Best Recovery Church Movement Podcasts (2025)

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Answering YOUR Questions 53:29

3d ago53:29

53:29

By Foothills Unitarian

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Studio RC - Nuts & Bolts - Part #15 - Bible - Max Ingram 28:19

3d ago28:19

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Join Pastor Max in Nuts and Bolts, a series designed to break down the essentials of faith and what it truly means to follow Jesus in everyday life. From foundational truths to practical application, each episode unpacks key aspects of Christian living, helping you grow deeper in your walk with Christ. Whether you're new to faith or have been follo…

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Studio RC - Nuts & Bolts - Part #14 - Prayer - Max Ingram 31:01

10d ago31:01

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Join Pastor Max in Nuts and Bolts, a series designed to break down the essentials of faith and what it truly means to follow Jesus in everyday life. From foundational truths to practical application, each episode unpacks key aspects of Christian living, helping you grow deeper in your walk with Christ. Whether you're new to faith or have been follo…

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Beyond Belief: Love Demands Everything 26:56

10d ago26:56

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In these days of fear, we must keep asking: what sacrifices must we make to make belonging real? Not just pretty words, but actual bodies fed, actual doors opened, actual love lived out loud. That's the work. That's the fight. Building a belonging so fierce, so wide, so stubbornly inclusive that even our enemies find themselves home.…

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Beautiful and Broken: The World as it Actually Is 26:01

17d ago26:01

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The world is so beautiful - and in the beauty we see the fullness of what is broken. Our living practice invites us to answer the call of beauty, which is justice. This Sunday as part of our Beyond Belief series, The Rev. Mary Katherine Morn joins us at Foothills to dive into that invitation - that tug toward wholeness, even (especially) when every…

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Studio RC - Nuts & Bolts - Part #13 - Holy Spirit - Max Ingram 28:48

17d ago28:48

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Join Pastor Max in Nuts and Bolts, a series designed to break down the essentials of faith and what it truly means to follow Jesus in everyday life. From foundational truths to practical application, each episode unpacks key aspects of Christian living, helping you grow deeper in your walk with Christ. Whether you're new to faith or have been follo…

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#139: From Rules to Trust: Opal's Meal Support Approach 43:49

17d ago43:49

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Want to hear a secret? In this episode, Opal Co-Founders Julie Church, RDN, and Lexi Giblin, PhD, reveal Opal's unique approach to therapeutic meal support. Tune in to learn how the Opal team stepped beyond traditional meal support methods and embraced radically open dialectical behavior therapy (RODBT) to guide their work. This innovative approach…

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Beyond Belief: Hope Is An Unfinished Story 24:45

22d ago24:45

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Join us as we explore the spiritual practice of hope-making—where faith isn't belief or proof, but the stubborn insistence that we belong to each other, and we're not letting go. In June, Rev. Sean addressed UU General Assembly, where the Liberal Religious Educators Association asked him to share how we approach social change here at Foothills. How…

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Beyond Belief: No One Is Disposable 24:30

22d ago24:30

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In our series that starts this Sunday, Beyond Belief: The Living Practice of Unitarian Universalism, we aren’t offering easy answers or spiritual platitudes. We're asking, what if faith isn't about believing the right things, but about living with courage, curiosity, and radical love? This Sunday, join Rev. Elaine as we begin the series "Beyond Bel…

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Tell It Like It Is: Why I'm a Veteran in the Anti-War Movement 35:15

22d ago35:15

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Allowing yourself to receive information that explodes nearly everything to which you’ve dedicated your life takes tremendous courage. Rev. Shawna Ambrose knew she had to do it, even though it meant letting go of a proudly held identity, a way of understanding the world, a mode of serving the greater good with pride, and connections with family and…

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Studio RC - Nuts & Bolts - Part #12 - Grace - Max Ingram 27:28

24d ago27:28

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Join Pastor Max in Nuts and Bolts, a series designed to break down the essentials of faith and what it truly means to follow Jesus in everyday life. From foundational truths to practical application, each episode unpacks key aspects of Christian living, helping you grow deeper in your walk with Christ. Whether you're new to faith or have been follo…

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Studio RC - Resilience in the Face of Trials - Max Ingram 30:57

1M ago30:57

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In this special RC Online episode, Pastor Max shares how trials are part of both recovery and the Christian walk. He encourages us to press on with resilience, reminding us that it's through these struggles that our faith and healing grow stronger. During trials, we also have an opportunity to let God work in us in powerful ways.…

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Studio RC - Asheville 2025 Conference #8 - Lesson from Pirates - Max Ingram 35:24

1M ago35:24

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In the final message of this year’s Conference series, Pastor Max brings a bold and unexpected word—what Recovery Church can learn from pirates. Packed with powerful truth and practical lessons, this message will challenge and encourage you as we continue to grow together. Don’t forget to subscribe and stick around—new Studio RC content releases ev…

