Best Christian Thieme Podcasts (2023)

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165: The gift of love at Christmas (and new Advent paper chain!) with Majors Emmanuel and Jennifer Masango 18:11

2d ago18:11

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Ok, trivia time: What is the color of Santa's suit? Can you name the animal that pulls Santa's sleigh? Why is Christmas celebrated across the world? Or rather, how do you explain the story of Christmas to kids? In a season filled with celebration and merriment and presents and fun…as parents we, of course, want to help our kids understand and appre…

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164 Table-ology: Thanksgiving and Transformation, Part 7 7:19

6d ago7:19

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Welcome back to Table-ology, a seven-day Scripture study in the lead up to Thanksgiving Day by Major Nancy Helms. If you’re just joining in, head back to part one to hear more about this series and then continue on. We hope it will serve as a meditative moment for you as you prepare your heart and home for this Thanksgiving. EPISODE SHOWNOTES: Read…

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163 Table-ology: Thanksgiving and Transformation, Part 6 7:42

7d ago7:42

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Welcome back to Table-ology, a seven-day Scripture study in the lead up to Thanksgiving Day by Major Nancy Helms. If you’re just joining in, head back to part one to hear more about this series and then continue on. We hope it will serve as a meditative moment for you as you prepare your heart and home for this Thanksgiving. EPISODE SHOWNOTES: Read…

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162 Table-ology: Thanksgiving and Transformation, Part 5 6:16

8d ago6:16

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Welcome back to Table-ology, a seven-day Scripture study in the lead up to Thanksgiving Day by Major Nancy Helms. If you’re just joining in, head back to part one to hear more about this series and then continue on. We hope it will serve as a meditative moment for you as you prepare your heart and home for this Thanksgiving. EPISODE SHOWNOTES: Read…

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161 Table-ology: Thanksgiving and Transformation, Part 4 7:31

9d ago7:31

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Welcome back to Table-ology, a seven-day Scripture study in the lead up to Thanksgiving Day by Major Nancy Helms. If you’re just joining in, head back to part one to hear more about this series and then continue on. We hope it will serve as a meditative moment for you as you prepare your heart and home for this Thanksgiving. EPISODE SHOWNOTES: Read…

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160 Table-ology: Thanksgiving and Transformation, Part 3 7:59

10d ago7:59

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Welcome back to Table-ology, a seven-day Scripture study in the lead up to Thanksgiving Day by Major Nancy Helms. If you’re just joining in, head back to part one to hear more about this series and then continue on. We hope it will serve as a meditative moment for you as you prepare your heart and home for this Thanksgiving. EPISODE SHOWNOTES: Read…

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159 Table-ology: Thanksgiving and Transformation, Part 2 11:06

11d ago11:06

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Welcome back to Table-ology, a seven-day Scripture study in the lead up to Thanksgiving Day by Major Nancy Helms. If you’re just joining in, head back to part one to hear more about this series and then continue on. We hope it will serve as a meditative moment for you as you prepare your heart and home for this Thanksgiving. EPISODE SHOWNOTES: Read…

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158 Table-ology: Thanksgiving and Transformation, Part 1 8:27

12d ago8:27

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We are interrupting our ongoing festive Christmas programming here on the Do Gooders Podcast to bring you something different, something special—a seven-day Scripture study in the lead up to Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving is a time where families, friends, even strangers, gather around tables to share meals and fellowship, offering thanks to God fo…

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157: Making Christmas Merry with The Salvation Army 25:02

16d ago25:02

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Did you hear? It is Christmastime, and in The Salvation Army, it’s one of our favorite times of year. For us, smiles make the greatest gifts. From physical needs such as grocery, utility and gift assistance, to emotional experiences including holiday events and traditions, to spiritual guidance that provides healing and hope, we work to assist the …

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156: How The Salvation Army Activates With Urgency at Christmastime 23:04

26d ago23:04

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Welcome to the kickoff of the merriest time of year. And no, it’s not too early because Christmastime has already started in The Salvation Army. Yes, The Salvation Army is hard at work to make the holiday season a little brighter. Of course, most people know us for our Red Kettles, our Angel Trees, and our strong presence during the Christmas seaso…

