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Realtor Safety and Self Defence is a bold podcast hosted by the dynamic husband and wife team of Rob and Beth Andress. As the founders and operators of Street Safe Self Defence, they bring a wealth of violence prevention knowledge and experience to the table. Rob has over 3 decades of experience as a real estate professional and understands the risks you face every day in your industry. Together, Rob and Beth have changed the way real estate professionals do their jobs and helped thousands o ...
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12 The word of God is alive and active. It is sharper than any sword that has two edges. It cuts deep enough to separate soul from spirit. It can separate bones from joints. It judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart. 13 Nothing God created is hidden from him. His eyes see everything. He will hold us responsible for everything we do.…
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Hey folks – this is a Full Circle Sunday, so we can look forward to the opportunity to connect in Community Time, sing together, have something for the youngest members of the community, and dig into something challenging in the Talky Bit. We’ll meet at 10:45 a.m. at VA Cafe. We’ll livestream here and podcast here later in the week. In the Talky Bi…
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Years ago I read Maury Blair’s autobiography ‘Child Of Woe’. I was shocked at the severity of the child abuse he suffered from his step-father. How could a man be so filled with contempt for an innocent child and more miraculously, how could a child of violence grow up to be so compassionate and well-balanced? In this episode I visited Maury at his…
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I’m guessing, but my guess is that “healing” wasn’t likely included as a reason for most of the field trips any of us have been on. Personally, I can think of one noteworthy exception, which is the last time we gathered as a group at the Kapabamayak Achaak Healing Forest. This Sunday we are planning to revisit that experience, with some additional …
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Hey folks – I hope your long weekend was a good one, and I’m looking forward to being back in a shared space with you. We’ll gather at VA Cafe at 10:45 a.m. to share what songwriter Leonard Cohen once called ” a slice of…life” with one another, and to reflect a bit on some possible lessons being outdoors might teach us about our deep human drive to…
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(Recorded at Our City Windsor 2024) No one is exempt from the impacts of grief and loss. When serving others in community it is imperative that we learn to recognize when and how their grief is showing up. However, it is just as important to learn how our own grief impacts our ability to serve others. Kim Court and her husband Mike Morency help par…
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Let me start with a disclaimer. If I was asked to sit in / jam with a musical hero of mine (say, the bass player Marcus Miller), I would sheepishly decline, partly out of deference but also because I would so clearly be out of my league. I won’t be starting the Talky Bit on Sunday with a history review of Scotland (where Corinne and I have been adv…
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Tim Plett is still away, so it’s my turn to take over the talkie bit. I recently spent a few weeks travelling around Ireland, and in true ‘other Tim’ fashion, I’m going to reflect on that experience a bit this week. I’m going to look specifically at the political and social unrest that defined much of Ireland’s twentieth century, commonly known as …
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Bobby Reaume is the lead operator with Feeding Windsor-Essex’s Soup Shack. Every night from 7-9 pm he ensures that up to 140 people are served with food, snacks, clothing and personal care items. The food is prepared in the kitchens of Feeding Windsor-Essex, a charitable department of New Song Church. This interview at the Our City Windsor 2024 Con…
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Hi all, Tim Plett is away this week and next, and so we get to hear from some others in the community. This week it’s Misty’s turn! Here’s what to expect: “Since ChatGPT came out a couple of years ago, there has been much chatter and perhaps renewed fear about Artificial Intelligence. Much of my work centers around computer stuff and I have been do…
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Connie Jakab is planting a church at a new housing initiative in the Ogden neighbourhood of Calgary. As a long time community energizer, Connie has built an enduring presence in Calgary through her work within the arts community, mental health and business sector. Now her attention has turned to the neighbourhood she lives and grew up in. Ogden Chu…
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Hey folks. This Sunday launches us into a season in our life together that I would love to see people take full advantage of. Over the next month or so we will experience a combination of having the Talky Bit facilitated by people we don’t often get to hear from, interspersed with long weekends with no gatherings. When I say “take full advantage of…
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Note: this is a longer blurb so read past the bottom of the intitial screen if you want all the info. This week is a regular gathering at VA Cafe (171 McDermot Ave) at 10:45 a.m., with a livestream and a podcast. My dad was a subtle teacher. I can’t remember a single formal “son, let me tell how things really work” speech from him. He wasn’t perfec…
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John Longhurst's journalistic reflections provoke thought and questions about faith, inviting readers to think beyond their own religions, theologies, and denominations. Why do people believe what they do? What might we learn from each other's acts of faith? John Longhurst is the recipient of the 2021 Lieutenant-Governor's Award for the Advancement…
