Carols, and performed songs by Oleta Adams and Audrey Assad.

Mike sits down with Audrey Assad who shares very freely about her journey away from the Catholic faith, her music, her healing and her heart. All of this and more as we also geek out about Celine Dion. Mike‘s wife also makes a few cameos to sing. Episode 80 Show Host: Mike Tenney Audrey's Info: IG: http://instagram.com/audreyassad Tw: http://twitter.com/audreyassad FB: http://facebook.com/audreyassadmusic YT: https://www.youtube.com/@AudreyAssad TT: http://tiktok.com/@audreyassad Show Page: https://www.awakencatholic.org/pop-culture-catechism/celine-dion-faith-hope-and-love-w-audrey-assad Catholic Merch - https://catholicmerch.store Join my Patron Community www.PopCultureCatechism.com Listen wherever you find podcasts including: Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-catechism/id1530141366 Spotify Podcasts https://open.spotify.com/show/4hlSitS9FLX3sYqwr0RsFK?si=IObbssJPTWSwq9Qjn7VFaQ&fbclid=IwAR0aKkevoBgwo2CeJIpdeSnOHrE_h9vuHtKwffmOGHnYYl26XICYjllAzrU Bring the AWAKEN MISSION to your parish! https://www.awakencatholic.church/mission

We serve a God of boundaries. In his limitless capacity, endless creativity, and boundless existence he still chose to create boundaries. He still had vision for what was good, right, pleasing, and perfect. And as children made in his image, we are to live, think, and create as he does. In a world marked by busyness from seemingly infinite opportunities, it's important now more than ever for us to create boundaries. May you find freedom and joy this week as you receive vision and set boundaries under the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Our Scripture for today comes from Proverbs 29:18, and today's worship is Be Thou My Vision by Audrey Assad. – Outro / Wrap Up:   Thanks so much for listening to today's podcast, being a person of vision, the first in our week-long series on vision and boundaries.    Tomorrow we'll begin looking at what it means to have vision for specific areas in our lives, starting with what it means to have vision for God. My hope is that God opens our eyes tomorrow in specific ways to see how we can live with a closer connection to him, moment by moment.    But for now, have a wonderful rest of your day. And may God bless you as you seek him. 

Join us on Curiocity for a captivating episode with multi-talented Audrey Assad, a musician, writer, and seeker of life's mysteries. Audrey's journey, from devout Christian roots to embracing mysticism, is truly remarkable. In this episode, Audrey shares her love for music, family, and how her multicultural heritage influences her creative process. Her story is one of evolution and self-discovery, exploring nihilism, woo-woo, and embracing a mystic outlook. Discover how she draws inspiration from unexpected sources like Celine Dion and the TV series Severance, weaving these influences into her creative work. Audrey's curiosity is a central theme, evident in her habit of writing question marks on her hands to encourage questioning and challenge binary thinking. Blossom: drinkblossom.com use code Curiocity for 20% off Curiocity: https://instagram.com/curiocitypod?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Lauren DeLeary: https://instagram.com/laurendeleary?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Adam Frost: https://instagram.com/adamnfrost?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Audrey Assad: https://instagram.com/audreyassad?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Audry's Links: https://linktr.ee/audreyassad?fbclid=PAAaZRFFvAYvfgPEkfJwyhAeaWqQ9ogyhHh2BipRdFEnt5_PfE6CHv42Flgfc_aem_Ad35hrpbyLDXtyQbNJwKBLGPk6nJmt8spx6uR1WeUBWpzP3864Nh7Cl0eGlVuBJbX9w

Our Soul Ladder Music series features musicians discussing the spiritual themes in their songs and the music that inspires them. This week's guest is songwriter Audrey Assad. Songs: Audrey Assad - Better Audrey Assad - Unfolding Audrey Assad - Be Thou My Vision Audrey Assad - How About You Audrey Assad - Mortal MUNA - Loose Garment Monica Martin - Go Easy Kid Enjoy music from our Soul Ladder Music series with our official playlist: spoti.fi/3VASImF +++ Leave a Review! bit.ly/interfaithish Email: interfaithish@gmail.com

It is a question that humankind has been asking for milenia. Why is life so unfair? Why would a good god allow pain and suffering? And why should we follow a god like that? There's a book in the bible that addresses this very question - the book of Job. Invite and share this message with your family and friends and bless them with this great message. If you're new to Cornerstone and this is your first time watching us, we'd love to say “hello!” Just click on this url http://cornerstonesf.org/welcome to fill out our Welcome Card and one of our community members will follow up with you. Also if you are in need of prayer, don't hesitate to put in a prayer request at http://cornerstonesf.org/prayer ---- Song Credits: You Were On The Cross - Matt Maher Matt Maher, Kenny Butler, Audrey Assad © 2009 River Oaks Music Company | spiritandsong.com | Thankyou Music | Worship Together Music All music performed by the CornerstoneSF Worship Band under CCLI license No. 48786, CCS No. 8434 #cornerstonesf #liveitoutsf #ExploreGod

Join CA and Jaime as they explore personal evolution with the internationally recognized singer,  Audrey Assad. Discover the transformative power of music, delve into profound discussions on faith, suffering, and self-acceptance, and gain valuable insights into the art of living in the moment. Audrey's wisdom and experiences make for a truly inspiring conversation you won't want to miss. Support the podcast by joining our Coffee Fiend club:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/unlearned⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Jaime's book “TOXIC RELATIONSHIP RECOVERY,” today! It is available in paperback, as an audiobook (read by Jaime, herself), and as an e-book. https://bit.ly/43Ka8kE Notes: Introducing Audrey Assad The power of music  - specifically with praise and worship music Being ok with not having an answer OCD and Black-and-White Thinking The relationships between Christianity and suffering The importantance of radical self-acceptance Learning to just live for the sake of living Links: Part 1: Ep. 27: Religious Trauma: Part 1 https://open.spotify.com/episode/0YoXD8jlj6RZ2i3qyUytzr?si=235516c3dd384d13 Audrey's New Single: https://ffm.to/betteriscoming Her substack: https://thevioletfields.substack.com/ Monica Martin: Go Easy Kid: https://open.spotify.com/track/50hN4KDpQILZpTejaifHZK?si=CWxhlOreT9aqcaAzgMVMlA Website: http://www.audreyassad.com  Audrey's Instagram: http://instagram.com/audreyassad The liturgists podcast Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scrupulosity/id903433534?i=1000447501709 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6hXrkFJoM55UKJY9COQsMw?si=Bv2Zj5pST6KrSKbx-AY7Lg Check out our newest workshop: How to Relate to the Mother Who Has No Boundaries:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://tinyurl.com/motherworkshop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the podcast by joining our Coffee Fiend club:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/unlearned⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FREEBIE! Intention Prompts:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://tinyurl.com/Intentionprompts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow the podcast on Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/theunlearnedpodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jaime's Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/recollectedself/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jaime's TikTok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@recollectedself⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CA's Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.secure.instagram.com/embracingdivergence/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CA's Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@embracingdivergence⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us topics/suggestions: ⁠unlearned@recollectedself.com⁠ International Suicide Hotlines: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlinesNational Suicide Hotline: Call:988Text: 988 Website:https://988lifeline.org/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=onebox Lifeline Options For Deaf + Hard of Hearing For TTY Users: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 988. Over 50 Club! Amanda B. Plamen S. Rachel S. (Her Petstagram: @mini_carlo_pinscher)

