Hope For Restless Hearts

In this episode of Hope for Restless Hearts, host John Newton talks about rediscovering his newspaper cartoon collection and the lesson that one cartoon taught him about the dangers of dwelling on the “what ifs” that come into our minds. How do we avoid the dangers of dwelling on possible future scenarios and getting worried or stressed out over things that we know may never be real?

In this episode of Hope for Restless Hearts, host John Newton gets into the holiday spirit with an exploration of the mythology of Santa Claus, especially how our Western culture is using the myth to fill the God-shaped hole that exists inside every person. Who was the real Santa Claus? What does our current legend of Santa reveal about what we want God to be like? And how can we imitate the real Saint Nicholas this Christmas season?

In this episode of Hope for Restless Hearts, host John Newton explores five of the most common holiday stressors and offers a few tips to help you survive this Christmas season. Family, money, grief… many things seem to take our joy away this time of year. Focusing on Jesus becomes difficult, despite it being His birthday season! What can we do to keep Jesus at the forefront of our hearts and minds this Christmas?

In this episode of Hope for Restless Hearts, host John Newton explores the search for personal and professional identity that many restless hearts face. Who are you? What do you do? If you were to summarize your identity in one sentence, what would you write or say? Can you even do it? It seems that we are in constant search for an identity that satisfies us — or satisfies those around us. But how can we better approach this search with God’s perspective in mind?

In this episode of Hope for Restless Hearts, host John Newton explores the deep desire inside every human for things to be right — to be ideal. Today he discusses a subject that has deeply affected every one of us: death. We all deeply long for a world without death — a world without mourning and sadness, without funerals and graveyards. Are you dealing with the fallout from death right now? How can a restless heart find hope in the midst of so much sadness?