Christmas on a Budget: Episode 720
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Enjoy the holidays without going broke, plus a pastor's take on depression, and tips for beating burnout.
Featured musical artist: Aaron Shust ( https://www.aaronshust.com/ )
Roundtable: Save Money This Christmas
The holidays are fun, but they're also very expensive. Between gifts, travel expenses and parties, it can feel like you're drowning in expenses. To help solve this dilemma, we brought in some friends who shared what helps them enjoy the holidays without breaking the bank. They'll also discuss how some of the best gifts don't require spending money at all.
Culture: How a Pastor Beat Depression
There's a myth in Christian circles that pastors shouldn't struggle with depression. To debunk that theory, pastor Chris Hodges talks to us about times when he felt like he was trapped in a dark cave with no way out. Using the story of Elijah from the Old Testament, Chris shares the ins and outs of this common struggle, plus hope for life beyond its lows.
Inbox: Beating Burnout
Millennials and Gen Z adults are regularly referred to as the "burnout generation." With so much to do and so little time to do it, is rest even possible? Counselor Jenny Coffey weighs in with some practical ideas for beating burnout.
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| 0:00.0 | Friends, it is that time of year when people contact you and ask you to bless them as we are in the Christmas season and heading into a new year with a monetary gift. |
| 0:12.2 | And you know what? |
| 0:12.8 | I'm just going to go ahead and do that on behalf of Boundless. |
| 0:15.8 | This is Lisa Anderson, host of The Boundless Show. |
| 0:19.8 | And we are in our year-end giving campaign here |
| 0:22.9 | at Focus on the Family and Boundless, and your gift this year is going to be doubled in order |
| 0:28.9 | to further the work of Boundless as we minister to young adults. |
| 0:33.2 | How do you give? |
| 0:34.0 | Go to Boundless.org slash donate. |
| 0:36.6 | You can give today, and your gift will be matched |
| 0:39.6 | by a generous donor who has offered to put up that financial resource in order to stretch |
| 0:45.1 | gifts even further. So boundless.org slash donate, you have the opportunity to take us into the new |
| 0:50.9 | year here at boundless as we continue to provide great content and conversation |
| 0:55.9 | for you and everyone you love. Thanks so much in advance. |
| 1:02.0 | Well, hey everyone. Welcome to this week's episode of The Boundless Show. |
| 1:13.5 | Lisa Anderson here with you. A little preview of what is coming up later for our inbox. |
| 1:19.2 | We have a listener who wants some tips for how to deal with burnout, obviously something that a lot of you millennials and Gen Ziers are dealing with today. And so one of our counselors, |
| 1:30.6 | Jenny Coffey, is going to provide some insight there. And then for our culture segment, |
| 1:34.9 | Pastor Chris Hodges from Church of the Highlands joins us to talk about his book out of the cave, |
| 1:41.2 | a book about depression that actually is based on and utilizes a lot of the |
| 1:46.4 | story of Elijah. And so you're going to get some great encouragement out of that. So don't miss it. |
| 1:53.2 | Well, here we are for our roundtable. And obviously we are, I mean, we're coming right up on |
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