Winds of Change Bay Area

Part of A California Weekend Conference in Lafayette, CA with Baxter Kruger and Paul Young September 14 & 15 2024.  This conference was initiated and hosted by Scott McCarrel and his wife.  And co-sponsored by Conversations in Christ, GAN, Blazing Fire Church, and TWS Publishing.  Recorded and edited by Patrick Lazzari.

This is from Brent Lokker's Vibrant Life Youtube channel.  A very warm, insightful, and also vulnerable conversation with the author of The Shack, Cross Roads, and Lies We Believe About God.  If you'd like to watch this a video, click here.  The official title is: William Paul Young | How The Great Physician Heals our Lives | Redemption, Not Punishment.

This is from Brent's Vibrant Life Youtube Channel.  In a wide ranging conversation, Peter tell remarkable stories about God's goodness, the weapon of forgiveness, taking the Bible seriously, and learning the truth about hell.  You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQPZipR80Cw

Talks and ministry by Susan, Mary, and Diane

This is the final class for this year's Identity and Destiny course.  Katherine Sinon shares useful insights and leads us through helpful exercises to "see" and take steps toward our callings and destinies.  She made it fun!  Part of the process is being transparent with ourselves and removing shame and fears of falling short.  Here is a link to the handout Katherine gave us: 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NRkrv18llWyQkyIlOhggft5WmBoIPHyV

This class was taught by Susan Fochler and includes portions of talks by Brené Brown. It is the 4th class of this course.  To see the slides for this talk, please go to: https://www.slideshare.net/rfochler/being-our-true-selves-susan-fochler  

Taught by Susan Fochler and Sarah Wilson.  How do we cultivate connecting with God in our own secret place?

Taught by Susan Fochler for Blazing Fire Church.  The slides for this class can be found at https://www.slideshare.net/rfochler/identity-and-destiny-class-week-2

William Paul Young (author of "The Shack" and "Crossroads") shares more stories.  Including: a beautiful response from an “unbeliever” to reading “The Shack”, Missionaries of his parents generation and the roots of child sacrifice, working through why some people are so upset about “The Shack”, stories of how God heals hearts hurt by “religion”.  The last part is what Paul calls “Q & R” (Questions and Responses). 

William Paul Young (author of "The Shack" and "Crossroads" shares stories - about growing up around the Dani People of Papua New Guinea (including 2 people who returned from being dead) and a powerful story of how God brought reconnection and restoration after childhood abuse.  To hear the story of Paul's game-show adventure - you'll need to listen to the full version.