This week we explore what happens in a time of spiritual wandering, disconnection from a church community, or wrestling with the ideas of practices of faith. Some call this time faith deconstruction but it sure feels like a kind of wilderness. It's a place no one wants to be, but if we find ourselves here, there are ways we can use a wilderness time well. If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠on Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's a way to do just that ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow. Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode. Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself: 1. Deep Water: Raised Catholic episode 12 transcript with link to listen 2. Reflection by Kerry Campbell: Trust: My Life as a House 3. Reflection by Kerry Campbell: Anchor 4. Article: What does it mean to have a wilderness experience, by Got Questions 5. Book: Learning to Walk in the Dark - Because Sometimes God Shows Up At Night, by Barbara Brown Taylor 6. Music Video: Drawn to You, by Audrey Assad - please watch this one. 7. Song: Find You Here, by Ellie Holcomb 8. Video Teaching Series: Memorial in the Middle, by Beth Moore 9. Song: Hosea, by the Monks of Weston Priory 10. A Blessing on The Business of Hope-Making, by Kate Bowler: Dear One, may you have the gift of holy sight, the vision of what might yet be. Yes, the emptiness is there. It could have been different, but this is what it is and there is just a little moment here - a half a breath where something new might be made, might be seen. Just give it a little room to be. There is nothing mechanical about living. There is no step-by-step process by which good things can be found. There is no paint-by-number on this one. All we have is the strange truth that somewhere in us, because we are made good is the ability to make. All we need to do is just give it a minute to be born.

For our 25th episode Scott Fischbuch joins us for a much needed white pill. We discuss the traditional Irish hymn Be Thou My Vision (Rop tú mo baile in Irish). Originating in the 6th Century AD and written in Old Irish, the hymn was not translated into English until 1905 and was not set to music until 1919. The poem was written by the Ollamh Érenn (Chief Poet of Ireland) Eochaid mac Colla (AKA Saint Dallán Forgaill) who lived between 560 AD and 640 AD and used as a lorica by the early Irish. The music is set to an Irish folk tune called Slane. Scott F. leads us in a faith-promoting discussion on Christianity and having hope in a fallen world. Éirinn go Brách! Link to the song version by Audrey Assad used in this episode: https://youtu.be/dXDhCEnM-bQ?si=QUbHkD71_6ozvOSa Irish language version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6tuTOwcb9E Check out Scott Fischbuch's men's retreat project: https://toolswithscott.com/ Follow Scott and Sean on Twitter: Scott- @dotgiff Sean- @hashtagheybro If you've got a song you think should be featured on the podcast send us an email or a DM on Twitter/X: historyinmusicpodcast@gmail.com

In today's episode of Catholic Family Matters: Betsy has emoji issues and divebombing humming birds Paul is an unpatriotic patriot in court Betsy and Paul discuss the heart of prayer Paul vents about the human dignity of everybody, yes including child abusers Betsy plays "You Speak" by Audrey Assad for us Links: God Minutes Podcast - In the Silence by Sr. Kara How Do I Know if I'm Praying Reverently by Busted Halo You Speak by Audrey Assad   Click below to follow us at: Facebook Twitter On the Web Email

In today's devotional, we're going to go deeper into the place of trust, seeking to open more of our hearts to our good and loving Father, so we can experience more of his promises, moment by moment. Without trust, we'll miss out on so many of the gifts God wants to give us every day. Without trust, our hearts will be closed off to the fullness of what this life has to offer us. May we as God's children trust him more fully today in response to his trustworthiness. Our Scripture for today comes from Isaiah 26:3, and today's worship is I Shall Not Want by Audrey Assad.  –   Thank you so much for listening to today's podcast.  As you go about your day today, continue to stay open and honest about areas in your life that you don't trust God. Maybe it's your finances, maybe it's your emotions or decisions, whatever it is, begin by simply noticing it, and then taking time to process it with God.    God wants all of your heart for your sake and his. He wants you to experience the fullness of what this life has to offer you. Simply seek to trust him more, and watch as your daily experience is marked with a greater measure of abundant life.    If today's episode was especially meaningful for you, take an additional 30 seconds to write a review and give a rating. And make sure to subscribe if you haven't already, so you won't miss an episode.    Have a wonderful rest of your day, and may God bless you as you seek him.  

This series of The Sacred Elizabeth spoke with nine fascinating individuals about their core values, and how the messages, philosophies and experiences from their childhood shaped them into the people they are today. She spoke with Abi Morgan, Dougald Hine, Audrey Assad, Patrick Deneen, Inaya Folarin Iman, Wes Streeting MP, Martin Shaw, Felix Marquardt and Satish Kumar. In this reflection episode, Elizabeth takes a look back at all these conversations and dwells on a couple key threads that were prominent throughout. ***** The Sacred is a podcast produced by the think tank Theos. Be sure to connect with us below to stay up-to-date with all our content, research and events. CONNECT WITH THE SACRED Twitter: https://twitter.com/sacred_podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacred_podcast/ CONNECT WITH ELIZABETH OLDFIELD Twitter: https://twitter.com/ESOldfield Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethsaraholdfield/ CONNECT WITH THEOS Theos monthly newsletter: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/d/E9E17CAB71AC7464 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Theosthinktank Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theosthinktank LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theos---the-think-tank/ Website: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/ CHECK OUT OUR PODCASTS The Sacred: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sacred/id1326888108 Reading Our Times: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/reading-our-times/id1530952185

In this episode, Madeline chats with Rich Stiebich, a research engineer at the University of Dayton Research Institute. During the course of their conversation, they discuss his Catholic schooling, ROTC, the chemical engineering during his undergrad at Notre Dame, his four years in the Air Force developing jet fuel, his work for the University of Dayton Research Institute, what inspired him to join the Air Force and Notre Dame, his work with alternative fuels, his work with his high temperature incineration, his work in flame retardant, his gratitude for having a fully Catholic education, how people will know we are Catholic, his love of singing and guitar, sitting in the chapel, the importance of purpose, loving what you do, how anyone can be a scientist, and much more!During the course of their conversation, they make many references that you can further explore. Some references include Turn To Me;  I Shall Not Want by Audrey Assad; and Lead, Kindly Light.Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcastDon't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!

Audrey Assad is an American-Syrian singer-songwriter who since the start of her career has released 6 studio albums and 4 EPs. She is also the author of the blog 'The Violet Fields' which explores topics such as consciousness and creativity. Audrey spoke about her childhood growing up in a fundamentalist Christian community and subsequent conversion to Catholicism, her career as a musician and the role music has played in her life, and her public deconstruction from the Christian faith. You can find her music and blog on her website here: https://www.audreyassad.com/ Read the full transcript here: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2023/06/07/audrey-assad-on-faith-deconstruction-and-music-as-an-outlet-for-spiritual-angst ***** The Sacred is a podcast produced by the think tank Theos. Be sure to connect with us below to stay up-to-date with all our content, research and events. CONNECT WITH THE SACRED Twitter: https://twitter.com/sacred_podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacred_podcast/ CONNECT WITH ELIZABETH OLDFIELD Twitter: https://twitter.com/ESOldfield Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethsaraholdfield/ CONNECT WITH THEOS Theos monthly newsletter: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/d/E9E17CAB71AC7464 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Theosthinktank Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theosthinktank LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theos---the-think-tank/ Website: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/ CHECK OUT OUR PODCASTS The Sacred: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sacred/id1326888108 Reading Our Times: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/reading-our-times/id1530952185

