Rhythms for Life

In this episode, Gabe and Rebekah sit down with Matt Chandler, head pastor of The Village Church, to unpack the themes of his new book, Becoming Like Jesus: The Everyday Journey to Living a Life of Holiness. Through his own 24 years in ministry, as well as conversations with people that have held the faith through decades, Matt brings key insights into what walking with Jesus actually looks like in the long term, and how to stay the course through the ups and downs.

Whether you’re in a low season wondering where God has gone, many years deep in your faith, or at the beginning of your faith journey, this conversation offers Scripture-based and time-tested wisdom on how to faithfully stay the course.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• The Horizontal Coil: Why our spiritual lives were never meant to be “up and to the right,” and how every high and low is moving us forward.
• Relearning the Beatitudes: Matt says he has learned “blessed are the poor in spirit” thousands of times, and he explains why each return brings more joy instead of more shame.
• Confession as Intimacy: How telling God the truth about our disappointment and disorientation draws us closer to Him.
• The Antelope Off by Itself: Why formation can’t happen alone, and how God’s grace often reaches us through friends who hear our confession and move toward us in love.
• Suffering Is the Softener: Matt shares candidly why hardship, not success, keeps his heart tender.

Resources:

• Buy Matt’s book: Becoming Like Jesus: The Everyday Journey to Living a Life of Holiness
• Watch Matt’s THINQ talk, “No Topic Off Limits Church”: https://thinqmedia.com/videos/no-topic-off-limits-church 
• The Village Church: thevillagechurch.net
• Follow Matt on Instagram: @mattchandler74
• Get The Fight for Us book and curriculum: The Fight For Us
• Take the THINQ Assessment: https://thinqassessment.scoreapp.com/
• Create a free THINQ Account: Access more trusted content at thinqmedia.com
• Join us November 19-20 for our Emotional Health Retreat in Franklin, TN. Register now and save $200 when you use the code EH200. https://www.rebekahlyons.com/ehretreat 
• More from the THINQ Podcast Network:
  • THINQ Media Podcast
  • Next Up with Grant Skeldon
  • The InFormed Parent with Suzanne Phillips
  • UnderCurrent with Gabe Lyons
  • NeuroFaith with Curt Thompson, MD

In this episode, Rebekah welcomes author, speaker, and family law mediator Toni Nieuwhof, as well as speaker and author Riley Kehoe, for a deep dive into what it looks like to hold nothing back from God, whether that's our grief, our doubts or our unanswered prayers.

The conversation centers on Honest to God: Daring to Trust When You Don't Understand, a collaborative book inspired by testimonies from many people who have wrestled with trusting God through suffering. Built on the framework of Moses leaning into God with his questions in Exodus 33, the book invites us to be as honest as David was in the Psalms. Rebekah, Toni and Riley share their own stories: a Down syndrome diagnosis in the NICU, a decades-long sun allergy that hasn't been healed, a concussion that changed a prayer life, and a lonely night that became an invitation to lament. Riley puts the reframe simply: doubt can be the labor pains of greater faith.

Whether you're carrying grief you've never said out loud to God or waiting on a prayer that hasn't been answered, this conversation offers simple, practical rhythms for turning your face toward Jesus.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• David as the Example: Find inspiration for how to express hurt to God in David’s willingness to hold nothing back in the Psalms.
• The Consequence of Holding Grief: Hear how two decades of hiding her feelings from God showed up in Riley’s body, and how she finally reached a place of honesty from that.
• Man of Sorrows: Be encouraged by Jesus’ personal experience with grief that allows us to be heard and understood by him in our hurt.
• Waiting For Healing: Learn about Toni’s health struggles, the prayers she’s prayed, and why she continues to turn to God for healing after decades of crying out.
• The Breath Prayer: Discover a form of prayer that permanently changed Toni’s prayer life, and has continued to bring her to a place of peace.

Resources:

• Buy Honest to God: https://shop.honesttogodbook.com 
• Toni Nieuwhof's website: toninieuwhof.com
• Riley Kehoe's website: rileywithcourage.com
• Follow Riley on Instagram: @rileywithcourage
• Get The Fight for Us book and curriculum: The Fight For Us
• Take the THINQ Assessment: https://thinqassessment.scoreapp.com/
• Create a free THINQ Account: Access more trusted content at https://thinqmedia.com
• Join us November 19-20 for our Emotional Health Retreat in Franklin, TN. Register now and save $200 when you use the code EH200. https://www.rebekahlyons.com/ehretreat 
• More from the THINQ Podcast Network:
  • THINQ Media Podcast
  • Next Up with Grant Skeldon
  • The InFormed Parent with Suzanne Phillips
  • UnderCurrent with Gabe Lyons
  • NeuroFaith with Curt Thompson, MD

In this episode, Rebekah Lyons has the opportunity to sit down with author, speaker, and recovery expert Caroline Beidler to dive into what it looks like to show up for someone you love while they go through recovery.

