Podcasts about in a word

Brian Harper, recorded live at Grace Community Bible Church, on the topic “What’s In A Word?” – from the Psalm 3.

TEACHING SERIES: What's In A Word? TITLE: In The Unknown BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday, 16 July 2024 BIBLE PASSAGES: Psalm 103; 11-17 EXCERPT: Looking at God's faithfulness in the unknown. As we looked at God's faithfulness to Riverside's in the last 40 years, this week we look at how He is faithful in the unknown, and we trust Him to lead us in these next 40 years. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham

TEACHING SERIES: What's In A Word? TITLE: Through The Years BY: Tim Chilvers and Nick Cuthbert DATE: Sunday, 07 July 2024 BIBLE PASSAGES: Psalm 100 EXCERPT: Looking at God's faithfulness through the years. As we are celebrating Riverside 40th birthday, we look at what God has done, is doing and our expectation and hope for what he will do. He is faithful. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham

TEACHING SERIES: What's In A Word? TITLE: When We Are Not BY: Judy Moore DATE: Sunday, 30 June 2024 BIBLE PASSAGES: Psalm 25:4-11 EXCERPT: God remains faithful even when we don't. When we get it wrong. He gets it right. We look at what God has done, is doing and our expectation and hope for what he will do. He is faithful. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham

Everyone has their own way of expressing themselves. Verbally, we all have our own words and expressions. Metaldom is no exception. If anything we have more unique words in our verbal arsenal than Joe Average. Off the top of our heads, “Axe” (for guitar) comes to mind. So with that starting point, we dive into a laundry (all black, of course) list of slang descriptive words. How many of these... The post Radioactive Metal 777: What's In A Word? appeared first on Shining Wizards Network.

In this episode of The New CISO, Steve is joined by guest Frank Vesce, CISO for Allvue Systems.Beginning his life in a Brooklyn orphanage, Frank is now a cyber security leader, government advisor, youth mentor, and community advocate. Today, he joins Steve to discuss the technical and human side of cyber security. Tune into today's episode to learn more about Frank's professional journey, his approach to interviewing, and his motivation to mentor.Listen to Steve and Frank discuss the power of communication and the four types of complaints that can affect your organization:Meet Frank (1:36)Host Steve Moore introduces our guest today, Frank Vesce, who has over twenty years of experience, including global leadership positions.Frank first became intrigued by cybersecurity through the Matthew Broderick film War Games. During a coding class at university, Frank became even more interested in this field after reading the book The Cuckoo's Egg. First Gig (4:23)Frank's first security position was at Goldman Sachs. Before, Frank worked in IT and technology, but in 2010, Frank transitioned from infrastructure to security risk, and things moved forward from there.The Interview (5:16)Frank shares his unique approach to interviewing. He would call the interviewee by the wrong name to understand their personality. The best response would be when someone would politely and quickly correct him, how people answered demonstrated if they would fit on the team.Being Human (12:59)When people come to work and complain, it typically has nothing to do with their employer. They may have something going on in their personal lives, so it's essential to get to the root of the problem before making assumptions.Frank then shares the different kinds of complainers in the workplace and how to work around them to strengthen your team.The US Coastguard (19:24)Steve presses Frank on his experience with the US Coastguard.Frank gained this opportunity from a few colleagues who asked Frank to join. The coastguard wanted someone from the financial sector to do tabletop exercises, and Frank was the right fit. Ultimately, these exercises helped inform public policy.Working in government also taught him the importance of communication chains and how to determine which phrases and words can or cannot be shared. Steve and Frank discuss managing your words effectively when security is essential.Bad Advice (29:51)Frank tries to learn from his mistakes and turn them into positives. However, he has one example of bad advice.He shares a story where his boss took him to coffee to yell at him for a mistake. However, Frank told his boss he wasn't coached on that aspect of his job. Frank lacked advice during this circumstance. Different Philosophies (36:21)To Frank, teams need to be transparent with boards today as boards get savvier. Especially if there is a breach, you don't want to lose your reputation with your firm.Learning how to translate what's on the technology side to the business side is critical. Everything boils down to communication.What's In A Word? (39:21)When Frank returned to Goldman Sachs, he was tasked with creating a change management system.During this project, Frank had an issue with a colleague over the word “re-engineer.” The colleague felt more comfortable with the word “enhance.” When new to a firm, using the right words to gather the most support is critical.Origin Story (43:50)Steve presses Frank about his life in an orphanage. Frank spent some time there but was later adopted by a caring family. This motivated Frank to give back, and now Frank works with the...

what's In A Word? Sunday, May 21, 2023 1Game Day At the Library 2What's In A Word? 3MSWord tip: Returning Formatting to the Default text Style 4Audio Description Alert 5FMDG Music School Recital 6Daryl's Playlist for Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Recently Bill did a solo episode away from Mormonism LIVE walking members into the historical analysis of the initial Doctrine of tithing as 10% of one's Surplus or Interest to help believers sense they had an option backed by historical documentation that allowed them to save themselves Thousands of Dollars a year while remaining faithful.… Read More »Mormonism LIVE: 112: Tithing – What's In A Word

Recently Bill did a solo episode away from Mormonism LIVE walking members into the historical analysis of the initial Doctrine of tithing as 10% of one’s Surplus or Interest to help believers sense they had an option backed by historical documentation that allowed them to save themselves Thousands of Dollars a year while remaining faithful.… Read More »Mormonism LIVE: 112: Tithing – What’s In A Word The post Mormonism LIVE: 112: Tithing – What’s In A Word appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

January 1, 2023 Why The Bible Is God's Word What's In A Word? John 5 Pastor Brandon Johnson

“Whoever is in your ear, will steer.” Reading through 2 Chronicles 10, we learn about Solomon's son, Rehoboam, and the decisions he faced as King. In A Word of Advice, Pastor Todd Doxzon shares a message on the importance of seeking wise and Godly counsel in our time of need. Who do you turn to when you have a big decision to make?

Derek and Kieran are joined by Garry Christian. Garry is lead singer of the band THE CHRISTIANS who burst onto the music scene in the late 80's when their debut album, The Christians was released to huge acclaim. The instantly recognisable album released seven singles including Forgotten Town, Ideal World, Born Again and Hooverville. The bands second album COLOUR hit the Number One spot in 1991 and the band went on to enjoy success with Words, What's In A Word and Father. The CHRISTIANS continue to tour across Ireland and the UK and all details can be found on their socials. Let Christy Take It bring you Garry Christian. Thanks to our sponsor Irish Woodcraft, check them out at https://irishwoodcraft.ie and also to Emma for arranging the interview and Mark for editing and keeping us honest and on the straight and narrow.....

