This Undivided Life
292 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -This Undivided Life Podcast will give you real advice to help make life whole again. Join Troy Mclaughlin, co-host Scott Perkins and guests as we talk real life. We bypass simple platitudes and the generic “just love yourself” gibberish, and dive headlong into the challenges pulling us a million different directions. Life is fractured; from your calendars chocked full of commitments, to the black hole of entertainment in the palm of your hand, and the constant buzz of iPhone alerts. For most of us, the hum of anxiety is always present. You struggle to keep up with life’s frenetic pace, social media’s comparison game, or the far-fetched promises of our consumer culture. You feel divided, out of sorts, maybe even broken because of past experiences. Here’s the good news, we’ll talk about ways to combat those feelings; things you can do, habits to break or create, and practices to put in place. If you’re looking for gurus, quick fixes, or hacks, this is not the show for you. If you’re looking for fellow sojourners, people on a similar journey, you’ve found your show.
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#188: Justin Davis: Being Real is Greater than Being Perfect
March 05, 2024 16:30 - 56 minutes - 52 MBJustin is an author, speaker, and pastor and has dedicated his life to helping people experience life change through the power of authenticity. He co-founded RefineUs Ministries, where he shares his personal story with honesty and transparency, inspiring others to find the courage to do the same. Justin is the co-author of the bestselling book, Beyond Ordinary: When a Good Marriage Just Isn't Good Enough, which he wrote alongside his wife, Trisha. He is a sought-after speaker for numerou...
#187: Greg Atkinson: The Secret Power of Kindness
February 14, 2024 05:56 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBGreg Atkinson is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, international keynote speaker, leadership and life coach, and business consultant. Greg Atkinson is the Founder and CEO of Greg Atkinson Consulting, LLC, The Kindness Group, Worship Impressions, the First Impressions Conference, and EntreChurch – The Entrepreneurial Church Conference, as well as the Co-Founder of the Social Media Church Conference. Greg is the Founder of EntreDreams and hosts masterminds and retreats. Greg is the Charlott...
# 186: Brian Heasley: Be Still
February 08, 2024 06:20 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBBrian Heasley is the International Prayer Director for 24-7 Prayer, and he also works at at Lambeth Palace as International Ecumenical Lead for Thy Kingdom Come. Before this, Brian and his wife Tracy pioneered the work of 24-7 Prayer in Ibiza, Spain, where they developed rhythms of prayer and mission. Brian’s book, Gatecrashing, tells the story of 24-7 Prayer in Ibiza. Brian is originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, and now lives in England. Brian and Tracy have two adult sons.
#185: Farrell Mason: Soulfull
January 31, 2024 05:09 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBFarrell is a mother of six, a spiritual blogger and an author of two works of fiction: Alma Gloria and the Olive Tree and The Angel and the Raven and a recent collection of prayers entitled, The Pocket Cathedral. Her latest book is Soulfull: A Weekly Devotional to Nourish the Mind, Body, and Spirit. Farrell holds a Masters of Art Business from Sotheby’s, London and is currently completing her Masters of Divinity at Vanderbilt University. She is a part-time minister of pastoral care at Woodm...
#184: Our Books of the Year
January 25, 2024 06:18 - 24 minutes - 22 MBScott and Troy pick there books of the year for 2023. It's our 3 favorites for six in total
#183: Austin Carty Why Reading Matters
January 11, 2024 05:49 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBAustin Carty joined Boulevard Baptist Church from First Baptist Church of Corbin, KY in 2019. Austin holds an undergraduate degree in literature from High Point University (B.A.), a Master of Divinity (M.Div) from Wake Forest University, and a Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) from Emory University. He is the author of The Pastor's Bookshelf: Why Reading Matters for Ministry, which received the 2023 Christianity Today Award of Merit and was named the Book of the Year by Preaching magazine. Austi...
#182 Steve Veasey: Thin Spaces
January 03, 2024 16:30 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBSteve Veasey: Artist, Writer, and Mental Health Advocate as he writes on his website ... is an excellent illustrator and author. did we mention he wrote a book?- you should read it. He grew up in British Columbia and lives there still. he enjoys long walks on the mountainside, staring out at lakes and drinking lots of Starbucks (typical BC things). and just in case you missed it-He also likes to draw. The people who live with him think he's pretty great. so do the people he works with. ...
