I am a psychologist, wife and mother of three teenagers. Three years ago I started a mental health podcast, called Never Perfect with an ADHD psychologist . It comforts me greatly to know that life is never going to be perfect, and we all struggle navigating this complicated life. As a Christian, my faith is one of my biggest struggles but it gives me more hope and peace than anything else. Being still and tapping into the unseen may be the most important thing we ever do, yet is one of my biggest challenges in life, Christians should be the most humble, compassionate and loving people, if they are modeling their lives after Jesus, and yet many aren’t. So many people are understandably turned off by Christians who are judging, self-righteous, or cold ( some call these people “assholes” and wonder if they’re actually Christians), and I am personally sad and angry about this, because Jesus was none of these things. Other people won’t crack open the Bible or the doors of the church, and many have misconceptions about what faith is or what it looks like. In this podcast, I will be interviewing people who are real and relatable Christians who represent Jesus well (in my opinion) and also sharing things that have inspired me and strengthened my faith and spark flames in my soul, from verses, passages, or stories to interviews with pastors, friends, and just anyone who inspires me to greater faith.
Music By Nate Capecchi
Editing By Brock Rustand
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I am a psychologist, wife and mother of three teenagers. Three years ago I started a mental health podcast, called Never Perfect with an ADHD psychologist . It comforts me greatly to know that life is never going to be perfect, and we all struggle navigating this complicated life. As a Christian, my faith is one of my biggest struggles but it gives me more hope and peace than anything else. Being still and tapping into the unseen may be the most important thing we ever do, yet is one of my biggest challenges in life, Christians should be the most humble, compassionate and loving people, if they are modeling their lives after Jesus, and yet many aren’t. So many people are understandably turned off by Christians who are judging, self-righteous, or cold ( some call these people “assholes” and wonder if they’re actually Christians), and I am personally sad and angry about this, because Jesus was none of these things. Other people won’t crack open the Bible or the doors of the church, and many have misconceptions about what faith is or what it looks like. In this podcast, I will be interviewing people who are real and relatable Christians who represent Jesus well (in my opinion) and also sharing things that have inspired me and strengthened my faith and spark flames in my soul, from verses, passages, or stories to interviews with pastors, friends, and just anyone who inspires me to greater faith.
Music By Nate Capecchi
Editing By Brock Rustand
The Intersection of Pain and Faith With Shonda Caines, M.Ed.
Never Perfect Faith
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The Intersection of Pain and Faith With Shonda Caines, M.Ed.
Today Beth interviews Shonda Caines, the Head of Exceptional Education and Head of Lower School, about her experience of having a child with Down’s Syndrome and autism having to undergo open heart surgery as an infant. Shonda explains how her faith has been both challenged and strengthened, the questions she has for God, and her ongoing wrestling match with Him for control. One of her favorite Bible passages is Psalm 139. Her grief and concern for her son’s struggles and pain and her sense of helplessness to fix it were the hardest parts. She’s learned that in some of the hard things are also the really good things… knowing that we live in a fallen world but sometimes wondering “why did God let it fall?” Although Shonda doesn’t think she was initially equipped to handle a disabled child and thereforeGod can equip you to handle the hard. Two good books on God and suffering are:“Where is God when it hurts?” By Phillip Yancey and “The Problem of Pain” by CS Lewis. You celebrate the little triumphs along the way. A very shocking document about how disabled kids were treated was by Geraldo “Willowbrook: the Last Disgrace. ”
In terms of inclusion, Shonda is trying to make a difference , still “in a place of kicking down doors” and barriers to disabled kids. You can put people in a box. We need to give everyone an access to good places. How would Jesus treat disabled children? He would “open the door.” And he would serve them. There is so much work to do to take care of others who need the help and support. The poor the alien the widow the orphan the sick.
Never Perfect: S1E28 "Unpacking Intelligence with Shonda Caines"
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Never Perfect Faith
I am a psychologist, wife and mother of three teenagers. Three years ago I started a mental health podcast, called Never Perfect with an ADHD psychologist . It comforts me greatly to know that life is never going to be perfect, and we all struggle navigating this complicated life. As a Christian, my faith is one of my biggest struggles but it gives me more hope and peace than anything else. Being still and tapping into the unseen may be the most important thing we ever do, yet is one of my biggest challenges in life, Christians should be the most humble, compassionate and loving people, if they are modeling their lives after Jesus, and yet many aren’t. So many people are understandably turned off by Christians who are judging, self-righteous, or cold ( some call these people “assholes” and wonder if they’re actually Christians), and I am personally sad and angry about this, because Jesus was none of these things. Other people won’t crack open the Bible or the doors of the church, and many have misconceptions about what faith is or what it looks like. In this podcast, I will be interviewing people who are real and relatable Christians who represent Jesus well (in my opinion) and also sharing things that have inspired me and strengthened my faith and spark flames in my soul, from verses, passages, or stories to interviews with pastors, friends, and just anyone who inspires me to greater faith.
Music By Nate Capecchi
Editing By Brock Rustand