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On the 72 episode of The Paul Cardall Podcast, Paul's wife Tina, a former Wall Street Analyst turned Health expert, discusses a shocking diagnosis she received after landing in the hospital for the first time in her 54 years. They discuss a thoracic surgeon and infectious disease doctor who biopsied a lump at the top of her sternum next to her clavicle. After days in the lab, the medical team discovered Salmonella. The United States reports 40,000 cases a year. They discuss how rare the disease is and what the medical team did to help her heal. They also discuss what others can do to prevent Salmonella. ABOUT TINA CARDALLFollow Her Stories on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tinacardall/Tina has a Finance degree, worked on Wall Street for 10 years as a performance analyst for Morgan Stanley and credit, Suisse asset management, After 9/11 i pursued her passion of health and fitness, and became a certified personal trainer and nutritionist. Tina's passion and drive is in educating and helping people be the healthiest and best versions of themselves. A few years ago she was having some health issues and hormonal imbalances and realized that the personal care products she was using we're very toxic and causing a lot of the health issues. Tina replaced all of my toxic personal care products with clean, healthy and high-performing products that work. The body is like a rain barrel. When your rain barrel is empty, you are healthy, vibrant and feel amazing. When your rain barrel is getting full or overflowing, you have a slew of symptoms and illness, dis-ease starts to kick in. Her rain barrel at one point was getting full and she learned how to empty it since. So again, Tina is here to educate others and help them keep their rain barrel as empty as possible. Check out Tina's instagram for healthy food choices, sign up for her newsletter, and get her recommendations for clean living. ABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALLOfficial Website - http://www.paulcardall.comFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/paulcardallmusicYoutube - http://www.youtube.com/cardallInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/paulcardall LISTEN TO PAUL'S MUSICAPPLE MUSIC - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/paul-cardall/4312819SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FQRbf8gbKw8KZQZAJWxH2AMAZON - Ask Alexa to play Peaceful Piano by Paul Cardall Paul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place.  Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time. A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul's recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more.  Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts.

In the second half of their conversation, John and Sam share how to enter into the hard of our lives—and the lives of those we love—with Jesus.Show Note: The featured song is "Nothing to Fear" by The Porter's Gate, featuring Audrey Assad.

On the 71st episode of The Paul Cardall Podcast, Forbes contributor, best-selling author, Founder-CEO of a national multi-million dollar brand Kelly Cardenas shares his remarkable journey with Paul. They talk about Kelly's faith in God and his parents who passed away. They discuss achieving success, the meaning of success, and why it is important to follow the plan God has for you instead of taking the wheel without faith. Kelly lists principles he's applied to have a purpose driven life that's influencing people globally. They briefly talk about his famous hair salon and the road to building one of the most successful and popular salons in the country. ——————————— KELLY CARDENAS is Keynote speaker, FORBES contributor, Bestselling Author, host of a top ranked podcast, & Founder-CEO of a National multi-million dollar Brand. Cardenas is the go to when it comes to constructing a CULTURE that will have sustained success in all aspects of your business. He believes that building an iconic Brand, Business, and Empire is a simple process once we start to focus on what really matters. Cardenas' system zeros in on the heartbeat of any organization.........PEOPLE! WEBSITE:https://www.kellycardenas.com/ YOUTUBE:https://www.youtube.com/@therealkellycardenas BOOK:https://shop.kellycardenas.com/ PODCASThttps://www.kellycardenas.com/#podcastFACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/kellycardenaspodcastINSTAGRAM:https://www.instagram.com/therealkellycardenas/  ABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALLOfficial Website - http://www.paulcardall.comFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/paulcardallmusicYoutube - http://www.youtube.com/cardallInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/paulcardall LISTEN TO PAUL'S MUSICAPPLE MUSIC - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/paul-cardall/4312819SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FQRbf8gbKw8KZQZAJWxH2AMAZON - Ask Alexa to play Peaceful Piano by Paul Cardall Paul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place.  Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time. A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul's recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more.  Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts.

Discipline can be a tricky subject. Many of us have not seen discipline done well, and no one really loves being disciplined or having something they've done wrong pointed out. But something we must keep in mind with our heavenly Father is that he loves perfectly, so discipline must be a part of his perfect love. As we wrap up our week of looking at who God is, this is a crucial topic we have to look at to engage with all the ways God loves us. As we dig deeper today, may our hearts be open to God's loving perspective on correction for our good.     Our Scripture for today comes from Hebrews 12:6, and today's worship is Deliver Me by Audrey Assad.  -- Start your day with Jesus   Most of us know the importance of a daily quiet time consisting of Bible reading and prayer, yet many struggle with finding a devotional resource that is both easy to understand and relatable to daily life. The First15 app is designed to make connecting with God easier than ever.   “Thank you for providing this venue to help people give God space in their lives. I discovered First 15 through a Bible App plan and I've been listening to the podcast ever since. I look forward to winding down each evening with First 15. It is a blessing.” - Jessica Scott   Apple App Store Google Play Store  

On the 70th episode of The Paul Cardall Podcast, internationally acclaimed pianist and host Paul Cardall shares his latest composition An Evening In Paris. He discusses what inspired his first romantic classical piece and encourages others to create memories for those they love.GET THE SONG: https://hypeddit.com/paulcardall/aneveninginparisABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALLOfficial Website - http://www.paulcardall.comFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/paulcardallmusicYoutube - http://www.youtube.com/cardallInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/paulcardall LISTEN TO PAUL'S MUSICAPPLE MUSIC - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/paul-cardall/4312819SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FQRbf8gbKw8KZQZAJWxH2AMAZON - Ask Alexa to play Peaceful Piano by Paul CardallPaul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place.  Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time.A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul's recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more. Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts.

Today as we continue to explore ways God is a wonderful, giving Father, we're going to focus on the delivering power of God to set the captive free and rescue his people. Wherever you find yourself today, know that God is a safe rescue and the deliverer of our souls. He loves you mightily and is working on your behalf at all times. May that truth bring you immense peace and comfort as you experience his presence. Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 32:7, and today's worship is Deliverer by Audrey Assad. -- Do you know your spiritual gifts? We have created a free test to help you discover your gifts! Spiritual gifts have been given to each of us by God to accomplish those purposes. When you learn where you're gifted, you will begin to see more opportunities to gladly fulfill his calling on your life.   Do you find yourself grappling with these thoughts? I don't know my spiritual gifts. I don't know where to serve. I feel led to serve in a different capacity than I am now. How can I know for sure that God has gifted me in certain areas? Is there a particular way I have to use my gifts?   Our latest book, What Are My Spiritual Gifts? is the perfect resource to help you better understand your gifts. The book partners with a FREE spiritual gifts test.   Developed alongside our partner ministry, Denison Forum, the test and book are meant to open your eyes toward how God may want to use your unique gifts for the building up of the body of Christ.    Within the book, you'll learn more about 17 specific gifts and see examples from the Bible of people who lived out each gift. You can take the free test and learn more about the book at supportfirst15.org. https://first15.org/give/  https://first15.org/

