Cecil Taylor Ministries teaches Christians to live a seven-day practical faith. One way is through the Practical Faith Academy podcast. Please see individual episode descriptions. For more information on Cecil Taylor Ministries, please visit CecilTaylorMinistries.com.
Episodes
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
The Practical Faith Academy Podcast from Cecil Taylor Ministries presents guests who have important things to say about putting your faith into practice. Cecil interviews each guest to understand their life stories and their ideas for living a seven-day practical faith.
Enduring family difficulties and tragedies, Karen Dittman relied on scripture and prayer to learn the secret of finding wellbeing in all circumstances. The result is a book she co-authored with her husband, Michael, entitled “Thriving Grace,” to achieve lasting change in the shadow of God’s grace. Dittman shares her learnings on this episode of the Practical Faith Academy podcast.
Highlights of the podcast:
2:32 What does seven-day practical faith mean to Dittman
4:03 Dittman shares her family’s back story and the incredible trauma they have been through, which informed her book.
7:37 How did she find peace and rest in the middle of trauma and trials?
11:24 How living her book’s principles helped Dittman transmit the ideas to readers
13:51 Dittman explains one of her key concepts, The Grace Cycle, and how changing from the inside out leads to true transformation.
19:27 Dittman shows how different kinds of wellness interact within us
21:07 Tips to weave wellness concepts into our lives
24:01 The hardest part of putting faith into practice
25:18 Dittman’s best tip for living a seven-day practical faith
26:41 How to follow Dittman and find her book
Karen Dittman is a mother, grandmother, and author who co-wrote with her husband, “Thriving Grace: Unleashing Wellness from a Biblical Perspective.” The book and its Bible study companion are available through her website, KarenADittman.com, and major booksellers. See her website for this quiz, “How Fast Is Your Hamster Wheel Spinning?” At its end, Dittman shares practical ideas to incorporate into your life and options for how she can support you.
Cecil Taylor is an author, speaker, podcaster, blogger, and provider of Instant Content to churches and small groups. Please register for Cecil’s two free monthly newsletters on the Cecil Taylor Ministries home page. When you do, you’ll receive a free gift, which changes from time to time, and two monthly newsletters, Backstage Pass and Monthly Connection. Currently the free gift is “Collections, Volume 1,” containing 31 of his most popular devotions and essays from years of online posting.
For more free content like this podcast from Cecil Taylor Ministries, visit https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com/free-content.
Cecil’s parenting advice can be found at his new website, https://www.UnisonParenting.com, at https://www.instagram.com/unison_parenting/ and at https://www.pinterest.com/CecilTaylorMinistries.
Cecil’s award-winning books and video studies can be found and purchased through https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com. Every video study’s first lesson can be seen for free via the Free Content link above by clicking on “Sample Lessons.”
Cecil’s Instant Content portfolio of books and video studies includes the following:
- “Unison Parenting: The Comprehensive Guide to Navigating Christian Parenthood with One Voice” is about Christian parenting. Cecil provides proven parenting strategies with an underlying layer of parenting in unison through all the ages and stages of a child’s life. “Unison Parenting” has been honored with the 2025 Independent Press Award for Parenting/Family and the 2025 Living Water Award for Best Nonfiction.
- “From Comfort Zone to Trust Zone” is about deepening faith. Cecil explores a dozen Bible studies of Jesus inviting people out of their comfort zones into their trust zones and how to apply these stories to our lives today.
- “The Next Thing” is about crisis responses. Cecil shares a four-part Christian model for dealing with crisis. You’ll find the model to be flexible and applicable to many crises.
- “Live Like You’re Loved” is about vibrant living. Cecil affirms the scriptural truths that God loves you, forgives you, sends you, and walks with you in eternal relationship. Then he shows how your life is transformed when you embed these truths into your daily faith and your soul.
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
The Practical Faith Academy Podcast from Cecil Taylor Ministries presents guests who have important things to say about putting your faith into practice. Cecil interviews each guest to understand their life stories and their ideas for living a seven-day practical faith.
