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Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Can you believe that next week is Christmas? Where did the time go? This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony cover Hulu's brand-new, 2020, Holiday original movie, Happiest Season! Join them as they take a deep dive into this beautiful, hilarious, heartwarming, and heart-wrenching love story focusing on a lesbian couple going home to spend the holidays with one of their conservative families. Listen as they celebrate the long overdo representation this movie provides for the LGBTQ+ community - something that should absolutely be normalized and happen far more often, both in and out of holiday movies - in addition to discussing the amazing cast that makes up this wonderfully dysfunctional family, talk about their favorite scenes and quotes, and defend Kristen Stewart as an actress while talking about a film they all really enjoyed which more than earns the place it ends up falling on their Christmas canon list. This a jam-packed episode that covers a lot of ground outside of our movie of the week as well, including:  Julia and her family landing themselves into quarantine just before Christmas Warner Bros.' announcement that they will be releasing their entire slate of 2021 films simultaneously on HBO Max and in theaters - and what this means for the future of the film industry All of the recent casting confirmations and rumors about Marvel's Spider-Man 3 (Home Dimension?) and what it says about the possible plot and the MCU overall.  Whether Julia and Anthony were Team Edward or Team Jacob fans during the heyday of the Twilight Saga Keanu Reeves and Schitt's Creek  GaryBlauman's/Matt Eurich's Question of the Week: "What is a non-Christmas song that you now associate with Christmas?" Anthony's Question of the Week posed to discuss Next Week: "What classic Christmas movies do you think are most poised to have a remake happen in our lifetimes?" And much, much, much more.  So settle in beside your Christmas tree with your favorite holiday beverage, sit back, and enjoy this fun episode which is one of Anthony's personal favorites of the show so far! Also, if you want to hear the elves of Tis the Podcast elsewhere this week, check out the following places: Today, Monday December 14th, you can hear Julia cover the Disney + Original Movie, Godmothered on NetfliXmas, with Holli and Scarlett! Tomorrow, Tuesday December 15th, you can hear Anthony cover the Season 3 Christmas episode of Step by Step, "Christmas Story", with Matt Eurich over on TGI Podcast! In addition, you can also hear Julia, Thom, and Anthony on tomorrow's edition of Todd Killian's Christmas Clatter Podcast where Julia, along with Gerry Davila of Totally Rad Christmas and friend of the pod, Michael Christelman, serve as judges as Thom, Anthony, and frequent guest and friend of the pod, April Ryley, duke it out in the second installment of the Merry Melee series! And speaking of April... ...Friday, December 18th, check your feeds of Tis the Podcast for a very special bonus episode of the show featuring April, who joins the host to discuss A Rugrats Chanukah in celebration of the final night of the Jewish Celebration!  Enjoy, everyone! *Note: This episode was recorded before Disney's Investor call on December 12th, in which they revealed tons of amazing Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars news that would have definitely been touched on in this episode had we recorded after this call. Keep your eyes on your Patreon feeds, however, because we have an episode centered on all of this news dropping sometime this week as well!*

The Cinemaholics are having an out of body experience covering the latest films this week, which include a new comedy horror starring Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton, from Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon. In addition to our main reviews, we briefly discuss some new shows we’ve been catching up on and ask the listeners what their favorite (and least favorite) Ron Howard movies are. Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Freaky Sunday 00:03:50 – Intro & Off-Topics 00:06:05 – Jon briefly talks about “Dash & Lily” Season 1, “The Mandalorian” Season 2, “Alex Rider” Season 1, “Inside Pixar” Season 1 00:16:00 – Will briefly talks about Wolfwalkers, Fireball, I Am Greta, Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You, S#!%house 00:27:50 – Listener feedback: Who should direct the inevitable Trump movie? Next Week: What are the best and worst Ron Howard movies? 00:36:35 – Freaky 01:00:10 – Ammonite 01:11:25 – Hillbilly Elegy 01:21:40 – Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey 01:34:35 – Fatman Intro music:  “Even More” by CrazyJaZz, Chill Select Links to what we mentioned on the show:  Check out our new Cinemaholics Merch! The “Swell” App, where you can leave a voice message for us to play on the podcast.  Ways to connect with us: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton, Abby Olcese Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Don’t forget to review and rate the show on Apple Podcasts Email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. You might just hear your email read on next week’s episode! Like Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter.  Check out our YouTube channel for show excerpts and bonus content   Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The core idea is that Nature, imaginative by necessity, has already solved many of the problems we today are grappling with: energy, food production, climate control, non-toxic chemistry, transportation, packaging, and a whole lot more. Animals, plants, and especially microbes are the consummate engineers. They have found what works, what is appropriate, and most importantly, what lasts here on Earth. However, we humans have only really woken up to this in the last 30 years. If we could only mobilise our consciousness (and media) at a global level, we would be both amazed and shocked to realize that the answers to our challenges are already embedded in nature, the same living super system that we too are deeply embedded in, except we have disconnected ourselves. Time to awaken and reconnect, to our great sustainer our planet and recognise that so much of the biota, have over millennia and eons have worked through phases of evolution to innovate the best conditions for life and the common future for this life.   In nature nothing exists alone. Rachel Carson Sam Stier: http://www.asknature.org Learn more about biomimicry in video: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs.html And print: http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/feb2008/id20080211_074559.htm   NEXT WEEK: What is the Soul?  Part Two With Bill Watson

Yes, yes, yes, we know: We live in a sex-saturated world. Move on, right?  Maybe. But is there something we can do about it? Do we simply have to endure the brokenness around us and within us, or can we take some Christ-following steps in the right direction? Our dear friend and newly minted author, Rachel Gilson, thinks we can. Her critical new book, Born Again This Way, not only tells the story of how she came to Christ at Yale through a stolen copy of Mere Christianity, but she unpacks how someone who experiences same-sex attraction can do the stumbly discipleship walk of daily surrender. One of our favorite pieces of her discipleship walk is how she learned to view our sex-saturated world through the lens of family. This is an important one, friends--I mean, siblings.  Highlights: “We kind of intuitively sense that a sibling relationship is a special kind of relationship: It has both really deep intimacy but is absolutely not erotic.” --Rachel Gilson “A lot of time what temptation does is it wants to pull away our focus from, 'God has given me gifts and opportunity to—with His Body—build His kingdom.' Temptation ends up being this big gospel waste.” --Rachel Gilson “Occasionally, you get this best friend situation where you turn inward like an ingrown toenail ... you end up pairing up in a way that shuts out the broader body. There is something about sibling-hood that reminds us we are a part of a family.” --Rachel Gilson Question of the Week for Next Week: What is your favorite sport to watch or to play?  (Are they the same or different?) Do the Next Thing: Get her book!! Here: https://www.amazon.com/Born-Again-This-Rachel-Gilson/dp/178498390X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=born+again+this+way&qid=1582809007&sr=8-2 Find Rachel's site here: https://rachelgilson.com Find her on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/RachelGilson Find more links and such here: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/seeing-friends-as-siblings/

