Little Pieces Club

This is our final podcast in or Healing Journeys with Science and Scripture Series. We finish with some practical applications of the Tree of Life Concept. We define the “Trauma Healing Trinity” as the Alienated Parent/Good Shepherd/Tree of Life. We look a little closer at a parable that helps us meditate on the Alienated Parent idea. I also highlight one more time the authors who’s work were thre...

This week we dive into the final of our healing journeys as we contemplate becoming a tree of life. After a brief review, we spend a little bit of time reviewing the three characteristics of God that help trauma recovery. The first is The Alienated Parent the second is The Good Shepherd and the final is The Tree of Life. This week’s focus is the scriptural basis for The Tree of Life idea. With the...

Please note if you don’t already have one, this episode is best consumed with a journal to work on the solitude prompts. This week, after a brief review, we begin to look at the second of two special skills within the Good Shepherd concept. This week we look at the process of grief. This episode is longer than usual so that we can properly give this topic it’s proper treatment. We link the neurobi...

After a brief review of previous material, we are spending time on the aspect of God’s character. That is the good Shepherd. This week we asked the question are humans to be good shepherds like Jesus. In order to answer this question, we look at the life and character arc of Peter the disciple. We watch him grow and make lots of mistakes and even be called Satan by Jesus himself. But the end of al...

This week we look at the concept of ezer kenegdo, the rescuing challenging helper. In the West we have been used to hearing that the female Eve was created as a suitable helper for Adam….there is deep context and wisdom that reveals just how bad, sad and dangerous this mistranslation has been. Instead we unpack the co-equal and breathtakingly beautiful message God is giving us about how men and wo...

This week, we actually take a minor step back and take a deeper look into the idea of testing the spirits. We roll in the amazing work of Jim Wilder and his book called Renovated. Specifically, we look at the six negative emotions and how they map to the Greatest Blessing relationships that we have talked about. We take a very slow walk through assessing our negative emotions as they impact our re...

This week we tackle two skills for the backpack for our Healing Journey. First is Kabod (“Kavode). While most Western Bible interpretations translate Kabod as Glory, we need to make sure this word is read in a more full context. With the help of Good Shepherd author Kenneth Bailey we find out that kabod is not the Glory that we think of in our modern context. It is NOT popularity, although God is...

In this episode we get back to the tools and skills needed for the healing journey. First we see that attachment is flexible. Think back to The Serpent’s Journey where you had the chance to test your attachment. Here we begin to see that not only is attachment flexible, but active discipleship is about learning wise-attachment to God, self and others (the three relationships) Knowing the Good Shep...

Today in this episode, we meet the Good Shepherd for the first time. We take a brief break from reviewing the tools and skills needed for this journey to in essence, begin with the end in mind and meet the Good Shepherd. After a brief review of last week’s material, we take the work of Kenneth Bailey and apply it to Psalm 23. Here we see in more context, the true nature and character of the Good S...

Today we begin our next Journey: From Lost/Bad Sheep to Good Shepherd. We take a quick overview on the tools/skills that we will develop for this journey and focus on two: The first is our power to choose. Adam and Eve showed us the power our choices have. But the modern worlds (Father of Lies) tries to convince us that our true choices are limited or we are just victims of the harsh world that Go...

Today is our last episode on the Serpent’s Deception. We revisit the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant from the angle of unforgiveness. We talk about the prison we find ourselves in if we have not forgiven others. Again, God takes personal responsibility for the way His created world works. While the language of the parable indicated the Master throws the servant into prison to be tortured, and th...

Today we pivot to the scripture. We explore the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant (Matthew 18: 21-35) and The Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11-32). We look at God’s character in relationship to forgiveness, for adversity makes it easier for the Enemy to drive us far from God. We think we need to be afraid, when what we really need to fear is the state of unforgiveness in our hearts. Brad G...

