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9 | Circumstances ā Calling (Trent, part 4 of 4)
Circumstances donāt dictate your destiny.
The current reality doesnāt determine your callingā¦
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Romans 11:29 tells us the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.
He doesnāt invoke a purpose and then withdraw...
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8 | Blind-sided (and some of itās my fault) (Trent, part 3 of 4)
Sometimes, life blind-sides usā¦
ā¦ and we donāt see āthe hitā coming. Hence the term āblind-side.ā
But letās be real about blind-sidesā¦
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š„ Sometimes the collision occurs and takes US TOTALL by surpriseā¦ itās truly...
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7 | Where you stand depends on where you sleep (Trent, part 2 of 4)
Where you stand depends on where you sleep.
That might sound strange, but think about it this wayā¦
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Weāre all raised with a certain set of circumstances that all seem NORMAL to us. To others, they might not be normal...
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6 | Build bigger + beyond yourself (Trent, part 1 of 4)
Our present circumstances are the accumulated conglomeration of our past experiences, our interactions, what weāve learnedā¦
ā¦ and, wellā¦
Yes, thatās a bit simplistic, perhaps, but you get the idea. We donāt just...
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5 | Peer Support
Look back at every major transition in your lifeā good or badā and it probably has more to do with a PERSON than an ārawā decision.
Or, to say it another way, PEOPLE are a profound influence on our lives.
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Hereās...
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4 | Tip the Scales in Your Favor
Prison re-entry (in fact, any kind of personal development) is hard if you think you need to be perfect in order to make progress.
But thatās not how it works.
We donāt need to be āperfect.ā We just need to ātip the...
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3 | Need to Get Dunked On?
Sometimes people forget that āthe free world isnāt free.ā That is, you must literally consistently choose your freedomā and content for it.
Take the Children of Israel, for instanceā¦
ā¦ they found themselves free from...
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2 | Barriers to Re-entry
Prisoners face specific barriers when they transition into the āfree world.ā We mention them NOW, becauseā¦
1ļøā£ The recidivism rate is astronomically high (i.e.., 65-70% return within 5 years), and
2ļøā£ The barriers are...
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1 | A Different World
Prison re-entry is a task like no otherā¦
ā¦ because you deal with imperfect people in an imperfect society who navigate their way from one imperfect world to a completely different imperfect world.
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Or, to say it...
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