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Tell It Like It Is: Making Peace With My Christianity 33:00

1M ago33:00

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Sometimes, life in religious community can feel like an experience of exile in the exact place where we most deeply yearn to belong. Roger Butts, Unitarian Universalist minister, shares his own journey of coming to peace with his Christian background. Telling of a journey through shame and alienation, Roger shares how he finally found a way to livi…

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Tell It Like It Is: Deconstructing Toxic Evangelical Christianity 32:10

1M ago32:10

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June 15, 2025By Foothills Unitarian

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Tell It Like It Is: The Moment I Knew 32:55

1M ago32:55

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There are moments that cleave our lives into before and after. For some of us, those moments arrive gently, like dawn breaking slowly over familiar landscape. For others, they crash in like lightning—sudden, illuminating, impossible to unsee. In this installment of our Tell It Like It Is series, Jamal Skinner, founder and Executive Director of the …

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Tell It Like It Is: Decolonizing Recovery 26:10

1M ago26:10

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We crave growth and transformation – and yet, we will go to great lengths to avoid actual change. We want to know one another more deeply – but when someone else’s truth challenges our worldview, our first move is often to start building a defense of our own position. Join Rev. Elaine in leading with curiosity and holding your certainties a little …

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Studio RC - Asheville 2025 Conference #7 - Junior S 27:35

1M ago27:35

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Pastor Max sits down with key speakers from across the Recovery Church Movement for a powerful interview series. In this episode of the series, Max connects with Junior S. You won’t want to miss these powerful conversations. Subscribe and stay tuned as we roll out interviews with leaders and speakers from across the nation who are shaping the futur…

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Studio RC - Asheville 2025 Conference #6 - Will M 20:35

2M ago20:35

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Pastor Max sits down with key speakers from across the Recovery Church Movement for a powerful interview series. In this episode of the series, Max connects with Will M. You won’t want to miss these powerful conversations. Subscribe and stay tuned as we roll out interviews with leaders and speakers from across the nation who are shaping the future …

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Studio RC - Asheville 2025 Conference #5 - Carey C 30:43

2M ago30:43

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Fresh off an incredible conference in Asheville, Pastor Max sits down with key speakers from across the Recovery Church Movement for a powerful interview series. In this episode of the series, Max connects with Carey C. You won’t want to miss these powerful conversations. Subscribe and stay tuned as we roll out interviews with leaders and speakers …

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#138: The Role of Relationships in Eating Disorders 54:41

2M ago54:41

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Eating disorders don’t exist in isolation—they are deeply connected to relationships. From the “why” behind disordered eating and movement patterns to the healing process, relationships have the power to either support or harm recovery. In today’s episode of The Appetite, Opal’s Co-Founder & Clinical Director, Kara Bazzi, LMFT, sits down with thera…

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#138: The Role of Relationships in Eating Disorders 54:42

2M ago54:42

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Eating disorders don’t exist in isolation—they are deeply connected to relationships. From the “why” behind disordered eating and movement patterns to the healing process, relationships have the power to either support or harm recovery. In today’s episode of The Appetite, Opal’s Co-Founder & Clinical Director, Kara Bazzi, LMFT, sits down with thera…

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Studio RC - Asheville 2025 Conference #4 - Mike E 21:15

2M ago21:15

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Fresh off an incredible conference in Asheville, Pastor Max sits down with key speakers from across the Recovery Church Movement for a powerful interview series. In this episode of the series, Max connects with Mike E. You won’t want to miss these powerful conversations. Subscribe and stay tuned as we roll out interviews with leaders and speakers f…

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Can You Be A UU Conservative? 27:54

2M ago27:54

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Today, Rev. Sean asks a question that can feel impossibly complex to some of us - Can you be a UU conservative? When politics feel like a litmus test for belonging, it’s easy to confuse shared opinions with shared faith. But Unitarian Universalism calls us to something deeper: a covenant that holds space for disagreement, tension, and the holy work…

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Earth Magic: Come Alive 18:18

2M ago18:18

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Today we explore the ways the Earth is constantly inviting us to move from being observers to full participants in the vibrant, living world...but are we ready to receive the invitation? Coming alive may demand everything from us, but we receive everything in return - if only we're able to truly hear the call. Rev. Christopher Watkins Lamb // May 1…

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Studio RC - Asheville 2025 Conference #3 - Stevie B 23:35

2M ago23:35

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Fresh off an incredible conference in Asheville, Pastor Max sits down with key speakers from across the Recovery Church Movement for a powerful interview series. In this episode of the series, Max connects with Stevie B. You won’t want to miss these powerful conversations. Subscribe and stay tuned as we roll out interviews with leaders and speakers…

