Moving Through

Dear Friends, Today, in our series on Alleviating Poverty, we’re exploring “The Attitude of Poverty.” Have you ever wondered how your attitude toward the poor can change lives?  Amid the complexities of our world, how we see the “poor in spirit” can make an incredible difference.  As I Care Outreach engages in the work of alleviating poverty—I believe there is a hidden invitation in a more meaning...

Dear Friends, I Care Outreach, Moving Through Podcast November 2025: “Alleviating Poverty, Part 2” “They all ate and were satisfied.” (Mark 6:42) “In every crisis, the wisdom of God is on display.”  We are continuing with our Fall “Moving Through Podcast” series on “Alleviating Poverty”.  In today’s podcast I will tell a story about an opportunity, a real life story for all of us to see Jesus invi...

I Care Outreach, Moving Through Podcast October 2025: “Alleviating Poverty” “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for THEIRS is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:1,2,3) It is with gratitude and joy, in this changing season, we thank you for bringing beauty into the lives of many!  Jessie and I want to say thank you for allowing us the space to pause this past summer as we worked through critical progra...

Dear Friends, I Care Outreach, Moving Through - Podcast #51 February 2025: “Hope Needs Faith” “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for.” (Hebrews 11:1a) Jessie Turner joins me again as we continue our podcast discussion series on Hope.   This is our 51st “Moving Through Podcast” titled “Hope Needs Faith”.  Our conversation will be centered on the intersection of “Faith” and “Hope.”  Faith g...

Dear Friends, I Care Outreach, Moving Through - Podcast #50 January 2025: “Hope Requires Vulnerability” “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who are called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28) Jessie Turner joins us today as we share and reflect further on our “Moving Through Podcast” with insights on, “Hope Requires Vulnerability.”  Hope, considering the...

Dear Friends, I Care Outreach, Moving Through - Podcast #49 December 2024: “Hope that Birth’s” “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel, which means ‘God with us.’” (Matthew 1:23) Rev. Dr. Kirk Byron Jones joins us today as we share and reflect further on our “Moving Through podcast” with insights on, “Hope That Birth’s.”  When Jesus shows up, our hope and...

Dear Friends, I Care Outreach, Moving Through Podcast #48 November 2024: “Hope that Sustains” “Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” (Romans 5:5) Having hope in the face of uncertainty can be very difficult.  This year’s podcast series on Hope has been centered around the biblical definition of hope, that is, co...

I Care Outreach, 47th “Moving Through” Podcast: “Learning Hope, Part 2” The Lord says, I know the thoughts and plans I have for you, and it is for your well-being and peace, to give you a future and Hope!”  (Jeremiah 29:11) Hope really is to have confidence and trust…a maturing long-term hope, demonstrative, grounded in our confidence and trust in Him.  Giving God His space to mature the mind of C...

I Care Outreach, 46th “Moving Through” Podcast:  “Learning Hope” God is the God of Hope and we were created in Hope!   Our past eight Moving Through podcasts have been centered on having a “Framework of Hope”, with the “God Factor.”  Giving God His space to mature the mind of Christ in us so we can have His power to live. During this mini-series we’ve shared different biblical and practical aspect...

We began exploring and examining what it is like “to live “ Uncaptive” to the things, places, people and circumstances that can hold us hostage from being anchored in Hope”.   During our last conversation we shared what it means to have a Biblical approach to victory against strongholds that seek to take captive our “Hope” as we are moving through life.   Today, Dominic Scerbo joins me on part two...

I Care Outreach Podcast overall series on Hope has been centered around the biblical definition of hope, considering the “God Factor.  In this podcast, we are centering our conversation addressing the topic of “UnCaptive Hope”. Joining me today is Jessie Turner as we continue with our I Care Outreach Moving Through Podcast. She is truly a gifted person working behind the scenes on our program stra...

I Care Outreach, 43rd “ Moving Through” Podcast:   Joining us again as we continue our conversation on “Hope” is Reverend Dr. Michael Christie, Pastor of Zion First Baptist Church, Middletown, CT and Chaplaincy Supervisor with the Connecticut Department of Corrections (DOC).  He is a counselor and teaches mindfulness for trauma, addiction, stress, personal transformation, faith and spirituality.  ...

