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Spring Church Podcast
by Spring Church
This is the official podcast for Spring Church Bellingham.
Episodes
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Inner Change Leads to Meaningful Connections (Season Finale!)
DON’T MISS THE END OF THIS EPISODE! In this final episode of season one, Mike reflects on the practical tools that help us make healthier choices, heal from old wounds, and build relationships where meaningful connection can grow. He explores how faith, prayer, and a willingness to change...
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Learning Who to Trust: An interview with Mike & Emma
Mike talks with Emma about navigating new social dynamics, both while away from home and after returning to it, and how the book Safe People shaped who she chose to trust and the changes she felt called to make in herself to build that trust. Learn more at: https://www.springchurchbellingham.com/
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How to Find & Build Trustworthy Relationships
Mike talks about the subject of “safe people” and the importance of learning key characteristics of trustworthy individuals. The episode also gives tools and tricks how we can observe our own behavior in order to become individuals who are emotionally and spiritually safe for others. Special…
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Finding Connections that Matter Wherever You Go: Addy in Africa
After traveling across the world, Addy returns to share what discernment looked like in unfamiliar places. She and Mike talk through how boundaries, trust, and wise judgment can shift across cultures, and what remains true no matter where you are.
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How to Say Yes or No Without Guilt
Mike uses a time machine to travel back to Graceland in 1959, to discuss why healthy boundaries are important, and what they mean, with Elvis Presley and his neighbor. Boundaries Book by Dr. Henry Cloud referenced in this Episode
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The Right Thing (is usually) the Hard Thing
Mike is joined in the studio by Cornelius, a man perpetually stuck in indecision. Together, they walk through a simple tool that helps untangle dilemmas that seem to have no clear way forward. Link to the Double Bind Worksheet: https://canva.link/geb2oej9ra1fvet...
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Noticing How We’re Really Doing
Mike is joined in the studio by a burned out birthday clown who feels stuck in a rut. Together, they go over a useful tool, called The Faster Scale, that anyone can use to help pull themselves out of undesirable behavior and feelings. (hint…when this episode “drops”, it really, really “drops”)…
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When Isolation Creeps In
Mike receives a telephone call from someone who is a long, long, long way from home and they talk about isolation; why it’s important to address, what the signs are, and why connections matter to alleviate it.
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4 Ways to Become a Better Listener
Chad Brock, world class surfer, joins Mike in the studio to discuss how we can change our behavior to become better listeners, and why being a better listener can help us form connections that matter.
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Finding Your Stretch Zone
In this episode, you'll learn simple way to name your safe, stretch, and danger zones and explore how tiny risks can open real doors to connection. Mike uses vivid stories (and Batman) to show how small social interactions can lead to real connection instead of more isolation. You will come away...
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This Trailer Needs More Cowbell
Thank you for participating in our podcast survey! Here is a thank you sneak peak that is likely nothing like the actual podcast that is to yet be release.... but is designed to make you laugh! Brought to you by your favorite neighborhood intern, Mike Fogg.
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Name the Fruit: Kindness (Episode 8)
A story about a friend who creates hope within their friend group because of their kindness. Written by Emma McCoy and narrated by Mike Fogg. Check out more fictional stories in this series here: https://springchurchbellingham.com/podcasts
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Name the Fruit: Self Control (Episode 7)
A story about the kind of friend who offers hope through demonstrating self-control in a challenging circumstance. Written by Emma McCoy Narrated by Mike Fogg Check out more fictional stories in this series here: https://springchurchbellingham.com/podcasts
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Name the Fruit: Peace (Episode 7)
The story about the kind of friend who listens deeply. Written by Emma McCoy Narrated by Mike Fogg Check out more fictional stories in this series here: https://springchurchbellingham.com/springchurchblog/category/Fruits+of+the+Spirit
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Name the Fruit: Joy (Episode 6)
A story about the kind of friend who helps you receive quiet joy. Written by Emma McCoy Narrated by Mike Fogg Check out more fictional stories in this series here: https://springchurchbellingham.com/podcasts
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Name the Fruit: Faithfulness (Episode 5)
A story about a friend who just keeps showing up no matter what. Written by Emma McCoy and narrated by Mike Fogg. Check out more fictional stories in this series here: https://springchurchbellingham.com/podcasts
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Name the Fruit: Love (Episode 4)
A story about a friend who teaches love by living it. Written by Emma McCoy and narrated by Mike Fogg. Check out more fictional stories in this series here: https://springchurchbellingham.com/podcasts
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Name the Fruit: Patience (Episode 3)
A story about a friend who helps you keep going when you want to quit. Written by Emma McCoy and narrated by Mike Fogg. Check out more short fictional stories in this series here: https://springchurchbellingham.com/podcasts
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Name the Fruit: Good Bones (Episode 2)
A short story about the kind of friend who shows up when life falls apart. Written by Emma McCoy Narrated by Mike Fogg Check out more stories here: https://springchurchbellingham.com/springchurchblog?category=Fruits+of+the+Spirit
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Name the Fruit: Between Two Friends (Episode 1)
A short story about friendship that holds us through loss and loneliness. Written by Emma McCoy Narrated by Mike Fogg Check out more stories here: https://springchurchbellingham.com/podcasts
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What do we hold on to?
