Free Offer – Managing Midlife Transitions

You are a citizen of Heaven – did you know that? Paul wrote that in Philippians 3. His listeners would immediately know that’s like being a citizen of Rome.  Philippi was a colony. Roman citizens there were agents and emissaries of Roman culture, law, language, customs, and power. Roman citizens living in Philippi weren’t interested…

John is determined to show how the Shekinah has returned in an unexpected way: in the person of Jesus. Then who, when, where, and how of its return is shocking. There could be no messiah without addressing the Temple question. The Messiah would restore the temple. Period. No restored temple, no messiah. The Temple was…

Most of our listeners know that using the covenant “lens” is a powerful organizing principle for reading Scripture. It helps explain what’s happening and creates insights for us today. The Temple “lens” is a similar powerful organizing principle. There are some surprises there, at least for me (Curtis). I knew Jesus referred to himself as…

The creation account in Genesis is not understood by modern people. We’ve pretty much missed every important point in it. We have read all of our modern preconceptions into it, wondered why it makes little sense, and then created pointless controversies about why it is so. Listen to the podcast to grasp what Genesis is…

What a great question! How should you relate to your emotions, indeed? We paint a picture for you in this episode, which wraps up our Surprising Mind season. We also share 10 common, erroneous myths about emotions and talk about how we have synergy or overlap with certain healing ministries.  Painting A Picture for relating…

We are not OK with it I’m coming to realize that there are people that believe that they don’t deserve compassion. As you sit there, you might think that’s ridiculous because you know that God made each of us, so of course, we deserve compassion.  But then you start digging down into some specific situations…

Your unconscious mind is in charge of creating and executing your habits! Habits include your thoughts and emotions. Brushing your teeth is a habit. So is the way you manage conflict. Your style of talking to yourself is also a habit – what’s your self-talk like? Is it mostly positive? Negative? Some things just “set…

Your unconscious mind does some powerful and amazing things for you. . .but how do you get it on board with who you’re trying to be and where you’re trying to go?  Get some tips on working with your elephant and talking to it the way it likes to be talked to–because after all, your…

We are going to share a metaphor with you about how your mind works and suggest a couple of ways for you to manage yourself with more grace.  The ancients knew that teaching wisdom involved touching the heart and the mind. Here are a couple of examples:  “It is better to obey the Lord and…