Tag: stress
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How To Achieve World Peace: Step 1
World peace. How do we get there? Is there any hope? This sermon (also released as a podcast episode) examines Philippians 2:4-9 and is about step 1. Your soul will thank you.
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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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Integrity under pressure [Sermon]
Integrity is good. But it’s hard to demonstrate under pressure. This sermon explores John 18:1-18 and the examples of Peter and Jesus under pressure. It provides a one-sentence filter to help us have integrity under pressure.
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The difference between self-comfort and self-care and why it matters
If you think you’re caring for yourself when you’re really just comforting yourself, you may be creating more grief than gain. This episode is the audio version of an article I wrote with therapist Sarah Joy Covey for The Toronto Star.
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Exhale [Sermon]
It’s a disorienting and tiring time. What if a confidence that God continues to work helps you to take the pressure off? That’s what I explore in this sermon on John 5:1-18.
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A healing response to trauma: Connecting to God and others (Growing deeper with Psalm 116)
In this episode of The Pulse Podcast I take us through Psalm 116, a passionate text about God’s rescue. The psalmist is proactive about connecting with God and others, an approach that is instructive to us today.
