What is distraction really doing to your soul?

In this episode, Jonathan Kindler takes listeners beneath the noise of our digital world and into the deeper question our phones rarely let us ask: What direction is my life actually pointed right now? Through Scripture, storytelling, and a painfully accurate stand-up opener about nonstop notifications, Jonathan explores why distraction isn’t neutral. It forms us. It scatters our affection. It slowly pulls our gaze off the Lord.

Blending Proverbs 4, Ephesians 5, and Psalm 119 with clinical insight and a personal story about learning straight lines with a push mower, this episode reframes distraction not as a time-management problem, but a discipleship one. You’ll discover how digital noise reshapes the nervous system, why stillness feels like withdrawal, and how Scripture calls you back to a fixed point, a North Star,  that steadies your steps.

If you’ve felt scattered, unfocused, spiritually thin, or pulled in a hundred directions before breakfast, this conversation offers five practical anchors to help you reclaim your gaze, recover your direction, and return your attention to the One who never drifts.

Whether you’re weary, overwhelmed, or simply tired of zig-zagging through the day, this episode invites you back to clarity. To presence. To the steadying gift of direction.

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Your mind is tired. Your phone won’t stop buzzing. Your to do list feels like a browser with forty open tabs.

So what do you do when focus feels impossible?

In this episode, Jonathan Kindler redefines attention as more than a productivity skill. Scripture treats it as worship and stewardship. Drawing from Colossians 3:2 and Psalm 16:8, Jonathan explores why the Bible speaks in terms of what we “set” our minds on, and how scattered attention often reflects a scattered heart.

Through a blend of biblical insight and clinical understanding, he explains how dopamine loops, overstimulation, and decision fatigue pull us in a hundred directions at once. Then he offers a different path forward: simple, worshipful attention. You will learn practical tools like sensory resets, single tasking as worship, and the “one thing” rule from Luke 10:42, where Mary chooses the better part in a room full of demands.

If your thoughts have felt noisy, fragmented, or out of your control, this conversation reframes focus not as a personality trait, but as a way of walking with God in a world that constantly pulls your eyes away.

Because attention is never just about getting things done.

It is about who you keep before you.

You care. You plan. You even set reminders.

So why do you still put things off?

In this episode, Jonathan Kindler takes an honest look at procrastination, not as laziness but as misplaced worship. Blending biblical wisdom with counseling insight, he unpacks how avoidance, perfectionism, and the fear of failure disguise a deeper heart issue: control.

Through humor, story, and Scripture, you’ll see why procrastination is less about time management and more about trust, and how grace - not grit - helps you finally follow through.

Because the war on procrastination isn’t really about getting more done.

It’s about learning to move when God says move.

What do you do when someone’s gratitude keeps slipping away?

In this Walking With episode, Jonathan Kindler equips pastors, counselors, and anyone listening to walk patiently with those whose thankfulness has faded. Through scripture, story, and real-life moments, he shows how forgetfulness isn’t failure—it’s the human drift of the heart—and how gentle reminders can help rekindle joy.

Blending biblical insight and counseling wisdom, Jonathan outlines how to name the drift, surface the lie, and build small rhythms of remembrance that actually stick. You’ll learn how to bring truth without pressure, create space for grace, and hand someone practical tools for remembering what God’s already done.

Whether you lead, counsel, or simply sit across from a friend who says, “I know I should be thankful, I just forget,” this episode gives you language and structure to walk with them well—helping gratitude become more than a feeling, but a practiced way of seeing grace again.

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What does gratitude do to a life over time?

In this episode, Jonathan Kindler explores how steady thanksgiving moves from a moment to a framework—forming endurance, stabilizing peace, and teaching the heart to trust when nothing’s changing. Blending Scripture (Philippians 4:11–13; Psalms; Revelation 7:12), storytelling, and a warm dose of humor, he shows why gratitude is learned, not leapt into and how repetition literally rewires what we remember so faith becomes our reflex.

If thankfulness has felt like fireworks that fade, this conversation helps you build a rhythm that lasts, so mercy becomes memory, and peace becomes your posture.

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Everywhere you look, someone has a label: my anxiety, my ADHD, my trauma. But what happens when those labels start to define us?

In this Thinking Through episode, Jonathan Kindler takes a closer look at the modern pull toward self-diagnosis and mental-health identity. From viral therapy trends to personality quizzes and clinical buzzwords, he explores why naming our struggles feels validating—and why it can quietly become the story we live by.

Blending humor, cultural insight, and Scripture, Jonathan unpacks how labels can help us understand our pain without becoming our name. He points to a gospel identity that doesn’t shift with our symptoms—and offers the one thing every label can’t: permanence.

This episode invites you to rethink the way you see yourself—and to find freedom in a name that doesn’t change with your diagnosis

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Why does gratitude leak so easily?

In this episode, Jonathan Kindler explores why thankfulness fades—not because we stop meaning it, but because life keeps moving—and how Scripture trains us to remember before it does. From Moses’ warning, “forget not the LORD” (Deuteronomy 8:11), to David preaching to his own soul (Psalm 103:2), to stones of remembrance (Joshua 4:6–7) and the Table of remembrance (Luke 22:19), he shows how God builds memory into our rhythms so mercy doesn’t get buried by the inbox. Along the way, you’ll hear a candid story about a front yard “Ebenezer,” and why repetition—ask, remember, give thanks—rewires the heart (Philippians 4:6–7; James 1:23–24).

If you’ve ever meant to say “thank You” and just… didn’t get around to it, this conversation gives you anchors and one simple challenge to help gratitude become more than a moment—so grace turns into memory, and memory into worship.

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Even when we know we should be thankful, something in us still whispers, I deserve better.

In this episode, Jonathan Kindler explores how pride, comparison, and unmet expectations keep gratitude from taking root. From Cain’s resentment to the prodigal’s older brother, Scripture shows how entitlement twists worship into accusation. Through storytelling, reflection, and five biblical anchors, Jonathan helps listeners see why gratitude isn’t weakness—it’s the way humility remembers grace.

This isn’t about lowering your standards; it’s about lifting your eyes.

Because thanksgiving and entitlement can’t sit at the same table.

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Why does complaining come so naturally — and gratitude feel like work?

In this immersive opening to this series on thankfulness, Jonathan Kindler unpacks what gratitude is really pushing back against. From the murmuring of Israel in the wilderness to Paul and Silas singing in a prison cell, this episode explores why unthankfulness isn’t just a bad habit—it’s a worldview. Through scripture, storytelling, and personal reflection (including a marathon gone sideways), Jonathan shows how complaint reshapes the soul, while gratitude restores perspective and peace.

You’ll hear how comparison sabotages joy, why gratitude is structural—not cosmetic—and five anchors that hold when thankfulness feels impossible. More than positive thinking, this is worship in motion: learning to turn back, to name grace, and to enter God’s gates with thanks again.

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Why does complaining come so naturally—and gratitude feel like work?

In this immersive opening to this series on thankfulness, Jonathan Kindler unpacks what gratitude is really pushing back against. From the murmuring of Israel in the wilderness to Paul and Silas singing in a prison cell, this episode explores why unthankfulness isn’t just a bad habit—it’s a worldview. Through scripture, storytelling, and personal reflection (including a marathon gone sideways), Jonathan shows how complaint reshapes the soul, while gratitude restores perspective and peace.

You’ll hear how comparison sabotages joy, why gratitude is structural—not cosmetic—and five anchors that hold when thankfulness feels impossible. More than positive thinking, this is worship in motion: learning to turn back, to name grace, and to enter God’s gates with thanks again.

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