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155: How to talk to your kids about war with Kelly Rodriguez, LMFT, PMH-C 27:05

1M ago27:05

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As I mentioned in our last episode, there’s so much going on in our world and we want to address it here in a way that’s valuable for you. You’ve seen the news. You know what’s going on. If you feel like you’re living through history, well, you are. A global pandemic crisis, a global financial crisis, a crisis in Ukraine, and now a crisis in Israel…

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154: What a Jerusalem Trip Taught Me About Loving Others with Emily Anderson 17:14

1M ago17:14

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Quick programming note: We recorded this episode before recent events unfolded. It doesn’t address the current war in the Middle East but we believe this episode still holds value so we’re sharing it today as planned. Then we’ll be back with an added bonus episode this week with a family therapist on how to care for ourselves in an emotionally taxi…

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153: Tangible Ways to Help Abolish Poverty with Dr. Matthew Desmond 24:14

1M ago24:14

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In the words of French writer Antoine de Saint Exupéry, "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." In other words, cast a vision of what could be. That’s exactly what Dr. Matthew Desmond is doing in his latest book, “Po…

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152: Growing hope family-wide with The Salvation Army 10:27

2M ago10:27

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We talk a lot about The Salvation Army’s fight against hunger, homelessness, against poverty. You might remember back to our series on the Pathway of Hope, episodes 88-93. In that series, we explored in depth The Salvation Army’s initiative to break the cycle of crisis and vulnerability for families—the effort to meet immediate needs and have a las…

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151 State of Hunger: Driving the Grocery Food Rescue Program with Ragu Razo 8:56

2M ago8:56

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People call him “Ragu the Plumber.” But these days Ragu Razo doesn’t work as a plumber. Six years ago, he swapped his old nine-to-five job to drive a refrigerated truck for The Salvation Army in Mesa, Arizona. Every weekday, Razu collects food from five different stores on his route in the East Valley. The food is still good, but it won’t be sold a…

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150 State of Hunger: Breaking the Stigma of Food Insecurity with Diane O'Neill 24:46

2M ago24:46

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How do you define poverty? Oxford describes it as “the state of being extremely poor.” Webster says it’s “the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions.” While poverty does cover a wide range of material problems related to daily life and survival, it’s also psychologically threatening to those ex…

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149 State of Hunger: Advocating for Change in Food Security with Eric Mitchell 27:17

2M ago27:17

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Did you know in the last three years, the demand for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has skyrocketed? In 2022, one in eight Americans — or more than 41 million people — received SNAP benefits. Those benefits were expanded in the early days of the pandemic, as the country faced unprecedented uncertainty around the economy and th…

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148 State of Hunger: How The Salvation Army Is Responding with Captain Angel Amézquita 19:11

2M ago19:11

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We’re kicking off our state of the issues series today with the state of hunger. According to the USDA, more than 34 million people, including 9 million children, today in the United States are food insecure. Across the country, The Salvation Army operates more than 1,500 food pantries, and annually serves more than 171 million meals, which include…

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147 Where Are We Now: The Current State of the Issues 16:18

3M ago16:18

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Just a year ago, if you would’ve asked the experts where the U.S. was headed, they were certain of one thing: the country was beelining toward a recession. In fact, a Bloomberg economic model said the odds of a U.S. recession in 2023 were 100 percent. Not 99 percent. There was no possible chance an economic slowdown was avoidable. So, how are we do…

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146: Increasing knowledge and passing it on with Dr. Major Terry Masango 26:57

4M ago26:57

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As the saying goes, the mind is a terrible thing to waste. That's the ethos Major Terry Masango lives by, and it's paid off as he recently received a Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership. Dr. Masango was raised in Zimbabwe and now as a Salvation Army officer, or pastor, he serves in the Seattle area as the General Secretary in the North…

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145: Renewal practices for a world shaken by crisis with Dr. Chris Rice 20:36

