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Week of November 29, 2021 0
Simply Advent – Prepare
A Video and Advent Reflection with Kelly Wright I didn’t grow up observing advent. Except that one year we had a Charlie Brown Advent calendar that hung on the fridge…
Simply Advent – Preparing Our Hearts for Christmas
By Kelly Wright I didn’t grow up observing advent. Except that one year we had a Charlie Brown Advent calendar that hung on the fridge that was more or less…
The Indicator Light: Gratitude Over Anxiety
By Kelly Wright I have been a hit-the-ground-running person for as long as I can remember. I wake up ready to go, usually before anyone else in my house does.…
Along the Way
By Matt Gordon Each year, I get to stand in front of a gathering of people and share some gratitude. I’ve spoken about my wife, my kids, and my job.…
Life Together Thanksgiving with Brock Bondurant
From one coffee shop to another, two lives are becoming one. Listen as Brock shares about his recent engagement to Christy, the distance their relationship endured, the intentionality in which…
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Week of November 22, 2021 0
Sports!!!!!!!
Episode LXV – The guys talk Texas Roadhouse, bdays, Mizzou and Blues, and share some non-sentimental gratitude on . . . SPORTS!!!!!!!! 0
Sewn into Time: Gratitude Over Circumstance
By Ellen Nimmo Doing? Oh. Wait, you said, “going?” As such? You mean like, as it is? “Currently?” Like, “Currently, how’s it going?” Oh. Yeah. Right. Hmmm. Like uh, like,…
Life Together Thanksgiving with Hartley and Kelly Wright
Smooth sailing. Sorta. Well not really. This week, as we continue our series on Gratitude, we’ll hear from our teammate, Kelly Wright and her husband Hartley as they share about…
Exploring the Enneagram – Gratitude
Welcome to Exploring the Enneagram – the conversation podcast! Kelly Wright is a certified Enneagram Teacher and Facilitator as well as a certified Enneagram Motions of the Soul Facilitator and…
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Week of November 15, 2021 [Thoughts on Gratitude] 0
Sports!!!!!!!
Episode LXIV – Zach apologizes (sort of) for his mistakes. Plus the guys talk taunting, fighting, Aaron Rodgers, and the man who saved football. Thanks for listening on . .…
Waiting for the Next Thing: Gratitude Over Impatience
By Morgan Stoecklein I’ll start by sharing this: I’ve gotten everything I’ve ever wanted. That’s not intended to be a brag, in fact, that’s just an embarrassing truth. The college…
Life Together Thanksgiving with Walt Walton
The birth of a child is often filled with celebration, wonder, and thanksgiving. The birth of Hezekiah Shepherd was to be no different, but the long journey which proceeded his…
Thunder Rolling Down a Mountain
By Ellen Nimmo Tell me if this ever happens to you. You’re going along, it’s an ordinary day, but then someone says something to you with what feels like an…
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Week of 11/08/2021 0
Living a Quiet Life
By Brock Bondurant 1 Thessalonians 4:11 – “… aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,” “Living a…
Sports!!!!!!!
Episode LXIII – Derek or David? Confusion ensues. Plus the guys talk through a tragic accident, breakdown the Missouri-Georgia “match-up,” and size up MPJ’s early season struggle. Fruit flies in…
A Song in the Night: Gratitude Over Entitlement
By Matt Gordon Having read Game of Thrones, I was intrigued when the books were adapted as a television show. Rather than watch it, I watched the world watch it.…
Crowd Control
By Matt Gordon Life gets crowded, doesn’t it? I ventured to a LEGO store recently, which is always good for a laugh. I admire the diminutive yet solid structures, the…
Life Together Thanksgiving with Cole and Morgan Stoecklein
Know what doesn’t spell gratitude? Cat poop. On the other hand, sometimes the crappier scenes in life can lead us past the poop to something else, something different, a grateful…
Exploring the Enneagram – Fours
Welcome to Exploring the Enneagram – the conversation podcast! Kelly Wright is a certified Enneagram Teacher and Facilitator as well as a certified Enneagram Motions of the Soul Facilitator and…
Wonderfully Made, Intricately Woven
By Brock Bondurant Psalm 139:13-16 – “13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and…
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Week of November 1, 2021 0
Auntie!
By Matt Gordon It happens to all of us. We are born. Then we begin forging relationships. We marry—or we don’t. Get a job—or we don’t. Then, at some point…
Sports!!!!!!!