Thank you for joining us in our 42nd episode of I Care Outreach, “ Moving Through” Podcast as we continue our conversation on “Hope.”   Joining me is Reverend Dr. Michael Christie, Pastor of Zion First Baptist Church, Middletown, CT and Chaplaincy Supervisor with the Connecticut Department of Corrections (DOC).  He is a counselor and teaches mindfulness for trauma, addiction, stress, personal tran...

Thank you for joining us in our 41st I Care Outreach, “Moving Through” Podcast as we continue our conversation on “Hope.”  Joining me in our fifth discussion is Michael Mandel, a Professor of Business at Housatonic College in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and an Ordained Priest-Anglican Church of North America. In this podcast “An Authentic Spirit of Hope”, Michael Mandel will share about the journey o...

Thank you for joining us in our 40th episode of I Care Outreach, “ Moving Through” Podcast as we continue our conversation on “Hope.”   Joining me in this conversation is Rev. Dr. Mark Chapman a Professor at Fordham University, former chair of Fordham University's African & African American Studies Department and current Pastor of North Presbyterian Church in New York City.  He has been v...

Dear Friends, We welcome you to join us in our 39th Podcast titled, “Freedom of Hope.”   I am convinced that in our day-to-day journey, having focus, purposeful living, and intentionality involves standing firm with the power to live a life that is free and fully alive, not bound or restrained outside of our destiny and purpose.  This kind of hope is manifested in our intentional living, intention...

Dear Friends, Happy New Year! Let us welcome this 2024 New Year with the blessing of having new learning opportunities, while presenting us with new challenges and new choices of growth. Our 38th Podcast is titled, “Thriving in Hope.” Hope really is to have confidence and trust...and to carry through like “moving through” a lifelong journey.  A maturing long-term hope, demonstrative and grounded i...

The Christmas season is upon us, and we are about to enter a New Year.  This time of year is a special season of hope with expectation, as we reflect upon the Christmas story and the coming New Year.  This 37th Podcast in titled, “Resolved in Hope.” Our hope must be grounded firmly in God.  He provides the stimulus and motive to live as an authentic life-giver even in the face of difficulty, loss,...

The bounty of the harvest is a blessing indeed. Fall is a season known for harvest and loss as it brings in a Fresh Start. There are things to be loosened and removed as we prepare ourselves for a fresh start in making a difference in our lives and in the lives of others.   In our last podcast, we continued with the Summer 2023 overarching theme of “Soul Care” with the thought that we have been gi...

Now as we are moving toward the end of November our podcast is titled: “Soul-filled Thanksgiving.”   Thankfulness is a soulful motive for our Christian life and conduct. It should be our general attitude, our “frame of mind” toward both the blessings and trials of life, with having a vital component of a prayerful life and the right context, for the proper use of material things. Thankfulness expr...

The summer is almost ending, and we are completing our series on “ Soul Care.” Together we examined the impact of Soul Care for our everyday life practices as it relates to our relationship with God, ourselves, and others.  In this 33rd podcast, we are focusing on “ Caring for Wounded Souls ”. Many souls are wounded. Walking wounded. Living wounded. Working wounded. Worshiping wounded. And reading...

Happy Autumn! Fall 2023 is here and it transitions us to make necessary changes to our everyday patterns of life.   I’m learning more about how seasons bring transitions that can lead to transformation. Many of us would prefer the summer to keep going, but Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens”. We are extending our Moving Throug...

Spring is here! Ready for a fresh start to be strengthened with His power and faith in our inner being as we move through this new season?   I Care Outreach is filled with gratitude and faith for what God has already done! The freshness of spring showers heightens our joy and excitement as we anticipate what God is about to do through this ministry as His people work together, coming alongside liv...

The freshness of Spring 2023 gives us the opportunity to reset and refresh the well-being of our souls!  As we celebrate the Resurrection of Christ it inaugurates a type of “start-over,”—it marks the beginning of a new order of life!    “Out of the heart flows the Springs of life.” Soul care is so important because out of the heart comes the good noble things of life in Christ Jesus. We must be on...

The warmth of a new Season has already begun! The freshness of Summer brings excitement, anticipation, new opportunities and expectations for ourselves and others.  In our last episode on “Soul Care”, we shared it is time to reset, refresh, and remain focused on the essentials.  That is, to be on guard for the well-being of our hearts and souls so we can help ourselves and others live well.   In t...