Constance Hastings is a church deacon and mental health counselor who was raised outside of a church environment, so she understands both the outsider and the insider perspectives on faith. Hastings’ book, “The Trouble with Jesus: Considerations before You Walk Away” shows how Jesus encountered trouble but also caused trouble throughout his life, and how his life, death, and resurrection still cause trouble today.
Highlights of the podcast:
2:18 What does seven-day practical faith mean to Hastings
3:27 Her origin story as a Christian outsider in a non-religious family and how Christian school gave her a start on faith
6:33 On her current role as a church deacon who works in mental health
7:46 Her understanding of the prodigal experience
9:53 Since her book is entitled, “The Trouble with Jesus,” what does Hastings want people to know about Jesus?
11:45 Hastings explains the book’s subtitle regarding considerations before we walk away from Jesus, mapping it to the story of the Rich Young Ruler
15:33 How she addresses both non-believers and believers in her book
17:46 How Hastings sees Jesus challenging believers, such as in the Parable of the Good Samaritan, and how Jesus challenged her views on race
23:26 How Jesus challenges us in this day and time
27:58 How faith exists in tension with fear, and how we can gain strength in hard times
31:17 What is the hardest part about putting faith into practice?
32:29 How to follow Hastings and find her book
Constance Hastings is an author, church deacon, and mental health counselor who wrote “The Trouble with Jesus: Considerations before You Walk Away.” Her weekly blog is a companion to the book and can be accessed at ConstanceHastings.com. Constance recommends purchasing the book from a local bookstore in order to introduce the book to other people while it sits on the shelf.
Cecil Taylor is an author, speaker, podcaster, blogger, and provider of Instant Content to churches and small groups. Please register for Cecil’s free monthly newsletters on the Cecil Taylor Ministries home page. You’ll receive a free gift, which changes from time to time, and two monthly newsletters, Backstage Pass and Monthly Connection.
For more free content like this from Cecil Taylor Ministries, visit https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com/free-content.
Cecil’s parenting advice can be found at his new website, https://www.UnisonParenting.com, at https://www.instagram.com/unison_parenting/ and at https://www.pinterest.com/CecilTaylorMinistries.
Cecil’s award-winning books and video studies can be found and purchased through https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com. Every video study’s first lesson can be seen for free via the Free Content link above by clicking on “Sample Lessons.”
Cecil’s Instant Content portfolio of books and video studies includes:
- In “Unison Parenting: The Comprehensive Guide to Navigating Christian Parenthood with One Voice” (book and eWorkbook available now; book study Leader Guide and first video study available later in 2025), Cecil provides proven parenting strategies with an underlying layer of parenting in unison through all the ages and stages of a child’s life. “Unison Parenting” has been honored with the 2025 Independent Press Award for Parenting/Family.
- In “From Comfort Zone to Trust Zone” (book, six-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide), Cecil explores a dozen Bible studies of Jesus inviting people out of their comfort zones into their trust zones and how to apply these stories to our lives today. You’ll uncover your own comfort zones and learn how to deepen your faith by getting uncomfortable for Jesus.
- “The Next Thing” (book, five-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide) supplies a four-part Christian model for dealing with crisis. You’ll find the model to be flexible and applicable to many crises.
Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
The Practical Faith Academy Podcast from Cecil Taylor Ministries presents guests who have important things to say about putting your faith into practice. Cecil interviews each guest to understand their life stories and their ideas for living a seven-day practical faith.
Courtney Dailey is an east Tennessee author who, along with her husband and many others, answered the call to serve when Hurricane Helene blew through her region last year. In addition to getting her own hands dirty, Dailey has been posting Facebook videos of the progress, sharing “God Stories” of how prayer and faith have brought people together to serve those whose lives were upended by the hurricane. Her first video has received five million views.
Highlights of the podcast:
2:54 What does seven-day practical faith mean to Courtney? She also shares how she and her husband launched the reconstruction project for their friend Jerry.
