The Journey Life with Les Herron

We are finishing up Week #2 in the Practicing Healthy Emotions Facebook Group and things are heating up! I’m just kidding. Everyone seems to be getting along fine as we navigate the challenges of learning new things—which is especially difficult when learning new stuff about How Emotions are Made and how powerful we really are to retrain our brains so we can have new experiences with our emotions....

For the next season or so I am recording my podcast with my friend Pastor Tim Stone of Westlake Fellowship in Montgomery, TX. I am also trying out some new ways to get into honest, vulnerable and difficult conversations. Not the arguing type of conversation or the "this is what I know” type of conversation but the “Hmm? This is what I am thinking and leaning into” sort of conversation. This is a f...

For those of several of you asking—this is the email you get to hear Victoria sing at church. Victoria, my teenage daughter helps in the youth worship and regularly in the main service. I regularly post pictures of her but the video is not allowed because of copyright issues. I have been stumped until last week I realized I could at least share with my SubStack subscribers. Wednesday evening, June...

If you do not have a foundational ideology that YOU DO FIT and that you were absolutely CREATED TO FIT, then you trying to find your fit is an uphill battle. Pastor Tim Stone of Westlake Fellowship in Montgomery, Texas and I cover that crucial foundation and more in this podcast. 5 Segments of the Podcast: * The Foundation: Understanding Divine Purpose and Design * The Inner Work of discovering an...

You probably already know this but I love being a Dad. It is definitely one of the “Best Things In Life”. Even though it can be a lot of hard work—I truly believe it is the “right hard work” that partners with God’s transforming power to transform us. I love this message I shared on Father’s Day a few years ago and thought you might like it also. Fair warning, I start out with an audio clip from c...

PLAYING is just an important for adults as it is for children. When us adults incorporate PLAY into our lives we will be much happier and healthier, as well as much more fun when around those “young ones”! If you want to know more about WHO you are and WHO God is then you might want to start to PLAY more. Listen to the podcast by clicking above or watch it on YouTube by clicking below. And, let me...

About Day #7 of Victoria’s hospital stay I read to her out of the book of James… “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds…” (James 1:2 NIV) That scripture is constantly taught incorrectly, as if God is a mean (and wicked teacher!). It does not mean… * “I am so joyful I have cancer!” * “I am so joyful I was raped!” * “I am so joyful my child was killed...

I have been in ministry for over 30 years and for almost 20 of those I have preached on Sunday mornings. I ‘retired’ from pulpit ministry 3 years ago and I have learned a lot about how to bring ‘something’ when I am not preaching or leading. This podcast is about 13-minutes and in it I share some of what I am going through these last few years when it comes to attending church. I think it might he...

The Christian life is WAY MORE spiritual than most of us realize. We get the doctrine and the theology. We understand the morals. Yet we so often leave out the deeply spiritual and mystical parts of our Faith. It is like we have an intellectual agreement with Christianity but without much Experience with our Spirit connecting with God’s Spirit. In this podcast I use some really simply definitions...

In this podcast we take a look at Psalm 57:8 which says “Awake my soul”. I take a look at what other word choices we have for “Soul” in this scripture, as well as why in the world is the first phrase followed by ‘Awake, harp and lyre!’? “Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre!” (Psalm 57:8 NIV) About 1/2 of this podcast is me giving 4 practical strategies that will help you wake up your soul. They a...

You absolutely must listen to #1 in order to be able to appreciate this episode. In this episode we dive into your Testimony, stumbling blocks, being offended and judging others… * Dig into one more scripture we use to say Christians should not swear and we explore what it really means about how we choose our words * Decide if swearing ruins my testimony * Explore if swearing causes others to “Stu...

Two things prompted me to dig into swearing (VS cursing!). One, preacher, pastor, podcaster and all around cool guy Tim Ross swore on a podcast a few weeks ago. I did not hear it but I was told about it. Interestingly, those who thought it okay and those who thought it wrong were pretty divided by their age. Two, earlier this year one of my absolute favorite preachers commented from the stage that...