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Hey folks – after our field trip to the Pride Parade and Festival last week (we were there for the nicest part of the day!), we’re back at VA Cafe (171 McDermot Avenue / lower level) this week. Kids Table is on. Music is on. Community Time is on. In the Talky Bit we’ll be exploring an idea that might actually be somewhat novel – the possibility of …
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Karen Stiller is the senior editor for Faith Today magazine and has written for Reader’s Digest, Ekstasis, The Walrus and Christianity Today. She is the author of The Minister’s Wife and co-author on other books. She also lives in downtown Ottawa where life has shaped the writing of her most recent book entitled ‘Holiness Here: Searching For God in…
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For 10 years, New Song Church has been alongside one of Windsor’s more challenging neighbourhoods of social housing. What we affectionately call the Glengarry neighbourhood is a series of four high rise apartments, several rows of townhouses and an assisted living facility. It experiences the most tragic of life experiences as well as a quieter maj…
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This is the podcast of what we did at The Table for Mothers Day. It’s not typical of the occasion because although it’s about the impact of mothers, it’s also about the ripple effects of change including the reconsideration of what we beleive about all sorts of foundational matters, such as the shape of the universe. Enjoy! Peace, Tim Plett…
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Brian Egert brought this opening message at the Our City Windsor ‘Signs Of Hope’ conference in March 2024. One hundred people gathered at New Song Church in Windsor Ontario to reflect on the hope that Canadian churches can bring to their cities. Brian is the Director of Mission Canada, an agency committed to raising up workers with a heart of hope …
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With almost 30 years of ministry experience, Cal and Chrissy Krahn have often been drawn to those outside of the church walls. As urban workers with Mission Canada, based in Montreal, Quebec, they care for those around them who are lonely, hurting, or in need of a friend. This can be through involvement at the local food bank, sharing a meal or a c…
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Years ago, I worked as a federal chaplain at a halfway house. I learned so much about the value of faith-based community friendships for men and women returning to the community. Alan Campbell has devoted his adult life to Jesus-inspired care for people being released from jail. He is humble and virtuous in his approach and remains focused on the m…
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Today I’m talking with my friend Jessica Disabatino. Jess and her husband Dave co-lead Journey Church in Calgary. Our connection goes back to the early 2000’s when they were pastoring Lakeshore Church in Toronto. We began dreaming together with Braeside Camp to launch Camp Inner Change, a week of summer camp for inner city children and youth. Event…
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In 1955, a Dutch Christian named Andrew van der Bijl began smuggling Bibles into Communist Poland. Through successive years he would enter Communist countries at every occasion to secretly bring God’s Word to places where Christianity was illegal. Brother Andrew began an organization named ‘Open Doors’, a ministry that tells the story of persecuted…
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The Living Room Church is a family of Jesus followers serving the neighbourhoods. One of their co-pastors is Bernard Tam. Bernard resides in Midtown Toronto with his wife Susan and their two fun-loving and silly boys, Jeddie and Joshua. Learning to live in the urban center has been quite the journey for the Tams, but they are learning daily to see …
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Braden Brodeur is a youth worker at Marketplace Chapel at the West Edmonton Mall. The chapel is staffed by Christians and provides spiritual and religious care to shoppers, employees, and wanderers. He is in process to become a Mission Canada urban worker. The West Edmonton Mall is the 2nd largest mall in North America at 5.3 million square feet. W…
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In this episode Rob and Beth discuss the issue of "creepers" or low-level sexual predators in the real estate industry. They highlight the importance of setting boundaries and not tolerating inappropriate behaviour, even if it might risk losing a potential client. They recommend the book "Creepology: Self-Defence for Your Social Life" by Anna Balda…
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On any given night in Toronto, there are about 9000 men, women and children that have no place to stay. Brad Sider spoke at the Our City Scarborough conference on the topic of homelessness his city. As a veteran shelter and street population worker, Brad is currently a director with the Maxwell Meighen Centre, one of several Salvation Army shelters…
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In this episode Rob and Beth discuss the concept of a "process predator" in the real estate industry, based on an article by Lee Goldstein and Dave Ledger. A process predator is an individual who learns from contacting multiple realtors, becoming more familiar with their routines and language, and developing a process to attack them. These predator…
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David Wells is the General Superintendent of the Pentecostal Assemblies Of Canada and an avid devotee to urban ministry in Canada. This is one of his plenary sessions at the Our City Scarborough Conference held at Global Kingdom Ministries in November 2023. In this session he speaks on ‘The New Humanity - In The City’. This is a call to reveal God’…
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It’s an odd problem being too polite. But realtors often put their safety at risk by being overly polite and accommodating. Admirable qualities for sure but they can lead to them ignoring their intuition when something feels off. Real Estate agents need to control their environment and not be afraid to say no when necessary. And an important point,…
