Christian Heritage
The Christian Heritage podcast is a weekly conversation about trauma, human flourishing, and the church. Christian Heritage is a non-profit organization in Nebraska whose mission is to mobilize a gospel-centered community to support vulnerable children and families. We believe God's people are the answer to the most broken situations in the child welfare system. To learn more about Christian Heritage, visit chne.org.
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Jed Mullinex is the President of Within Reach. He spent 15 years leading local churches in New England and Omaha, and he was drawn to the possibility that the church might unite for the city's good. He joins the podcast today to talk about what Within Reach is doing in the Omaha area and how they seek to build a network of churches who listen to and love their city well.
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This is part 2 of "Becoming a Connected Organization," where Roy shares the first half of a presentation on navigating organizational change with an emphasis on connection. He integrates best practices from change management with TBRI principles to encourage business leaders, pastors, and non-profit directors to think hard about their culture and how their organizations can become more connected internally. Part 1 focuses...
In this special episode, Roy shares the first half of a presentation on navigating organizational change with an emphasis on connection. He integrates best practices from change management with TBRI principles to encourage business leaders, pastors, and non-profit directors to think hard about their culture and how their organizations can become more connected internally. Part 1 focuses on understanding and assessing your organizat...
James and Roy continue their conversation talking about why it's important for Christians to understand trauma. In this episode, they get practical to help you reconsider some traditional religious platitudes we often say when people trust us with their pain, grief, doubt, etc. Rather than give trite answers, we can speak to them in a way that builds connection and facilitates healing.
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Roy and James are back together continuing the Church & Trauma Series. They talk more about the Church & Trauma Summit and its goal. Then, they go deep into discussing the obstacles churches face in engaging trauma and pain, and why churches can be tempted to minimize trauma in the lives of people who are struggling.
Check out the article "Why the church doesn't want to talk about trauma" that we mentioned in...
Next up in our Church & Trauma series is Tiffany Kavanaugh. Tiffany is a mental health provider at a private practice and is a school social worker in Lincoln Public Schools. She has expertise in using a blend of supportive, cognitive, mindfulness, and trauma-based therapies to serve her clients.
To learn more or register for the Church & Trauma Summit, visit chne.org/summit
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Our third interview in the Church & Trauma series is with Jeremy Smith of Smith Counseling. Jeremy specializes in complex system dynamics and much of our conversation centers around how the North American church system allows abuse and perpetuates trauma among Christians. You do not want to miss this wide-ranging and deep conversation.
To learn more or register for the Church & Trauma Summit, visit chne.org/summit
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In this episode during our Church & Trauma series, James sits down with Sarah Smith of Smith Counseling. Sarah is a trauma-informed licensed counselor who combines various therapeutic techniques with biblical truth in the counseling process. Her perspectives on the church and trauma are shaped by service in the mission field and years of counseling church leaders.
To learn more or register for the Church & Trauma Summit, vi...
We have a new mini-season and series this summer on the podcast. James is interviewing each of the panelists who will be at our Church & Trauma Summit in September. First up is Trey McGruder, the founder and CEO of A Blessing of Hope, a family services organization in Lincoln that contracts with Nebraska DHHS and the Probation Administration in. Trey shares about his organization and his unique perspective on trauma and how the...
This month, we're taking some of the time to get to know our hosts on a more personal level. This week, we get part 2 of Roy's interview with James. In this episode, James talks about how he got involved in the world of child welfare.
If you missed part 1, be sure to check it out as well!
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This month, we're taking some of the time to get to know our hosts on a more personal level. In the last two weeks, James interviewed Roy. Today and next week, the tables are turned. Roy talks with James about his journey. Where is James from? What experiences have significantly shaped his life? How did he end up at Christian Heritage?
They start with the somewhat awkward beginning of their relationship--you don't want to...
This month we're taking the time to get to know our hosts and here is part 2 of our interview with Roy. In this episode, Roy shares about his time at Milton-Hershey School, working at Focus on the Family, Camp Monadnock, and ultimately how he ended up at Christian Heritage.
If you missed part 1, be sure to go back and watch!
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We're two seasons into the podcast, but we haven't taken the time to get to know our hosts on a more personal level. Today, James takes the time to interview Roy. Where is Roy from? What experiences have significantly shaped his life? How did he end up in Nebraska as the CEO of Christian Heritage? We cover those questions and more in this wide-range (and really good!) conversation.
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For far too long, the church has seen discipleship as information to learn or a class to take. But what if discipleship was something else entirely? In this episode, James and Roy talk about "hospitality as discipleship." They discuss what this meant for the early church and how we can make it a reality again today.
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In this episode, Jenn Hook, author and founder/executive director of Replanted, joins us to discuss how churches can support and care well for foster and adoptive families in their community. We talk about where churches need to begin on the road to becoming trauma-informed and what it takes for church leadership to be "all in."
Jenn and her husband Josh wrote Thriving Families, a guidebook to help families as they care f...
Boundaries are something we all know we should have, but can sometimes be difficult to communicate and enforce. The holidays often make this even harder. In this episode, James sits down with Rhoni Bruhn to talk about what boundaries are and offers some strategies for communicating and putting them in place no matter your situation or season of life.
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In this episode, James sits down with Dustin Lappe, associate pastor of Messiah Lutheran in Lincoln, Nebraska. They talk about what God's doing at Messiah and how to think through partnerships to advance the gospel in our cities.
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This week, Jen Kindler from Care Portal and Libby Moderow, Families Together Supervisor at CH, join James and Roy to talk about CarePortal. CarePortal is a digital platform that helps churches connect with vulnerable families to meet tangible needs.
Start CarePortal at your church. Check out the CarePortal Conference
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In this episode, James and Roy take a step back to look at the big picture of trauma through the lens of discipleship. They try to answer the haunting question, "Is discipleship in the North American church infected or broken, and how do we get back to what Jesus modeled in his care for the vulnerable?"
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Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner! So in this episode, Amber Koehler joins James and Roy to talk about how to handle trauma during the holidays. Amber is a permanency support specialist at CH and a former foster and adoptive parent. We talk with Amber about what works, what doesn't, and how relatives and churches can contribute to felt safety for vulnerable children during the holidays.
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