#181: The Most Important Story
December 26, 2023 16:30 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBWhat are the most important stories we tell? The ones we tell ourselves.
#180 Tommy Brown: The Ache for Meaning
December 20, 2023 05:10 - 50 minutes - 46 MBTommy Brown is a pastor with a B.A. in Pastoral Ministry and Masters degrees in Divinity and Management. As a contemplative teacher, he seeks to connect the dots between Scripture, God’s deep work in the human soul, and the patterns of our ordinary lives. He is the author of The Seven Money Types (Zondervan, '17) and The Ache for Meaning (NavPress, September '23).
#179 Rich Kirkpatrick: Mindblown: Unlock Your Creative Genius
December 12, 2023 16:30 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBRich, a native of San Jose, California, studied music at The Phil Mattson School, and earned his bachelor’s and master’s from Jessup University. Over the years, he has worked as a church musician and ministry leader. He writes, consults, and speaks about the intersection of creativity, faith and leadership. His new book, MINDBLOWN: Unlock Your Creative Genius by Bridging Science and Magic (2022), deconstructs creativity and the creative process. His first book, The Six Hats of the Worship...
#178: Ray Edwards: Read This or Die! :Persuading Yourself to a Better Life
November 28, 2023 16:30 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBRay Edwards is a Communications Strategist, Copywriter, and the author of "How to Write Copy That Sells".He's also the creator of The Copywriting Academy™, the Certified Direct Response Copywriter program, and The Ray Edwards Copywriting Agency. He's also the author of Read This or Die!: Persuading Yourself to a Better Life.
#177: Kimberly Phinney: The Way Back 2 Ourselves
November 14, 2023 16:30 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBKimberly is a professional helper and artist. Today, she is an English professor, published writer, and counselor. During her critical illness in 2021-2022, she began dreaming about The Way Back to Ourselves and founded it in August of 2022. Her writing has been published in Ekstasis, Fathom, Truly Co, Radix, Calla Press, The Dew Drop, and many others. She is in the process of publishing her debut poetry book, Of Wings & Dirt, which is inspired by her health journey, infertility, and miracul...
#176: Words We Need
November 08, 2023 06:07 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBWords. Especially encouraging words are what we all need, to give them and receive them. These words can give us life and help us navigate the challenges that often occur in our lives. Scott and Troy talk about the power of encouraging words and the effects they have on us.
#175: Sarah L. Sanderson: The Place We Make
October 31, 2023 15:45 - 53 minutes - 49 MBSarah L. Sanderson is a writer, speaker, and teacher who believes in the life-giving freedom found in radical honesty. Her work has appeared at PBS NewsHour, Blackpast, Christianity Today, Fathom, The Unmooring, Christ and Pop Culture, The Other Journal, Motherly, Relief, Stark and Main, and Brain, Child, among others. She is also a monthly contributor to Three-Fifths. She studied English and Philosophy at Wheaton College, and holds a Master in Teaching degree from Seattle University and ...
#174: Jason Clark & Derek Turner: Rethinking God with Tacos
October 26, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBJason is a writer, speaker, and lead communicator at A Family Story ministries. His mission is to encourage sons and daughters to grow sure in the love of an always-good heavenly Father. He and his wife, Karen, live in North Carolina with their three children. www.jasonclarkis.com Facebook // Twitter // Instagram Derek Turner is a follower of Jesus, in love with @sarahjturner, father to @caro.turn & @kaaatters, owner of Milo, pastor @rivercharlotte. Amazed by Grace www.rivercharlo...
#173: John Blake: More Than I imagined
October 24, 2023 15:45 - 56 minutes - 52 MBJohn Blake is an award-winning journalist at CNN.com, the online site for CNN. He is also the author of “More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered About the White Mother He Never Knew.” He has been honored by the Associated Press, the Society of Professional Journalists, the American Academy of Religion, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Religion Communicators Council and with the GLAAD Media Award. He was most recently the winner of the 2019 Sigma Delta Chi awards f...
#172:Andrew Thorp King:Failure Rules
October 17, 2023 17:46 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBAndrew Thorp King is an executive fintech banker, spy novelist, speaker, punk rocker, podcaster, ex-bodybuilder, cigar lover, and serial entrepreneur. He founded two independent record labels—Thorp Records and Sailor’s Grave Records—and has invested in many spaces, including online lending, fitness, lead generation, and independent music. Andrew Thorp King is also a serial failure. He has crashed and burned through bankruptcy, divorce, mortgage default, public assistance, and multiple busi...
