With so many legit reasons to be hopeless, this last episode of Season 9 focuses on how finding the evidence of God's work in our lives helps us tap into the "super power of hope." Let's end this season being "married to amazement," in the words of poet Mary Oliver. In finding wonder once again, we find our hope resuscitated.
Read MoreHate is a buzzword of our cultural moment; one with which most of us do all we can to avoid association. Yet, hate continues to be an issue of the human heart, no matter how enlightened we think we become as individuals and as a society? Why? Simply put, hate serves as an energizing and creative force in protecting us from harm. Unforgiveness is rooted in hate and will give birth to full-fledged hatred if harbored. Today's episode focuses on why God invites us to forgive and what we have to gain if we do.
Read MoreWhen we find ourselves in the middle of a God-ordained, God-orchestrated -- or, at the very least a God-allowed -- circumstance that happens to also be terrifying, we rightfully ask: Dear God, what are you doing?
If God truly expects us to be able to live free from fear, which the Bible clearly indicates, then what is God doing when we are in the midst of situations in which fear is the only reasonable response? Tune into today’s episode in which we explore God’s invitation to us when we’re afraid.
Read MoreToday we finish our conversation with writer and teacher, Lisa Cooper, who converted to Catholicism after living most of her adult life as a pastor's wife in the charismatic Word of Faith tradition. Lisa discusses how, after her faith was left in tatters from spiritual abuse, God led her into the desert to become intimate with him. We look closely at what God might be doing when we feel we have nothing left of ourselves.
Read MoreToday we're in conversation with writer and teacher, Lisa Cooper, who converted to Catholicism after living as a pastor's wife in the charismatic Word of Faith tradition for most of her adult life. Lisa's story is filled with pain and joy, consolation and desolation as she tells of how God showed up in the most unlikely of places and in the darkest of times.
Read MoreThe Gold Digger Show marked a major milestone today as we celebrated 20k unique downloads! Join us for this intriguing episode as we enter into conversation with best-selling author and speaker, Katie Shugars, about her newly released book on the intersection of mental health and faith. Katie shares with us her experiences in finding God's work in the middle of the darkest moments of her life.
Read MoreDear God, what are you doing when I’m in profound seasons of suffering? When my will clashes with your will?
Drawing on Christ’s suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane, we explore how we are to live when God won’t take the cup of suffering from us prematurely.
Read MoreToday's episode is part two of a conversation with Loren Romeus -- writer, preacher, and Executive Director of the T & T Project. We discuss the Ravi Zacharias scandal as well as the controversial podcast chronicling Mark Driscoll's conduct as the pastor of now defunct Mars Hill in Seattle. We dig into the possibility that God is at work in these scandalous circumstances, digging new ground in the lives of His Church through the pain and discomfort of facing facts.
Read MoreWhen scandal hits the Church, as it seems to do so often, it's difficult to imagine any good that can come from the pain, humiliation, and brokenness of these situations. Recently, as the Ravi Zacharias scandal made headlines and the investigative podcast "The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill" gained a large audience, we are faced again with questions of why and how and what now?
Writer, Bible teacher, and Executive Director of the T & T Project, Loren Romeus, joins me for a two part interview in which we dig together for God's gold in the muck and mire of Church scandal.
Read MoreAs we make our way through these strange times, and as confusion over what's right and true mounts, we find ourselves asking: Dear God, what are you doing?
This season we will explore the value in uncertainty, the hope in catastrophe, and the solid foundations upon which we can stand in confusing times.
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