Episode LXII – Zach visits a fake doctor who tells him he has “head issues.” Despite the phoniness of his physician, Zach proves her diagnosis correct when a good old-fashioned…
Good Grief
By Walt Walton My heart is heavy and I don’t know exactly how to deal with this grief I can’t even find the words to encourage my wife, when I…
Ring of Sin
By Matt Gordon This morning I had a text from a proud friend. His son had chosen a Halloween costume to this friend’s liking—or perhaps the costume had chosen him.…
Book It (Halloween Edition): Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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Week of October 25, 2021 0
Sports!!!!!!!
Episode LXI – Sports is . . . BACK. So it the NHL, NBA, and Mizzou (?). The guys talk all of this and have an inside scoop/guess/fabrication about the…
Sunday Rides
By Karen Grindler Karen Grindler founded Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center in 1988, and has devoted her life to providing equestrian therapy to the people of Mid-Missouri ever since. Karen,…
Exploring the Enneagram – Harmony Triad
Welcome to Exploring the Enneagram – the conversation podcast! Kelly Wright is a certified Enneagram Teacher and Facilitator as well as a certified Enneagram Motions of the Soul Facilitator and…
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Week of October 18, 2021 0
God is God. I Am Not.
By Brock Bondurant Psalm 16:6 – The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. Everywhere I look I am being told how great…
Sports!!!!!!!
Episode LX – The guys talk over the Gruden emails and plan Matt’s Survivor audition video and strategy once he’s on the show, which of course includes intentionally getting diarrhea.…
I Like Big Words
By Rhonda Maydwell Rhonda Maydwell works at Veterans United and is part of the Home Buying Concierge team. She currently lives in Columbia, MO. Rhonda studied English and Religious Studies…
Up and to the Right
By Matt Gordon I helped with an event last week. I’m not good at much, but over the years I’ve found an almost flawless expertise at holding a door open…
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Week of October 11, 2021 0
Sports!!!!!!!
Episode LIX – DOOOOOMMMMMMM! And poetry. The guys reflect on the Cards loss, recent travels to see Mizzou lose, and put their hope, ironically, in a team called the Blues.…
Segue
By Walt Walton Now days it seems that every moment is pivotal The worlds still dealing with forbidden fruit, the enemies digital You have to watch what you say and…
My Dusty Companion
By Ellen Nimmo I won the horse on a bet. The bet was rigged and far less interesting a story in itself. But the horse? What a ride. When I…
Sports!!!!!!! – Special Edition
On this special edition, the guys preview Cards-Dodgers and make predictions. Back Friday for a regular episode of . . . SPORTS!!!!!!!! 0
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Week of October 4, 2021 0
Open Windows
By Brock Bondurant Daniel 6:10 – When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward…
Exploring the Enneagram – Sub-Types
Welcome to Exploring the Enneagram – the conversation podcast! Kelly Wright is a certified Enneagram Teacher and Facilitator as well as a certified Enneagram Motions of the Soul Facilitator and…
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Week of September 27, 2021 0
Window Pain
By Walt Walton Hard to see clear through the window pain, it often made my judgment so cloudy Like judging a book by its cover, there’s nothing that they know…
Even the Winds and Waves Obey Him
By Kelly Wright Even the Winds and Waves Obey Him Holding on through the Storm I hate storms. Recently I watched as Hurricane Ida ripped through Louisiana, eerily on the…
Exploring the Enneagram – Sixes
Welcome to Exploring the Enneagram – the conversation podcast! Kelly Wright is a certified Enneagram Teacher and Facilitator as well as a certified Enneagram Motions of the Soul Facilitator and…
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Week of September 20, 2021 0
Sports!!!!!!!
Episode LVIII – The guys talk being the fan of the away team, Mizzou football’s chances of going undefeated as they sit at (1-1), the Chiefs’ video game offense, and…
You Got Served
By Matt Gordon I have a new favorite server. She is my favorite server because you can’t say “waitress” anymore and because she is totally nuts. I’ve had the honor…
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Week of September 13, 2021 0
Fasting
By Brock Bondurant Luke 4:1-4 – 1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit… was led by the Spirit into the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the…
Sports!!!!!!!