It's episode 20 of Blended: I'm joined by another fantastic panel of guests and we're talking about the business benefits of DEI. Previously on the show, we've talked to underrepresented groups and specific communities – whether it be women, people of color, trans folks – and, as part of our discussions, we've heard them passionately share their stories and illustrate why, of course, they're such an integral part of successful teams. So we thought it was time to really put a focus on that and dedicate a whole show to the importance of embracing DEI in your business. Today, our guests will be exploring what DEI means to them; sharing their own personal experiences; reflecting on issues such as creating safe spaces, ongoing education and authenticity; and discussing the importance of supplier diversity. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS:   [00.49] Introductions to our Blended panelists. “DEI encompasses the relationship, philosophy and culture of acknowledging, embracing, supporting and accepting those of all racial, sexual, gender, religious and socio-economic backgrounds (among other differentiators).” Gennifer Shay – Senior Event Manager at S&P Global Asheley – Director of Customer Success at Flowspace Gennifer – Founder/Executive Director at TransNewYork Amani – Director Of Operations at Malao Logistics [06.41] The group discusses DEI: what it means; why it's important; the challenges; and real-life examples of who's doing it right and who's doing it wrong. “Companies that adapt their strategies and their policies around the different groups of people they have working in their organization and don't treat it just like a blanket initiative, and really get down into the details of who their people are and what challenges they face... that's when you can really look at whether your environment is inclusive or not.” Shay Creating the right environment and culture Accepting people for who they are Representation Burden of tokenism Impact of Gen Z Education and training Budgets and investment Advocacy and mentorship Creating safe spaces Celebrating awareness days and months, and finding the right balance Intention and authenticity Consistency “It's not about just the [awareness] month – because I'm going to be black every single day, not just in February!” Asheley [01.10.21] The panel takes a closer look at both the obstacles and benefits of supplier diversity. Increasing customer demand for diversity Barriers for small businesses, eg extended payment terms, expensive tables at events etc Making it equitable [01.20.19] The group sum-up their learnings from today's discussion. “It's a way of living, it's a collective thing. If I want people to know my culture, I also need to show my culture… if I know my team isn't super aware, it's also my job to educate.” Amani   RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED:   You can connect with Shay, Asheley, Gennifer and Amani over on LinkedIn. If you found this episode interesting, you might enjoy Episode 1,What's In A Word or Episode 7, Equality vs Diversity: What's The Difference?. Check out our other podcasts HERE.

In this edition of The Scenario's "In A Word" series, a special panel examines their relationship with America's most controversial term; the "N Word", its history, and its place in all aspects of American culture.

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The theme of this episode is "Bad Habits". Game of the week: What's In A Word. 

This entry into our "In A Word" series explores a variety of friendship dynamics, including a crew of men who take regular "Man-cations", a 30 plus year bond and a long-distance friendship.

The theme of this episode is: Careers. Games Played: What's In A Word, Finish My Sentence. 

This week's topic is dining. We've both worked as servers, bartenders, cooks and prostitutes, but nevermind the latter.  All our best stories from those days and comments on the industry in general right here on this week's BOOS. We throw an epic round of "What's In A Word" on the hot griddle, where we choose words in the English language and create our own meanings. This one was golden, like those 3 AM hash browns. 

In this episode, the theme is Mental Health. How do you deal with trauma-influenced mental illness or good old genetics, or a combination of both? We discuss our struggles and coping mechanisms for both anxiety and bipolar disorders, and share several experiences that have either hurt us or helped us along the way. Keith and Matt bring you a brand new segment: Sincere Messages From Hulk Hogan. In this segment we choose a text in which to read as Hulk Hogan. We bring back What's In A Word this week, and well as an excellent round of Finish My Sentence. Review us PLEASE!

In this episode, the weekly theme is car accidents. One time Matt ran over a kid after a week of doing acid, and a lady crashed through Keith's favorite masturbation room, but a non fruit-bearing cherry tree possibly saved his life.  Also, we play "What's In A Word", a game where we find real, funny sounding words in the English language and, first, arrive at our own definitions before revealing their real dictionary terms. 

In this episode, it turns out making a roux is an excuse for any otherwise inexcusable behavior. We bring back What's In A Word, with gems like "bumfuzzle" and "tittynope", have a wickedly harsh game of Finish My Sentence, and laugh like hyenas getting a root canal. Bring the astroglide for this one.

In this episode: Keith almost gets whacked (off) by a Brooklyn Italian for revealing insider information, Matt gets Drops of Jupiter all over his face while eating a filet of sole, sister, while performing in a mall in Sweden and, as per usual, these episode descriptions make zero sense. This week has a new edition of What's In A Word! Come join us...

In this 18th edition of this still birth abortion dumpster fire of a podcast, we bring back the "What's In A Word?" game, in which we find strange words and create what we think they sound like, then read the actual definition of the word. Suck our tits.

Welcome to the companion podcast to the In A Word newsletter!How to listen:You can hit the play button above to listen on your desktop.OR you can listen in your podcast app by clicking “listen in podcast app.” A link will be emailed to you. Open the link on your phone and it will add In A Word to your podcast app like magic!Instead of the typical themed issue, today I’m sharing a trio of poems about my birth and mothering experiences as we head into Mother’s Day weekend.Traditionally, Mother’s Day has been interpreted in a fairly narrow way, leaving some excluded. While motherhood is worth honoring, I wish that we did a better job of celebrating the life givers in our midst. People are giving birth every day to art and ideas. People are sustaining and nurturing life in hospitals and homeless shelters, on crisis hotlines and basketball court sidelines. I do not mean to dilute the role of a mother, but to remember how many ways there are to take care, nurture, and give life. I love that we honor the work mothers do. I also think mothering work, broadly applied, is desperately needed throughout our communities. We need people who mend, nurture and sacrifice more than ever.Thanks for listening!If you like In a Word, please share it!Forward this email to a friend, or take a screenshot of your favorite part to share on Instagram. (Tag me @jaceyverdicchio and use hashtag #inawordnewsletter)! Get on the email list at inaword.substack.com

In A Word! Luke 8 Eric Carpenter

Welcome to the companion podcast to the In A Word newsletter!How to listen:You can hit the play button above to listen on your desktop.OR you can listen in your podcast app by clicking “listen in podcast app.” A link will be emailed to you. Open the link on your phone and it will add In A Word to your podcast app like magic!This is not a typical episode. This is me, reaching out in the midst of unprecedented times. I tend to process by writing, so I’m just here to offer what I’ve been thinking and writing. And of course, a benediction. In this episode, I’m reading “Heroic Homebodies,” and sharing the things we’re watching and reading during this time at home. Thanks for listening, and please take care. If you like In a Word, please share it!Forward this email to a friend, or take a screenshot of your favorite part to share on Instagram. (Tag me @jaceyverdicchio and use hashtag #inawordnewsletter)! Get on the email list at inaword.substack.com

