Show Notes:
Jesus follower, wife, mother, military veteran, USAFA ’97 graduate, counselor, nutritional healing-foods lover, author. These phrases all describe today’s guest, Aurelia Smith. Aurelia served as an active-duty Air Force officer both in the United States and abroad and separated from the military in 2002 as a Captain, and she’s been involved with OCF in many capacities since her cadet years.
GRACE: God’s Reconciliation At Christ’s Expense.
To say race relations is a complex issue is an understatement, and every facet of this topic cannot be covered in this one episode. Aurelia and I simply sat down to start the conversation, talk through Aurelia’s experiences in the military community, and her passion for helping other believers answer the question: How do I minister to the person in front of me who’s hurting from an ethnic or cultural incident?
Aurelia and I are both members of OCF’s R7:9 Project (Revelation 7:9) committee, which examines the critical subject of race relations and explores how believers should engage in this topic in a biblical manner.
Throughout this episode, Aurelia mentions a few books and resources linked below:
If you have an idea for a guest, topic, or story that I should consider for a future episode of the show, send an email to podcast@ocfusa.org or visit OCF’s new “Be a Guest” webpage.
As you listen to this conversation with Aurelia, here are a few questions to ponder in your personal time, with a small group, or with a mentor:
An OCF Milestone Moment: The Inaugural Global Town Hall
Part 3: Spiritual Formation: A Counter-Cultural Approach to Spiritual Renewal
Part 2: Spiritual Formation: A Counter-Cultural Approach to Spiritual Renewal
Part 1: Spiritual Formation: A Counter-Cultural Approach to Spiritual Renewal
“Practice what we profess”: Three leadership principles for the Christian in the military
“Get your emotions to work for you”: Understanding emotional intelligence as a military leader
“Camouflage Christian”: Living for Christ while serving in the military
"Understand your why”: Following Jesus’ example of servant leadership
Establishing “foundations of resilience”: Learning how to bounce back after trauma
"Take the biblical viewpoint”: Reframing parents’ conversations with kids about sex
"Struggling in silence”: Talking through God’s design for sexuality and the single womanStruggling in silence
"Pursue at all costs”: Solutions, healing, & recovery from porn addiction
“Rebuilding your beliefs on a foundation of truth”: Understanding betrayal trauma
“On your terms or God’s terms”: Digging deeper into God’s design for the human mind
“There is hope”: Recovering from pornography addiction
Season 4 Introduction
(S3:E12) Part 3: When your job and your faith are at odds / Lead to serve, serve to lead
(S3:E11) Part 2: How to accept failure as a leader / Lead to serve, serve to lead
(S3:E10) Part 1: Being a leader of character / Lead to serve, serve to lead
(S3:E9) “Pursue God… no matter where you are”: Finding fellowship beneath the sea
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