Identity. Labels. Names. Who are you? God knows. No, not like, "Oh, only God knows," but like, He knows you. Knows us. Knows our true identity. Esther Fleece Allen, author of the new book, Your New Name: Saying Goodbye to Labels that Limit, is determined to help us know it, too. Her story is gripping, and her love for Jesus and people is palpable. Join us? Highlights: “If I don’t know who I am and who God names me, I will inevitably be redefined and renamed by the culture.” --Esther Fleece Allen “I was thirteen ... I probably should have gone into the foster care system. I didn’t know how to ask for help. I didn’t know what lament was. These families just recognized that I had a need. They recognized something was off, and they pursued me in that. God showed himself to me in that. One family bought me a car. One family paid for my gas money. One family paid for my prom dress so I could go to prom. On family paid for me to apply for colleges. This is what the Body of Christ looks like.” --Esther Fleece Allen “[Our labels] can be like a self-fulfilling prophecy: ‘I was orphaned, so I’ll never be loved. My own parents didn’t want me, so I’m not lovable.’ We start putting these walls around our heart, and we start decorating the walls. Suddenly, our lack becomes our identity instead of asking God for something new.” --Esther Fleece Allen Question of the Week for Next Week: What snack do you love that you get super judged for liking? Do the Next Thing: Esther's gorgeous book that made me sob? Find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Your-New-Name-Saying-Goodbye/dp/031034607X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1PP3JRQF8P3C6&keywords=esther+fleece+allen&qid=1582319804&sprefix=Esther+fleece%2Caps%2C179&sr=8-1 Find Esther's site here: http://estherfleece.com Find us on the ol' IG here: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/

Is anyone tired? Is anyone a tired leader? Author, teacher, and today's guest, Ruth Haley Barton, cares about you and the wellness of your soul (and so do we). But who is a leader? "If anybody is following you," Barton said, "then you are a leader and you need to pay attention to your leadership and the influence you are having on the world." This means stay-at-home parents, ministry leaders, people in the marketplace, and all of you with followers on the socials are leaders. We are tired as leaders, Ruth! She gets that, which is why we dove into how we can uplift our souls today on the podcast. Together, we explore signs to look for to see if we are edging on burnout, the effects of isolation, technology, and a lack of kindness in the world, and how women in 2020 may be feeling the pain more poignantly. (Are we?) Let's go, leaders. Highlights: “To have a place to go with God that is safe, that is restful, that enables us to experience the love of God especially for us ... we must cultivate that place with God or we will not survive." --Ruth Haley Barton "Leadership is a crucible. It changes you. You cannot be the same after you have been in leadership for 20 years." --Ruth Haley Barton "Our job [as healers] ... is to find ways to open up the channels for God to do what only God can do in those deepest places." --Ruth Haley Barton Question of the Week for Next Week: What reality TV show do you watch that you like to observe, but think, "Nope. Never could do that." Do the Next Thing: Find Ruth's leadership book here: https://www.amazon.com/Strengthening-Soul-Your-Leadership-Transforming/dp/083084645X/ref=dp_ob_title_bk Find her site here: https://www.ruthhaleybarton.com Check out that Transforming Center here: https://transformingcenter.org Find us on the ol' IG here: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/

Oh, guys. We went to town on this one. David Bennett, a former atheist gay activist turned Christian apologist, came back to the HIMH podcast for the second time and turned. It. Up.  We talked about why in the world gay/straight/everyone needs to engage this sexuality conversation, the “slippery slope” of universalism, debating people on the internet, and how to practically love our friends who disagree with us with genuine love and gentleness. Listen to all the grit and the glory, and then … how about we start a revival after, yeah? This, in our humble opinion, is not one to miss. Highlights: “I’ve never really recovered from the power of that [conversion] experience. It’s defined my life. It’s taught me how much I am loved. It’s taught me how much I fail and how much that is okay—not because failure is okay—but because God’s grace and strength is manifest in it and it can be redeemed. That frees your heart.” —David Bennett “This isn’t just an abstract question. This isn’t just a theological question. This is about people’s stories— people’s real heart difficulties. [Hearing them] healed me. There is this deep identification I could have with [an affirming friend’s] humanity even if I disagreed with her conclusion.” —David Bennett “I have been so transformed [by God’s love] that to compromise on any level is just not an option for me.” —David Bennett Question of the Week for Next Week: What country has your heart—besides the one you live in? Why? Do the Next Thing: Find David's book A War of Loves here: https://www.amazon.com/War-Loves-Unexpected-Activist-Discovering/dp/0310538106 Find David on the ol' FB here: https://www.facebook.com/dacbennett Read that First Things article we mentioned here: https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/01/a-strange-split-in-the-umc?fbclid=IwAR13v6kiGyVqSvNteJJW9QN68JYwGB0m9W2nPN4i9e88caPS0xm47eInVW4 Hit us up to talk about how we can serve your team here: https://lauriekrieg.com/speaking/

Anyone relate to thinking that life will be x, but then it’s not even y … it ends up being q? Or t? Or 27? How do we deal with these unmet expectations besides throwing clichés and sprinkling a lil’ Jesus on it? Author, teacher, and broadcaster Sheridan Voysey offers zero clichés and all real-life learning how to suffer well with his own version of facing “When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned.” Get it, fam.

