Radically accepting our circumstances? Sure. What other choice do we really have anyway? Radically accepting others? Ok. That's probably doable too.

What about radically accepting ourselves though? What about when we're the ones who caused someone else's pain? What about when we set things in motion that can never be reversed or repaired?

Join us today for the final installment of this series, as we engage in a conversation about how we can radically accept ourselves when we feel so unacceptable.

Episode 5: Digging in the Dark: Accepting God as God

This episode tackles the big question of how to accept God when He doesn’t seem to act acceptably?

Sound disrespectful? Heretical? If we avoid this question then we do ourselves a huge disservice.

With suffering being a part of the human experience, it only makes sense that we ask ourselves how we can learn to accept a God who so often feels unacceptable.

Join me as we dig in the dark to find out how, when we accept God as God, suffering is reduced and we find more room to really love.

Episode 4: Accepting the Unacceptable

Episode 4 digs into the hard stuff: abuse, infidelity, injustice, death. We explore how radical acceptance is an empowerment in the face of the unacceptable, using Brandt Jean as a case study. We ask ourselves the hard question: How do I accept the unacceptable?

Episode 3: Digging in the Dark: Does God Radically Accept?

Maybe you're on the fence about the practicality and, perhaps, even the morality of radical acceptance. I mean, doesn't this smack of New Age mumbo jumbo or some kind of pop-psychology sold to the masses to help them deal with existential angst?

The short answer to those questions is NO! This episode is all about exploring God's radical acceptance and how he provided it as a framework for followers of Christ. We'll take a look at key passages of scripture which demonstrate Christ's radical acceptance of others and of life on life's terms. Together, we'll hone in on one of the keys that makes radical acceptance not just possible, but preferable.

Episode 2: Digging in the Dark: How Can I Accept?

Radical acceptance, huh? Sounds nice but how is it:

-Workable?

-Practical?

-Possible?

Episode 2 illustrates how radical acceptance can be implemented on a daily basis in your life to reduce suffering and grow love. We dig in the dark of cancer and emotional abuse and come out with God's gold.

Episode 1: Digging in the Dark: Why Radical Acceptance?

Season 3 is LIVE and we're going deep, Gold Diggers! We're taking a look at the concept of Radical Acceptance. What is it? How does it help? What about those impossible-to-accept situations?

We begin in Episode 1 with the story of how my sister's cancer diagnosis thrust me into the journey of Radical Acceptance. Though the story is painful, we'll lean into it because it highlights how radical acceptance accomplishes what seems like the impossible -- reducing suffering and growing love.

Join me as we learn to dig in the dark this season, bravely looking for that gold that's shining in the most unacceptable circumstances.