Scripture is full of Identity Statements for Christians… * You are a co-worker of God (1 Corinthians 3:8-9) * You are a light (Matthew 5:14-16) ... * You are a masterpiece (Ephesians 2:10) ... * You are a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17) ... * A temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19-20) …yet most of us still Identity with the “Old Man”, AKA “The Flesh”. I loved this conversation with Tim...

In this podcast I explore 3 more reasons why we struggle with believing in demons even though they are quite common throughout scripture. While the focus here is on demons and the demonic I think that the concepts of why we struggle with believing in the demonic can easily be applied to some of the more mystical and scandalous things of scripture. While I hope you listen to the entire podcast I wa...

Did you know that 46% of Americans, about 4 in 10, believe in ghosts, demons or other supernatural beings.  When that is broken down into just believing in Demons, 22% say Demons absolutely exist and 24% say that they probably exist.  When it comes to Ghosts specifically, not demons with ill intent, about 45% of people believe in them.  For Christians the belief in demonic spirits can be a complex...

This is a first for The Journey Life Podcast. I have a guest with me today. His name is Jim Sim. Jim and I have ministered together for over 20 years, traveling/speaking in Scotland, England, and Panama. We have also traveled together to Spain, Costa Rica and a few road trips in the good old United States. Jim is the leader of The LifeChurch7 School of Supernatural Ministry in Richland, Washington...

I did not realize until I was editing this podcast that 1/3 of the time of this episode is spent on Encountering God through Nature and Creation. I go off on a bit of a rant about how we should not care how non-believers have got the worship of Nature and Creation wrong, leaving out The Creator, and that we should, that we must, just embrace the wonder, awe and majesty that is found in nature and...

In this podcast I cover some ways we can Encounter God. I have listed out 4 of the 8 ways in this podcast and will cover the next 4 in a later podcast. You can jump down to the next portion and find out where each of the sections starts just in case you want to listen to a single portion of it. I always have a specific topic for each podcast and about half of the time I write out an outline. Writi...

I would love to have you listen to this entire Podcast but please feel free to scan over the topics covered below and go straight to a section that interests you. There are 8 things I talk about that we can do in order to cultivate our hearts in order to encounter God more. Please let me know if you can add some to my list! The Cultivation of our hearts (I’ll cover our minds later on in this serie...

You are a Pessimistic Extrapolator IF your framework for viewing The Future of Humanity is based on the worst you see in people and circumstances Right NOW. The Pessimistic Extrapolator spins a story about the future where no solutions are found, humanity makes no changes and technology always functions at its worst. The Optimistic Extrapolator tells a story about the future where solutions are fo...

We almost only hear of being a good steward when it comes to our finances and while this is extremely important I believe there is an even more crucial place for good stewardship. The Stewardship of YOU. Of your personality, of your thoughts and emotions and of your time and your skills. In order to be a good steward of YOU, you must learn how to get clarity of YOU. In this podcast I share four wa...

This idea of personal clarity started with the idea of Clarifying Conversations. As I was writing I realized that those very important Clarifying Conversations could only happen if we got clear with ourselves on a personal level. This is the shortest of the 3 podcasts on Personal Clarity thru Mental Models. In this 10:34 Minutes we explore… * Instead of filtering what people say thru a negative le...

I edited this portion of the podcast yesterday morning and was, well, inspired by what I heard! I know! It was me listening to me but it was still a nice surprise. This is how I am “Working” the writing and the podcasting… * I write some articles then I sit down in front of the microphone and start talking. * I just talk about that one topic, well, trying to stick to one topic. * My goal is to tal...

I believe that Personal Clarity is Crucial to personal happiness, health and growth. Without personal clarity we are those who are tossed about on the waves of indecision, believing what the Enemy says about us, accepting whatever name society calls us and being controlled by what is called our Toddler Brain (our untrained brain). There will be 3 podcast covering some of the Mental Models I use. I...

I believe shame is the #1 reason why we do not fully receive and absolutely believe in The Work of The Cross. The phrase, "I am a sinner saved by Grace" is a Shame Phrase. This phrase keeps us connected to our Old Master. Keeps us attached to Our Dead Man. Keeps us on the other side of The Cross. Keeps us thinking about US, instead of HIM. Saying, “I am a sinner saved by Grace” is like… * The cage...