An outpost is meant to be a place of safety out on the margins of where most of the people are. This podcast will be a place just like that - a place of authenticity, safety, and learning. It will include guests talking about key issues of spiritual formation and psychology as well as select topics addressed by the host Dr. Ray Mitsch.
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Tune in and subscribe to hear the word of God to motivate you through out your week from Senior Pastor of Seattle International Church Dr. Ray Hampton
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Coffee with Dr. Ray is the podcast for anything and everything health over a cup of your favorite coffee. Come join me as I dive into a variety of hot topics surrounding physical health, nutrition and overall wellness. Dr. Ray is a California Board Certified Chiropractor based in San Francisco, a certified corporate ART elite provider and a clinical professor at an accredited chiropractic college teaching courses in clinical assessment and diagnosis. Support this podcast: https://podcasters. ...
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I am a Clinical Psychologist addressing social, cultural, political and mental health issues. Join me for great conversations with knowledgeable and insightful guests and friends. Email me your comments to: DrHavlicekPodcast@gmail.com
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Sermons from the Community Christian Church of Springfield, MO. We are believers in Jesus Christ who accept all people without judgment and who desire to work and worship as a community striving for social justice.
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Dr. Raymond Pants' Books-on-Tape-on-Demand is an anthology of comedic radio plays and books-on-tape from various comedy writers. Each work is presented in chapters and as a whole, with limited commercial interruption. Email us at DrRaymondPants@gmail.com Created by Ean Smith
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In series 2 of the ‘Jews Do Count’ podcast, JW3’s Raymond Simonson and JPR’s Dr Jonathan Boyd explore how the events of October 7 and the subsequent year have changed British Jews, drawing on the brand new data from JPR’s landmark report ‘A year after October 7: British Jewish views on Israel, antisemitism and Jewish life’, with the help of top experts from the community. It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since the horrific attacks on Israel, when 1200 people were brutally murdered ...
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Navigating the Spiritual Landscape of Gen Z: A Conversation with Dr. Ray Mitsch and Sarah Zylstra
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What Christians should know about Gen Z is at the forefront of this engaging conversation between Dr. Ray Mitsch and Sarah Zylstra. The episode delves into the unique challenges and perspectives of the Gen Z generation, exploring their spiritual inclinations, community needs, and the impact of social media on their lives. Zylstra highlights that wh…
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Voting in an Empire of Lies
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It is not hyperbole to say that our election on Tuesday is probably the most important election in our life times. In fact, it is entirely possible that this could turn out to be the last free election held in the United States if the anti-democracy wing of the Republican Party gain the reigns of power. We have been subjected to increasingly insane…
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Episode 45: From Isolation to Intimacy: Building Trust in Relationships
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Intimacy is essential for growth, love, and community, requiring both trust and vulnerability. Dr. Ray Mitsch explores the profound connection between being known and the courage it takes to reveal our true selves. He emphasizes that vulnerability is the soul of love, highlighting how it fosters deep relationships and helps combat loneliness. Throu…
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No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
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In light of the recent assassination attempts against Donald Trump, in which the infamous AR-15 assault style rife was used, it seems like a good time to raise the issue of passing much needed gun reform legislation. The majority of Americans want sensible gun laws passed and yet we keep re-electing politicians who refuse to give us what we want. W…
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Episode 44: The Power of Dialogue: Why Winning Isn't Everything
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Conflict is the gateway to intimacy, and in this episode, Doctor Ray Mitch explores how engaging in healthy dialogue during disagreements can deepen our relationships rather than destroy them. He emphasizes that dialogue is more important than simply achieving a desired outcome, as it fosters understanding and connection between individuals. Throug…
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The Election of a Lifetime With Former Congressional Candidate Doug Hoffman
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Ray and Doug discuss why this presidential election is not your ordinary election. The future of America is at stake! Doug discusses the rationality of Conservatism versus the emotionalism of liberalism. Listen and vote! Thanks for listening! email me: DrHavlicekPodcast@gmail.comPar Raymond
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Episode 43: Forgiveness: The Hot Button Issue You Can't Ignore
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Forgiveness is a complex and often contentious theme that resonates deeply within relationships, particularly when hurt and betrayal are involved. Dr. Mitsch delves into the multifaceted nature of forgiveness, challenging the simplistic notion of 'forgive and forget'. He argues that true forgiveness involves acknowledging the hurt and the complexit…
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Gaza One Year Later: The Publicity War
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We have arrived at the one-year anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel and the war drags on and even threatens to escalate. The Israeli response has, for many, overshadowed the horror of the original attack. The world is asked to witness a problem with no evident solutions, endlessly debating who is to blame while hostages, at least th…
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Series 2: Our Jewish identity with Mandie Winston (3/3)
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How has this past year affected our Jewishness? Has it changed our sense of attachment to Israel, the homeland of the Jewish People? Has it affected how we connect to the Jewish community here in the UK? Has it altered how we interact with our non-Jewish friends and colleagues? In the third and last episode of Series 2 of the ‘Jews Do Count’ podcas…
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Series 2: Our sense of security with Richard Ferrer (2/3)