With today’s growing mental health crisis, almost all of us know and love someone walking through some form of recovery. Despite this, there are limited resources for their friends and family members to know how best to show up. Through her own recovery journey, and through walking with others, Caroline saw this gap, which led to her newly released book, When You Love Someone in Recovery: A Hopeful Guide to Understanding Addiction. In this episode, Rebekah and Caroline share their own journeys with recovery, as well as valuable insight into how best to support the people we love. 

Whether you're loving someone actively struggling or walking alongside them years into recovery, this conversation offers a practical, faith-rooted way to move from confusion and walking on eggshells toward real, sustainable support.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• Caroline's Story, From the Basement Up: How a childhood shaped by trauma and addiction led Caroline to her own recovery.
• The Recovery Revival: Why the shame that once kept recovery hidden in church basements is lifting, and how more churches and believers are bringing these stories into the light.
• Understanding, Not Fear: Why addiction is a spiritual, physical, and human condition, and how reframing it that way helps loved ones show up with compassion instead of judgment.
• The Prodigal Son and the Posture of Support: What the father's response in Luke 15 teaches us about showing up for a loved one before they've "got it together.”
• Forgiveness as a Holy Intervention: Why unresolved grief and trauma so often sit underneath addiction, and how Caroline learned that forgiveness — offered and received — is essential, supernatural, and rarely a solo act.
• Loving Well Without Rescuing: Practical wisdom for parents and loved ones on setting boundaries, having honest conversations, and showing up in small, consistent ways instead of trying to fix or control the outcome.

Resources:

• Pre-Order Gabe's new book: The Collapse is Here. Get access to the preface and first chapter TODAY by completing this form.
• Buy Caroline's book: When You Love Someone in Recovery: A Hopeful Guide to Understanding Addiction
• Caroline's website: carolinebeidler.com
• Follow Caroline on Instagram: @carolinebeidler_official
• Subscribe to Caroline's Substack, Circle of Chairs: carolinebeidler.substack.com
• Get The Fight for Us book and curriculum: The Fight For Us
• Take the THINQ Assessment: https://thinqassessment.scoreapp.com/
• Create a free THINQ Account: Access more trusted content at https://thinqmedia.com
• Join us November 19-20 for our Emotional Health Retreat in Franklin, TN. Register now and save $200 when you use the code EH200. https://www.rebekahlyons.com/ehretreat 
• More from the THINQ Podcast Network:
  • NextUp with Grant Skeldon
  • The InFormed Parent with Suzanne Phillips
  • THINQ Media Podcast

Do you desire to know God deeper, but don’t know where to start? In this episode of the Rhythms for Life podcast, Rebekah Lyons sits down with Stasi Eldredge; New York Times bestselling author, co-author of Captivating with her husband John, and co-founder of Wild at Heart. Together they talk about what it really looks like to move from knowing God in our heads to knowing Him in our hearts. 

In her new book, The Ladder of Love, Stasi traces the metaphors God uses to reveal Himself in Scripture: clay, sheep, child, sibling, friend, and bride. Each one is a rung that brings us closer to His heart. In this conversation, Stasi and Rebekah talk through each metaphor, sharing personal anecdotes and insight on intimacy with God in each step of the way.

Whether you've walked with Jesus for decades and long for more, or you're still learning to recognize His voice, this conversation offers a gentle, practical invitation into deeper intimacy with the God who calls you friend.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• Formed Like Clay: Discover God’s intention with creating each of us, not just by speaking us into existence, but thoughtfully creating us by hand. 
• The Circular Ascent: Be encouraged in moments that leave you saying “I’ve been here before” by learning how Shepherds lead and guide.
• Creating Space for Listening Prayer: Learn practical steps for slowing down and sitting with God in discernment.
• Run in Like a Child: Rethink how you come to God by regaining the posture of a child, running to Him without caution or hesitation.
• Becoming the Bride: Find ultimate, deep intimacy with Jesus through the final rung of the ladder of love.