171: Maina Mwaura: The Influential Mentor
October 11, 2023 15:30 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBMaina Mwaura resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Tiffany, and daughter, Zyan. He is a graduate of Liberty University and New Orleans Theological Seminary and has served on staff at several churches. You can find Maina‘s written work at mainaspeaks.com.
#171: Maina Mwaura: The Influential Mentor
October 11, 2023 15:30 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBMaina Mwaura resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Tiffany, and daughter, Zyan. He is a graduate of Liberty University and New Orleans Theological Seminary and has served on staff at several churches. You can find Maina‘s written work at mainaspeaks.com.
#170:Jillian Benfield The Gift of The Unexpected
October 03, 2023 15:30 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBJillian Benfield (www.jillianbenfield.com) is a former journalist and news anchor. She holds a broadcast journalism degree from the University of Georgia. As a freelance writer, her essays about living an unexpected life have appeared on sites such as TODAY, Good Morning America, Yahoo! News, and ABC News. Jillian regularly advocates for the full inclusion of people with disabilities in her writings, community, and as a part of the National Down Syndrome Congress's National Down Syndrome Adv...
#169 Before You Go
September 26, 2023 15:30 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBHow do we live our lives in light of the fact we will not be here some day? How do we live knowing we will go?Scott and Troy talk about death and dying, and how it informs our living.
#168: Kayla Craig Every Season Sacred
September 19, 2023 15:30 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBKayla Craig is a parent to four wild, wonderful kids and the author of Every Season Sacred: Reflections, Prayers, and Invitations to Nourish Your Soul and Nurture Your Family throughout the Year and To Light Their Way: A Collection of Prayers & Liturgies for Parents. She is the creator of Liturgies for Parents, where she shares nuanced and nurturing prayers for you to borrow for your fantastic, dirty, messy, holy life.
#167: Caroline Oaks Practice the Pause
September 12, 2023 15:30 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBCaroline Oaks is a writer/spiritual director/publicist who is fascinated with the shifts in mind and spirit that slowing down and noticing can bring. She studies and follow luminaries of the perennial wisdom that underlies all religions and spiritual traditions — thinking of spiritual teachers like Thomas Merton and Mary Oliver and Hafiz and the Desert Mothers and Fathers, and Richard Rohr's Wisdom School with Cynthia Bourgeault and James Finley.
#166 Carley Summers:Sacred Spaces
September 05, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBBefore she became an internationally renowned designer and photographer, Carley Summers suffered from alcoholism and addiction, spending nights in jail, the emergency room, and rehab. As someone who celebrates recovery today, she knows firsthand the importance of a warm and inviting home. Summers uses her life experience and her craft to ensure that the homes she designs and photographs are comforting, healing spaces in which to live and grow. Carley Summers is an interior designer...
#165 In Need of Reminding
August 29, 2023 15:35 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBAs humans we tend to forget. Often we forget the most important things, as a result we need reminders. We need reminders about our worth, that we’re loved deeply. That we’re not alone. Scott and I talk about our natural propensity to forget, as Scott says “we’re leaky vessels.” Yep we leak, so we need reminding, of those most Important things.
#164 Jenny Wise Black: Lose the Phone
August 22, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBJenny Wise Black is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in how media impacts our mental health. She is the author of Our Digital Soul and the creator of Lose the Phone a podcast series and movement that supports humans as they heal from media addiction and trauma and learn to engage in their real ives and their digital lives from a place of wholeness.
#163 David Kim: Made to Belong
August 15, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBDavid Kim was born in Seoul, Korea, and immigrated to America at age ten. He currently lives in California with his wife and two daughters, enjoying the weather and this incredible creative culture--but not so much the cost of living! David is a follower of Jesus and serves as the discipleship and formation pastor at WestGate Church, a multi-ethnic, multisite church in the heart of Silicon Valley. He also serves as an executive board member of Mustard Seed Generation, a mental health n...
#162 Karen Swallow Prior: Embracing a Life of Imagination
August 08, 2023 17:40 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBKaren Swallow Prior, Ph. D., is a reader, writer, and professor. She is the author of The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis (Brazos, 2023); On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books (Brazos 2018); Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More—Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist (Thomas Nelson, 2014); and Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me (T. S. Poetry Press, 2012). She is co-editor of Cultural Engagement: A Crash ...