On the 69th episode of The Paul Cardall Podcast, Hope Children's Home Administrative Director Matt Higgins joins Paul to discuss a modern day orphanage. Founded in 1968, Hope Children's Home has rescued nearly 5,000 children between the ages of infant to 18 years of age. They discuss their belief that a personal relationship with Christ, combined with an excellent education and a well-rounded sports program is the key to Hope's success.  ABOUT HOPE CHILDREN'S HOMEFounded in 1968, Hope Children's Home has rescued nearly 5,000 children between the ages of infant to 18 years of age. The type of children we care for are not juvenile delinquents, but rather children that, through no fault of their own, find themselves in a situation of needed rescue. Some children simply come out of a situation where a parent just needs a little help. Whether it's our campus in Tampa, New Mexico, or Honduras, each child is equally important in God's eyes and ours. Each campus is able to care for the children in a beautiful family atmosphere while instilling core Christian values. We believe that a personal relationship with Christ, combined with an excellent education and a well-rounded sports program is the key to Hope's success. Our school program begins in our Nursery and continues through the 12th grade. We are proud to say that over 95% of the students who graduate from Hope Christian School continue to college. Hope Children's Home receives no State or Federal funding but rather is entirely supported by churches, private individuals, businesses, and organizations. The faith that we exercise each and every day for our needs is a faith that is passed on to the children as they see God's hand of provision. The children see first-hand that God will never leave them nor forsake them. For over 50 years, Hope Children's Home has lovingly cared for children in need and tried to make a difference in their very impressionable lives. We feel that God has called us to help rebuild the broken lives of these children and to build the bridge, when possible, between home, parent, and child. The rewards of our labor are the thousands of children across the country who are now productive adults raising their own children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. OFFICIAL WEBSITE:   https://hopechildrenshome.orgDONATE: https://raisedonors.com/hopechildrenshome/donation-pageFACEBOOK:  https://www.facebook.com/HopeChildrensHomeINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/hopechildrenshomeTWITTER:  https://twitter.com/hopechildrens ABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALLOfficial Website - http://www.paulcardall.comFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/paulcardallmusicYoutube - http://www.youtube.com/cardallInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/paulcardall LISTEN TO PAUL'S MUSICAPPLE MUSIC - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/paul-cardall/4312819SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FQRbf8gbKw8KZQZAJWxH2AMAZON - Ask Alexa to play Peaceful Piano by Paul Cardall Paul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place.  Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time.A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul's recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more. Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts. 

On the 67th podcast episode, Paul Cardall shares 9 ideas on how we can discover or re-discover our gifts, particularly our non-so-obvious gifts.  Knowing our gifts shapes our life's purpose. From asking others to let you know, looking for gifts in adversity, praying for help to recognize our gifts, and more. Overall, our gifts were give to help others. This helps us experience greater joy in our lives.   Discover your gifts: It seems everybody always says, “If you only knew how great you are.” Well, the truth is, sometimes you just don't know how great you are. When we don't feel like the smartest, the nicest, the best looking, the funniest, or the most talented, our self-assurance seems to disappear. But think about this: if we look out into the vast cosmos and see the constellation of stars with all its mystery our minds are expanded. I drove my daughter into a desert free from man-made lights so we could see the brilliance of each star. As a 10 year old, she recognized and pointed out to me various constellations. As she looked up in wonder I noticed her eyes reflected the light of the stars. Each star, like every type of flower has its purpose. We give red roses as a symbol of romance, yellow for friendship, pink for appreciation, lavender roses for love at first sight. Flowers, like stars, are part of the same family. Each has its purpose. As I think about the vast cosmos, solar systems, all the stars and the variety of roses and every other creation, I'm humbled by what God has organized. God's majesty is everywhere. God's creation surrounds us. And yet, at the heart of creation, and according to the Bible, each of us, particularly you are His greatest creation. So great that He gave us a Savior to redeem us so that who you are, who your neighbor is, who I am, can fulfill our destiny. Each of us was created by God. We are unique and diverse like roses and stars, but what separates us from those incredible creations, is that we are God's children. God made you. God made you unique. As such, the Lord of all things has given us unique gifts and talents to help us fulfill our divine potential. As we discover these gifts, we are reminded of our divine worth as His children, and we are able to draw closer to Him and help others do the same. As I've traveled performing my music or speaking to an audience, many of you come up to me and say, “I have no talent” or “God has given me any special gifts.” And yet, those who tell me this are some of the most faithful, humble, wonderful people I've met. Their devotion to their faith humbles me. And so, for any of you who don't know or believe you have talent and gifts let me give you 9 ideas to help you to discover your gifts, or at the very least help you discover or re-discover your not-so-obvious gifts. Now, grab a pen or pencil, or open your notes on your smart phones, and write these down. I will also put them in the podcast notes. While you're getting your tools to write this down, I want to thank Justina Lichner for this information that I agree will help you. Ok. You got your notes open? Just a reminder, please subscribe to this podcast. If there is someone who needs this message today—email them and share this podcast. Ask others to let you know.Sometimes we don't see in ourselves what others can see in us. Ask a friend, relative, or someone close to you at work or church to write you a note about a gift or talent they see in you.Look for gifts in adversity.During hard times we can choose between letting our best qualities or our worst qualities come out. When times are tough, focus on discovering and using your best qualities and gifts.Pray for the help to recognize your gifts.Our Father in Heaven knows our divine potential. If we have a difficult time seeing that in ourselves, He can help. You can pray for help to recognize your gifts.Don't be afraid to branch out.Do we only develop the gifts that we already know we have because we're too afraid to do something we haven't done before? Now's the time to try something new and discover unknown gifts.Search the word of God.God helps us discover and develop our gifts through clues found in His word—usually through invitations to act. For example, the 4th chapter of James says: “Do not speak evil against one another, brothers and sisters. The one who speaks against a brother or sister or judges his brother or sister, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge” (James 4:11). What gifts could you develop from this invitation? The gift of speaking kind words, the gift to calm others, the gift of restraint, and more. And that's just from one verse!Look outside yourself.Sometimes our best qualities come out when we're not focusing on ourselves but focusing instead on how we can work with and help others. When we do that, we'll see that we have many Christlike gifts.Think about people you look up to.Who are some of your role models? You can make a list of all of the gifts your role models have and, instead of focusing on which gifts you don't have in common, celebrate discovering the ones you do.Reflect on your family.What gifts do you have that your siblings, parents, or grandparents have too? Go further! Research family history, discover stories, and identify even more gifts you share with your family.Pray or Receive a Prayer BlessingYour prayer could ask God about gifts you have and should develop, and that prayer could also point you to the path that will lead to the discovery of other new gifts and talents. Or ask someone to pray over you. Think about what they said. Now, if we know our gifts how can we help others discover their gifts. We can often see things in people they don't see in themselves. For example, my wife has the gift of discipline… She has spent years in the gym taking care of the physical body or temple God has given her that houses her spirit. She takes this so seriously that with exercise, she also focuses on what is taken into her body. We talked years ago about how she doesn't want to vandalize or damage the gift of having a physical body. So with the gift of discipline she chooses foods that will heal and repair the body. She also focuses what she puts on her body. Are their products with toxic chemicals damaging the temple she's been given. And so you see, she has a gift of discipline, a gift for understanding how to take care of the body, and the gift to teach and share with others what she has learned. I'll share with you another example of a gift I had no idea about. I don't believer this gift shows up all the time or can I access this gift without the circumstances being right. The famous scripture were two or three are gathered in my name, so will I be also. One of the men in my small mens group that meets every Tuesday in a roundtable discussion, after reading the word of God, shared some personal struggles. Though he didn't go into detail, I was moved and looked at one of our leaders, who parenthetically has the gift to remember everyone's names, even the new people, well I looked at him and he knew. We needed to pray over this brother. We gathered, laid hands on him, and a few different men led the prayer. I felt impressed to also bless him. I couldn't remember what I said… But this morning, that same leader said, “Last week what you did was a gift. You knew what to say that gave our brother confidence in God so God can work in him.” The gift to listen, the gift of understanding, the gift to know someone needs our prayers, and the gift to be vulnerable enough to communicate what we feel God wants to implore into the heart of the one seeking divine guidance. The gift of fellowshipping, ministering, or simply being a friend without an agenda are the great gifts we can do… Help Others Discover Their GiftsWe see things in others that they may not be able to see in themselves. This week, share those things with a friend or family member. Here are some questions to ask yourself that can help you discover the gifts of others.What is something they've done to help you?What do you like about them?What are they good at?What are they trying to get better at? There is NOBODY like you… YOU are a child of God, never forget it. The Creator of the Vast Cosmos is real. He loves you. He is not only award of you, but cares for you. We can go to him in prayer, and how great is that. Think about it—we can talk to God and share with God our hopes, fears, dreams, things we are grateful for and things we need help overcoming… You know years and years ago, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. The ability for someone to communicate their love from thousands of miles away is a miracle. The ability to not only call on a man made device, or a cell phone, and talk to someone we love and to hear them say, “I love you, I miss you, I'm can't wait to be with…” We've been able to get within our control the elements and through technology talk to loved ones across the globe. With technology, and invisible air waves, control over the elements, we can bring into our living room, Presidents, Kings, and all kinds of unimaginable things… If we can do this—I have no doubt the creator, whose children we are, deserves the credit because God has created each of us unique and given to us divine gifts. The gift of knowledge often goes to our head—so let's not forget that without our creator we wouldn't exist. And because of our creator and the various gifts he shares with us, our life has purpose. And that purpose is to love whoever God puts into our lives. And as we love, we are loved also. ABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALLOfficial Website - http://www.paulcardall.comFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/paulcardallmusicYoutube - http://www.youtube.com/cardallInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/paulcardallLISTEN TO HIS MUSICAPPLE MUSIC - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/paul-cardall/4312819SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FQRbf8gbKw8KZQZAJWxH2AMAZON - Ask Alexa to play Peaceful Piano by Paul Cardall Paul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place.  Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time.A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul's recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more. Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts.

