Tag: community
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Something Still Seems “Off”—Sarah Joy Covey on Life After the Pandemic
I’ve sensed it. Have you? Maybe not for everyone, but for some. I’m talking about life after the pandemic. “It’s over, but I don’t feel the same.” “Life is moving on, but I sometimes don’t feel very well.” This episode is a talk with Sarah Joy Covey, therapist and owner/director of the Covey Wellness Centre.
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Thom Rainer on the difference between church consumers and church members
It’s a new time – with challenges and opportunities. So we need to be honest about who we are in the body of Christ: consumers or members? This podcast is a talk with Thom Rainer, president of Church Answers and former CEO of LifeWay, and author of “11 signs you are becoming a church consumer…
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Hope Through Hardship – an Easter conversation with Jennifer Harris and Julie Cunha
The episode is a conversation with Jennifer Harris and Julie Cunha at Westminster Church in Barrie on Easter. We talk about hope through hardship, and encourage you to also see the ways God works – even when life is hard.
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Nurturing friendships with other Christians—and with Jesus – a talk with John Vissers
Friendship—with other Christians, and even with Jesus. That’s our topic in this talk with the Rev. Dr. John Vissers, principal of Knox College. We talk about the heighted importance of friendship today, the embrace of Jesus, trust, looking out for one another, the means of grace, the “second self,” and more.
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![Avoiding the post-pandemic crash [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sermon-sunday-titles-4.png?w=1024)
Avoiding the post-pandemic crash [Sermon]
We have been living through a state of emergency perpetually. But we weren’t built for that. In this sermon on Psalm 116 I explore a faithful response to living in the wake of individual and collective trauma.
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![Load-bearing walls—for your life [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/fasting-6.png?w=1024)
Load-bearing walls—for your life [Sermon]
What if we were like houses, and what if we needed to safeguard certain load-bearing walls to avoid collapse? In this sermon on Acts 2:42-47 I explore 4 critical and sustaining practices for disciples (then and now).