11:20 What strikes Courtney about sacrifice being part of the faith experience of the relief effort.
14:43 How service unites us across the Great Cultural Divide we’re experiencing right now.
16:49 What is the scope of the relief effort she and her church and helpers have undertaken?
19:50 One of Courtney’s favorite God Stories of how a Kentucky church miraculously came through with exactly what the relief effort needed, when they needed it.
24:06 Courtney shares project progress online, but what people really want are the God Stories and the awareness of God’s presence.
28:35 How Courtney has been equipped by God for the organizational tasks she has taken on.
32:19 What lesson she has taken away that we can all apply to our faith journeys
36:31 Her best tip to develop and maintain a seven-day practical faith
38:17 What can people do to help this effort and help the people of eastern Tennessee. NOTE: Courtney asks specifically for sheds. These may or may not still be needed at the time you listen.
Courtney Dailey is a novelist who is also writing a book based on the hurricane relief experiences in eastern Tennessee. You can learn more about the East Tennessee Flood Recovery effort by visiting the Author Courtney Dailey Facebook page or her church’s page at https://www.jesusiscentral.com/. Click on the box reading “East Tennessee Flood Recovery” to donate to the Flood Relief Fund via Central Community Christian Church in Johnson City, TN. The link to help the Kentucky church mentioned in the podcast is https://www.givelify.com/donate/meades-branch-freewill-baptist-church-louisa-ky-2j7wy5MTQ5OTI5Nw==
Learn more about Courtney’s award-winning writing at AuthorCourtneyDailey.com.
Cecil Taylor is an author, speaker, podcaster, blogger, and provider of Instant Content to churches and small groups. Please register for Cecil’s free monthly newsletters on the Cecil Taylor Ministries home page. You’ll receive a free gift, which changes from time to time, and two monthly newsletters, Backstage Pass and Monthly Connection.
For more free content like this from Cecil Taylor Ministries, visit https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com/free-content.
Cecil’s parenting advice can be found at his new website, https://www.UnisonParenting.com, at https://www.instagram.com/unison_parenting/ and at https://www.pinterest.com/CecilTaylorMinistries.
Cecil’s award-winning books and video studies can be found and purchased through https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com. Every video study’s first lesson can be seen for free via the Free Content link above by clicking on “Sample Lessons.”
Cecil’s Instant Content portfolio of books and video studies includes:
- In “Unison Parenting: The Comprehensive Guide to Navigating Christian Parenthood with One Voice” (book and eWorkbook available now; book study Leader Guide and first video study available later in 2025), Cecil provides proven parenting strategies with an underlying layer of parenting in unison through all the ages and stages of a child’s life. “Unison Parenting” has been honored with the 2025 Independent Press Award for Parenting/Family.
- In “From Comfort Zone to Trust Zone” (book, six-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide), Cecil explores a dozen Bible studies of Jesus inviting people out of their comfort zones into their trust zones and how to apply these stories to our lives today. You’ll uncover your own comfort zones and learn how to deepen your faith by getting uncomfortable for Jesus.
- “The Next Thing” (book, five-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide) supplies a four-part Christian model for dealing with crisis. You’ll find the model to be flexible and applicable to many crises.
- “Live Like You’re Loved” (book, five-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide) affirms that God loves you, forgives you, sends you, and walks with you in eternal relationship. You’ll learn how to embed each of these scriptural truths into your daily life.
Monday Feb 03, 2025
Monday Feb 03, 2025
The Practical Faith Academy Podcast from Cecil Taylor Ministries presents guests who have important things to say about putting your faith into practice. Cecil interviews each guest to understand their life stories and their ideas for living a seven-day practical faith.
Jan White is a small-town newspaper columnist who struck it big when she compiled a selection of her religion columns into a book during Covid. The book was a smashing success at a time when people were looking for hope. White still writes for the Andalusia, Alabama Star-News. She has also won an award for her column on forgiveness as opposed to hatred. In this podcast, White shares her views on following Jesus and how her work as a columnist intertwines with her faith.
