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Welcome to Ep. #1025 - “When Sorrow Gets Loud…” 

Sometimes loss & hurt hit so deeply that everything familiar suddenly feels fragile.  And somewhere in the middle of the ache we can scramble to find what actually holds when the world hurts this much. 

What does it look like to trust (or encourage someone to trust).  What is eternally true when your emotions are screaming something else?

Welcome to Ep.# 1024 - Proceeding! 

You’ve sat down with God and come away feeling like you did it wrong.  Like you weren’t focused enough, or sincere enough, or whatever enough.  Like something was supposed to happen and it didn’t — and the problem was you.

But What if the river doesn’t need you to start it?  What if it’s already moving — right now, through you, whether you felt it this morning or not?  The truth might not be what you’ve been taught.

Happy Wednesday! Welcome to Ep. 1023 - Our Eternal Shepherd! 

Does God actually know you?  Not know of you.  Know you — by name, as a specific person He is specifically attending to?  The answer might not be what you’ve expected.

Welcome to Ep.#1022 — “The Backup Plan! “ 

You didn’t plan to stumble and cope.  You didn’t sit down and decide this sin was a good idea.  But before you even made a conscious choice, it seemed you were already reaching toward it, again. 

What if the problem isn’t your willpower?  What if it isn’t even your behavior?  The answer might not be what you’ve been taught.

Welcome to Ep. 1021 — Rubbish! 

You’ve been doing all the right things.  Showing up.  Staying faithful.  Building something for God.  And underneath all of it, there’s a quiet accounting that never quite closes.  A low-grade pressure that sometimes feels less like calling and more like unbelief.  You don’t feel like a failure.  You feel like a project - the proverbial “work in progress”.  And the project is exhausting. 

What if the very things we are most proud of - the faithfulness, the track record, the righteous-looking and dutiful version of ourselves - what’s exhausting?  Actually an obstacle?  And if so, what do we do?  The answer might not be what you’ve been taught.

Welcome to Ep. #1020 - “The Wisdom of The Inside-Out Life”! 

You’re tired.  Not lazy-tired.  Not I-need-a-vacation tired (or not Just that!).  You’re tired in the way that only happens when you’ve been carrying the weight of parenting, of showing up at work, of being a spouse, a caregiver, a friend, a functioning human being in a world that never stops demanding.  

And on top of all of that, you want to do right by God.  You want to serve Him, follow Him, show up for Him - and somewhere in the middle of wanting all of that, you hit a wall. 

A quiet, honest, terrifying wall.  Maybe you can push through it.  Maybe you’ve been pushing through it for years.  But what if the wall isn’t a failure of your effort - what if it’s an invitation to divine intimacy?  The answer might not be what you’ve been taught or expect.

Welcome to Ep. 1019 — "Divine Supply Meeting Demand!"

What does God actually want from you when you have a demand you cannot meet?  You’ve felt it.  The standard rises, your adequacy seems to shrink, and somewhere in the gap a quiet voice starts talking.  You’re not enough.  You never were. 

So why pretend?  The effort to be less fallible fails us more.  What should we do?  What does God expect?  The answer might not be what you’ve been taught.

Good morning Grace Tribe! Welcome to Ep. #1018 - “Settling Into Perfect” - 

Maybe you’ve heard the rumor you’ve been made perfect - is that figurative? 

Is God overlooking the real you? 

Is He happily pretending because of grace? 

Are you supposed to live up to what Christ is living in?

Good Morning and Welcome to Ep. 1017 - “Un-Indebted: The Practical Reality of Forgiveness”! 

Does forgiveness seem impractical?  Is it unrealistic to forgive what someone has cost you in value or security or expected role?  When people fail you, how do you afford forgiveness? 

Grab your coffee and let’s drink fully of the grace of God in one of the most challenging and unbalanced areas of the Christian life.  This could really be transformational for so many! Who might you share it with today?

Welcome to Ep. #1016 — “The Door, Not the Room”! 

Friends - We often trip over our feelings and failures, instead of recognizing them as the door to grace and the revelation of an entirely different identity.  Join Mike on the show today with the Grace tribe as he shares an encounter with a literary Titan that opened his eyes to the identity crisis of receiving true Grace.  And discover a hint of what it means to accept the Divine invitation to reel intimacy.