Best Kevin Cron Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 392 - Blessed Are The Spiraling with Levi Lusko 1:03:13

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What do you do when anxiety suddenly takes hold and you find yourself spiraling? How do you begin to unravel the past wounds and circumstances that have led you to a place of chaos and uncertainty? For author and pastor Levi Lusko, a season of anxiety emerged seemingly out of nowhere. After years of pushing hard in ministry and leadership, he found…

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Episode 391 - Making Sense of Your Story with Adam Young 1:00:56

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How do we begin to untangle the wounds of our childhood and understand how they influence the way we show up in the world today? What do we do with the stories of harm, neglect, and pain that linger from our past? Therapist Adam Young came to realize in his thirties just how profoundly his family of origin and early wounds were shaping his adult be…

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Episode 390 - Practicing Defiant Joy in Suffering with Margaret Feinberg 1:05:45

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How do you find joy when the diagnosis feels devastating? How can you become the joyful person God calls you to be—even in the midst of your deepest pain? Author Margaret Feinberg was nearing the completion of a book on joy when she received a life-altering diagnosis: aggressive cancer. What followed was a profound season of wrestling—an honest, ra…

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Episode 389 - Disability-Inclusivity with Dr. Laurie Thompson 1:24:11

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How can we learn to trust God when our prayers for healing go unanswered? What does it truly mean for the Church to become a place of belonging and welcome for individuals with disabilities? Dr. Laurie Thompson has deeply engaged with these questions—both personally and academically. At just 14 years old, a devastating car accident left her permane…

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Episode 388 - When Grief Comes Home with Erin Nelson and Colleen Montague 1:26:15

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What do we do when pain and trauma affect our children? How can we guide them through the complex journey of grief and loss? Erin Nelson has walked through depths of sorrow that few can imagine. She lost her first husband in a sudden plane crash, her mother to suicide, and her young adult son in a tragic car accident. Having experienced grief in it…

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Episode 387 - Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life’s Darkest Moments with Rachel Wojo 1:15:19

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How do you even begin to talk to God when life is unfolding in ways you never wanted? What can prayer do when the pain feels unbearably raw and deep? For Rachel Wojo, these questions became deeply personal. She never could have imagined the depth of suffering she would walk through—navigating her daughter’s terminal diagnosis and eventual passing, …

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Episode 386 - Walking Alongside People in Their Pain with Jerry McFarland 1:04:44

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How do we support those in pain when we ourselves don’t have all the answers? How can we be present when we’re uncomfortable with the silence, the sorrow, and the questions that come with loss and tragedy? Pastor Jerry McFarland felt a twinge uncertainty the day he received a phone call asking him to visit a stranger at a local children’s hospital.…

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Episode 385 - Healing Leadership Trauma with Dr. Nicholas and Sheila Wise Rowe 1:06:25

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How can leaders heal from their own wounds? Why does emotional and spiritual health matter so deeply for those who are called to lead? Historian and Seminary Professor Dr. Nicholas Rowe and his wife, Sheila Wise Rowe, author and counselor, have seen the ways unprocessed pain and trauma can impact leaders. While countless resources aim to help leade…

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Episode 384 - Sacred Attachment with Michael Cusick 1:07:35

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What happens when our lived experience doesn’t align with what we believe about God? How do we hold on to faith when trauma, suffering, or loss shatters our spiritual foundation? Author and counselor Michael Cusick understands this tension intimately. As a survivor of childhood abuse, Michael found himself caught in self-destructive cycles that thr…

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Episode 383 - Helping Kids Overcome After Trauma with Science and Scripture with Dr. Nicole Wilke 1:20:05

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How do we help kids build resilience, especially after facing trauma? How do we teach kids the skills they need to persevere after pain? Dr. Nicole Wilke had a front-row seat to the impact trauma can have on a child's development. Her parents had a heart for kids with the hardest stories and welcomed seventy children through foster care and adoptio…

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Episode 382 - Forging an Unshakable Faith After Loss with Brooke Martin 1:16:20

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What do you do when you are faced with an unbearable decision? How do you walk firmly in faith when you know the outcome will most likely be devastation? For former local news anchor and author, Brooke Martin, and her husband, the choice to carry their daughter, Emma Noelle, to term even though she was diagnosed with a condition that meant she woul…

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Episode 381 - Hope in a Hard Diagnosis with Alan Hester 1:23:10

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Where can you find hope when a diagnosis is difficult to accept? How can you trust God when life's challenges feel insurmountable? For Alan Hester, finding out that he had ALS-a degenerative neurological disease-was devastating at first and yet, he now describes it as one of the best things that happened to him. Not because the suffering or the pai…

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Episode 380 - Finding a Path Through Doubt, Disillusionment, and Dead Ends with Catherine McNiel and Jason Hague 1:05:23