Catholic musician and worship leader Sarah Kroger is a force of steadiness in Christian music. Since her debut in 2011, she has written and collaborated with everyone from Audrey Assad to Amy Grant. Now a part of REVERE, Anchor Hymns, Faithful and Catholic collective Village Lights, Sarah tells Jessica about collaboration, her latest song "Take. Eat. Drink," and her journey to belovedness. Connect @SKroger and SarahKroger.com Buy/stream: "Belovedness" (Live) feat Nathan Jess & "Take, Eat, Drink": https://withkoji.com/@sarahkroger "Sing, Sing, Sing" (with Anchor Hymns): https://slinky.to/SingSingSing MUSIC What A Wonderful World by Sarah Kroger Belovedness (Live) feat Nathan Jess by Sarah Kroger Sing, Sing, Sing feat Jasmine Mullen, Antoine Bradford, Dwan Hill and Sarah Kroger by Anchor Hymns The Sweetest Place by City Lights Take, Eat, Drink (Live) by Sarah Kroger A Thousand Thank Yous by Sarah Kroger When We Pray by CITIZENS GET PODCAST MERCH HERE: https://tee.pub/lic/YOUMEPOD SPONSORS JesusWired is your number 1 source for Christian music news, reviews and interviews. Visit them now at https://JesusWired.com. Are you a creator? Soundstripe gives you unlimited access to royalty free music from some of the world's best composers. Go to SOUNDSTRIPE.COM and enter YOUMEPOD to get 10% off at checkout. SUBSCRIBE/CONNECT/LET'S BE FRIENDS: https://linktr.ee/betweenyoumepod Produced by Joshua Dunn Media

On the 65 episode of the Paul Cardall podcast, a childhood actor who rose to Hollywood stardom, Richard Jackson joins Paul to discuss his career, faith, and family. As a 12 year old living in Vancouver, Washington Richard got out the phone book and cold-called a talent agency that jump started his acting career. He would go on to appear in film and TV shows from Madison with Jim Caveziel to Baywatch, Boy Meets World, Star Trek, Saved By The Bell and more. Paul get to the heart of Richard's personal life  his relationship with God and marrying his wife Raquel. They discuss Richard's children and how having a family exceeds any of the temporal success he's achieved. Finally, they explore Richard's passion for being behind the camera and producing all sorts of projects with his company FIFO.  ABOUT RICHARD JACKSONBorn in 1979 (Redlands, California) Richards is known as “Cap” around his film company Fifo, and he lives, breathes, and eats advertising and strategic marketing. He's a wizard and the brains behind this entire operation.Some of the notable films and TV shows Richard worked in as a young actor were as a lead in the film Bring It On, Casper, True Rights, and as supporting actor in Madison starring Jim Caveziel. He is remembered on TV as the aggressive young attracted man who Ally McBeal had a hard time saying NO to. From Baywatch, Boy Meets World, Star Trek, The Good life, to his role on Saved By The Bell: The New Class, Richard knows the film and tv business.After his childhood rise to Hollywood stardom, Richard pursued a career in music with his brother, Jonathan Jackson, and has rooted in Spring Hill, TN (south of Nashville) with his Saint-of-a-wife, Raquel. He has four little blessings; three girls and one boy.He loves depressing music, collecting Back to the Future memorabilia, dad jokes and Taco Bell. One notable credit is his brother Jonathan and Richard were in People Magazine on a list of sexiest men alive. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413974/Twitter: https://twitter.com/rljackson529Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rljackson529Production Company Fifo: https://www.fifoagency.com/  ABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALLOfficial Website - http://www.paulcardall.comFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/paulcardallmusicYoutube - http://www.youtube.com/cardallInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/paulcardallLISTEN TO HIS MUSICAPPLE MUSIC - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/paul-cardall/4312819SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FQRbf8gbKw8KZQZAJWxH2AMAZON - Ask Alexa to play Peaceful Piano by Paul Cardall Paul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place.  Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time.A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul's recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more. Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts.

In this episode, Dove Award winning pianist & host Paul Cardall talks about several people who had a dramatic effect on his life, which led to composing some of his most popular music. From a sick girl he met in a children's hospital to his fan Zoey. Though she spends her life in a wheel-chair that didn't keep her from learning to paraglide with a guide. Paul talks about his friend and multi-Grammy winning engineer Michael Bishop, who recently passed away. Regardless of their suffering, these individuals have been instrumental in helping the pianist compose his finest work. Paul discusses his songs; Life and Death, Redeemer, and his upcoming release of Love One Another (March 31, 2023) GET THE SONG LOVE ONE ANOTHER ABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALLOfficial Website - http://www.paulcardall.comFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/paulcardallmusicYotube - http://www.youtube.com/cardallInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/paulcardall LISTEN TO HIS MUSICAPPLE MUSIC - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/paul-cardall/4312819SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FQRbf8gbKw8KZQZAJWxH2AMAZON - Ask Alexa to play Peaceful Piano by Paul Cardall Paul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place.  Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time. A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul's recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more.    Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts.

