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Jun 23, 2021

It's Gretchen's turn to talk about books that have been influential on her life. This puts Gretchen and Katie on a couple of tangents about reading outside of your denominational tradition, and interacting with ideas that you disagree with in order to shape and develop your thinking. This episode also reveals Katie's...


Jun 17, 2021

We are talking about books that have shaped our faith, and we come back to again, and again, and again. Time to load up your summer reading plan, because we have some good ones.

Katie is going first in this episode to share her book stack of faith-shaping books. From the catechism, to books on vocation, and theology of...


Jun 12, 2021

We are answering some more listener questions this week, and both questions we answer today revolve around discontent with the church.

The first question is: do I have to go to a "real" church, or can I get together with just my family, or just a small group of my friends? What if I want to stay with online church?...


Jun 3, 2021

In this episode we are answering a question sent into us, about when it's ok to say "no" to being pulled into serving in a ministry. We talk about how we don't always "feel like" being involved, and also manipulation, and the "savior complex" we slip into so easily.

We talk about the need rest, training in the next...