Episode LVII – Zach ranks fruit and calls Matt out for “being all over the place.” Plus more Mizzou football talk, Cardinals baseball, and all the Jacksonville Jaguars talk you…
A Waking Dream Come True
By Matt Gordon Yesterday I witnessed an amazing spectacle. Years ago my entire company stopped everything to watch an especially noteworthy eclipse. I’ve stood on the rim of the Grand…
Taking Offense . . . Wisely
By Matt Gordon I read an article this week about a group of people who were offended about something. That is a vague sentence because by the article’s finale, I…
Steadfast
By Walt Walton Chorus Please be aware, for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, But against the rulers, authorities, cosmic powers over this present darkness And spiritual forces…
Exploring the Enneagram – Communication
Welcome to Exploring the Enneagram – the conversation podcast! Kelly Wright is a certified Enneagram Teacher and Facilitator as well as a certified Enneagram Motions of the Soul Facilitator and…
The Rabbit Hole of Human Nature
By Ellen Nimmo The little girl just could not sleep because her thoughts were way too deep her mind had gone out for a stroll and fallen down the rabbit…
The Armor of God
By Brock Bondurant Ephesians 6:11-13 – 11Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12For we do not…
Sports!!!!!!!
Episode LVI – Matt makes a fictional bet and ponders a career change, while Zach gets hyped up for all things FOOTBALL! SPORTS!!!!!!! 0
Cancel Altogether
By Matt Gordon That’s it. I’m just sick of wrestling with all of it. The masks, the mandates, the sickness, the variants, sugar-free gelatins. Most of these have to do…
The Drug of Envy
By Matt Gordon Recently, I had a conversation with a person struggling with drugs. This person had grown tired of rock bottom and was ready to live a better story.…
What is the Kingdom of God Like?
By Kelly Wright Luke 13:10-21 A woman, whose life had not turned out like she had wished, had come to the temple to hear Jesus preach on the Sabbath. She…
Lectio Divina
By Brock Bondurant Psalm 1:2 – “but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.” As Christ followers, we believe…
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Week of August 30, 2021 0
Sports!!!!!!!
Episode LV – Sickness and slights divide the guys, as they talk Cards, Mizzou, and Zach selects an NFL team for Matt to follow for the season . . .…
Fall Again
back-to-school photo or mugshot? either way, there’s no going back now. more ruminations on fall . . .
The Ministry Myth of More
By Matt Gordon More is a dangerous word. Now, let me be clear, it can be a good word too. Not all dangerous things are bad. Like motor scooters—dangerous and…
Exploring the Enneagram – Deep Dive
Welcome to Exploring the Enneagram – the conversation podcast! Kelly Wright is a certified Enneagram Teacher and Facilitator as well as a certified Enneagram Motions of the Soul Facilitator and…
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Week of August 23, 2021 0
Living in the Body
By Brock Bondurant Romans 12:1 – I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable…
Sports!!!!!!!
Episode LIV – The show has a huge breakthrough and welcomes new listeners. SMACKERS! They also talk about lawn sports, basement sports, and shoe throwing. You can only get content…
Endurance
By Walt Walton I’m from the ghetto Where the devil plays Geppetto, where they take silver spoons And start heating up the metal. Let me set scene Obscene, “Enough said.”…
The Middle Seat
By Ellen Nimmo Fresh lobster. It’s the sort of luxury that people travel miles and miles for and the sort of meal whose choice reputation is reflected its price tag. …
Let Go for Dear Life
By Dylan Roebuck Dylan Roebuck works at Veterans United as a member of the People Development Team. Prior to coming to VU, Dylan worked in the Substance Abuse Counseling field…
The Mind of Christ
By Brock Bondurant Romans 12:2 – Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is…
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Week of August 16, 2021 0
Taking a Bite of Life
the joys of parenting . . .
Sports!!!!!!!
Episode LIII – The guys play good, bad, and ugly with some of the topics of the day (Hard Knocks, Messi, Olympics, and more) on this edition of . .…
Leap
By Matt Gordon Ever think about what you’d do if you didn’t do whatever it is you do now? Many of us take jobs and then, by fear or doubt…
Book It!
Book It goes on summer break. . . 0
Identity
By Brock Bondurant Ephesians 4:22-25 – to put off the old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23 and to be…
Sports!!!!!!!
Episode LIII: After consuming Mountain Dew, the guys talk Olympics addiction, NBA and MLB trade deadlines, EPL and more. Lots of stupidity and lots of . . . SPORTS!!!!!!!! 0
The Rise and Fall of Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill, and Me
By Matt Gordon There is a popular podcast out right now called The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill. It is compelling, and much of it centers on the leader…
Who’s Sweeping?*
By Walt Walton Often out of touch with my thoughts as I digress Searching for answers I still haven’t found yet Regrets & Remorse, got me perplexed All the thoughts…
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