Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker
By Amy Julia Becker
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A podcast about reimagining the good life through the lens of disability, faith, and culture. Host Amy Julia Becker interviews guests in conversations that challenge assumptions about the good life, proclaim the inherent belovedness of every human being, and help us envision a world of belonging.
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When God Feels Absent: How Faith Makes Room for Doubt and Hope with Christian Wiman
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Love, Guilt, and Care: A Sibling’s Disability Story with Brian Trapp
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Who Counts as Human? with Brian Brock, PhD
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Why Forgiveness Isn’t the First Step with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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Who Gets to Tell the Story? Disability, Hollywood, and Family with Craig Thomas
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Racism, Greed, and the Good Life with Malcolm Foley, PhD
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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The Life You Planned vs. the Life You Got with Karen Swallow Prior, PhD
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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The R-Word and the Language of Disability with Christina Cipriano, PhD
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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The Spirituality of Weariness with Tish Harrison Warren
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May 26, 2026 |
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How to Design a More Human World with Sara Hendren
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May 19, 2026 |
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Reimagining the Good Life - What's Next?
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May 12, 2026 |
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[Take the Next Step] Ep 12 • When Special Education Works with Adrian Wood
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Culture Care, not Culture War with Makoto Fujimura
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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How the Civil Rights Generation Can Lead Us Out of the Culture War with Justin Giboney
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Why Ignoring the Body Never Works with Justin Whitmel Earley
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Christmas and the Hospitality of Need with Kevan Chandler
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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The World Is the Wrong Shape for Women with Leah Libresco Sargeant
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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How to Break the Self-Improvement Cycle with Sharon Hodde Miller
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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You Were Never Meant to Do It All with Kelly Kapic
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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When the Church Tries to Fix What God Calls Good with John Swinton
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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How Do You Know Your Calling? with Karen Swallow Prior
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Reimagining the Good Life: What's Coming This Season
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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[Take the Next Step] Ep 1 • Don’t Wait to Celebrate: Disability and Delight with Katherine Wolf
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Something New: Take the Next Step Podcast
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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The Lucky Few: Finding Delight and Belonging in Disability with Heather Avis
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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The Cost of Ambition with Miroslav Volf, PhD
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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The Myth of the Perfect Family—and the Truth of Love with Emily Hunter McGowin, PhD
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May 20, 2025 |
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RFK Jr., Autism, and the Story We Need Instead with Matthew Mooney
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May 06, 2025 |
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Why I Haven’t Sent My Kids to Church Camp with Cara Meredith
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Reimagining Family Life with Autism with Adrian Wood, PhD
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Want to Change Culture? Show Up With Care with Andy Crouch
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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What Solitude Gives Us After Catastrophe with Pico Iyer
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Americans & Foreign Aid: A Crisis of Compassion? with Dr. Matthew Loftus
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Why Religion Still Matters with Ross Douthat
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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The Myth of a Colorblind, Meritocratic Society with David M. Bailey
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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How to Talk About Disability with Carrie Hahn
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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The Discipline of Inspiration with Carey Wallace
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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The New Testament in Color with Esau McCaulley, Ph.D.
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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A Life Worth Living? Reimagining Life, Choice, and Disability with Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Ph.D.
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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How to Be Christian During Election Season with Corey Widmer, Ph.D.
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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The Measure of Intelligence with Pepper Stetler, Ph.D.
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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How Stories of Hope Empower Justice with Jemar Tisby, Ph.D.
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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What’s Normal? The Anthropology of Disability with Tom Pearson, Ph.D.
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Narrow Path, Spacious Life with Rich Villodas
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Introducing Season 8 of Reimagining the Good Life
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Exploring the Good Life with Meghan Sullivan, Ph.D.
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Chasing the Intact Mind with Amy Lutz, Ph.D.
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May 28, 2024 |
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Hope That Heals in a World That Hurts with Katherine Wolf
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May 14, 2024 |
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Bringing Politics Under the Power of Love with Michael Wear
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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How to Honor Limits in a World That Doesn’t with Micha Boyett
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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When Your Church and Political Group Turn on You with Nancy French
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Reimagining Church Leadership and Disability with Andrew Draper, Ph.D.
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Flannery O'Connor and the Prophetic Imagination with Jessica Hooten Wilson, Ph.D.
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Disability and the Language We Use with Andrew Leland
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Reimagining the Good Life
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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The Gifts of an Evolving Faith with Sarah Bessey
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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How Advent Resists the Culture Wars with Tish Harrison Warren
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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How to Become a Worry-Free Parent with Sissy Goff, LPC-MHSP
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Finding Hope in the Dark with Curt Thompson, MD
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Breaking Down Bias: Prenatal Diagnoses and Comprehensive Care with Stephanie Meredith
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Netflix's Down for Love with Robyn Paterson
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Anxiety: A Doorway to Your Best Self? with Curtis Chang
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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The Hope and Hurt of Being Black in America with Esau McCaulley, Ph.D.
