"...there is so much hope and restoring relationships. So much hope in healing, and so much hope in grace...."  ~Varinia Lauzon

Fingerprints: How God is Growing the Relational Health of His Family
Hosted by Tennison and Ginelle Barry, Fingerprints reveals how God is quietly restoring His family through relational healing, joy, and connection. Through real stories, practical tools, and spiritual insight, this podcast explores how God is forming safe, mature, emotionally healthy communities—starting with us. Discover the quiet revival already unfolding in homes, churches, and relationships, and learn how to notice His fingerprints in your own life.

Join Tennison and Ginelle as they conclude their conversation with Varinia Lauzon. Listen in as Varinia talks about her role in creating Table and Well in Español, and how this process is transforming her life. 

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Fingerprints: How God is Growing the Relational Health of His Family
Hosted by Tennison and Ginelle Barry, Fingerprints reveals how God is quietly restoring His family through relational healing, joy, and connection. Through real stories, practical tools, and spiritual insight, this podcast explores how God is forming safe, mature, emotionally healthy communities—starting with us. Discover the quiet revival already unfolding in homes, churches, and relationships, and learn how to notice His fingerprints in your own life.

This podcast isn’t just a series—it’s a signal. God is growing something new and ancient at the same time. He is raising up a family marked not by performance, but by presence.

The question isn’t if He’s moving. It’s-Can you see His fingerprints?

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

"(Elders)... they are not running, they are this steady force,...whenI speak to you,...I am not going anywhere.  You might run off, but I will be right here waiting for you when you come back...That's what Elders get to do. They are creating space for people to be there best self." ~ Marlene Allen

Elders are so important in building relationally healthy communities. Without them we are missing a key part and it's nearly impossible. What is the role of elders in community? What does healthy community look like? How do we glean their wisdom? In this new series, Wisdom Keepers: The Role of Elders in Building Relationally Healthy Community not only will these questions and many more be answered, the answers will come directly from Elders.

True Elders bring stability, shade, and strength to their communities. Elders who are deeply rooted, know who they are and can see those around them through the eyes of heaven are invaluable in their community.  But what happens when Elders pull up their roots and try to replant themselves in a different community? Can they ever regain the depth of connection? Can they grow taller and stronger? Will their branch provide the covering they once did? If so, how?

Join Tennison and Ginelle as they begin a new conversation with Life Model Works Executive Director, Marlene Allen. She is an author, teacher, mentor, networker, licensed minister, and joy-starter. Her passion for teaching spiritual principles to young people led to a forty-plus-year journey of serving in schools and churches. Marlene is called ‘Momma Marlene’ by most, and she truly is and 'Momma' to all.

Listen in as Marlene talks about her own journey of up rooting and replanting. Discover how she continued to be 'Momma Marlene' in her new community. 

You don't want to miss out on the wisdom and joy that explodes through this podcast.

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Over the last two years we have been asked a number of different questions, such as, how did you come to do what you are doing? Or, how did your marriage make it? Or even, what happened to get you through to this point in your life?  I think however my favorite question is, what is your story? 

Listen in as Tennison and Ginelle talk through the "origin story" of Table and Well, and what the process was in the development and how God was preparing them to launch Table and Well for over a year. Learn why the name Table and Well is so important to them and the meaning behind the name.   

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

One of the hardest questions to answer as a parent is, "what was it like for your kids when,...?", you fill in the blank, and can you ever recover as a family?  

In part four of Our Story, Ginelle and Tennison will answer both of those questions.  Listen in as their daughter,  Liv (Alivya), joins them to openly and honestly unpack how her early years and her parents undoing affected her and their relationship. How their mutual growth and intentional conversations to face the hard things has repaired and restored their connection and relationship. 

Parents and kids need to hear this candid conversation!

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Over the last two years we have been asked a number of different questions, such as, how did you come to do what you are doing? Or, how did your marriage make it? Or even, what happened to get you through to this point in your life?  I think however my favorite question is, what is your story? 