Welcome to the companion podcast to the In A Word newsletter!How to listen:You can hit the play button above to listen on your desktop.OR you can listen in your podcast app by clicking “listen in podcast app.” A link will be emailed to you. Open the link on your phone and it will add In A Word to your podcast app like magic!This is Episode 11: listen.In this episode, I’m sharing a piece called Listening Is A Love Language, and a closing benediction. Meet me back in your inbox to explore the rest of the collection!If you like In a Word, please share it!Forward this email to a friend, or take a screenshot of your favorite part to share on Instagram. (Tag me @jaceyverdicchio and use hashtag #inawordnewsletter)! Get on the email list at inaword.substack.com

Welcome to the companion podcast to the In A Word newsletter!How to listen:You can hit the play button above to listen on your desktop.OR you can listen in your podcast app by clicking “listen in podcast app.” A link will be emailed to you. Open the link on your phone and it will add In A Word to your podcast app like magic!This is Episode Ten: subtract.In this episode, I’m sharing an essay called Cardboard Graveyard (about what I’m giving up for Lent), a poem called Gravity (about confidence dwarfed by an arbitrary number), and a closing benediction. Meet me back in your inbox to explore the rest of the collection!As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts on anything this issue calls to mind for you. Simply respond to this email to let me know.Gratefully, JaceyIf you like In a Word, please share it!Forward this email to a friend, or take a screenshot of your favorite part to share on Instagram. (Tag me @jaceyverdicchio and use hashtag #inawordnewsletter)! Get on the email list at inaword.substack.com

Welcome to the companion podcast to the In A Word newsletter!How to listen:You can hit the play button above to listen on your desktop.OR you can listen in your podcast app by clicking “listen in podcast app.” A link will be emailed to you. Open the link on your phone and it will add In A Word to your podcast app like magic!This is episode nine: heart.In this episode, I’m sharing an essay called Paper Heart, a poem called Sleep Training, and a closing benediction. Meet me back in your inbox to explore the rest of the collection!As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts on anything this issue calls to mind for you. Simply respond to this email to let me know.Gratefully, JaceyIf you like In a Word, please share it!Forward this email to a friend, or take a screenshot of your favorite part to share on Instagram. (Tag me @jaceyverdicchio and use hashtag #inawordnewsletter)! Get on the email list at inaword.substack.com

Welcome to the companion podcast to the In A Word newsletter!How to listen:You can hit the play button above to listen on your desktop.OR you can listen in your podcast app by clicking “listen in podcast app.” A link will be emailed to you. Open the link on your phone and it will add In A Word to your podcast app like magic!This is episode eight: plan.In this episode, I’m sharing some thoughts (and angst) about the new year, and a closing benediction. Meet me back in your inbox to explore the rest of the collection!As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts on anything this issue calls to mind for you. Simply respond to this email to let me know.Gratefully, JaceyIf you like In a Word, please share it!Forward this email to a friend, or take a screenshot of your favorite part to share on Instagram. (Tag me @jaceyverdicchio and use hashtag #inawordnewsletter)! Get on the email list at inaword.substack.com

Welcome to the companion podcast to the In A Word newsletter!How to listen:You can hit the play button above to listen on your desktop.OR you can listen in your podcast app by clicking “listen in podcast app.” A link will be emailed to you. Open the link on your phone and it will add In A Word to your podcast app like magic!This is episode seven: attention. In this episode, I’m sharing an essay about attention investment, a poem about memory keeping and two benedictions. Meet me back in your inbox to explore the rest of the collection, including some fantastic articles. As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts on anything this issue calls to mind for you. Simply respond to this email to let me know.Gratefully, JaceyIf you like In a Word, please share it!Forward this email to a friend, or take a screenshot of your favorite part to share on Instagram. (Tag me @jaceyverdicchio and use hashtag #inawordnewsletter)! Get on the email list at inaword.substack.com

Welcome to In a Word, a newsletter that cultivates thoughtfulness, one word at a time. If a friend forwarded you this email, click the button to subscribe:Hey there!I recently shared some thoughts on perfectionism on Instagram. I’d had a rough week or so, in my own head. I hesitated to share about it, because it feels so navel-gazey and self indulgent to wax on about how I cannot cope in the midst of my very good and #blessed existence. But this has been one of my most masochistic tendencies around perfectionism—to heap it onto the pile of things I berate myself for: why can’t you stop being so hard on yourself? Feeling bad for feeling bad has never made me feel better. And crippling anxiety and upheaval that starts in my own mind is still crippling. So I shared that post when I genuinely thought I was coming out of it. But I kept feeling retroactive dread, which is how I define feeling regret, but combined with fear about what the regrettable thing means. (A thoughtless comment becomes a referendum on my character, a hyperbolized fear that no one will ever confide in me again.)While this anxiety maelstrom was happening in my gut (and often spilling over to unsuspecting innocents in my life), I was trying to work on a project related to this newsletter. But you know what doesn’t pair well with creative work? An outsized fear of mistakes, and what those mistakes will mean. Perhaps it will not surprise you that I wanted to crawl in bed every time I tried to work on it. And that the phrase, “I tender my resignation from the internet” crossed my mind every couple hours. It’s embarrassing to admit, but that’s how I felt.I wasn’t going to release an issue today, because I’d spent all my writing time buried under myself. But then the word retrospect came to mind. It’s commonly accepted that “hindsight is 20/20,” but it’s not, not always. In the midst of a perfectionism flare up, hindsight lies to me. It paints the past in a self-focused light that paralyzes me from moving forward. I’m so grateful to be in the flow of creativity again, however flawed the product. Thanks for joining me in diving backwards this week. PS. Listen to In A Word’s companion podcast here, or by using the play button or “listen in podcast app” link above. In this issue, you’ll find a toast to the past, followed by a retrospective collection, and a closing benediction.A Toast—To all the plans that went awry, to all the roads not taken. To the romances that blew up, and the business ideas that didn’t. To the false starts and failures that lit my cheeks on fire. To bright ideas that flickered out, to tear-stained rejection letters and unrequited crushes.⁣ ⁣To the unfinished drafts and unkept promises. To unseen dangers bypassed, and treasures I only recognized as fool’s gold once they’d passed me by. To goals that turned my knuckles white before I knew to let them go.⁣⁣Here’s to all I ever wanted, and didn’t get. I wouldn’t trade now for all the ever-afters I imagined, and so I toast them for leading me here.Recursion probes the same themes as Stephen King’s 11/22/63 (about a man trying to retroactively prevent the assassination of JFK) but more compellingly and in half the pages. The recently released 1619 Project is a somber, evocative reckoning with the impact of slavery in America over the 400 years since the first ship carrying enslaved Africans landed on our shores. I’ve been listening to the audio series. (Novelist Jesmyn Ward’s piece at the end of episode two is particularly stunning.)Girl, Disrupted: Anna Weiner reflects on her four years working in the start-ups. Hello Forgetfulness; Hello Mother: An aging writer reflects on her mother’s decline, and her own.Some last links worth a click:In Retrospect, The Theme for Chad’s 4th Birthday Party Should Not Have Been “Stanford Prison Experiment”The 25 Most Important Characters of the Past 25 YearsMay the past be our teacher, but never our master.May we look back to see what’s keeping us from moving forward. If we find painful words reverberating off the cave walls of a dark memory, may we begin the work of letting them go. May we no longer be shrunk, defined, or imprisoned by someone else’s projected pain.May we take heart while fumbling through foggy days, thirsting for clarity. When our eyes strain to see what’s ahead, our feet are learning to move through the vapor of uncertainty. Beyond our quest to be like gods—all knowing, all seeing—is the very hand of God, outstretched to meet ours.As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts on anything this issue calls to mind for you. Simply respond to this email to let me know.Gratefully, JaceyIf you like In a Word, please share it!Forward this email to a friend, or take a screenshot of your favorite part to share on Instagram. (Tag me @jaceyverdicchio and use hashtag #inawordnewsletter)!Some links in this email are affiliate links, which means if you use them and buy something, I’ll earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting my work! Get on the email list at inaword.substack.com