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Introducing Season 7 of Love Is Stronger Than Fear
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Why Stories of Hope Subvert Racism with John Blake
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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A Good Life, A Good Death with Dr. Lydia Dugdale
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Strong Like Water with Aundi Kolber
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May 30, 2023 |
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Deconstruction and Rebuilding with Yolanda Pierce
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May 16, 2023 |
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Join the Work of Justice with Michelle Ferrigno Warren
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May 02, 2023 |
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Questions for a Life Worth Living with Matt Croasmun
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Enchantment in an Anxious Age with Katherine May
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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World Down Syndrome Day and Unexpected Gifts with Jillian Benfield
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Lessons for Healing in a World That’s Sick with Lyndsey Medford
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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How a Mystery Series Tells Black History with Patricia Raybon
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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How to Cultivate Racial Healing with David M. Bailey
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Chronic Pain’s Untold Story with Dr. Haider Warraich
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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How to Receive the Time We’re Given with Jen Pollock Michel
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Spiritual Timekeeping in a New Year with James K. A. Smith
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Christmas, When Church Lets You Down with Bekah McNeel
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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The Cost of Control with Sharon Hodde Miller
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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True Self, True Healing with Alison Cook
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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The Healing Work of Rest with Ruth Haley Barton
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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The Beauty of Life Together with Willie James Jennings
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Down Syndrome and Belonging with Heather Avis
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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A Curious Faith with Lore Ferguson Wilbert
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Good and Beautiful and Kind with Rich Villodas
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Introducing Season 6 of Love Is Stronger Than Fear
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Disability and the Speed of Love with Dr. John Swinton
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Becoming a Race-Wise Family with Helen Lee
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Disability Belongs in Church with Dr. Amy Kenny
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May 31, 2022 |
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Resting in a Restless World with Kate Rademacher
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May 17, 2022 |
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Living as a Person in a Technological World with Andy Crouch
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May 03, 2022 |
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The Role and the Limits of Medicine with Dr. Matthew Loftus
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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How to Cultivate Contentment with Niro Feliciano
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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To Be Made Well Conversation with Katherine Wolf, David Bailey, and Amy Julia
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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To Be Made Well: An Excerpt
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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The Beauty and Wounding of This Here Flesh with Cole Arthur Riley
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Practically Divine and the Presence of Love with Becca Stevens
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Racism: Can Learning History Bring Healing? with Lisa Sharon Harper
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Breaking Ground: Renewal in a Pandemic Year with Anne Snyder
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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How Kids Can Fight Racism with Dr. Jemar Tisby
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Returning to Dear White Peacemakers with Osheta Moore
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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What Disability Teaches Us About Health and Wholeness with Dr. Brian Brock
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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How the Indigenous New Testament Helps Us All with Terry Wildman
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Black Jesus, White Spaces, and Sacred Beauty with Danté Stewart
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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The Enneagram: A Tool for Healing with Suzanne Stabile
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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What’s So Controversial About Critical Race Theory? with David Bailey
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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The Spaciousness of Limits with Ashley Hales
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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God Has Something to Say About Privilege with Dominique Gilliard
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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How Disability Taught Me the Goodness of Vulnerability with Heather Lanier
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Introducing Season 5 of Love Is Stronger Than Fear
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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S4 E16 | Dear White Peacemakers with Osheta Moore
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May 04, 2021 |
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S4 E15 | Reparations: Imagining Ways to Repair and Restore with Duke Kwon and Greg Thompson
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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S4 E14 | Searching for Racial and Religious Identity as a Potawatomi Woman with Kaitlin Curtice
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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S4 E13 | Disability, Friendship House, and Interdependent Community with Matt Floding
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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S4 E12 | The White Church, Segregation, and Discipleship with David Swanson
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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S4 E11 | Making Art in a Broken World with Makoto Fujimura
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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S4 E10 | Why Christians Should Welcome Immigrants with Briana Stensrud
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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S4 E9 | Choosing Courage in a World Divided with Natasha Sistrunk Robinson and Raymond Chang
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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S4 E8 | How Love Rescued Me From the Streets with Dorris Walker-Taylor
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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S4 E7 | Are Christians Afraid to Talk About Racism? with Corey Widmer
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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S4 E6 | The Reunited States: Love Big Enough to Heal with Erin Leaverton
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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S4 E5 | Healing the Harm of White Evangelicalism with Kristin Du Mez
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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S4 E4 | Spiritual Practices That Heal with Rich Villodas
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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S4 E3 | How Brokenness Brings Healing with Katherine Wolf
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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S4 E2 | Where Is God When the Pain Won’t Stop? with Liuan Huska
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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S4 E1 | How Do We Fight Racism? with Jemar Tisby
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Season 4 | Head, Heart, Hands
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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S3 E20 | When Love Is Our Home, Healing Begins
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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S3 E19 | Loving Our Enemies in a Nation Divided with David Bailey
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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S3 E18 | American Politics, Power, and Human Flourishing with Andy Crouch
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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S3 E17 | How the Church Can Support School Reform with Nicole Baker Fulgham
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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S3 E16 | Normie: What is Normal Through the Lens of Down Syndrome with Annemarie Carrigan and Kurt Neale
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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S3 E15 | Who Belongs? Disability and the Built World with Sara Hendren
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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S3 E14 | The Astonishing Hope of a Mortal Life with Todd Billings
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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Bonus | What Is Privilege?
