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- 133 - Getting Bored with GodSometimes we get bored with God. But is it boredom or lust for a new experience?---Have you ever just been sitting in your same ole house and think to yourself, “What if I just sold everything and moved to a cabin in the woods?”. Or maybe you look at your walls and think to yourself just how desperately you want to know out that wall and open up the living room. No? Just us?Well, we do this same thing with our faith. Many of us were raised with the idea that we had to constantly be on the hunt for the next big God experience. We needed to go to the nicest conferences and hear the best teachers get our spiritual high. But once the mundane sets in, we are left dealing with a pile of spiritual wanderlust.This week, we take the conversation on the road with this installment of “Reckless on the Road”, where we talk about our innate desire for change and how that drives our relationship with Christ forward or drives it mad! We talk about how the grass being greener on the other side isn’t always a good thing and that despite it being good and healthy to pursue our faith forward, let that not be an example of forcing things along too fast.---JOIN THE COMMUNITY:If you'd like to keep the conversation going, we want to invite you, our reckless listeners, to join The Reckless Community! Follow this link and ask to be a part!http://bit.ly/trp_community---CONNECT:Web: http://therecklesspursuit.com/Facebook: http://bit.ly/trp_fbYoutube: http://bit.ly/trp_youtubeTwitter: http://bit.ly/trp_twitterInstagram: http://bit.ly/trp_insta---ITINERANTEnjoy history, folklore, and campfire stories? Check out Cody’s podcast, Itinerant: Biblical History Beyond the Bible: http://itinerantpodcast.com---SPIRITUALITY UNTAMEDIf you are a woman looking to find your God-given purpose and let it loose, Elaine has a podcast for you. visit Spirituality Untamed: http://theprodigaldaughter.com12 min
- 132 - Subtle Love: Using Words to Show Christ (Instead of Boosting Our Egos)Matthew 12:35 - A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.---Christianity has gotten a bit... hostile lately. But for what? What good does it do us to rebuke someone with differing beliefs, especially when those beliefs are secondary to the gospel? Does it matter if we don’t believe in a literal lake of fire or thing old earth theory is more accurate? All of these things are secondary to loving God and loving others.This week we are continuing our talks about finding God in the stillness, but this time we are talking less about how to find God and more of how to show Him. Most of the time our conversations online (or elsewise) are geared towards exalting our own superiority complex and clout chasing instead of loving one another and exuberating Christ.So here’s to hoping that this episode puts a bit of conviction on each one of us to examine our words closely before we spew them out. To analyze what is and is not Christ. To show and emit the love of Christ above the desire to fill our egos. But also remember, conviction and condemnation are not the same.WEEKLY QUESTION/s:• How has God spoken to you in a subtle voice?We’d love to hear from you! send your response to [email protected] or find us on social media! Links below!---JOIN THE COMMUNITY:If you'd like to keep the conversation going, we want to invite you, our reckless listeners, to join The Reckless Community! Follow this link and ask to be a part!http://bit.ly/trp_community---CONNECT:Web: http://therecklesspursuit.com/Facebook: http://bit.ly/trp_fbYoutube: http://bit.ly/trp_youtubeTwitter: http://bit.ly/trp_twitterInstagram: http://bit.ly/trp_insta---ITINERANTEnjoy history, folklore, and campfire stories? Check out Cody’s podcast, Itinerant: Biblical History Beyond the Bible: http://itinerantpodcast.com---SPIRITUALITY UNTAMEDIf you are a woman looking to find your God-given purpose and let it loose, Elaine has a podcast for you. visit Spirituality Untamed: http://theprodigaldaughter.com---39 min
- 131 - Parasitic life suckers (and other things that silence the God in you)It is hard to hear God in the midst of deafening noise. But we have the ability to choose what noise we allow in our headspace.---Political propaganda got your mind in a fritz? COVID have you fearing for your life? What about racial injustice, catastrophic storms, recessions, or even your cousin who just doesn’t get your opinions?God only knows how many different things are pulling for our attention. Sadly, we couldn’t even ask Him ourselves since we can’t seem to find our way out from all the mud.This week we are talking about the many different things trying to rob us of our oneness with Christ (Spirit). This conversation is a great continuation of last week’s conversation about reacting versus responding. Now we are going a bit deeper and discussing how this high energy season is designed to rob us of our joy, sanity, and understanding all the while pinning us against each other strategically to silence the still, small voice.In order to experience true spiritual freedom we have to be willing to unplug from the chaos, realize our anxiousness is not the solution to any problem, and allow God to fill our headspace to a greater capacity than any news cycle or argument online could ever achieve.---If you'd like to keep the conversation going, we want to invite you, our reckless listeners, to join The Reckless Community! Follow this link and ask to be a part!http://bit.ly/trp_community---CONNECT:Web: http://therecklesspursuit.com/Facebook: http://bit.ly/trp_fbYoutube: http://bit.ly/trp_youtubeTwitter: http://bit.ly/trp_twitterInstagram: http://bit.ly/trp_insta---ITINERANTEnjoy history, folklore, and campfire stories? Check out Cody’s podcast, Itinerant: Biblical History Beyond the Bible: http://itinerantpodcast.com---THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTERIf you are a woman looking to find your God-given purpose and let it loose, Elaine has a podcast for you. visit The Prodigal Daughter: http://theprodigaldaughter.com33 min
