Charting Life

How do you keep your faith honest and alive when identity, culture, and ministry expectations all pull at you at once?

In this conversation, I sit down with Carrie Burge, a college student preparing for youth ministry, to talk about faith formation in the middle of busyness, doubt, and cultural pressure. Together, we explore spiritual balance, identity in Christ, and why the Gospel loses its power when grace and holiness are pulled apart.

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This conversation is what happens when two theology nerds, a Pentecostal and a Reformed Baptist, get together and share life stories.

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What if the answers you’ve been chasing your whole life were waiting in the one place you never thought to look? In this conversation, Jason takes us on a journey from skepticism to belief, from chasing knowledge to encountering grace. Through years of questioning and intellectual pursuit Jason finally discovers that the truth he was seeking had a name and a presence that changed everything. This episode invites listeners to consider how faith isn’t the end of curiosity but the fulfillment of it.

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What if your calling isn’t a straight line but a series of unexpected turns guided by grace? In this episode, I talk with Robert Prasch about faith, vocation, and what happens when life doesn’t go the way you planned. Robert shares how his experiences reshaped his understanding of purpose and trust in God’s timing. Through stories of doubt, direction, and discovering faith, this conversation invites listeners to see their own detours not as mistakes, but as part of a larger, unseen design.

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What if your greatest struggle with food, health, and identity was really a battle for your soul?

In this conversation with George Sisson, co-host of 600 Pounds Down, we explore the intersections of health, faith, and transformation. George opens up about growing up overweight, wrestling with sin and shame, and the radical lifestyle changes that helped him lose over 90 pounds while discovering new life in Christ. From the dangers of chasing quick fixes to the power of renewing your mind, his story is one of discipline, hope, and freedom. Whether you’re wrestling with physical health, spiritual growth, or old identities that no longer define you, this episode invites you to take small, faithful steps toward lasting change.

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Can God’s light really outshine the deepest darkness in a person’s life?

In this episode, Nichole Henson shares her journey of surviving abuse, encountering real spiritual darkness, and finding freedom through faith. Her story is raw and honest, offering hope to anyone who has faced deep pain or wrestled with unseen battles.

What does it look like to rebuild your life after surviving abuse and encountering demonic activity? In this conversation, Nichole Henson opens up about her journey from a childhood marked by trauma to a powerful story of redemption and healing. Together, we explore how her experiences shaped her faith, her understanding of spiritual realities, and her passion for helping others walk through pain with courage. This is a conversation that doesn’t shy away from harsh realities but points to hope in the middle of darkness.

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Why did ancient people build ziggurats, and what do their towers reveal about humanity’s ambition and hubris?

Why do humans keep building monuments that reach toward the heavens? In this episode, I explore the world of ziggurats with Dustin Wright. These towering temples that once dominated Mesopotamia and other regions now stand in ruins. We’ll consider what they meant to ancient cultures, how they connect to the biblical Tower of Babel, and what they tell us about humanity’s search for meaning, power, and transcendence. Along the way, we’ll uncover how these ancient structures still speak to our own modern attempts to climb higher than we were ever meant to.

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Can we fully understand God by only seeing the masculine in Scripture?

This episode explores the nature of God as well as the Bible’s portrayal of women. With openness and curiosity, we wrestle with questions about God’s character, the cultural backdrop of Scripture, and what these narratives could mean for us today. This conversation is shaped by both shared convictions and respectful differences, aimed at seeking a fuller understanding rather than easy answers.

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What if “be anxious for nothing” isn’t a command to feel nothing but an invitation to be shaped by something deeper?

What does it mean to “be anxious for nothing” and have we misunderstood the word be? In this episode, Dustin Wright joins me to explore anxiety not as a failure of faith but as a space for formation. Rooted in Philippians 4, our conversation traces how Scripture invites us to bring everything before God, while actively shaping our minds toward what is true, honorable, and worthy of praise. This isn’t about denying emotion, but about becoming the kind of person who learns peace in the presence of Christ.

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What if your purpose has less to do with how useful you are and much more about being loved, first?

In a culture obsessed with performance, this conversation explores what it means to root identity in love before productivity. Catherine Cowell and I reflect on how calling, purpose, and gifting can all become distorted without a deeper foundation.

At 23:20-25:45 Catherine listed 5 things that help to find your calling. They are:

• Something that you have an intrinsic motivation towards
• Something that you can get better at that you really enjoy
• Something you can do in community with other people
• Something which has a deep sense of meaning for you
• Something where you sense that you are contributing to something greater than yourself

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