Bestselling author and pastor David Platt rocks. He navigated our interview with humility and courage. Not only did he open up his heart and journals with us about his new book 'Something Needs to Change' (and how he went from writing "coldhearted" sermons about poverty and sex trafficking to weeping about them both), but he also encouraged us and leaders everywhere not to sit down when it comes to engaging culture's urgent challenging questions about sexuality. Hear his humble exhortation with us today on the podcast. Highlights: "If I preach the whole counsel of God but ignore the areas in which the Devil is at that moment attacking in the culture around me, then I am not faithfully confessing Christ--no matter how much other stuff I may say." --David Platt "You go up to people on these trails and you say, 'What do you know about Jesus?' And they say, 'Who is that?' --like you're talking about someone in their village that they've never met." --David Platt "I wrote a sermon on the plane on the way over there talking about poverty and trafficking. I wrote it from this frighteningly coldhearted perspective. Apparently, it's possible to know a bunch of facts and even know the Bible ... and totally be unaffected by these things." --David Platt Question of the Week for Next Week: What is your spiritual gift? Do the Next Thing: David's book Something Needs to Change ? Find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Something-Needs-Change-Count-Urgent/dp/0735291411 That sermon he gave on God's design for sexuality? Find it here: https://radical.net/sermon/sexuality-in-our-culture-an-open-door-for-the-gospel/ That Christianity Today article highlighting one of David's favorite moments in the book? Find it here: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/september-web-only/david-platt-something-needs-change-remote-mountainside.html?fbclid=IwAR1IYYCZp4rP-C6kN0eWuYfh4_pnoDSgvEQ4QfKdunP2xfMHTWyJo1zkDWM That Journey Well Study? Find it here (Use offer code PODCAST to get both the videos and book for $19.99 only until Jan 31!): https://lauriekrieg.com/product/journey-well-study-explore-your-deepest-needs-and-how-to-meet-them/ For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/something-needs-to-change/

Maybe it's just us, maybe it's just our generation . . . maybe it's just this year? But it seems to us as if the vulnerable pursuit that comes with friendship can be extra challenging for some men. Can we get an a-men? (Ha...) Today, we invited some of our new friends, Sam and Blaine Eldredge (yes, the sons of John and Stasi), to help us better understand why friendships for men can be extra challenging. We talk about some intense (and fun) things, of course, including: What do are you nerdy about? Why don't many men pursue each other's hearts? (How can they?) How can men neither detach from the calling to be God's man nor stomp on others while falsely declaring themselves to be manly? Highlights: "Friendship is a characteristic activity of a whole heart." --Blaine Eldredge "When you interact with a man, whether they seem timid or brash--whether they seem they are going to stomp on you and carve their name in marble and build a mausoleum (or if they just want to hide and be alone in their garage with their hobby)--you are meeting different forms of brokenness and different forms of posing." --Sam Eldredge  "The story is not just: 'Men, be friends.' The story is: 'The restoration of all things is underway. You have a role to play. You will need people around you if you are going to walk out your role.'" --Blaine Eldredge "Find a few other men that you really want lasting friendship with and make their battles your battles. Truly take on that posture of  'When you go to war, I am going to war as well.' Whether that's for your kids, for your marriage, for your job, and even for your heart." --Sam Eldredge  Question of the Week for Next Week: What was the most memorable youth group game you ever witnessed (or endured)? Do the Next Thing: Find Sam and Blaine's site--including their podcast here: https://www.andsonsmagazine.com That Pause App their team developed? It's here: https://www.pauseapp.com That gender podcast with Tim Keller? Find it here: https://podcast.gospelinlife.com/e/marriage-as-completion-gender-roles-part-1/ Find us: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/ For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/why-male-friendships-are-challenging/

New year, new Hole in My Heart Podcast theme music, new website ... what else is new? Well, with all of this new, how about something old? Like throwback time? Matt and Laurie realized that there are many NEW listeners out there, and you might not know their stories. So, we deep-dive a bit into them. Matt talks about the heart of his journey with pornography addiction (and how he finally got set free from it), and Laurie talks about her discipleship journey with her version of broken sexuality. We also take your premarital questions. (Ya'll send us quite a few! We love them--any variety. Keep them coming!) We cover things like: "I'm not straight but dating someone who is. When should I share with them my story?" "How can you know if you're supposed to marry someone?" "How important is attraction in marriage?" Let's dive in, friends. (Thank you, Dr. Forest Wakeman at Calvin University for the sick beats!) Highlights: “I had been though seminary; I had my undergraduate in youth ministry. I knew all the head knowledge about God, but I had never really felt this soul-deep, heart-level, permeating knowledge that He loves me and that He desires me.” —Matt Krieg “Had I not gotten rid of everything—limited all access? A. I wouldn’t have had a detox from porn because it would have always been in my pocket. And, B. I would not have realized my issue wasn’t just porn. I was screen addicted … I was always looking to distract myself from myself.” —Matt Krieg “I found myself joyful. And filled—not every minute of every day, but even one out of twenty times seeking God—it was enough of a foretaste of what we will experience in eternity forever that I was like, ‘I’m in.’” —Laurie Krieg “It’s the heart stuff that often leads to physical [connection]. But even if it doesn’t. Can we give ourselves grace today? There’s not a scorecard for you guys or us. It’s just: Are you working on your metaphor?” —Laurie Krieg Question of the Week for Next Week: What are you nerdy about? (We are pushing that one forward to next week.)  Do the Next Thing: If you want to see a picture of the Heart Map we mention and those Core Needs? Here: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/matt-and-lauries-stories-rebooted-and-your-premarital-questions/ That Pause App Steve mentioned? Here: https://www.pauseapp.com Find the Journey Well Study and corresponding videos here! (Use that PODCAST code!): https://lauriekrieg.com/product/journey-well-study-explore-your-deepest-needs-and-how-to-meet-them/ If you just want to Amazon it, find it here! https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Well-Explore-Deepest-Needs/dp/1973679922/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TQXXUPVD1ECU&keywords=laurie+krieg+journey+well&qid=1578074188&sprefix=Laurie+Krieg%2Caps%2C185&sr=8-1