We've been looking at the Ways of Jesus the last month and so far it has been all about what that kind of life looks like .This Sunday we considered where that kind of life comes from. The band performed songs by Needtobreathe, Dawes, Ryan Adams and Audrey Assad.Please join us next Sunday morning at 10:30 at St. Joe High School's auditorium.

Host Paul Cardall has been a fan of singer songwriter Aaron Espe for more than two decades. The musicians discuss Aaron's unique gift of writing songs that reconnect adults to their childhood. They discuss Aaron's latest album, Up North, which explores his childhood in a small Michigan town where he would eat "Liver and Onions" just to be with his grandfather as well as get a haircut to see his uncle and barber Duane. They talk about his grandmother in a rest home called Sheltering Oaks, which he wrote a song about. Paul asks about being a father today and what Aaron is doing to help re-create a time of innocence for his four sons. They talk about getting the kids off the iPads to explore outside.  The two discuss marriage and having wives who support an artist career and mentality. They also briefly talk about Deer Hunting as children, which Aaron wrote a song about. ABOUT AARON ESPEFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronespepageInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronespeYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpd-_G3rgyx40Vbg_X9v7XgSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/11nbBcaBk8uXBPQsc3Sq9p?si=HDWhdyOgQhaJ4oSJZkclvAApple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/aaron-espe/98279561 Raised in small-town northern Minnesota, singer-songwriter Aaron Espe writes tunes “…as delicate as his soft spoken voice,” says American Songwriter, “about the simple joys and occasional frustrations of life…[sometimes cloaking] his easy going lyrics in complex conceptual ideas.”Espe got his start in 2005 opening for the folk duo Storyhill in Minneapolis before dropping out of college to tour on his own. His career has taken him across the U.S. and overseas, playing in coffee shops, bars, churches, and the occasional yoga studio.As solo artist Espe has self-released five solo albums, a Christmas EP, and several singles. In 2012 Nettwerk Records released the EP Through Frozen Forests, which peaked at #7 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart. His 2015 single “Making All Things New” emerged on numerous Spotify playlists, racking up over 21 million streams under the span of a year. It also won the attention of pop icon Taylor Swift on her self-curated playlist Songs Taylor Loves. Produced by Brian F. Joseph (Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens), his first full-length album for Nettwerk, Passages, was released in September of 2017. His followup EP Wonder was released in November of 2019. The single “Anytime I Go” was featured in the Stella Artois 2019 holiday campaign. His latest EP, Rock & Roll Man, will be release in February 2021. Its singles “Sunny Day” and “Only Time” have both snagged spots on Spotify playlists like Hanging Out And Relaxing, Fresh Folk, and Infinite Acoustic.As a writer, Espe's song “Beyond the Sun” (cowritten by Claire Guerreso) was recorded by the Nashville Cast (feat. Lennon Stella) and “Who I Love” by the Nashville Cast (feat. Rhiannon Giddens). They aired on ABC and CMT respectively. Norwegian DJ Kygo recorded “Think About You” (cowritten by Kygo, Petey Martin Valerie Broussard). William Fitzsimmons recorded “What Kind of Love Is Like That” (cowritten by Madi Diaz) after hearing Espe's demo version featured on the CW TV series, iZombie.Among other placements, Espe's recordings have been featured in Grey's Anatomy, Orange Is The New Black, The Fosters, Hulu's The Path and the documentary film Where the Yellowstone Goes, as well as commercials by Sainsbury's, Volkswagen and Toys “R” Us.A resident of Nashville, Tennessee, Espe does not like to perform live, but occasionally does songwriter rounds at local venues The Basement and Bluebird Café. ABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALLOfficial Website - http://www.paulcardall.comFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/paulcardallmusicYotube - http://www.youtube.com/cardallInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/paulcardall LISTEN TO HIS MUSICAPPLE MUSIC - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/paul-cardall/4312819SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FQRbf8gbKw8KZQZAJWxH2AMAZON - Ask Alexa to play Peaceful Piano by Paul Cardall Paul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place.  Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time. A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul's recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more.    Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts.

What's it like to be the only Latter-Day Saint (Mormon) in a Southern Divinity School? Mark Mabry is a practicing Latter-Day Saint, formerly known as The Mormons, who moved to the bible belt where he entered The Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee. Paul and Mark discuss his faith and his Vanderbilt classroom made up of a diversity of students from various Christian denominations. Students earn a Master of Theological Studies while others are in the Masters of Divinity Program. Most will go on to become Pastors or Chaplains. Because some Christian churches don't believe Latter-Days Saints are Christian, Mark and Paul explore LDS theology and Mark's Christianity. They also talk briefly about Mark's work as an American photographer, cinematographer, and activist, best known for his photographic depictions of Jesus. In 2008 and 2009 Mark published two Reflections of Christ photo books recreating scenes from the life of Jesus.  View Mark's Reflection of Christ serieshttps://reflectionsofchrist.org/ Learn about Vanderbilt's Theological Studies Degreeshttps://www.vanderbilt.edu/gdr/degrees/theology.php Learn more about Latter-Day Saintshttps://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist ABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALLOfficial Website - http://www.paulcardall.comFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/paulcardallmusicYotube - http://www.youtube.com/cardallInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/paulcardall LISTEN TO HIS MUSICAPPLE MUSIC - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/paul-cardall/4312819SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FQRbf8gbKw8KZQZAJWxH2AMAZON - Ask Alexa to play Peaceful Piano by Paul Cardall Paul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place.  Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time. A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul's recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more.    Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts.  