This is part three of Ginelle and Tennison's  candid, unscripted, and mostly unedited conversation of their story!  In this episode they tell comical and relatable stories of setbacks and victories as they began to turn the corner in their marital connection. Listen in and discover the importance of creating Joy moments and learning the art of play and how they are needed for healthy, deep relationships.

We really hope this brings hope, and maybe even healing to anyone that listens.

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Over the last two years we have been asked a number of different questions, such as, how did you come to do what you are doing? Or, how did your marriage make it? Or even, what happened to get you through to this point in your life?  I think however my favorite question is, what is your story? 

This is part two of Ginelle and Tennison's  candid, unscripted, and mostly unedited conversation of our story!  This episode looks at how the lack of relational maturity skills and trauma contributed to the dysfunction in their marriage.  You will also hear how Joy and connection begin the healing process in every area of their lives.

We really hope this brings hope, and maybe even healing to anyone that listens.

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Over the last two years we have been asked a number of different questions, such as, how did you come to do what you are doing? Or, how did your marriage make it? Or even, what happened to get you through to this point in your life?  I think however my favorite question is, what is your story? 

Over the next 4-5 episodes Ginelle and Tennison will unpack their continuing journey to relational health and maturity.  You will learn where and how the journey started, how the lack of relational maturity skills and trauma contributed to the dysfunction in their marriage and how it affected their children.  You will also hear how Joy and connection begin the healing process in every area of their lives.

This is a beautiful story of hope, joy, and God's grace, and the journey isn't over!

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

What do you do when you find yourself embedded in a narcissistic church culture?  Should the leadership be removed altogether or can resteration happen and the leaders continue to lead?  What would it take to change the culture?  Who is at fault when narcissistic leadership emerges?  Join Tennison and Ginelle as they conclude this conversation around these questions and much more on this episode of The Table and Well Podcast. 

Mars Hill Church was founded in 1996 by Mark Driscoll, Lief Moi and Mike Gunn, and in 2014 the church was dissolved.  Between those two dates, this church went on a wild ride.  Christianity Today produced a 10 episode podcast called the Rise and Fall of Mars Hill.  As we listened to this expose, we felt, in light was our last series on the Half Brained Church, we needed to respond to this podcast.  This is not finger pointing, or heaping on, this is our heartfelt conversation about the hurt, disappointment, and trauma that comes from being involved in churches that are being lead by narcissist leaders and what we can do to heal and ultimately prevent this from happening.

For more information about Table and Well or reaching out for help:  www.tableandwellco.com
If you want your begin you journey to relational healing:  www.tableandwellco.com/community101

*Some stories sourced from "The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill" ~ Christianity Today Podcast

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
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For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

What do you do when you find yourself embedded in a narcissistic church culture?  Should the leadership be removed altogether or can resteration happen and the leaders continue to lead?  What would it take to change the culture?  Who is at fault when narcissistic leadership emerges?  Listen in to Tennison and Ginelle's in depth conversation around these questions and much more on this episode of The Table and Well Podcast.  

Mars Hill Church was founded in 1996 by Mark Driscoll, Lief Moi and Mike Gunn, and in 2014 the church was dissolved.  Between those two dates, this church went on a wild ride.  Christianity Today produced a 10 episode podcast called the Rise and Fall of Mars Hill.  As we listened to this expose, we felt, in light was our last series on the Half Brained Church, we needed to respond to this podcast.  This is not finger pointing, or heaping on, this is our heartfelt conversation about the hurt, disappointment, and trauma that comes from being involved in churches that are being lead by narcissist leaders and what we can do to heal and ultimately prevent this from happening.