4M ago20:36

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Before and after. Before 2020, the idea of closed borders, lockdowns, face masks, social distancing, and testing weren’t a thing. After, we’ve experienced the real toll, the disruption, the unknown that the pandemic brought. It was a crisis of a generation, and it changed the world on a global scale. Mental exhaustion, economic disparities and esca…

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144: Eleven unique ways The Salvation Army meets need 13:51

4M ago13:51

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Did you know The Salvation Army serves in more than 130 countries around the world and in every U.S. zip code, working to meet human needs in every community—exactly as that community needs? Every program is rooted in a passion to serve God by serving the hurting, the helpless and the hopeless. In the Western Territory, The Salvation Army serves th…

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143: An atheist no more with Cadet Andrew Flockhart 18:17

5M ago18:17

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After 37 years of not believing, one day, God was there. That was the experience Andrew Flockhart had. As he says: I found God at the Dallas-Love Field Airport on a business trip. Now in training to become a Salvation Army officer (or pastor) at the College for Officer Training at Crestmont in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, Cadet Andrew Flockhart…

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142: Attachment theory and finding joy with Captain Arwyn Rodriguera 20:15

5M ago20:15

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Things are messy, right? That's life? So where is the joy? How do you find it? Captain Arwyn Rodriguera can show you the way. Arwyn Rodriguera is the Corps Officer and Executive Director of The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center San Francisco and Railton Place, a 113-unit affordable housing development in the city’s Tenderloin …

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141: When God puts a dream in your heart with Rick Warren 26:24

5M ago26:24

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"Great faith inspires great dreams. Great dreams require great faith." That's a line from Rick Warren's new book, "Created to Dream: The 6 Phases God Uses to Grow Your Faith." Of course, you know Rick Warren as the author behind the transformative bestseller, "The Purpose Driven Life," which has sold over 35 million copies worldwide and helped mill…

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140: Make a plan for joy 11:11

5M ago11:11

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How do you want to experience your life? What do you want your life to reflect? What are the simple, soul-filling ways you can upgrade your time, even if it's just a few minutes? In this episode, you’ll find a mini workshop right here in your podcast player—a workshop to make a plan for joy. EPISODE SHOWNOTES: Read more. BE AFFIRMED. Get the Good W…

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139: A place to belong with Hillary Jackson 24:50

6M ago24:50

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We’re doing something different in this episode—giving you a little behind the scenes of what happens in our office and a preview of what’s coming. So I’ve invited Hillary Jackson, the managing editor of The Salvation Army’s Caring Magazine, my partner in publication if you will, to join me today. Hillary also holds a master’s in specialized journa…

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[Rebroadcast] 90 Pathway of Hope: Why we need community with Trina Crawford 31:34

8M ago31:34

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We recently spent a season exploring The Salvation Army’s Pathway of Hope—a national initiative to provide individualized services to families with children, addressing their immediate material needs and providing long-term engagement to stop the cycle of poverty. So what does that kind of support look like day-to-day? Maybe that axiom is correct: …

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[Rebroadcast] 20: How to fill a political conversation with grace with Beth Silvers 19:00

9M ago19:00

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It’s not polite to talk politics. I’m sure you’ve heard the sentiment. Especially in any kind of mixed crowd where people might disagree on the issue at hand. We live, worship and work in diverse communities, but with politics becoming so tribal in nature, many of us simply avoid the subject. And that does a disservice to us all. Yet we can get com…

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[Rebroadcast] 40: A tip for decluttering and refocusing every room in your house with Joshua Becker 33:12

9M ago33:12

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Did you know we have some 50,000 storage facilities in the U.S.? That’s more than the number of Starbucks and McDonald’s locations combined. One estimate cites the number of items inside the average American home at 300,000. But what purpose does all of this “stuff” serve? Joshua Becker believes that a large amount of our stuff serves absolutely no…

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[Rebroadcast] 43: The key indicator for success in addictions recovery with Lt. Timothy Pemberton 24:52

