The Walking Closer Podcast

Episode 33 "Time for Change"

Do you like change? Are you one of those people who runs from change? Does change make you uncomfortable? Todays episode is all about putting a positive spin on change and may even help you determine whether the change that is happening is good and needed.

Episode 32 "A Work In Progress"

This episode is all about being ok with being a work in progress. Sometimes transformation comes faster and other times is come slower. It can be discouraging at times, but remember you are a work in progress.

Episode 31 "Do The Next Right Thing"

Transformation is a process whether we like it or not. It can be confusing, exhausting, and daunting at times. How do we cut through all this and continue to make progress?

Episode 30 "Internal Conflict"

What we really want, our wills, informs how we respond to everything. It informs what we say and think. It empowers how we feel in the moment. What happens when our wills are splintered, contradictory, divided, corrupted? This episdoe highlights the internal conflict we experience as a result of the condition of our "wills." 

Episode 29 "Am I Teachable?"

We are so good at acquiring information, but what do we do with it? Information alone does not change us. Just because we know the right answers doesn’t mean they will transform us? Are we teachable?

Episode 28 "Character Change"

How do we change our character? Can we just will it into being? Can we force character change through force of habit? 

Episode 27 "Character"

This episode is all about Character. Good or bad we all have character. So, what is it? 

Episode 26 "Now What?"

Up to this point we have spent most of our time discussing the mind (thoughts, feelings, images, and ideas that occupy the mind). We have discussed how our minds are formed and shaped through our life experiences and how they regularly impacts us. Now What? This episode will begin a series of episodes where we specifically talk about our hearts and how to align our hearts with God.

Episode 25 "Sacred Rest"

Focusing of inner transformation can be exhausting at times. You might feel beat down, drained, tired of facing your failures or character flaws. How do you handle those times? This episode is all about makeing time for rest and renewal. I hope to give you some ideas by recounting my most recent 3 day retreat. 

Episode 24 "Cultivating Godly Conditions"

This episode addresses how to move forward with replacing those feelings that lead to destructive behaviors. Its all about cultivating within ourselves those godly conditions that embodied the heart of Jesus.

Episode 23 "More Than Manage"

Only managing our feelings is like only paying attention to the systems of a disease. Just like symptoms point to underlying sickness, feelings can point to underlying conditions. We must go beyond managing our feelings and address the underlying conditions of our hearts.

Episode 22 "Complexity of Feelings"

Feelings can be complex, powerful, and tricky. This episdoe presents just a few examples of this reality and further makes the arguement of why we need to focus on the underlying conditions with which these feelings are associated. 

Episode 21 "I Got This Feeling"

Feelings are so intertwined with the thoughts that occupy our minds, it does us not good to deny them or repress them. They are so intertwined with who we are, we cannot separate ourselves from them. Instead of being mastered by them or denying them, its best if we understand them. 

Episode 20 "Me and Jesus, What?"

Do "me and Jesus have our own thing going"? This episode gives you a few things to chew on while you consider the question. 

Episode 19 "Putting It All Together"

This episdoe takes the concepts we have discussed concerning "changing the mind" and brings them all together. We wrap up by giving a few specific examples of what this looks like.