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      <description><![CDATA[<p>What are Spiritual Disciplines, anyway? This week, Pastor Joe, Pastor Aaron, and Steve discuss how we can grow closer to God in our relationship with him through practices Jesus taught his disciples. </p><p><strong>Timestamps</strong>:</p><p>Part 1: Defining Spiritual Disciplines & Their Importance (0:58)</p><p>Part 2: What are some spiritual disciplines? (13:34)</p><p>Part 3: How do spiritual disciplines affect mission? (24:21)</p><p><strong>Links:</strong></p><p>John Starke - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Possibility-Prayer-Finding-Stillness-Restless-ebook/dp/B07V81VRHV/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+possibility+of+prayer&qid=1613012730&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank">The Possibility of Prayer</a></p><p>Don Whitney - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Disciplines-Christian-Donald-Whitney/dp/1615216170/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3BGET6TM17PH8&dchild=1&keywords=don+whitney+spiritual+disciplines&qid=1613012787&s=books&sprefix=don+whitney+spiri%2Cstripbooks%2C156&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life</a></p><p>Alan Noble - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Disruptive-Witness-Speaking-Truth-Distracted/dp/083084483X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FHNN7MQPZC5&dchild=1&keywords=disruptive+witness+alan+noble&qid=1613012849&s=books&sprefix=disruptive+witness%2Cstripbooks%2C291&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age</a></p><p> </p><p>Email us at <a href="mailto:gracenjpodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank">gracenjpodcast@gmail.com</a>!</p>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>We need questions for our upcoming Q&A episode! Email us at <a href="mailto:gracenjpodcast@gmail.com">gracenjpodcast@gmail.com</a> and have your question answered on the show! (If we know the answer!)</p><p>On the home stretch, Pastor Aaron and Steve discuss Gentleness as a fruit of the Spirit. How is Jesus our example of Gentleness, and how do we remain gentle while speaking up when the time calls for it? Also, always be gentle to your recording equipment!</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>Gentleness & Strength (5:11)</p><p>Jesus’ Gentleness (11:41)</p><p>When do we speak up? (15:34)</p><p>Corporate Gentleness (21:35)</p><p>Gentleness in Social Media (26:24)</p>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We need questions for our upcoming Q&A episode! Email us at <a href="mailto:gracenjpodcast@gmail.com">gracenjpodcast@gmail.com</a> and have your question answered on the show! (If we know the answer!)</p><p>On the home stretch, Pastor Aaron and Steve discuss Gentleness as a fruit of the Spirit. How is Jesus our example of Gentleness, and how do we remain gentle while speaking up when the time calls for it? Also, always be gentle to your recording equipment!</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>Gentleness & Strength (5:11)</p><p>Jesus’ Gentleness (11:41)</p><p>When do we speak up? (15:34)</p><p>Corporate Gentleness (21:35)</p><p>Gentleness in Social Media (26:24)</p>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>How do we live a faithful life as believers? Listen this week as Steve and Pastor Aaron discuss how the Holy Spirit empowers believers to be faithful to others. Plus, how we know God is faithful to us and to his promises even when we feel he's abandoned us.</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>How you can be assured God saved you 10:42</p><p>What does Christian Faithfulness look like? 18:24</p><p>A Spirit Wrought Trend 23:21</p><p>Depended on to depend on God 26:04</p><p>Faithfulness on Social Media 31:56</p><p><a href="sohm.org/backpack" target="_blank">Donate to Project Backpack at sohm.org/backpack</a></p><p><a href="mailto:graceNJpodcast@gmail.com">Email graceNJpodcast@gmail.com </a>to comment or suggest another topic you'd like to hear discussed!</p>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How do we live a faithful life as believers? Listen this week as Steve and Pastor Aaron discuss how the Holy Spirit empowers believers to be faithful to others. Plus, how we know God is faithful to us and to his promises even when we feel he's abandoned us.</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>How you can be assured God saved you 10:42</p><p>What does Christian Faithfulness look like? 18:24</p><p>A Spirit Wrought Trend 23:21</p><p>Depended on to depend on God 26:04</p><p>Faithfulness on Social Media 31:56</p><p><a href="sohm.org/backpack" target="_blank">Donate to Project Backpack at sohm.org/backpack</a></p><p><a href="mailto:graceNJpodcast@gmail.com">Email graceNJpodcast@gmail.com </a>to comment or suggest another topic you'd like to hear discussed!</p>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>What is goodness, anyway? This week Steve and Pastor Aaron discuss what it means to say “God is good” and what goodness looks like in our lives. For goodness sake, tune in!</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>What is goodness, anyway? 9:21</p><p>Is God great or good? 17:02</p><p>What does Christian goodness look like? 23:55</p><p>Corporate goodness 32:37</p><p>Goodness on Social Media 38:22</p><p><a href="http://sohm.org/backpack">Donate to Project Backpack</a> at sohm.org/backpack</p><p><a href="mailto:graceNJpodcast@gmail.com">Email graceNJpodcast@gmail.com</a></p><p> to comment or suggest another topic you'd like to hear discussed!