Mighty People Garden

S2:E17 - From Pain to Purpose - Leroy Pinckney Jr.

This week Leroy Pinckney Jr joins me in a real conversation. This weekend as we are honoring our fallen - I open with a real conversation and discussion about people in my life (in my people garden) - the names that we shall not forget. This show is dedicated to Kiara Williams of the Smiles Show who we lost this week. I started out as her co-host for several months a couple of years ago at like 430am or some crazy time like that. We laughed, she snorted, we prayed, we had fun and I drank coffee. Kiara, you were an incredible person and I will definitely miss you!  I then told the story about my Uncle Bethel, a Vietnam Veteran, who came back and became homeless. Lost on the streets of the US with periodic visits to our home where after a much needed shower, Momma would cut his hair and beard while the laundry got done. He carried his duffel bag with his stuff in it. That's all he had. He'd stay a little while and off he'd go.  Leroy announced the loss of his job in March on LinkedIn. I started following him. I watched how he did not lean into being a victim. Instead, he found the lion inside - "Lead Like a Lion" and pivoting with consulting for leaders. Leroy definitely has a story to tell and this is just the beginning. Follow him on LinkedIn and lean into his leadership message.  Finishing out the episode I shared my study link for Female Combat Veterans in North Texas and San Antonio areas to participate in. I need your help please! We need to share our voices and this is how we do it via a study!  Oh, and I'm returning to Texas!!! See ya'll soon!

S1:E30 - The Revivalists - Genesis Chapter 43

Join Eva and Darrell this week as we cover Genesis Chapter 43. In this segment we find that Joseph's brothers return to Egypt for more grain. Understanding the dire situation for his sons and the need to also send Benjamin (Rachel's other son), he sends his sons for grain bearing gifts and silver. They are greeted at Joseph's home and dine with him - all brothers in a row by birth.  The moral context of this episode is Joseph showing his personal way of dealing with the moral injury of what his brothers done. He goes into his room and wept. Only after he calms down and washes his face does he return to converse with them and find out how his father is doing.  Another moral context of this episode is Eva sharing some news about her "trailer story". After a weekend of camping and counseling, both Eva and her guest encounter a woman on the side of the road with her own dilemma - the trailer detached from her truck! But we helped her get on her way and it was the perfect ending to a great weekend!    #veterans #veteranpodcast #moralinjury #moralhealing #moralrecovery #trauma #revivalists

S1:E29 The Revivalists - Genesis Chapter 42

In reading Genesis chapter 42, we continue the story of Joseph and his first encounter with his brothers when they come to Egypt for grain during the famine. Their father Jacob sent them to seek grain to feed their families. Although Joseph recognized his brothers and understood what they what saying, he had to pretend that he was Egyptian and they spies. Knowing the full story however, he negotiated with them that they must bring their other brother back to Egypt or else they would not receive any grain. He imprisoned them for three days so they could get a taste of their own medicine. Taking the high road, Joseph not only gave them bags of grain, he placed silver coins in each bag too. This was a test of honesty that his father understood but he also saw what his sons were made of and he was not happy with them, except for Reuben but he let his father know that he must return with Benjamin the next time.  The moral injury context here is one of taking the high road and not resorting to retaliatory moves. Reuben however also stressed that there were consequences for their earlier actions against Joseph when he said "Didn't I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn't listen!" How often to we fail to listen to the counsel we receive no matter who it comes from?

S2:E16 From Pain to Purpose - Darrell Hartley

This week Darrell Hartley joins me, not in the context of Revivalists Show but rather spiritual pain. We had a very informative conversation how spiritual pain goes both ways from physical, mental, and emotional pain towards spiritual pain. But then it also can start with your relationships with others that ultimately causes pain with you and your relationship with God. Spiritual pain spans the context of pain caused by trauma, illness, loss, awakening, and struggle with inner core beliefs. Over time, we have built barriers that we have learned over time to protect more than what we allow in. We protect the wall that guards the heart more than we protect the heart itself. The problem then is that we lose the relationship with God and with others.  #spiritualpain #spiritualloss #peoplegarden #paintopurpose #trauma #awakening

S1:E28 The Revivalists - Genesis Chapter 41

Join Darrell and Eva as we continue the story of Joseph who is brought up to Pharaoh to interpret his dreams. This is the pivotal chapter where the dreams that Joseph had and shared with his family brings Joseph into fulfilling his teenage dream. But first, the cupbearer and Pharaoh's court are unable to interpret the King's dreams about cows and grain. The cupbearer remembers the dreams that Joseph interpreted which were keenly accurate. Joseph provided the interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams from God as 7 years of feast and 7 years of famine. Pharaoh hires Joseph as his second in command to manage all of the resources in Egypt which ultimately, kept Egypt from great calamity.  From the moral injury healing perspective, Eva shared a graphic from Psychologist Kenneth Logan of George Fox University. The graphic provides a visual aspect to understand the difference between depression and moral injury and the questions that they ask which leads towards healing. Joseph could have become greatly depressed in his situation of slavery and imprisonment, however he chose to ask how to overcome and rise? What Joseph also understood was that this was more importantly how to walk with God and serve others and not doing things for himself.    #veteranmoralinjury #veteranmoralhealing #veteranmoralrecovery #veteranpodcast #veteranvoices