For more information about Table and Well or reaching out for help:  www.tableandwellco.com
If you want your begin you journey to relational healing:  www.tableandwellco.com/community101


*Some stories sourced from "The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill" ~ Christianity Today Podcast

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

How do we get so caught up and miss what is actually happening right in front of our face?  How do we miss the people who are being hurt, disowned and even excommunicated by the organization that we have given your lives to?  How do we allow narcissism to run rampant in our churches and community? 

Mars Hill Church was founded in 1996 by Mark Driscoll, Lief Moi and Mike Gunn, and in 2014 the church was dissolved.  Between those two dates, this church went on a wild ride.  Christianity Today produced a 10 episode podcast called the Rise and Fall of Mars Hill.  As we listened to this expose, we felt, in light was our last series on the Half Brained Church, we needed to respond to this podcast.  This is not finger pointing, or heaping on, this is our heartfelt conversation about the hurt, disappointment, and trauma that comes from being involved in churches that are being lead by narcissist leaders  what we can do to heal and ultimately prevent this from happening.

For more information about Table and Well or reaching out for help:  www.tableandwellco.com
If you want your begin you journey to relational healing:  www.tableandwellco.com/community101


*Some stories sourced from "The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill" ~ Christianity Today Podcast

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

 If living Whole-Brained is truly how God created us, why don't we?  Why does it seem so hard to live relationally?  What are we missing, or is this really just a unrealistic utopian dream?  Or does it simply come back full circle to maturity?

Tennison and Ginelle conclude their conversation, this series, and this season on the Half Brained Church.  Join the as they unpack how living a Whole-Brained Christianity relies heavily on growing and living in the fullness of your maturity.  They also discuss what happens when there is no clear plan to mature God's people and the important role true mature elders play raising others up into maturity.

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

If living Whole-Brained is truly how God created us, why don't we?  Why does it seem so hard to live relationally?  What are we missing, or is this really just a unrealistic utopian dream?  Or is it simply, we don't have the relational skills?

Tennison and Ginelle continue their conversation about practical skills that, when practiced, will help you live more relationally aware and mature.  They will also talk about what your results could be when these skills are practiced.

Part 2 of 2

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

"Attachment is the 'pipe' that maturity is passed from one vessel to another" ~ Michel Henricks

Elders are so important in building relationally healthy communities. Without them we are missing a key part and it's nearly impossible. What is the role of elders in community? What does healthy community look like? How do we glean their wisdom? In this new series, Wisdom Keepers: The Role of Elders in Building Relationally Healthy Community not only will these questions and many more be answered, the answers will come directly from Elders.

Secure attachment is needed for healthy relational maturity to be passed from one generation to the next. What happens when the attachment styles is insecure and skilled are being passed down? How can Elders help communities in this area? A gift that is under rated is the presence of different cultures within the community. Every culture has strengths and weaknesses and left to themselves the weakness grow and become more obvious. However, if we all live in the same community, the strengths of us all get amplified.

Join Tennison and Ginelle as they conclude their conversation with Michel Hendricks and discuss how elders help the community grow with secure attachment and model how to live. As elders also share stories of how it is for us to act, they create safety and security for the community at large. 

Book Resources:

The Other Half of Church: Michel Hendricks & Dr. Jim Wilder, Moody Publishers. 2020

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

If living Whole-Brained is truly how God created us, why don't we?  Why does it seem so hard to live relationally?  What are we missing, or is this really just a unrealistic utopian dream?  Or is it simply, we don't have the relational skills?

Join Tennison and Ginelle as they dig into and share practical skills that, when practiced, will help you live more relationally aware and mature. 

Part 1 of 2

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Whole-Brained relationally mature pastors and leaders are unfortunately, hard to find today.  We, the people, have a very strong propensity to promote people past their maturity level.  We see their gifts and jump at the chance to have them lead us.  But in doing so we tend to sacrifice the importance of relational connections that God designed us to live in.

In this episode, Tennison and Ginelle will be discussing what Whole-Brained relational mature pastors and leaders look like.  What the character traits that we should be looking for, and be seen, in our leaders. What is the purpose of the titles, Apostle, Pastor, Prophet, Teacher, Evangelist, that we give our leaders.