Highlights of the podcast:
2:45 What inspired Jan to publish a compilation of her newspaper columns
5:22 Jesus made the complex simple. Do we do the same in our faith, or are we too complex?
6:40 To her, seven-day practical faith means a faith that addresses all circumstances.
8:06 Examples of columns she has written, such as about the cross at Ground Zero.
10:55 Favorite stories from the book
11:45 Jan wrote an award-winning column on how forgiveness unlocks hatred. She explains her reasoning.
14:28 How she sees her job as being an essential part of putting faith into practice.
16:43 The hardest part about putting faith into practice
21:01 Her best tip to develop and maintain a seven-day practical faith
21:54 How to find Jan’s books and her future authoring plans
Jan White is the author of “Everyday Faith for Daily Life,” a collection of her newspaper religion columns over 25 years. She has won a newspaper writing award for “Forgiveness: The Key to Unlocking Hatred.” White writes for the Andalusia, Alabama Star-News and the Enterprise, Alabama Southeast Sun. Her website is janwhitewriter.com.
Cecil Taylor is an author, speaker, podcaster, blogger, and provider of Instant Content to churches and small groups. Please register for Cecil’s free monthly newsletters on the Cecil Taylor Ministries home page. You’ll receive a free gift, which changes from time to time, and two monthly newsletters, Backstage Pass and Monthly Connection.
For more free content like this from Cecil Taylor Ministries, visit https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com/free-content.
Cecil’s parenting advice can be found at his new website, https://www.UnisonParenting.com, at https://www.instagram.com/unison_parenting/ and at https://www.pinterest.com/CecilTaylorMinistries.
Cecil’s award-winning books and video studies can be found and purchased through https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com. Every video study’s first lesson can be seen for free via the Free Content link above by clicking on “Sample Lessons.”
Cecil’s Instant Content portfolio of books and video studies includes:
- In “Unison Parenting: The Comprehensive Guide to Navigating Christian Parenthood with One Voice” (book and eWorkbook available now; book study Leader Guide and first video study available later in 2025), Cecil provides proven parenting strategies with an underlying layer of parenting in unison through all the ages and stages of a child’s life. “Unison Parenting” has been honored with the 2025 Independent Press Award for Parenting/Family.
- In “From Comfort Zone to Trust Zone” (book, six-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide), Cecil explores a dozen Bible studies of Jesus inviting people out of their comfort zones into their trust zones and how to apply these stories to our lives today. You’ll uncover your own comfort zones and learn how to deepen your faith by getting uncomfortable for Jesus.
- “The Next Thing” (book, five-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide) supplies a four-part Christian model for dealing with crisis. You’ll find the model to be flexible and applicable to many crises.
- “Live Like You’re Loved” (book, five-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide) affirms that God loves you, forgives you, sends you, and walks with you in eternal relationship. You’ll learn how to embed each of these scriptural truths into your daily life.
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
The Practical Faith Academy Podcast from Cecil Taylor Ministries presents guests who have important things to say about putting your faith into practice. Cecil interviews each guest to understand their life stories and their ideas for living a seven-day practical faith.
Kathy White is a Niceville, Florida licensed mental health counselor and marriage and family therapist. She is a Christian and brings her faith background into her therapy sessions. As a result, she sees and expresses the ways that both faith and good mental health can work together to help people.
Highlights of the podcast:
2:08 How “seven-day practical faith” can be interpreted as loving actions
4:23 People should be open to counseling and the healing and change it can provide.
5:58 How Kathy came to faith
7:56 How being a Christian changes her approach to counseling
10:33 Impacts of narcissism on others
13:16 How God inspired her to write a novel centered on therapy experiences
14:38 The supreme importance of a therapist diagnosing people who aren’t in the room but are affecting the patient
16:37 Suggested approach for Christians seeking therapy
19:03 The hardest part about putting faith into practice is confronting fear.
21:45 Her best tip for putting faith into practice: Structure.
