#74: Embracing opportunities to grow, within COVID-19 (with Tim Day)

04/09/20 • 57 min

My guest this week is Tim Day, one of the top thought leaders in Canada regarding the church, mission and culture. Tim is Executive Director of City Movement Canada, and Director of Waybase.com (The Impact Network). We discussed the very real suffering caused by COVID-19, how individuals, churches and ministries are responding to it, and what God invites us to examine about ourselves, within the pain.

Resources mentioned:

Support me and my work at patreon.com/jonathanpuddle
Access crisis resources for the Canadian church
Visit Tim online at timday.org
Visit WayBase, Canada’s premier church & ministry collaboration platform.
Learn more about City Movement Canada.
Order Tim’s book, God Enters Stage Left.

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#73: How to deal with fear, anger and sadness during COVID-19

Many of us were raised to believe all kinds of myths about emotions, such as they’re sinful, they lead us astray, that emotions aren’t spiritual and so on. Right now, terrorized by the fear of a global pandemic, we’re surrounded by emotions! The truth is that emotions are a God-given source of wisdom when we know how to interpret them. In this episode, I share some science on what emotions are in our brains and bodies, a few practical tips on how to process the fear, anger and sadness coming up during this COVID-19 crisis, and then we practice accessing our emotions and bringing them to God.

Resources mentioned:

Support me and my work at patreon.com/jonathanpuddle
Order The Wisdom of your Heart: Discovering the God-Given Purpose and Power of Your Emotions by Marc Alan Schelske
Listen to my podcast with Marc.
Brené Brown’s list of emotions.
6 core emotions.

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#75: Guilt-free parenting during COVID-19 (with Jamie Sumner)

Jamie Sumner is a writer and novelist whose latest non-fiction book, Eat, Sleep, Save the World: Words of Encouragement for the Special Needs Parent released the first week of widespread COVID-19 lockdown. Jamie joined me on the Puddcast to talk about letting go of parenting guilt, being present in the moment day-by-day, rethinking our priorities and leaning into God for resilience. If you’re a parent or someone looking after children, there’s hope for in here.

Support me and my work at patreon.com/jonathanpuddle
Find every book or resource I’ve talked about on my Amazon storefront, in Canada, the United States or the United Kingdom.

Order Eat, Sleep, Save the World: Words of Encouragement for the Special Needs Parent by Jamie Sumner.
Order Jamie’s middle-school novel, Roll with It.Visit Jamie online at jamie-sumner.com
Follow Jamie on Instagram and Twitter.