Dancing With Skeletons

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Insurrection: A violent uprising against an authority or government. We know that our country is hurting. While we don't have all the answers, we do know that love heals all words. How can we love better?

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In order to have a healthy relationship with other humans, we must sometimes forgive them. In order to have healthy relationships with ourselves, we must forgive the junk of our past—often every single day.

Few things are harder than losing an entire community. Loneliness causes us to sometimes make bad or thoughtless decisions that can lead to more heartbreak.

In today’s episode Debi and I share pieces of our broken hearts in hopes of encouraging our listeners to be vulnerable to love and authenticity. What breaks your heart? When we look at what hurts us the most, we’ll find that which we care about most.

There are so many things that are out of our control in today's climate. Staying positive means staying focused on that which we can control.

Social media is a mecca for fake news, false information, and downright lies. It’s also a good place to go for support, kindness, and good information in times of need. Today we talk about discernment, the importance of listening to our inner voice, and learning to trust ourselves.

Thanksgiving will be different this year for most of us. Our family gatherings will be smaller or virtual. For some of us our wallets are thinner and relationships are strained, but there is still much to be thankful for.

This is part 2 of our interview with Debi’s good friend Kelly Wolffe. Can you hear God’s voice in a tuna casserole? If you have questions about prostate cancer, please reach out to the American Cancer Society @ www.cancer.org

In this episode Liz interviews Debi and her friend Kelly Wolffe, who’ve been friends since Junior High. These two women found ways to navigate competition, life’s changes and challenges, differences of opinion, heartbreak, and loss. Tony Fields - Actor and Dancer

Quantum Leap Covid-19

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns You Lost Me; Why Young People Have Left The Church by David Kinnaman UnChristian by David Kinnaman Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart D. Ehrman Podcasts we recommend: The RobCast with Rob Bell, Non-Partisan Evangelical Podcast with Paul Swearengin, Church Pulse Weekly with Carey Nieuhoff and David Kinnaman

Many of us have found ourselves asking the question, “now what?”. The answer to that question may lie inside of us and wants to come out in dreams when we’re silent and more likely to listen.

When we face the loss of dreams and plans, mourning is the go-to emotion for most of us. Perhaps this time of global disruption is the perfect time to remind us to celebrate what we have and all we’ve survived. Debi and I talk about dancing with loss and how it reminds us we’re still here to tell the story.

We want you to know you have purpose!

Betrayal is one of the most difficult things to reconcile. It can take a very long time to accept that someone we trusted can so easily betray our confidence.

When Debi interviews Liz we find out how they met and what brought them together to create this podcast.

We want you to know that Debi touches briefly on physical abuse.

Today Liz and Debi share a bit about the guilt they’ve carried and what it taught them about how to be a better person.

Hosted by Liz Stoeckel and Debi Ruud. Music by Darrell Devaurs. Artwork by John Alden