Restless Hearts

What if I am not passionate about my job? How can I find a career that is meaningful? Does God care about what I do for work? If you ever find yourself asking these questions, this episode is for you. We are joined by special guest Jono Warren to talk all about vocation, pursuing a career that feels meaningful, and what to do if you have no idea what you are passionate about. Check it out!

Do you ever feel like your faith asks you to sacrifice scientific reasoning - or the other way around? This episode features special guest, pastor Brian Steele, everyone's favorite geologist-turned-pastor. We talk about how to integrate a material and spiritual worldview in order to embrace a more holistic perspective on faith and science. This episode is all about the perceived dichotomy between science and God, and we hit things like evolution, Biblical interpretation, and wonder. We hope you enjoy listening and that this episode is helpful for you.

There are many valid reasons that you might find yourself wondering whether or not it's worth it to continue following Jesus and investing in the Church. In this episode, we talk through these feelings and experiences and how you might be able to process and move forward in the midst of them. We talk about what it actually means to follow Jesus, which may be different from how you've always understood Christianity. We hope this episode is genuinely helpful for navigating what can be a painful question and that you feel seen and loved by the encouragements we share.

In today's episode we have special guest Aubrey Shelsta with us to about what it may look like to raise kids as someone who follows Jesus. Kenna and Molly essentially get to interview Garret and Aubrey about their experiences with parenting, their anxieties and how they deal with them, and how they practically foster a life of beauty and alignment with the way of Jesus.

We do want to acknowledge that everyone’s families look different, and we got to interview one very specific type of family about their experience of parenting. The church can sometimes elevate having kids as the ultimate end to strive for and we want to make clear our intention to uplift many diverse experiences as beautiful, knowing there are many ways to live out God’s call on your life.

We hope this episode is helpful for you if you do want to have kids someday and are interested in discussions around what it might look like to raise kids as a person of faith.

In this episode, the team talks about what it looks like to cultivate a healthy mindset around consuming alcohol and marijuana. We talk about escapism, celebratory drinking, whether or not inebriation is a sin, and so much more. A bit of a trigger warning - this is an episode about substance use, so if that is a sensitive subject for you, you may want to listen with caution or skip this one all together. We hope this is helpful for you in your journey of following Jesus in all things!

In this episode, we are joined by special guest Willow Weston, who is the Founder and Director of a nonprofit called Collide, which is an amazing organization that helps women collide with Jesus through conferences, Bible studies, counseling, and more. Willow shares some of her story of growing up and discovering who Jesus is and all of the ups and downs in between. She even shares the shocking story of how she got her first Bible! We hope today’s conversation recontextualizes sin in a way that’s helpful, nuanced, and gives you freedom. We talk about what the big deal is with sin, how to balance pursuing righteousness with embracing the freedom of grace, and so much more. Enjoy the show!

In this episode, we talk about being #blessed. Is there a direct correlation between God's blessing and the access we have to money, food, and shelter? We consider questions of what blessing truly is, how to differentiate blessing from privilege, and how our Western context affects the way we understand what it means to be blessed.

Our friend Brian Steel helps us recognize when a spiritual environment or relationship is doing more harm than good? In this episode, we have special guest Pastor Brian Steele join us as he shares some of his own story with spiritual trauma. A bit of a heads up, we do talk quite a bit about spiritual abuse, which can be a traumatic topic. We hope this episode helps direct you toward healing and hope in the midst of any church pain you or anyone you love has experienced.

Intolerance seems to be the worst possible posture you can have towards another. How can we believe something strongly without being a jerk? This episode is a practical conversation about whether or not there can be only one truth and if so, how do we live that out with integrity and kindness.

In this episode, we explore the topic of Christian Nonviolence. We talk about the reality of violence in the Old Testament and whether or not pacifism is practical in our current reality. We hope this episode is helpful to you!