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Living Whole-Brained is the way that God design us to live from the beginning.  And Jesus modeled this for us.  Everything he did was relational, however He did not forgo knowledge and spiritual disciplines.  Somehow, over time we have swung the pendulum to the completely opposite side.  We forgo the true relational aspects that we were created to live and thrive in and functionally live in the knowledge, truth, program, and spiritual discipline side of our brain.  And we think that is how transformation happens.  This is not the roadmap that Jesus left us.

Join Tennison and Ginelle as they begin to unpack Whole-Brained Christianity.  In this episode they will revisit the 4 ingredients for healthy soil and what a Whole-Brained church could look like. 

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

This disease of narcissism is devastating to everyone it touches.  What do we do when we see, feel or experience narcissism in our community.  How do we protect our communities from narcissism?  Can it be eradicated?

Join Tennison and Ginelle  as they discuss the ways to protect your community from the disease of narcissism, the importance of a mature community, and the formula needed to eradicate this disease from our churches, communities, and family. 

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Enemy Mode:  We have all heard this phrase.  This is what happens when you are trying to win or feel that everyone is against you.  Most of us have ventured into this territory.  However, did you know that there are 2 types of enemy mode, Simple and Peditory. 
Join Tennison & Ginelle as they discuss and dissect these two very different ways to operate in enemy mode, the effects of each, and what is happening in your brain and the brain of the narcissist while this is happening. 

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Self Justification is the go to response when corrected for people who have narcissistic tendencies.  Since they cannot metabolize shame relationally and their need to feel special is driving them, deflection is key.  Self justification can come in many forms, everything from, "You'll never understand in a million years!" to, "How dare you question me!" to " God told me to do this." 
Listen in as Tennison and Ginelle look at this narcissistic tendency and continue to dissect this relational infection of narcissism

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Join Tennison and Ginelle as they continue to unpack the relational infection known as narcissism.  What are the effects on the people who are under the leadership of a narcissist?


This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Would you be able to identify narcissist behavior?  Most people believe that they can.  If so, why are there so many narcissist people leading churches, businesses  and communities?  Believe it or not we actually look for, find,  put in leadership, and hire people with major narcissist tendencies and call them strong leaders and follow them blindly.  All while there is a wake of destruction behind them.   

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

How does shame and narcissism intersect?  What happens when people are not taught how to metabolize shame?  Join Tennison and Ginelle as they continue their conversation on the relational infection.  In this episode they will continue to unpack this disease and the motivations behind the actions and motive of the narcissist.

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Narcissism: The relational infection.  Narcissism may not be what you think is actually very easy to overlook and encourage. Sometimes it is hard to recognize until it is too late.  The church, in its current structure, is the perfect breeding ground for narcissism to grow, thrive and return if the relational connection of its people is not strong.  Join Tennison and Ginelle as they begin to unpack this insidious disease.

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

"Maturity is like Swiss Cheese, our maturity has holes... When we only stay with people inner same age group, the community has all the same holes,... Multigenerational community is important because elders can see the holes and fill them. So as a community the block of cheese is one solid block..." ~ Michel Henricks

Elders are so important in building relationally healthy communities. Without them we are missing a key part and it's nearly impossible. What is the role of elders in community? What does healthy community look like? How do we glean their wisdom? In this new series, Wisdom Keepers: The Role of Elders in Building Relationally Healthy Community not only will these questions and many more be answered, the answers will come directly from Elders.

Join Tennison and Ginelle as they continue their conversation with Michel Hendricks and discuss how elders help the community suffer well and remind us of who we are in the mist of the suffering. Elders also fill the holes in the community that arise because of the immaturity that is present. 

