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Disappointment in Family w/ Tara Havely Oct 05, 2022

Show notes

You can choose your friends, you can't choose your family right? Yet family is often our first experience of community so it would hold true that this is a place where we can and will experience disappointment. So what do we do next? Today we're joined by our dear friend Tara to discuss this and more.

Tara Havely is a Pastor Associate in Biblical Life Counseling at Fellowship Church in Knoxville, TN.

Check out our first episode in our disappointment episode here.

Our second episode in the series was about disappointment in marriage with our good friend Jarrod Justice. Listen here.

Matt references our batch on grief:

Episode 1 - An Introduction to Grief

Episode 2 - A Conversation with R.D. McClenagan

Episode 3 - A Conversation with Lauren Morgan

Tara has joined us before on our Thanksgiving Table and Conflict episode, our grief and Christmas episode and our comparison and the holidays episode.

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Disappointment in Marriage w/ Jarrod Justice Sep 28, 2022

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What happens when the person closest to us fails us? What happens when they do something that hurts, bothers, annoys or crushes us? How do we move towards each other and to God in those moments? Today we're joined again by Jarrod Justice to discuss these questions and more.

Jarrod Justice is a licensed marital and family therapist with Haven Counseling Center in Knoxville, TN. He's been on the show for episodes on Maleness (part 1 and part 2).

Check out our first episode in our disappointment episode here.

Jarrod references John Gottman’s work.

Jarrod references Toxic Relationship & How to Change Them by Dr. Clinton W. McLemore.

Katie references a helpful book on destructive marriages by Leslie Vernick

Find more about Jarrod Justice here. You can also contact him here.

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The Pain of Disappointment Sep 21, 2022

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It shouldn't be this way; in all stages of life we are met with experiences of disappointment and more often than not, it's from our closest relationships. Today Matt and Katie want to help us see while disappointment is inevitable, in Christ it becomes a gift which, handled well, can lead us deeper into the heart of the Savior.

Matt references Romans 7-8.

Matt references the show Dopesick.

Matt references Hebrews 4.

Matt references Jesus in the Garden which can be found in:

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Grief - A Conversation with Lauren Morgan Jun 08, 2022

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Today we're joined by Lauren Morgan who shares her journey with grief in losing a baby and how she has learned to share that journey with others going through similar circumstances.

This is the third episode in our series on Grief:

Episode 1 - An Introduction to Grief

Episode 2 - A Conversation with R.D. McClenagan

Today our guest is Lauren Morgan. Lauren among many things, hosts our sister podcast, Life Reframed and runs a non-profit, Project Gabriel which supports families who have endured the loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death.

Email Lauren at laurengmorgan@gmail.com or find her on Instagram.

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Grief - A Conversation with R.D. McClenagan Jun 01, 2022

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What do we do with the rawness from grief? What if we're angry at God? And what are we to say to people who are in the midst of grief? These are three topics that came up in this deeply resonant conversation we had about grief with R.D.

R.D. McClenagan is the Pastor of Adult Ministries and Teaching at Fellowship Church in Knoxville, TN. You can follow him on twitter. R.D. also writes on his blog.

Here’s the first episode from our Grief series.

RD references Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren

RD references A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

Matt references The Screwtape Letter by C.S. Lewis

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Introduction to Grief May 25, 2022

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Grief. We all know it. But knowing that doesn't make it any easier. Today, Matt and Katie discuss what grief is and the good role that God has given it in our lives.

Matt and Katie reference Psalm 62:8

Matt and Katie reference Hannah’s story in 1 Samuel.

Matt references A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

Katie references Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren.

Matt references an article on lament by NT Wright.

Matt references our first batch on anxiety and depression:

Episode 1 - Understanding Anxiety

Episode 2 - Walking Through Anxiety

Epsiode 3 - What is Depression?

Episode 4 - Walking Through Depression

Find more about Matt Scheuneman here or find him on social media.

Find more about Katie Neely here or find her on social media.

Hot Emotions - Shame Mar 02, 2022

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Shame is a much-discussed in our culture but what is it actually? Where might it be short-circuiting our lives? And how can shame even be seen as a gift? All of those questions and more as Matt Scheuneman and Katie Neely welcome Kevin Huggins and Brent Crenshaw on the Open Door.

Here’s the first two episodes from this batch
Intro to Hot Emotions

Hot Emotions: Anger

Kevin Huggins and Brent Crenshaw are both part of the Biblical Life Counseling Center at Fellowship Church in Knoxville, TN.

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Hot Emotions - Anger Feb 23, 2022

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Today, Matt and Katie are joined by Kevin Huggins and Rebekah Wilson from the Biblical Life Counseling Center at Fellowship Church as they discuss the "white, hot emotion" anger.

Matt references our first batch on anxiety and depression:

Episode 1 - Understanding Anxiety

Episode 2 - Walking Through Anxiety

Epsiode 3 - What is Depression?

Episode 4 - Walking Through Depression

Find more about Matt Scheuneman here or find him on social media.

Find more about Katie Neely here or find her on social media.

Introduction to Hot Emotions Feb 16, 2022

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Some emotions have the ability to take over; we can't think straight when we're feeling them so intensely. We call these "hot emotions" and we are joined by Kevin Huggins in this introductory episode to our new series all about two hot emotions: anger and shame.

Kevin Huggins served as Pastor of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction at Fellowship Church

Matt references our first batch on anxiety and depression:

Episode 1 - Understanding Anxiety

Episode 2 - Walking Through Anxiety

Epsiode 3 - What is Depression?

Episode 4 - Walking Through Depression

Kevin references the book Switch: how to Change Things When Change is Hard

Find more about Matt Scheuneman here or find him on social media.

Find more about Katie Neely here or find her on social media.