In episode 8 we continue our 4-part series covering 8 biblical ways to hear and know God's voice. This week our focus lies on circumstances and impressions as doorways to discernment. With insights from Tanya's new book, "Befriending God," we'll journey through the life of Moses and Joseph, uncovering how their experiences with God—marked by adversity and divine intervention—can inspire us to listen closely to the guidance offered through our own circumstances and Spirit-led inner knowings. We also discuss what it means to cultivate radical loyalty to God in prioritizing this transformative question, "What is God saying?" and contemplate the requirements and rewards of a cruciform life through which we fully surrender to the lordship of Christ.

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Surprise! We interrupt our regularly scheduled micro-series for a very special live Q&A from the Befriending God pre-release gathering on February 7th. Join Tanya and Redeeming The Story board member Hannah Wood as they dive into God as our permanent home, the invitation of prayer, a healthy theology of suffering and other important topics related to Tanya's new book releasing February 11th.

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Join us as we continue our 4-part series exploring 8 biblical ways God befriends us, intimately, here in a Post-Eden world. In this very special episode, we explore wonder through the artistry of God as revealed in nature and science.  We also contemplate the power of music to draw us into intimacy with God through specific songs and musical moments found in Exodus, Psalms, 2 Kings and Revelation.  God is the Original Artist, the first to make something beautiful out of absolutely nothing. Join us as we lean into spiritual and practical ways to embrace this truth and to befriend Him in intentional ways.

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Tanya's new book, Befriending God, releases February 11th. Order your copy here. 

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Join Tanya for a 4 part series chronicling 8 biblical ways God speaks and befriends us here in a transient, complex, Post-Eden world.  In this episode we contemplate what it means to abide in God as our permanent home.  Tanya also integrates a few choice excerpts from "Befriending God," releasing February 11th.  Pre-order physical copies/audio books here.

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In Episode 4 we explore the practicalities of discerning God's voice and aligning life with Philippians 3:14 even when it requires courageous faith.

The upside-down reality of God's kingdom is found in Jesus' words in Matthew 5. God loves the unlikely and frequently overshadows human power structures to prove the last is first in His heart.

In this episode Tanya shares family secrets and personal stories to this end. She also unveils an unlikely but beautiful development, 2 years in the making.

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In this episode Tanya unpacks a beautiful experience with God that took place on March 24th of this year, an experience that runs parallel to 2 Corinthians 3:18 and holds a wealth of spiritual gold for those navigating seasons of change. The stories and insight within this episode will serve as a foundation for an important, forthcoming announcement, 2 years in the making.

Season 2 begins with a biblical and personal exploration of the foundational role spiritual fathers and mothers play in the family of God and in our understanding of what it means to be re-parented by Him in a Post-Eden world. Tanya discusses how these experienced mentors are not meant to become idols but models of goodness, offering their lives as living pictures of what it means to befriend God intimately and to live a relationship-first life with Him here in a homesick world.

We culminate our special series of Advent reflections with Luke 2 as we contemplate the divinity and humanity of Emmanuel, God with us and celebrate the miracle of our Savior's birth.

Join us for our third Advent reflection as we contemplate Mary's Song and the reality of God's upside-down kingdom.