Book Resources:

The Other Half of Church: Michel Hendricks & Dr. Jim Wilder, Moody Publishers. 2020

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Healthy correction is an important factor in character development and shame is an important part of healthy correction.  We have talked about the differences between healthy shame and toxic shame and how each of them can be and have been used and how God has designed shame to be used and felt.
In this episode Tennison and Ginelle finish their conversation on healthy correction by taking a good look at toxic shame and why it must be rejected at all cost!  The power of shame was never meant to be welded the way most commonly do.  But until God's way becomes the norm, we must recognize and reject shame and correction that is toxic in its nature.

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Tennison and Ginelle continue their conversation on healthy correction.  In this episode they discuss a topic that is rarely ever talked about in a positive light. It's avoided, and has been used to abuse and manipulate, but used correctly, is actually very powerful and needed for healthy correction.  Shame!  Shame is an emotion that God has hardwired into in our brain, so we must learn how to use it.  Join us as we unpack this controversial thought and see how God has designed us to feel shame but not wear it.  

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
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To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
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Correction is a word that carries a negative feeling whenever you hear otr think about it. Correction is necessary to shape and mold character.  However if it is not done in a healthy way, it will cause more hurt, and division in your relationships.  Join Tennison and Ginelle and they begin to unpack what healthy correction looks like and why it is so important. 


This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Join Tennison and Ginelle as they continue the conversation on healthy group identity, who forms its, what it is, and how it is formed.  Today's episode will focus on the how of healthy group Identity.  It starts with group identity statement that say, "We are a people that....." As these statement are created and walked out by they elders in the group, the rest of the group sees and experiences how it is to act and the identity of the group begins to take root.


This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Join Tennison and Ginelle as they continue the conversation on healthy group identity, who forms its, what it is, and how it is formed.  Today's episode will focus on the how of healthy group Identity.  It starts with group identity statement that say, "We are a people that....." As these statement are created and walked out by they elders in the group, the rest of the group sees and experiences how it is to act and the identity of the group begins to take root.   

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Healthy group identity is something that is very important to having a strong community and something that is not normally talked about.  Join Tennison and Ginelle as they begin the conversation about healthy group identity, who forms its, what it is, and how it is formed.

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Join Tennison and Ginelle as they discuss some very easy ways that churches and community build their group identity around very toxic and potential destructive things.  These usually start as a "great way to minister" to a group of people, but if gone unchecked you can begin to identity yourself as your malfunction, (who we are when we are not acting like ourselves).  When this happens we erode, and can misrepresent our true identity.  

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Forming a healthy and strong group identity is not easy.  We need a strong group identity to remind us who we are and how it is for us to act.  A lot of the time the group identity that is formed in both churches and communities is a very shallow one.  Shallow group identity do not bring lasting transformation.  They don't remind us of who we are or how it is for us to act They are very dangerous and really don't give us a lot to hold on to.  
 In this episode, Tennison and Ginelle will be talking about different ways we try to form strong group identities that are, in reality, very weak and shallow.  These group identities have missed the mark on who we should be identifying with and do not help us transform into who God has designed us to be.  

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Join us as we continue our conversation on Group Identity.  What if Jesus was constantly creating Identity statement for His followers to grab ahold to?  What if the Sermon on Mount was one big identity statement?  How would that change how we read it? Tennison and Ginelle will discus these questions and more in this episode.

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Join Tennison and Ginelle as they continue their conversation on Group Identity.  In every relational interaction we have, we  are always asking two questions; Who are we, and How is it like my people to act?  The answers to these question come from the group of people you belong to, and your relational experiences with those people.  These actions, responses, expressions, happen pre-consciously, and reveal your character. Listen in as we deep deeper into Group Identity


This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

"Elders by definition have a really well developed right brain skill set...they know how to model a secure attachment,...attune to others emotions even if they don't agree with what happened,...very good at seeing the gold in a person that is not readily apparent,...they are not worried about defending their image,...and they naturally act like themselves rather people are happy about that or not." ~ Michel Henricks

Elders are so important in building relationally healthy communities. Without them we are missing a key part and it's nearly impossible. What is the role of elders in community? What does healthy community look like? How do we glean their wisdom? In this new series, Wisdom Keepers: The Role of Elders in Building Relationally Healthy Community not only will these questions and many more be answered, the answers will come directly from Elders.

