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Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm — Loving Ourselves Better by Practicing Sabbath
Last week Ken spoke of his belief that we cannot fully join God on mission until we learn to love ourselves well, and that one way we love ourselves well is…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm — Learning to Love Ourselves Well
In this episode, Ken states that he believes we cannot fully join God on mission until we learn to love ourselves well. We are called to love our neighbors the…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm — Isaiah 58: The Heart of God
In this episode Ken begins a series on what it means to join God on mission in the world, which is the endgame of Faithwalking. We believe restoring all…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm — Am I a Loving Neighbor?
In this episode, Ken wraps up his series on polarization and the question of how we manage our anxiety so as not to be polarizers. He points out that Jesus was…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm — Pushing Forward with Practice
In this episode Ken reminds his listeners of the importance of learning to be patient with ourselves as we go through the process of growing in emotional…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm — Practicing Curiosity
In this episode, Ken continues unpacking the six characteristics of a "safe person" and how we can become a safer presence for others. This week he focuses on…
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Keep Calm — How to Avoid the Pull and Polarity of Relational Triangles
In this episode, Ken continues the conversation about becoming a safe person by discussing how to avoid relational triangles — or manage our anxiety when we…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm — How To Become a Less Anxious Person
Last week Ken told the group that to be a safe person we have to become less anxious. So in this episode Ken asks the group to share practices that help them…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm — Becoming a Safe Person
In this episode, Ken shares more wisdom from Ronald Richardson in "Polarization and the Healthier Church," this time on how to become a safe person in the…
Faithwalking EnglishFaithwalking Stories – Renee' Jelsma
In this episode, Ken speaks with Renee' Jelsma, a pastor andlongtime Faithwalking leader, about her Faithwalking journey. Renee' lives in Holland, MI and is a…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Give Up Expecting Others to Be Different Than They Are
In this episode, Ken continues his series on polarization. The best way not to polarize, he says, is to grow in our self-differentiation. And…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm – Realism and Hope
In this episode, Lou returns to last week's theme of living both in reality and hope as followers of Christ. Jesus gives us the ability to live in the world as…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - The Harvest is Coming
In this episode, Lou shares a Substack post with the group by Pastor Benjamin Cremer called "Life in the Weeds," which is about learning to live in both…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm – Ten Characteristics of Less Mature and Troublesome People
In this episode, Ken continues to unpack the wisdom of Edwin Friedman in his book "A Failure of Nerve." This week he shared Friedman's list of ten…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm – A Failure of Self-Regulation
In this episode Ken shares wisdom about the consequences of a lack of self-regulation from Edwin Friedman and his book "A Failure of Nerve." Friedman writes…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - The "Self" in "Self-Differentiation"
In this episode Ken provides a framework of the components of emotional maturity, starting by elucidating what we mean by "self" to help the group and…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - The "Given," the "Gotten," and the "Regiven" Life
In this episode, Lou Huesmann challenges us to consider who we are becoming and identify where we are in the unfolding narrative of our lives. He reflects on…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - How Not to Become a Polarizing Agent
In this episode Ken Shuman continues his series on polarization. He shares a quote from Ronald Richardson (Polarization and the Healthier Church) that "a…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Polarization and Self-Differentiation in the Emotional System
In this episode Ken continues the conversation on polarization. Intense polarization is the result of low levels of emotional maturity, he says, and according…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Wise, Foolish, or Evil?
In this episode Ken talks about Henry Cloud's book "Necessary Endings" and specifically Dr. Cloud's assertion that there are three kinds of people - wise…
Faithwalking EnglishFaithwalking Stories - Marcos Leon
In this episode of Faithwalking Stories, Ken speaks with Marcos Leon, Faithwalking's Spanish Program Team Leader, about his Faithwalking journey both…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Do I Matter? Do You?
In this episode, Lou Huesmann unpacks a Substack post by Richard Beck about the impact of mattering in mental well-being. He talks about two types of mattering…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Triangles Destroy Relational Health
In the latest episode in our series on polarization, Ken returns to the topic of triangling. "So when people get anxious," he says, "they move towards someone…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm – Polarization and Relational Triangles
In this episode, Ken talked about the role of triangling in the polarization process. He explained the concept of triangles in the context of relationships and…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Practicing Our Way to Emotional Maturity
In this episode, Ken begins by recapping some of what heshared last week and the assignment he gave the group. He said that success is not determined by how…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Calming the System
In this episode, Ken continues the conversation aboutpolarization, beginning by stating that we don't have a knowledge problem; we have a reactivity problem…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - An "Outpost of Transformation"
In this episode, Ken returns to the topic of polarization. He suggests that differences between people are not the core issue; rather, it is the level of…
Faithwalking EnglishFaithwalking Stories – Danae Labocki
In this episode, Ken speaks with Danae Labocki about her journey with Faithwalking. Danae is the president of Immix, the marketing firm Faithwalking partners…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Fear
In this episode, in light of everything happening in our country and the world right now, Lou Huesmann speaks with the group about the central human emotion of…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Defining What We Are For
In this episode, Ken Shuman continues the conversation onpolarization by exploring how it functions within systems, and also ties it to a relevant occurrence…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - What Is the Role of Faith in Faithwalking?
