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Global Service AssociatesSabbatical and a revisit with Joe BuchaAlmost exactly a year ago, we interviewed Joe Bucha. Joe and his wife Emily live in Watkinsville, Georgia where Joe runs Stonegate Counseling. Joe's passion is to help others finish well in life and marriage. I will be taking a month sabbatical and Joe is helping walk me through this process. So thought it might be good while I take a break to revisit the episode with Joe. 2023-07-1652 min
Global Service AssociatesJoe BuchaReturning from a small break, we interview Joe Bucha, who, as a GSA member, owns a counseling practice in Athens, Georgia. Joe shares about his passion not only for himself to finish well, but to help others finish well in their lives and marriages.
(Also, Joe has his own a weekly podcast called Man Up! that's worth a listen too. https://open.spotify.com/show/5sKlVQQ85FH9PJ52CX4TNU)2022-07-1448 min
Man Up!God’s ComfortIn this episode I share some thoughts and prayers in regard to the great loss in Uvalde, Texas yesterday.2022-05-2505 minMan Up!Digital DangersIn this episode I share out of a recent devotional by John Piper on “Five Digital Dangers”.2022-05-1805 minMan Up!SacrificeIn this episode I share about living a life of sacrifice as we are surrendered to Christ’s work and power in our lives.2022-05-0906 minMan Up!God’s PowerIn this episode I share about an area of my life that has brought brokenness and the need for God’s power to change me.2022-05-0507 minMan Up!HumilityIn this episode I share about Christ’s humility and our call to be humble out of His humility in and through us.2022-04-1806 minMan Up!Rich In MercyIn this episode I share how God’s mercy is an ongoing part of our relationship with Him.2022-04-1506 minMan Up!Gods Yearning To Embrace MeIn this episode I share about Gods yearning to pursue and embrace us even in our sin.2022-04-1006 minMan Up!Compassionate PardonIn this episode I share about God’s compassionate and lavish forgiveness and how it has impacted my life.2022-04-0306 minMan Up!Compassion And PursuitIn this episode I share about God’s compassion and love which pursues us.2022-03-3006 minMan Up!Grace RulesIn this episode I share about an application of my time reading Romans 5.2022-03-2504 minMan Up!Law or ReturnsI’m this episode I share some insights on sowing and reaping from a chapter of John Mark Comer’s book “Live No Lies”.2022-03-2006 minMan Up!Priority of FamilyIn this episode I share about valuing and prioritizing family.2022-03-0605 minMan Up!Dark ThoughtsIn this episode I share about some of my struggle with dark thoughts and how in Colossians 3 the Apostle Paul challenges us to set our minds and hearts in things above.2022-03-0206 minMan Up!An AdvocateIn this episode I share some thoughts out of Dane Ortlund’s “Gentle and Lowly” on Christ our Advocate.2022-02-1806 minMan Up!Living From GraceToday’s episode is based on a podcast I listened to by John Tyson, pastor of Church of the City in NYC.2022-02-0907 minMan Up!GentlenessIn this episode I share about God’s gentleness and living out and in His gentleness.2022-02-0407 minMan Up!Lifetime FriendshipsIn this episode I share about a recent connection with some lifetime friends and the value of keeping up with and being thankful for those significant people in our lives.2022-01-3106 minMan Up!The Happiness of ChristThis episode’s focus is on Christ’s happiness in our coming to Him.2022-01-1507 minMan Up!God Drawing NearIn this episode I share about God drawing near to us when we struggle.2022-01-0106 minMan Up!EvaluatingThis episode is a conversation with my friend, Jeff Millay, on how we often evaluate others and how we want to be evaluated.2021-12-0608 minMan Up!Cognitive DistortionsIn this episode I share about cognitive distortions and how they lead us to unhealthy conclusions.2021-11-2807 minMan Up!Vulnerability Of WearinessIn this episode I share about my weariness and what I think are some of the causes, symptoms and needs we have.2021-10-0608 minMan Up!God’s Call and ProvisionIn this episode I share out of a devotion from Paul Tripp’s “New Morning Mercies” on God’s call and His provision of His presence.2021-09-2705 minMan Up!God’s Mystery in SufferingIn this episode I share about God’s mystery in the things we go through and the struggles we have in our illusion of control.2021-09-1208 minMan Up!Putting OnIn this episode I share about putting in Chris as Paul explains in Colossians 3:12-14.2021-08-1906 minMan Up!Facing Vulnerability And TemptationsIn this episode I share about dealing with emotional and moral vulnerability.2021-08-1206 minMan Up!Loving Others WellIn this episode I share from a Paul Tripp devotional about how our vertical relationship with God impacts our love for self and others.2021-08-0905 minMan Up!Seeing God’s Grace And MercyThis episode’s focus comes out out my time with God as I prayed through Psalm 86.2021-08-0405 minMan Up!How God Sees UsIn this episode I share about the importance of seeing ourselves through God’s eyes or lens.2021-07-2304 minMan Up!Doug’s