First Listens Podcast Season 5: Summer Self-Care
For Season 5 of First Listens, get ready to relax and do some deep breathing exercises as we dive into Summer Self-Care. We’ll be hearing first sessions from Bible studies that offer ideas for us to be kind to ourselves, attend to our own needs, and find ways to live a better life. Some of the episodes in this season feature interviews with the authors, so you’ll hear from John Eldredge, Brant Hansen, and more.
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Get Your Life Back (John Eldredge)
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The 24-7 onslaught of contemporary life—with its never-ending feed of global tragedies, demands for our attention, and pressures of work, family, and friends—has left us feeling ragged, wrung-out, and emptied. Get your life back with five counter-cultural practices: (1) the one-minute pause, (2) ...
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How's Your Soul? (Judah Smith)
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In this six-session video Bible study, Judah Smith, bestselling author of Jesus Is_____, asks a surprisingly different question from the usual “How are you?”—but this is the question Judah chooses to ask his friends, because he knows the health of the soul is too often overlooked in the busyness ...
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Unoffendable (Brant Hansen)
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Having "righteous anger" is just a myth. While we all will get angry at times—after all, we are human—the Bible tells us we are not to hold onto it. In fact, Christians are supposed to forfeit their right to be offended—and give up their right to be angry. And as it turns out, when we do this we ...
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Emotionally Healthy Woman (Geri Scazzero)
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Geri Scazzero knew there was something desperately wrong with her life. She felt like a single parent raising her four young daughters alone. She finally told her husband, “I quit,” and left the thriving church he pastored, beginning a journey that transformed her and her marriage for the better....
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The Daniel Plan (Rick Warren)
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This six-session video-based, small group Bible study from Rick Warren, Dr. Daniel Amen and Dr. Mark Hyman is an innovative approach to achieving a healthy lifestyle that is both transformational and sustainable because it is about abundant choices, not diet deprivation. With assistance from medi...
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When Your Way Isn't Working (Kyle Idleman)
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Study of a Key Bible Passage: John 15
Maybe you’ve found recently that you are getting more irritable with people. Or you’re feeling more overwhelmed and defeated by the challenges that life is throwing your way. Or you’re spending more time scanning social media than you are connecting with God...
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Building a Resilient Life (Rebekah Lyons)
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In Building a Resilient Life, Rebekah Lyons offers five practical, life-changing rules that help you live into God's unshakable peace in a world that seems more uncertain every day. Through Rebekah's unique blend of story, psychology, theology, and biblical teaching, you will:
Discover five rule...
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Grace, Not Perfection (Emily Ley)
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As a busy wife, new mother, business owner, and designer, Emily Ley came to a point when she suddenly realized she couldn't do it all. She needed to simplify her life, organize her days, and prioritize the priorities. She realized that she had been holding herself to a standard of perfection, whe...