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Dr. Derek McNeil joins the podcast today. Dr. McNeil serves as the President and Provost of The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. Dr. McNeil discusses how to view lament as a form of resilience.  He helps us to develop resilience by making meaning, finding purpose, and caring for our physical bodies.  Dr. McNeil also expounds on how lament can be and should be transmitted generationally....

Dr. Gadson discusses Father’s Day 2021. She discusses how Father’s Day can provoke several emotions for various reasons.  Dr. Gadson takes us to the Scriptures to encourage us in the relationship or lack of relationship with our earthly fathers. She guides our gaze to Our Father to assist us in the varied relationships with our earthly fathers.  Information for Dr. Gadson https://www.drmoniquesmit...

Pastoral counselor and minister, Reverend Dr. Freddye James,  joins the  podcast today. Rev. Dr. James discusses her personal lived experiences as she served as a caregiver for her mother in the last few recent years until her mother’s death. She shares how difficult and isolating being a caregiver can be even with some support. She advises churches on how they can be of and provide vast support t...

Writer Leticia Adams joins the podcast today.  Leticia Adams discusses her lived experiences including the death by suicide of her son, Anthony.  Leticia shares personal reflections of healing from her childhood traumas while also holding space to grieve and honor her son’s life. She discovered a radical trust in God while navigating the tumultuous waves of grief. Leticia encourages us to stick wi...

Dr. Cheryl Sparks joins the podcast today. Dr. Sparks is Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Eastern University. She also co-directs the Doctor of Arts and PhD programs. Dr. Sparks has a private practice where she sees couples and individuals. Dr. Sparks is passionate about the core values at Eastern University - faith, reason, and justice.  She is very active in the work of reco...

Podcast host,  author, and sickle cell advocate - Elle Cole - joins the podcast today. Elle is a resourceful woman who serves as an advocate for children with special health needs. As a former director of children’s ministry and mother of twins, one who lives with Sickle Cell Disease and Type 1 Diabetes, Elle shares from her lived experiences on how the church can best serve parents with these cha...

Author, productivity coach, and speaker Dr. Galloway joins the podcast today. Dr. Galloway discusses how we can help our families be productive with the following strategy:  Prioritizing, Planning, Performing Dr. Galloway helps us to get things “Done" by expounding on this strategy.  She also emphasizes the importance of communication and using lists.  Tune  in to this very insightful and pra...

Dr. Gadson talks about Mother’s Day and Mental Health Awareness Month.  She discusses how mothers deal with a multitude of emotional and mental challenges. She encourages mothers to engage in deep soul care beyond just self -care.  She also looks to Eve, who is the mother of all living things, to seek God on how we might be used as agents of redemption.  We can look around and see those who are li...

Dr.  Gadson discusses the practice of journaling as a tool for mental and emotional well-being.  She also introduces a journaling resource she created called "Session Notes:  Intimate Times with God". May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Consider journaling as a means to promote mental and emotional well-being.  Link to order “Session Notes:  Intimate Times with God": https://www.d...

Artist,   Author,  Activist - Amisho Baraka  - joins the podcast today. Sho Baraka is a brilliant thinker, author, and performer. Sho discusses shame and how shame should point us to Jesus.  He shares about how the current cancel  culture does not provide a path toward redemption. Sho talks about how the Bible is offensive and shame sometimes is a result of our sin.  Tune in to hear Sho highlight...

Writer and podcast host - Lindsy Wallace - joins the podcast today. Lindsy is a prolific writer whose words penetrate and proclaim her fierce belief in solidarity and Jesus.  Lindsy’s life also reflects her belief in solidarity. Lindsy discusses not only the need to grieve, but her choice to grieve. She shares her insights about grieving well. She warns if we  do not heal and grieve the magnitude...

Minister,  Writer,  Speaker, Consultant - Dr. Elizabeth Rios - joins the podcast today. Dr. Rios is a justice oriented, dynamic woman who has much wisdom to share about passion and purpose. Dr. Rios discusses her passion of working with church planting for Black and Brown leaders, mentoring women, and encouraging others to walk fully in their purpose. She encourages us to not seek validation of ma...

Christian psychologist, international speaker, and author - Dr. Diane Langberg - joins the podcast today. Dr. Langberg is an expert in the areas of trauma, abuse, church,  power, and Christendom.  She discusses how the church has a long way to go in dealing with abuse and trauma in the church. Dr. Langberg discusses how churches and leaders are seduced and deceived by power.  She further elaborate...

