Welcome in the Friday Refresh brought to you by benandtravis.com. You can go there to find links to the Helping, Healing, Humor Podcast, the Good Old Fashioned Dislike Podcast, blogs that you can use for your bulletins, VBS songs, and much much more. So this year is a tough one for me. As most of you know I have five kids — and before you ask, I am very well aware of what causes that. They are a blessing. I always wanted to be a dad and it is all that I expected and so much more. Now, some of th...
Dec 02, 2022•5 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Welcome in to the Friday Refresh brought to you by Reframing Hope - the rocking awesome book by Travis and Whitney Creasy found at BenandTravis.com. Life is a wild ride sometimes. But if we stop to think of all the things in life to be thankful for we might actually find that life has been better to us than what we often give it credit for. So stop this week and just say thank you. Thank you for taking the time to listen to me ramble on occasion. Links mentioned in this episode: http://www.benan...
Nov 18, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Go check out all the good content -podcasts, funsing, VBS songs, blogs, and funny videos. They are all yours to enjoy for free at BenandTravis.com. A recent road trip to a rural cemetery for a graveside funeral had me passing through many small towns. All through these towns on on the outskirts were buildings, houses, and barns that caught my eye. It wasn’t for the grandeur of them. Not at all actually. What caught my eye was that a great many of them had become so dilapidated that they were bey...
Nov 04, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 19
My six year old son had come to me with a serious question that was rolling around in that growing little brain. “Can only mommies and daddies see the wrinkles?” You see, I had just gotten through making him stand still while I sprayed wrinkle release onto his newly donned shirt and pants as he was getting ready for school. I had always assumed he knew what wrinkles were. I mean, I know what wrinkles are. My wife knows what they are and I think most of my kids do. But it had never been explained...
Oct 21, 2022•4 min•Season 1Ep. 18
This is your Friday Refresh brought to you by the Helping Healing Humor Podcast with Ben and Travis. Find the link to that podcast, the Good, Old Fashioned Dislike podcast and ALL kinds of good content at BenandTravis.com I recently saw a meme of two ladies walking in white headed for the pearly gates of heaven. One said, “I was the queen of A country” while the other stated “I’m the queen OF Country.” Of course you probably recognize that as a reference to the passing of the Queen Elizabeth the...
Oct 07, 2022•4 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Kudzu. I’m fairly sure you have heard of it. If you live in the United States or Japan I’m almost certain you’ve seen it. If you live in the South it’s just a part of your culture. The group Alabama starts one of their songs with the lyrics “it’ll creep up on you like a kudzu vine….” An Iuka Mississsippi based classic country radio station is called Kudzu 104.9. And the nickname for one of the most invasive plants in the world is affectionately called “the Vine that ate the South.” Most people i...
Sep 23, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 16
As he stood at home plate and addressed the those in attendance and those watching at home he said: “Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth…” A few minutes later as he concluded his speech he said “I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for.” The statement is something that has gripped my attention on more than one occasion. Here is a man who has been at the top of...
Sep 09, 2022•4 min•Season 1Ep. 15
I recently got an invite to a party. That invitation was followed up with a request for no presents for the person whom they were honoring. They simply wanted our presence. You have probably felt that same sentiment from time to time. One of my favorite pastimes is bow fishing. I don’t own a boat and I don’t really ever plan to. When people ask me why, the answer is simple: I enjoy bow fishing the most because of the presence of my closest friends. Going by myself would not be nearly as enjoyabl...
Aug 26, 2022•4 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Welcome to Friday Refresh brought to you by Liberte Ministries at www.TravislovesHaiti.com They never worry. They never get tired. They never feel burdened. They have the an unwavering faith. They don’t mess up. If they touch it, it always turns to gold. Do you know these they’s? Does thinking about them keep you awake at night because you can’t figure out how they do it. How do they manage it all so perfectly? Who are they? After working in the church for 23 years and working in mental health f...
Aug 12, 2022•4 min•Season 1Ep. 13
The Friday ReFresh brought to you by www.TravisLovesHaiti.com! It’s hard for me to imagine that there have been billions of people on the planet since the dawn of time and supposedly no too have ever been exactly the same. Even when folks have twins and doppelgängers there are still slight differences in some feature that has made them unique. I was thinking about this because recently I got a European mount of a deer I harvested last year back and I was noticing how the antlers on all the deer ...
