#344 Fidele Sebahizi: Out of the Ashes (Literally)
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our guest today, Dr Fidele Sebahizi, is a refugee immigrant from the Congo in Africa. He was raised in a kind of poverty mostly unknown in the West, lived through an ethnic massacre in a Refugee Camp where his closet friend was murdered, and yet… came to the United States at 25 years old where he earned a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and PhD in Criminal Justice. All while working in the Abilene PD. With that, let’s get Dr Sebahizi on air to take a deep dive into his Life… Out of the Ashes. LINKS Book: ...
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#343 Charlie on The "Other" Christmas Story
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Stumbling and Bumbling Along Oh my… This podcast regarding the birth narrative of Jesus is raw. Filled with ah’s and uh’s and so’s. Longer periods of silence. Very “not professional.” And yet it is filled with truth about the humble ways of the Divine. God is not so much interested in pretty presentations as He is in powerful truths underlying the presentations. It is about the message and not the medium, because the actual medium is the Spirit of God. She grabs the message and places it into the hearts of the listeners. That means the message is not about me, it is about...
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#342 Andrew Matthews: Bouncing Back… From Disappointment
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our guest, Andrew Matthews, has sold more than 8 million books with titles like Follow Your Heart, How Life Works, and Happiness in Hard Times. Today we chat about his latest book titled Bounding Back: How you rebound from disappointment and disaster. With that, let’s get Andrew on air to chat about this essential topic. LINKS Please be sure to check out Andrew Matthews’ latest book: . You can find out more about Andrew at his website:
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#341 Caitlyn Cogan Doemner: Social Justice Begins with You
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Show Notes On today’s show my very special guest, Caitlyn Cogan Doemner, and I discuss some ideas that have floating around in my mind for a bit. Ideas about a core philosophy of love, kind of in line with the words of Jesus about loving your neighbor… ... only I want to be rather specific when my neighbor is the one struggling at the bottom level of Maslow’s hierarchy—those with access to water, food, shelter, warmth, and clothing. Those I refer to as the poor and disenfranchised. Here’s how I began my latest blog written the day after the election...
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#340 Terry Hershey: The Ordinary is the Hiding Place of the Holy
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Well, we’re finally back with our dear friend Terry Hershey. The topic we will chat about today is the role of the ordinary—the everyday—in the lexicon of spirituality. For most of us, the idea of the Divine is often thought of a special, unique, and oft times spectacular occurrences. When the truth is God is most frequently found in ordinary occasions of work and play and familiar relationships. The word “epiphany” comes to mind which we understand “seeing God” in the miraculous or the special. But the dictionary definition simply means a...
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#339 Dennis J Henson: The One Habit for Success
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Show Notes Our guest today, Dennis J. Henson, is a successful real estate investor, teacher, and author with over fifty years of experience. His mentoring program has greatly contributed to the success of many of his followers. Dennis has a new book, Real Impact, Daily Inspiration, and I am very impressed with his structure and important ideas. Once, during an interview, Dennis was asked, “if you had to name the one thing that’s had the greatest impact on your students, what would it be?” He thought for just a second and responded with,...
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#338 Lata Hamilton: Your Career is a Launch Pad to Life
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Today I am excited to chat with Lata Hamilton, a 3-time guest on the show, who is in the process of releasing her very first book, Pioneer Your Career Change. I am loving Lata’s view that while your new career change begins as a Business Decision for the employer and is most often a Personal Decision for you. However, Lata proposes that you understand your career change as a Business Decision as well. As you will discover today, the...
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#337 Wendy Hooper Ross: Understanding Fear Pt 2
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Today we revisit Wendy Hooper Ross to conclude our show on the subject of Understanding Fear. Wendy is an expert in residential real estate (as you discovered in Part One last week), but it is also obvious that Wendy is an expert on life, from both the thinking and feeling perspectives. Last week we started out to talk about fear in life as we considered four areas: home ownership, relationships, careers, and voting in this next presidential election. We discussed, in depth, the self-fulfilling negative downward spiral that leads to our frustrating...
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#336 Wendy Hooper Ross: Understanding Paralyzing Fear
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Show Notes Today I visit with a recent guest Wendy Hooper Ross. Wendy is an expert in residential real estate. She devotes much of her time to understanding the current and future states of the real estate market in the United States. Her insights are brilliant. Now, while in our conversations about real estate, Wendy and I happened to land on the subject of the role of fear and control in the hearts of Americans. As we chatted, I realized this is a topic we need to discuss on The Next Chapter with Charlie because it impacts everyone’s life in one way or another. So,...
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#335 Craig Meriwether: Take Back Control of Your Life
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Show Notes One thing I find about my life today… I live in a world of distractions. I may have plans for the day, but other stuff just seems to come up. First there are the external distractions of emails, phone calls, unexpected appointments and less than important interruptions. But even more disrupting are the Internal Distractions of fear and anxiety and feelings of overwhelm—all resulting in a lack of confidence. It’s surprising we get anything done in any given day. Our special guest today, hypnotherapist Craig Meriwether, not only understands these issues, but he...
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Today I plan to dedicate our show to an unsung but essential topic: I want to discuss the potential shortcomings related to economic and social aid to the Developing World, (or in old terms, 3rd World countries).
Basically, the question is this: is your investment in the poor and disenfranchised in the Developing World being administrated with the longer term needs of communities being considered, or… is it about short term walk away money?
My guest, Darrel Larson, has vast philanthropic experience in several foreign countries, including Fiji, the Philippines and several countries on the continent of Africa.
With hearts for developing the social good to the most needy in the world, Darrel and I will spend our time today discussing how oftentimes, our desire to serve the poor and disenfranchised can frequently result in short-term benefit, but longer term disadvantage.
I recently watched a documentary titled, Poverty Inc. (a quite informative and a bit disturb documentary) that developed the concept stated in Steve Corbett’s popular book, When Helping Hurts. The thesis: if we give resources such as money, or in my case water wells, without empowering the communities to assume responsibility of these gifts we have given them, the result can be “dependence on foreign aid,” instead of independence, self-determination and self-respect. Like the familiar adage, we are giving them fish, not teaching them to fish.
Today, we will discuss the idea of projects “with” locals verses projects “to” locals. Three types of giving will be discussed: Relief Giving, Alleviation from Poverty Giving, and finally, Developmental Giving.
My guest, Darrel Larson is a seasoned vet in international affairs regarding poverty. He is currently International Director of Sawyer Filters, which provides clean and safe water for thousands of homes across the world. Darrel is also founder of the non-profit, Give Clean Water, and he has served Outreach Pastor at two churches in San Diego.
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