In this episode we continue our talk with author and therapist, Heidi Goehmann, about facing our emotions.

In her book "Emotions and the Gospel" there is a section about forgotten emotions, or emotions that humans experience. 

We talk about the compassion of God toward us, and Jesus' own experience of emotions as shown in Scripture.

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What if you could have a conversation with someone who was theologically sound, a great communicator, and an experienced licensed therapist to talk about the emotions we struggle with, and what to do with them? 

We were fortunate enough to get back on Heidi Goehmann to talk about her new book: "Emotions and the Gospel." She gives a ton of gospel for our emotions, and help us to see where there is grace for us, as well as grace for the emotions of others.

We walk through feeling shame for feeling "too emotional," how we are made in the image of God, and getting a strong theological foundation to view emotion.

She talks about restoration vs regulation, and misconceptions or "partial truths" we have about emotions.

This was such a life giving conversation and left us with so much to think about.

Check out the extra free videos Heidi has on FB and associated giveaways.

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When it comes to the theology of the body, it's interesting to consider the fight against aging. There is a fine line between maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and pushing against natural aging.

We talk about the role of discipleship and vocation in the various stages of age, and the need for all ages within the church.

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We are discussing the fruit of the Spirit with our friend, Jessica Thompson, from the prespective of how this list describes how God loves us. Jessica tells us how her devotional on this book came about, with such tenderness.

She talks about how God used this book to minister to her, showing her the depth of the goodness of God that was for her in some of the worst of times.

There were a few small technical difficulties with this episode, but it's well worth a listen.

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Jessica's book: How God Loves Us: 40 Days to Discovering the Fruit of the Spirit

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For our 101st episode, we are answering more listener questions, since we received so many.

We answer a few smaller questions in the beginning and end of this episode, and then spend the bulk of time answering a very thoughtful question about fostering church unity when living in a politically diverse landscape.

40 Minutes in the Old Testament episode referenced

History of Christianity in America free online course by Dr. Dan VanVoorhis

Luther's Freedom of the Christian book

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We are celebrating our 100th episode by answering listener questions that were sent in. What are our favorite episodes? What have we learned? We end up chatting about deconstruction and doubts again, as well as feedback we got from listeners. We have a lot of fun and laughs in this episode, as we celebrate what we have witnessed these last 2 years.

Books referenced:

Limping with God by Chad Bird

After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith Without Losing it by AJ Swoboda

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We join Rev. Bob Hiller for a discussion on praying the "right way," as well as what happens when we pray for other people. 

Prayer is a place where we get to come before God, and bring him our problems, our hurts, our sin--even sin we struggle with, and the Spirit interprets and perfects our prayers. 

We can bring our anger to God, our praise, our laments, and our questions. 

The Gift of Prayer by Bob Hiller

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We invited back our friend, Pastor Bob Hiller, to talk to us about how to pray. Bob is also a co-host and the Lutheran perspective on the "White Horse Inn" podcast.

He recently published a booklet "The Gift of Prayer" on what it looks like to pray in light of the gospel. This conversation is great for those who struggle to pray perfectly, or wonder how to make their prayers effective.

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We continue our discussion of the book "Everything Sad is Untrue" which then morphs into a discussion of communicating theological truths either through writing, art, or music. As we discuss the book, we look from a child's perspective the question, "what is belief?" It would be tempting to paint it in a perfect light, but what honestly happens when you come to faith in Christ?

How does our Christian art communicate humanity and theology honestly, or through the lens of prosperity gospel. What is the difference between good art and cheesy Christian art? How can we communicate the gospel by "calling a thing what it is" in all truthfulness?

Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

Art and Faith by Makoto Fujimura

Flame's music and resources

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Gretchen and Katie talk about one of their summer book reads that made a huge impact on them. It's a secular published, young adult book, about a 12 year old refugee boy from Iran.

Told in the style of 1,001 Arabian Nights, it weaves together myths from his Persian culture, family legends of his great-great-grandparents, his own memories from Iran, living in a refugee camp in Italy, with his current life as a refugee living in Oklahoma. All of this is told with the humor of a 12 year old boy who loves a good poop story.

As this boy tries to make sense of his memories, you start to realize why they had to flee Iran: his mother became a Christian.

His family's story of faith gets woven into all the other memories and his thoughts on God stopped us in our tracks and took our breath away.

We strongly recommend this book for personal enjoyment or family discussion, and promise we didn't even give the best parts away.

Everything Sad is Untrue: a True Story, by Daniel Nayeri

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