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What do we do with the doubts, disillusionments, and dead ends that can come in our faith journey? How do we help someone who has questions in their walk with Jesus? Authors Catherine McNiel and Jason Hague each had a unique experience when it came to wrestling with doubt and disillusionment in their faith. They knew the confusion and pain that can…

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Episode 379 - The Adoptee's Journey with Cameron Lee Small 1:01:48

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How can we help a child who may not have the words to express their own grief? How can communities be support systems to those who have adopted? Cameron Lee Small's story began with loss. At the age of three years old, he was adopted from his birth country of South Korea and placed in a home thousands of miles away in America. As he grew up and beg…

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Episode 378 - Comfort in the Ashes with Dr. Michelle Keener 52:53

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What do we do when people fail us in our greatest time of need? How can the church do a better job at entering into people's pain and walking with them in their stories? Dr. Michelle Keener walked through her own season of suffering and eventually found herself deep diving into Biblical research on the book of Job in the Bible through the lens of t…

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Episode 377 - Mastering Our Emotions with Dr. Kevin Chapman 55:31

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What do we do with the seemingly never-ending emotions that can come in this generation? How do we manage the persistent feelings of anxiety and depression that can overtake our lives as believers? Dr. Kevin Chapman has worked with countless individuals struggling with anxiety and depression. As a believer and clinician, he has seen how powerful em…

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Episode 376 - Healing after Losing a Child to Addiction with Lance and Jeni Ward 1:09:58

4M ago1:09:58

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How do you heal as a parent when your worst fears come true? How do you move through the pain of losing a child unexpectedly to a drug addiction? Pastor Lance Ward and his wife, Jeni, tried to fight the tight grip addiction had on their son Kyle but lost him suddenly to a fentanyl overdose. The secret life he was living was well-hidden until it was…

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Episode 375 - Walking Through Deconstruction with Ian Harber 1:18:24

4M ago1:18:24

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What do you do when you find yourself in a crisis of faith? How can you help someone walking through the questions and doubts they are experiencing? Ian Harber came to a critical junction in his own faith after experiencing loss after loss. Doubts began to rise and yet, he didn't have a safe space to process the questions that can so often come in …

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Episode 374 - Overcoming Shame from Hidden Secrets with Anne Beiler 1:11:37

4M ago1:11:37

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What do we do with the secrets that keep us hidden in shame and despair? How do we tell our story in such a way that we can experience the true freedom that God has for us? For author, entrepreneur, and founder of Auntie Anne's Pretzels, Anne Beiler, the pain that came after losing a child in a tragic accident and the abuse she experienced at the h…

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Episode 373 - Embracing a Gospel Vision in Racial Healing and Justice with Dr. Sarita Lyons 1:10:27

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How do we, no matter what our cultural lens may be, embrace a gospel vision in conversations around racial healing and justice? How do we root our understanding of our own experiences in the truth of Christ? Author, speaker, Bible teacher and counselor Dr. Sarita Lyons has been seeking the answer to these questions as she walks besides those in her…

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Episode 372 - Walking with the One Who Is Not Worried about a Thing with Megan Fate Marshman 52:33

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Theologian Dallas Willard was once asked how he would describe Jesus in just 1 word. He replied with the word: relaxed. How can we learn to walk and live like Jesus in a world that wants us to go as fast as we can? What does it look like to deeply trust and surrender when we are walking through pain? For author and pastor Megan Fate Marshman, those…

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Episode 371 - Helping Little Ones through Grief and Loss with Annie F. Downs and Tatum Green 1:01:51

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How do we begin to help young children understand loss? What can we do to help little ones grieve while we are walking through it alongside them? For author, speaker, and podcaster Annie F. Downs, these questions became real when her infant nephew, TJ, passed away from a severe medical condition less than two months after he was born. Wanting to he…

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Episode 369 - Healing Shame after Betrayal with Mark and Jill Savage 1:19:50

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How do we heal a marriage that has been broken by betrayal? Is it even possible to move past the shame and condemnation that can come after choices that harm our closest relationship? There was a time when author and podcaster Jill Savage could not see a road to redemption after her husband, Mark, then a pastor, had an affair and was ready to end t…

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Bonus Episode: What We Find in the Dark Episode 1 with Glenn Packiam 42:22

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Bonus Episode: Check out this episode from our newest podcast, What We Find in the Dark with host Aubrey Sampson When we find ourselves in the dark after loss, big questions often follow: Where is God now? Why can’t I see Him here? Why can’t we sense His presence? How can I trust that God is good? Why did this happen? The deep theological wrestling…

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Episode 368 - Overcoming Insecurity with Oneka McClellan 49:24

