As we close out this season of the Ever Present podcast with Tin Man gurus Phil Herndon and Todd Wermers, Duke chats with the guys about the unique emotion of gladness and the depth of meaning and relationship we can have when we learn to celebrate with others.

All of us to varying degrees have formed really elaborate strategies to hide from or avoid guilt. It is really difficult to admit guilt, but as we learn to appreciate the gift this emotion is, we will experience a freedom far too few of us have known.

Shame is one of the most powerful emotions in the human experience, and it drives so much of what we do. In this episode, Phil Herndon and Todd Wermers helps us navigate what shame is, and how it can push us to greater dependence on the Spirit.

No one disputes the fact that the world we live in is a dangerous, often scary place. Yet so many of us don’t acknowledge this basic fact, and even if we do, we rarely navigate our fears well. To help us with that, Duke, Phil, and Todd walk us through this very powerful emotion: FEAR.

Duke, Phil, and Todd talk Sad, the impairments it brings when the needs of sadness are not addressed, and the beauty of the gifts when they are.

One is the loneliest number, which is why there’s three on this podcast. Phil and Todd from Tin Man Ministries join Duke to unpack the emotion Lonely. There’s lots of lonely out there, so hopefully this episode will help!

Duke chats with Phil Herndon and Todd Wermers from Tin Man Ministries about the emotion Hurt, what internal need it’s signaling us to, and what happens when that need isn’t met, and what happens when it is.

Phil Herndon and Todd Wermers from Tin Man Ministries join Duke to discuss Anger, what internal need it’s signaling us to, and what happens when we don’t pay attention to that need.

Todd Wermers and Phil Herndon from Tin Man Ministries chat with Duke about the 5 A’s of relational connection: Awareness, Admission, Attunement, Attachment, and Alignment, and the role and significance of each one.

Duke hosts Phil Herndon from Tin Man Ministries, and Eden Project’s Nathan Wagnon, to discuss the emotional life of God, what that tells us about him, and what it tells us about ourselves.

In this inaugural episode of the Ever Present Podcast, Duke sits down with Phil Herndon and Todd Wermers from Tin Man Ministries to answer the question, “What Is Emotion?”