Podcast Episodes

Our Story

Our life is a story. A rather long and complicated story that has unfolded over time. There are many scenes, large and small, and many "firsts." Your…

2 years, 8 months ago

His Intimate Allies

God created us in freedom to be his intimate allies, and he will not give up on us. He seeks his allies still. Not religion. Not good church people. …

2 years, 8 months ago

A Wallet and a Phone

Today’s Daily Reading is an excerpt from Morgan Snyder's new book, Becoming a King

“What does a man need to survive?” I posed this question years ago …

2 years, 8 months ago

Beauty to Unveil

"The King is enthralled by your beauty." Psalm 45:11

Lovely little six-year-old Lacey was visiting our ministry headquarters the other day, going from…

2 years, 8 months ago

Life

The word I choose to describe Jesus is life. Pure, lush, exuberant Life. Life that proves to be unquenchable, unstoppable, indestructible. As John su…

2 years, 8 months ago

Spirit Sighs

I had my own tin-foil-brain, fried-soul kind of day. My rescue didn't take place until I had thrashed through most of the calamity. It was the kind o…

2 years, 8 months ago

What Will We Cling To?

Life is a journey of the heart that requires the mind—not the other way around. The church sometimes gets this backward and makes knowing the right t…

2 years, 8 months ago

Loving Others

Love your neighbor, Jesus urged, as you love yourself. (Which, as C. S. Lewis pointed out, is a pretty sick command if we are to hate ourselves.) How…

2 years, 8 months ago

Validation

The book “Killing Lions” is a conversation between John and Sam Eldredge about the trials young men face.

[Sam]  I know so many of us long for words…

2 years, 9 months ago

What Do I Pray?

What do I pray, Lord? What is this about?

Pause. This is a really, really helpful place to begin — to ask God what to pray. I don’t know what’s going…

2 years, 9 months ago