Season 3

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How To Hold On to a Living Hope with Rasool Berry

Episode Reflection Invitation to Explore Rasool Berry provides us helpful steps for fostering a living hope in the midst of despair. Did you know that it is dangerously possible to have faith without hope? There are ways in which we may not doubt the existence or goodness of God, but we aren’t expectant that God […]

When Faith and Tragedy Collide: Fear, Anxiety and Faith in Today’s Broken World

“An embodied faith is one that grieves.” – Wendy Chen “You can’t reconcile what is happening in the world with our faith. But how do I live in the world with all the broken pieces? Grounded and rooted in a way that Jesus is the driving force of who I am and what I do?” […]

The Spiritual Practice of Paying Attention: How Poetry, Truth-Telling, and Living Into Your Questions Can Bring You Closer to God and Your Neighbor

“I Struggle with the Word Deserves” Luke 7:1-5 We grow apples here.They are not famed likethe olive or the fig,but they do exist The universal law of applesapplies to them,as everywhere:one bad apple. I’ve been toldthere are good onesamong the batch of golden-coloredwith the brush of red across the top. We call them centurion.But how […]

Dreaming, Ethnic Identity and Discovering You Belong at the Table of God with Tiffany Bluhm

Episode Reflection Invitation to Explore In this episode, Tiffany talks about her experiences growing up and feeling that, because of her ethnicity and skin color, there wasn’t really a place where she belonged. She found herself diminishing who she was to fit in dominant culture. “When you spend your whole life trying to fit in […]

God’s Heart for the Poor and for Biblical Justice with Milton Massie

“Justice is a loving posture toward my brother and sister who have the Imago Dei in them.” -Millton Massie “Be the follower of Christ that you say you are in word, deed, attitude and posture.”  -Milton Massie Episode Reflection Invitation to Explore In this episode, Milton Massie takes us on a journey through Scripture to […]

Singleness and The Pursuit of God Amidst Unfulfilled Longings with Emma Tautolo and Melody Copenny

Episode Reflection Invitation to Explore Are these dreams dead?  Many of us have aspects of our lives that have not turned out the way we thought they would. In this episode, Julie Chang, Mel Copenny and Emma Tautolo discuss how they thought they would be married and have children by this point in their lives.  […]

Is God Enough? Lessons Learned Through Suffering and Failure with Drew Hyun

Episode Reflection Invitation to Explore In this episode Drew Hyun shares his story about sacrificing the idols of money and prestige at the altar in exchange for God’s presence. And he shares that along the way, his wife, mentors and spiritual directors helped him regain his sense of God’s love and call. If you are […]

Love of Neighbor Flowing From Love of God and How to Begin the Real Good Work with Oh Happy Dani

Notes @ohhappydani Illustrations referenced in this episode:    The Cycle of Inaction Finding Our Starting Roles Watch: Your Present Purpose: Four Steps to Unlocking Your Calling with Danille Coke Episode Reflection Invitation to Explore Whether or not you have a platform, leadership position or large following, the Lord has created each of us for good works […]

Your Uniqueness Holds the Clues to Your Calling with Tracey Gee

Episode Reflection Invitation to Explore Tracey reminds us that God put gifts, strengths, desires and skills in us when he created us. These gifts are sacred and inborn, waiting to be discovered. Tracey encouraged us to get out the metaphorical “metal detector of our life” and look for the treasures that God has already buried […]

The Forces Behind the Fractures in Our World and Relationships with Rich Villodas

Our first conversation with Rich on the Created For podcast: April 5th, 2021, Loving One Another and a Life of Discernment with Rich VillodasRich Villodas’ 9-Minute Video Message: To Belong to One Another: How We Can Remain Calm and Curious with Others in Times of High Anxiety Episode Reflection Invitation to Explore In his poem […]