This episode was recorded by Matt McCoy. You can read the original post and look at the photos here: https://springchurchbellingham.com/springchurchblog/whatdoweholdonto
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Rules of the Game
Audio recording of Jessie Bloss reading an article written by Emma McCoy about Zaccheus available to read here. https://springchurchbellingham.com/
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Prayer of the Examen
The prayer of the examen is often prayed at the end of the day in order to give thanks, reflect, and look forward to the day ahead. This prayer is to help us identify the different “magnets” that pulled our heart’s compass away from God and onto something else today.
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Priesthood of All Believers
This Sunday Matt & Ryan will be guiding us as we revisit the story of Jesus meeting the woman at the well. Here’s a question to be thinking about as we prepare for Sunday… who would you want to preach the good news to your neighborhood: Jesus himself, one of his disciples, or the social outcast?
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What School Would Expel Mr. Rogers?
Read by Matt McCoy Spring Church wants to be a church that is good for hurting people who hurt people. But if I’m being honest with myself, there are a lot of days when I would like to strike out the “who hurt people” bit and settle for simply being good for hurting people. Being good for hurting...
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Your best life?
Living for others with what the Dalai Lama and AA both reveal is the art of happiness. We're going to look at how Jesus' friendship with unexpected people transforms how we love other people (even people we don't like!) over the next several months at Spring Church.
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Is God really all we need?
https://springchurchbellingham.com/events/may22commontablechurchgathering
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LENT 2022: Hope is in the Boat
This is our last service to look at the story of Jesus calming the storm, and we’ll spend a little bit of time together reflecting on where we’ve been together. https://springchurchbellingham.com/springchurchblog/hopeisintheboat
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When The Boat Feels Small
Was there ever a time when you talked about Jesus with a friend who doesn’t know Jesus, and that conversation brought you and your friend hope? Stephen Colbert demonstrated an example of what this looks like on national TV just this past week. On Sunday at 6:30pm (more details in bio) we’ll be...
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Don't Worry?
The Greek word in our story for “anxious” does not mean the same thing as the medical condition we know as “anxiety.” Modern people like us can read the word “anxious” and think of a debilitation physical and psychological state of apprehension of a real or imagined threat. That’s not what Jesus…
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Advent comes as a holy whisper, not a shout
If our new supreme ruler from an unseen realm shows up as a baby, well, we better practice patience. Babies require an incredible amount of patience, and we need to learn how to wait on the baby’s timing. Advent comes as a holy whisper, not a shout. https://springchurchbellingham.com/
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When We Ask For Help, Who Do We Expect?
For Christ the King Sunday, we remember something that hasn’t happened yet: Jesus will fulfill all our longings for a hero. Not by bringing about a kingdom of our own making, where Jesus loves all the same people we love and hates all the same people we hate, but by bringing his kingdom to...
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Remember who you are and whose you are
This coming Sunday is a service of re-membering. We’ll get to pause together and remember Hannah and Abigail, the journey that we’ve been on together, and the ways we’ve seen God show up in our midst. To participate, check out our website: https://springchurchbellingham.com/events
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When the outcome is far from certain...