The role of Elders in building healthy communities is incredibly important. They impact the life, health, and growth in ways that you may not even realize. So having healthy, mature elders is a must if the community is to thrive. But how do  we recognize them when we see them? What do they look like? 

Join Tennison and Ginelle as they begin a conversation with Michel Hendricks, Director of Life Model Consulting, and co-author of The Other Half of Church.  In this episode they discuss the characteristics of elders and how these characteristics enrich and develop the communities that they are a part of.

Book Resources:

The Other Half of Church: Michel Hendricks & Dr. Jim Wilder, Moody Publishers. 2020

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Join us as Tennison an Ginelle continue the series, The Half Brained Church: How the Church Has Lost it's Ever-Loving Mind.  This episode begins a new topic on the journey of whole brained christianity; Group Identity. 
 What is it?  Why is it so important? How is it formed? Did Jesus create a Group Identity? What happens when Group Identity is shallow or toxic?  These questions and more will be answered over the next several podcasts as they unpack Group Identity

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Join us as we continue the conversation and talk through the four ways to build Hesed in your community:

• Make Hesed part of your value system as a community
• Cultivate joy
• Gathering at the table
• Sharing weakness/vulnerability

Hesed is the relational glue that holds us together.  That glue does not apply itself to your relationships.  Building Hesed  just doesn't happen on its own.  It takes intentional time and practice.  In this episode we will focus on how "Sharing weakness and being vulnerable" in safe community builds Hesed.  We also introduce how narcissism directly opposes Hesed and why narcissist people are threatened by it.  

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Hesed is the relational glue that holds us together.  That glue does not apply itself to your relationships.  Building Hesed  just doesn't happen on its own.  It takes intentional time and practice.  Listen in as we begin a conversation and talk through the four ways to build Hesed in your community. 

• Make Hesed part of your value system as a community
• Cultivate joy
• Gathering at the table
• Sharing weakness/vulnerability

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

How do you recognize how much Hesed is in your community?  Hesed is the relational glue that binds us together.  If Hesed is present in your community you will find love, connection, identity, and belonging.  If Hesed is lacking fear, shame, weakness, withdrawal, and performance will rule.  Join us as we conclude our conversation and answer the question, How much Hesed is in your community?

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

In this episode, Tennison and Ginelle answer the question; How do you recognize how much Hesed is in your community?  Hesed is the relational glue that binds us together.  If Hesed is present in your community you will find love, connection, identity, and belonging.  If Hesed is lacking fear, shame, weakness, withdrawal, and performance will rule.  How much Hesed is in your community?

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Hesed/Attachment is so important in creating identity.  Our connection to God is directly connected to our connection, positive or negative,  with the people around us.  If our earthly attachments are based in strength, steadfastness, and love our attachment to God is usually the same, and our identity is strong and secure.  However if our earthly attachments have been build on fear, weakness and withdrawal, we will inevitably attach to God in the same way and our identity will follow.  Join Tennison and Ginelle as they talk about the importance of strong, healthy, joy fueled attachments.

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

God's plan for his creation was never for us to be "saved" or "born again", it was and is for us to be attached to Him with a bonded or sticky love.  He also intended for us to be attached to each other in this same way.  So what does it mean to be deeply attached or bonded to God, yourself, and others?    

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

What are some practices and practical things that you can do to begin cultivating a Joy Fueled community?  Listen as Tennison and Ginelle talk about the practical things that they have begun to incorporate into their rhythms of life to create Joy Fueled community.  