#161: Pete Peterson: The Hiding Place
August 02, 2023 15:30 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBPete is the author of the Revolutionary War adventure The Fiddler’s Gun and its sequel Fiddler’s Green as well as a variety of short stories. As a playwright he has published The Battle of Franklin (first produced by Studio Tenn in 2016 and revived in 2017), a stage adaptation of Frankenstein (produced by Studio Tenn in 2018), and The Hiding Place, which received its world premier production from A. D. Players in Houston, Texas in 2019. Among the many strange things he’s been in life are the...
#160: Practicing Presence
August 02, 2023 04:11 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBScott and Troy discuss what it means to practice the art of being present and how it creates space and more life for ourselves and others.
#159:Dr. Lee Warren Hope is the First Dose
July 18, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBW. LEE WARREN, M.D. is a brain surgeon, inventor, Iraq War veteran, and author of I've Seen the End of You: A Neurosurgeon's Look at Faith, Doubt, and the Things We Think We Know. His last book, No Place to Hide, was named to the 2015 U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff's Recommended Reading List. Dr. Warren has appeared on The 700 Club, the CBS Evening News, and his writings have been featured in Guideposts magazine. Dr. Warren practices neurosurgery at Great Plains Health. He plays the guitar an...
#158 Karen Wright Marsh: Wake Up to Wonder
July 11, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBKaren Wright Marsh is an author, speaker and the executive director and cofounder of Theological Horizons, a ministry that supports Christians & seekers in academia by providing a welcoming community for engaging faith, thought & life. She is the host of the Vintage Saints and Sinners podcast. She holds degrees in philosophy from Wheaton College & linguistics from the University of Virginia. Karen lives with Charles Marsh, a UVA professor, at the Bonhoeffer House in Charlottesville, Virginia.
#157 John Van Sloten: God Speaks Science
July 04, 2023 16:36 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBJohn is a pastor (at Marda Loop Church), teacher and writer who lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His passion is to know God more (and to read everything he’s written). For the past 20 years he's been exploring a worldview that seeks to discern God's voice in all things: the Bible and creation (i.e. the arts, sport, science, film, music, literature, history, mathematics, nature and human nature). His first book, The Day Metallica Came to Church: Seeing the Everywhere God in Everything (2010...
#156 Drew Jackson: Touch the Earth
June 27, 2023 15:30 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBDrew Jackson is a poet, speaker, and public theologian. He is author of God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems on God’s Unexpected Coming and Touch the Earth: Poems on The Way. His work has appeared in Oneing, Made for Pax, The Journal from the Centre for Public Christianity, Fathom Magazine, and other publications. He received his B.A. in Political Science from the Univ. of Chicago and his M.A. in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughters.
#155 Mental Post It Notes
June 20, 2023 15:30 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBScott and Troy discuss giving ourselves mental post it notes as reminders of who we are, and how to face our daily lives. They each share a couple that are helpful as they navigate their daily lives and it's inherent challenges.
#154 Michelle T Sanchez: Color Courageous Discipleship
June 13, 2023 15:30 - 53 minutes - 49 MBMichelle is passionate to see disciples be transformed as they transform the world. She serves as Executive Minister of Make and Deepen Disciples for the Evangelical Covenant Church. She has also served on the advisory board of the Institute for Bible reading, ministered to international students with Cru in New York City, and engaged in three global gatherings of the Lausanne Movement. Michelle earned an M.Div. and Th.M. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, completed spiritual directio...
#153: What's Your Soundtrack?
June 07, 2023 14:21 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBScott and Troy talk about the prevelant, or prevailing soundtrack that fills our minds. Often they are the ones that can derail us. We discuss if they are true, or fasle and some stratagies to face them. We discuss the need to practice, or have disciplines to help counter the lies that can be our soundtracks. These can include coaching, conseling, and community, because we need others to become fully human.
#152 Jonathan Puddle: You are Enough
May 30, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBJonathan is passionate about helping people live in abundant freedom and self-sacrificial love. A writer and popular podcast host, Jonathan and his wife also pastor children at a thriving community church in Kitchener, Ontario. Having spent much of his career in non-profit leadership, Jonathan is a visionary thinker with a strategic mind, who is just as comfortable speaking to large audiences as he is mentoring one-on-one. Raised by missionary parents, living in five countries and being expo...