Do you have control over your health? Paul Cardall is joined by his wife Tina Cardall. She is a holistic health coach and Certified Personal Trainer who left her job on Wall Street after 9/11 to focus on educating and inspiring others to live a healthier life. From the salads her mother made fresh from the garden outside her childhood home in Cleveland, to her love for investigating the ingredients in food on the shelves in grocery stores. They discuss burn out and how she helped herself and others change their lives from building a life around business to building a business around their lives. She also talks about her passion advocacy for BeautyCounter, a company that is working with Legislation to get laws passed and changed to get safer beauty products into the hands of everyone. FOLLOW TINA'S HEALTH ADVICE STORIESInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/tinacardall/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/tina.cardallOrder BeautyCounter from Tina - https://www.beautycounter.com/TinaCardall TINA CARDALL BIOTina Cardall has a B.S. in Finance from The State University of New York College at Westbury. She  was born in Cleveland, Ohio and is a 1st generation Slovenian American. Her parents immigrated from communist Yugoslavia after the country had been ravished by both world wars. The American dream was instilled in Tina at an early age. She worked on Wall Street for Morgan Stanley & Credit Suisse Asset Management as a Performance Analyst for over a decade and was in Manhattan on September 11, 2001 when the Twin Towers were destroyed. She became an AFAA Certified Person Trainer teaching classes at night after her Finance job during the day just for fun. She is a 1st Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. Tina moved to Orange Country, California and worked as a Health Coach for Amen Clinics, Inc. founded by best-selling Author Dr. Daniel Amen, an American celebrity doctor who practices as a psychiatrist and brain disorder specialist. Meanwhile, Saddleback Church, a Baptist Evangelical mega church located in Lake Forest, California, hired Tina. She was involved with implementing The Daniel Plan with Pastor Rick Warren, which started with over 25,000 members participating together and losing over 250,000 pounds. Tina worked on The Daniel Plan with Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Daniel Amen. The Daniel Plan is far more than a diet plan. It is an appetizing approach to achieving a healthy lifestyle by optimizing the five key essentials of faith, food, fitness, focus, and friends. Also while on staff at Saddleback Church, Tina did several mission trips to third world nations. She went to Thailand to help rescue young women from sex-trafficking through a program that would give the women an alternate job. She went to India to work with the women in the slums doing micro-financing. She went to Sri Lanka to work in an orphanage. In 2011, Tina returned to Cleveland, Ohio to care for her father whose health was declining. She married award winning pianist Paul Cardall in 2013, continued with personal training and competed in 7 NPC bodybuilding competitions, winning several Masters categories. Her experience on Finance and working Wall Street assisted in helping her husband sell his catalogue in one of the music industry's highest acquisitions of instrumental music. Since then Tina in a continued effort to encourage and educate people to understand the importance of living a healthy lifestyle, she partnered with BeautyCounter, a safer, non-toxic beauty company that cares about our health and the ingredients we put onto our bodies. ABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALLOfficial Website - http://www.paulcardall.comFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/paulcardallmusicYotube - http://www.youtube.com/cardallInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/paulcardall LISTEN TO HIS MUSICAPPLE MUSIC - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/paul-cardall/4312819SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FQRbf8gbKw8KZQZAJWxH2AMAZON - Ask Alexa to play Peaceful Piano by Paul Cardall Paul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place.  Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time. A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul's recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more.    Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts.

In her breakthrough book release, Throwing Confetti, author DeAnn Carpenter joins Paul Cardall, to discuss how to effectively lead and serve others by becoming a voice of possibility and hope. DeAnn discusses Jesus as the great example on how to effectively interacted with people, particularly those we might not understand. DeAnn and her husband Brian founded Refuge and discusses with Paul, how some of the world's most successful leaders burn out. Refuge provides a week long retreat where leaders find renewal through various outdoor activities and fellowship.  GET THE BOOK ABOUT DEANN CARPENTERWEBSITEFACEBOOKINSTAGRAM DeAnn Carpenter writes, teaches, and serves to celebrate others. She's been practicing Hooray for years along with her husband, Brian, and two kids, Asher and Ruby. They founded Refuge Foundation after being in full-time church ministry in Billings, MT. DeAnn also leads Refuge W.I.L.D. and serves women from all over the world throughout the year. DeAnn speaks nationally to churches, women's ministries, and events. ABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALLhttp://www.paulcardall.comhttp://www.facebook.com/paulcardallmusichttp://www.youtube.com/cardallhttp://www.instagram.com/paulcardall LISTEN TO HIS MUSICAPPLE MUSIC - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/paul-cardall/4312819SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FQRbf8gbKw8KZQZAJWxH2AMAZON - Ask Alexa to play Peaceful Piano by Paul Cardall Paul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place.  Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time. A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul's recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more.    Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts.

Award winning faith film maker Andy Erwin joins Paul Cardall to talk about producing and directing Christian-based films that compete with Hollywood studios who spend hundreds of millions of dollars to entertain audiences. From producing Jesus Revolution, I Can Only Imagine, American Underdog, I Still Believe, and other projects like the Steve McQueen documentary and Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon, Andy and his brother Jon have created a space for box office hit films with an underlying Christian message. They also talk about Andy's faith, gift, and purpose in life. ANDREW ERWINAndrew Erwin, half of the filmmaking duo The Erwin Brothers, began his career as a teenager working for ESPN as a camera operator in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. As a sports cameraman, Erwin worked with ESPN College Football Primetime, FOX NFL, and the NBA covering events such as the X Games and the Super Bowl.In 2002, Andrew founded a production company with his brother Jon. Their first ventures were commercials, documentaries and music videos. The brothers soon were directing videos and producing concerts and television programs for platinum recording artists such as Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Casting Crowns, Switchfoot, Skillet and others and received eleven GMA Dove Awards nominations and 3 wins for Music Video of the Year.In 2010, Andrew and Jon began exclusively developing dramatic feature films. Their features have all opened in the top ten box office on opening weekend and they have received the coveted A+ Cinema Score twice. Their features include OCTOBER BABY, MOMS' NIGHT OUT, WOODLAWN and the 2018 smash hit I CAN ONLY IMAGINE.In 2019, Andrew and Jon, with partners Kevin Downes and Tony Young, launched Kingdom Story Company along with a first-look deal with Lionsgate. The first film from that venture is I STILL BELIEVE, a biopic about CCM megastar Jeremy Camp slated for 3/20/20.Andrew serves as Chief Creative Officer at Kingdom Story Company as well as produces and directs feature films with his brother Jon and Kevin Downes. WEBSITEIMDB PROFILE  ABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALLhttp://www.paulcardall.comhttp://www.facebook.com/paulcardallmusichttp://www.youtube.com/cardallhttp://www.instagram.com/paulcardall LISTEN TO HIS MUSICAPPLE MUSIC - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/paul-cardall/4312819SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FQRbf8gbKw8KZQZAJWxH2AMAZON - Ask Alexa to play Peaceful Piano by Paul Cardall Paul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place.  Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time. A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul's recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more.    Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts.

Psychotherapist Tracy Livecchi, LCSW, joins Paul Cardall to discuss healing hearts and minds of people born with an illness that requires a life time of medical care. Both Tracy and Paul were born with complex congenital heart defects. Although congenital heart disease or CHD is the least funded of all major illnesses, CHD remains the leading cause of infant related deaths. However, because of advancements in medicine and technology millions of people have survived and adapt to what would be considered a normal life, although their lives have required a life-time of medical care and surgical procedures. They swap stories and go into detail about the miracle of life and how Tracy's parents were instrumental in working with doctors to secure her survival. Because of the lack of information for lifelong patients, Tracy and her colleague Liza Morton, PhD have written "Healing Hearts and Minds: A Holistic Approach to Coping Well With Congenital Heart Disease." ABOUT TRACY LIVECCHI, LCSWTracy writes on her website: In terms of my training, I received my Masters Degree in Social Work from Rutgers University. I have worked in a variety of settings as a private therapist, a clinical director, as well as a consultant for long-term care and hospital settings. I have been working as a psychotherapist in private practice since 1998, and currently provide psychotherapy to individual adults, adolescents, and couples in my Westport practice. I work from an eclectic theoretical orientation and provide supportive counseling while also utilizing cognitive, behavioral, psychodynamic and trauma informed, mindfulness approaches, when appropriate. I am the Mental Health Consultant for the Adult Congenital Heart Association's Peer Mentorship Program and speak nationwide on the importance of addressing the psychosocial effects of heart disease. I am passionate about mental health access for all and have a special interest in working with individuals and their families dealing with serious and chronic illness. I live in CT with my husband and two daughters. Website: https://tracylivecchi.com/GET THE BOOK: Healing Hearts & MindsACHA or ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE ASSOCIATION  ABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALLhttp://www.paulcardall.comhttp://www.facebook.com/paulcardallmusichttp://www.youtube.com/cardallhttp://www.instagram.com/paulcardall LISTEN TO HIS MUSICAPPLE MUSIC - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/paul-cardall/4312819SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FQRbf8gbKw8KZQZAJWxH2AMAZON - Ask Alexa to play Peaceful Piano by Paul Cardall Paul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place.  Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time. A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul's recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more.    Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts.