- 130 - Reacting vs. Responding (How Cancel Culture has prohibited growth)It hurts to be rejected by someone else. But what hurts worse is rejecting who you are.---Despite sounding similar, reacting and responding is not the same thing. A reaction is more irrational. It is primal and full of emotion but a response is thought out and more open. Both of these have their place but we often mix up which to use when.We should spend less time reacting to other people’s experiences and more time responding to learn and grow in love. When we react towards someone we often end up pushing someone further into the very thing that garnered our reaction in the first place. Reacting is picking up the stone to beat the adulterous woman, responding is to tell her no one here is going to bring her harm, now learn from this experience.This week we are talking about cancel culture, being true to yourself, and using disagreements as an opportunity to create conversation and grow. It is easy to try and silence someone’s voice but true wisdom is realizing you too can learn from other’s perspectives and have a positive interaction despite their position.Oh and side note: just because someone reacts towards you does not mean you have to fuel the fire by reacting to them. Trust us, rejecting yourself by stooping to such a level is a far worse punishment than the rejection you feel from their reaction against you.This week we talked about:JOIN THE COMMUNITY:If you'd like to keep the conversation going, we want to invite you, our reckless listeners, to join The Reckless Community! Follow this link and ask to be a part!http://bit.ly/trp_community---CONNECT:Web: http://therecklesspursuit.com/Facebook: http://bit.ly/trp_fbYoutube: http://bit.ly/trp_youtubeTwitter: http://bit.ly/trp_twitterInstagram: http://bit.ly/trp_insta---ITINERANTEnjoy history, folklore, and campfire stories? Check out Cody’s podcast, Itinerant: Biblical History Beyond the Bible: http://itinerantpodcast.com---SPIRITUALITY UNTAMEDIf you are a woman looking to find your God-given purpose and let it loose, Elaine has a podcast for you. http://theprodigaldaughter.com (domain name change pending)34 min
- 129 - Cardi B, Epstein Island, Purity Culture, and the Insanity of SexualitySex Culture vs Purity Culture: Two supposed opposites that inadvertently create each other. But two wrongs don’t make a right.---Everything is permissible. But is everything beneficial? If everything is black and white, is there ever any grey area and what can we learn from standing in the middle?This week, we are talking about recent events in pop culture and why polarizing views can cause a lot of grief. We talk about why extreme perspectives on either side of the fence can be destructive, the deeper meaning behind current sex culture, and why we need to be mindful of what we are teaching the younger generations to come.When we peel back the curtain, we find that there are often deeper meanings behind our actions. So what influences these decisions and how can we learn from our past experiences?There’s a lot to unpack in this episode so let’s dig right in.---JOIN THE COMMUNITY:If you'd like to keep the conversation going, we want to invite you, our reckless listeners, to join The Reckless Community! Follow this link and ask to be a part!http://bit.ly/trp_community---CONNECT:Web: http://therecklesspursuit.com/Facebook: http://bit.ly/trp_fbYoutube: http://bit.ly/trp_youtubeTwitter: http://bit.ly/trp_twitterInstagram: http://bit.ly/trp_insta---ITINERANTEnjoy history, folklore, and campfire stories? Check out Cody’s podcast, Itinerant: Biblical History Beyond the Bible: http://itinerantpodcast.com---THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTERIf you are a woman looking to find your God-given purpose and let it loose, Elaine has a podcast for you. visit The Prodigal Daughter: http://theprodigaldaughter.com---30 min
- 128 - Announcing Spirituality Untamed (The power of a name)Listen to this week’s episode here: https://therecklesspursuit.com/episode128There is power in a name. A name can identify who you are. It can give you direction. But it can also hold you back.---There’s a lot of authority in a name. Throughout the Bible, God used a good name change to redirect someone’s life to help them push into their truer selves. Names carry authority and can push you forward, but a name you have outgrown can hold you back.This week, Elaine is sharing how she has decided to retire her previous platform named “The Prodigal Daughter” in favor of a new name that carries to her, a deeper and more fulfilling meaning, “Spirituality Untamed”. She shares how she invested over 6 years into The Prodigal Daughter and how she feels God leading her beyond the old name and into something fresh and new.But this episode isn’t just a promotion, this episode can help us move beyond the containers we place ourselves in. This conversation is about breaking free from old identities that no longer ring true to who we are: Whether that be s physical identifier like a name or more of a mindset. Either way, progress can be made or broken with something as simple as a name.---THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER - SOON TO BE SPIRITUALITY UNTAMED!If you are a woman looking to find your God-given purpose and let it loose, Elaine has a podcast for you. visit The Prodigal Daughter: http://theprodigaldaughter.com---JOIN THE COMMUNITY:If you'd like to keep the conversation going, we want to invite you, our reckless listeners, to join The Reckless Community! Follow this link and ask to be a part!http://bit.ly/trp_community---CONNECT:Web: http://therecklesspursuit.com/Facebook: http://bit.ly/trp_fbYoutube: http://bit.ly/trp_youtubeTwitter: http://bit.ly/trp_twitterInstagram: http://bit.ly/trp_insta---ITINERANTEnjoy history, folklore, and campfire stories? Check out Cody’s podcast, Itinerant: Biblical History Beyond the Bible: http://itinerantpodcast.com---27 min
- 127 - Junk Food Jesus: Overcoming the Addiction of Over-Saturated FaithWhat do Walmart, the Holy Spirit, Clones, Protesters, and a shopping cart with a go-pro all have in common? They all were a part of a strangely spiritual experience we recently had.---It’s easy to get cynical against things we have commonly talked about in church. It is also easy for us to get caught up obsessing over something so much that it loses its flavor. Both of these tend to be the extremes we lean towards when dealing with hearing the voice or listening to the spirit of God.So many times we used to walk away from church feeling like we either A: had a great service because the music was right, the songs were on key, and the emotional tension was as thick as morning fog after a rainy night, or B: Felt like God was so far away because we weren’t really into it today. This is because we oversaturate our God-time with experiences. Just like how we overconsume sugar, we become numb to the spiritual moments around us because we can no longer taste the subtleties of God in the more mundane moments.This week we set out to talk about changing life experiences and spiritual growth but soon found ourselves deep in the conversation of listening to God and the validity of discernment. We talk about spiritual warfare, spiritual atmosphere, and picking up on the subtle cues God has given us the ability to detect. This is a wacky and wild episode that we are convinced will help you understand you’re connecting to Christ in a new way no matter what side of the church wold you currently sit on.---JOIN THE COMMUNITY:If you'd like to keep the conversation going, we want to invite you, our reckless listeners, to join The Reckless Community! Follow this link and ask to be a part!http://bit.ly/trp_community---CONNECT:Web: http://therecklesspursuit.com/Facebook: http://bit.ly/trp_fbYoutube: http://bit.ly/trp_youtubeTwitter: http://bit.ly/trp_twitterInstagram: http://bit.ly/trp_insta---ITINERANTEnjoy history, folklore, and campfire stories? Check out Cody’s podcast, Itinerant: Biblical History Beyond the Bible: http://itinerantpodcast.com---THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTERIf you are a woman looking to find your God-given purpose and let it loose, Elaine has a podcast for you. visit The Prodigal Daughter: http://theprodigaldaughter.com---36 min
- 126 - Social Distancing Online (Protecting your spiritual health online)Did you know social distancing is effective online at preventing the spread of anger, frustration, and an overall crappy day?---Social Distancing is the buzzword of 2020. We should all be aware by now how standing a bit further apart and limiting large gatherings helps reduce the spread of harmful diseases. But with so many people turning to social media to get their daily fix, the atmosphere online has gotten pretty smoggy, to say the least. Add in a looming election and it doesn’t take long to end up in a screaming match via the world wide web.This is why we here at The Reckless Pursuit advise a good, healthy dose of social distancing online as well! It’s amazing how a little time off Facebook changes how you can view those friends who currently just don’t see eye to eye. The amount of peace and joy that can come up in us when we don’t feel like we have to constantly be on guard is more needed, especially now, than we probably even realize.This episode, we took a walk around our campsite and just dumped our feelings in a quick debriefing on why we feel getting off or limiting social media can be a life-giving thing amidst such a politically polarized and otherwise intense time.Yes, everyone’s voice matters, but why waist that voice on those who’s ears are not yet ready to hear? We need to invest our mental and spiritual energy wisely to grow together in love.---JOIN THE COMMUNITY:If you'd like to keep the conversation going, we want to invite you, our reckless listeners, to join The Reckless Community! Follow this link and ask to be a part!http://bit.ly/trp_community---CONNECT:Web: http://therecklesspursuit.com/Facebook: http://bit.ly/trp_fbYoutube: http://bit.ly/trp_youtubeTwitter: http://bit.ly/trp_twitterInstagram: http://bit.ly/trp_insta---ITINERANTEnjoy history, folklore, and campfire stories? Check out Cody’s podcast, Itinerant: Biblical History Beyond the Bible: http://itinerantpodcast.com---THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTERIf you are a woman looking to find your God-given purpose and let it loose, Elaine has a podcast for you. visit The Prodigal Daughter: http://theprodigaldaughter.com---20 min
