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The Feminine Heart
Stasi and Cherie conclude this series by discussing with John how these trying times uniquely affect a woman's heart.
193 | Steven Hanna: Photography and Light
The stunning images of two-time, award-winning Northern Ireland photographer Steven Hanna has captured the imagination and praise of countless people...including Sam and Blaine. Fascinated by his unique take on nature photography, they reached out to discuss his passion, vision, and process. Steven reveals how he learned to see what most of us miss, why being outdoors makes him come alive, and the essential way light shapes everything. SHOW NOTES: To view Steven Hanna's photographs, visit https://nebofineart.co.uk/
The Masculine Heart
In Part 2 of the series, Bart, Morgan, and JD join John to name how these challenging times uniquely impact the heart of a man.
192 | When The Cracks Start Showing
We do our best to distance ourselves from our problems. To keep them at bay, we try to go faster. Jump to the next project or friendship. Or explain away our feelings. But eventually the pressure becomes too great and the cracks appear. This is about what happens when you stop believing the story you've been telling yourself about why you are the way you are...and begin the healing process of becoming who God made you to be.
The Heart Is Central
This new series begins with John and Stasi bringing us back to first things—how much our masculine and feminine hearts matter to God.
191 | What We've Been Up To
It's the start of a new year...and all-new podcasts with Sam and Blaine. But rather than just dive in, they first share how they spent their furlough. It's a transparent look at naming and addressing the issues that surfaced from the pressure cooker of two brothers constantly working together...as well as the new frontiers that God is inviting each of them into. The result is a fresh chapter for AndSons, birthed from a time of deep healing and restoration.
Stepping Into 2021
John and Allen discuss how to dedicate this new year to God and ask for his words over 2021.
190 | Less You and More God
2020 is pretty much a wrap. For most, that couldn't happen soon enough. But the changing of years never automatically changes us or our circumstances. If we want to like our lives more, it requires sacrifice and intention. James Baxter is the Executive Director of Exodus 90, a ministry that's taken tens of thousands of men through a 90-day ascetic program of fasting, deep communion with God, and self-denial. It's a brotherhood of ordinary men from around the world...all on a path to greater restoration and freedom. Originally recorded in 2019, this conversation reveals ancient practices that lead to more space for God—and more life.
Christmastide
In this holy week between Christmas and Epiphany, John offers guidance on how we can shepherd our hearts and stay in the story of this season.
189 | Christmas 2020
Most of us are coming into this Christmas having experienced some mix of loss and disappointment from the strange year known as 2020. But the answer isn't to downgrade your hopes for what's still possible this season. Sam and Blaine serve up some much-needed holiday cheer and encouragement while asking a few questions that just may change how you view the past year...and this Christmas.
God Keeps His Promises
John, Stasi, and several from the Wild at Heart team read the Christmas story as a reminder of how God fulfilled his promises long ago...and continues to do so now. (Scripture readings from Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 2:1-20, and John 1:10-14)
188 | The Hope of Advent #2
Picking up where last week's podcast left off, Sam and Blaine talk about Advent promises fulfilled—and those yet to come. The consumerism, stress, and distractions of this season can leave us empty and weary. But Advent counters that by reminding us that the story of Christmas isn't past tense but rather still unfolding. It is a holy season of both remembrance and anticipation. That is the hope of Advent.
The Fight for Hope - Part 2
In the conclusion to this series, John, Morgan and Cherie talk about what Christian hope looks like...and how to hold onto it.
187 | The Hope of Advent #1
It's Advent season. A time of hopeful anticipation. And yet it's hard to even say the word "hope" without simultaneously feeling the pain of deep disappointment, dreams delayed, and real loss of this year. In the first of this two-part series, originally recorded in 2019, Sam and Blaine look at how our longing for Jesus to come again opens the door for true hope.
The Fight for Hope – Part 1
Advent is a time of great hope, yet so many feel hopeless as our world shuts down. Morgan and Cherie join John for a two-part conversation on why hope and belief are essential in this hour.
186 | Storms & Shelter #4: Relationships
Some storms are beyond our control. But the ones that hit hardest are often relational storms of our own making. Sam and Blaine reveal how to prevent the turbulence that often sabotages our friendships. Doing so requires us to invite God into our relationships—knowing he alone can help us choose redemption over gratification or self-interest with those that matter most. The result isn't just better relationships. It transforms our friendships into the very shelter we need to weather the chaos coming against us. In these isolating times, find new ways to strengthen your relationships and be a better friend to those in your world.