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How do you move past your greatest insecurities in order to step into what God has for you? What do you do when pain creates new insecurities and doubts about who you are? Author and pastor Oneka McClellan understands the way self-doubt and insecurity can creep in when you are trying to step into your God given calling and purpose. As a ministry le…

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Episode 367 - Experiencing Jesus in Pain and Suffering with John Eldredge 58:26

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What happens to our relationship with God in the midst of suffering? How do we stay connected to Jesus when we are walking through pain? Author John Eldredge has been guiding people through practices that can help keep us in union with Christ, especially when the pain of life threatens to erode our connection. He has seen the ways in which the enem…

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So Many Insane Plays Episode 125: 2024 Year in Review 1:25:00

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Steve and Kevin review the year that was 2024, for Vintage, and award their annual Moxies. Contact us at @ManyInsanePlays on Twitter or e-mail us at [email protected] Kevin Cron

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Episode 366 -Navigating the Winter Seasons in Marriage with Cubbie Fink and Rebecca St. James 1:04:00

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How do we make it through the difficult seasons that every marriage encounters? What does contentment look like when our circumstances aren't changing? For musicians Cubbie Fink and Rebecca St. James, they could not have predicted the many twists and turns life would take on after they said, "I do." Through the personal pain of miscarriage and fert…

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Episode 365 - Waiting Isn’t a Waste with Mark Vroegop 52:45

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How do we navigate those long and difficult seasons of waiting? What do we do when we don't know what to do or how to move forward in life? Author and pastor Mark Vroegop doesn't love waiting. But it has been in those moments when life wasn't going as expected or plans weren't unfolding as he anticipated that he experienced a different kind of conn…

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Episode 364 - The Mindful Marriage with Ron and Nan Deal 1:25:48

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How do we get out of the negative patterns in our marriage? What impact does learning to regulate our own emotions have on our relationships? For authors Ron and Nan Deal, it wasn't until they learned to self-regulate their own emotions after the built up pain from their stories and the loss of their child that they began to find healing in the des…

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Episode 363 - Finding the Fix for our Addiction, Pain, and Trauma with Ian Morgan Cron 1:15:07

7M ago1:15:07

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How can we deal with our addictions in a way that brings true healing? What does the Twelve Steps Program offer all of us when it comes to getting to the root of what keeps us bound by poor coping strategies?Ian Morgan Cron is a well-known author and podcastor around the Enneagram, a personality typing system, but his story didn't start there. Afte…

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Episode 362 - Spiritual Practices in Wilderness Seasons with Tyler Staton 1:02:44

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How can spiritual practices help us in the valley of our heartache and suffering? Why is prayer so pivotal in our pain? For years, pastor of Bridgetown Church and author Tyler Staton taught others how to slow down and engage in the spiritual practices that can help people connect to God and hear His voice more clearly. He had no idea how much the v…

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Episode 360 - Confronting Systemic Racism to Bring Healing and Restoration with Latasha Morrison 1:16:22

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How do we bring forth a heart of redemption in the broken systems of this world? What is our responsibility as believers when it comes to healing the racial divide and systemic injustices?Latasha Morrison is passionate about helping Christians be at the forefront of racial healing. As an author, speaker, and founder of Be the Bridge, an equipping o…

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Episode 359 - Reconnecting and Recovering the Lost Art of Being Human with Carlos Whittaker 58:39

8M ago58:39

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How do we hear God's voice in a world full of noise? What impact do our screens have on our mental health?Carlos Whittaker has made a career out of connecting with people through a device. An author, podcaster, and a leader of a social media community known as the Instafamilia, Carlos has used the power of connection for doing incredible things. An…

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Episode 358 - Looking Back As We Look Forward with Davey Blackburn and the Nothing is Wasted Team 1:37:49

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Why is it important to look back as we look forward? How can we reflect on the past while looking ahead towards hope?In this special episode, Davey talks with members of the Nothing is Wasted team about the incredible things that happened at the ministry in 2024 and the exciting things that are ahead in 2025. Hear all about how a coach can help you…

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Episode 357 - The Life-Changing Power of Friendship with Craig Cooper 1:04:35

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How can hospitality and kindness be a conduit for life-transforming change? What can happen when we open our hearts and homes to those in need of hope?Craig Cooper was a church planting pastor when his path crossed with a struggling Nashville musician named Walker Hayes. Walker was a self-proclaimed atheist and an alcoholic who lost a record deal a…

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Episode 355 - Catching Whimsy After Pain with Bob Goff 1:02:45

9M ago1:02:45

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How do we return to a childlike faith, full of possibility and awe, after experiencing hurt? How can we lift other's eyes to the beauty that exists even when life is hard and painful sometimes? Bob Goff is known for his big, bright, joyful personality. A self-described dreamer and author, coach, and speaker, Bob has encouraged countless people to e…