Guys. We wrote a study! And it's been published! I--Laurie--began writing this while I was walking out my discipleship journey with my mentor, Carolyn. I take the lessons she taught me, sprinkle additional ones God has brought me through over the years, and invite you to join me on the journey. We explore things like how to listen to God, lament, what to do with temptation, how to process shame, Core Needs, and lots more. This is literally the book I wish I had been able to walk through when I was wrestling the most with my sexuality. It is zero percent conversion therapy. It is all the gospel's good news for my version of broken sexuality, too. This study is meant to be done in mentorship pairs, groups, or on your own. If you have been wishing/hoping/praying for a tangible something disciple-y to do with someone or as someone who experiences broken sexuality similarly to the way I do, this is our gift to you. Practically, here is the gift I can offer you! FOR PODCAST LISTENERS starting now to the end of January 2020, order the book and videos on our site--using the code PODCAST, and get it all for $19.99. The episode today explores more of the how, why, and what of the book (with Matt interviewing me!). Thanks for caring about this decade-long work of my heart. Love you, guys. Highlights: “I said to God, ‘If I make it through this hell season . . . I’d love an opportunity to talk to even one other person who is even a half-step behind me.’ And I started writing.” --Laurie Krieg “This is not gay-to-straight sort of reparative therapy junk. This is: Can you walk into this third, middle, suffering-well path—with whatever version of broken sexuality you have--and can you encounter God there?" --Laurie Krieg "We Can. Not. Do. This. Without you. Ruthlessly eliminate sin in your life. Ruthlessly eliminate shame. Shred that. Start a group with your friends--whether it’s a Journey Well group or whatever ... Get in. Come shoulder-to-shoulder with us." --Laurie Krieg Question of the Week for Next Week: What are you nerdy about? Do the Next Thing: ​Find that book and corresponding videos here: https://www.himhministries.com/store/c4/All_Items.html ​If you just want to Amazon it, find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Well-Explore-Deepest-Needs/dp/1973679922/ Watch a one-minute preview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUWe0ADdZLU We gonna talk more about it on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/ For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/our-first-study/

Okay, guys. This one. I don't think we have ever been as surprised as we were with Kenneth Boa. He is a highly accomplished scholar, author, and teacher--with four degrees (and two doctoral degrees)--and good grief: When we asked him the questions we ask everyone (about when the gospel was first good news for him) we were floored. This guy came to Christ while on an LSD trip during the summer of love in the 1960s. Yep. You heard it here, guys. You have to listen to understand and believe how God did it. After recovering from our shock, we were surprised again: Ken is not just an academic guy with degrees and books littering his office; Ken is someone who is alert to the presence of God. Come sit with us, hear his left-turn gospel story, and learn practical ways to experience the presence of God. Highlights: "I have never regretted any act of obedience ... I have always, in the long run, regretted every act of disobedience." --Ken Boa "God stoops to conquer." --Ken Boa "What is normal in the Scriptures is not typical in this world." --Ken Boa "Intimacy energizes and animates activity." --Ken Boa "We used to work with a lot of hippies (it takes one to know one), but we never told them to get off drugs. We told them about Jesus. You will never get rid of something by trying to get rid of it. That's extinction. You'll never do it. Instead, you need replacement: Replace the inferior with a greater good.... Then, finding that, you'll realize that's what you were looking for all along." --Ken Boa ​ Question of the Week for Next Week: What was your word for 2019--if you had one? How did it go? ​ Do the Next Thing: ​Find Kenneth's book, Life in the Presence of God: Practices for Living in Light of Eternity here: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Presence-God-Practices-Eternity/dp/083084516X Check out Kenneth's blog with all of his resources (including that app he mentioned!) here: https://kenboa.org Find us and/or answer that question of the week here: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/ For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/practically-living-life-in-the-presence-of-god/

Talking about walking away from toxic people can feel like a too-challenging (and maybe unbiblical?) conversation. But, shoot: Relationship expert and author, Gary Thomas, convinced us through his latest book and this interview that knowing when to walk away from toxic people is a critical practice for Christians. Jesus walked away from toxic people (or let them walk away from Him), and we should to ... for the sake of the Kingdom. Why? How? We dive in with Gary, and explore toxic discipleship, marriages, friendships, and the most critical one for us: how we can stop being toxic to ourselves. Highlights: "Throughout Jesus’ life and ministry, He would share the truth (generously and in a relevant way) with compassion and empathy. He loved those people. But if they didn’t receive it? He would find someone else who did. He walked away." --Gary Thomas "Most of us, if we are healthy, we want a peaceful work environment. That’s boring to a toxic person. We want a mutually encouraging marriage where we support each other. That’s boring to a toxic person. We like the thought of a church pursuing a mission of reaching the lost and helping people recover from issues. That’s boring to a toxic person. A toxic person *has* to engage in conflict." --Gary Thomas "Jesus chose his disciples and so should we." --Gary Thomas “When I make myself the hero of my life and somebody treats me in a toxic way, I’m tempted to hate them: ‘How dare you challenge my role of being hero!' Or, I’ll disappoint myself: I’ll sin. I won’t respond with compassion. Because 'I’m supposed to be my own hero,' I will *hate myself* for not living up to my highest ideals. I [am only free] when I realize, ‘There is only one hero in the Bible and that’s Jesus.’” --Gary Thomas Question of the Week for Next Week: What really helps you focus on Jesus at Christmas? ​ Do the Next Thing: ​Find Gary's book, When to Walk Away: Finding Freedom From Toxic People ​here: https://whentowalkawaybook.com Gary's blog--full of resources? Here: http://www.garythomas.com Find that paradigm-shifting marriage book he mentioned here: https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Marriage-What-Designed-Happy/dp/0310337372/ref=asc_df_0310337372/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=266120610675&hvpos=1o5&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16592071947124123508&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9017525&hvtargid=pla-433666903382&psc=1 Answer that Question of the Week or find us on our HIMH Podcast FB Page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/himhpodcast/?ref=bookmarks For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/when-to-walk-away/

