After decades of having these conversations in the counseling room and side by side over coffee with friends, we were compelled this year to create a podcast resource to inspire, equip, and train you to use your everyday conversations to connect others to the love of Christ.
Because we learn better together, we want to encourage you to gather and discuss the podcast. Simply sign up for our emails to receive 3 conversation starting questions, visuals, and handouts for each episode.
S9 Ep. 8 / Trauma: Caring for Yourself as You Walk with Others
Self-care is so important as you walk alongside a sufferer on their path to healing! When you are able to care for yourself physically and emotionally, you can better support a sufferer and encourage them as they pursue comfort and change.
S9 Ep. 7 / Trauma: Helping Someone Tell Their Trauma Story
When we process our stories, we’re able to find God in the midst of them and find healing in the present. The healing we find in Christ can help us to comfort other sufferers!
S9 Ep. 6 / Trauma: Safe in Relationship
As we carefully and intentionally love others, we can support them on their path to comfort and change with kindness, curiosity, boundaries, safety and repair.
S9 Ep. 5 / Trauma: Safe in God
The healing journey can be messy and painful. We may question God's character and struggle to express our hurt and frustration from our suffering. Although some questions may never be answered, we can rest in the truth of God's character and His unfailing love for us and find lasting safety in His presence.
S2 Bonus Episode / Sherri Tate's story of forgiveness
Season 2 was all about forgiveness, and we have a special treat for you in this bonus episode... Our dear friend and colleague Sherri Tate shares part of her own story and how the Lord brought her to a place of genuine healing and forgiveness after experiencing compound trauma and abuse.
Sherri bravely shares her story of suffering and even her own sin, graciously dispels myths perpetuated by those within the church that harmed her, and offers a long view of forgiveness full of freedom and redemption that has come and holds hope for the future still.
The stories shared in this episode are not explicit or graphic but they do involve murder, domestic violence and sexual, verbal, emotional, psychological and spiritual abuse so take caution if these are a part of your own story or if you have children who might be within listening distance.
S2 Ep. 6/ Restore: It's bigger than forgiveness
This season has been all about forgiveness, both what it is, but also what it isn’t. This episode is about restoration. We have to orient vertically to the safety we have in Christ. He's the only one who ultimately is not going to let us down. It's only from that place of safety, that we're going to be able to venture out into the risk of any relationship.