The GoodKind Podcast

School’s out, and it’s time for summer! We’re back with another Habits and Holidays episode of The GoodKind Podcast, and we’re excited about all things happening in June! Join us and consider how you’ll make meaningful moments in the month ahead!

GoodKind of Freebies!

June 2nd, National Donut Day. (Usually all the chains offer free donuts, check your local listings).

June 8th, National Best Friends Day. Last year Blaze Pizza did sharable appetizers for free!

June 21st, National Smoothie Day. Look at Jamba Juice and Smoothie King.

Chris and Clayton are here to introduce the newest GoodKind Product (drum roll, please...) Sticky Prayers!

They're covering everything from their own struggles developing a prayer habit, the false starts that we encountered trying to create a tangible prayer product, and the four types of prayer that we hope you'll begin practicing with us.

We're excited about this new product, (We hope you are too!) but we're most exited about the ways that we can all grow in this spiritual practice together, as we try and try again.

Find Sticky Prayers now at goodkind.shop!

What do you get when some grown-up college friends and their kids rent a house together in the mountains? Twenty-four people from several states under one roof, endless laughs, a new generation of friends, mom and dad's night outs, and meaningful moments turned powerful memories.

...oh, and a hole in the wall.

Clayton and Kristen Greene are here with Andrew and Jenn Brown, two of their friends who vacationed together last summer. They're making the case that the GoodKind of vacation is a vacation with friends, and they're sharing tips for how to make meaningful moments with your own friends this summer.

Welcome back to another Habits and Holidays episode! Everyone put on your best Justin Timberlake impression and sing with us, "It's gonna be MAY!"

May feels like a big month. Transitions happen as school years come to a close, people graduate, the sweaters go to the back of the closet, and summer is starting to sneak in the picture. Join us and decide how you're going to engage this month—in silly ways, in serious ways, and everything in between.

May Freebies:

We know how helpful it is to hear how other families are learning to practice their faith together. So from time to time, we want you to hear not from us, but from families just like yours, who are engaging with God and one another in their habits and holiday practices. 

We're excited to introduce you to our friend, Stephanie Oyler, and hear from her about how she's cultivating gratitude in her home. 

Happy Easter! Consider the good news of the resurrection with us today—an event so utterly unique it became the cornerstone of the church’s message. Jesus lived, Jesus died, Jesus rose again.

He is the one true King, now and forever.

"Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead.'"

- Matthew 28:1–7a

Join us today, in the silence and waiting of Holy Saturday as we consider Jesus, who died in our place.

"Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' … And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.

And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, 'Truly this was the Son of God!'"

- Matthew 27:45–46, 50–54

It's Good Friday—a paradoxical and powerful day with so much for us to consider. Join us and reflect on the beauty and the mystery of the cross.

"Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, 'Hail, King of the Jews!' And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him. …

And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots. Then they sat down and kept watch over him there. And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, 'This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.'"

- Matthew 27:27–31, 35–37 

Today is Maundy Thursday, and we're taking a moment to consider Jesus, the Lamb who prepared a feast. Join us!

"Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, 'Take, eat; this is my body.' And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, 'Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.'"

- Matthew 26:26–29

It's Day 4 of our Daily Reflections for Holy Week. Here's our passage to slow down and savor today:

"Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, 'Why this waste? For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor.' But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, 'Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial. Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.'"

- Matthew 26:6–13