It’s our 2025 WRAPPED episode! We look back on the year with top personal ministry moments, favorite books, and the podcasts/creators we spent the most time with. Then we zoom out to bigger ministry + culture trends we noticed (Bible engagement, Gen Z in church, pastor/worship influencer culture), a few major cultural flashpoints from the year, and we finish with goals and predictions for 2026.

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Books mentioned:

The Wood Between the Worlds

The Grapes of Wrath

White Flight

Leadership and Self-Deception

Why We’re Polarized

Abundance

Podcasts mentioned:

Working It Out with Mike Birbiglia

Theology in the Raw (feat: Nijay Gupta)

The Resilient Pastor Podcast

The Ezra Klein Show (NYT)

Johnny Harris

James Humphrey