Antonio Sabàto Jr. talks with Paul Cardall about the american dream beginning with the story of how his grandmother survived the holocaust. He shares the story of immigrating to the United States where his father, an Italian actor,  worked construction while appearing in Hollywood films. From learning english, Antonio talks about life as an immigrant and dreaming to become an actor like his father. He would first find fame in the 1990s as an underwear model for Calvin Klein and playing Jagger Cates on the soap opera General Hospital from 1992 to 1995. Antonio and Paul talk about his career in films with stars like Mark Walberg, the complications of the film business, films he is making and wants to make, and how God plays a central role in his life and career. ABOUT ANTONIO SABATO JR.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antoniosabatojrFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/antoniosabatojr/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AntonioSabatoJr Antonio Sabato Jr. has proven to be one of the hottest commodities to come out of daytime television, nabbing a series of prime-time roles and appearing in the most successful Calvin Klein underwear campaign in the company's history. Antonio was most recently seen guest-starring on the CBS hit CSI: New York and on ABC's comedy Scrubs after completing the first season of his hit reality show My Antonio for VH1. Touted as the next evolution in reality dating, the show featured 13 exciting contestants vying to win Antonio's heart. With Hawaii as the show's exotic location, Antonio put his potential dream mates through a series of adrenalin-fueled adventures as he searched for “the one.” Antonio's overprotective mother, Yvonne, was also on hand to interject her own form of advice and guide her son on his search. Antonio will next be seen in the new TNT hit, Rizzoli & Isles. He will next be seen on the big screen in director Penelope Spheeris' comedy Balls to the Wall. Antonio was most recently seen in the lead role as serial killer Henry Lee Lucas in the indie feature Drifter: The Henry Lee Lucas Story, for which he won Best Actor at The 2009 Beverly Hills Film Festival. In 2008, he guest-starred on the hit CBS drama NCIS and also starred in the movies Ghost Voyage for the Sci-Fi Channel and Desitniantion: Infestation opposite Jessalyn Gilsig for Lifetime Television. Antonio also reprised his famed General Hospital character, Jagger Cates on SoapNet's Night Shift after winning NBC's hot summer series Celebrity Circus, where he performed nearly-impossible “Cirque du Soleil-esque” acts. Previously, Antonio starred on the popular CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful playing a role created specifically for him. Growing up in Rome, Antonio's first language is Italian and he didn't learn to speak English until he moved to Beverly Hills in 1984 with his mom and sister. His big break came when he was cast in the infamous Janet Jackson video “Love Will Never Do Without You,” shot by Herb Ritts.When Antonio joined the cast of ABC's General Hospital in the spring of 1992, the show jumped from seventh to third in the daytime Nielsen ratings. That same year, Antonio landed a coveted spot in People Magazine's “50 Most Beautiful People” issue. Fashion designer Calvin Klein hired the actor in the summer of 1996 to be the company's first celebrity model since Mark Wahlberg four years earlier. During his tenure with Calvin Klein, Antonio appeared in a campaign photographed by Herb Ritts and on a 90-foot billboard in the middle of Times Square. One of Antonio's most memorable roles was that of Heather Locklear's abusive ex-husband in a six-episode stint on Melrose Place. In 1998, Antonio appeared opposite Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips in The Big Hit. Antonio has made guest appearances on such notable shows as FOX's Ally McBeal and the WB's Charmed. He also starred in WB's comedy The Help opposite Tori Spelling.Antonio currently resides in Florida. He is a fitness and auto-racing enthusiast, and an accomplished author (No Excuses: Workout for Life). He enjoys spending time with his children, Jack, Mina, and newborn son Antonio Kamakana. ABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALLhttp://www.paulcardall.comhttp://www.facebook.com/paulcardallmusichttp://www.youtube.com/cardallhttp://www.instagram.com/paulcardall LISTEN TO HIS MUSICAPPLE MUSIC - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/paul-cardall/4312819SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FQRbf8gbKw8KZQZAJWxH2AMAZON - Ask Alexa to play Peaceful Piano by Paul Cardall Paul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place.  Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time. A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul's recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more.    Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts.

We have a cozy episode for you today; full of food we are dying to make and plans we're making for the rest of the holiday season. Gabby also makes up a new word that really tickles Mel. Enjoy! Housekeeping Notices! - We're having an online cocktail party for our patreon listeners on the 8th of December and we have our friend Audrey Assad bringing us some Christmas music. You can join our patreon for just $5 and come along and hang! https://patreon.com/makinganeffortpodcast - We want to hear from you! Send us your favourite Christmas/holiday stories for our last episode of the year! Any funny mishaps, wild stories, cozy traditions or sweet memories - we wanna hear them. You can submit an email or send a voicenote to hello@makinganeffortpodcast.com  

Audrey Assad interviews Michael and Lisa Gungor about Gungor's new record “Love Song to Life.” They talk about music, theology, and some unexpected musical instrumentation.

*Trigger Warning* We want to give you a heads up that in this episode we talk about some pretty sensitive topics around sex, sexuality, religion and shame. Whilst we believe what we talk through is super important and ultimately hopeful, if this brings up difficult issues for you, look after yourself as you listen. We are DELIGHTED to be joined once again by songwriter, musician and our all around legend friend, Audrey Assad! Together we decided to dedicate today's episode to returning to the topic of purity culture. Between the three of us, we are sharing how purity culture has shaped us, and the ways we are healing from it piece by piece. We really hope you find something healing in us sharing our experiences. Feel free, as always, to reach out to us via email hello@makinganeffortpodcast.com with any of your thoughts. We also have some BIG things coming up for our Patreon Community including a new partnership that's going to take our connection to you all to the next level! We are pumped. You can join our Patreon and get access to all the BTS for just $5 a month! Click here for all the info: https://www.patreon.com/makinganeffortpodcast

In today's devotional, we're going to go deeper into the place of trust, seeking to open more of our hearts to our good and loving Father, so we can experience more of his promises, moment by moment. Without trust, we'll miss out on so many of the gifts God wants to give us every day. Without trust, our hearts will be closed off to the fullness of what this life has to offer us. May we as God's children trust him more fully today in response to his trustworthiness. Our Scripture for today comes from Isaiah 26:3, and today's worship is I Shall Not Want by Audrey Assad. --   Faith doesn't happen on its own. It's a byproduct of time spent experiencing the faithfulness of our God. It's a gift given to us by the Giver of good gifts, himself.    It was a supernatural faith that allowed Paul to sing even while in chains. It was supernatural faith that allowed Peter to proclaim the gospel, even unto death. And it's supernatural faith that will carry you to and through the greatest gospel opportunities in front of you.    We pray our printed devotionals, Faith and Trust, help people like you experience the life changing reality that faith and trust have on your everyday life.     With Faith you'll:    Discover a Biblical framework for living faithfully Study powerful moments of God's faithfulness in scripture Tear down personal strongholds in your life where you struggle with faith Develop a lifestyle of faith, that weathers the storms of life   And every dollar you give today goes to help more people like you experience the nearness and love of our God.    Everything changes when we learn to trust and become filled with faith in our good, good God. Get your copy at supportfirst15.org!