We continue our emphasis on the science of ACE’s. We highlight the long effects, but spend time on the fact that people in all walks of life can and often experience ACE’s. We can use this fact to divide people, OR the more “light” way is to see that as a multiethnic family we may experience different types of ACE’s and adversity, but our bodies and souls respond the same ways. Thus adversity can...

After a brief review, We focus on the area of theory called “Attachment Theory.” A special Thanks to TCU’s Trust-Based Relational Intervention and Karyn Purvis Institute (https://child.tcu.edu/#sthash.cwraX9ba.dpbs) Their work is inspiring and is worth looking into. They provide the framework for us as we look at how attachment forms in us. And the great work by Curt Thompson (Anatomy of the Soul...

After a brief review, we meet the first couple, Adam and Eve (The Dirt Creature/Humanity & Eve/Life) just after their famous sin. We, with the help of, BibleProjects Genesis Video (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/genesis-1-11/?utm_source=web_social_share&medium=shared_video) We learn about the initial thought leaders in ACE’s Vincent Felitti, Robert Anda, and Nadine Burke-Harris. We spend t...

Scripture for the Episode: Descendants of Noah Genesis 10 aka The Table of Nations. •“For you [Israel] are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession” (Deuteronomy 7:6). Wise/Discerning ATTACHMENT Ezekiel 34: 7-8 & 17-18 • So, you shepherds, hear the Word of the Lord. “As I live,” s...

This week’s tools. Fearless Living: Fear equals lack of trust in God. When coming face to face with spiritual beings/concepts humanity is told to “fear not” between 300-400 times Fear drives the need to control which disrupts relationships (Not being patient and kind) City Walls vs Sheepfold Cain built the first city, and part of the design includes walls. While cities can be places of great creat...

Today we continue to review several themes notable to modern scholars in the Hebrew Bible. In our “Healing Journeys” series we are seeing what our destination looks like. Edenic concepts are both the starting point and destination. They represent God;s ultimate wish for his people. Each topic could be a podcast unto itself, but BibleProject devotes much time on many of these concepts.  So we will...

Today we will review several themes notable to modern scholars in the Hebrew Bible. For our journey concept this represents both the starting point and destination. They represent God’s ultimate wish for his people. Each topic could be a podcast unto itself, but BibleProject devotes much time on many of these concepts.  For our purposes we will use this as an understanding of our destination or jo...

This is our first episode of a new series. We take a pivot and focus on expanding on our 3-hour Introductory course “Healing Journeys with Science and Scripture.” We see how modern Biblical scholarship and cutting edge science build a worldview that helps us grieve and heal from adversity and trauma; as if it has been there all along. In “Part 1: Eden and Marriage” we ask God to bless the series a...

This week’s podcast brings Season 2 to a close as talk through Parental Alienation topics, summarize how to decide if it is there and what to do about it. I also bring the spiritual dimension to the discussion as we talk about God’s character with respect to the alienating parent idea. I also preview our next season: Season 3: Healing Journey’s with Science and Scripture. Again to find the informa...

This week’s podcast brings us a conversation with Amy Baker one of if not the most prominent Parental Alienation researcher for the past 20+ years. She has authored many books and research papers and works with many parents and children overcoming Parental Alienation. Join us as we focus on how to best connect with and understand children going through parental alienation. Her website is: https://...

This week we are excited to bring you our next expert interview in our series on Parental Alienation (PA). Chris sits down with attorney Ashish Joshi of Joshi attorneys + counselors in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He practices law both domestically across the United States and internationally, specializing in cases of PA. He is extensively published in both professional journals, books and articles. Our c...

This week we are excited to bring you our first expert interview. Chris sits down with Alan Blotcky PhD. a clinical psychologist in private practice who has worked with Parental Alienation (PA) for 39 years. We review the definition and levels of severity, why there is controversy, why it is so hard to work through the court system, and best practices for limiting the severity. Here are the links...

Hey everyone! Just letting you know I am taking an intentional pause in the podcast as I wrap up work on two book! I’m very excited about them. They are marriage preparation and marriage rescue books that I will be sharing more about soon!