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Julie Hunter is the executive director for Windsor Life Centre, a residential, faith-based treatment centre for women recovering from drug and alcohol addictions. The Centre began 10 years ago on the property of Windsor Christian Fellowship under the vision and leadership of Cathy Ciaramitaro. Windsor Life Centre aims to provide healing to the whol…
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In a discussion about realtor safety mobile apps, Beth and Rob express their skepticism about the effectiveness of these tools. Safety starts with the individual, not with a gadget or app. There are limitations with safety apps, such as the delay in response time and the potential for false alarms. And the nature of violent attacks is speed and unp…
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At sixteen years of age, Nelly Latchman was on a youth group mission trip to New Song Church. The days in Windsor were an opportunity to experience God at work in an urban context outside of her own neighbourhood. That initial experience would eventually culminate in moving to Windsor after graduating from Tyndale Seminary. Today, Nelly serves as p…
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There are misconceptions about self-defence tools… even dangers. And this applies to realtors in particular. Carrying such tools, like pepper spray or knives, can escalate situations and potentially put the realtor in more danger. The real self-defence tools are situational, environmental, and self-awareness. More than ever there’s a need for prope…
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Our guests on this episode are Ejay Tupe, director of Toronto Urban Mission Hub in downtown Toronto and Mike Morency, executive director of Matthew House – Windsor. We will be talking about a story that began unfolding this past summer when over 200 refugee claimants from African nations found themselves sleeping on the streets. Many were outside a…
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Today on the podcast we are taking a virtual walk on the sidewalks of Vancouver’s Downtown East Side and having a conversation with Aaron White. Aaron is a pastor, justice worker and prayer instigator in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver for the past 20 years, where he lives with his wife and four children in a community home. He’s part of the tea…
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She’s known as “Tracey the Safety Lady.” Tracey Hawkins transitioned from being a real estate agent to becoming a safety expert. In this episode she shares her passion for ensuring the safety of realtors, emphasizing the importance of awareness and preparedness in the face of potential dangers. The conversation also touches upon the significance of…
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For thirty years, The Extreme Tour have partnered with community groups and clubs, civic organizations, churches, schools, government agencies and municipalities that are working charitably to meet the needs of the disenfranchised. Collectively they have been in hundreds of communities scattered throughout 20 countries bringing music, art, spoken w…
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Three years ago, Bobby Reaume walked into my office and said, “Hey remember me?” It took me awhile before I would remember that he and his wife Grace attended the church briefly a few years prior. When Bobby walked in, he had been released from prison, returned to addiction, and was living in tent city. He came to see me with John Button the founde…
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September is Realtor Safety Month across North America. This episode is dedicated to helping real estate professionals stay safe during open houses. Some of these tips, while highly effective, are counter intuitive, tips such as keeping the door UNlocked, never leading clients into rooms (despite what you’ve been taught), and marking on the sign-in…
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In the fall of 2022, three Leamington entrepreneurs came together to establish the Leamington Community Hope Centre at the old Knox Presbyterian Church located in the downtown core. Their goal was to secure a community space where necessary resources would be available to people in need to help ensure their physical, mental, social, and spiritual h…
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Everything about it just felt like another real estate meeting. Kim Wiley had met a prospective client at an open house. She eventually went to the man’s home for an evaluation meeting both his wife and his kids. No red flags. Eventually they’d gone out looking at possible investment properties twice. The third time they were looking through a home…
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When it comes to medical conditions and healing, Christians hold a range of views from the intervention of doctors and medicine, alternative practices and healing that comes from God. I am not a doctor, so I would never give medical advice but would always encourage people to take a threefold approach to getting help. First, we ask God for help in …
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In real estate a profound understanding of both social violence and anti-social violence is imperative. Social violence, footed in interpersonal conflicts and disputes, can emerge unexpectedly during negotiations or interactions with clients, requiring deft de-escalation and conflict resolution skills. Conversely, anti-social violence, driven by pr…
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Realtors need to use social media. That’s a given. But in today’s digital age, predators exploit the power of social media to lure and gather information about potential victims, making it a crucial topic for realtors to grasp. Real estate agents can’t overlook the inherent risks associated with social media marketing. Contact Us Our website https:…
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A harrowing real-life incident shattered Rob and Beth's confidence. It also fueled their relentless quest to craft the ultimate form of self-defence. Rob and Beth Andress are now the owners of Street Safe Self Defence and launching their new podcast. They’ve developed programs specific to real estate agents to help them stay safe. Central to their …
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