23:47 Information about her first book, “The Therapist,” and the marriage advice book she’s writing now.
Kathy White is a Christian therapist whose practice in Niceville, Florida is called Carpenter House and can be found at CarpenterHouse.net. She has written a novel-like book based on her experiences, “The Therapist: Short Stories about Parenting, Narcissists, Combat, Abuse and Marriage,” written under the name Kathlyn C. White. You can find more information about the book at TheTherapist.biz.
Cecil Taylor is an author, speaker, podcaster, blogger, and provider of Instant Content to churches and small groups. Please register for Cecil’s free monthly newsletter on the Cecil Taylor Ministries home page. You’ll receive a free gift, which changes from time to time, and the newsletter itself will enrich you with practical faith tips, tips for your church, updates on Cecil Taylor Ministries, a devotional, and more. It’s the best way to stay in touch with Cecil!
Cecil writes for Chicken Soup for the Soul, Guideposts, and Inspiration Ministry at https;//inspiration.org.
You can learn more about Cecil and what he offers at https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com, at https://www.facebook.com/ceciltaylorministries , and the Cecil Taylor Ministries YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHP_khu3r77ubl5jvHsf5-w .
Cecil’s parenting advice can be found at his new website, https://www.UnisonParenting.com, at https://www.instagram.com/unison_parenting/ and at https://www.pinterest.com/CecilTaylorMinistries.
For more free content like this from Cecil Taylor Ministries, visit https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com/free-content.
Cecil’s books and video studies can be found and purchased through https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com. Every video study’s first lesson can be seen for free via the Free Content link above by clicking on “Sample Lessons.”
Cecil’s Instant Content portfolio of books and video studies includes:
- NEW: In “Unison Parenting: The Comprehensive Guide to Navigating Christian Parenthood with One Voice” (book and eWorkbook available now; book study Leader Guide and first video study available in early 2025), Cecil provides proven parenting strategies with an underlying layer of parenting in unison through all the ages and stages of a child’s life. The goal is to help the child become a mature adult who makes good decisions.
- In “From Comfort Zone to Trust Zone” (book, six-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide), Cecil explores a dozen Bible studies of Jesus inviting people out of their comfort zones into their trust zones and how to apply these stories to our lives today. You’ll uncover your own comfort zones and learn how to deepen your faith by getting uncomfortable for Jesus.
- “The Next Thing” (book, five-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide) supplies a four-part Christian model for dealing with crisis. You’ll find the model to be flexible and applicable to many crises.
- “Live Like You’re Loved” (book, five-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide) affirms that God loves you, forgives you, sends you, and walks with you in eternal relationship. You’ll learn how to embed each of these scriptural truths into your daily life.
Friday Jan 03, 2025
Friday Jan 03, 2025
The Practical Faith Academy Podcast from Cecil Taylor Ministries presents guests who have important things to say about putting your faith into practice. Cecil interviews each guest to understand their life stories and their ideas for living a seven-day practical faith.
Lori Hatcher is a noted author, speaker, and writing coach, all while working her day job as a dental hygienist. In all her roles, she is an encourager, which she terms as bringing life to those who need a boost. Hatcher has a number of great ideas for putting faith into practice, which she shares during this podcast. Take a listen to get a fresh start in your faith journey during 2025.
Highlights of the podcast:
2:44 To Lori, practical faith is based on Romans 12:1-2.
4:27 How Lori and her husband David approach each day through prayer.
6:23 Why it’s important to Lori to be an encourager.
8:01 How the lives of she and her husband were transformed when they committed to daily Bible reading.
9:29 The significance of realizing that prayer is supposed to be a two-way conversation.
12:31 On what she learns newly from the Bible in repeated readings.
16:50 How to live as Christians in our jobs and daily endeavors.
20:32 The hardest part about putting faith into practice.
23:05 Her best tip for putting faith into practice.
24:55 About her latest devotional book based on Philippians 4:8.
