A podcast for counsellors past and present, finding their way in faith and current culture. We encourage anyone to listen as we explore topics ranging from biblical studies to our latest YouTube obsessions.

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Today we interview Dustin Martin, a past day camp counsellor and current youth camp staff. We talk about his camp experience, his life, and the topic of missions as it ties into those.

Ep 40: Missions ft. Dustin Martin

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Let&#39;s talk about identity, cause everyone else is!

Ep 39: Identity

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Today we discuss the difference between living in a community and living for a curated view of your life.

Ep 38: Curated Life vs Community Life

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Today we discuss the topic of suffering and what the bible has to say about it.

Ep 37: Suffering

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Today we discuss biblical hospitality! What does that even mean, how do we practice it, and more!

Ep 36: Hospitality

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Today we discuss briefly the idea of gnosticism creeping into the church.

Ep 35: Gnosticism

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Today we discuss the idea of our churches roles, specifically around the topics of evangelism and discipleship.

Ep 34: Should Churches Evangelize?

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Today we talk about the many different denominations of churches, what the differences are and where you should go.

Ep 33: Which Church?

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Today we discuss the topic of church again, and mainly the idea that it is time to go back to church.

Ep 32: Go to Church

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Back at the podcasting after a summer off. We debrief the summer quickly and give a quick update on what&#39;s to come

Ep 31: Summer Debrief

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Today we discuss our final subtopic under the &#34;in the world, but not of it&#34; discussion. What does the bible say about being an activist, and are all types of activism good?

Ep 30: Cultural Conformity Pt 3 (Activism)

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Today we continue last weeks discussion about being &#34;in the world not of it&#34; and the pattern of decay we have seen around sexuality.

Ep 29: Cultural Conformity Pt 2 (Sexual Immorality)

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Today we start our series on the struggle on not conforming to culture. Also known as &#34;in the world, but not of it&#34;. We look at the roots of why we compromise our beliefs or values to be more like the culture and society around us. What does the bible say about this, and what are some of the sub topics or specific areas this can be displayed in? Join us!

Ep 28: Cultural Conformity Pt 1 (Alcohol & Drugs)

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Short update on our plans for this summer and what we have in store the next few weeks for the podcast

Ep 27: Summer Thoughts

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Today we discuss the unity in our churches and community. When does unity turn into uniformity?

Ep 26: Unity vs Uniformity

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Today we talk about Matthew, and whether he should apologize for who he was before Christ, whether we all should, and what our role as judges of others is.

Ep 25: The Tax Collector

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Today we acknowledge that covid sucks, how we are dealing with it, and what we have to look forward to in terms of camp.

Ep 24: Hopeful(ish)

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Today we discuss the theme&#39;s found in season 2 episode 1 of the Chosen tv series!

Ep 23: the Word

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Easter is here! Let&#39;s take a look at the story of our salvation from a perspective you may not have heard before, or don&#39;t usually focus on.

Ep 22: Why Barabbas?

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Today we discuss the topic of doubt and how we should respond to the feelings of doubt.

Ep 21: Doubt

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Today we explore spiritual disciplines. What they are and how do we practice them.

Ep 20: Spiritual Disciplines

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This week we talk about why it&#39;s so easy to be consumed with things with like sports, music, entertainment culture and not so easy to be consume by Jesus Culture.

Ep 19: Pop Culture vs Jesus Culture

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Today we discuss some of the points that we forgot to say or want reiterate from the past several weeks of topics.

Ep 18: What We Missed

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Today we have a very casual discussion about leaders and leadership on an extremely broad and general level. What is leadership, what makes a good leader, and how do you measure a good leader?

Ep 17: Leader[ship]

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This week we discuss the topic of our identity. What it means to have identity in Christ, and the important question of Who Am I?

Ep 16: Identity (Who Am I?)

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Today we talk about the reality and feelings of being spiritually drained, as well as what it means to be filled by the Holy Spirit.

Ep 15: Spiritual Exhaustion & Holy Spirit

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Today we explore how to have a purposeful gap year, as well as look at some of the &#34;classic Christian choices&#34; like YWAM or Capernwray.

Ep 14: Gap Year

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Today we finish off our discussion about church. Specifically talking about what to do when you or someone is hurt by the church or the people in it. As well as why do we need to be part of a church.

Ep 13: Church Pt. 2

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Today we discuss the topic of church, It will be a two part discussion revolving around the questions of: why should I go to church? why does church matter? are we doing church right? etc. Today we focus on what is happening to church because of covid and what might change forever because of it, good and bad.

Ep 12: "Why Church?" Pt. 1 (Covid Church, Future Church)

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Today we have a short episode to get back into our podcast routine and quickly chat about what the next couple months will look like for the podcast.

Ep 11: 2021 Update

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Today we talk about New Year&#39;s resolutions and goals, and our very different approach on them.

Ep 10: New Year

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Today we chat a little about Advent. What it is and what it means. As well as our personal Christmas traditions and what we love about the holidays. Merry Christmas!

Ep 9: Merry Christmas!

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Today we discuss the last two (and best) episodes of The Chosen, as well as the topics of giving and tithing in this Christmas season.

Ep 8: Giving / "The Chosen" Ep 7&8

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Today we go through two episodes of The Chosen, as well as answer a listener question from the Social Media topic.

Ep 7: "The Chosen" Ep 5 & 6 / Q&A

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This week we take a break from &#34;The Chosen&#34; tv series and talk about a couple requested topics. Depression and Spiritual Gifts. 2020 has brought feelings of depression on many of us, but do we know what it is and how to handle it? What are spiritual gifts and do I have one?

Ep 6: Depression / Spiritual Gifts

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In this episode we discuss some opinions on the use of social media. A topic that most young people won&#39;t want to listen to, but need to. Hear us out, and we challenge you to tell us why we&#39;re wrong.

Ep 5: Social Media / "The Chosen" Ep 4

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Today we discuss some basics around personal finances such as budgeting, investing, loans, etc. We know that after high school or even post-secondary, some of these things are still very confusing or you never learned about them, so hopefully this gets you started.

Ep 4: Finances / "The Chosen" Ep3

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Today we discuss the benefits and drawbacks of post-secondary education, working, gap years, travelling, etc. We also talk about the next episode in The Chosen.

Ep 3: Education vs. Experience / "The Chosen" Ep 2

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In this episode we take a look at the first episode in The Chosen tv series and talk about what stood out to us. We also touch on the topic of grief, loss, and sadness as we continue to deal with the ripple effects of Covid.

Ep 2: Grief / "The Chosen" Ep 1

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Welcome to our first episode! In this episode we discuss why we are doing a podcast, what the podcast will be about, and some of the hopes we have for the podcast / community involvement.

Exploring why we are doing a podcast and what it's going to be all about.