Vista Community Church

Just pulled the latest podcast down, to post this one. The former was fine...just some innocuous commentary on the Stand Your Ground law passed recently in Ohio. But the violence (which is becoming tragically frequent) found in the news this morning just wrecked my heart for those who are suffering...

This the LAST(!) segment on Emotional Intelligence. This installment includes some simple tools for improving empathy...that is, understanding and compassion for others. Empathy (others-awareness) is a necessary complement to self-awareness, and a critical component of overall Emotional Intelligence.

To be a Christian is to love others, to hold others interests and best as of greater value than your own. I would argue that you cannot do that without increasing emotional intelligence...and particular: Empathy.

Dr. Tammy Smith + Pastor Lisa Travis join Pastors Mike Smith and Chris Kelley to discuss mental health.

Phase 3 of Self-awareness: Recognize your "problem patterns," ie., where and how YOU make a mess but often don't see it as your problem related to your low EIQ.  (I mention Dunning-Krugger in this podcast, here's some further study . Thanks Tom – for sharing this concept with me a few months back...this comes up in all sorts of settings and situations...a LOT!)

Have you burned the boats of life that promise security, provision and peace…leaving yourself no option but to receive such things from God?

In retrospect Good Friday is good, very good, but at the time...not so much. So why dwell on it? There's good reason.

The first step within the Self-Awareness component of EIQ is identifying your distractions, and, of course, turtles.

Had a great conversation with about a dozen Vista folks, and a little bit more regarding Emotional Intelligence...

What do an Snickers Bar, Betty White, and Emotional Intelligence have in common?  Isn't it obvious?!?

Corinne Evans joins the team to discuss diversity in our circles, Easter, and the Church.

What's your Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EIQ)? Mine's 38.  EI is critical to be and do you. And it requires work – it doesn't come all that naturally. Today we introduce 5 components of Emotional Intelligence...

What's your Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EIQ)? Mine's 37. In my experience, few people are very high on this scale (which could just be a factor of the sorts of people I run with...no offense to the people I run with). Better said, we all need to work on or EIQ, because it doesn't come all that naturally, and it can be critically important in being who God needs us to be  – to be a healthy chu...

What would you do if you got a call that Jesus was coming over for dinner in a few weeks?

If you haven't heard, church as we knew it is changing. That's not bad. It's hard, but not bad. The necessary and imminent changes beg the question: What does it mean to belong to the church? It's coming together...

If you haven't heard, church as we knew it is changing. That's not bad. It's hard, but not bad. The necessary and imminent changes beg the question: What does it mean to belong to the church? Let's talk...

Celebrating and reflecting on how Rooted has changed us and how the church will look different going forward.

The end of Matthew 28 gives a succinct understanding and vision of life with Jesus. [Paraphrasing] Jesus says, "I'm the King." The disciples bow and swear their allegiance to him. And finally Jesus exhorts them, "Be and make learners of Me, forever."  Get used to learning.

This audio was clipped from the beginning of last Sunday (3/7/21) morning's message in which I give a short update on the church and the all-inclusive requirement of faith that falls to everyone of us

With the pandemic spooling down the pressure to resume some semblance of normalcy is great. But a rush to normalcy at the expense of necessary learning would likely jeopardize the health and usefulness of the future church. Patience will pave the way for the best future church.

Remember, reflect, reduce, and relax…

Conversations For The City

Based on a few studies and trends we can make a few assumptions about what the church faces post-pandemic, which also allows us to start thing about who, what and how church will re-develop over the next 10-12 months...