Welcome to the Encouragers United Podcast! Your source for simple yet profound inspiration from Pastor Charlie Grimes, former university level athlete, coach, administrator and self-proclaimed encourager. Listen in to Pastor Grimes' teaching and interviews for energetic, positive and enthusiastic passion to live life as an encourager! Teachers, coaches, pastors and mentors working in Christian leadership will be enriched to hear our stories! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/encouragers-united/support
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 21 hours 14 minutes
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episode 1: 7 Day Encouragement Journey! Day #1
Welcome to episode #30 of the Encouragers United Podcast. This week I have a special challenge for you, my loyal listeners. Let me set the stage for you: It's the year 2020, we have just started to come out of a world-wide health pandemic and quarantine, sparked by the identification of the deadly and unique COVID-19 virus...
episode 2: 7 Day Encouragers Journey, Day #2
Day 2: Listen
James 1:19 (NIV)My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
“People don’t listen to understand. They listen to reply. The collective monologue is everyone talking and no one listening.”
— Stephen R. Covey
"Listening is an art that requires attention over talent, spirit over ego, others over self...
episode 3: 7 Day Encouragers Journey, Day #3
Day 3: Respect
1 Peter 2:17 (NIV)Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.
That's one aspect of the cultural shift that I see in our country in the last several years-- a lack of civil discourse, a thinning of our skin so to speak, and a loss of dignity for each other, especially those we may disagree with...
episode 5: 7 Day Encouragers Journey, Day #5
Day 5: Ask a question: "How is this hard for you"? Empathy
Ian MacLaren, a noted Scotsman, author of “Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush,” cared deeply about those around him. His oft-quoted words offer wise counsel:
“Be kind. Everyone you meet is carrying a heavy burden.”
We recently hosted a town hall type meeting at our church...
episode 6: 7 Day Encouragers Journey, Day #6
Day 6: Break a Barrier!
Buzzfeed News article: How white people can support people of color now,
- 1. Don’t ask your friends — or random internet acquaintances — of color to #process everything with you.
- 2. If you want to reach out to your friends of color to ask about how they’re feeling, it's ok, but don’t force a conversation.
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episode 7: 7 Day Encouragers Journey, Day #7
Day 7: Form a partnership
An Aesop FableOnce there were two goats. The goats were friends. They played joyfully in the sun. The goats lived in the mountains, on two separate sides of a deep gorge. One day, the two goats walked up to a fallen tree. The tree fell and made a bridge- connecting two sides of the gorge. But the tree was not safe. The tree was small. Even a smaller goat could barely walk on it safely, and these two goats were large goats...
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