Come and learn more about the King, The Word and It's Kingdom It desires to Rule and Reign Over, The 3 part system of Physical Body, Soul and The Spirit, the Forever Person. Learn more about What is In A Word and how it can become a Good Thing or A Bad thing in one's life. Learn just a little more about oneself, and others through the What Is In A Word and how A Word Conforms and Shapes a person and it's 3 part system and how The Word will seek to Be Seen and Heard out in the world. Love Pastor Deborah

Welcome to In a Word, a newsletter that cultivates thoughtfulness, one word at a time. If a friend forwarded you this email, click the button to subscribe:Hey there!Here we are, a day into fall, a week from turning the corner into October. A friend told me last week that September is one of the hardest months of the year for people (based on spikes in suicide rates and depression). If you’re struggling, I hope you know you’re not alone. Quick reminder: In A Word now has a companion podcast!You can listen by hitting the play button at the top of the email, or by clicking the “Listen in podcast app” link below the play button. (Make sure to click the link from your phone if you want to listen in your podcast app.) The podcast gives me space to share more thoughts that don’t fit in this already lengthy newsletter. Join me there for even more cultivated thoughtfulness!In this issue, we’re exploring the word “better.” For optimists, optimizers and idealists, the idea that things can always get better is full of hope. In some cases, we must come to terms with things that won’t get better. In others, we must train our eyes to see minuscule drops of grace and tiny steps forward. This theme has a lot for us to ponder, so let’s dive in!In this issue, you’ll find a essay about how Trader Joe’s has made me a better person, followed by a better collection, and a closing benediction.I have never seen a cart rack in a Trader Joe’s parking lot, yet I have scarcely seen an abandoned cart. Certain grocery stores require a quarter deposit to use a cart, appealing to cold, monetary interests—return your cart, get your quarter back. Other stores, also honest about the human tendency towards laziness and entropy, simply pay an employee to corral the carts.At Trader Joe’s, I wouldn’t dare set a bag of Ghost Pepper chips I changed my mind about (when I remember that I have the heat tolerance of an edamame bean) in some random aisle. Why is that? When you are treated like a human, you act like a human. We can either live by the rule that high expectations will always disappoint us, or we can live in the world of Trader Joe’s. Joe has surveyed the land, from a magical warehouse in Monrovia, the only warehouse in the history of ever with flattering lighting, probably. (Make no mistake, THERE ARE PEANUTS PROCESSED IN THIS FACILITY, but Joe always warns you and keeps an Epi pen in his smock pocket, right next to the Everlasting Gobstoppers.) Joe has watched us retreat from neighborhood groceries. He has watched us sort ourselves into smaller and smaller echo chambers. He has watched us let ourselves and each other down. He’s seen it all, and he’s bet on our better nature. Trader Joe’s goes above and beyond in the hopes that we, the customers, and society, will, too. Here are just a handful of ways Trader Joe’s has made me a better person:I’m more adventurous. By nature, I’m a routine oriented person, content to eat the same breakfast every day. But over the years I’ve ventured to try cookie butter (okay so maybe that was no risky wager), healthy spinach dip, thai chili dusted almonds, and chips made from peas, sweet potatoes, beets, (even godforsaken corn). Joe has convinced me to go out on a limb time and time again, with his ridiculous no-questions-asked return policy. I’ve joined the plant lady ranks. My first foray into houseplants was an impulse buy at Trader Joe’s. I couldn’t resist the Easter Lily, nestled in its festively wrapped plastic pot, $6.99 a price low enough to risk. Now I’ve got potted plants everywhere, cleaning the  dirty diaper and dog scented air of my home. I’ve become a “just because” gift giver. Mini bouquets, small boxes of truffles and seasonal candles make it easy to pick up a pick-me-up for a friend in the midst of a weekly grocery trip. I am more kind to the earth. Reusable bags became a fixture in my backseat because TJ’s makes them so vibrant and appealing. (I may also have been enticed by the gift card drawing for bag bringers, though I’ve been entering for 15 years and have yet to win.) Sure, after years of use, the bottom may be stained with blueberry juice (or likely something more sinister, but no one’s gotten E. Coli, so it’s fine). Still, their bright patterns are irresistible, checkout after checkout.I’ve reclaimed the virtues of small talk. Trader Joe’s employees make conversation, but not to upsell you something you don’t want. It’s more of a, “hey human, I, a fellow human, see you, and acknowledge your humanity. And yes, I would love to show you where we moved the Clif bars,” vibe. More often than not, I see someone I know while shopping. In another store I might feel tempted to turn the other way, especially if the interaction poses a high awkwardness risk. But in TJ’s, I’m infected by a largesse of spirit, remembering names and kissing babies like a politician. It’s refreshing not to be anonymous in a public space, even if it’s uncomfortable.I may be an idealist, but even I can admit the limitations of an inexplicably Hawaiian branded grocery store to change the wider culture. But for a blissful 30 minutes a week, an errand becomes an adventure as I enter this oasis of creative samples and lighthearted customer service. If we can stop leaving carts in the parking lot likes monsters, what else can we accomplish? Surely we can solve healthcare. Or at least deliver a Trader Joe’s bag of sustenance to a sick friend’s doorstep.  Follow me on Instagram for weekly TJ’s finds. They won’t help you with your meal plan, but they might make your day. Athleisure, Barre, and Kale: The Tyranny of the Ideal Woman:“These days, it is perhaps even more psychologically seamless than ever for an ordinary woman to spend her life walking toward the idealized mirage of her own self-image.”Better Than Before is Gretchen Rubin’s book dedicated to habit change. Her suggestions are practical, easy to implement, and research-based. She also offers these great one-page resources to download, like “The Better Than Before Habits Manifesto.” #5 particularly caught my attention: “Things often get harder before they get easier.” A sister grapples with how to help her brother struggling with mental illness:One day his caseworker said to me: “What you need to understand is that he’s not going to be ‘fixed.’ He’ll have good days and bad days. He’s trying. But don’t ever forget that he is a person. He isn’t just an illness.”As a new (somewhat skeptical) user of the Calm app, I was delighted by My New Meditation App Makes Me Feel So Much Better Than You:“Using the app changed the relationship I have with my iPhone X. After examining my deepest intentions, I decided to upgrade.”A few weeks ago, my friend had the flu. I didn’t have time to cook her a meal, but I picked up these favorites from Trader Joe’s for her. (I also included a couple cups of ramen that TJ’s now sells and she said those were “the ultimate sick food,” so keep that in your back pocket, too.)A few last links worth a click:Joy the Baker teaches us how to be better bakersWhy does wine get better with age?“No card can make this better” card for the occasions when you don’t know what to saySong lyric print of Jack Johnson’s “Better Together”May we celebrate three steps forward, even as we take one back. Progress is praiseworthy, however small. May we sense the unquantifiable—the progress we cannot chart on a graph, but know in our bones. May we remember that we are more than our output, that we are human by design, not by defect. May we refuse to morph into robotic imitations of ourselves, chasing wholeness through time management apps and productivity hacks. May we opt out of optimization when we find our humanity, our joy, and our healing hang in the balance. As always, I’d also love to hear your thoughts on anything this issue calls to mind for you. Simply respond to this email to let me know.Gratefully, JaceyIf you like In a Word, please share it!Forward this email to a friend, or take a screenshot of your favorite part to share on Instagram. (Tag me @jaceyverdicchio and use hashtag #inawordnewsletter)!Some links in this email are affiliate links, which means if you use them and buy something, I’ll earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting my work! Get on the email list at inaword.substack.com

