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117 | Jan Meyers Proett - Being the Face of God
Jan Meyers Proett has spent her life listening to others tell their stories. Over the years she has learned practices that make such work sustainable, powerful, and hopeful. We may not all be counselors, but we could all benefit from such postures.
Walking With God – Part 3
It's often hardest to hear from God during seasons of crisis and struggle. Discover ways to make room for God when everything seems to be going wrong.
116 | That Joy is Scalable
"I know everybody says Money can't buy happiness But it could buy me a boat, it could buy me a truck to pull it It could buy me a Yeti 110 iced down with some silver bullets Yeah, and I know what they say Money can't buy everything Well, maybe so, But it could buy me a boat" -Chris Janson
Walking With God – Part 2
What if we could hear from God...often? In this week's podcast, John offers the basics of learning to listen to the voice of God.
115 | Tinkering and Ebenezer
Today's episode was born out of a conversation with a young man. We found the conversation was lingering on a few questions that we've asked ourselves as well: When have we done enough healing? When have we come far enough to take a rest, to build an Ebenezer, to appreciate what God and we have done? Are we always stuck in the "next thing" when it comes to our inner world? And how do we tell the difference between good work and tinkering?
Walking with God - Part 1
John begins this four-part series, based on his book Walking with God, by revealing God's incredible offer to speak to us and guide us daily.
114 | Josh Imhoff: Aquaponics, Business as Mission, and The Things Jesus Tells You to Say
Josh Imhoff is the founder of YWAM Emerge, an organization that builds food systems around the world to reduce poverty. What that means is that Josh and his team have figured out how to build aquaponics systems in harsh environments, thereby providing food and revenue for folks in rough places. Thing is, Josh isn’t a farmer. Or a fish expert. He’s figured it out by walking with God and taking risks most people would run from. This is an episode on making a difference by growing in union with the only One who does.
Parenting Without Fear
Relationships with our children flourish when we pursue their hearts over an outcome. In this 2015 podcast, Craig McConnell and Allen discuss the difference between love and fear-based parenting.
113 | How to Stop Reacting and Missing the Point and Ask Questions Instead
We say the Holy Spirit is our teacher. If that’s the case, it should radically inform our practices. Unfortunately, we live in a culture that trains us to react: answer the question, make a fast decision, buy, subscribe, like. Problem is, it’s hard to discern in that environment. In this episode, we explore an alternative: a question-driven relational mode. What if you didn’t have to be a pro question asker to draw out someone's heart? What if you just had to believe you didn’t know the answer? It’d be a huge relief. Sure, there are skills to refine. But at the end of the day, all we do is create an environment where the Holy Spirit can point out what he’s up to.
I Trust You
Discover the power of trust to shape your true identity in this AndSons podcast conversation with Sam and Blaine Eldredge.
112 | Yadda Yadda Yadda - Tips and Strategies for Reading the Bible
It started with an email: how did you guys learn to engage ancient languages and texts? That set us off on a treasure hunt. From OT to Hebrew scholars, pastors and our own lives, this is a toolkit on reading, framing, and understanding the Bible. Special thanks to Dr. Tremper Longman, Scott Morin and Mandy Nelson of Empowering Ranch, and Tim Thornton.
Finding God In Suffering – Part 2
In the series conclusion, John, Bart, and Stacey Burton share the power a biblical perspective of suffering makes in the journey of healing.
111 | James Baxter: There is a Way to Live
Want to like your life more? Here’s a guidebook to prayer, fasting, and self-denial. James Baxter is the Executive Director of Exodus 90, an organization that instructs men in a lifestyle that leads to life. Specifically, James has led (tens of) thousands of men through a 90-day ascetic practice, introducing them to fasting, deep communion with God, and brotherhood unto restoration. It’s a movement that’s revolutionizing the way men engage spirituality, and there’s more than a little here that might just revolutionize your life.
Finding God In Suffering – Part 1
Ongoing struggles can erode our hope. In the first half of this conversation, John, Bart, and Stacey Burton share the impact suffering has on the heart, life with God and relationships.
110 | How Writers Make Writing
It's said painters like painting, and writers like having written. That tends to be true. From Zadie Smith to Flannery O'Connor, Steven Pressfield to John Gardner, Annie Dillard et alia, writers know the writing life is difficult. And, it can be broken down into actionable steps. Steps writers have used for centuries to get work done. In this episode we talk those steps: being a student of language, loving your medium, overcoming distraction, subduing your own fractious mind, building a process, surrendering the outcome. Quote from Suzanne Buffam. Mentioned in the podcast: Books: Annie Dillard: The Writing Life Flannery O’Connor: Mystery and Manners Steven Pressfield: The War of Art Podcasts: Neil Gaiman - The Interview I’ve Waited 20 Years to Do (The Tim Ferriss Show #366) Zadie Smith - How to Be Free (Touré Show)
Rise AND Rest
Stasi Eldredge, in this live Women at the Well teaching from the book of Esther, reveals how God invites all His daughters to both rise AND rest in Him.