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Self Inquiry Series: Crop Top Bravery and Back into Dating 23:49

3M ago23:49

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In this episode, Delancey and Makaila wrestle with the gaze of others as their bodies change in eating disorder recovery. Off the mark, well-intentioned comments from others leave them flooded with shame and confusion. Delancey wishes others would not perceive her while Makaila is in conflict, on one hand desiring to be "fetishized" and on the othe…

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#137: Self Inquiry Series: Crop Top Bravery and Back into Dating 23:50

3M ago23:50

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In this episode, Delancey and Makaila wrestle with the gaze of others as their bodies change in eating disorder recovery. Off the mark, well-intentioned comments from others leave them flooded with shame and confusion. Delancey wishes others would not perceive her while Makaila is in conflict, on one hand desiring to be "fetishized" and on the othe…

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Studio RC - Asheville 2025 Conference #2 - Dan C & Laura M 28:34

3M ago28:34

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Fresh off an incredible conference in Asheville, Pastor Max sits down with key speakers from across the Recovery Church Movement for a powerful interview series. In this episode of the series, Max connects with Dan C. and Laura M. You won’t want to miss these powerful conversations. Subscribe and stay tuned as we roll out interviews with leaders an…

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Studio RC - Asheville 2025 Conference #1 - Philip Dvorak (interview) 24:23

3M ago24:23

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Fresh off an incredible conference in Asheville, Pastor Max sits down with key speakers from across the Recovery Church Movement for a powerful interview series. In this first episode of the series, Max connects with none other than Philip Dvorak, founder and CEO of Recovery Church. You won’t want to miss this powerful conversation. Subscribe and s…

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Earth Magic: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Carbon 43:48

3M ago43:48

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We’ve been taught to find the sacred in what’s far away — untouched trails, quiet forests, pure air — but what if holiness is right here, tangled in the places we share, the bodies we inhabit, and the carbon we exhale? This week, we’re diving into that story that lives beyond dualisms. A story that is about much more than carbon, but about the spir…

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Studio RC - Nuts & Bolts - Part #11 - Faith - Max Ingram 29:54

3M ago29:54

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Join Pastor Max in Nuts and Bolts, a series designed to break down the essentials of faith and what it truly means to follow Jesus in everyday life. From foundational truths to practical application, each episode unpacks key aspects of Christian living, helping you grow deeper in your walk with Christ. Whether you're new to faith or have been follo…

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Earth Magic: The Wild Swans 54:26

3M ago54:26

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Folk tales are more than just entertainment. They contain within them seeds of wisdom that help us live with purpose and meaning. In accompanying a sister on a quest to rescue her eleven brothers, what will we learn about ourselves? Join Rev. Christopher Watkins Lamb in an immersive, musical morning as we discover how the Danish tale of The Wild Sw…

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Earth Magic: Awe and the Ecological Self 18:50

3M ago18:50

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Today, we’re diving into the spiritual gifts of awe — that sacred pause that draws us out of ourselves and into the vastness of everything. We’ll remember together that awe isn’t a luxury, but a core human experience that offers us healing, connection, and guides us towards right action. In these times when despair and disconnection encroach, pract…

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Earth Magic: Unfinished 26:19

3M ago26:19

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This Easter Sunday, we began our new series Earth Magic, rooted in the messy, relentless wisdom of the living world. Rev. Sean began with the Easter story — not the sanitized one, but the version that ends in silence, in fear, in the ache of what’s still unresolved. Because if you’ve looked around lately, you know: we are living in the middle of un…

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Studio RC - Nuts & Bolts - Part #10 - Salvation (Pt.2) - Max Ingram 22:17

3M ago22:17

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Join Pastor Max in Nuts and Bolts, a series designed to break down the essentials of faith and what it truly means to follow Jesus in everyday life. From foundational truths to practical application, each episode unpacks key aspects of Christian living, helping you grow deeper in your walk with Christ. Whether you're new to faith or have been follo…

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Studio RC - Nuts & Bolts - Part #9 - Salvation (Pt.1) - Max Ingram 21:10

4M ago21:10

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Join Pastor Max in Nuts and Bolts, a series designed to break down the essentials of faith and what it truly means to follow Jesus in everyday life. From foundational truths to practical application, each episode unpacks key aspects of Christian living, helping you grow deeper in your walk with Christ. Whether you're new to faith or have been follo…

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Studio RC - RC Rewind: Good Friday - Max Ingram 24:21

4M ago24:21

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RC Rewind: (Previously Aired) On this special Good Friday edition of Studio RC, Pastor Max reflects on the weight and wonder of the cross. While the day itself is long—filled with sorrow, waiting, and reflection—Jesus’ actual time on the cross was remarkably short. Yet in those few hours, everything changed. Join us as we slow down, remember the sa…

