Musician Aaron Roche joins us to explore how a diagnosis of bipolar disorder has freed him into greater self-awareness. For Aaron, his music is his medicine, and how he has learned to balance his life is inspiring.

Sarah joins Adam and Chrisie to talk about the reality that the holiday season is hard for some people. Listen as Sarah describes the pain the holidays can bring, how the church has caused harm, the completeness of the body of Christ, and looking for the Messiah to show up in people and places that might feel uncomfortable.

Claire joins Adam and Chrisie to talk about the holy practice of Sabbath and self-care. Claire speaks about the sacred process of sharing a meal with friends, taking a break, finding what makes your heart beat fast, and the concept of enough.

srael Vasquez’s job offers him the privilege of hearing the pain and hope of other people, but he’s no pastor or therapist. Instead, Israel is a professional storyteller, someone whose preferred medium for storytelling is through movies. In his life as a filmmaker, husband (to Dani), and father to two boys (August and Ame), Israel has learned to be direct but gentle, understanding that engaging in respectful, authentic collaboration is key to helping others through the darkness toward hope.

Blossom Matthews shares about taking care of herself, raising a child with special needs and celebrating wins with a child on the autism spectrum.

Andrew Bohall is a software developer from Atlanta who has felt a call to ministry for the past 16 years. He lives with his wife, the Rev. Mary Bohall, in Illinois, where he served a small congregation as an interim pastor for a time. Andrew deals with bipolar disorder, including bouts of risky behavior, agitation, hyperactivity and depression, along with an addiction to random podcasts, country music, and lots and lots of soda.

Yvonne joins us to share the realities of loving and knowing someone who may be at risk for harming themselves or someone else.

When someone we love is killed, we find that death is not a wound, but an amputation. After a limb has been removed, one must learn to walk in new ways, hold things differently, and discover what life looks like on the other side of loss. Pain surges, dims, and lingers, and the questions haunts you: what do you do with this dull ache within? How do you find community when death disconnects you? Where do you feel alive again?

Francisco needed to find re-connection, hope, and healing after the death of a family member, and discovered it all in something he'd left behind: punk rock, hardcore, and the culture of underground music.

Rev. Kiki Barnes shares with us how being a hospital chaplain is less about seeing God's miracles and more about seeing God's presence, especially with those who are dealing with death and dying.

Randy Evans of Walking Tall Wilmington joins us to discuss the stress and exhaustion of living and serving people on the margins.