Tending the Vine

As we grow in paying attention to the ways we are hiding we also learn to see how shame shows up in so many parts of our lives. 
Recommended resources: 
- Course available through Trellis Counselling: Uncovering Shame and Guilt, by CCEF (see also: https://www.ccef.org/curriculum/uncovering-shame-guilt-curriculum/)
- Book by Ed Welch, Shame Interrupted: How God lifts the pain of worthlessness and rejection. 
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Together we take some time to reflect on what it means to really belong and how we extend that to those who God places in our lives. 
 
Recommended book: Peter Sondergeld, Becoming You. 

Our anxiety can work like an alarm, telling us that something is wrong. What do we do with that anxiety and where do we go? Together we take the time to better understand what to do with our anxiety and how we can grow in bringing our fears to God. 
Recommended books:
Ed Welch, A Small Book for the Anxious Heart: Meditations on Fear, Worry, and Trust. 
Paul Tautges, Anxiety: Knowing God's Peace.
Ed Welch, Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest.

Recommended books: Jefferson Bethke, To Hell with the Hustle & John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry. 

How does God work deep and lasting change in your life? This episode shows what it does and doesn't look like and discusses how we can work, through the power of the Holy Spirit, to see this growth in our lives. 

"I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages." - Charles Spurgeon. Why can Spurgeon profess this? Listen and find out. 
Recommended reading: Dane Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers. Available at: Pro Ecclesia Bookshop

Kingdom centred rest: what does this mean and how can we live our busy lives while at the same time abiding in Christ and finding rest in God?
Recommended Resources:
- Podcast Episode, Rest, by Alasdair Groves. https://www.ccef.org/podcast/rest/ 
- Podcast by John Mark Comer & Jefferson Bethke, Fight Hustle, End Hurry. https://open.spotify.com/show/4RVAv8IK4vWARCmRP18f8D?si=a50690ff3b064f89
- Book by Ed Welch, Created to Draw Near.

This episode looks more closely at engaging with our anxieties and learning more specifically what God calls us to do with our emotions.
 
Resource: Brene Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way we Live, Love, Parent and Lead

Exploring emotions from a biblical perspective and beginning to develop a theology of emotions. Part 2. 
Recommended Resources: 
CCEF, Alisdair Groves'Negative Emotions Part 1 & 2' - https://www.ccef.org/podcast/negative-emotions/ (Part 1); https://www.ccef.org/podcast/negative-emotions-part-2/ (Part 2)
Book: Untangling Emotions: by Alisdair Groves and Winston T Smith
 

Exploring emotions from a Biblical perspective and beginning to develop a theology of emotions.