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Words are powerful. They can hurt and heal. And some of the most healing words are those that artfully express the deepest hurts. We feel the pain of another, know that we are not alone, and find comfort in that communion.

Join Levi Macallister on Steve Brown, Etc. as he talks about faith, mental illness, and putting it all into poetry.

Levi Macallister is the performance artist and storyteller Levi the Poet. Visit levithepoet.net for tour information, videos, albums, posts, and all things Levi.

Also, here's the video for the piece played on the show titled "Resentment".

The wheel in the sky keeps on turning and Father's Day is coming up again. You know what that means: it's time to roll out the statistics on how dads are dropping the ball and bring on the guilt.

Well, this show about radical grace ain't going down that way without a fight!

Join Joe Battaglia on Steve Brown, Etc. as he talks about his new book, Fathers Say...: Give the Gift of Blessing to Your Children.

Joe Battaglia is the founder and president of Renaissance Communications, a media company that serves heavy hitters like Dr. Steve Brown and Key Life Network. Joe is also the author of That's My Dad! and The Politically Incorrect Jesus. He's also executive producer for the nationally syndicated radio program, Keep the Faith.

So often, people won't believe Christians who talk about God's love until they see Christians who walk out God's love.

Join Melissa Heiland on Steve Brown, Etc. as she talks about missions, moms, and making a difference while sharing the good news of God's grace.

Melissa Heiland is the Founder and President of Beautiful Feet International, a missions organization that establishes pregnancy centers in countries all over the world. Maybe you'd like to go on a short-term missions trip or help support Melissa's work. Visit BeautifulFeetInternational.com.

2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, when Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenberg and Protestants proclaimed that sinners are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. That's worth celebrating!

Listen to Daniel Price and Scott Keith on Steve Brown, Etc. as they talk about why the Reformation is as relevant as ever. Then make plans to join Steve, Daniel, and Scott for the Here We Still Stand conference, October 19-21 in San Diego.

Daniel Price is a pastor in Arkansas and Director of the Law and Gospel collective, ChristHoldFast.org. Scott Keith is the Executive Director of 1517 The Legacy Project and Adjunct Professor of Theology at Concordia University, Irvine.

If you're looking for an honest, hilarious, and hopeful take from the trenches of modern life, Sarah Condon is the right woman for the job. (If you're not looking for those things, you should be).

Join Sarah on Steve Brown, Etc. for fun stories and insights from her book, Churchy: The Real Life Adventures of a Wife, Mom, and Priest. She may be churchy, but she's no stereotypical church lady.

Sarah Condon is an Episcopal clergy woman at St. Martin's Church in Houston. She's also a frequent contributor to Mockingbird, a ministry that seeks to connect the Christian faith with realities of everyday life in fresh and down-to-earth ways.

Kendra Fletcher, homeschooling mom of eight, took pride in having it all together—the right schooling, the right theology, the right church, and the right meal-planning, home-managing, keep-it-all-together parenting. Then it all fell apart. Three of Kendra’s children were taken to the brink of death in a period of 18 months.

Join Kendra on Steve Brown, Etc. for a discussion of her new Key Life/New Growth Press book, Lost & Found: Losing Religion, Finding Grace. You'll see that doing life and religion “right” is a poor substitute for a living relationship with a loving God.

In addition to being a Key Life author, Kendra is a well-known writer, podcaster, and conference speaker in Christian homeschooling circles who addresses the quiet legalism that so easily infiltrates Christian communities and exposes the dangers of focusing our hopes on anything but the finished work of Jesus.

 

Click the image below to order Kendra's book, Lost & Found: Losing Religion, Finding Grace.

When a child who was raised in a Christian home leaves the faith, parents are heartbroken and often confused about how to handle the new family dynamic. Things get even more difficult when one of the parents is a famous evangelical pastor and the child who left spent his life in Christian ministry.

Join Tony and Bart Campolo on Steve Brown, Etc. as they discuss their new book, Why I Left, Why I Stayed: Conversations on Christianity Between an Evangelical Father and His Humanist Son. Listen as Tony and Bart model how to graciously navigate an increasingly common spiritual dilemma that can tear families apart.

Tony Campolo is professor emeritus at Eastern University, the bestselling author of over 30 books, and the co-founder of RedLetterChristians.org.

Bart Campolo is the Humanist Chaplain at the University of Southern California and host of the popular Humanize Me podcast.

Jesus is not a life coach, a movement leader, a cultural visionary, or a blessing dispenser, but you might not know that by listening to many Christians talk about their faith. Are you sure you're following the right Jesus?

Join Key Life author Matt Johnson on Steve Brown, Etc. as he talks about his new book, Getting Jesus Wrong: Giving Up Spiritual Vitamins and Checklist Christianity. Matt shares his personal encounters with a string of false saviors and shows us what it looks like to get Jesus right.

Matt Johnson is a husband, father to two little girls, and is an armchair student of theology living in Seattle. He's also a freelance writer and editor. Until recently, Matt spent seven years as an associate volunteer pastor in counseling and recovery ministry. Many moons ago he forwent a proper education and traveled the country playing drums in bands you've never heard of.

Click the image below to visit the Key Life store and order Getting Jesus Wrong. Click the link for your free chapter!

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Second marriages and blended families are quickly becoming the new normal. As a result, many households are coming together without fully understanding what it takes to make it work. (Spoiler alert! It takes lots and lots of grace.)

Join pastor Jerry Q. Parries on Steve Brown, Etc. for a discussion of his new book, The Making of a Blended Family. You'll get wise and practical advice on how to create loving environments where modern families can thrive.

Jerry Q. Parries is pastor of Christian Family Worship Center in Orlando, Florida and the author of The Real Good News of the Gospel of Grace.

After six years of being apart, Tray and Melody Lovvorn's divorce just didn't work out. It wasn't buckling down and working real hard to follow Jesus' 10 principles for a healthy marriage that fixed things. It was God's radical grace!

Join Tray and Melody from UndoneRedone.com as they tell their story of sexual addiction, betrayal, and flying off the whirring performance treadmill only to crash right into God's unconditional love.

Through Undone Redone, their ministry and weekly podcast, the Lovvorns provide life and marriage coaching, intensives, parenting solutions, and help churches create Christ-centered recovery groups. They have a passion to help men and women experience God’s grace in brokenness and to learn to connect deeply with others in authentic community.