9M ago24:52

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“Conquering addiction is a miracle in itself.” Those are the words of Lt. Timothy Pemberton, who leads The Salvation Army’s Adult Rehabilitation Center in Santa Monica, California. The Salvation Army has more no-fee rehabilitation facilities than any other program in America. For more than 100 years, these Adult Rehabilitation Centers have offered …

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[Rebroadcast] 79: A truly biblical view of womanhood with Dr. Beth Allison Barr 40:26

9M ago40:26

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Men lead. Women follow. The Bible tells us so. Or does it? Is there a divine order when it comes to men and women? What if so-called “biblical womanhood” isn’t biblical at all but arose from a series of clearly definable historical moments? What if there is a better way forward for the contemporary church? Dr. Beth Allison Barr lays out clear evide…

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[Rebroadcast] 91 Pathway of Hope: What hope does for our minds and bodies with Dr. Suzanne Phillips 25:46

9M ago25:46

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We spent a season discovering The Salvation Army’s Pathway of Hope—a national initiative to provide individualized services to families with children, addressing their immediate material needs and providing long-term engagement to stop the cycle of poverty. But let’s take a step back. What is hope? Kierkegaard called it a passion for the possible. …

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[Rebroadcast] 39: How to better live in each of the 5 love languages with Dr. Gary Chapman 30:12

10M ago30:12

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As Dr. Gary Chapman says, “No single area of marriage affects the rest of marriage as much as meeting the emotional need for love.” After years as a family counselor, he developed a system to effectively communicate love to the people closest to us. His book—“The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts”—has been translated into 50 languages…

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[Rebroadcast] 121 Good Word: Where to find your purpose with Commissioner Doug Riley 24:37

10M ago24:37

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This is a good word from the Good Word with Commissioner Doug Riley. Commissioner Riley is the Territorial Commander of The Salvation Army in the western U.S. You may remember him from previous episodes of this podcast on gratitude and the Christmas story. Here, he preached at the 2022 commissioning and ordination meeting of The Salvation Army in t…

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[Rebroadcast] 118: How to hear God for normal people with Pete Greig 22:26

10M ago22:26

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“The sound of gentle silence.” That’s how 1 Kings 19 describes the voice of God. Which might explain why hearing him speak can be really hard. But Pete Greig’s latest book is meant to help us do just that. It’s called “How to Hear God: A Simple Guide for Normal People.” You may remember Pete from Episode 71 of this podcast, when we talked with him …

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[Rebroadcast] 78: Seven types of rest you need and how to find them with Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith 25:00

10M ago25:00

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Take a quick inventory: Do you often feel tired when you wake up in the morning? Have difficulty concentrating? Are your emotions easily affected by the actions of others? Have headaches, muscle aches, or generalized fatigue with no known medical diagnosis? Do you depend on quick energy fixes like caffeine or sugar to help you get through the day? …

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[Rebroadcast] 73: The one thing you need to plan for the New Year with Megan Fate Marshman 33:42

11M ago33:42

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What are your plans for the New Year? Will it depend on how things are going in the moment? It doesn’t need to. You really can trust God’s plan for your life—in all things, no matter what your life looks like right now. That’s what Megan Fate Marshman explores in her book, a power-packed, biblical look at Jeremiah 29:11-14—a familiar passage that b…

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2023 Programming Note 2:16

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Did you know we have nearly 140 published episodes of this show? That’s a whole lot of inspiration right there at your fingertips for those days you feel a little stuck or like you need a little dose of goodness. We’ve covered everything from: How to effectively engage anxiety, the state of poverty today, plans for a Salvation Army adaptive camp, w…

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138: How to embrace holy hygge in your home with Jamie Erickson 28:36

11M ago28:36

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Hygge. From a Norwegian term meaning “to comfort” or “to console,” hygge has gained in popularity in recent years. There’s even a hygge line at Target. But it’s more than cozy living. As author Jamie Erickson says, it’s a way of making the mundane and necessary meaningful and beautiful. It’s soul rest. Her new book, “Holy Hygge: Creating a Place fo…