Ep #151 Special Edition: Celebrating over 150 episodes
May 24, 2023 14:29 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBScott and Troy talk a bit about the journey of reaching more than 150 episodes. It's an episode filled with gratitude and fun.
#150 Dr Mark Mayfield: The Path to Wholeness
May 09, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBDr. Mark Mayfield is an author, speaker, leadership coach, counselor, and professor. He has extensive experience in executive leadership as former founder and CEO of Mayfield Counseling Centers a 501c3 non-profit in Colorado Springs which serves over 25,000 appointments a year. Dr. Mayfield is an executive leadership coach, helping churches and organizations navigate the complexities of their mental and emotional health. Clinically, Dr. Mayfield is an expert in working with families affect...
#149 BJ Thompson: Awaken a Better You
May 02, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBBJ is a life coach, speaker, and author who helped launch one of the largest faith movements in recent history – the “116 Movement” with Grammy award winning artist Lecrae. He also worked to expand groundbreaking racial reconciliation work with school, churches, & non-profits in Memphis, TN. BJ has worked with tens of thousands of individuals and couples all over the world helping them experience personal, professional and relational growth. Currently BJ serves as the executive director fo...
#148 Robby Fowler: The Path to Radical Empathy
April 25, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBRobby Fowler, Champion of Life-giving Brands. What the heck is a life-giving brand? And how is he crowned champion? Good questions. He never set out to do this. But he 'MacGyvered' my zagging path into a Swiss army knife that is his life and business. He never set out to do this. But here he is. Robby has “MacGyvered" multifarious interests, eclectic experiences, and nerdy librarian-like passion for learning into a single Swiss army knife that is my life and business. (He's not ...
#147 The One and Only You
April 19, 2023 04:19 - 19 minutes - 18 MBScott and Troy talk about being the best possible you. That unique role that you only fill.
#146:Let's Have Some Fun
April 11, 2023 15:30 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MB"Let's have some fun"... It's what Troy says when he starts an episode with a guest, before his first question. Scott and Troy talk about having and choosing fun and joy, even in the not the so joyous parts of life
#145: Rachel Anne Ridge:The Donkey Principle
April 04, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBRachel Anne Ridge is an author, professional artist, and motivational speaker. Her books Flash: The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith, and Second Chances and Walking with Henry: Big Lessons from a Little Donkey on Faith, Friendship, and Finding Your Path have delighted readers with their entertaining tales and poignant lessons. A certified life coach, Rachel works with individuals and organizations to discover their creative gold through hands-on workshops, retreats, and coachi...
#144 Sean Dietrich:Discovering the Art & Beauty of Life
March 28, 2023 15:30 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBSometimes your dreams come true, even through the grief and pain that life can dole out in heavy doses. Art and beauty are always around, but it's up to us to see it, as Mary Oliver says "pay attention, and tell about it. Well that's what Sean Dietrich does, he tells about it through his singing and beauty of the written word. Sean Dietrich is a columnist, novelist, and podcast host, known for his commentary on life in the American South. His work has appeared in Newsweek, Southern Living...
# 143 Tullian Tchvidjian:Tasting the Flavor of Life
March 21, 2023 15:30 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBTullian is a graduate of Columbia International University, where he received a degree in Philosophy, and Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, where he earned his Master of Divinity. A grandson of (Evangelist) Billy and Ruth Graham, Tullian was the Founding Pastor of the former New City Church (in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) which merged with the historic Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in 2009. He served there as Senior Pastor until June 2015. Tullian has written eight books includin...
#142 Spending Our Gift of Worthiness
March 14, 2023 15:30 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBTroy and Scott talk about living from our foundation of ultimate worth, and how it leads to sharing it among others.
#141: Disconnection from Distraction
March 07, 2023 16:30 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBWhat happens when we pause and give ourselves, our minds a break from the constant barrage of distractions. Surprisingly our brains can heal, even create new ways of thinking. Scott and Troy talk about being intentional to break free from our overload of distractions we face each day.
#140: Josh White Stumbling Toward Eternity
February 28, 2023 16:30 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBJosh White is a speaker, recording artist, writer, and founding pastor of Door of Hope, a thriving church community in the heart of Portland. He has recorded multiple worship albums, including as the frontman of Telecast. Josh has also produced numerous records, including Liz Vice’s first album, There’s a Light. Josh and his wife, Darcy, reside in Portland, Oregon, with their son and daughter.