New 4RMations Podcast

In this episode, Tim, Alan and Charlie talk about their experiences on social media. They discuss the positives and negatives of this medium, their personal blunders, temptations common to all, boundaries, and the roles they believe we all play in this arena as Christians.

In this week’s episode, part 3 of 3, Charlie interviews Tim Bethea. Tim and Charlie have been friends for about 10 years. Charlie had the privilege of performing Tim’s wedding and later, baptizing his children. Tim and Charlie were in a Band of Brothers together for years. Tim is a singer-songwriter, plays the acoustic guitar, and drums. Many nights, you can find him performing in local venues. On Sundays, you can find Tim leading worship in his church. A life filled with the pursuit of...

In this week’s episode, part 2 of 3, Charlie interviews Tim Bethea. Tim and Charlie have been friends for about 10 years. Charlie had the privilege of performing Tim’s wedding and later, baptizing his children. Tim and Charlie were in a Band of Brothers together for years. Tim is a singer-songwriter, plays the acoustic guitar, and drums. Many nights, you can find him performing in local venues. On Sundays, you can find Tim leading worship in his church. A life filled with the pursuit of...

In this week's episode, Charlie interviews Tim Bethea. Tim and Charlie have been friends for about 10 years. Charlie had the privilege of performing Tim's wedding and later, baptizing his children. Tim and Charlie were in a Band of Brothers together for years. Tim is a singer-songwriter, plays the acoustic guitar, and drums. Many nights, you can find him performing in local venues. On Sundays, you can find Tim leading worship in his church. A life filled with the pursuit of his calling,...

In this episode, Tim, Alan & Charlie talk about two upcoming events: Men's Upstate SC BonfireMen's Battlefront Weekend Why gather with a group of men? Why kick around a fire on a Saturday night? Why get away for a weekend to hear from God? All these questions and more on today's episode. Spring Bonfire 2019 on April 13 in Wellford, SC. Join us for our first bonfire of 2019 on Saturday, April 13, from 6pm-9pm in Welford, SC. Our bonfires offer a theme or demonstration, food, casual...

It's so tempting to lose sight of our place in the Larger Story. The Enemy loves to reduce us to our small stories; that is, that we are all alone to deal with the hell that is in front of us, that it never ends, and it is all purposeless. Think about it. When you are at your worst, you have become completely self absorbed, lost sight of God's redemptive purposes, and long forgot your God-given unique and crucial role and settled into hopeless resignation. In this episode, Charlie, Tim and...

Charlie interviews Jake Poteat and Nate Gaffney of the progressive guitar band, Pale Glow. Jake and Nate are two of the band’s founding members. Pale Glow wrote, recorded, produced and released their first self-titled EP recently. In this 2-part podcast interview, Charlie, Nate and Jake talk about what it means to do what God created you to do, what decisions are required along the way, and the work ethic that is essential to reach our goals. Jake and Nate open both episodes with...

Charlie interviews Jake Poteat and Nate Gaffney of the progressive guitar band, Pale Glow. Jake and Nate are two of the band's founding members. Pale Glow wrote, recorded, produced and released their first self-titled EP recently. In this 2-part podcast interview, Charlie, Nate and Jake talk about what it means to do what God created you to do, what decisions are required along the way, and the work ethic that is essential to reach our goals. Jake and Nate open both episodes with...

Tim, Alan, and Charlie have been leading a group of guys through John Eldredge's Wild at Heart Live Boot Camp videos every other Tuesday night at RiverBlade Knife and Fly Shop in Boiling Springs, SC. We are breaking each video into about 30-minute sections. We've just finished the first video, The Heart of a Man. So far, we've discussed our response to an adventure to live and a battle to fight. Tonight, we reflect on, a beauty to rescue. Oftentimes, we take our need for validation to Eve,...

Tim, Alan, and Charlie have been taking a group of guys through John Eldredge's Wild at Heart Live Bootcamp Videos on Tuesday nights. Society at large can’t make up its mind about men. Having spent the last thirty years redefining masculinity into something more sensitive, safe, manageable and, well, feminine, it now berates men for not being men. Boys will be boys, they sigh. As though if a man were to truly grow up he would forsake wilderness and wanderlust and settle down, be at home...