- 125 - Christianity and the Tao Te Ching (With Corey Farr)What can Christians learn from reading the Tao Te Ching? And how can this writing assist us in deconstruction?---It is truly amazing how the more we begin to study other religions, spiritual practices, and philosophies, how much of what they teach begins to overlap with the teachings of Christ. And as we begin to go through or progress further down our spiritual journey, picking up these little nuggets of wisdom help to teach us the truths of God’s creation in a whole new way. Sometimes, when we hear a philosophy taught in a different light it helps us understand these universal truths in a new way.This week, Corey Farr, host of the podcast, “A Christian Reads the Tao Te Ching” joins us to share an introduction into what he has learned as he has explored Taoism, as well as how we can apply some of these truths to our walk with Christ. Corey has taken the time to pan through numerous translations to offer up his perspective of these truths and shares how by finding, reading, and studying the Tao Te Ching, his relationship and faith in Christ have grown stronger.---This week we talked about:* The Parallels between Christianity and the Tao The Ching (sp)* Hearing from God* The Non Dualistic thinking of life* holding your desires “loosely”* cataphatic vs apophatic theology* Realizing that you cannot control your circumstances, only how you react to them* striving for a presence of peace by being mentally presentGUEST INFO:Correy Farr: I'm a seminary graduate, a Christian Anarchist, a writer, a poet, a songwriter, and a wannabe author. I live and work with Syrian orphans in the Middle East. I also run a podcast, "A Christian Reads the Tao te Ching," which you can find in the menu bar.Website: https://www.coreyfarr.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoreyFarrMusic/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreyfarrmusic/Twitter: https://twitter.com/realCoreyFarrSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2IeXejHIBCiZMIxgMca71q---JOIN THE COMMUNITY:If you'd like to keep the conversation going, we want to invite you, our reckless listeners, to join The Reckless Community! Follow this link and ask to be a part!http://bit.ly/trp_community---CONNECT:Web: http://therecklesspursuit.com/Facebook: http://bit.ly/trp_fbYoutube: http://bit.ly/trp_youtubeTwitter: http://bit.ly/trp_twitterInstagram: http://bit.ly/trp_insta---ITINERANTEnjoy history, folklore, and campfire stories? Check out Cody’s podcast, Itinerant: Biblical History Beyond the Bible: http://itinerantpodcast.com---THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTERIf you are a woman looking to find your God-given purpose and let it loose, Elaine has a podcast for you. visit The Prodigal Daughter: http://theprodigaldaughter.com---1 hr 1 min
- 124 - Prayer is for you more than GodPrayer isn’t a magical fix to a situation but it is a great tool to help get us in the right headspace.---Have you ever prayed for God’s protection? Maybe you have asked for guidance or wisdom? Have you ever felt as if that prayer wasn’t answered?Many of us have been taught that God “sometimes doesn’t answer our prayers because He has something better in mind”. Or “God knows what we need more than we do” so he blatantly ignores our requests. And while there very well may be some kind of truth to God knowing best and such, that just seems like a cute way to gloss over a glaring hole in our theology.This week, we had a super short but impactful conversation about what prayer is, God answering prayers, wisdom, guidance, and not dying from carbon monoxide. No, seriously.This week we talked about:If God Answers prayersHonoring the God Wisdom in usUsing prayer as a mental checkpoint of preparationHow positivity cultivates an atmosphere for things to go well/improve---JOIN THE COMMUNITY:If you'd like to keep the conversation going, we want to invite you, our reckless listeners, to join The Reckless Community! Follow this link and ask to be a part!http://bit.ly/trp_community---CONNECT:Web: http://therecklesspursuit.com/Facebook: http://bit.ly/trp_fbYoutube: http://bit.ly/trp_youtubeTwitter: http://bit.ly/trp_twitterInstagram: http://bit.ly/trp_insta---ITINERANTEnjoy history, folklore, and campfire stories? Check out Cody’s podcast, Itinerant: Biblical History Beyond the Bible: http://itinerantpodcast.com---THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTERIf you are a woman looking to find your God-given purpose and let it loose, Elaine has a podcast for you. visit The Prodigal Daughter: http://theprodigaldaughter.com---19 min
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A Safe Place for Christians to Ask Unsafe Questions -
We are for the spiritual nomads, the outcasts, and the ones who desire to ask the hard questions. A shelter in the desert, a safe place to share our thoughts, our hopes, and our dreams. We are pursuing the Truth and we don’t care about the consequences. We invite you to come and sit at our table and be a part of our tribe. We are brave. we are bold. We are, The Reckless Pursuit.