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137: A liturgy for hope and more with Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore 27:32

12M ago27:32

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Right about now, as you are dashing through the snow … or around town … you might be wishing upon a star for a way to hit pause. Maybe you could use a prayer for hope. Or a prayer for paying the bills. A prayer for when you’re too busy. Or a prayer for going on a walk. Maybe a prayer for friendship. Or a prayer for giving thanks. Authors Audrey Ell…

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136: Why we love The Salvation Army especially at Christmas 17:25

12M ago17:25

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While The Salvation Army is much more than red kettles, Christmas is unquestionably the season of The Salvation Army. And really, what better season to be synonymous with than Christmas? Every year, kicking off at the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game and running through Christmas Eve, you’ll see red kettles and bell ringers standing outside sup…

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135: What the red kettle symbolizes with Major Ken Perine and Kathy Lovin 27:02

12M ago27:02

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You’ve no doubt seen a Salvation Army red kettle—maybe you’ve seen one already this Christmas season. It is an iconic part of The Salvation Army and of Christmastime itself. What started in 1891 with one creative Salvation Army officer or pastor wanting to provide a free Christmas dinner in San Francisco, has spread around the world. Today, public …

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134 Good Word: Why invite the presence of God into your life with Captain Emmanuel Masango 34:43

1y ago34:43

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Could you use a good word from the Good Word? Today, Captain Emmanuel Masango is bringing us the Word from Exodus 33:12-20. Captain Emmanuel is a Salvation Army officer, or pastor, currently serving as The Salvation Army Territorial Youth Secretary in the western U.S. He preached here at a gathering of Salvation Army youth leaders from all across t…

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133: How to live with gratitude every day with Joaquin Galvan 26:41

1y ago26:41

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What are you grateful for today? Does your life experience help build the list? For Joaquin Galvan, it certainly does. He’s the Director of Railton Place, a transitional and supportive housing program of The Salvation Army in San Francisco’s Tenderloin community. And the path that led him here is not what you might expect. As he says, you can’t pla…

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132: How to speak across generations with Rev. Dr. Darrell Hall 26:53

1y ago26:53

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Are you out the door at 5:01, won’t work weekends and prefer texting to face-to-face meetings? Or do you live to work, can’t text and can’t tolerate change? Like most stereotypes, these over-generalized generalizations about generational groups lead to further miscommunication—and often aren’t correct. So how does one speak across generations, part…

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131: Why story helps us care and connect 9:59

1y ago9:59

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I vividly remember my first real reporting outing as an intern. I met Jill, who lived in a Salvation Army shelter for families experiencing homelessness and HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles. Jill told me about the moment she learned she was positive—and pregnant. The baby would be born infected. Jill showed me the four vials of antiretroviral medication her…

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130: The greatest way you can grow as a Christian with Ray Comfort 22:46

1y ago22:46

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Why do you trust in Jesus? “Why follow some ancient carpenter-turned-philosopher from a podunk town in the Middle East, a man whose own people didn't believe in him for the most part? It just doesn't make any sense. Or does it?” That’s the question Ray Comfort asks in his latest book, “Why Would Anyone Follow Jesus? 12 Reasons to Trust What the Bib…

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129 Good Word: May people see Jesus in you with Commissioner Dave Hudson 14:13

1y ago14:13

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Could you use a good word from the Good Word? In this episode, Commissioner Dave Hudson—who was also the very first guest on this podcast—brings us the Word from the life of Jesus, who was known as a friend of sinners. This recording is from 2020, when Commissioner Hudson was just days away from retirement. After dedicating himself to ministry with…

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128: How The Salvation Army fights human trafficking with Erin Kauffman 25:33

1y ago25:33

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What’s bigger than Starbucks and Google combined? A $150 billion industry? Involving 25 million people worldwide? It’s human trafficking. And it’s a problem in your community. Across the U.S., The Salvation Army has 49 anti-trafficking programs. Recent statistics show The Salvation Army served 4,415 trafficking survivors in just one year. Erin Kauf…

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