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95 | Developing a Family Culture of Readers
This podcast episode began percolating when we received several emails from different listeners, all of whom were asking the same question: how do you create a family culture that loves reading? Our love begins with enjoyment of story. To be able to enjoy the Gospel, theology, the sciences, the classics... it all begins with our love of story. Our very lives are a story, and we will not see the story unfolding all around us if we have missed learning to love the most simple of stories. Fairy tales may have more to teach us about ourselves and reality than you may have guessed.
A Busy, Unhurried Life - Part 1
Our lives are busy - but they don't have to be hurried. John and Allen discuss how to eliminate hurry and create space for soul care.
36 – Naomi, an Unsung Hero – 2/20/2019
Join Stasi as she unpacks the book of Ruth highlighting Naomi as well as the treasured characteristic of God's Hesed and how He mercifully multiplies what we have to offer even when it isn't very much. Video Clip Syrian Refugees (Youtube clip): https://youtu.be/hiujzFNgHcE Worship Set from February 2019Steady Heart (Youtube version): https://youtu.be/tp80oWtnJc0Met By Love - (5:30) (United Pursuit; Simple Gospel)Do It Again - (6:38) (Elevation Worship; There is a Cloud)Praise Before My Breakthrough - (6:03) (Bryan & Katie Torwalt; Praise Before My Breakthrough)Have it All - (6:30) (Bethel Music; Have it All)Faithful to the End - (6:36) (Bethel Music; Have it All)Who Can Compare - (7:56) (Mary Kat Ehrenzeller; Emerging Voices)Ain't No Grave - (8:13) (Bethel Music; Victory)What A Beautiful Name - (5:41) (Hillsong Worship; Let There Be Light)Throne Room (Youtube Version): https://youtu.be/aAVHxXcOM78
94 | Generosity: Embodying the Plenty of God
We want more of God. More intimacy. More miracles. More clarity. More play. More joy. It turns out Jesus has outlined disciplines as avenues into the life we want. Generosity—regular, radical giving—is one such discipline. In this episode we explore what it takes to become generous. It starts, like so many things, with knowing God as Mother and Father. The Father who tells you your crisis in not a problem. The Mother who tells you your needs are seen, and you will be satisfied. We are made to resource our life in God. When we don’t, generosity is a rough target. From there we move on to the nature of the discipline: the way God intervenes to rescue a person from isolation. That’s what giving is, after all: separating ourselves from our stuff in favor of satisfaction. It includes money, and it’s more than money. Whether your tight fisted, like we’ve been, or the world’s champion tither, there is a path forward into joy, and it’s rich and storied and, it must be said, more than a little nerve-wracking.
Lessons From Last Year – Part 2
John and Morgan conclude this series by sharing how to hang on to the words God has already given us as a way to navigate what's ahead of us.
Lessons From Last Year – Part 1
Discover the power of staying present to what God's been teaching you these past twelve months rather than always moving to the next new thing.
93 | The Cost of Following God
Many of our conversations with friends have been around the subject of the cost of "really" following God. There is a sort of understanding that we are not completely there yet, and to take the leap to full-fledged followers would usher in a high cost. Yet, as Peter said, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."
Envy - Part 4
In this final session, John and Blaine share ways to break agreements with offense and restore a culture of admiration.
Loving Men with John Eldredge
Recorded Live at Captivating. We all have men in our lives – fathers, brothers, husbands, sons, friends, co-workers. How do we love them well? We truly can't love well until we renounce our self-reproach. We must first love ourselves. We also can't love the men in our life well until we forgive the men who may have hurt us. At a recent Captivating, John takes the women into the "locker room" for a glimpse of a man's soul, sharing insight into men's vs. women's fears, and walks us through prayer for deeper healing and forgiveness.
92 | The Conservationist Bowhunter
Brian Dreher is one of four Senior Terrestrial Biologist's in the state of Colorado. He got his masters studying bears. He's also an avid bowhunter. Enough said, right? Brian and Morgan have been longtime friends thanks to a shared passion of the wilderness, hunting, and conservation. Brian lives in a space between the interest groups of politicians with agendas, hunters and recreation enthusiast who want to maximize opportunities, and the care for the land and the animals so the resources thrive over time. That friendship, and that position, is what initiated our conversation today.
Envy – Part 3
The breeding ground for envy is "The Triumph of the Offended Self". John and Blaine Eldredge reveal the power of choosing love over the self-life.
35 – Embracing Truth About Our Bodies – 01/24/2019
Who are you partnering with in your journey with your body... the enemy or your creator? Join Lisa Beck as she unpacks misconceptions many of us hold about our own bodies. Video Clips From January 2019 1. This is Me Rehearsal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLFEvHWD_NE2. Wonder: Start at 23:39 Stop at 26:05 (Also available here slightly longer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa1auhluqM4)3. Embrace (Netflix): Start at 58:09 Stop at 57:41 (Netflix counts down time)4. Anne with an E (Netflix Series): Start at 1:28:31 Stop at 1:20:29 (Netflix counts down time) Worship Set from January 2019You Say - (4:35) (Lauren Dangle; Look Up Child)How Beautiful - (6:56) (Mosaic MSC; Glory & Wonder)More Than Ashes - (5:54) (Tim Reimherr; Let the Weak Speak)Closer - (6:54) (Stephanie Gretzinger; For the Sake of the World)Speak To Me - (7:39) (Kari Jobe; The Garden)Loving Me - (5:11) (Brian McCleery; Worth the Wait)Your Word - (7:00) (Hillsong Worship; Let There Be Light)You're Worthy of it All - (5:20) (Shane & Shane; The Worship Initiative, Vol. 12)Your Are Mine - (5:24) (Mosaic MSC; Glory & Wonder)
91 | Greg Winters - The Soul of the Craftsman
Back in the fall I (Blaine here) started building a mini barn in my backyard. Doing so dismantled a great many misconceptions I held about building and craftsmanship, like how good I was at it, and what it would be like. Example: I assumed craft would be contemplative and monastic, but it turns out that’s only true if you already have a contemplative and monastic disposition. To talk this through, we asked builder and finish carpenter and longtime craftsman Greg Winters to come into the studio and explain the soul of the craftsman. This isn’t just about learning to make certain cuts. It’s learning work through failure, to focus, to live in the present. It’s learning to step back from a project and let the mind come to rest. Most of all, it’s developing the ability to reach out for the Father in the places he’s expressing himself. Carpentry resists isolation. And that’s a good thing. It’s an opportunity to learn the life of a son.
Envy – Part 2
Envy aimed at you and your family is a form of spiritual warfare – but rarely seen that way. Discover how God's love can overcome it.
90 | The Proverbs and Power - How to Want Things Worth Wanting
“Two things I ask of you, Lord; do not refuse me before I die: Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.” Yup. The Proverbs say some things about wealth and power we rarely say or pray. In this episode, we dive in to desire: what is worth wanting? Which is another way of saying, what nourishes the human soul? Because it doesn’t seem to be power, that is, wealth, success or influence, even though I (Blaine) spend a lot time thinking about how to get those things. Instead, the wisdom of the ages advocate for righteousness, a concept translated in the New Testament as eudaimonia, or flourishing. That’s all well and good, but we’d like to know, how does someone actually want righteousness? What’s it look like? And, maybe most importantly, how does it interact with the world’s concept of power? The answers are out there, folks, from wanting wisdom to asking for a God-listening heart. We’ve got a ways to go, but dismantling misleading aspirations is a good place to start.
Envy – Part 1
John and Blaine Eldredge begin a four-part series on the toxic effects of Envy on our soul, joy, and gifting.