Resources:

• Order Stasi's book: The Ladder of Love
• Order The Ladder of Love Bible Study Guide: The Ladder of Love Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video
• Stasi's website: wildatheart.org
• Follow Stasi on Instagram: @stasieldredge
• Get The Fight for Us book and curriculum: The Fight For Us
• Take the THINQ Assessment: https://thinqassessment.scoreapp.com/
• Create a free THINQ Account: Access more trusted content at thinqmedia.com
• Join us November 19-20 for our Emotional Health Retreat in Franklin, TN. Register now and save $200 when you use the code EH200. https://www.rebekahlyons.com/ehretreat 
• More from the THINQ Podcast Network:
  • NextUp with Grant Skeldon
  • The InFormed Parent with Suzanne Phillips
  • THINQ Media Podcast

Do you ever feel like you and the people you love are having the same misunderstandings over and over again? In this episode, Gabe and Rebekah Lyons sit down with psychotherapist, speaker, and longtime friend, Jason VanRuler to dive into the five Communication Types that people tend to fall into in relationships. 

Jason spends his days sitting with couples, teams, and executives in high-pressure conversations, and over time he started noticing a pattern: even when someone's intentions were good, there always ended up being a disconnect. That question, “why doesn't this land?” became the seed of his new book and this conversation today.

Whether you're trying to stop the same argument on repeat with your spouse or wondering how to get your teenager to say more than one word at dinner, this episode offers a practical, faith-rooted way to understand yourself and the people you love, and actually get through to them.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• The PATHS Framework: Jason walks through all five communication types (Peacemaker, Advocate, Thinker, Harbor, Spark) and why every one of them is necessary on a healthy team or in a healthy family.
• The Peacemaking vs. Peacekeeping Trap: Why wanting a room to look calm isn't the same as real peace, and how peacemakers can end up burying their own needs (or other people's) just to avoid conflict.
• "Not Every Fight Is Yours": Jason's word to Advocates, and to parents, on the hard discipline of watching someone you love walk into a mistake without jumping in to fix it.
• The Two-Minute Rule: A simple, practical family practice for drawing quiet kids (and quiet husbands) into consistent conversation.
• Losing Our Humanity to AI: A sobering conversation about teens using AI to write "more empathetic" texts to their own parents, and why real, clunky, face-to-face conversation is a skill worth protecting.

Resources:

• Buy Jason's book: Discovering Your Communication Type: The 5 Paths to Deeper Connections and Stronger Relationships
• Jason's website: jasonvr.com
• Take the PATHS Communication Assessment: jasonvr.com/paths
• Get The Fight for Us book and curriculum: The Fight For Us
• Take the THINQ Assessment: https://thinqassessment.scoreapp.com/
• Create a free THINQ Account: Access more trusted content at http://thinqmedia.com
• Join us November 19-20 for our Emotional Health Retreat in Franklin, TN. Register now and save $200 when you use the code EH200. https://www.rebekahlyons.com/ehretreat 
• More from the THINQ Podcast Network: 
  • NextUp with Grant Skeldon
  • The InFormed Parent with Suzanne Phillips
  • THINQ Media Podcast

In this episode, Gabe and Rebekah sit down with a longtime friend of the RFL community, child and adolescent counselor Sissy Goff. For 34 years, Sissy has walked alongside kids and parents at Daystar Counseling in Nashville, and in this conversation she brings all of that experience to one of the hardest, most necessary topics a parent will ever face: grief.

This episode centers on Sissy's new book, Helping Kids Through Grief, and the wisdom she's carried through walking alongside the Covenant School community after the tragedy that shook Nashville and the nation. Together, they talk about the interesting ways kids tend to process grief, the importance of a safe, steady adult in their lives, and specific tools that can be used in their healing journey.

Whether you're helping a child process the death of a loved one, walking through the loss of divorce, or simply looking for the right words in the first raw days after tragedy, this conversation offers hope and a clear path towards healing and renewal.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• Post-Traumatic Growth over Stress: Gain hope from research showing that post-traumatic growth occurs far more frequently in children than post-traumatic stress when given proper support.  
• Grieving in Doses: Discover how children process loss like coming up for air while swimming, moving rapidly between intense emotion and normal play.  
• The Power of One Safe Adult: Unpack why a child doesn't need perfect circumstances to heal, but rather one safe, steady adult who stays close and present.  
• Empathy Without Enabling: How to validate a child's hardest emotions while still holding the line on behavior.
• The Memory Box: Be equipped with a simple, powerful practice for helping kids remember, honor, and carry forward what they've lost in a healing way.

Resources:

• Buy Sissy's new book: Helping Kids Through Grief
• Sissy's website: raisingboysandgirls.com
• Follow Sissy on Instagram: @sissygoff
• Daystar Counseling Ministries: daystarcounseling.com
• Get The Fight for Us book and curriculum: The Fight For Us
• Take the THINQ Assessment: https://www.thinqassessment.scoreapp.com/ 
• Create a free THINQ Account: Access more trusted content at https://thinqmedia.com 
• Join us November 19-20 for our Emotional Health Retreat in Franklin, TN. Register now and save $200 when you use the code RFL200. https://www.rebekahlyons.com/ehretreat 

In this episode, Gabe and Rebekah Lyons are joined by international speaker, theologian, and author Amy Orr Ewing. Together, they dive into the radical forgiveness of the Gospel, and how a true understanding of it allows us to meet the current cultural moment. 

