“There is not enough room through the small gate and along the narrow way to bring your dreams and ambitions—only yourself.”

In this inaugural episode of A Pilgrim’s Respite Podcast, we begin our journey by wrestling with the dreams we've been taught to chase—dreams of comfort, success, and personal happiness—and how they often collide with the call of the Messiah. Rooted in my article “Dreams Deferred?,” this conversation explores the tension between the American Dream and the cruciform life Yeshua calls us into.

We’ll reflect on a couple of ways the American Dream has infiltrated the American Church, Yeshua's response, and how we ought to live instead.

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