Trinity Streetsville
Season 1
Dealing With Our Feelings - Renovation of the Heart
Renewing Our Mind - Renovation of the Heart
Counting The Cost - Renovation of the Heart
Inside Job - Renovation of the Heart
by Trinity Church Streetsville
99% of the decisions we make are not based on facts or truth but are rooted in emotions/feelings. Joy, fear, love, acceptance, anger, greed, are all different forms of emotions we experience in our life, and all of them affect our spiritual health. Luke Lima, a student at Wycliffe College, will teach us that managing our emotions is essential to renovating our spiritual lives.
A major renovation often involves rewiring in order to fix something broken, or make something old become new again. This is no different from a major renovation of the heart - transforming our lives requires rewiring our thoughts; and this may mean changing the ideas, images, and information that we currently hold onto. Join us for this episode as Rob Hurkmans talks to us about renewing our minds on the journey to transforming our lives.
Renovations aren’t cheap! The cost of labour, time and materials need to be carefully weighed out before beginning a project. Spiritual formation is no different. Before we invite Jesus to renovate our hearts and remodel our lives, we need to realize that this kind of spiritual renewal comes with a cost. The question is, are we willing to pay the price? This week, our summer student Erikan Olaye helps work out a budget for the process of spiritual formation.
This week, we began a new sermon series titled Fixer Upper - Renovation of the Heart. Rob talks to us about our spiritual houses, places where if we let God in as our general contractor, our 'dream spiritual house' can be a reality. And after all, we're all in need of some TLC, because we are all 'fixer uppers'.
Is mental illness sinful? How does faith influence our mental health? And what role does the church have to play in caring for those who are struggling? These are just a few of the questions that we unpack in this podcast as Iris shares her experience as a psychotherapist and a Christian. Iris shares her holistic vision of health including how mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health intersect with one another. We talk about the struggle of sitting with our pain and the importance of knowing yourself so that you can care for others well. Iris shares her tips for emotional wellbeing and healing that enables us to live fully and faithfully.