Dr. Gadson discusses what we can do a week later after the Resurrection.  Where do we find ourselves? Are we still struggling with frightful Fridays and somber Saturdays? Tune in to hear where we might find Jesus a week later.  Information for Dr. Mo: https://www.drmoniquesmithgadson.com/ Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/And-The-Church-Said-Podcast-106848090932637 https://instag...

Multi-hyphenate, limitless creative, Korbi Draper joins the podcast today. Korbi discusses worship as a creative, prophetic painter, and writer. She shares how worship is a lifestyle and it is an overflow from time spent with the Father. She encourages us to BE with the Father as opposed to always doing. Korbi believes the Church is being called back to the heart of God. Korbi enlightens us as she...

Dr. Gadson discusses how the Resurrection can give us hope now  when we are dealing with the Fridays and Saturdays of our lives.  Information for Dr. Mo: https://www.drmoniquesmithgadson.com/ Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/And-The-Church-Said-Podcast-106848090932637 https://instagram.com/drmoniquesmithgadson?igshid=1bmt2hei1j6i8 https://twitter.com/DrMoSmithGadson Support And...

On this Palm Sunday 2021,  Dr. Gadson discusses how we can deal with all that is going on and has been going on prior to Palm Sunday. We can look to the Bible for direction and guidance. Dr. Gadson speaks from Matthew 20:29-34 as we look at all that happened before Palm Sunday thousands of years ago.  May we find hope and encouragement to “cry out all the more," especially when the crowd dema...

Labor and delivery nurse,  worship leader,  & lifestyle photographer, Krysten Johnson, joins the podcast today. Krysten discusses her experience with church hurt and her journey toward healing.  Krysten recounts how therapy helped her find freedom  in living as she recognized the need to grieve and name her hurts.   She shares how she found purpose and meaning in worship as she found her way t...

Minister Coretta Sigler joins the podcast today. Minister Coretta discusses how to seek God’s purposes when the circumstances of life cause us to pause.  She shares how times in life will force us to pivot and ultimately fulfill God’s purposes for our lives. She also elaborates on how the church has to at times pivot to ensure she is meeting the purposes of God during this present age. Information...

Dr. Gadson looks at the life of Jonah to determine when anger might be an inappropriate response.  Information for Dr. Mo: https://www.drmoniquesmithgadson.com/ Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/And-The-Church-Said-Podcast-106848090932637 https://instagram.com/drmoniquesmithgadson?igshid=1bmt2hei1j6i8 https://twitter.com/DrMoSmithGadson Support And The Church Said: Cash App:  htt...

We are celebrating our one year anniversary!!!! Dr. Gadson shares reflections on this one year anniversary! As a gift to the podcast,  will you subscribe to the podcast, share the podcast, and write a review?  Thanks for being so supportive this past year!  Information for Dr. Mo: https://www.drmoniquesmithgadson.com/ Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/And-The-Church-Said-Podcast-...

Writer Sharifa Stevens joins the podcast today. Sharifa shares her lived experiences as a Black woman in a predominantly white church environment. She openly and honestly shares her feelings when she anticipated "the church to show up" during times of societal unrest. She discusses how she was "tired of showing up for church when it doesn’t show up for you."  Sharifa discusses...

When we encounter storms in our lives, it is essential that we discern through prayer, if these storms are man-made.  Many will be our afflictions. We should take care not to add unnecessary mental and emotional anguish to our lives and the lives of others. Dr. Gadson looks at the life of Jonah to discuss the man-made storms in our lives.  We need to examine ourselves when we deliberately flee the...

Author and Speaker Dorena Williamson joins the podcast today. Dorena discusses how the Body of Christ must reflect the diversity of all the members. She shares from her extensive experience as an overseer of a diverse church plant founded with her husband. Dorena gives practical advice of what is required from all members to achieve cohesion and present as a true unified Body to save a lost and dy...

Today is Valentine’s Day.  There is so much Love that is being discussed and demonstrated.  Dr. Gadson decides to focus on two words in one of the most central verses of the Bible found in Matthew 22:39 “as thyself."  She brings attention to self-love. In this episode, Dr. Gadson discusses how we answer  the question - how do we love "thyself”.   The answer to this question will illumina...