Father’s StoryThis is a follow up to the previous episode where Doug shares about his dad coming to Chris.2021-07-1604 minMan Up!Father WoundIn this episode I have a conversation with my friend, Doug Palmeter, about his father wound.2021-07-1608 minMan Up!When God is SilentIn this episode I talk with a good friend, David Booram, about a time when he experienced the silence of God.2021-07-0810 minMan Up!GroundedIn this episode I share about my journey this year in being grounded in my time with God as I share the first few verses of Psalm 1162021-07-0706 minMan Up!Investing EternallyIn this episode I share about ways we can invest our live for eternity by knowing and growing in relationship with God, His Word and in people.2021-06-2408 minMan Up!Surrendering My HeartIn this episode I share out of Paul Tripp’s “New Morning Mercies” a devotion that addresses our hearts and the need to surrender our hearts.2021-06-1707 minMan Up!The Indicative Must Precede The ImperativeIn this episode I share about our need to be grounded in who and whose we are before we follow and serve God and others.2021-06-0306 minMan Up!The Lust In My HeartIn this episode I talk about the importance of surrendering our hearts and not just complying with our behaviors.2021-05-2906 minMan Up!Dealing With The 3 TrapsIn this episode I talk about the “3 Traps”. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life.2021-05-2106 minMan Up!Imparting What We PosessThis episode’s focus is on giving to others what God has given to us.2021-05-1704 minMan Up!God’s Heart For Us In Our PainThis episode’s focus is on the way God enters into our pain and emotions.2021-05-0708 minMan Up!Being ConsistentIn this episode I share about the importance of being consistent in various aspects of life.2021-05-0507 minMan Up!Trials and TemptationsIn this episode I share how God can use trials and temptations as a springboard in creating a trust and dependence on Him and His strength.2021-04-3007 minMan Up!Grace and TruthThis episode’s focus is on experiencing grace and truth and then imparting it to others.2021-04-2506 minMan Up!Dealing With TemptationThis episode’s focus is on dealing with temptation based on James 1:13-18.2021-04-2207 minMan Up!Being a TempleToday’s episode is about being a living temple of God and living a ransomed life.2021-04-0707 minMan Up!Spiritual BreathingIn this episode I share about a simple process of spiritual breathing - confessing my sin and surrendering to the Holy Spirit and His control.2021-04-0506 minMan Up!SufferingIn this episode, I share from a book by Paul Davi Tripp called “Suffering”. I share perspective taken from Hebrews 4:14-16.2021-03-2906 minMan Up!Who Do You Run To First?This episode’s focus is taken from James 5:13. The challenge is to be intentional in running to God first with difficulty and celebration.2021-03-2406 minMan Up!Self AwarenessThis episode’s focus is on the importance of self awareness as we understand our reactions and the emotions or other factors beneath these reactions.2021-03-2006 minMan Up!WisdomThis episode’s focus is on wisdom from above verses earthly wisdom.2021-03-0907 minMan Up!LegacyThis episode’s focus is on some different ways we can invest in leaving a legacy with our families.2021-03-0908 minMan Up!TestingIn this episode I look at James 1:1-12 and the perspective of seeking trials and difficulties as instruments God uses to create a stronger dependence on Him.2021-03-0308 minMan Up!Band of BrothersThis episode’s focus is on the importance of having a band of brothers to do life with.2021-02-2608 minMan Up!Clear EyesThis episode’s focus is on having clear eyes to see ourselves and life through God’s eyes.2021-02-2106 minMan Up!The PhantomThis episode’s focus is on the phantom many men try to live up to and the freedom of living a gospel centered life.2021-02-1706 minMan Up!GoodnessThis episode’s focus is on the goodness of God and how when we are able to see His goodness in our lives and circumstances we can be grounded.2021-02-1106 minMan Up!Being GroundedThis episode’s focus is on the importance of being grounded daily and connecting with God and living out and embodying truth.2021-02-1008 minMan Up!Our Thoughts Run Our LivesThis episode's focus is on how what we think impacts the way we live our lives.2021-02-0506 minMan Up!Short-term Loss and Long-term AdvantageThis episode’s focus is on how many times we experience a difficult time through some aspect of suffering can cultivate a depth in our lives and our relationship with God.2021-01-2907 minMan Up!Being a Lifter vs a LeanerThis episode’s focus is on being a lifter/encourager to other men verses being a leaner/taker.2021-01-2305 minMan Up!WillingnessThis episode’s focus is on willingness to change and allowing God to be the One who enables that change.2021-01-1406 minMan Up!The BlessingThis episode is an interview with my friend, Fred Schuller where he shares about Esau and Jacob and the significance of having a blessing.2021-01-0907 minMan Up!LovingThis episode’s focus is on loving others through the actions of listening and