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The past year has clearly affected British Jews’s sense of security and belonging in the UK: our new data show that 30% of all adult British Jews reported personally experiencing antisemitism in the first nine months after October 7. And between the October 7 attacks, the war in Gaza, and all of the public and media reactions to it, many Jews in th…
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Series 2: Our views on Israel With Anshel Pfeffer (1/3)
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What do British Jews think about how the Israeli government, its leaders and its army have prosecuted the war? What do British Jews feel about Israel’s future, the two-state solution or the threat Iran poses to Israel’s existence? How do Jews differ on these topics? And how have all of these opinions changed in the past year? In the first episode o…
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In series 2 of the ‘Jews Do Count’ podcast, JW3’s Raymond Simonson and JPR’s Dr Jonathan Boyd explore how the events of October 7 and the subsequent year have changed British Jews, drawing on the brand new data from JPR’s landmark report ‘A year after October 7: British Jewish views on Israel, antisemitism and Jewish life’, with the help of top exp…
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Episode 42: Fence? What fence?
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Have you ever been around someone who just can't take "no" for an answer? It seems that it becomes a challenge for them to talk you out of it. That's what boundaries are all about, and why they are so important in relationships. Listen in to find out more!Par Dr. Ray Mitsch
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Are you ever accused of playing God? The reality is that the scourge of a lot of relationships is the blight of control and attempting to control other people and how they think as if we had the power of God. We all know that God is God and we are not, but that doesn't stop of trying to exercise that kind of power over our world and relationships. …
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Misogyny in 2024? Unbelievable!
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We cannot feign surprise at the outrageous and hypocritical misogynist attacks on Kamala Harris, but isn't it a shame that we are still having to fight this fight in 2024? Women have fought for a place at the table in law schools, medical schools, and in America's pulpits with a great deal more success than they have had in executive and legislativ…
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Your truth or my truth? After a brief review of the nature of redemptive community, Dr. Mitsch dives into talking about the most basic building block of the relationships in the outpost is how we handle truth. It's important to understand what "truth" we are speaking to one another. Listen to find out more!…
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The Ten Commandments vs The Beatitudes
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When Louisiana's new governor, Jeff Landry, signed an order that every state classroom from Kindergarten through university classrooms would have to post a poster sized copy of the Ten Commandments, you probably heard a voice in your head saying, "What an idiot." But what if he wasn't just trying to make culture war news and appeal to his base of c…
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Episode 38: Redemptive community: Is it possible?
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What kind of community are you looking for? Better yet, what kind of community do you create? Listen in as Dr. Mitsch talks about the fourth community that combines all the best qualities of principle-driven, support-driven, and insight-driven communities. It's the vision for the future of "outpost groups" developed by SGI.…
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Giving Capitalism a Conscience
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All of the world’s religions promote compassion towards the poor as a central spiritual value. However, it should be noted that the world’s major religions all were born in times of great scarcity of resources. It was impossible to prevent poverty because there simply was not enough resources to lift everyone up to a decent standard of living. Howe…
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Assisting in Our Own Victimization
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“Why do the innocent suffer? And can we consider as well how many who are clearly victims are also unconsciously coconspirators in their abuse? Just as Bob Marley sang, “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds,” we all must consider the ways in which we have failed to take responsibility to allowing or even …
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Project 2025 as seen by a Pastor
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In the hope that Donald Trump will win the November election, the conservative think tank, the Heritage Foundation, has composed a huge book of plans and resumes to transform our government called the 2025 Project. It is 900 pages long and too much for any one news show or religious podcast to treat comprehensively but this message attempts to take…
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Episode 37: Relationships in the outpost
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What kind of community do you create? What kind of community are you looking for? Dr. Mitsch returns to the airwaves starting a series about the nature of the relationships in outposts for the heart. Listen in as he distinguishes the different kind of communities you might have already experienced.Par Dr. Ray Mitsch
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Religion and Politics – Natural Bed Fellows
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What makes some topics controversial is because you can make a rational defense of either side of the issue. For example, you can mount logical arguments in favor of either socialism or capitalism but you cannot have a reasonable debate about whether the Earth is round or flat. Unfortunately, we often fail to have the needed rational debates that h…
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Liars: Erasing Your Own Soul
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The news has been uncommonly full of conversations about who lied and about what. Hunter Biden lied on his application to buy a hand gun. Michael Cohen lied about lots of things, specifically around the hush money payment made to an adult film actress to remain silent about her sexual encounter with Donald Trump. But it goes a lot deeper than that,…
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The D’Canterbury Tales (Complete Book)
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Similar to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a storytelling contest takes place at an inn for a free meal, featuring the Miller’s Tale, the Nun’s Tale, the Wife of Bath’s Tale, and the Knight’s Tale. Written by Ean Smith (@marcusdayhooray). Sponsored by: Robby’s Bobbin’ On Up: A Private Affair, MyBees Credits: Matthew Storino (@StorinoMp) - Narrator, Fox…
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What is a Cult and are You in One?
