And The Church Said...

On this episode, Dr. Gadson discusses what does it mean for the church to be a witness for Love during the season of Advent 2023. Today marks the fourth and final week of Advent as we focus our hearts and minds on the birth of our Savior and on His Second Coming. Dr. Gadson looks at John 3:16 to set our focus on how Love is modeled for us. As we continue to focus on the person of J

On this episode, Dr. Gadson discusses what does it mean for the church to be a witness of joy during the season of Advent 2023. Today marks the third week of Advent as we focus our hearts and minds on the birth of our Savior and on His Second Coming. The difficult and dark circumstances across the world that we are enduring in this present day can certainly discourage or depress an

On this episode, Dr. Gadson discusses what does it mean for the church to be a witness concerning peace during the season of Advent 2023. Today marks the second week of Advent as we focus our hearts and minds on the birth of our Savior and on His Second Coming. The difficult and dark circumstances that we are enduring in this present day can certainly disrupt our peace. Or impede o

This episode mentions the word suicide as an excerpt is read from a chapter about finding Hope in dark places. On this episode, Dr. Gadson discusses what does it mean for the church to witness Hope during the season of Advent 2023. Advent begins today as we focus our hearts and minds on the birth of our Savior and on His Second Coming. There are difficult and dark circumstances tha

Members, Visitors, and Friends! Happy Thanksgiving 2023! We want to acknowledge that we understand this day is complicated and very nuanced. People are grateful and spending time in joyous celebrations and gathering with friends and family. And also, the same people and others are feeling the weight and heaviness of many circumstances, currently and historically. On this episode, D

On this episode, Dr. Gadson further discusses what does it mean for the church to be a refuge and how it applies to disciple perpetrators of abuse. Dr. Gadson shares her insights and thoughts from years of working in and with churches to consider how to navigate the very delicate task of discipling those who have inflicted psychological abuse on others. She admonishes the church to

On this episode, Dr. Gadson continues to discuss what does it mean for the church to be a refuge and witness to those who are victims of psychological abuse. Dr. Gadson shares about a conversation among graduate students who wondered what to do when individuals who are victims of abuse are rushed to forgiveness by members of the Church. Sometimes victims receive subtle suggestions

Today’ we review a previous episode, where Dr. Gadson continues to reflect on Pentecost and what does it mean for us as witnesses for Jesus on behalf of His bridegroom, the Church.She reflected on the mandate to wait found in Luke 24:48-49.Dr. Gadson considers the wisdom found in the command to wait until one is empowered from on high. She imagines how this command can guide the

Dr. Paul Hoard and Dr. Doug Shirley join the podcast today for part three of the discussion on knowing, being known, and trusting. Both Dr. Hoard and Dr. Shirley are associate professors of counseling psychology at The Seattle School. Today, they continue to delve into conversation with Dr. Gadson on building relationships across differences, discussing collective shame, and identi

Dr. Paul Hoard and Dr. Doug Shirley join the podcast today for part two of the discussion on knowing, being known, and trusting. Both Dr. Hoard and Dr. Shirley are associate professors of counseling psychology at The Seattle School. Today, they continue to delve into conversation with Dr. Gadson on building relationships across differences, discussing collective shame, and identify