Latest Foster youth Podcast Episodes
Episode 4: Self Therapy
Welcome Home - October 06, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAs I continue my passion for speaking I realize that I am at a creative block when I dont understand myself fully. When growing we tend to priotize the negative in our head other than the postive and i relizec i have fallen into the ways. So why not treat this week with some good old fashion se...
Episode 3: The New Reality
Welcome Home - September 09, 2021 15:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsLife has been full of constant disapoint for Ayanna and BOY does it keep on coming. This episode is catching you up on the ups and downs of summer. We all have to keep moving foward and growing although we see no point in doing so. In this episode, I discuss losing family members, ending romantic...
Episode 1: Grand in the Beginning, Hell at the End
Welcome Home - May 20, 2021 23:15 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSweet ole high school. Everyone's favorite part of life. Our hormones fluctuate, faces and bodies change, we're all just trying to find oursleves. What's not to love? Some of you, like myself, may have moved way too much to enjoy high school, while others stayed at their school for 4 years. Regar...
You Said WHAT!?
Welcome Home - April 22, 2021 06:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWe all love a good story. What about one with an abusive father, deceased mom, multiple group homes, crazy foster homes and a really reckless? Great story right! We will touch base on emotional and physical abuse, Also get a look into the LA county foster system and how I’ve coped with it all.
6/26/16: How to Say a Healthy Goodbye
Braid Mission - June 28, 2016 20:45 - 18 minutesWe have much to learn from the story of Elijah's ascent and how he takes a healthy departure from someone he has mentored.
6/19/16: Growth in Good Soil
Braid Mission - June 19, 2016 18:52 - 14 minutesThis week we found great relief in hearing Jesus's parable of the sower and being reminded that the good news can only take root on ground that is ready to receive it.
6/12/16: How To Show Great Love
Braid Mission - June 13, 2016 04:24 - 18 minutesThough the woman in this story is unnamed, Jesus lifts her up as an example of the type of love that is born out of our own healing. More information about the CEB Women's Bible.
6/5/16: Returned to Relationship
Braid Mission - June 05, 2016 05:16 - 16 minutesHaving the important relationships in our lives restored and healed might be the greatest miracle we could ask for.
5/29/16: Only Say the Word
Braid Mission - May 29, 2016 04:58 - 15 minutesIn work with foster youth, as in most acts of healing and teaching, we may not ever see the miraculous taking place in front of our eyes. But if, like the centurion in this week's story, we believe in the possibility and the authority of healing, we will see the results.
5/22/16: Hope Does Not Disappoint
Braid Mission - May 22, 2016 06:22 - 22 minutesThe Apostle Paul believed in a deep hope that transcends what we know in this world, a hope that was held in community. We have found that same hope reflected and shared in our Cards of Hope program to send birthday and holiday cards to youth in group homes.
5/15/16: Mutual Adoption
Braid Mission - May 15, 2016 16:00 - 22 minutesWe have learned at Braid that "family" is much more than biology, and often the relationships we choose have the most to teach us about what it means to be family.
5/8/16: Invitation to the Fountain
Braid Mission - May 07, 2016 17:14 - 18 minutesHow can the church offer a standing invitation to wholeness in a world that tells us we have to ask for help? Read Ethan's post on the Braid blog.
5/1/16: Do You Want To Be Well?
Braid Mission - May 02, 2016 22:17 - 20 minutesHow do we answer Jesus's invitation to healing that isdeeperthan all we desire?
4/24/16: Chicken, Egg, or Holy Spirit?
Braid Mission - April 24, 2016 20:01 - 22 minutesAs we hear the story of Peter encountering the Holy Spirit where he least expected it, we wonder which comes first: the Spirit's presence, or our invocation of it?
4/3/16: Sharing Our Wounds
Braid Mission - April 03, 2016 05:29 - 15 minutesIn the story of "Doubting Thomas," the evidence of Jesus's trauma makes him recognizable to one of his closest followers and friends after the resurrection. What does this mean for those of us who represent the body of Christ? With special guest Charlotte Wilson
Easter 2016: Remembering Resurrection
Braid Mission - March 27, 2016 04:44 - 19 minutesWe all experience cycles of death and resurrection over and over in our earthly journeys. In our Easter podcast, we reflect on the communities of love and support that help us emerge from the tombs of difficulty and trauma into new life.
3/20/16: Celebrating the Extremes
Braid Mission - March 21, 2016 01:16 - 17 minutesAs the church begins its remembrance of Jesus's last days before his death, we wonder how fully celebrating the joyful and triumphant moments of life inspires and enables us to walk into darker and more challenging moments as well.
3/6/16: The Prodigal Parent
Braid Mission - March 06, 2016 05:05 - 17 minutesAs we reflect on Jesus' parable of the prodigal son, we explore what it might look like if the roles were reversed, as they often are for foster youth who are reunited with their parents.
2/28/16: "We Are"
Braid Mission - February 28, 2016 17:00 - 21 minutesWith God's encouragement, Moses found his voice, his sense of identity, and capabilities he never dreamed of. We reflect on the work of our friends at California Youth Connection and all the ways we empower each other in community.
2/14/16: Keep Remembering Your Belovedness
Braid Mission - February 14, 2016 20:30 - 20 minutesOn this St. Valentine's Day, we offer a re-broadcast of our show from February last year, "Remember Your Belovedness," in which we honored the memory of one of our first friends in San Francisco and what she taught us about claiming God's love for us.
2/7/16: We Are All Moses
Braid Mission - February 07, 2016 02:35 - 20 minutesIn his letter to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul gives us all permission and courage to step into the presence of God and be transformed.
1/31/16: The Greatest of These
Braid Mission - January 31, 2016 05:11 - 24 minutesWe remember one of Rebecca's heroes in ministry and the challenges of following Saint Paul's prescription for unconditional love.
1/24/16: One Body
Braid Mission - January 26, 2016 00:12 - 21 minutesEspecially in light of this week celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, we reflect on Paul's words to the Corinthians about the interconnectedness of all members of our community and the essential contribution of every part of the body.
1/17/16: Setting the Stage for Miracles
Braid Mission - January 16, 2016 21:25 - 15 minutesIn our first podcast of the new year, we reflect on the story of Jesus turning water into wine and the role we all have to play in God's work of transformation and healing.
Christmas 2015: O Come Let Us Adore Him
Braid Mission - December 24, 2015 16:38 - 17 minutesAs we hear the Christmas story this year, we reflect on the shepherds who respond to the angels' message and show up just to befriend and adore the most important child in the world, and we give thanks for all the shepherds who are part of Braid's ministry.
12/6/15: Finding the Center
Braid Mission - December 10, 2015 22:05 - 20 minutesWe reflect on the labyrinth as a helpful metaphor for our work at Braid in helping each other find the center in a world that is full of twists and turns.
11/29/15: Waiting for Hope
Braid Mission - November 30, 2015 02:21 - 17 minutesFor many people – including most foster youth – holidays are times of grief and loneliness. We reflect on how difficult it is to anticipate Christmas when it is not the joyful and hopeful season our culture and our church say it should be.
11/22/15: Jesus & Karl
Braid Mission - November 24, 2015 06:24 - 18 minutesWhat if we imagined Jesus' second coming like the approach of San Francisco's famous fog (fondly known as Karl)? And what if we were agents of that right now?
11/15/15: Shaking Our Foundations
Braid Mission - November 16, 2015 16:10 - 16 minutesWe consider what it means to hear Jesus' warnings about the destruction that will usher in a new age from a city that has been defined by natural disasters.
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