In this episode, Lou Huesmann explores the role of faith inFaithwalking first by clarifying what faith is—and what it isn’t. Faith is a response to a deeper…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Emotional Maturity and Polarization
In this episode, Ken returns to Ephesians 4, this time focusing on verses 2b-3, where Paul offers three more indicators of emotional and spiritual maturity…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Living a Life Worthy of Our Calling
In this episode, Ken Shuman continues exploring theconnection between emotional and spiritual maturity, focusing on Ephesians 4:1–2. He suggests that Paul’s…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Mending Our Nets
In this episode, Ken Shuman continues exploring the connection between emotional and spiritual maturity. He explains that we cannot become fully spiritually…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Resting in Jesus, Rooted in Relationship
In this episode, Lou Huesmann returns to Ken’s recent reflections on the relationship between emotional and spiritual maturity. At Faithwalking, we believe the…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Sometimes God Blows Up Our Beliefs and Assumptions
In this episode, Ken returns to the topic of the distinction between order - or law - and justice, and how for God order is important but justice for everyone…
Faithwalking EnglishFaithwalking Stories - Chad Crawford
In this episode, Ken talks with Chad Crawford, VP of Immixand part of our marketing and development team, about his Faithwalking journey. Chad is a husband…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Emotional Maturity and Spiritual Maturity
In this episode Ken addresses the difference between emotional and spiritual maturity and whether one of them is more important than the other. Some would say…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - God Is Always on the Side of Justice
In this episode, Ken returns to the work of Walter Brueggemann, this week exploring the tension between order and justice in the New Testament through the life…
Faithwalking EnglishFaithwalking Stories - Becky Gressett
In this episode, Ken interviews Becky Gressett, a Faithwalking coach and children’s pastor from Houston, Texas, about the profound ways Faithwalking has…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Order and Justice
In this episode, Ken Shuman reflects on a passage from a book by an Old Testament scholar, Walter Brueggemann as well as on Mt. 15:1-9. In the passage…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Will We Stand with Jesus?
Check out the latest episode of our Keep Calm podcast! In this episode, Ken Shuman unpacks the story of Jesus turning over the tables in the gospels, beginning…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm: Shalom - in Real Life
In this episode, Ken Shuman circles back to three characteristics of shalom he had shared with the group previously - that where shalom is, everyone has…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm: Facing - and Embracing - Our Limitations
In this episode Lou Huesmann talks about one of the sources of our anxiety as human beings - the feeling that we should do more and be more. We face…
Faithwalking EnglishFaithwalking Stories - Scott Hescht
In this episode, Ken Shuman interviews Scott Hescht, a Faithwalking coach and facilitator and a bivocational pastor, about the impact Faithwalking has had on…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm: Shalom - Holding on to the Vision
In this episode, Ken Shuman continues his series on shalom, inviting us to shift our focus away from our present reality—all the problems and everything that…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - When the Kingdom Comes
In this episode, Ken Shuman expands on his belief that the Old Testament idea of shalom is the same as the New Testament concept of the Kingdom of God. He…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Shalom and Sin
In this episode Ken continues his series on the Old Testament concept of shalom and what he argues is God's intended design for the world, further unpacking…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm: Shalom - Seeking the Peace of the City
In this episode Ken Shuman launches a series on the biblical vision of shalom, which reflects God’s intended design for the whole world. Shalom means…
Faithwalking EnglishFaithwalking Stories - Willemina Zwart
In this episode Ken speaks with Willemina Zwart about her Faithwalking journey. Willemina is a pastor, ministry leader, and long-time Faithwalking Circle…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Are You An Anxious Scanner?
In this episode, Lou Huesmann unpacks a Substack post by Kathleen Smith called "Turning Off Your Anxious Scanner." In it Smith talks about the anxious habit of…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - Defining Ourselves as Followers of Jesus in Anxious Times
In this episode, Ken spends some time with the group in Luke. He points out that in spite of the threats posed to him by the religious leaders and by living…
Faithwalking EnglishFaithwalking Stories - Chris Jacobsen
In this episode Ken Shuman speaks with Chris Jacobsen, a pastor of a congregation in Columbus, OH and a Faithwalking graduate who is also walking alongside…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm: Loving Our Enemies - Speaking Blessing
In this episode, Ken Shuman continues his teaching on loving our enemies from Matthew 23, and specifically on what it means to speak blessing over those who…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm: Loving Our Enemies - The Heart of Jesus' Message
In this episode, Ken speaks on Luke 6:27-38, which he believes is at the heart of the message of Jesus and what life in the Kingdom is like - and perhaps the…
Faithwalking EnglishFaithwalking Stories - Tammy DeRuyter
In this episode, Ken Shuman speaks with Tammy DeRuyter about her Faithwalking journey. Tammy is a Faithwalking facilitator, coach, and former board member and…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm: Jesus, the Anti-Nationalist
In this episode, Ken discusses Mark chapter 11 and the "triumphal entry" of Christ and relates it to what is going on in America today. There were two very…
Faithwalking EnglishFaithwalking Stories - Josh Kuipers
In this episode, Ken Shuman speaks with Josh Kuipers, a Faithwalking graduate from Sioux Center, IA who is Director of Worship at Northwestern College. Josh…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm - True Wisdom
In this episode, Ken Shuman asks us what kind of person we want to be in the midst of the polarized, highly anxious, reactive culture we are in. He then spends…
Faithwalking EnglishKeep Calm: What - and Who - Is Evil?
In this episode, Ken Shuman speaks of how easy it is to throw diverse groups of people into one category, which results in polarization. You hear people in the…