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The gloves are off, at least in the left leaning media, as we now hear the Trump base regularly being referred to as a "cult." That's strong language that should not be used lightly but does the "shoe fit?" This message asks us to consider the diagnostic criteria for identifying any movement as a cult and to apply these criteria to ourselves.…
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The D’Canterbury Tales (Ch. 2)
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Similar to Chapter 1, which was similar to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a storytelling contest takes place at an inn for a free meal, this time featuring the Knight's Tale. Written by Ean Smith (@marcusdayhooray) Sponsored by: MyBees Credits: Matthew Storino (@StorinoMp) - Narrator, Soldier 3, Hern Askwabbitite Fee Basanavicius (@fbasanavicius) - Pr…
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The D’Canterbury Tales (Ch. 1)
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Similar to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a storytelling contest takes place at an inn for a free meal, featuring the Miller’s Tale, the Nun’s Tale, and the Wife of Bath’s Tale. Written by Ean Smith (@marcusdayhooray) Sponsored by: Robby’s Bobbin’ On Up: A Private Affair Credits: Matthew Storino (@StorinoMp) - Narrator, Fox, Kid 2, TV Anchor, Cpl. Uta…
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Your Jesus, My Jesus, and the Jesus of History
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Most progressive church goers have been exposed to academic criticism of the New Testament, especially as concerns the nature of the historical Jesus. After all, the Jesus Seminar has been around for 40 years, giving us those wonderful books by Marcus Borg, John Shelby Spong, Karen Armstrong, and Jon Dominic Crossan. Still, I have marveled at how c…
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Episode 36: Voices from the Silence
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Dr. Mitsch reports on one more silent retreat. There were significant insights and metaphors discovered to convey the contours of each retreatants spiritual journey. Listen in to find out how much the discoveries of this small group of people relate to your own experiences. --------------------------------- The Critical Journey Find out more about …
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When we watch a movie like Star Wars, we immediately know that it is fiction. No one tries to hitch a ride on the Millennium Falcon or tries to order a working light saber from Amazon. Sadly, however, many modern religious people read biblical myths as if talking with a snake in the Garden of Eden or following Moses through a divided Red Sea is som…
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Episode 35: Settling in for the journey
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As we come in for a landing about the spiritual journey, Dr. Mitsch examines what "settling in" for our lifelong journey looks like. --------------------------------- The Critical Journey Find out more about SGI community: Learn more about Seasons of our Grief herePar Dr. Ray Mitsch
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USA at War with Russia and Iran
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Similar to the WWII generation, we are living in a time facing dramatic changes that may end up being good but which also have the potential of being catastrophically bad. As Eric Holder recently warned, there is no cavalry coming to save us. Storied institutions like the Supreme Court and the Congress have demonstrated their willingness to side wi…
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Aaron and Ray discuss what's happening at Whiteface!