Welcome to the companion podcast to the In A Word newsletter! This is episode four: change. (You can read the change issue of the newsletter here.)I’ve been thinking about change a lot for the past three years. My husband named 2017 the “year of transition,” which is a gentle way of saying “year of change.” He got tenure, and I quit podcasting. I stayed at my job, but it changed dramatically. We moved apartments, and many of our close friends moved away. We had a baby. We kept comforting ourselves with this “year of transition” business when the upheaval felt like too much, promising ourselves that a new homeostasis would somehow arrive with a new calendar year. I’m not sure when in 2018 that we looked up at each other and said, “Is this just adulthood? A constant transition from one thing to the next?” I read a book this summer that was illuminating for me in a lot of ways. In the early chapters, I wasn’t even sure I would stick with it. By the end, I had goosebumps and was tearing up at the end of every chapter. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is a memoir of sorts. The author is a therapist, and a personal upheaval in her own life prompts her to seek therapy for herself. The book interweaves her story with the stories of several of her clients, and its central question is: how do people change? Relevant to our discussion here, I’d say.In one of her sessions with her therapist, he says: “the nature of life is change, and the nature of people is to resist change.”This little quote gave me so much comfort while simultaneously exploding this neat little story Mike and I had been telling ourselves about “transition.” We’d been naively imagining change in a time bound box, a state that would eventually leave us alone. There are changes we set out to make- the new exercise routine, the daily prayer practice, the drastic haircut. As someone who thrives on these kind of changes and resists even the most minor of changes not of my making, I wonder if we make the changes we can to stave off the ones we can’t control. In the last episode, Dream, I mentioned that my big dreams are often the mechanism I think will make me feel how I want to feel. Similarly, the changes we choose are about how we want to feel, and how we don’t. We want to feel capable, confident, strong, loved, and successful. Maybe we seek a career change, a hair color, a yoga class to get there. On the flip side, we don’t want to feel out of control, unstable, like a victim of circumstance or rejected. Hence our resistance to the unexpected job loss, errant gray hair, canceled yoga class.It seems that our relationship with change is a complicated one: we crave it, and we resist it. We fear it to the point of denial at times, and we feel desperate for it at others. One year a cascade of change gives us whiplash; another, we feel stuck, afraid nothing will ever change. We feel unmoored by change, and electrified by it. We orchestrate it, and we feel blindsided by it. We lament it in other people, when we feel left behind or rejected in the wake of their transformations. And, we wring our hands over unhealthy family scripts, toxic tendencies, and addictive compulsions that play out the same, every time. We wait a long time to admit it, even to ourselves, when marble solid beliefs have slowly been carved into a different shape. If you’re listening to this in real time, we’re on the edge of a change of seasons. There’s something about this particular shift, from summer to fall, that lends itself to fresh starts. Wallace Stegner puts it well, in this quote from Angle in Repose:“That old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air ... Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year's mistakes had been wiped clean by summer.”I hope you find yourself at the beginning of some welcome change this almost-fall day. Listen to the episode for a poem and benediction on this theme!As always, I’d also love to hear your thoughts on anything this episode calls to mind for you. Connect with me on Instagram or email me (jacey@jaceyverdicchio.com) to let me know!Gratefully, JaceyIf you like In a Word, please share it!Take a screenshot of your favorite part to share on Instagram. (Tag me @jaceyverdicchio and use hashtag #inawordnewsletter)!Use the arrow button below to share on Facebook or Twitter.Text the link to a friend. Get on the email list at inaword.substack.com

This week, we flashback to 1999 to watch Paul Thomas Anderson’s third film, Magnolia. One of Zac’s favorites from the year, and possibly his favorite filmmaker, this is one of his picks. The film is an epic, Altmanesque, drama about, everything? Amazing performances abound, Tom Cruise’s best ever?, Anderson just turns everything up to 11, everywhere. If you’ve never seen Magnolia, you should, and I think these two Magnolia first timers got a lot out of it, maybe more than they realized. Download. Listen. Enjoy! 0:01:00 Talking Cast & PTA 0:04:30 What Did The Magnolia Virgins Think 0:09:00 In A Word, Going For It, or Frogs 0:14:00 Musical Choices, Melora Waters, With Today’s Lens, PTA @middleofrow #nothe