Lori Hatcher is the author of several devotional books and others to which she has contributed. Her brand-new devotional book is called “Think on These Things: 60 Thoughtful Devotions for Renewed Peace,” based on Philippians 4:8. Her previous book, “A Word for Your Day: 66 Devotions to Refresh Your Mind,” visited every book of the Bible to find a meaningful word to pace a related devotion. To learn more about her books, blogs, weekly devotion subscription, speaking availability, and more, please visit LoriHatcher.com.
Cecil Taylor is an author, speaker, podcaster, blogger, and provider of Instant Content to churches and small groups. Please register for Cecil’s free monthly newsletter on the Cecil Taylor Ministries home page. You’ll receive a free gift, which changes from time to time, and the newsletter itself will enrich you with practical faith tips, tips for your church, updates on Cecil Taylor Ministries, a devotional, and more. It’s the best way to stay in touch with Cecil!
Cecil is now a Chicken Soup for the Soul author! He is a contributor to “Tales of Christmas,” a Chicken Soup for the Soul book that was released on Oct. 15, 2024.
You can learn more about Cecil and what he offers at https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com, at https://www.facebook.com/ceciltaylorministries , and the Cecil Taylor Ministries YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHP_khu3r77ubl5jvHsf5-w .
Cecil’s parenting advice can be found at his new website, https://www.UnisonParenting.com, at https://www.instagram.com/unison_parenting/ and at https://www.pinterest.com/CecilTaylorMinistries.
For more free content like this from Cecil Taylor Ministries, visit https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com/free-content.
Cecil’s books and video studies can be found and purchased through https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com. Every video study’s first lesson can be seen for free via the Free Content link above by clicking on “Sample Lessons.”
Cecil’s Instant Content portfolio of books and video studies includes:
- NEW: In “Unison Parenting: The Comprehensive Guide to Navigating Christian Parenthood with One Voice” (book and eWorkbook available now; book study Leader Guide and first video study available in early 2025), Cecil provides proven parenting strategies with an underlying layer of parenting in unison through all the ages and stages of a child’s life. The goal is to help the child become a mature adult who makes good decisions.
- In “From Comfort Zone to Trust Zone” (book, six-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide), Cecil explores a dozen Bible studies of Jesus inviting people out of their comfort zones into their trust zones and how to apply these stories to our lives today. You’ll uncover your own comfort zones and learn how to deepen your faith by getting uncomfortable for Jesus.
- “The Next Thing” (book, five-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide) supplies a four-part Christian model for dealing with crisis. You’ll find the model to be flexible and applicable to many crises.
- “Live Like You’re Loved” (book, five-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide) affirms that God loves you, forgives you, sends you, and walks with you in eternal relationship. You’ll learn how to embed each of these scriptural truths into your daily life.
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
The Practical Faith Academy Podcast from Cecil Taylor Ministries presents guests who have important things to say about putting your faith into practice. Cecil interviews each guest to understand their life stories and their ideas for living a seven-day practical faith.
Prolific author Lenora Worth shares her thoughts on daily faith practices in this episode. A number of Worth’s books share themes of forgiveness and redemption, which closely match the themes of her faith life as well. As Worth shares her story and her faith tips, you’ll learn more about the difficult topics of forgiveness and redemption and will come away with ideas for how to make them a substantial part of your seven-day practical faith.
Highlights of the podcast:
2:31 Cecil asks about her prolific amount of writing, including 32 books this decade.
4:20 Her definition of a seven-day practical faith
6:17 Who influenced her as she grew up
10:23 Lenora frequently writes Christmas books. Why is Christmas special to her?
12:46 How Lenora puts Christ into Christmas
15:49 Lenora has written fiction books that include themes of returning home, forgiveness, and redemption. She gives her advice for people returning home this Christmas to difficult situations.
