What It Means for God (and for us) to Love People on The Margins with Garret Shelsta
Release Date: 02/27/2019
How God Takes Nothing and Turns it into Something (Amazing) with Pastor Alex Seeley
The Collide Podcast
Alex Seeley is a passionate pastor who loves Jesus and helping people discover who they are in Christ. She moved from Melbourne Australia to Franklin TN with her husband in 2012, following God's call. They opened their home to people hungry for an encounter with God, and their gatherings eventually became , a church focused on seeing people changed by Jesus' love. Alex's mission is to share Jesus with those who don't know him and to see God's plans made known on earth. In this episode we chatted with Alex about her and her husband’s decision to leave everything behind and relocate to...
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One Life Can Change the World with Jefferson Lee
The Collide Podcast
Jefferson Lee is a nonprofit development expert with 26 years of experience who serves as the Senior Vice President of Development at Gloo. With 26 years of experience, he has raised over $240 million, partnering with nonprofits and churches globally. Jefferson has secured funding from billionaires, A-list celebs, and high-net-worth philanthropists, and his expertise has been showcased in "Global Fundraising." Beyond his professional endeavors, Jefferson actively engages in volunteer work and serves on advisory councils of various organizations. In this episode, we discussed Jefferson's...
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Broken and Beautiful Series: Isolation, Inner Assumptions and Telling Ourselves a Different Story with Breeze Potts
The Collide Podcast
We're bringing back a few of our favorite episodes from the archives to highlight for our Broken and Beautiful series. Listen in for encouragement that Jesus not only handles our brokenness, but He can use it to pour beauty out onto others. Do you ever feel yourself disengaging or pushing people away, but you’re not exactly sure why you’re doing it? Or on the flip side, do you ever experience the rejection of a friend who seems to be withdrawing? In this episode, Willow interviews Mental Health Counselor Breeze Potts on the cycles of how our insecurity perpetuates loneliness and...
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Broken and Beautiful Series: A Tool Kit to Manage Your Anxiety with Therapist Amy Brandt
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We're bringing back a few of our favorite episodes from the archives to highlight for our Broken and Beautiful series. Listen in for encouragement that Jesus not only handles our brokenness, but He can use it to pour beauty out onto others. Amy Brandt is a Marriage and Family Therapist who approaches therapy from a place of experience from a life that has been filled with immense challenges and great joys. Amy loves adventures in nature, including running, skiing, hiking, and picnics. She has a deep need to create beauty wherever she goes and often does this through cooking, painting,...
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Broken and Beautiful Series: Healing After Trauma with Counselor Carma Roetcisoender
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We're bringing back a few of our favorite episodes from the archives to highlight for our Broken and Beautiful series. Listen in for encouragement that Jesus not only handles our brokenness, but He can use it to pour beauty out onto others. Carma Roetcisoender is a licensed mental health counselor whose primary focus and passion has been in helping survivors of sex trafficking find new hope and life through individual and group therapy. She loves helping vulnerable children and adults who have experienced poverty, homelessness, sexual and physical violence, and trauma as well as helping...
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Broken and Beautiful Series: 10 Moves to Walk Toward Wholeness (Part 2)
The Collide Podcast
We're bringing back a few of our favorite episodes from the archives to highlight for our Broken and Beautiful series. Listen in for encouragement that Jesus not only handles our brokenness, but He can use it to pour beauty out onto others. If you are sensing the need for some healing in your life, you are not going to want to miss this episode. Join mental health counselor Breeze Potts, Collide Founder Willow Weston and Collide staffer Kristen Mattila as they have an engaging conversation around moves we can make to experience more wholeness in our lives. There is so much rich goodness in...
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Broken and Beautiful Series: 10 Moves to Walk Toward Wholeness (Part 1)
The Collide Podcast
We're bringing back a few of our favorite episodes from the archives to highlight for our Broken and Beautiful series. Listen in for encouragement that Jesus not only handles our brokenness, but He can use it to pour beauty out onto others. If you are sensing the need for some healing in your life, you are not going to want to miss this episode. Join mental health counselor , Collide Founder Willow Weston and Collide staffer Kristen Mattila as they have an engaging conversation around moves we can make to experience more wholeness in our lives. There is so much rich goodness in this two...
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Going After the Community You Long for with Sara Nelson
The Collide Podcast
Sara Nelson is the Director of Small Groups and leads Bible teaching classes at North County Christ the King church in the Pacific Northwest, where she focuses on spiritual growth through authentic relationships. She aims to make Bible study exciting for personal growth. Sara is married with two daughters and enjoys sci-fi video games and collecting board games. In this podcast episode, we discuss the importance of supportive relationships as well as how to be intentional in seeking friendships that support you through difficult seasons and spur you toward spiritual growth. We love...
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Seeing God's Vision for Your Life with Ciara Laine Myers
The Collide Podcast
Ciara Laine Myers is the author of the new book, "," which encourages readers to seek God to find their purpose. In the book, Myers shares her struggles with finding her purpose and how she shifted her focus to find clarity. She guides readers to solidify their faith in God to discover their true calling. Myers is also the founder and co-owner of Intentional Counseling and lives in Prosper, Texas, with her family. In this episode, we discuss the significance of understanding your purpose and the process of seeking God's vision for your life. Ciara offers practical tools and steps to aid in...
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God and His People: Frontlines of Ukraine with Iryna Los
The Collide Podcast
Iryna Los is the Chief of Staff of the , and together with her team, has been instrumental in the creation of 17 We Care Centers throughout Ukraine, providing humanitarian aid and relief in the middle of a war in her home country. She is a leader who has risen above her circumstances and with compassion and discernment, has stewarded what she’s been entrusted with, her community. In this episode, we discussed the Ukraine war and how she and other local Christians are stepping up to serve their country in need. We love connecting you with resources, so we pulled some of our faves based on...
info_outlineWe hear so often that God loves the people on the margins. But what happens when we really call out who that is? People with special needs. People who have been oppressed and pushed out. People who don’t fit in to our expectation of what it looks like to be chosen. These are the ones Jesus calls out, lifts up, and sets apart as His beloved. Listen in this week as pastor Garret Shelsta talks about what it means to love people on the margins and answers the thought-provoking question “What is the good news of the gospel?” ( along with many others), in The We Collide Podcast.