Life with Uncle Rev

"Sometimes you have to be your own cheerleader." Follow me on... Instagram: @reverendgains X: @reverendgains Email me: askrevgains@gmail.com

As we kick off a new year, I wonder what you're being invited into being, doing, and considering. I also wonder how the new year's inviting you to dive into the "deep end" of life. Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains X: @reverendgains Email: askrevgains@gmail.com

Put in the work. If you're really wanting to make a change in your life, then you have to put in the work- plain and simple. Follow me: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains X: @reverendgains Email: askrevgains@gmail.com

This recent semester invited me to both ponder and reconcile what it not only means for me becoming a Black, male counselor, but also what it means for me to be a Black man in modern-day America. While this is, and will be, an ongoing discernment process, I found myself asking several questions which this segment centers around. This segment also contains explicit language.

"Context is always key." Follow me: Instagram: @reverendgains X: @reverendgains Have a question, comment, or concern about my podcast? Have a prayer request or something on your mind that you'd like to share with me? Email me at askrevgains@gmail.com.

"It's OK to give yourself permission to take a break." Follow me: Instagram: @reverendgains X: @reverendgains Have a question, comment, or concern about my podcast? Have a prayer request or something on your mind that you'd like to share with me? Email me at askrevgains@gmail.com.

Where in your life could you use a gentle reminder that it’s going to be OK? Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains Twitter (X): @reverendgains

Instead of forcing things to happen, allow them to happen organically .  Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains Twitter (X): @reverendgains

“ In times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we’re made of. ” Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains Twitter: @reverendgains

Give yourself permission to lean into whatever you’re experiencing. Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains

"Be a student and allow others to be your teacher." Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains Join our Old School RuneScape Discord community, Apple Slices, here: discord.gg/appleslices

I wonder what it would be like to let the following mantra find a home in your life: “I have the capability and capacity to do difficult, challenging things.” Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium & WordPress: @reverendgains

Be productive and constructive with your frustrations. Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains

Where are you in need of learning to relax? Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains

Open yourself to a new adventure. Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains

Why settle for less when you can be and do so much more? Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains

For this week’s MMM, I’d like to invite you to consider reflecting on the following statement regarding control: A desire for control points to something deeper. Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains

In this segment of 'Lessons From Ministry,' I'll be reflecting on learning about active listening during my seminary training, as well as the need to constantly relearn what it means to actively listen with others. Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains

Former French philosopher, Jean-Paul Sartre, once said the following about commitment: Commitment is an act, not a word. I wonder what this means for you and the commitments you've made and are perhaps making. Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains

In this segment of 'Lessons From Ministry,' I'll be exploring this all-encompassing question of, "What do you stand for?" through the lens of my own life and upbringing. Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains

“You can experience growth by receiving genuine criticism on how to improve and get better.” Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains

In this segment of Lessons From Ministry, I'll be reflecting on several instances of being my own worst critic during my time as a youth pastor and the need for giving ourselves grace. Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains

"We all have our little illusions about our own mental abilities." - Cornelia Otis Skinner Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains

In this segment of "Lessons From Ministry," I'll be describing my experience with "Joe" and the idea that we aren't a messiah like Jesus Christ to those we serve. Follow me on: Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains

“Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.” – Bruce Lee Follow me on... Instagram: @reverendgains Medium: @reverendgains