18:44 How meaningful the Bible verse “Be still and know” is to her
20:34 The hardest part about putting faith into practice
22:28 Info on Lenora’s latest books and how people can follow her
25:55 How she interweaves faith into her fiction
Lenora Worth is an American Christian Fiction Writers honor roll member. She has authored 115 books and currently writes inspirational fiction for Harlequin's Love Inspired and sweet romance for Tule Publishing. She also writes for Kensington Books. You can find her books on major online booksellers as well as at https://www.lenoraworth.com/lenoras-library.html.
Cecil Taylor is an author, speaker, podcaster, blogger, and provider of Instant Content to churches and small groups. Please register for Cecil’s free monthly newsletter on the Cecil Taylor Ministries home page. You’ll receive a free gift, which changes from time to time, and the newsletter itself will enrich you with practical faith tips, tips for your church, updates on Cecil Taylor Ministries, a devotional, and more. It’s the best way to stay in touch with Cecil!
Cecil is now a Chicken Soup for the Soul author! He is a contributor to “Tales of Christmas,” a Chicken Soup for the Soul book that was released on Oct. 15, 2024.
You can learn more about Cecil and what he offers at https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com, at https://www.facebook.com/ceciltaylorministries , and the Cecil Taylor Ministries YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHP_khu3r77ubl5jvHsf5-w .
Cecil’s parenting advice can be found at his new website, https://www.UnisonParenting.com, at https://www.instagram.com/unison_parenting/ and at https://www.pinterest.com/CecilTaylorMinistries.
For more free content like this from Cecil Taylor Ministries, visit https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com/free-content.
Cecil’s books and video studies can be found and purchased through https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com. Every video study’s first lesson can be seen for free via the Free Content link above by clicking on “Sample Lessons.”
Cecil’s Instant Content portfolio of books and video studies includes:
- NEW: In “Unison Parenting: The Comprehensive Guide to Navigating Christian Parenthood with One Voice” (book and eWorkbook available now; book study Leader Guide and first video study available in early 2025), Cecil provides proven parenting strategies with an underlying layer of parenting in unison through all the ages and stages of a child’s life. The goal is to help the child become a mature adult who makes good decisions.
- In “From Comfort Zone to Trust Zone” (book, six-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide), Cecil explores a dozen Bible studies of Jesus inviting people out of their comfort zones into their trust zones and how to apply these stories to our lives today. You’ll uncover your own comfort zones and learn how to deepen your faith by getting uncomfortable for Jesus.
- “The Next Thing” (book, five-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide) supplies a four-part Christian model for dealing with crisis. You’ll find the model to be flexible and applicable to many crises.
Friday Dec 06, 2024
Friday Dec 06, 2024
The Practical Faith Academy Podcast from Cecil Taylor Ministries presents guests who have important things to say about putting your faith into practice. Cecil interviews each guest to understand their life stories and their ideas for living a seven-day practical faith.
Christine Trimpe underwent a dramatic change in her life at age 48. Raised in the church but a self-identified “casual Christian” as an adult, Trimpe reached a point in her life when she was ready to give everything to God, from her obesity to her spiritual heart. In the ten years since, Trimpe has transformed into a passionate Christian who has lost 100 pounds and now helps others with both their faith and weight loss goals. Trimpe describes herself as a joy seeker, looking for joy daily in all circumstances, buoyed by scripture study that guides her life.
Highlights of the podcast:
2:17 Her definition of a seven-day practical faith
3:57 How Christine went from being a casual Christian to a passionate Christian
6:17 How she embarked on a health and healing journey
8:24 Transformation came from daily Bible study
9:26 How to bury joy into every fiber of your being, with Psalm 4:7 as a core passage
12:27 The background of how her book “Seeking Joy through the Gospel of Luke” came to be written
15:30 Christine is a joy seeker. Why does she pursue joy in particular?
17:49 What she does as a certified Christian health and wellness coach.
20:57 How people can experience lasting change in their lives
23:57 Advice for integrating faith into your health journey
25:29 The hardest part about putting faith into practice
27:08 How people can learn more about Christine’s books, coaching, and the SugarFreed program
Christine Trimpe is the author of the award-winning book “Seeking Joy through the Gospel of Luke,” an Advent study. Her latest book is “SugarFreed: Stop Losing the Weight Loss Battle, Start Gaining the Victory.” Her coaching, her books, and more are available at ChristineTrimpe.com, and her books are also available on Amazon and other online booksellers.