Guys? We got some big changes coming to Hole in My Heart Ministries, and we are excited to share them with you today. In addition to the changes, we are exploring a couple of your questions with some answers: Why does marriage have to be between one man and one woman? (We share our top three--well, four--favorite reasons.) How do we walk with and speak truth to a believer who believes a same-sex, romantic relationship is right for them? (We offer some specific help.) Let's dig in! Highlights: "You guys didn't assume the 'Why marriage?' question. That's what's been really unique about learning this stuff together with you: You dared to ask that question." --Steve "Matt is so different from me to represent how God is so different from us--and yet he wants to marry us! That's bananas! It's not cosmic joke. That's beautiful cosmic design. That's worth dying to yourself for." --Laurie "With these questions there is always a sense we need to call them away from what they are doing. 'I need to somehow convince them that that is the wrong the to do.' Honestly? That's a theology of 'no.' ... Your job as the friend is *not* to have them say 'no' to this thing over here, but say, 'How can we more and more and more say 'yes' to God?' --Matt ​ Question of the Week for Next Week: What is the most annoying sound? Do the Next Thing: ​Read Preston Sprinkle's People to Be Loved to learn more about why God's design for marriage is between a man and a woman: https://www.amazon.com/People-Be-Loved-Homosexuality-Issue/dp/0310519659/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AKF738G5TPDB&keywords=people+to+be+loved+preston+sprinkle&qid=1574782964&sprefix=people+to+be+loved%2Caps%2C178&sr=8-1 We refer to this pastoral paper a few times on the episode: https://www.centerforfaith.com/resources/pastoral-papers/05-15-affirming-arguments-and-15-responses To hear more about the changes, read it on the podcast episode page: https://www.himhministries.com/blog/episode-102-ministry-update-and-q-a-with-matt-laurie To follow all of our shenanigans, find us here on IG: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/ For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/ministry-update-and-q-a-with-matt-laurie/

God puts a dream inside of all of us. Wait. Does He? How does that work? And how do you know if it is a selfish one or something that is literally from Him? And what about those of us who feel like expendable folks--with "worthless" or no dreams? Lauren Chandler, wife to Matt Chandler (yes, that Matt Chandler), and mother of three, is a worship leader, author, and helper of us in this conversation about how can we balance our dreams with God's desires. It's a poignant interview that includes God taking a starry-eyed Lauren through an addiction group (Celebrate Recovery) to help her see her life (and dreams) are all about Jesus. Join us. Highlights: "We are always going to be a worse version of somebody else. We are meant to be original. Ourselves." --Lauren Chandler "Here I was, the pastor's wife--young, but still the pastor's wife--and I am sitting in my seat [at Celebrate Recovery], and my heart is pounding in my chest. They offered this chip of surrender ... You could not have kept me from running up there." --Lauren Chandler "I started to *see the people* instead of being the *focus of the people.*" --Lauren Chandler "I think the way you can tell if your dream is God's dream is: are you willing to be open-handed with it?" --Lauren Chandler "I believe there is going to be is something special for those people who did things in obscurity--where no one has ever heard their name." --Lauren Chandler Do the Next Thing: Check out Lauren's site (and find that children's book we talk about)here: https://laurenchandler.com Find her on IG (her fave social) here: https://www.instagram.com/laurenchandler/ Question of the Week for Next Week: What is your favorite part of the Thanksgiving feast? (Or another near holiday if you are not from the States?) Email podcast@lauriekrieg.com or hit us up on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/ For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/exchanging-our-dreams-for-gods-desires/

Many people abuse hearing from God. But just because they misuse the process, does it mean we shouldn't engage? Jim Samra, someone who literally wrote the book about it, helps us to think about how we can wisely approach listening to God. (And that book title is pretty funny: 'God Told Me: Who to Marry, Where to Work, Which Car to Buy ... And I'm Pretty Sure I'm Not Crazy.') Jim also guides us through questions such as, "How mature do you have to be to hear from God?" "What if you are living in sin--does God still speak to you?" "How does the Bible interact with this process?" "Can and should we pray for a spouse?" We loved this one. Highlights: "There are lot of people who abuse this idea: They are going to use the 'God told me' or 'God speaking to me' language just to masquerade for the things they actually want to do." --Jim Samra "If I just had one or two points to get across, it'd be one: God loves you, and two: the burden of communication is on Him." --Jim Samra "Take the example of voice recognition software ... you are training it to recognize your voice. The Bible is the Word of God--meaning this is what God's voice sounds like. The more time you spend with the Bible, the more you are trained, 'This is what God says.'" --Jim Samra "If you're going to wait until you're holy enough to hear from God--that's just not how it works ... While you are *still wrestling with sanctification* God still speaks to you.... Just give Him a chance." --Jim Samra ​ Do the Next Thing: Find Jim and Lisa Samra's website here: www.olivesandcoffee.com Jim's book on listening to God? Find it here: https://www.amazon.com/God-Told-Me-Marry-Pretty/dp/0801014115/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=god+told+me+Jim+samra&qid=1573850946&sr=8-1 Question of the Week for Next Week: What did you want to be when you grew up—when you were 5-8 years old? Email podcast@lauriekrieg.com, or find Laurie Krieg on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/ For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/how-to-hear-god/

This is another episode where if we could pay you to listen to it, we would. We believe it is that important. Heather was born female, but in her young twenties, fully socially transitioned to male. Now, she is again living as her born-female self, and is running toward Jesus. How did this happen? You know, for all the conversations we have about gender/sexuality/etc., it's funny that we keep waiting for the answer to, "How did this happen?" to be something other than the gospel. Something other than learning how to suffer well alongside each other. Something other than surrendering idols and learning to experience God. But it isn't. The good news of the the gospel is it is good news for everyone and everyone's pain. So, the answer to "How did this happen?" once again is the gospel. Listen to another version of *specifically how* the gospel is good news for everyone every day alongside us today. ​Highlights: "There are people in my life that didn't call me by name for two years, and by extension, didn't use a pronoun when referring to me ... How can you expect to have any trust or relational equity built if you are not even willing to refer to someone in a way that distinguishes them as human?" --Heather Skriba "I didn't know how to let God into the painful, hurting, and dark places of my heart--not just gender-- but anxiety, codependency, insecurity, and self hatred. I didn't know how to access the heart of God in those places ... I think that is something that is really missing from a lot of relationships when people try to walk with LGBT people and LGBT Christians." --Heather Skriba "So often for trans guys, surgery is looked at as, 'This is the thing that is going to make everything else okay.' ... But I remember the first time I looked down at my chest, and I had this sinking feeling of, 'This is not what I was hoping it would be. I mean, it's good, but this is surface level ... This was supposed to be *it,* and it's not." --Heather Skriba Do the Next Thing: Heather works with our friend Ty at Walls Down Ministries. Find it here: www.wallsdown.org Heather also recommends www.theallendercenter.org and Ransomed Heart www.ransomedheart.com that have helped her on her journey. (She also recommended us, but, we don't need to refer you to us, but we are grateful for the shout out. :) ) You want to talk with Heather? Hit us up, and we will connect you at podcast@lauriekrieg.com Question of the Week for Next Week: What is your current life song? What song describes the season of life you are having (or day you are having)? Email podcast@lauriekrieg.com or find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/ For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/a-gender-conversation-part-2/

