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This week we bring you an interview with Sara Hadgraft! Sara is a Couples Counselor, Sex Therapist, Coparenting Counselor, Divorce and Family Mediator at Sparrow Counseling in Birmingham, Alabama. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. For over 30 years, she has worked with couples and families in some of their most painful and complex seasons: divorce, high-conflict co-parenting, disconnection, and relationship repair. Please check out Wild Grace Encounters if you are interested in an individual or couples retreat. There's an upcoming one day anxiety retreat on Friday, October 30th. You can sign up here! JM's Album Of The Week: World News - In Purgatory Bradford's Book Club: Who You're Becoming: The Slow and Courageous Work of Cultivating Character in a Narcissistic Age by Chuck DeGroat

This week we go back to a sermon from November 9, 2015 preached by Jonathan called "Divorce, Remarriage & The Gospel" from Matthew 19:1-12 and 1 Corinthians 7:10-16. JM's Album Of The Week: Lizzy McAlpine - Angel Bradford's Book Club: The AI Apocalypse: A Survival Guide for Humanity edited by Collin Hansen & Skyler R. Flowers

This week Jonathan leads a discussion about Christian education & formation!  JM's Album Of The Week: CMF - If We're Apart, I'm Somewhere Missing You Bradford's Book Club: The Brain God Gave Us by Dr. Geoff Holsclaw

This week we continue our Meet a Member series by sitting down for a conversation with new-ish SVCC members, Connor & Amanda Sullivan! JM's Album Of The Week: Austin TV - Ma Bradford's Book Club: Wool (Book 1 of 3 of the Silo Series) by Hugh Howey

This past Sunday we had our ministry lunch! If you missed it but want to hear all about it as well as some changes with the Shades Kids ministry check out this episode with very special guest, Joely Coker! JM's Album Of The Week: Brandon Flowers - Thrasher Bradford's Book Club (Jonathan's Pick) - The Iliad & The Odyssey by Homer (translated by) Emily Wilson

Shades Midweek hits the 300 episode milestone with a Shades Cinema episode on the 2026 Christopher Nolan film, The Odyssey! Here's to 300 more!

On this episode of Midweek we discuss worship, serving, community and mission as well as the amazing events we have coming up this fall at Shades! JM's Album Of The Week: Dolly Parton - Jolene Bradford's Book Club: Dust to Dust: Aging Wisely in an Anti-Aging World

Jonathan is back from his sabbatical and we get to hear all about it! JM's Album Of The Week: Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova & The Swell Season - Once (Original Music from the Motion Picture) Bradford's Book Club: 40 Questions About the Trinity by Matthew Y. Emerson & R. Lucas Stamps

Patrick Smith joins us once again for Shades Cinema! On this episode we dive in to the 1977 Sci-Fi classic Close Encounters Of The Third Kind directed by Steven Spielberg! JM's Album Of The Week: John Williams - Disclosure Day (OST) Bradford's Book Club (Patrick's Pick): A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits - Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More by Paul Hirsch

Jonathan is out for the summer on sabbatical but John-Mark & Brad are keeping things cool in the studio for Midweek. This week's episode features an interview with SVCC member Courtney Bryant! JM's Album Of The Week: Dave Matthews Band: Take Me Back: Live At The Gorge Bradford's Book Club: On Social Justice: St. Basil The Great by C. Paul Schroeder & Gregory P Yova

We continue our ongoing Meet A Member series with a conversation featuring SVCC member Paul Bryant! JM's Album Of The Week (Jonathan's Pick): Switchfoot - Forever Now (&) The Strike - The Lost Years Bradford's Book Club (Jonathan's Pick): The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

Jonathan, Brad and JM discuss the life and legacy of musician/songwriter Jeff Buckley and the 2025 documentary, "It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley" as well as his debut album Grace. JM's Album Of The Week: Jeff Buckley - Live At L'Olympia Bradford's Book Club: Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

Fresh off the cutting room floor, Jonathan brings you an extended edition of his sermon from this past Sunday on Mark 7:1-23 which was titled, Hands & Hearts and can be found on our sermon podcast page. We also take an extended Sports Break about a recent world record set for Marathons. JM's Album Of The Week: Robert Plant - Saving Grace Bradford's Book Club: Embracing Contemplation: Reclaiming a Christian Spiritual Practice by John H. Coe & Kyle C. Strobel

This week we called a few men that attended this past weekend's men's retreat at Shocco Springs to hear stories and highlights from the weekend! Huge shout out to our Men's Ministry leader Nicholas Coker for putting the weekend together! We also dive into a youth sports break. JM's Album Of The Week: Bruce Hornsby - Indigo Park Bradford's Book Club: Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

We continue our meet a member series today featuring an interview with SVCC member Smitty Weldon! We also take an extended sports break about the Masters! JM's Album Of The Week: Angine de Poitrine - Vol. II Bradford's Book Club: Worship and Awe in Christian Psychology: How Centering God Transforms Mental and Spiritual Health by Joshua J. Knabb