Lifeschool 148: Who Are You and Why Do You Matter?

The way of the world is: we do things (perform, serve, work, etc) to have value in the eyes of our family, friends, parents, spouse, siblings, boss, pastor, and so on. Out of this activity, we often form our identity and perceived value.

But who God says you are is very different. In this episode of the Lifeschool Podcast, we’ll talk about where your real identity comes from and ask the question: who are you, and why do you matter to God?

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Lifeschool 146: Caution: How Your Sunday Service is Confusing People

What would your friends think Jesus is all about if they visited your church? Is the way we’re often “doing church” really communicating what we think it is?

In this episode of the Lifeschool Podcast, we’ll talk about how the medium we often use on Sundays may be overshadowing the message we really want to share about Jesus, our Father and his amazing kingdom.

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Lifeschool 145: How to Start the New Year on the Right Foot

Here comes another opportunity to grow… change… improve our lives and relationships again. The New Year. Are you getting started on resolutions, planning or goal setting to make sure you don’t just sorta slide into another year?

In this episode of the Lifeschool Podcast, we’ll give you some immediate steps to help you live with greater intentionality in the areas of your life that are really important.

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Lifeschool 141: How to Apologize the Right (and Wrong) Way

In the past few weeks we’ve seen a lot of public officials and celebrity types faced with accusations of wrongdoing, misconduct and unethical behavior. We would hope that all of these people would start with a good old fashioned apology, but many don’t.

It is doubtful that you’ll ever be faced with such public accusations, but hurts in relationships come up for all of us. In this episode of Lifeschool, we’ll show how to apologize the right…and wrong ways.

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Lifeschool 137: The 3 Seductions: Appetite, Ambition & Approval

Temptation is everywhere. Heck, it’s even lurking inside of me! And all of us, at some point in our lives, have given into temptations.

Today on the Lifeschool podcast, we talk with author and movement leader Mike Breen about what may lay behind our own particular “Achilles heel” types of temptations. We discuss the 3 seductions of appetite, ambition and approval. Buckle up!

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