Podcast Episodes

Safety in Distance

This is why we accept the false reverence — it’s like having a relationship with someone out of state. It doesn’t intrude into your life like a spouse or a good friend does. There is safety in the di…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

The Way a Man is with a Woman

There is something mythic in the way a man is with a woman. Our sexuality offers a parable of amazing depth when it comes to being masculine and feminine. The man comes to offer his strength and the …

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Your Truest Self

Then from on high — somewhere in the distance there's a voice that calls — remember who you are. If you lose yourself — your courage soon will follow. (Gavin Greenaway and Trevor Horn, Sound the Bugl…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Reviewing What We Have Encountered

Allow me, then, to review what we have encountered. First, our lives are not a random series of events; they tell a Story that has meaning. We aren't in a movie we've arrived at twenty minutes late; …

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Belief is a Choice

I don’t think we’ve admitted to ourselves just how much belief is a choice.

Some mornings you wake and feel God is near; the day looks hopeful. Next morning God seems far; the day has no color to it. …

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Conversations with Kindred Spirits

The right words at the right time can prove a valuable lifeline. We thought it would be helpful to spotlight some key conversations we've had on the Wild at Heart podcast. Whether for the first time …

Published on 3 years ago

An Epiphany

This is the point of encountering those things in your life you cannot handle — you are forced to turn to Christ. Did you really think you could be kind for the rest of your life without the inner he…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

If Only...

As I was praying about my disappointments the other day, I noticed something lingering beneath the surface. I realized that somewhere along the way, I’d come to an agreement of sorts — I need this. N…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Prayers and Pleadings

The book of Hebrews describes the prayer life of Jesus in the following way: “While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could deliver …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Beauty Is Absolutely Essential

I (John) just let out a deep sigh. That we even need to explain how beauty is so absolutely essential to God only shows how dull we have grown to him, to the world in which we live, and to Eve. Far t…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago