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BYC #63 – Christianity: Why I Believe… and, Facing the Tough Questions

Sometimes, our opinions can blind us.  There was a time, when I was very angry with the Christian church, and very judgmental of most Christians, and when I had a list of objections to Christianity a mile long. But even when I was there, God still reached out to call me home.  I spent 10 years trying to get home to that God, but not knowing the way.  In this episode today, I want to talk about how, when I finally dropped my guard and walked into a Christian church, I finally found my way home, and I found all my objections answered, and I found myself growing closer to God in ways I never saw coming … And with that, I found a peace in my soul like never before. The post BYC #63 – Christianity: Why I Believe… and, Facing the Tough Questions appeared first on Breaking Your Chains.

BYC #62 – Let’s Talk About the Holidays

I'm recording this episode, and putting it out, on Christmas Eve, because I really felt compelled to do so. Today I needed to spend a few minutes talking about the holidays, and how the expectations the media puts on us don't necessarily reflect reality, and how that can sometimes lead to depression when our lives don't live up to them. The post BYC #62 – Let’s Talk About the Holidays appeared first on Breaking Your Chains.

BYC #61 – Five Years in Tampa: Comparing Florida with California and Hawaii

It’s been five years since Pam and I first moved to Tampa, Florida, so I asked her if she’d come on the show with me to talk about living here. We discuss both the pros and cons of living in Tampa, if Tampa is the best part of the state, and then we compare Florida with both California and Hawaii.   Then my "hater" friend John had to come on the show to share his hysterical point of view on why Florida blows California away.    And finally, my friend Kris comes on to share his story of being flooded out of his home during Hurricane Helene last year. The post BYC #61 – Five Years in Tampa: Comparing Florida with California and Hawaii appeared first on Breaking Your Chains.

BYC #60 – The Seven Deadly Sins, Pt 2

Last episode, I brought on a couple of my friends, April Hunter and Wade Williams, and we started a conversation around the seven deadly sins.  Today is part two, and we’ll finish the conversation by covering some big ones… greed, lust, and pride.  But wait, there’s more!  After relistening to it, I found myself going into a deep dive on certain aspects of lust that I wanted to try and understand further, from a Biblical perspective.  I’m not going to say I was successful.  To say it was challenging is an understatement.  But it feels like, every time I take a deep dive into trying to understand something in the Bible that challenges me, I come away feeling closer to God, and closer to Jesus… and this was no different.  I feel like I grew, so I'm sharing that journey here after the conversation. The post BYC #60 – The Seven Deadly Sins, Pt 2 appeared first on Breaking Your Chains.

BYC #59 – The Seven Deadly Sins, Pt 1

Today I’m gonna bring you a fun conversation around the Seven Deadly Sins… and how learning to avoid them can make your life better.  In order to do this, I’m bringing on two guests, April Hunter and Wade Williams.  (April, you might remember from Episode 51 about Online Dating.)  We don't claim to have all the answers. The goal with today’s show is just to make you think, because I think the danger is not thinking about them at all.  This show is part one, of a two-part series, and covers the history of the seven deadly sins, as well as sloth, wrath, gluttony, and envy.  The post BYC #59 – The Seven Deadly Sins, Pt 1 appeared first on Breaking Your Chains.