Goodly Talks

Scripture says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” But what does that actually mean, and why does it matter so much?

In this episode, we look at why guarding your heart is essential to finishing well in this life and preparing for eternity. Drawing from Proverbs 4 and Ephesians 4, Alyn names the specific things Scripture says steal our peace—bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, slander, and unforgiveness—and how easily they take root, especially in tense and divided times.

Rather than shutting down or hardening our hearts, this teaching calls us to practice what actually protects them: kindness, tenderness, forgiveness, and the peace of God that guards both heart and mind.

If you feel like your peace has been leaking, this episode offers a clear, biblical framework for recognizing what’s draining it and how to guard your heart without losing it.

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Every January brings pressure. New goals. New habits. New expectations. And for most people, those expectations collapse almost as quickly as they arrive.

This message reframes the start of the year away from resolutions and toward attunement. Rather than asking how to become better, it asks a quieter question: what might the Holy Spirit already be inviting us into?

Using Paul’s warning in 1 Corinthians 10 and the story of Israel in the wilderness, this teaching explores transition as a normal and necessary part of spiritual formation. The desert was not a mistake. It was where trust was tested, idols were exposed, and dependence was learned. This message is an invitation to slow down, listen more carefully, and make faithful adjustments as we live between salvation and eternity. Not to strive harder, but to stay awake to what God is forming in us right now.

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On the final Sunday of 2025, Alyn and AJ set aside the usual sermon to host a testimony service, inviting the church to share what God has done in their lives over the past year. 

Several people share meaningful moments from the year: renewed spiritual connection and courage to show up, a quiet healing from high blood pressure, freedom from church trauma and panic attacks, God’s kindness in major life logistics and timely family moments, and restored joy after past disappointments. The service closes with a written testimony celebrating sobriety and God’s patient faithfulness. If you need a boost of encouragement, this episode is for you!

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This is the final message in our Advent series, focusing on love.

Rather than trying to convince anyone that God loves them, this talk explores why many of us already know that but still don’t live from it. We look at how shame, performance, and avoidance quietly shape our inner lives, and how easily the love of God can become familiar but disconnected from real experience.

Using familiar passages of scripture, this message invites a slower, more honest posture. One where we stop striving, stop numbing, and learn how to stay present with God instead of running from ourselves.

This is a Christmas message, just maybe not the soft-focus one you were expecting.

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In week three of Advent, we focus on joy, the kind that meets us in the middle of mess, fatigue, and unmet expectations.

Looking at Luke 2 and the shepherds’ encounter with the angels, we reflect on why God chose the overlooked and weary to hear the good news first, and what that reveals about who Jesus came for. We also turn to Isaiah 35, a powerful picture of deserts coming to life and tired hearts being strengthened.

This episode is an invitation to receive the joy Jesus came to give, to trust that He meets us where we are, and to believe that even the driest places can flourish again.

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In this Advent message, Alyn moves from the first candle of hope to the second candle of peace. Looking at Micah 5 and Isaiah 9, he explores how Israel expected a Messiah who would bring peace through power, yet Jesus came to bring a deeper peace by dealing with the real enemy, sin.

Alyn highlights two kinds of peace Jesus offers. First is peace with God — the salvation that settles our souls. Second is the often overlooked gift of peace for our minds and hearts in the middle of fear, anxiety, and everyday pressures. He shares his own story of learning to receive that peace and a powerful testimony from a friend who experienced supernatural peace at the end of his life.

If you’re longing for calm, clarity, or steady ground this season, this Advent episode invites you to meet Jesus as the Prince of Peace in both the big picture and the everyday moments of your life.

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In this Advent message, AJ revisits a season many of us enjoyed growing up without fully understanding. She explains how Advent is more than candles and carols. It is a four week invitation to remember that Jesus arrived and that He will arrive again.

AJ shares the origins of Advent, the meaning behind its candles, and the history that shaped the tradition. She also speaks honestly about the tension many people feel heading into Christmas. Hope and joy often sit right beside grief, disappointment, and unanswered questions. Instead of using Scripture to avoid how we feel, she shows how God meets us in the middle of all of it.

Drawing from Isaiah, Romans, and even the staggering math behind fulfilled prophecy, AJ reminds us that our hope is anchored in someone steady, intentional, and faithful. As Advent begins, she invites us to step toward hope again by trusting the One who holds every promise.

If you are entering the season carrying expectation, loss, gratitude, or a mix of everything, this conversation will help you breathe, refocus, and rediscover why hope does not disappoint.

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In this message Alyn explores one of the most overlooked parts of the Christian life: living in the presence of God. He talks about the difference between knowing truths like “God is omnipresent” and actually encountering the manifest presence of God in a way that reshapes your decisions, your peace, and your everyday life.

A trip to a conference in Belfast wrecked Alyn’s nice, tidy theology and launched him into a 20-year journey of learning to host God’s presence in ordinary life.

If you’ve ever wondered whether there’s more to life with God than facts, sermons, and good intentions, this message will help you step into what’s actually available and leave you with four practical steps for more of his presence.

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In this final part of our four week series on the kindness of God, we tackle a big question: what are we supposed to do with all this freedom God gives us?

Alyn teaches what it means to be “able not to sin” and why our choices genuinely matter and discover that the wisest use of agency is to offer it back to God by serving Him and others in love. Alyn also unpacks the shift from “I should obey” to “I want to obey,” highlighting how the Holy Spirit reshapes desire as each person takes their next small step of obedience.

If you have ever wrestled with church control, guilt driven serving, or the fear of “messing up” your freedom, this episode will help you see God’s kindness, trust your agency, and take your next small step of obedience.

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Part three of our series on the kindness of God explores a big question: how do God’s sovereignty and our human agency fit together? We look at Scripture that exalts God’s rule over all things and then watch how He still asks, invites, and honors real choices. From the story of Hezekiah in 2 Kings 20, we see a God who knows the end from the beginning and often uses our agency as the means to His ends. If you are facing something that feels immovable, this episode will help you engage your agency and pray with faith.

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