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Join the hosts of the Faith Today Podcast as they reflect on some of their favourite moments from season seven. Features Karen Stiller, Bill Fledderus and podcast manager Sammy Kyereme.

In addition to being a senior editor at Faith Today, Karen Stiller of Ottawa is an author of several books including Holiness Here: Searching for God in the Ordinary Events of Everyday Life (NavPress, 2024). She talks with her Faith Today coworker Bill Fledderus about holiness in ordinary life, how all believers are holy even if we don't feel that way, grouchy hospitality and slow beauty.
Author website: https://karenstiller.com/
NavPress: https://www.navpress.com/p/holiness-here/9781641587457
Amazon.ca: https://amzn.to/3VobeBt

Are you predisposed to grumpiness? Does joy feel like an elusive dream? B.C.-based author Alastair Sterne leads us through a contemplation of joy that is theological and practical. As it turns out, gratitude journals work! So does thoughtfully pursuing moments of joy in our daily lives and paying attention. Sterne has a book releasing in October 2024 called Longing for Joy: An Invitation into the Goodness and Beauty of Life, but today you get a sneak peak at some of what joy that book might bring.
Sterne also wrote our magazine's May/June cover essay, available in French and English at https://FaithToday.ca/The-kiss-of-joy.
Follow Alastair Sterne's work here: https://www.ordinarymatters.org/about

Israel Gimba is an Ottawa evangelist and pastor. He talks with guest host Sammy Kyereme about the heart of the ministry Dunamis Army, how Ignite Saturdays are facilitated, and strategy on how to bring together a united gathering for young Christians.

Dunamis Army is behind the worship band Dunamis District and the JON Festival (Jesus of Nazareth), a new annual Christian music festival based in Ottawa. The festival drew thousands together to worship Jesus at its launch October 15, 2023.

Connect with Gimba or find out more at dunamisdistrict.com.

On Instagram:
Dunamis Army @dunamisarmy
Dunamis District @dunamisdistrict
JON festival @jonfestival

Watch a video of this conversation at http://www.faithtoday.ca/Audio-Video/TV/Gathering-young-Christians-with-Israel-Gimba

Welcome to a quiet and gentle conversation about mental health. Vivette Henry, PhD is a clinical counsellor/psychotherapist who also teaches psychology at Tyndale University in Toronto. She walks us through how to stay in touch with our own wellness, people in the Bible who struggled and what helps us all keep on keeping on.

Brenton Diaz is a trauma therapist in Ontario who works with people who have trauma history including coming from communities where there has been genocide.

He serves as the coordinator of the Newcomers' Health and Well-being Program at a charitable community health organization north of Toronto. He teaches on trauma at Tyndale University in Toronto and abroad including Lithuania, Ukraine, Kenya and Malawi, and Ethiopia. He also teaches in the social work departments at two Toronto-area universities.

He and his wife Christy volunteer with The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, consulting and teaching in Kenya, Rwanda, Dominican Republic, Malawi, Lithuania, Georgia & Ukraine.

Free, self-directed course online (seven videos and discussion questions called Trauma-Friendly Church http://www.theefc.ca/trauma-friendly

Edited and condensed text from this interview in the May/Jun 2024 issue of Faith Today https://digital.faithtoday.ca/faithtoday/library/item/05062024/4188068/

Brent Diaz personal website
https://karibudiaz.wordpress.com/