Welcome to the companion podcast to the In A Word newsletter! This is episode three: dream.My husband dreams about traffic on the way to the airport. Not day-to-day traffic, but the kind that makes him detour into the entirely wrong city. He dreams that he is at a crowded restaurant, with a large party, and they can’t find his reservation. The group assembled behind him is a crashing of his worlds: a grad school mentor, an acquaintance who’s moved, his niece. He wakes up knowing he didn’t miss the flight, or fumble the reservation, but he can’t shake the anxiety. His body reads the subconscious stresses as gospel, even as his mind points to fact. I have been dreaming lately of the past. I dream about people I haven’t thought of in years that once meant the world to me. I dream of acquaintances that meant little to me. I dream of things I’m too afraid to know, memories I no longer trust. In the dark, while I am safe under the covers, my mind works them out. Upon waking, I allow myself to ask if my dreams are trying to tell me something, if God is. Dreams are figments of our imaginations. But sometimes they’re more true than what we tell ourselves in the light of day. And then there are the dreams we’re desperate to translate into reality. Dream jobs and homes. Dream vacations and dream days. I’m not opposed to such dreams, though I’ve been wondering what’s behind them lately. I’m convinced that usually, the job, the house, the baby isn’t about the tangible thing itself, but how we want to feel. Maybe owning a home feels like security, achieving a professional goal or having a child feels like significance. This is the tricky way we begin to put existential stakes on the tangible, changeable pieces of our lives. So I’ve begun to ask myself what I really want when I set my sights on lofty dreams. I might never stop seeking meaning or security or confidence through new jeans, an organized pantry, or accolades, but I’m at least going to be honest about what I’m really aiming for.And here’s my deep hope: that the big dreams my generation has been taught to chase would extend beyond us and outgrow us. That our big dreams wouldn’t simply be to serve ourselves, but to serve the world. That we could keep a kernel of vision untouched by cynicism, turn our collective gaze from our navels to the world. This is the big dream. I don’t know how to get there. I should probably start with organizing this closet, right?(Not a complete transcript of the episode, but other written pieces can be found in the newsletter proper!)Thanks for listening! Get on the email list at inaword.substack.com

Welcome to In a Word, a newsletter that cultivates thoughtfulness, one word at a time. If a friend forwarded you this email, click here to subscribe. Hey there!Three exciting things about this issue- an audio edition, a new look, and a giveaway!You may have noticed the giant “play” button at the top of this email. That’s because there’s an audio edition of this issue. To listen in your podcast app of choice, click the “listen in podcast app” link just below the player. Click here for step-by-step instructions to add it to your podcast app manually if this email was forwarded to you, or if you’re reading in a browser. Or, hit the play button to listen right in your browser. I worked with Erin of Primavera Studio to refresh the graphics and aesthetic of the newsletter!To celebrate one year and the new look, I’m giving away a gift card to someone who shares In A Word on social media this week. (Tag me @jaceyverdicchio so I see that you shared.) Gift card is winner’s choice: $10 to Target or Starbucks. I’ll choose a winner (by random selection) on August 20th!In this issue, we’re exploring the word “wait.” A paradox of my generation is that we don’t have to wait for anything but we’re always waiting for something. We can one-click order most anything, skip grocery lines with order pickup, and get instant feedback on Instagram. But existentially, we’re holding our breath, waiting for our lives to mean something. Waiting for a partner, a calling, a pregnancy to arrive so our real lives can begin. If we trained ourselves to wait when the stakes are inconsequential, I wonder if we could more easily step into the flow of life and stop waiting for it to begin. I wonder if the existential hope and dread of life would dissipate some if we didn’t live every minute looking for something outside of what’s already here. In this issue, you’ll find an essay about the caution parents give new parents to ‘“ just wait.” Then, you’ll find a collection themed around waiting, and a closing benediction.“Oh, just wait.” Occasionally, it’s presented as encouragement in an Instagram post “to moms of littles” from a mom of bigs: one day, they’ll wipe their own butts, and sleep in, and load the dishwasher instead of unloading it onto the floor while you try to load it. Sometimes it’s said smugly, by a grizzled mom who’s seen the front lines of bodily fluid spills, cross-eyed exhaustion, and high-decibel screaming. She laughs in the face of your hypothetical ideals. She can’t help but smirk sideways at your intentions—plans that she, too, once laid. What seems to really get under her skin is the hubris, the illusion of control.Maybe it’s rooted in lingering shame over the ways she feels she “failed.” Maybe it’s retroactive repulsion at her former self’s naiveté. For one reason or another, she’s compelled to spew her hard-won, fire-tried perspective onto unsuspecting pregnant ladies. She holds high this poor woman’s labor/breastfeeding/sleep training hopes and sends them plummeting like a watermelon from a second story window.  She is desperate to disabuse this woman—or maybe her former self—of her dreamy ideals. Enjoy your fashion-forward overalls while you can; you’ll be wearing milk-stained sweatpants with a busted waistband for the next decade!Even the “dear moms of little ones” genre often drips with condescension. They’re hitting a more harmonious note, but I can hear that minor key in the background. They still know better than you. They know that these days of endless runny noses and rejected vegetables are to be cherished, because it will all be over soon—too soon. Their wistfulness is withering to those of us in the trenches, because the desire to see for ourselves is as deeply held as their desire to show us a better way. We want to believe that we will not have to surrender the whole of ourselves on the altar of motherhood. We want to believe that it’s not an altar at all, consuming our sacrifices with ravenous hunger, but just another role we can add to our textured view of ourselves. We are holding out hope that it won’t be the slog we so often see portrayed in media, social and otherwise. Just two years in, my parenting “philosophy” bears many (teeth) marks of reality. Resolve and limits have been tested. The rubber has met the road—(and my daughter’s mouth, when breastfeeding didn’t work for us). You’ve never met someone more determined than I was to give birth without pain relief. I wasn’t going to “wait and see” how labor went—I was committed. But my labor ended abruptly with a Cesarean. I was equally hell-bent on breastfeeding. Like many women, I assumed something so “natural” would come, well, naturally. Unlike labor, which ended after 18 hours, (my steel will be damned), I dragged the battle to breastfeed over six grueling months of misery. I had no choice but to follow my body’s surrender when I stopped producing milk altogether.So, am I one of those opinion-spewing moms now, here to tell you that breastfeeding isn’t really that important, and that “healthy mom, healthy baby” is the only delivery outcome that matters?I’ll never forget a conversation with our pediatrician when I was at my wit’s end with breastfeeding struggles. “Is it important to you?” she asked. When I said yes, she said, “Then we keep trying.” In that moment she gave me both the freedom to stop if I wanted, and the encouragement to keep going. She gave me the agency to choose without flippantly waving off my desire.Desire and determination may be good, or they may be misplaced, but they are nearly impossible to talk a person out of with such flimsy stuff as reason. I’d have ripped the butt paper off the table in rage if she’d dared to tell me about the advances in formula nutrition in that moment. For me, it wasn’t about the inherent value of my birth plan or breastfeeding, but how they were totems of stubbornly held beliefs I needed to shed. Like, that I can bend reality by sheer force of will and white-knuckling. That to stop short of doing “everything I can” would be failure. That the birth and nourishing of a baby, animal and miracle at once, can be so crudely drawn in terms of “success” or “failure.” Perhaps the advice-giving mothers aren’t filled with bitter regret for their “failures.” Perhaps they regret categorizing their mothering choices into columns—success v. failure, good v. bad—in the first place. Perhaps their wills have been broken, and what they found on the other side wasn’t the heartache of defeat, but the freedom of accepting their own humanity. That’s what happened to me, anyway. A world of liberating nuance opened up for me as a mother, and as a person. I’ve tended toward black-and-white, moralistic thinking my whole life, and these initiating motherhood experiences finally shook some of that loose. I’m like the blind person Jesus healed by rubbing clay in his eyes. My crystalized vision needed muddying so I could better see grace. What I deemed precious gems had to be pried from my hands for me to see that they were actually fool’s gold. Expecting moms and new moms: I don’t know if it will be like this for you. But if you’re afraid of losing yourself, like I was—maybe you will. Maybe you’ll lose parts of yourself you didn’t even know were weighing you down. Maybe one day you’ll meet your tired eyes in the mirror and by magical paradox, you’ll see all you’ve gained through what you’ve lost.Oh, and if you’re even a little inclined to, definitely wear the maternity overalls. In the Waiting Room of Estranged Spouses - a man finds comfort in coincidences while he’s hurting. Wait for Me chronicles the boundless, legendary loyalty of dogs. I will never, ever get tired of reading stories like this. My favorite part is when Helen Keller describes her puppy as an “angel in fur.” GOOD BOY.I really like the blog Wait But Why. Its posts are insightful and funny about human motivation, self-sabotage and more. Why Procrastinators Procrastinate is a good one to start with.Emily P. Freeman has some wise words for us about waiting in the “Wait, Now Go” episode of The Next Right Thing podcast.I appreciated this honest grappling with the unsatisfying void the author finds between shame-driven purity culture and a consent ethic.Summer will forever hold memories of waiting for Bets: A few last links worth a click:This homemade bread takes 18+ hours to rise, but is worth the wait. Bookmark it for fall!The Hamilton cast performs a 360º version of Wait For It:I used to have this song on a “Calm” playlist in college and I forgot how good it is:As a person, 2019 John Mayer > 2010 John Mayer, but doesn’t his shaggy mop remind us of simpler times? In the waiting rooms of life, may agitation give way to settled calm. May we learn to hold our breath without feeling like we’re underwater. May we settle into the in-between, waiting with hope rather than dread, hope that extends like a daisy chain, one moment at a time.When we find ourselves waiting for the other shoe to drop, may we feel the ground beneath us. Both shoes are present and accounted for, rooting us here, now.As always, I’d also love to hear your thoughts on anything this issue calls to mind for you. Simply respond to this email to let me know.And share In A Word this week if you’d like to enter the giveaway!Gratefully, JaceyConnect with me elsewhere: Instagram | TwitterIf you like In a Word, please share it! Forward this email to a friend.Take a screenshot of your favorite part to share on Instagram. (Tag me @jaceyverdicchio and use hashtag #inawordnewsletter)!Use the arrow button below to share on Facebook or Twitter.Text the link to a friend.Some links in this email are affiliate links, which means if you use them and buy something, I’ll earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting my work! Get on the email list at inaword.substack.com