In a world where many people are increasingly focused on harm and moral reparation, it can be easy for many to be driven to disunity and anger. In this episode, Amy makes the case that a true understanding of Biblical forgiveness is a powerful antidote to these, as well as an incredible opportunity for Gospel truth to be spoken. In this conversation, you’ll discover the power of forgiveness in political disagreement, familial conflict, and finding healing from trauma.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Shifting Objections Around Christianity: Learn how popular and intellectual critiques of the Christian faith have shifted towards a focus on harm and moral wrongdoing.
• Defining Biblical Forgiveness: Discover how the grace laid out in Scripture allows us to find healing in relationships without ignoring the harm that was done.  
• The Cross Empowers Forgiveness: Find the supernatural ability to forgive from the work of Jesus, even when we feel forgiveness is impossible on our own.
• Forgiveness As Anxieties Antidote: Gain actionable steps towards rewiring your brain out of a place of anxiety.

Resources:

• Buy Amy Orr Ewing’s Book: https://a.co/d/02n68T13/
• Amy Orr Ewing’s Website: https://www.amyorr-ewing.com /
• Follow Amy Orr Ewing’s on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amyorrewing/
• Get The Fight for Us book and curriculum: https://a.co/d/0ifwylwc/
• Take the THINQ Assessment: https://www.thinqassessment.scoreapp.com/ 
• Create a free THINQ Account: Access more trusted content at https://thinqmedia.com /
• Watch Gabe and Kennedy's father-daughter dance from the recent wedding!: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dcj_XZOkzpw/?stkn=MTY5c3B6ZDQ2a3Nodg==
• Join us November 19-20 for our Emotional Health Retreat in Franklin, TN. Register now and save $200 when you use the code EH200. https://www.rebekahlyons.com/ehretreat/

Welcome to the first episode in our new season of the Rhythms For Life podcast! In this episode, Gabe and Rebekah Lyons sit down with longtime friend Dr. Emerson Eggerichs alongside his daughter, author and literary agent Joy Eggerichs Reed. Bringing together two generations of wisdom, they unpack how parents and grandparents can guide children to communicate deep, virtuous principles in a way that is fun, engaging, and sticky.

Parenting often tests our patience when kids blurt out awkward truths or react out of impulse, but learning to look past surface behavior reveals what is happening in a child's heart. In this candid conversation, Emerson and Joy share how their collaborative children's book set in the "Land of Nuf" offers a roadmap for families to practice emotional health, discipleship, and intentional rhythms. You’ll discover how shifting from heavy-handed consequences to gentle redirection can transform your family's culture, leaving you with actionable steps toward building resilient, grace-filled relationships.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• The Four Pillars of Communication: Learn how filtering speech through whether it is true, kind, necessary, and clear provides a practical framework for wise conversation.
• The Power of the Do-Over: Discover how offering a lighthearted do-over gives children an accessible path toward repair and resilience without falling into shame.
• Decoding Childhood Behavior: Unpack the three distinct drivers behind acting out—helping parents discern between open defiance, normal childishness, or a child feeling unloved.
• Why Tone Precedes Meaning: Explore how a child's brain senses tone before processing spoken words, showing why gentle delivery is crucial when offering correction.
• Seeing Virtue Underneath Vice: Gain encouragement to assume goodwill in your family and recognize the hidden strengths behind a child's headstrong tendencies.

Resources:

• Buy Joy Reed Eggerichs & Dr. Emerson Eggerichs’ Book: Beega Gets a Do-Over: A Gigglies Adventure About Communication
• Dr. Eggerichs’ Website: https://www.loveandrespect.com/
• Join us November 19-20 for our Emotional Health Retreat in Franklin, TN. Register now and save $200 when you use the code EH200. https://www.rebekahlyons.com/ehretreat
• Get The Fight for Us book and curriculum: The Fight For Us
• Take the THINQ Assessment: https://thinqassessment.scoreapp.com
• Create a free THINQ Account: Access more trusted content at https://thinqmedia.com

As the dogwoods begin to bloom here in Nashville, Gabe and Rebekah are leaning into a conversation that sits at the very heart of our emotional and spiritual health.

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How do we parent well in a world that feels increasingly chaotic and confusing for our children? Today, Gabe and Rebekah welcome their author, speaker, and professor Dr. Laurie Krieg to the podcast for a deep and necessary conversation on navigating the most challenging questions our kids are facing today. 

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