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I greatly appreciate Whiteface Mountain General Manager Aaron Kellett taking the time to discuss what's going on at Whiteface. Turns out that Aaron is a life-long skier, passionate about the sport and the mountain. Take a listen for great news about our terrific mountain! Thanks to all for listening and commenting. The Whiteface Group is a great pl…
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Episode 34: Final report from Spring 2024 Silent Retreat
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Find out what happens during the final day of the silent retreat.Par Dr. Ray Mitsch
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Episode 33: Spring 2024 Silent Retreat Day 2
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Find out what happens between day 1 and day 2 on a silent retreat. Now that students have detoxified from all the noise and sound of their lives, what happens. Listen in to find out!Par Dr. Ray Mitsch
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Hyperbole, Hysteria, and Hypocrisy
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The claim that the coming election is "the most important election of our lifetime," has been sadly over used and possibly worn out to the point that people easily ignore those of us who are urgently crying "wolf" about the November 2024 election. This message attempts to state the stark reality of the risk to democracy and individual freedoms at s…
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Episode 32: Spring 2024 Silent Retreat Day 1
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Ever wonder what happens at a silent retreat? Join Dr. Ray Mitsch with his first on-location report about day 1 of the Spring 2024 Silent Retreat.Par Dr. Ray Mitsch
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Why No One in the Bible Accepted Jesus Christ as their Personal Lord and Savior
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Two great periods of revivals saved the Christian religion from extinction in the United States. The Great Awakening, near the birth of our nation, and The Second Great Awakening that came along with the western expansion, the Civil War, and the end of slavery. Much of what modern American Christians think is a biblical faith is actually the echos …
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Episode 31: Your spiritual journey - "Into the wild!"
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At this stage of our spiritual journey, we move into "the wild." In other words, we move from the inward journey exploring the landscape of our hearts, to the outward journey focused on serving others not as an escape from our hearts, but as an outpouring of what we have been developing in our hearts. Check it out, and see how it relates to you! --…
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Easter, as it has been taught to us through traditional modern sermons, is, as Bishop John Shelby Spong described it, simply "unbelievable." Stepping back from the "yippee, we're all gonna live forever" myth, this lecture tries to treat the first Easter in a historical context with a critical discussion of early Christian writing.…
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Charlie's end of season thoughts and ideas for continued improvements at our great Whiteface Mountain
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Charlie tells it all regarding his suggestions for making Whiteface even better! Take a listen and tell me what you think? Ray Thanks for listening! email me: DrHavlicekPodcast@gmail.comPar Raymond
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Gary and Ray Put It All Together about what we have learned about making Whiteface Grow into Its' True Potential!
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Gary tells it all! We have both heard a lot of feedback about the podcasts and we sum it all up today in this podcast. Take a listen and enjoy! Thanks for listening! email me: DrHavlicekPodcast@gmail.comPar Raymond
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Episode 30: Journey to the center of your soul
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Now that we are managing the challenges of "the wall," what's next? What does it look like to deepen our relationship with God and not depend on all that we can "do for Him?" ------------------------- The Critical Journey Find out more about SGI community: Learn more about Seasons of our Grief herePar Dr. Ray Mitsch
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THIS IS NOT NORMAL! Cultural values we worked hard to correct over the past century are slipping back into what is being allowed to become normative language, thinking, and voting. North Carolina's GOP nominated candidate for governor, Mark Robinson, who enjoyed more than 60% of the vote in the primary, has publicly denied the holocaust, insisted t…
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Episode seven: Back to the future
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What does the future hold for Jews in the UK? In the seventh and final episode of the 'Jews Do Count' podcast, Raymond and Jon look back on their journey into Jewishness today and try to predict the future of the Jewish community in Britain, while producer Richard Miron brings the voices of community members. What would the community look like in t…
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Episode 29: The wall: Now what?
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What do you do when everything you thought was true about your spiritual walk with God gets shaken by life experiences, or a traumatic event in your life, or a crisis? We have some very important choices to make, but how do we make them when we have never visited this "place" in our spiritual journey? No one seems to be able to help us and our usua…
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Whiteface General Manager Aaron Kellett Talks with Ray About Making the Best Skiing in the East Even Better!
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Hey skiers, Aaron discussed Whiteface with Ray and provided some significant feedback about our great mountain. Most importantly Aaron conveyed the idea that he wants to have an ongoing dialogue with our dedicated Whiteface skiing community to evaluate their opinions and suggestions for further improvements. His openness to developing a dialogue wi…
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Episode six: We are the people?
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‘Kol Israel Arevim Zeh Bazeh’ – all members of the Jewish people are responsible for one another – says the Talmud. But do Jews in the UK feel that way today? In the sixth episode of the 'Jews Do Count' podcast, Raymond and Jon search for a Jewish Peoplehood: do we feel connected to other Jews in the UK and around the world? And if so, how exactly?…
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Episode 28: The importance of Lament (pt1)
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Join Dr. Mitsch as he navigates the waters of his own seasons of grief He will be reflecting and commenting on the journey through grief as he experiences it. The Critical Journey Find out more about SGI community: Learn more about Seasons of our Grief herePar Dr. Ray Mitsch
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