Monthly Topic: PERMISSIONToday we discuss 4 ways to give you permission to engage in your community in a healthy way. Our impacts are persistent and strong. We sometimes aren’t even aware of the ripple effect our words and behaviors have on our communities. Bandura’s Social Learning Theory shows how our behavioral modeling reinforces our community identity, de-escalates tension, and builds trust. We have permission to 1. Practice micro-gratitude; 2 & 3. Ask curious questions & prompts; and 4. Name your values and model them.

Monthly Topic: PERMISSION This episode is for the ladies. Or, anyone who knows a lady! You see, women tend to withhold permission for themselves in five general areas: 1) to ask for what we need/want; 2) to hold boundaries in our close relationships; 3) change; 4) asking for help/space; and 5) to NOT identify as the caretaker in the relationship. Whew, these were some tough practices to discuss today, and to give ourselves permission to consider to NOT continue!

Monthly Topic: PERMISSION We have Free Will. This means we have permission to choose: a life with God, or a life without God. Even if you choose a life with God, you will wrestle with all the rest of your choices … to allow God to be the leader of your life, or not. The Psalms especially are a detailed reflection of crying out to God - in victory, battle, fear, pain, love, defeat, joy, and … you name it! The Bible says Jesus stands at the door and knocks - and we choose to give permission to the God of the universe to enter our lives or not. Love cannot and will not be forced.

Monthly Topic: PERMISSION In today’s episode, Jackie and Stacey identify and explore the originations of several social “schemas” we have adopted throughout our lives. These are societal or internal unwritten “rules” that we have been taught or learned along the way. We look at these so we can intentionally give ourselves PERMISSION to decide whether these rules still serve us, or PERMISSION to unlearn them!

Monthly Topic: LEGACYOur communities are our neighborhoods, social groups, sports engagements, schools, workplaces, and common interest groups. We ask ourselves, “how does THIS (action /thought / behavior/ etc) contribute to my legacy?” We use this question to help mold how we make decisions now. In today’s episode we call out dozens of our community members, and the legacies we see them building by showing up and making small contributions that consistently build lasting impact. Thank you. We see you, we love you!

Monthly Topic: LEGACYJoin us as we continue to discuss how we are currently building our individual legacies: what we will eventually leave behind. Today, we focus on this relationships that have impacted each of us deeply. Mentors are close relationships that have helped us identify and develop our legacy value systems, and how to maintain congruence.

Monthly Topic: LEGACYWhile you may leave a LEGACY behind when you go, you are building your LEGACY now. What are we doing on the daily to build our legacy of faith? Be sure, our recollection of experiences is often times different from those who experience memories right along side us. But if we can look for Christ in people and reflect back to them that encouraging truth, then THAT is how we can build our faith legacy.

Monthly Topic: LEGACYWelcome to a new month and a new topic! Legacy = what we leave behind. Compare traditional notions of legacy with more modern notions. For example, it’s not like the money we leave behind, but the daily intentional values we build upon. What do you want people to remember about how you showed up in the world?

Monthly Topic: MARGINThanks for joining us today as we wrap up our month long discussion on Margin. Follow along with us as we determine if we are overwhelming our bandwidth in our communities, or if we have the margin to participate in areas in which we are compelled. Alongside us, ask yourself what breaks your heart? Then do something about it. Join us?

Monthly Topic: MARGINSooo many great questions to mull over in today’s episode! Join us and consider YOUR answers!