Use Your Words

We continue with our discussion on mental health this month and Paul brings up the topic of what the church has done right and not so right in helping those with mental health.  We find out through the conversation that Paul and Aaron disagree on a few things regarding mental health - but we can agree to disagree on a few things and not let it dampen our friendship.  Find out what we disagree on,...

May is mental health month.  The guys talk about Paul's own journey through mental health from his depression, his inpatient stint at a Psychiatric Hospital, his change from before to after treatment, and what lessons they learned through this including how Josh used to think that sometimes people with depression just needed to "Suck it up buttercup" and over the past year has learned that isn't t...

All three of the guys are on trips this week - either for work (Paul) for fun (Josh) or for personal introspection/fun (Aaron) so we decided to talk about some of our favorite trips with each other - the funny and the cringy.  We also learned why Aaron was so intent on watching a basketball game in Florida one evening.   Interact with the show: Facebook: https://fb.me/UseYourWordsPodcast Fb messen...

We hear all the time that peace is important.  Above all things, people appear to want to strive towards peace - but in reality and in our everyday lives - peace sometimes seems to be the last thing on our minds.  How does peace tie into forgiveness? How do we forgive and initiate peace with someone when we may no longer be able to communicate with them?  How do approach someone we have harmed?  W...

The label millennial has a lot of stereotypes associated with it.  Some of these, like all stereotypes, are true but not everything is as simple as it seems.  We look into and talk about some of these things, and Josh and Aaron being millennials themselves have some insight into all of this from personal experience as well. Interact with the show: Facebook: https://fb.me/UseYourWordsPodcast Fb mes...

This week we sat down and spoke with Pastor David Sincock of Fellowship Baptist Church and talked about how to love people, including those people that we disagree with?  What does it look like in day to day interaction.  We also learn what type of slide makes Pastor Dave's grandchild giggle with joy.   Interact with the show: Facebook: https://fb.me/UseYourWordsPodcast Fb messenger: https://m.me/...

This week was a pre-recorded episode as we were up at camp during the normal recording time.  We look back on some of our fondest memories of camp/retreats in the past.  Paul also shares a dream that he had where Aaron destroyed the word in the most Aaron way possible.  We also learn some more background on Paul and Aaron's friendship and why they love to troll each other so much. Interact with th...

The church historically has not been very good with how they interact with people who are "not up to their standards", this includes people from the LGBTQIA+ community.  We talk in this episode about how people from the church should lovingly interact with people who are in this community - with the realization that in the past we have failed.  We go through some scenarios to hear how two guys fro...

Video games have been a point of contention for a while.  They have been blamed for everything from shootings to aggression in teens in school, and anti-social behavior.  We have been told in the news media all the time that this is the case - and every time there is another tragedy involving a gun we almost always hear about what type of video games the shooter played and how video games lead to...

We all "know" that American's are obsessed with purchasing items - but how bad is it really?  Is minimalism the answer?  Is appreciation the answer? Something else?  Why do we feel the need to purchase that next item - and does it impact our overall health as well?  We don't get to the specific answers (because this is different for everyone) but we talk about how this impacts us in general.  Take...

Two of the three of us love music (Josh apparently didn't listen to music until he became friends with Aaron) and all three of us play instruments.  Music has been a very integral part of how we perceive the world and our experiences.  We start out playing a game where Josh and Aaron try to determine if a song is a popular secular song or a modern Praise And Worship song. We talk about the very co...

We have a conversation about swearing, cussing and when/if it has a place in our everyday lives/conversations.  We also go back to the basics and talk about just what is language with Josh and Aaron getting minor headaches in the process. Josh also discovered that he can make noise by rocking back and forth in his chair and provides a nice ambient squeak through most of the recording something tha...

In this episode, we talk about how technology is now the god in our current generation.  We also get dragged around on multiple tangents by Josh along the way as well as listen to a brand new worship song written just for this generation. Interact with the show: Facebook: https://fb.me/UseYourWordsPodcast Fb messenger: https://m.me/UseYourWordsPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/useyourwo...

In this episode, we surprise Aaron with something that he suggested last week and promptly forgot about.  After that, we dive into a conversation about darkness/evil.  This is not an all-encompassing conversation and can be considered surface level in many ways.  That being said, we will dive deeper into some of these topics but wanted to get the ball rolling on this conversation to not only get o...

Join us for the inaugural episode of the Use Your Words Podcast.  In this episode, we hone in our skills on talking to each other on a mic, introduce ourselves to you, tell you about what this podcast is about, and invite you to learn about us. We want this to be a place of conversations, even those conversations that you, our listeners, disagree with us on. Interact with us on social media, and l...