</p>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What is goodness, anyway? This week Steve and Pastor Aaron discuss what it means to say “God is good” and what goodness looks like in our lives. For goodness sake, tune in!</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>What is goodness, anyway? 9:21</p><p>Is God great or good? 17:02</p><p>What does Christian goodness look like? 23:55</p><p>Corporate goodness 32:37</p><p>Goodness on Social Media 38:22</p><p><a href="http://sohm.org/backpack">Donate to Project Backpack</a> at sohm.org/backpack</p><p><a href="mailto:graceNJpodcast@gmail.com">Email graceNJpodcast@gmail.com</a></p><p> to comment or suggest another topic you'd like to hear discussed!</p>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Be kind. It’s a popular phrase today, and an ancient word from the Bible. How does God define kindness and how does He lead us in showing kindness? Join Steve and Pastor Aaron as they discuss Kindness this week.</p><p><br />Timestamps:</p><p>Kindness in the Bible - 0:49</p><p>Worldly Kindness - 13:39</p><p>How are we called to be kind? - 18:12</p><p>Corporate Kindness - 26:04</p><p>Kindness in Digital Media - 31:30</p><p> </p><p>Email <a href="mailto:gracenjpodcast@gmail.com">graceNJpodcast@gmail.com</a> to comment or suggest another topic you'd like to hear discussed!</p>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We know you’ve been patiently awaiting our 4th episode in our Fruit of the Spirit series! This week, Steve and Pastor Aaron discuss how trusting in God, the Holy Spirit, gives us the ability to wait and endure difficult times.<br /> </p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>How do you "live by the spirit?" - 1:48</p><p>Patience in the Bible - 7:29</p><p>Examples of Patience - 10:13</p><p>Becoming More Patient - 19:07</p><p>Patience in Digital Media - 31:08</p><p>Email <a href="mailto:gracenjpodcast@gmail.com">graceNJpodcast@gmail.com</a> to comment or suggest another topic you'd like to hear discussed!</p>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2020 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>This week, we welcome Pastor Scottye Halloway to the podcast to discuss racial reconciliation and what we, as Christians, can do about it. He had powerful messages for us and we hope you are encouraged and challenged by it! Pastor Scottye is the President of Mendenhall Ministries in Mendenhall, Mississippi. </p><p><br />Grace Church is proud to partner with and support Mendenhall Ministries. You can visit their website at <a href="mendenhallministries.org">mendenhallministries.org</a></p><p><a href="mailto:gracenjpodcast@gmail.com">Email us</a> to comment or suggest another topic you'd like to hear discussed!</p>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>We invite you to take a posture of learning and listening during this unfortunate time in our country where the conversation about racism has reached a fever pitch. In this episode, we offer resources by Black Christian leaders who we want to learn more from regarding the systemic racial injustice in America. We look forward to listening to Pastor Scottye Halloway, a Grace Church ministry partner and director of Mendenhall Ministries, for Part II in the coming days.  Stay tuned!<br /> </p><p><a href="mailto:gracenjpodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank">Email us</a> to comment or suggest another topic you'd like to hear on our podcast.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Links:</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>People:</strong></p><p>Carlos Whitaker <i>(</i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/loswhit/?hl=en" target="_blank"><i>Instagram</i></a>) <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-8-racism-in-2020/id1249486443?i=1000463322554">Fill in the Blank Racism 2020 Podcast Episode</a></p><p>Latasha Morrison - <a href="bethebridge.com">bethebridge.com</a> <a href="https://podbay.fm/podcast/1497999509/e/1590487200" target="_blank">How Be the Bridge Began</a></p><p>Priscilla Shrirer <a href="https://www.instagram.com/priscillashirer/?hl=en" target="_blank"><i>Instagram</i></a><i>, </i><a href="https://twitter.com/PriscillaShirer?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank"><i>Twitter</i></a></p><p>Eric Mason <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pastoremase/?hl=en" target="_blank"><i>Instagram</i></a><i>, </i><a href="https://twitter.com/pastoremase?lang=en" target="_blank"><i>Twitter</i></a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Books:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003EY7JGM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1" target="_blank">Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Color-Compromise-American-Churchs-Complicity-ebook/dp/B07BB6R827" target="_blank">The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby</a>: </p><p><a href="ANDcampaign.org" target="_blank">The AND Campaign</a></p><p> </p>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 4 Jun 2020 07:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>gracenjpodcast@gmail.com (Steve Polanin, Aaron Syvertsen)</author>
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