serving.2020-12-3106 minMan Up!GivingThis episode’s focus is on the importance of giving in light of God’s overflow of blessing in our lives.2020-12-1407 minMan Up!ServingThis episode’s focus in on being a servant as we serve by God’s strength.2020-12-0707 minMan Up!Moral Vulnerability and the Pain and Effect of SecretsThis episode’s focus is on how moral vulnerability and secrets impact our lives.2020-11-2109 minMan Up!If - Persevering in Various Aspects of Being a ManThis episode's focus is on a poem by Rudyard Kipling on being a man and dealing with various challenges and growing in perseverance.2020-11-1407 minMan Up!The Fruit of the SpiritThis episode's focus is on the importance of being filled with the Holy Spirit and how walking in the Spirit allows us to be empowered by God.2020-10-3106 minMan Up!Self ControlThis episode's focus is on the importance of self control and how that helps us reject passivity.2020-10-2507 minMan Up!Rejecting PassivityThis episode’s focus is in rejecting passivity by choosing to connect.2020-10-1108 minMan Up!Grounded in ChristThis episode’s focus is being grounded in God’s love, forgiveness and righteousness.2020-10-0315 minMan Up!The Power of ShameThis episode’s focus is on the power of shame and how we can crush it’s power in our lives.2020-09-2806 minMan Up!Pursuing and Loving Your WifeIn this episode I share about the importance of pursuing and loving your wife the ways she best experiences love..2020-09-0405 minMan Up!Willingness to Change and Sensitivity to OthersThis episode's focus is on being a life long learner and willingness to grow and change.2020-08-2809 minMan Up!FirstThis episode’s focus is on putting God first and the different motivations we have in doing so.2020-08-2008 minMan Up!Emotional HealthThis episode focuses on the importance of identifying emotions and being able to articulate them.2020-08-1408 minMan Up!AccountabilityThis episode’s focus is on accountability and some aspects of having accountability partners.2020-08-0710 minMan Up!Enjoying the Lessor and GreaterThis episode’s focus is on how we can enjoy the greater and lessor things in life and lead out of a spiritual connection.2020-08-0105 minMan Up!The Roots of Our Sexual StrugglesThis episode’s focus is on how our sexual struggles are rooted in our emotional pain.2020-07-2509 minMan Up!The Power of StoryThis episode’s focus is about rejecting passivity by sharing your story and hearing other’s stories especially as it relates to racism.2020-07-1909 minMan Up!Ongoing SurrenderThis episode focuses on the importance of ongoing surrender to God's design and will for our lives.2020-07-1004 minMan Up!The Power of ShameThis episode focuses on how shame impacts us and how the cycle of shame can be broken.2020-07-0707 minMan Up!Breaking the Cycle of PassivityThis episode the importance and ways to break the cycle of passivity.2020-06-2806 minMan Up!The Impact of Passive Fathers on Our Understanding of Sex and SexualityThis episode looks at how passive fathers did not equip us to understand a healthy view of sex and sexuality.2020-06-2206 minMan Up!Our Need for Affirmation as MenThis episode is about our need for affirmation as men and ways we find that affirmation from God and others.2020-06-1207 minMan Up!Passive FathersIn this episode I share about the lack of affirmation from a passive father.2020-06-0603 minMan Up!Rejecting Passivity by Loving and ServingThis episode focuses on practical ways to love and serve.2020-06-0106 minMan Up!Rejecting Passivity and Leading SpirituallyThis episode addresses some personal challenges I’ve had in growing up with a passive father.2020-05-2106 minMan Up!Understanding by Learning to LUVThis episode is on the importance of seeking to understand more than to be understood as a key in loving and caring for others.2020-05-1507 minMan Up!The Vulnerability of BoredomThis episode focuses on how boredom’s creates vulnerability in our lives.2020-05-0805 minMan Up!The Vulnerability of FatigueThis episode focuses on how fatigue and exhaustion create vulnerability in our lives.2020-05-0106 minMan Up!The Vulnerability of Shame, Guilt and CondemnationThis episode looks at how our experiences with shame, guilt and condemnation create vulnerability in our lives.2020-04-2605 minMan Up!The Vulnerability of LonelinessThis episode addresses how loneliness impacts us as men and creates vulnerability.2020-04-1904 minMan Up!Forgiving out of ForgivenessThis episode addresses the implications of experiencing forgiveness and forgiving others.2020-04-1106 minMan Up!Healthy Self CareThis episode addresses the importance of caring for self so that you have a greater capacity to help and care for others.2020-04-0306 minMan Up!Spiritual GrowthThis episode addresses the importance of spiritual growth and connection with God.2020-03-2706 minMan Up!3 Keys of Being Healthy3 Keys to being a healthy man and finishing well.2020-03-2004 minMan Up!Intro for Man UpEpisode describing what Man Up is about - Helping men reject passivity and accepting responsibility to be the men God created us to be.2020-03-1803 min