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Welcome to a special, three-week series, in which host Kevin Dixon invites pastors, friends and professionals to help him explore the subject of addiction. This week, Suzie Lind and Sam Barnhart join the discussion to examine the spiritual side of addiction. Part 3 focuses on the spiritual and pastoral side of battling addiction. In Part 4, they explore resources for others affected by an addiction. Journey's HOOKED series is a direct response to the written, weekly prayers of our community. As we have read and prayed over your words, it has become clear to us that addiction affects more lives than any of us could possibly imagine. Whether that's substance abuse or a "process" addiction like pornography or gambling, we hope this series will help us our understanding and our healing. If substance abuse or addiction is a problem, you are not alone. Please ask for help. You can call the National Substance Abuse and Addiction Hotline 24 hours a day at (844) 289-0879. You can always contact Journey's pastors, too, at journey@journeytn.com or by phone, by text at (615) 861-9503 or phone Journey at (615) 490-3603.  Next week: Suzie Lind and Sam Barnhart join Kevin to examine  addiction's spiritual and pastoral questions.

Welcome to a special, three-week series, in which host Kevin Dixon invites pastors, friends and professionals to help him explore the subject of addiction. This week, psychologist Dave Verhaagen offers a framework for identifying addictions, and he helps us differentiate addiction from other problematic behaviors. In part two of the conversation, Dave suggests actions that those with addictions, and those around them, can take to begin to Journey's HOOKED series is a direct response to the written, weekly prayers of our community. As we have read and prayed over your words, it has become clear to us that addiction affects more lives than any of us could possibly imagine. Whether that's substance abuse or a "process" addiction like pornography or gambling, we hope this series will help us our understanding and our healing. If substance abuse or addiction is a problem, you are not alone. Please ask for help. You can call the National Substance Abuse and Addiction Hotline 24 hours a day at (844) 289-0879. You can always contact Journey's pastors, too, at journey@journeytn.com or by phone, by text at (615) 861-9503 or phone Journey at (615) 490-3603.  Next week: Suzie Lind and Sam Barnhart join Kevin to examine  addiction's spiritual and pastoral questions.

Welcome to a special, three-week series, in which host Kevin Dixon invites pastors, friends and professionals to help him explore the subject of addiction. This week, psychologist Dave Verhaagen offers a framework for identifying addictions, and he helps us differentiate addiction from other problematic behaviors. In part two of the conversation, Dave suggests actions that those with addictions, and those around them, can take to begin to  Journey's HOOKED series is a direct response to the written, weekly prayers of our community. As we have read and prayed over your words, it has become clear to us that addiction affects more lives than any of us could possibly imagine. Whether that's substance abuse or a "process" addiction like pornography or gambling, we hope this series will help us our understanding and our healing. If substance abuse or addiction is a problem, you are not alone. Please ask for help. You can call the National Substance Abuse and Addiction Hotline 24 hours a day at (844) 289-0879. You can always contact Journey's pastors, too, at journey@journeytn.com or by phone, by text at (615) 861-9503 or phone Journey at (615) 490-3603. Next week: Suzie Lind and Sam Barnhart join Kevin to examine  addiction's spiritual and pastoral questions.

In Sunday’s message, Mike Erre introduced to the idea of “mine-ing.” It's the corrupting energy that it takes to cling to possessions—strength we no longer can use to follow Jesus. Mike and Journey’s Student Pastor, Rob Gonzalez, join host Kevin Dixon to examine this difficult teaching from the Sermon on The Mount and to examine their own relationships with money, things and generosity. Got comments or questions? Text us at (615) 861-9503 or email journey@journeytn.com and join the conversation. This season’s conversations are inspired by the book, "Upside Down Kingdom," by Donald Kraybill, as well as the discussions at our current Sunday gatherings. If you're curious to learn more, join us online or live in Brentwood, Tenn. each week at 9am and 11am.

How does it redefine our image of a good parent--and our prayers--when we pray to God as “our father?” Betsy Raney, Tim Timmons and Mike Erre join host Kevin Dixon to examine what we can learn from Jesus’ model prayer from the Sermon On The Mount. And, how does it change our image of God as a parent when Jesus says in John 14:9 that "If you have seen me, you have seen the Father?" Got comments or questions? Text us at (615) 861-9503 or email journey@journeytn.com and join the conversation. This season’s conversations are inspired by the book, "Upside Down Kingdom," by Donald Kraybill, as well as the discussions at our current Sunday gatherings. If you're curious to learn more, join us online or live in Brentwood, Tenn. each week at 9am and 11am.

Mike Erre, Suzie Lind, and host Kevin Dixon explore individual and collective prayer. How do we move beyond the structure of the words and fill our prayers with meaning and intimacy?  Got comments or questions? Text us at (615) 861-9503 or email journey@journeytn.com and join the conversation. This season’s conversations are inspired by the book, "Upside Down Kingdom," by Donald Kraybill, as well as the discussions at our current Sunday gatherings. If you're curious to learn more, join us online or live in Brentwood, Tenn. each week at 9am and 11am.

Jesus tells his followers not to pray, give or fast in public where their actions will be seen by others. Instead, they should be done in secret where only God will see. Mike Erre, Suzie Lind, and host Kevin Dixon answer questions from a recent message on this subject explore what this means for how we live our day-to-day Christian lives in public and in private.  Got comments or questions? Text us at (615) 861-9503 or email journey@journeytn.com and join the conversation. This season’s conversations are inspired by the book, "Upside Down Kingdom," by Donald Kraybill, as well as the discussions at our current Sunday gatherings. If you're curious to learn more, join us online or live in Brentwood, Tenn. each week at 9am and 11am.

To understand Jesus’ Upside Down Kingdom, we have to start with what the phrase "Kingdom of God" actually means. Is it something that’s coming in the future, or is it already here? Is the Church God’s Kingdom? Mike Erre joins host Kevin Dixon to consider different views of the Kingdom of God and how that affects the way we read the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). Got comments or questions? Text us at (615) 861-9503 or email journey@journeytn.com and join the conversation. This season’s conversations are inspired by the book, "Upside Down Kingdom," by Donald Kraybill, as well as the discussions at our current Sunday gatherings. If you're curious to learn more, join us online or live in Brentwood, Tenn. each week at 9am and 11am.

Suzie Lind and Kevin Dixon share their practices, life experiences in the week leading up to Easter—and the significance of pausing and living completely into this time. Got comments or questions? Text us at (615) 861-9503 or email journey@journeytn.com and join the conversation.

Kevin, Mike, and Suzie have a conversation around grace in response to a question from the Gathering on Sunday: "What would you say to one who has worked to tear down their 'tower' through counseling/spiritual healing in order for them to build it back up in a healthier way?' Also, what is grace, anyway? Are the definitions we have sufficient for grace? How do we live into the grace we've been given and into who we already are in Christ? Got comments or questions? Text us at (615) 861-9503 or email journey@journeytn.com and join the conversation. This season’s conversations are inspired by the book, "Upside Down Kingdom," by Donald Kraybill, as well as the discussions at our current Sunday gatherings. If you're curious to learn more, join us online or live in Brentwood, Tenn. each week at 9am and 11am.