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Made For This: Stand By Me 23:11

4M ago23:11

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When caregiving feels invisible, impossible, and isolating, the truth is still this: you were made to care and be cared for. You are part of a sacred human story—one of mutual belonging and deep connection—and your love, your presence, your compassion, are not only enough; they are holy. Rev. Elaine Aron-Tenbrink // April 13, 2025…

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Studio RC - Faith, Art, & Redemption: A Journey Through Italy - Max Ingram 31:12

4M ago31:12

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In this special Holy Week episode of Studio RC, Max takes us deep into the heart of Italy, retracing the footsteps of the faithful across centuries. From the towering cathedrals of Rome to hidden chapels echoing with ancient prayers, witness the beauty, reverence, and gravity of the most sacred week in the Christian calendar. Walk through the echoe…

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Made For This: Already Home 23:16

4M ago23:16

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Home isn't built with bricks, borders or bureaucracy -- it's built with truth, and too often that truth threatens the systems built on silence and fear. You were made for more than quiet compliance; you were made to live fully, love boldly, and name who already belongs. You have something powerful to offer: the audacity to tell the truth in a world…

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Studio RC - Nuts & Bolts - Part #8 - Redemption (Pt.2) - Max Ingram 33:37

4M ago33:37

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Join Pastor Max in Nuts and Bolts, a series designed to break down the essentials of faith and what it truly means to follow Jesus in everyday life. From foundational truths to practical application, each episode unpacks key aspects of Christian living, helping you grow deeper in your walk with Christ. Whether you're new to faith or have been follo…

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Made For This: After Certainty: Practicing Moral Imagination in Times Like These 36:53

4M ago36:53

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How do we plan for and shape the future using only our limited knowledge of the present? How do we resist the temptation to think that there is one singular strategy or person who can right the ship of our society in these complex times? Join Rev. Elaine Aron-Tenbrink for a special conversation with social ethicist and lifelong activist Dr. Sharon …

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Made For This: Love's Plan (For You) 28:16

4M ago28:16

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Jonah's story isn't just about a runaway prophet - it's about the relentless call of love, the uncomfortable grace that refuses to be contained, and the transformation that happens when we finally face what we've been avoiding. You were made for something more than comfort, more than certainty, more than the walls you've built to keep love at bay. …

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Studio RC - Nuts & Bolts - Part #7 - Redemption (Pt.1) - Max Ingram 26:10

4M ago26:10

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Join Pastor Max in Nuts and Bolts, a series designed to break down the essentials of faith and what it truly means to follow Jesus in everyday life. From foundational truths to practical application, each episode unpacks key aspects of Christian living, helping you grow deeper in your walk with Christ. Whether you're new to faith or have been follo…

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#136: Clarifying What Matters: An Overview of Psychedelics 54:00

4M ago54:00

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Join us for a trip down psychedelic lane! Temple Morris, LCSW-C and Dr. Brian Pilecki, PhD throw down their expertise in conversation with Opal Co-Founders, Kara Bazzi, LMFT and Dr. Lexi Giblin, PhD. Temple and Brian put to words what is often experienced as “beyond language” and help us understand the potential therapeutic value of psychedelics in…

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#136: Clarifying What Matters: An Overview of Psychedelics 54:01

4M ago54:01

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Join us for a trip down psychedelic lane! Temple Morris, LCSW-C and Dr. Brian Pilecki, PhD throw down their expertise in conversation with Opal Co-Founders, Kara Bazzi, LMFT and Dr. Lexi Giblin, PhD. Temple and Brian put to words what is often experienced as “beyond language” and help us understand the potential therapeutic value of psychedelics in…

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Made For This: Hidden in Plain Sight 21:00

4M ago21:00

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Esther didn’t choose power, but when the moment came, she had to decide: would she risk everything for a greater good? We confront privilege, sacrifice, and the call to step forward—not for ourselves, but for the liberation of others. Rev. Elaine Aron-Tenbrink // March 16, 2025By Foothills Unitarian

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Made For This: Deep Democracy 23:18

4M ago23:18

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The world is full of voices telling you what time it is - who's in charge, what matters, and where you stand - but how do you know who's holding the clock? You weren't made to simply follow someone else's timing; you were made to discern the moment for yourself, alongside others. This message invites you to see beyond your own perspective, embrace …

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Made For This: The Blessing That Takes All Night To Find 21:05

4M ago21:05

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Jacob wrestles through the night, refusing to let go until he receives a blessing. What does it mean to engage in struggle—not as something to avoid, but as a path to transformation? We begin our series with an embodied ritual of wrestling with faith, history, and our call in this moment. Rev. Elaine Aron-Tenbrink // March 2, 2025…

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