This is another one of those episodes seeking to answer questions we receive often: At what age do we start talking with our kids about sexuality? How do we do it, exactly? What about gender stuff? How do we help alleviate some of the blurring of the lines that is going on with gender these days--without holding onto stereotypes? Who better to help us out than author and teacher, Dannah Gresh? She has been in the ministry of educating young people regarding sexuality for many years. (And if you think she is speaking old-school purity movement stuff, think again. This woman is on fire, and is ready to preach the holistic good news of the gospel for our sexuality in 2019, 2020 and beyond.) Let's dive in again to this critical conversation with grace, truth, and love. Highlights: "Marriage and sex is a picture of the gospel. It tells us that story from Genesis to Revelation. … How motivated do you think Satan is to see that destroyed in your life ... [and] destroyed in our children’s lives?" --Dannah Gresh "Our worldview is established by our 13th or 14th birthday. If you wait until then to talk to kids about sex? Woah. You have missed the boat. Meanwhile, their ears have been hearing all of these other sexual messages, and your silence has just become a megaphone to the world’s lies." ​--Dannah Gresh “In the Bible there is not one place *ever* where the formal education of moral belief is ever assigned to anyone but parents ... You cannot phone this thing in. Moral development is assigned to you.” --Dannah Gresh Do the Next Thing: Watch Dannah's TED talk, "The Walk of Fame or the Walk of Shame": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C24CmKxRPdQ Check out Dannah's site here: https://dannahgresh.com Dannah has a master class she teaches on these things with her husband. Find it here: https://dannahgresh.com/masterclass/ Question of the Week for Next Week: What is something that makes you laugh the most these days? Email podcast@lauriekrieg.com join the HIMH Podcast FB page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/himhpodcast/?ref=bookmarks or find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/ For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/talking-sexuality-with-our-kids/

The purpose of this podcast is to "explore how the gospel is good news for everyone every day." Most often, we talk about how the gospel relates to sexuality/gender (as those conversations have been neglected for too long in the Church), however part of the good news of the gospel is it eliminates walls and barriers between people—racial barriers included. Our friend, Kinita Schripsema, helps us to launch into this conversation from a place we need to start: the heart. Kinita was kind enough to let us ask many dumb questions (although she was gracious to not call them dumb!) in order to get to a place where we can speak heart to heart. This is an important one. Highlights: "All of us in human race want not only to belong, but we want unity, acceptance, authenticity and freedom. If that is the common ground, when we are aware of what our cultural bent is, we are then able to see the other person as a human and for their heart--not their skin color." --Kinita Schripsema "It's really crucial we all take a step back and allow grace in this space. The only way we can actually do that in each of our stories is if we have done our own personal work of forgiveness [and] our own internal work of reconciliation." --Kinita Schripsema ​"It's not okay for us to say within the context of our church, 'But we are united in Christ, right?' You can say that but I sure hope you're being inclusive. I sure hope you're embracing and *walking with,* and *most crucially* stepping into the mess with people." --Kinita Schripsema Do the Next Thing: Interested in learning more about Kinita and her work? Here is her site: https://seemaglobalconsulting.com Her Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SeemaGlobalConsulting/ And Her book: Dan Allender is doing a great podcast series right now on "Becoming an Anti-Racist." It's a great next step: https://theallendercenter.org/2019/10/becoming-anti-racist-1/ Latasha Morrison's new book is another great step: https://latashamorrison.com Question of the Week for Next Week: What do you have duct-taped together now? Email podcast@lauriekrieg.com, find us on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/ For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/the-heart-of-racial-reconciliation/

We get a decent amount of questions about how to engage healthy friendship (and touch) as single people. So, we asked one of our dear single friends, Meg Baatz, to help us navigate some more of this friendship quagmire. Some of the questions we explored include: What is the difference between finding community as a single person or as a married person? What is Meg's journey with finding community? Why are people so awkward when it comes to being friends with people of the same sex (if those people experience attractions toward the same sex)? How can we all be friends? How can we engage healthy touch with our friends? Dive in with us today at the podcast table. Highlights: "I knew [community living] would be hard. I knew it wouldn't solve all of my relational needs. I knew marriage wouldn't [either]. I knew trying to find the right *people* can be the same pitfall as trying to find the right *person.*" --Meg Baatz "I can desire to have the majority of my relational or emotional needs met from women rather than from God first and then from women ... [But] it's easy to go one extreme or the other: 'I have this really deep need for relational with women.' Or 'Oh, no! I don't want to idolize my friendships, and so I'm going to retreat out of fear or shame.'" --Meg Baatz "I think we can be ashamed of and afraid of our limits [with physical touch]. Instead we need to accept them ... and say, 'How can I honor myself as someone who God loves while loving and respecting other people through the boundaries I set up?'" --Meg Baatz Do the Next Thing: Check out Meg's organization she works for, Lead Them Home, here: https://www.leadthemhome.org Dive into Meg's personal site here: https://blog.megbaatz.com Question of the Week for Next Week: What "stupid human" trick can you do? (Roll your tongue, shake your eyes, do some random dance move...?) Email podcast@lauriekrieg.com or find us on Instagram to answer: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/ For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/healthy-community-and-touch-as-a-single-person/