Jul 29, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 12
The Friday ReFresh: "Time is A Gift" presented by TravisLovesHaiti.com Links mentioned in this episode: http://www.benandtravis.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4 *Stayin Alive Disco Dodgeball Tournament https://www.benandtravis.com/store/p/stayin-alive This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm...
Jul 15, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Welcome in to the Friday ReFresh brought to you by Liberte Ministries. Check them out at TravisLovesHaiti.com for more info! I read a quote recently from Carey Lohrenz that said, “Most people don’t want to be part of the process, they just want to be part of the outcome. But the process is where you figure out who’s worth being a part of the outcome.” Years ago I started helping the wise Christian sage Lonnie Jones, do ropes courses and experiential groups in Huntsville, Alabama. Eventually I wa...
Jul 01, 2022•4 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Welcome to the Friday Refresh brought to you by Liberte ministries at TravisLovesHaiti.com. This Sunday some people will celebrating their father who is in the prime of his life. Some dads will be celebrating their first ever Father’s Day. Others people will be thinking of their Father that is no longer with them. Still more will struggle because their relationship wasn’t great with their dad. I have no idea where you are in this and it’s impossible to say something that will help you all. But l...
Jun 17, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 9
The Friday ReFresh brought to you by TravisLovesHaiti.com Links mentioned in this episode: http://www.benandtravis.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4 *Reframing Hope: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1956811273/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1651888187&sr=8-2 # This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm...
Jun 03, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Welcome again to Friday ReFresh brought to you by travisloveshaiti.com I would like for you to hit the pause button on whatever you are doing right now as you read this and ask yourself a couple of questions. First, what is the most important thing in your life right now? And follow it up by asking what you are doing for that most important thing? Even more humbling is the thought of what God will say about the way I spent my time and talents. Knowing that I will stand before Him after I take my...
May 20, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 7
The Friday Refresh is brought to you by Liberté Ministries. You can learn more about their work at TravisLovesHaiti.com. For most of us, Celebrities live their lives high on a pedestal. A perfect pedestal untouched by the concerns and difficulties of the normal person. However, the older I get the more I realize that this could not be farther from the truth. Some of my “heroes” of the silver screen and music industry have shown to have had personal battles that I may never know. Robin Williams a...
May 06, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 6
The Friday ReFresh presented by Liberté Ministries The last couple of weeks we have been talking about the Village and how we derive many benefits from relationships - Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual. Some of you, however, have had bad experiences with your village. Whether school, church, or family - it happens sometimes that we end up in a village that has been more hurtful than helpful. While I cannot claim to have had YOUR experience or completely understand what you have been through I d...
Apr 22, 20220•Season 1Ep. 5
The Friday ReFresh presented by Liberte' Ministries Last week we talked about the Need for a Village. Relationships benefit us in our physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Many times the village is just something that exists without effort - or maybe it used to be. Travis and I also enjoyed a large extended family. The other constant village has been the church. Of course schools also become that village with teachers and administrators that have a hand in our kids lives. All these are impo...
Apr 08, 20220•Season 1Ep. 4
The Friday ReFresh is presented by Liberte' Ministries and travisloveshaiti.com! Have you ever heard the phrase “It takes a village”? Whether you are looking back to the beginning of the Bible or scowering the interwebs for the social needs of humans you will find that everything you read points to the fact that we are social beings. It seems that everything from neuroscience to biology to psychology to religion points to the fact that we NEED each other. That is what has made 2020, 2021, and th...
Mar 25, 20220•Season 1Ep. 3
Have you ever struggled with getting motivated? Some days, I am afraid to take the first step. So, what’s the answer? How do we get the ball rolling. Let me share with you a few thoughts today that have helped me and might just help you: JUST DO IT. SNOWBALL AFFECT ACCOUNTABILITY Links mentioned in this episode: http://www.benandtravis.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podc...
Mar 11, 20220•Season 1Ep. 2
Hello and welcome to the Friday ReFresh, a Ben and Travis podcast. Ben is a minister for 23 years and a counselor for the last 10 years. He invites you to come along with him on this journey of exploration and understanding. Through this podcast which will offer short episodes of informational and motivational material to help you as you prepare for the last day of the week. There are some rules of engagement here though - some understanding that I want you to have before you agree to go on the ...
Feb 25, 20220•Season 1Ep. 1
