InkleDeux Podcast

This week's Highlight is with Kimhak from Pair Cupworks. Kimhak moved from the kitchen to the roaster and talks about the importance of drive, being open minded, and finding a community that will help you grow. Get your premium coffee fix from them at paircupworks.com and give them a follow on Instagram and Facebook, @pair.cupworks.

Since we were recording on Labor Day, what could be better than talking about the dignity of work? So often, we think of work as something to be endured, but how can we help the kids in our life to recognize the value of the work they do?

As we kick off our third round of Highlights, we start things up right by sitting down with the guys from Blue Pint Society. At InkleDeux, we aim for meaningful conversation and delicious beverages, and these guys fit that perfectly. Working with the local brewing scene, Blue Pint Society is trying to put an end to testicular cancer. Make sure to check them out, and don't forget to sign up for Digital Beer School on September 19!

Find more information at their website and on all social media @bluepintsociety

As we wrap up our look at the Four Loves, Brandon and AJ close it out with the highest love, agape. This divine love is selfless and unconditional, and also serves as the purifier for the corruptions of the three natural loves. But, with agape being a divine love, how do we try to live it? And how can we teach kids about it?

This week, AJ and Brandon talk about Storge, commonly treated as family love, but better understood as familiar love. How do we understand the tension between this love as being driven by both need and gift?

As we continue looking at CS Lewis' 4 Loves, this week Brandon starts by admitting he isn't really looking forward to talking about Eros, probably the most consistently abused of the four. Whether we're comfortable talking about it with our kids or not, we can't really afford to let the world be their first source of information about it.

Following our talk last week about viewing our relationship with God as friendship, AJ and Brandon start looking at the virtue of love using CS Lewis' Four Loves as the starting point. This week, it's friendship, of philia.

Brandon shares his discomfort with hearing God described simply as a friend to his daughter, leading he and AJ to discuss the pros and cons of some of the images of God we use, and specifically how to approach teaching children about how to have a healthy relationship with God.

It seems like we only ever talk about justice in terms of punishment, retribution, and repayment. This week, AJ and Brandon talk about the bigger sense of justice as something for correction and even reward, using the example of how God, in His justice, guides and educates His people.

Recognize that God is calling you. He isn't concerned with your past mistakes. He isn't concerned with your insecurities and shortcomings. God is calling. How are you going to respond?