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Episode 354 - Suffering and the Formation of Hope with Dr. Curt Thompson 1:07:36

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How does hope begin to form in the face of our greatest pain? Why do some people seem to rise out of the rubble of suffering with a new sense of eternal expectation while others seem forever stuck in their heartbreak? Dr. Curt Thompson is a Psychiatrist who has studied and seen the the impact of interpersonal neurobiology and how hope is formed. He…

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Episode 353 - Healing What You Can't Erase with Christopher Cook 1:07:41

9M ago1:07:41

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How can you heal from what you can't erase? What do you do to transform your mental, emotional, and spiritual health from the inside out?For author, speaker and coach Christopher Cook, losing his mom to a long battle with cancer and his own difficult Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis taught him the power of decision in pain. While he couldn't change the…

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Episode 352 - Holding On To Hope and Mystery After Loss with Kay Warren 1:16:33

10M ago1:16:33

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WARNING: This episode contains conversations about suicide and may not be suitable for all listeners/viewers. What do you do when your worst nightmare comes true after a painful battle with a loved one's mental illness? How do you hold the tension between hope and the mysteries of God in your life after loss? For author, speaker, advocate and pasto…

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Episode 351 - Loving Your Black Neighbor as Yourself with Chanté Griffin 1:11:41

10M ago1:11:41

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How do we step into conversations with one another that may feel difficult or uncomfortable around the topic of race? What does it look like to love well our black neighbors? Author, journalist, and artist Chanté Griffin wanted to help those who were not black know how to better step into the space of healing the divide caused by racism and racial …

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Episode 350 - Trading Our Fears and Anxieties for God's Unshakable Peace with Katie Davis Majors 57:20

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What does it look like to answer God's call in our life? How do we step into our calling when there is suffering that we never expected?For author, ministry leader, wife, and mom of 15, Katie Majors Davis, she could have never imagined all the ways in which God would call her into the unexpected places that He has over her life. As a young woman, K…

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Episode 349 - Finding Your Way Back to God in an Age of Deconstruction with Dr. Lina AbuJamra 1:01:14

10M ago1:01:14

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What do you do when the people of God fail and you find yourself questioning God because of it? How do you deconstruct your misunderstandings about God, His people and life without deconstructing your faith altogether? For author, Bible teacher, and medical doctor Lina AbuJamra healing from the hurt she experienced from her church led her on an une…

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Episode 348 - The Impact of Brain Health on our Healing with Dr. Daniel Amen 1:03:58

10M ago1:03:58

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What is the connection to our brain's health and our mental health? How can taking care of our brains help us heal from grief, trauma, depression or anxiety? Dr. Daniel Amen is a world renowned psychiatrist who began to notice early in his practice that there was a disconnect in psychiatry and the lack of study being done on the brain. It was throu…

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Episode 347 - Tired of Being Tired with Jess Connolly 1:06:48

11M ago1:06:48

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How do we experience true rest in a culture that demands striving and encourages fatigue? What does it even look like to live from a place of rest instead of burnout and exhaustion like most people around us do? For author, pastor, speaker, and mom of four, Jess Connolly, these were the questions she had to wrestle with in the face of all the deman…

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Episode 346 - Finding Hope When Life Leaves You Feeling Shattered with Kellie Bullard 1:11:59

11M ago1:11:59

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How can you find hope when life shatters before your eyes? How can you continue to believe in the goodness of God after tragedy?For young mom Kellie Bullard, she couldn't imagine how quickly life could change. In an ordinary night, her life was turned completely upside down when her husband, Alex, died in a car accident less than a mile from their …

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Episode 345 - Suffering and the Gospel with Paul David Tripp 1:11:16

11M ago1:11:16

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What does the gospel have for us in our suffering? How do we apply theological truths in our pain?Author and Bible teacher Paul David Tripp had a deep understanding of theology, especially when it came to pain and suffering. It wasn't until he walked through a season of physical suffering and chronic fatigue that those understandings he had in his …

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Episode 344 - Now and Not Yet with Ruth Chou Simons 1:00:44

11M ago1:00:44

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How do we lean into the tensions of life--the now and not yet? What does it look like to press into the different seasons as they come instead of constantly wanting something different?Author and artist Ruth Chou Simons knows what it is like to live in the hidden places as a mom to six boys. For years, her life centered around changing diapers, pre…

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Episode 343 - Stepping into God's Calling with Kat Armstrong 1:08:25

12M ago1:08:25

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How do you step into what God is calling you towards when others seem to discourage you? What does it look like to use your gifts for the kingdom in the face of challenges?For author and Bible Teacher Kat Armstrong, it was her study of scripture that led her to rethink her own beliefs on her role in the kingdom as a woman. Having experienced pushba…

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