Welcome to this audio companion to the In A Word newsletter! Click “Listen in podcast app” link above, just below the player, to listen.(If this is the first email you’re getting from me, welcome! You can read the latest issue of the newsletter—In A Word: Vacation—here.)My original vision for In A Word included a podcast, but I wasn’t sure what that would even look like. Interviews? Me reading my essays or poems, spoken-word style, with snaps? I’m still not sure. But while I was working on the vacation issue, my friend Courtney was taking her family of five on their annual—as in, they do it EVERY YEAR—weeks-long road trip. And it struck me that this would be the perfect trial podcast-y content for In A Word. (Terri Pershey DM’ed me the phrase “audio postcard,” which is the perfect description.) Courtney agreed to sit down with me, so that’s what we did!How to listen:If you want to listen in your podcast app, the easiest way is to click the “Listen in podcast app” link at the top of this email.Or, you can add it manually by pasting this URL into your app: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1820.rssHere’s what that looks like in the Apple Podcasts app:Or, you can simply click the play button at the top of the email and listen on your phone or computer. (You’ll be using Wifi or data to listen since you won’t be downloading it, so be aware of that.)If this ever becomes a more regular thing, I’ll certainly submit it as a show to iTunes so you can subscribe like you would any other podcast. But thanks for bearing with me in the meantime!Things Courtney mentioned:Kid road trip activities: Look and See books, Water Wow, crayons, markers, coloring sheets (NOT books), journal, audiobooks, movies.USA’s Best Trips GuidebookRoad trip snacks: bougie beef jerky, fancy popcorn, cheese sticks, plantain chips, granola, guac single serving cups, fruit snacks, microwaveable mac and cheese.Vacucraft water bottles Elta MD sunscreen (this is the one I recently bought)Connect with Courtney:Instagram (She is a fantastic follow!)All The Best Days podcastI’d love to hear your thoughts on this audio postcard! Simply respond to this email to let me know.Gratefully, JaceyConnect with me elsewhere: Instagram | TwitterIf you like In a Word, please share it! Here’s how:Forward this email to a friend.Take a screenshot of your favorite part to share on Instagram. (Tag me @jaceyverdicchio and use hashtag #inawordnewsletter!)Use the arrow button below to share on Facebook or Twitter.Text the link to a friend.Some links in this email are affiliate links, which means if you use them and buy something, I’ll earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting my work! Get on the email list at inaword.substack.com

Episode #24 of the Sufi Reverberations Podcast contains: A selection of Floetry entitled - 'Nature'; a short story - 'What's In A Word?'; a musical interlude - "Tenderness", and a meditative essay - 'Dhawk'.Support the show (https://patreon.com/Anab_Whitehouse)

“When a couple’s child goes missing, words fail and sustain them through their search.” A conversation with a delightful trio of actors about acting, character development, and… Read more "068: Lost and found with the cast of IN A WORD" The post 068: Lost and found with the cast of IN A WORD appeared first on Artist Soapbox.