In the midst of life’s challenges, how do we prepare room for God to walk with us? Read and learn more here: https://springchurchbellingham.com/firstlookfriday/whentheoutcomeisfarfromcertain
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How do we find a way out of this mess?
Have you ever had to suffer because of people who were acting foolish, and wanted to take your own revenge?How do we feel when our convenience gets diminished? In 1 Samuel, both Abigail and Hannah share a common theme: they both demonstrate how God reveals his kingdom so we can walk together...
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We can't exist outside of a kingdom
Look, I realize we don’t often use the word “kingdom” in modern culture, and when we talk about a kingdom, we’re likely thinking of a geographic reality like the United Kingdom or the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. And while those are certainly kingdoms, limiting our imagination to merely geographical...
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What are life's challenges that get you fired up?
Jesus invites to go ahead and start living like we’re in heaven, even though we know we’re not quite there yet. That is a bizarre invitation, no doubt about it.
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Can Jesus be closer to me than my pain?
Pastor Kevin Riley shares a personal story of hearing from God while living on the streets and invites us into a reality where Jesus is closer to us than our own pain.
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Celebrating the Holy Spirit & the Church
The Kingdom of God is a place where Jesus is closer to us than our own pain, our own hurt, our own fear. Would you like to live in this Kingdom? Corresponding Blog Post Springchurchbellingham.com
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Celebrating the world as we find it
In March we lamented the loss of life, relationships, freedoms, and sense of vocation. This week we get to celebrate the joy of life, relationships, freedoms, and sense of vocation. Corresponding Blog The "Now" and "Not Yet" tension explained by Alpha
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A conversation with Father Emmanuel Katongole
We were thrilled to host another webinar as an extension of Spring Church's Healing Our Broken Humanity small group. On April 21, we are joined by honored guest, Father Emmanuel Katongole, who shared powerful stories about racial healing and encouraged us how to follow Jesus in this version of...
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Celebrating Racial Healing
How might we live differently if we believed that our race isn’t a temporary problem to be endured, but an eternal reality to be celebrated? What if our discipleship invited us to reimagine race as part of God’s good creation, and as something that exists even in heaven? Spring Church Website
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Why Is Jesus Still Wounded After His Resurrection?
Why Is Jesus Still Wounded After His Resurrection? Article by Peter Wehner Read by Matt McCoy, pastor at Spring Church Read original article here
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At Easter, the grave is empty!
All through the season of Lent, we’ve been writing and praying laments. We’ve lamented our own deaths, our racial brokenness, this pandemic world, and those left out. As we began the process of praying and writing these laments, we’ve remembered that a lament is not a trip to the hospital where...
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Lamenting those left out
Americans love comfort, and I love comfort. And excluding uncommon friends often helps me feel more comfortable, which does not give them the seriousness, care, and respect they deserve, either. Are we hearing the voices of our youth preaching to us? How is Spring Church worshipping in ways that...
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Lamenting the Pandemic
At the year marker for the pandemic, we lament all the things that have been lost, from lives to relationships to jobs to happiness. We lament broken marriages and broken promises and broken societies. Together we lay all this at the feet of Jesus, and as Jesus reveals his kingdom in the midst of...
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Lamenting Racial Brokenness
This Sunday is the second of four lament services for Lent, where we’ll gather together and write and pray a lament about racial brokenness, because all of us have, at some point in the last year, have been around when harmful racial brokenness has been on display in our neighborhoods....
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Death & Our Deepest Longings
How has death impacted our deepest longings? We typically don't like to think or talk about death very often because it can be painful and uncomfortable. On Ash Wednesday, we pause as a church and remember that death is a part of life. We know Easter is coming, so we know death doesn’t have…
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Lament & Celebration: Easter Season 2021
The first half of the Easter season is called Lent, and that’s when we’ll focus on lament. The second half of the Easter season is called Eastertide, and that’s when we’ll focus on celebration. All of us have learned how to do something through practicing that particular something, so pause for a...
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A conversation with Dr. Soong-Chan Rah
The day-after-the-inauguration of president Biden, Spring Church hosted a webinar conversation with Dr. Soong-Chan Rah to explore how the American Church might be contributing to some of the problems we are experiencing and come up with some practical steps on how we might move forward. Dr. Rah…
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