We've all inherited images of Jesus. They've come from church, cultural expressions during holiday celebrations, TV shows, greeting cards, and our own family. The chances that we've misunderstood who Jesus truly is are pretty high. Think about it...When you think of Jesus, or the men you are told represent Christian maturity, do Fred Rogers and Ned Flanders come to mind? You know, Jesus meek and mild, in clean robes, neat hair, with a soft, delicate voice, staring heavenward. But, what...

So after the feeding of the 5000, as Jesus commands, the disciples hop in the boat and head toward Capernaum. They face a trial in the boat, not as punishment, but to breakthrough the self-sufficiency that was so prominent in their lives as exhibited at the miracle of the fish and loaves. Nothing like paddling through another violent storm for 12 hours, without God, to only go 3 or 4 miles, to bring you to the end of your rope. I’m sure they were exhausted, confused, and a bit angry. But,...

What is it about being in the midst of difficulty that makes us forget all the ways Jesus has come through for us in the past? What is it about difficulty that makes us feel so alone? Our self-sufficiency rises to the surface as if that is going to help us meet the challenge. “If it is going to be, it is up to me.” So, Jesus is just going to expose that in John 6:1-21. Out of that, we learn that God can shatter our pint-sized expectations and small faith if we would learn to bring Him what...

Join us today, for part 2 of 2, as we talk about how the antidote to busyness is not rest, but wholeheartedness. You may read Chuck's guest blog post on the same topic on our website at: http://new4rmations.com/the-antidote-to-exhaustion-by-chuck-degroat/ To learn more about Chuck, please visit his website at: https://chuckdegroat.net To purchase Chuck's books, please visit the following links: Leaving Egypt: Finding God in the Wilderness Places:...

Today, we have a special guest, Chuck DeGroat. Chuck is the Professor of Counseling and Christian Spirituality at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, MI, and Co-Founder and a Senior Fellow at The Newbigin House of Studies in San Francisco, CA. Chuck has spent the last 20+ years in a fluid combination of pastoral ministry, seminary teaching, and clinical counseling. He writes mostly about the intersections of psychology, theology, and Christian spirituality…with a focus on our lived...

Today, we have a special guest, Keith Webb, of Creative Results Management. Keith is the author of The COACH Model for Christian Leaders, and the founder of Creative Results Management. Keith advocates for a different kind of leadership, one that works on-the-go, with people everywhere, and his model has significantly influenced how we lead our community groups and Bands of Brothers at New 4RMations. Keith served in Asia for over 20 years and now travels the world, teaching, speaking and...

Today, Charlie & Tim are recording live at one of our Base Camp adventures, The Men’s Spring Adventure 2018: Fishing the Watauga River. We thought it would be fun to bring you right into this story to hear more of our hearts on this type of ministry environment. On this trip, we we rented a 4 bedroom riverfront home on one of the best fly fishing rivers east of the Mississippi. Great food, beautiful environment, cigars, and fire time always make for a great getaway. It was a great place to...

Today New 4RMations’ team member, Alan Welchel, and Charlie Vensel talk about what it looks like to be fathered by God. Like just about everything else in life, when it comes to raising children, we cannot really offer what we do not have. Through death and/or divorce, Alan and Charlie both lacked critical masculine influence at the times they needed most. Often, they both come up against what that feels like in being fathers to their own children. But, God the Father is more than willing...

This is Episode 7, and the fourth and final episode in a series of podcasts entitled, What’s This 4Rs Thing? In the earlier three episodes, my friend and ministry co-founder, Tim McNamara and I, talked about our ministry’s name. It is spelled differently than it sounds. It is the word “New”, the number 4, then the letters R-M-A-T-I-O-N-S. So, what is this 4Rs thing? Well, the 4Rs are: Relationship, Rescue, Restoration and Release. And we see them as a 4-fold approach to having a...

This is Episode 6, and we are taking a short break from the What’s This 4Rs Thing? series to bring you the second part of an interview with one our favorite people, Pablo Giacopelli. Pablo has been involved on high performance environments since an early age first as a tennis player and later as a coach. He has had the opportunity to successfully coach some of the best female players in the world of tennis. He was selected to be the tennis team Captain for Estonia in the 2008 Beijing...