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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S3 E13 | Privilege, Wealth, and the Christ-Shaped Life with Paul Miller
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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S3 E12 | What Is Unjust About the Criminal Justice System with Dominique Gilliard
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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S3 E11 | The Black Church’s Gift to Christianity with Esau McCaulley
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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S3 E10 | Anxiety, Affluence, and Identity with Niro Feliciano
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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S3 E9 | How Jesus Overcomes the Barrier of Wealth with Marlena Graves
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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S3 E8 | Equality, Equity, and Education with Subira Gordon
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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S3 E7 | Conversations about Whiteness with Cara Meredith
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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On Vacation
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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S3 E6 | Now Is the Time for Justice with Jemar Tisby
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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S3 E5 | Why I Wrote White Picket Fences
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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S3 E4 | Challenging Comfort, Acknowledging Power, and Using Privilege with Natasha Robinson
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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S3 Bonus | Talking with Our Kids about Race, Justice, Love, and Privilege
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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S3 E3 | Our Different Stories Divide Us with Patricia Raybon
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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S3 E2 | Living into the Really Real with Micha Boyett
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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S3 E1 | Waking Up to Privilege with David Bailey
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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Season 3 Trailer: White Picket Fences
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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S2 Ep 112: Hope, Strength, and Contentment in the Midst of Civil Unrest
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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S2 Ep 111 Cultivating Peace in a Week of Protest
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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Bonus Episode: Hope and the Spiritual Imagination
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May 26, 2020 |
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S2 Ep 110 What to Do if You’re Feeling Hopeless
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May 19, 2020 |
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S2 Ep 109 How Love Brings Power in the Midst of Powerlessness
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May 12, 2020 |
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S2 Ep 108 Carrying Love Letters from God
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May 05, 2020 |
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Bonus Episode: Head Heart Hands Audiobook
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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S2 Ep 107 How My Daughter Convinced Me We Can Help Others in This Time of Need
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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S2 Ep 106 Where is God When People Suffer?
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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S2 Ep 105: COVID-19, Privilege, and What Keeps Us from Living in Love
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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S2 Ep 104: COVID-19, Holy Week, and Preparing for Suffering with Love
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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S2 Ep. 103 The Foundation is Shaking: Coronavirus and Living in Love
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Bonus Episode: A Three-Minute Invitation to Peace
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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S2 Ep. 102 Social Connection in a Time of Social Distance
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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S02 Ep. 101: A Global Pandemic, a Market Meltdown, No School, and the Bible
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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Race, Sex, Faith, and the Halftime Show
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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Head Heart Hands ebook
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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Jesus Came from A Dysfunctional Family
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Dec 26, 2019 |
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Merry Christmas
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Dec 25, 2019 |
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Birthday Party for Jesus
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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Light That Guides Us
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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Seeing The Darkness
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Dec 22, 2019 |
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Darkness and Light
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Dec 21, 2019 |
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Joy All Year Round
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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Light in The Darkness
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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Not Prepared
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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Ordinary Hard Stuff
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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George Bailey and the Secret to Being Content Part Two
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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George Bailey and the Secret to Being Content Part One
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Dec 15, 2019 |
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Love Hates
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Dec 14, 2019 |
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Being Elizabeth
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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When Mary Says “Oh Crap” to God
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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Shame and Glory
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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Anxiety and the Prince of Peace
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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Holy Questions
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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Hoping to Find Faith
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Dec 08, 2019 |
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Waiting
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Dec 07, 2019 |
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Somber Exile
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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The Importance of Gifts
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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Other Religions at Christmastime
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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Prepare Him Room
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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Hopes and Fears
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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Why Bodies Matter
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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An Introduction
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Nov 30, 2019 |
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Tis the Season for Stress
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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Season One Trailer: Prepare Him Room
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Nov 15, 2019 |