by Jeff | Apr 19, 2015
DW and I felt terrible that we gave you the most meaningless episode of HopeNet Radio last week. So to make it up to you, we’ve got the most meaningful episode for you this week. Jason, Terra Kay, and Kristen are back to make sure you only get the very best from Solomon’s book of Ecclesiastes.
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“He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 5:10
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“It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.” -Ecclesiastes 7:2-3
“That’s the whole story. Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty. God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.” Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
by Jeff | Apr 12, 2015
Okay, so maybe it’s not meaningless as we’ve got much to talk about on this week’s episode. This kicks off a series on Ecclesiastes – that book between Proverbs and Song of Songs that many of us skip over after reading the first few verses… “Meaningless, meaningless…”
Solomon gives us some interesting thoughts as he reflects on his life of fortune, wisdom and yes, frustration. And this week, Jeff and DW welcome Terra Kay and Kristen Jane Anderson back to the show. This is truly an all-star lineup.
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Show Notes
Damascus Road Project w/ Terra Kay
Reaching You w/ Kristen Jane Anderson
Kristen’s very first interview on HopeNet Radio
by Jeff | Jul 27, 2014
On this week’s edition of HopeNet Radio, Kristen returns to talk about things she wishes her parents knew before making a destructive decision that nearly cost her life. Her book, Life In Spite of Me, can be found here.
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I Wish My Parents Knew… by Kristen Jane Anderson
1. I also wish they had known more about depression, how common it can be, as well as the triggers, the signs, and how easy it is to fall into a depression.
2. That what I needed more than anything was a growing, thriving, relationship with the God who made me.
3. That the youth group they’d brought me to was only a place to have fun and I needed so much more.
4. That I had been raped.
5. That I could hardly understand what I was feeling, or how to put it into words and that asking me questions might have been helpful.
6. That even though they’d taken me to a Christian Counselor she never gave me any spiritual direction or encouragement.
7. That I didn’t really like drinking, sneaking out, smoking and doing all the things I wasn’t supposed to be doing.
8. That one of the reasons I didn’t talk to them more was because I was afraid of punishments, especially with my friends because they’re what were keeping me holding on.
9. That I wanted to make them proud, not worry them.
10. That I was trying to protect them too.
11. That being in school basically complicated my issues. I think it would have helped me if I would have been taken out and put in an intense counseling program.
12. That our family needed to be centered on Christ.
13. That the church we were in was dead and that God wanted so much more for all of us.
14. I also wish they had known the power of God, the Bible, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
15. That I needed someone who knew God pouring into me.
by Jeff | Jul 20, 2014
Tonight, Kristen Jane Anderson shares the things she wished she knew before making a destructive decision that nearly cost her life. Her book, Life In Spite of Me, can be found here.
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I wish I knew… by Kristen Jane Anderson
1. The Gospel. Having grown up in church much of my life, I never heard what it meant to have a relationship with God.
2. Depression – how common it can be, as well as the triggers, the signs, and how easy it is to fall into a depression.
3. I was suicidal. I thought about things normal people wouldn’t think about.
4. My mom and even some of my friends didn’t have it all together or figured out.
5. Isolation breeds depression.
6. I didn’t have to keep so much of the stress and pain I was feeling to myself. I especially wish I would have shared it with my parents.
7. My parents weren’t trying to hurt me at all. They just wanted to help me.
8. It wasn’t my job to protect my parents.
9. There were really good youth groups at churches nearby that I would have enjoyed being a part of.
10. It would get better, that it always does, and that God had really good things planned ahead of me. (Jeremiah 29:11)
11. God was near, that He cared about me more than I could have ever imagined (even about the little things), and He seriously wanted a relationship with me.
12. The blessing of the body of Christ, the friends, the leaders, and the music. I didn’t know what I was missing
13. Although Jesus had never sinned, He could sympathize with my weaknesses. (Hebrews 4:15)
14. Jesus didn’t come for the healthy. He came for the sick. (Mark 2:17)
15. The power of God, the Bible, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
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by Jeff | Jun 1, 2014
Kristen Jane Anderson is back on the show tonight! Her book, Life In Spite of Me, and bio are available on her website. Tonight’s show is continuing our discussion from last week on living with intentionality. Living with intentionality is all about knowing and living out your purpose. If you have no purpose and no goals, life becomes monotonous, mediocre, boring, dull and we become apathetic to the world around us. We were not created for that kind of life!
In the 2nd half of the show, Bill Van Kirk joins us to share about Ultimate Frisbee Nights. Bill is the youth pastor at Spring Lake Church in Green Bay. He also chimes in and shares his perspective on living with intentionality.
Discussed on the Show
- Scramble for Hope – come golf with Jeff & Dave
- Jeff deleted his Facebook apps this week
- “Unplanned time goes to your weakness.” Gordon MacDonald
- Struggles with perfectionism
- “If you aim small, you miss small.” Bill Van Kirk
Discussion Questions
- When someone says “live intentionally,” what does that mean?
- In what ways do teens live intentionally?
- What barriers does our family have to living intentionally?
- How do we remove those barriers?
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