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Joy is the first ingredient for strong, healthy, transformative communities.  So many churches/communities function without joy as their fuel.  The result is usually a community fueled by fear, shame, and performance where true transformation is not produced.  In this episode Tennison and Ginelle will dig deep into the benefits of Joy Fueled Communities.  Communities where joy, love and healthy connection are the lens in which community is seen. 


This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

True transformation, Identity, Character Development, Spiritual Formation and Discipleship can only happen in healthy communities and relationship with those we have belonging.  If this is the case, how do we create, cultivate, and maintain these types of communities.  According to Jim wilder and Michel Hendricks there are 4 key ingredients to make that happen:

• Finding true Joy though connection and relationships
• Love that securely attaches communities (Hesed)
• Group Identity that emulates the character of Christ
• Creating a culture of uplifting and Healthy Correction

In this episode we will begin unpacking the first of the four; Joy 

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

"Gentle Protectors are willing to share in the pain that they create...Predators want to put their pain on you so they don't feel any of it."
~ Jen Coursey

Elders are so important in building relationally healthy communities. Without them we are missing a key part and it's nearly impossible. What is the role of elders in community? What does healthy community look like? How do we glean their wisdom? In this new series, Wisdom Keepers: The Role of Elders in Building Relationally Healthy Community not only will these questions and many more be answered, the answers will come directly from Elders.

Living and leading when your heart motivation is love is a beautiful thing. You bring peace, stay curious, and set a culture of connection and authenticity. But what happens when you are basing everything from this place of fear. When all your actions, thoughts, and questions are dipped in fear. Sometimes fear even masquerades as love. The fear of present pain out ways the love found in future health.

Join Tennison and Ginelle as they conclude their conversation with Chris and Jen Coursey as they explore the concept of elders as gentle protectors. True elders (gentle protectors), will call us back to who we are designed to be even if it causes pain. This pain is used to grow us not hinder us. Elders are not afraid of this pain and are willing to carry it with us.

Book Resources:

The Joy Switch: Coursey, Chris. Northfield Publishing, 2021

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
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To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

The western church has built almost everything  it does on delivering information and telling people how to live this Christian life.  This way of "ministry" has not not produced the true transformation we all desire.  True transformation, true discipleship, only comes inside of healthy relationship and that is what is missing from the western church.  That is how Jesus did it with His disciples.  We are designed to live, learn and grow in community.  Community is hard and messy and beautiful and rewording.  Community is were we are shown how to live this Christian life, and how is it like for me to act. 

In this episode we will explore why healthy relationship is a, if not the, most important piece to Transformation, Identity, Character Development, Spiritual Formation and Discipleship.

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Transformation=truth+good choices+power.
This statement sounds true and is widely excepted in most church circles today.  What if I told you that is not the formula for transformation?  What if I told you that this formula was missing a key ingredient?  What I told you that this formula was a Half Brained formula? 
Join us as we  explore the primary functions the left and right brain have, the roles that they play, and why true transformation, spiritual formation and character development can only happen when both are engaged in discipleship. 

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

"Spiritual formation is the central task of the local congregation, the primary task that Jesus gave Christian leaders." ~ Dallas Willard~
If spiritual formation is the central task of the church, how are we doing?  Are we seeing and experiencing lasting deep transformation?  Are a lot of christian communities strong and connected, or weak and shallow?  If we are honest with ourselves, I think we will answer the latter to both questions.  Why?
In this podcast we will begin to lay the foundation to answer those questions.  Join us as we take a deep look at how your spiritual growth can be revolutionized by understanding the role your brain plays in spiritual formation, character development, and discipleship.  
In this series we will explore the four ingredients to develop and maintain vibrant whole brained, transformational communities.  

• Finding true joy though connection and relationships
• Love that securely attaches communities (Hesed)
• Group identity that emulates the character of Christ
• Creating a culture of uplifting and healthy correction

This series is an adaptation of the book "The Other Half of Church" by Jim Wilder & Michel Hendricks

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#support
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co