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Consecrating Your New Frontiers
In the series conclusion, John and Craig reveal how to bring the new frontiers you face fully under the rule and authority of Jesus—and why that makes all the difference in the world.
172 | Summer Remix #6: The Unexpected Antidote to Sexual Addiction
In this final serving of our Summer Series, Wild at Heart staffer Jamie Goudie throws you back to Episode 44. This one features an interview with Michael Cusick—counselor, lecturer, and founder of Restoring the Soul, a ministry addressing sexual addiction through deep, whole-hearted restoration. He reframes where our addictions come from and how the unexpected antidote to sexual addictions isn't more shame...but more love.
Interpreting New Seasons
Not every new challenge, change, and opportunity is equal. In Part 3 of the New Frontier series, John and Craig share how to discern between good and bad frontiers.
171 | Summer Remix #5: Risk More
In this fifth installment of the AndSons Summer Series, Bart Hansen serves up his favorite past episode - #86 with Wookie Jones telling stories about adventure, passion, and risk. Besides having a really cool name, Wookie owns a coffee shop, collects cool motorcycles, is wildly creative, and gets paid to do what he loves by freelancing. By nature, risk is, well, risky—but you can't expect to gain a return on no risk. Wookie doesn't pretend to have all the answers, but he has discovered that a life of less regret requires more risk.
Greater Union with God
These are not ordinary times, and greater turmoil is likely on the way. Our rescue is oneness with God. Discover simple practices for greater union so you're ready for the days ahead.
170 | Summer Remix #4: The Flip Phone Experiment
How would you feel if your high-tech smartphone was suddenly just a...phone? No apps. No Siri. No touch screen anything. Just a device to call people. Is your eye starting to twitch at the thought of it? In this installment of the AndSons summer series, Allen from the Wild at Heart team reveals his favorite past AndSons podcast. It's Episode 137 - originally titled No Smartphones for a Month. In an effort to fight the creeping, medicating, overextended presence of our smartphones, several on the team exchanged their smartphones for low-tech flip phones for thirty long days. The results tested our patience, revealed our over-dependence on the devices, and flipped our expectations going forward. It's a disruptive, freeing conversation about the ways we use our smartphones...and the ways our smartphones use us.
Constant Uncertainty
These months have taken a toll on our emotional and spiritual reserves. In the first half of this series, John and Morgan reveal what can get in the way of union with God.
169 | Summer Remix #3: The Dating Game
The focus turns to dating in this third installment of the And Sons Summer Series. Michelle Patterson from the Wild at Heart team chose Episode 85 as her favorite past And Sons podcast. In it, Sam, Blaine, and Luke share stories from their experiences in dating from high school to college to, eventually, marriage. You won't find any pat answers or formulas here - just stories offered to help you interpret the challenges and joys of dating, love, and marriage in fresh ways.
Invitation Into the Unknown
Jesus regularly invites us to follow him into new terrain, both external and internal. In Part 2 of the New Frontier series, discover how your reaction to change exposes your beliefs about growth.
168 | Summer Remix #2: Let Go of Control
It's summer...and that means outdoor adventure, lots of ice cream, and the And Sons Summer Series. This week, Stacey Burton from the Wild at Heart team shares her favorite past And Sons podcast. Episode 58 - originally titled The Danger of the Self-Arranging Life - is a look at what happens when we believe it's up to make life work. We need to care for our joy and our hearts, but the self-arranging life isn't soul care. It's a trap that can lead to isolation, obsession, and striving.
Facing New Frontiers
In Part 1 of the New Frontiers series - which originally aired in 2015 - John and Craig McConnell discuss how God invites us into new seasons and opportunities as a way to grow us up.
167 | Summer Remix #1: What Does It Mean to Be Healthy?
Welcome to the AndSons Summer Series. To mix things up (and to give them some vacation time), Sam and Blaine invited six of the Wild at Heart team to select and introduce their favorite past AndSons podcasts. First up to bat is Jon Dale - and he chose episode 73 featuring Dr. Randy James from True Life Medicine in Colorado. Dr. James redefines what being well - and what being sick - really means. In the process, he reveals how our culture and Western medicine have confused us about the best ways to care for our bodies - and why true wellness always involves the mind, soul, and body.
How to Really Live
There's striving and then there's living. Bart and Allen discuss how to pursue an authentic, wholehearted life connected to Jesus and filled with the fruits of the Spirit.
166 | The Shaping Forces of Our Time
Many of today's emerging social, political, and spiritual movements aren't actually new. Earlier iterations can be found throughout history. Sam and Blaine highlight some specific centuries-old forces expressing themselves in new ways, including: 1) Materialist vs. Supernatural and 2) Nationalism vs. Globalism. In describing these movements, they reveal how - without God - either side of a force will inevitably turn toxic or destructive.
Blessing Our Bodies
Stasi Eldredge invites Sue and Stacey to discuss how women can speak mercy and kindness over the bodies God has given them rather than chasing perfection or giving way to accusation, resignation, or shame.
165 | Life is Hard
Why can't most days be easier? We expect the occasional big storms that come. But it's the slow grind of the daily hard that wears on us most over time. Yesterday's leaky pipe. Today's flat tire. Tomorrow's unexpected bill. All men face this low-level thwarting by the enemy. Unfortunately, difficulty alone doesn't guarantee growth. Here are some new ways to interpret your hard days.