This interview kicked our tails. Do you know what to do when you encounter someone who is experiencing homelessness? We thought we did ... sort of? Give them a few bucks? Offer a pack of things you have ready in your car? Pray with them? Terence Lester, activist, speaker, and author of I See You: How Love Opens Our Eyes to Invisible People, ​helps us practically navigate how we can better see people experiencing poverty and homelessness and thereby learn a lesson on how we can really see everyone. Highlights: "We are all poor in some way. When we understand that (when we understand what God has done for us) it creates a bridge that we can walk over and show our brother and sister, who may be living on the street and experiencing hardship, the same type of love that we would want and have received from our God." --Terence Lester "The best phrases in the New Testament are 'Jesus saw.' Not only did He see people, but He became proximate to them. What will radically change our understanding and even our misconceptions about people is acknowledging them and getting proximate." --Terence Lester "Presence can trump money." --Terence Lester Do the Next Thing: Check out Terence's book I See You: How Love Opens Our Eyes to Invisible People: https://www.amazon.com/See-You-Opens-Invisible-People/dp/0830845720/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3043ZCQ5Z6RZ6&keywords=i+see+you+terence+lester&qid=1570833949&sprefix=I+see+you+terence+%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-2 Check out Terence's site here: http://terencelester.org Find Terence on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imterencelester/ Question of the Week for Next Week: What does your name mean, and how does it affect your life? Email podcast@lauriekrieg.com or find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/ For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/how-we-can-see-everyone/

Friends. We need them. They can also be a big challenge. It can be hard to put them in their proper, healthy place (neither diminishing them nor elevating them)—whether we are married or single. Today, we primarily look at how to have healthy friendships through the married lens, but single people? We believe and hope and pray you will be blessed, too. Kelly Needham, author of the new book Friendish, helps us explore questions such as, “Can we have covenant friendships outside of marriage?” “What are signs of when friendships are moving into an unhealthy direction?” “Are our spouses supposed to be our best friends?" ​It's a needed conversation for our lonely world today on the podcast. Highlights: "If a friendship is starting to encroach on our relationship with our spouse or with Christ, that's a warning sign." --Kelly Needham ​"I don't think the word 'best friend' is wrong, but I don't think that it's right that we build covenants into our friendships ... That does not condemn single people to loneliness or missing out on something huge. If we believe that, then we are admitting that marriage satisfies preeminently in our hearts." --Kelly Needham ​"Your loneliness is primarily alleviated in Christ ... Loneliness came as a result of sin, not alone-ness." --Kelly Needham Do the Next Thing: Check out Kelly's book ​Friendish here: https://www.amazon.com/Friend-ish-Reclaiming-Friendship-Culture-Confusion/dp/1400213517/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=friendish&qid=1570231200&sr=8-1 Check out Kelly's blog and site here: https://kellyneedham.com For more on this episode: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/marriage-and-friendship-how-to-do-both-well-with-kelly-needham/ Question of the Week for Next Week: What was your favorite school lunch? (Either packed or the hot lunch variety?) Find us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/

When Brad Klaver was ten, he watched three men in his church get publicly excommunicated for either experiencing attractions toward the same gender or for being in same-sex relationships. He made a vow to himself, "I will never share this part of me." Twenty-five years later, married to his wife and dad to four kids, God allowed this now-pastor to go through breakdown so he could experience breakthrough. Join us as we engage Brad's journey with his wife, friends, and church in this final story in our broken/beloved pastor series today. [Also listen in as we get hammered by a rainstorm and get word of a tornado in our area. It made for an exciting recording finish. ;) ] Highlights "I remember exactly where I was watching [the excommunications] unfold. In me there was this internal fear of: 'I don't know where this came from. I don't know why I have this. I don't know where this all began, or what was done to me to make me like this. All I know, based on what I am seeing now is ... this is what happens if people find out. You admit it, and you are shown the door.' ... I said to myself... 'I will never tell anyone. Ever.' That commitment was kept for 25 years." --Brad Klaver "The pages with the verses pertaining to homosexuality and marriage are the most well-worn pages in my childhood Bible. I begged God to either fix me or switch me or end me. None of that was happening, and so I took matters into my own hands and learned the art of religion." --Brad Klaver "The reality was not that I had done something--a moral failure or something that disqualifies me from serving in the church--the reality was that this journey that God was taking me on completely wiped me out." --Brad Klaver Do the Next Thing: Connect with Brad by emailing podcast@lauriekrieg.com Check out our Podcast Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/himhpodcast/?ref=bookmarks For more on this episode: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/broken-beloved-pastors-part-3-with-brad-klaver/ Question of the Week for Next Week: What drew you to your first friend(s) as a kid? (A game? Proximity? Mutual likes for something?) Find us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/

Too often, we hear stories of pastors who have left their pastoral vocation for a myriad of reasons, and we (the church body) are left guessing about why. This empty void of information can lead to gossip on our part and subsequent pain for the pastor and their families because we do not go to them and ask questions--we just guess. Today, we are launching a mini-series where we hear the before/during/and after of the why these pastors left their posts. We want to focus on the redemption, the why, and the seeing of pastors as fellow broken/beloved image-bearers instead of automatically assuming the worst. We launch the series with our friend, Ben, and his wife, Lauren. Ben wrestles with gender dysphoria (a feeling of disconnect between one's biological sex and their gender identity), and served as a pastor until he felt called by God to be authentic with his wrestling. What happened next? What does gender dysphoria feel like? How does it impact a marriage and a pastor? Join us at the podcast table to hear more. Highlights: "I very much tried to control the image of how people saw me. But . . . when people know me they can choose to love me and not some facsimile." --Ben Schulke "I got to this place where I said, 'I would rather be obedient to God than preserve something temporary--like my job.'"--Ben Schulke "Ben's identity is not gender dysphoria. His identity is not whatever other sin or brokenness he is dealing with. That's not who he is. He is a son of God, and he is loved by Him." --Lauren Schulke Do the Next Thing: Connect with Ben and Lauren by emailing podcast@lauriekrieg.com Learn more about HIMH's Journey Well Training by emailing info@lauriekrieg.com Check out our Podcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/himhpodcast/?ref=bookmarks For more on this episode or HIMH: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/broken-beloved-pastors-part-1-with-ben-and-lauren-schulke/ Question of the Week for Next Week: What is your least favorite thing to pick up from the floor (that kids throw onto it)? ​Email podcast@lauriekrieg.com or find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/

This episode surprisingly convicted us because, well, we don't think much about food. But, good grief, what we miss out on when we see food as a way to shovel nutrients (or happiness) in as opposed to a way to know God more deeply. Food Network star, Melissa d'Arabian, invites us to the table with our creative, creator-of-food God. Through her vulnerable story and experience in the food entertainment industry, Melissa teaches us how to know Him more through eating. This is a sweet one. Highlights: "God could have created a nutrition-delivery system that was far less delicious and far more efficient that didn't require us to stop, sit, eat, prepare, and grow. But He didn't." --Melissa d'Arabian ​ "Food has a way of saying, 'I see you.'" --Melissa d'Arabian Do the Next Thing: Check out Melissa's book Tasting Grace: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07LDT8BMC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Check out her site (and food books/videos!) here: http://www.melissadarabian.net Question of the Week for Next Week: What is your favorite word? ​Email podcast@lauriekrieg.com or find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/ For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/the-gospel-and-food-with-melissa-darabian/