Part 9 of the 'In A Word' series. Pastor Scott Buck teaches 'Giving' based on Malachi 3:8-18.

Part 8 of the 'In A Word' series. Pastor Scott Buck teaches 'Filled' based on Ephesians 5:18.

Part 7 of the 'In A Word' series. Pastor Scott Buck teaches 'Mission' based on Matthew 10. Scriptures to consider: 2 Corinthians 5, Ephesians 4:1-11, Mathew 28.

Part 5 of the 'In A Word' series. Pastor Scott Buck teaches 'Trials' based on James 1:1-11. Scriptures to consider: Isaiah 42:3, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Philippians 4:12-13

Part 4 of the 'In A Word' series. Guest Speaker, TJ Syroteuk teaches 'Worship' based on Isaiah 6:1-8. Scriptures to consider: Revelation 4 and 5, Psalm 96:4.

Part 3 of the 'In A Word' series. Pastor Scott Buck teaches 'Prayer' based on Luke 18:1-8. Scriptures to consider: Psalm 88:1-18, Deuteronomy 9:25-29, and 1 Thessalonians 5:17.

Part 2 of the 'In A Word' series. Pastor Scott Buck teaches 'Deeper' based on 2 Timothy 2:14-15. Scriptures to consider: Psalm 19, Psalm 119, and Hebrews 4:12.

Part 1 of the 'In A Word' series. Pastor Scott Buck teaches 'Peace' based on Philippians 4:2-7. Scriptures to consider: Psalm 23:4, 2 Peter 1:2, and Matthew 10.

Episode 38: Parties by In A Word

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Episode 10: Breakups | Crying | Apocalypse by In A Word

Sarah is good at confrontation, but maybe it's just because she carries a gun. Fabio talks about liminality, but only confuses himself. And George listens to Blink-182 but still wants to talk about mental-age this week on In A Word.

A FURTHER CONTINUATION OF PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP THERAPY. WHERE DOES THE MAMMALIAN WAY BEGIN AND FIT IN?....IN A WORD, "PUBERTY". FOR CENTURIES TEENAGERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO DEAL WITH THE MAMMALIAN WAY WITH OUT KNOWING WHAT IT IS. THE RESULT HAS BEEN SEX BEFORE THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY READY....BULLYING AND DATING ABUSE THAT HAS BECOME AN EVER GROWING PROBLEM WITH TEENS.....NOT TO MENTION FOR EXAMPLE TEEN AGE GIRLS GET NO TANGIBLE EXPLANATION WHY WHEN THEY HIT PUBERTY THEIR "SELF ESTEEM" HITS ROCK BOTTOM. THE ANSWERS TO THESE ISSUES ARE IN UNDERSTANDING "THE MAMMALIAN WAY". TUNE IN AND LISTEN....RELATIONSHIP SURVIVAL WITH LITTLE PAIN AND MORE HAPPINESS.......

A FURTHER CONTINUATION OF PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP THERAPY. WHERE DOES THE MAMMALIAN WAY BEGIN AND FIT IN?....IN A WORD, "PUBERTY". FOR CENTURIES TEENAGERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO DEAL WITH THE MAMMALIAN WAY WITH OUT KNOWING WHAT IT IS. THE RESULT HAS BEEN SEX BEFORE THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY READY....BULLYING AND DATING ABUSE THAT HAS BECOME AN EVER GROWING PROBLEM WITH TEENS.....NOT TO MENTION FOR EXAMPLE TEEN AGE GIRLS GET NO TANGIBLE EXPLANATION WHY WHEN THEY HIT PUBERTY THEIR "SELF ESTEEM" HITS ROCK BOTTOM. THE ANSWERS TO THESE ISSUES ARE IN UNDERSTANDING "THE MAMMALIAN WAY". TUNE IN AND LISTEN....RELATIONSHIP SURVIVAL WITH LITTLE PAIN AND MORE HAPPINESS.......

A CONTINUATION OF PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP THERAPY. WHERE DOES THE MAMMALIAN WAY BEGIN AND FIT IN?....IN A WORD, "PUBERTY". FOR CENTURIES TEENAGERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO DEAL WITH THE MAMMALIAN WAY WITH OUT KNOWING WHAT IT IS. THE RESULT HAS BEEN SEX BEFORE THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY READY....BULLYING AND DATING ABUSE THAT HAS BECOME AN EVER GROWING PROBLEM WITH TEENS.....NOT TO MENTION FOR EXAMPLE TEEN AGE GIRLS GET NO TANGIBLE EXPLANATION WHY WHEN THEY HIT PUBERTY THEIR "SELF ESTEEM" HITS ROCK BOTTOM. THE ANSWERS TO THESE ISSUES ARE IN UNDERSTANDING "THE MAMMALIAN WAY". TUNE IN AND LISTEN....RELATIONSHIP SURVIVAL WITH LITTLE PAIN AND MORE HAPPINESS.......

A CONTINUATION OF PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP THERAPY. WHERE DOES THE MAMMALIAN WAY BEGIN AND FIT IN?....IN A WORD, "PUBERTY". FOR CENTURIES TEENAGERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO DEAL WITH THE MAMMALIAN WAY WITH OUT KNOWING WHAT IT IS. THE RESULT HAS BEEN SEX BEFORE THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY READY....BULLYING AND DATING ABUSE THAT HAS BECOME AN EVER GROWING PROBLEM WITH TEENS.....NOT TO MENTION FOR EXAMPLE TEEN AGE GIRLS GET NO TANGIBLE EXPLANATION WHY WHEN THEY HIT PUBERTY THEIR "SELF ESTEEM" HITS ROCK BOTTOM. THE ANSWERS TO THESE ISSUES ARE IN UNDERSTANDING "THE MAMMALIAN WAY". TUNE IN AND LISTEN....RELATIONSHIP SURVIVAL WITH LITTLE PAIN AND MORE HAPPINESS.......

“Whoever is in your ear, will steer.” Reading through 2 Chronicles 10, we learn about Solomon's son, Rehoboam, and the decisions he faced as King. In A Word of Advice, Pastor Todd Doxzon shares a message on the importance of seeking wise and Godly counsel in our time of need. Who do you turn to when you have a big decision to make?