If you've ever used a GoodKind product, we hope you've found it to be not only theologically rich, but also playful.

There are so many ways we take the concept of living out our faith so seriously that we forget that it should be lighthearted and fun, too. Playfulness is at the heart of every GoodKind product because we think it's in the heart of God. Join Clayton, Chris, and Brian in this episode of our mini-series, Making Spiritual Practices Stick, to hear why!

No matter where you land on the when-is-it-acceptable-to-start-enjoying-christmas debate, the time has come that we can all enjoy the Christmas season together. We love Advent, and we love everything that December has to offer.

Join Clayton, Chris, and Amy this week for this fun Habits and Holidays Episode that wraps up the year (get it... wraps?) and find a way to engage with God and one another in the last month of this year!

Holi-yays or Holi-nays:

Dec. 1 - Advent Blocks Begins!

Dec. 3 - First Sunday in Advent

Dec. 5 - International Volunteer Day

Dec. 7 - Hanukkah begins

Dec. 9 - Christmas Card Day

Dec. 12 - Gingerbread House Day

Dec. 13 - National Hot Cocoa Day

Dec. 18 - Answer the Phone Like Buddy the Elf Day

Dec. 20 - Go Caroling Day

We're back in the mini-series this week, talking about one element to successful, consistent spiritual practice that we know you've likely felt, but may not have wrestled with. Today, it's all about how to make a spiritual practice rewarding, in the short and long term.

It's a little fraught, and sometimes even feels icky, trying to incentivize spiritual practice. But we're making the case that crafting your spiritual practice into something that's rewarding shouldn't just be accepted, but encouraged.

Join Clayton, Chris, and Amy on the podcast and start applying this framework to your spiritual life this week.

Our founder, Clayton, and his wife, Kristen, are back on the podcast this week helping us all stay ahead of the curve when it comes to giving gifts to friends and family this year. Not just to help us get organized and make sure we have plenty of time to pull it off, but to help make sure we're giving gifts that matter.

Meaningful, intentional, personal...you know... the GoodKind of gift-giving.

Plus, if you're looking for an easy WIN, listen out for a discount code exclusive to podcast listeners so you can gift some GoodKind products this year! We're a little biased, but we think your friends and family will love what you send them from our shop!

www.goodkind.shop

It's time of a Deep Dive into the holiday of deep dishes and deep sleep...Thanksgiving! Clayton and Kristen Greene are hanging out with Brian and Melissa Turney, discussing why Thanksgiving deserves its moment of glory.

Join us, and let us know how you'll be celebrating Thanksgiving this year, as you find meaningful ways to engage with God and one another.

It's National Gratitude Month, and we're diving into the best ways to enjoy the month of November, as we engage with God and one another. It's a month full of opportunities to create meaningful moments, and we can't wait for you to join us. Pull up a chair, and join Clayton, Chris, Lindsey, and Brian on the podcast!

November Random Holidays

Family Stories Month, National Gratitude Month

1 - Scented Candle Day

5 - Bonfire Night

7 - International Games Week

16 - National Fast Food Day

17 - National Unfriend Day

23 - Thanksgiving Day

28 - Giving Tuesday

Freebies 

November 4 - National Sandwich Day 

$4 club sandwich at McAlisters 

Free National Park Admission!!

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Welcome back the mini-series! Today, it's all about timing.

Clayton, Chris, and Lindsey are sitting down today to help us think through the timing of when we engage in spiritual practices. It's a little meta, a little out there, and a lotta fun.

Pull up a chair and join us! We're so excited to dig into this conversation with you, and help you find a way to make one spiritual practice at least a little bit easier to stick with over time.

We're back with another episode in our mini series on making spiritual practices stick!

We're keeping it close to home today, talking about the environment, the physical place, where you engage in your spiritual practices. Think: The chair you read you Bible in and it's surroundings. (Or... the place where you most consistently have a bowel movement.... We're sorry, but we are serious! Get ready for a little primer on poo. We promise it's relevant.)

Environments matter, and make a huge impact on the way you live and make habits and memories. Architects and interior designers know this, and we think just a few small tweaks could make a huge impact on your spiritual life.

Pull up a chair and join us!

This week, our Operations Director, Amy Kavanaugh, is sitting down with Lori Crosby, MFT, RPT-S and Rev. Kayla Smith to talk about reaching all types of families in church, and using play as both therapy and an aid in spiritual practice.

Lori and Kayla are two arms of the Reach Hurting Kids Institute, which is committed to providing trauma-informed children’s ministry resources to churches.

And through their roles with the Institute and their roles as parents, they have so much insight to provide on using play as an aid in healing and a guide in spiritual practice.

Whatever brings you to this podcast episode today, we think there's something here for you! Pull up a seat, and join us.

Find the Reach Hurting Kids Institute at:

https://reachhurtingkids.com/

IG @reachhurtingkids

Buy the book:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1666715743

We've made it. False fall no more, we've arrived at arguably the best time of the year. It is fully fall and we are so excited about it. The pumpkins are pumpkin-ing, the leaves are falling, and there are so many great opportunities to engage with God and one another.

That's right, it's October. And it's time for another habits and holidays episode.

Pull up a chair and join us. We can't wait to see what this month has in store for us!

Random Holidays:

1 - CD Player Day, Balloons Around the World Day

4 - Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, National Taco Day 

5 - National Be Nice Day, National Do Something Nice Day

6 - Kids Music Day

7 - Frugal Fun Day

8 - Pastor Appreciation Day

10 - National Face Your Fears Day, World Mental Health Day 

13 - Ancestor’s Day

14 - National Dessert Day

17 - National Pay Back a Friend Day

22 - Smart is Cool Day 

26 - National Pumpkin Day

30 - Mischief Night

31 - Books for Treats Day, Halloween, National Caramel Apple Day, National Doorbell Day, Reformation Day, (Name a day, and it's probably on the list!)

Freebies:

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