Cecil Taylor is an author, speaker, podcaster, blogger, and provider of Instant Content to churches and small groups. Please register for Cecil’s free monthly newsletter on the Cecil Taylor Ministries home page. You’ll receive a free gift, which changes from time to time, and the newsletter itself will enrich you with practical faith tips, tips for your church, updates on Cecil Taylor Ministries, a devotional, and more. It’s the best way to stay in touch with Cecil!
Cecil is now a Chicken Soup for the Soul author! He is a contributor to “Tales of Christmas,” a Chicken Soup for the Soul book that was released on Oct. 15, 2024.
You can learn more about Cecil and what he offers at https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com, at https://www.facebook.com/ceciltaylorministries , and the Cecil Taylor Ministries YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHP_khu3r77ubl5jvHsf5-w .
Cecil’s parenting advice can be found at his new website, https://www.UnisonParenting.com, at https://www.instagram.com/unison_parenting/ and at https://www.pinterest.com/CecilTaylorMinistries.
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Cecil’s books and video studies can be found and purchased through https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com. Every video study’s first lesson can be seen for free via the Free Content link above by clicking on “Sample Lessons.”
Cecil’s Instant Content portfolio of books and video studies includes:
- NEW: In “Unison Parenting: The Comprehensive Guide to Navigating Christian Parenthood with One Voice” (book and eWorkbook available now; book study Leader Guide and first video study available in early 2025), Cecil provides proven parenting strategies with an underlying layer of parenting in unison through all the ages and stages of a child’s life. The goal is to help the child become a mature adult who makes good decisions.
- In “From Comfort Zone to Trust Zone” (book, six-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide), Cecil explores a dozen Bible studies of Jesus inviting people out of their comfort zones into their trust zones and how to apply these stories to our lives today. You’ll uncover your own comfort zones and learn how to deepen your faith by getting uncomfortable for Jesus.
- “The Next Thing” (book, five-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide) supplies a four-part Christian model for dealing with crisis. You’ll find the model to be flexible and applicable to many crises.
- “Live Like You’re Loved” (book, five-week video study, Leader Guide, and Participant’s Guide) affirms that God loves you, forgives you, sends you, and walks with you in eternal relationship. You’ll learn how to embed each of these scriptural truths into your daily life.
Teaching Christians to Live a 7-Day Practical Faith
As the son of a preacher, Cecil Taylor understands the complexity of the word "call".
A lifetime's worth of "calls" has led Cecil to successful careers in software development, broadcast radio, and product management at the forefront of the telecom industry. And yet, despite the unique journey God has led him on, the struggle he has faced his entire life is one that is shared by most Christians:
How do you reconcile your call to ministry and call to Christ with the other directions God is leading you? How do you continue to grow closer to God in love and service when you're dedicated to so many other pursuits, whether it's a career or family or just the constant grind necessary in life?
Forty years of teaching adults and youth in church has allowed God to give some answers to Cecil and move his call to sharing it further. That's what Cecil Taylor Ministries is all about: humbly passing on wisdom that God has used already to change one life, in the hopes that it changes the lives of many.
The foundation of Cecil's experience is that every day of the week can be Sunday.
The feeling of intimacy, connection, growth, and love that we find in church and in communion with Christ isn't limited to one day a week. In fact, the start of understanding your call to ministry as a Christian is learning that God is present in every direction he has called you. Your career, your family, the constant highs and lows of life, all of them hold meaning to God.
Cecil's call and the main point of Cecil Taylor Ministries is to help you and others learn about a 7-day practical faith by applying scripture to life situations. Cecil Taylor Ministries offers video lessons, books, study materials, podcasts, devotionals and more to help churches, small groups and individual learners understand how to live a 7-day practical faith.