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Touch can be ... a touchy subject. Some of us can overemphasize it and others can shun it. When Laurie recently said to Matt, "I wish I could live in a touch-free world," she realized just how touchy (and painful) non-sexual physical touch can be. Instead of bury it, in classic Hole in My Heart Podcast fashion, we are bringing the conversation to the table. Matt, Laurie, Steve, and guest, Hayley Mullins, toss around questions ranging from what to do when we idolize touch, to how to carefully speak the "love language" of touch with those been affected by sexual assault. This is another raw and (in our opinion) beautiful one. You are welcome to join us. Highlights: "The way Jesus healed most often was with touch. I have to imagine because we are created bodily, and because our natural reaction when we fall and scrape our knee is to take our hands and put it over that wound, there is something intrinsic to physical touch that when used in a giving way, when used to attend to the needs of the person as opposed to try and take is more pronounced."--Matt Krieg "When I was walking through a season where I was wrestling with, 'How do I use touch appropriately in a way that just loves people? ... How do I practice this ... if it is causing me problems?' [I needed to find] the ways to show the Father's love with touch in a way that is welcoming--in a way that draws them in as opposed to pulls them to yourself because of you. Instead, it welcomes in so that they can see Jesus more clearly." --Hayley Mullins Do the Next Thing: Feel free to email us your thoughts or to connect with Hayley! podcast@lauriekrieg.com That HIMH Podcast FB group? Check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/himhpodcast/?ref=bookmarks For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/the-gift-of-touch-with-hayley-mullins/ Question of the Week for Next Week: What was your favorite childhood toy? https://www.instagram.com/laurie_krieg/

One in two women and one in four men have encountered sexual trauma. The enemy's attempts to shred humanity through sexuality is pervasive, but those of us who have encountered sexual assault are not hopeless. Author and teacher, Dr. Dan Allender, guides us through this hope-filled terrain utilizing decades of experience and research in the field of sexual trauma. He unpacks answers to questions like: Why is shame linked to sexuality, and why is contempt often linked to shame? Why and how do repressed memories resurface? How can we engage painful past memories without pushing "eject" on our lives? How can we respond in healthy ways to triggers? ​Additionally, we explore some of Dan's gospel story out of a life of drug dealing and elicit behavior (as a response to his own pain), and invite him to kindly poke fun at Matt throughout the entire episode. Highlights: "The return on investment for the kingdom of darkness is profound in regard to abuse. [It] disintegrates some level of our faith, our ability to trust, our ability to dream and hope, and certainly our ability to give delight and pleasure to one another." --Dan Allender ​"When we use truth to deny truth ... we are doing what evil does when it quotes Scripture." --Dan Allender "​I've seen it literally thousands of times: People who enter the truth and allow their hearts to receive kindness ... that's the context for the Spirit of God to bring about remarkable change." --Dan Allender Question of the Week for Next Week: What was your first car and what does it tell us about your personality? Do the Next Thing: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/sexuality-and-shame-with-dan-allender/

Lament. We've talked about it. We love it. Let's dig deeper than we ever have into it on this episode. If we don't lament, what kind of people will we be? Is there a line of honesty with God we shouldn't cross? ​How do we really do it? ​Pastor and author, Mark Vroegop, guides us through these questions and more with wisdom that can only come from someone who has suffered much, and has found his way out of the darkness by singing the minor key tune of lament. Hear his story and practical care for our souls during today's conversation. Highlights: "People who know how to lament are comfortable with saying less or nothing. They intuitively have a heart that is oriented toward empathy. They don't panic when their friend says something that is edgy or a little scary." --Mark Vroegop "Lament is not just crying. Lament is talking to God about what causes the crying." --Mark Vroegop "One out of every three songs in the official songbook of God's people--songs that had music and were sung--reflect this sort of minor key [lament] tune. We are not only unfamiliar with lament, but our churches are generally lament-light." --Mark Vroegop Question of the Week for Next Week: What is something God has been teaching you lately and through what media? (Devotional, book, life experience, podcast, your version of suffering in this season...) Do the Next Thing: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/how-to-lament-with-mark-vroegop/

She has a huge platform: Hundreds of thousands of followers, millions of books sold, and many Christians are at least familiar with the name "Ann Voskamp." And yet when Ann writes, speaks, and engages social media, she does not hide behind the numbers. She writes grittily, authentically, and with boldness. How is this possible? How can someone with such a great impact on the world maintain such a humble, vulnerable, and others-focused life? We explore these questions as we engage Ann on living an authentic life. We talk the cost, the gifts, and the practical how-tos. (And of course, because we are the HIMH Podcast, we make time to take a trip to Goofball Island where we finally learn her real Enneagram number.) You're welcome to join us. Highlights: ​"I honestly don't think there should be platforms for writers. Jesus didn't have a platform. He had an altar where he came, he laid down his life, and he died for his friends. Writing is about a place to be brutally honest, have no reputation, and to pray that out of your death there can be people's resurrections." --Ann Voskamp "We either have the mentality of [God as], 'Oh dear, I've messed up, Dad is going to kill me,' or 'Oh, dear, I've messed up, I need to call Dad.' ... David doesn't run from God, he runs to God, and he trusts that when we want a do-over Jesus covers us with un-erasable grace." --Ann Voskamp ​"We are called to a table-like theology where we not only break bread around the table, but we break open our hearts around the table." --Ann Voskamp Question of the Week for Next Week: What is a funny-ridiculous tradition your culture has? (Perhaps like how Laurie's Dutch family celebrates Tulip Time this time of year in Holland, MI. They dress up in old-timey Dutch clothes and painful wooden shoes and klompen dance.) What does your culture do that is silly like this? Do the Next Thing: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/living-an-authentic-life-with-ann-voskamp/

Everything we do—good, evil, neutral—speaks to our longing for heaven. World-renowned teacher of Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body and bestselling author, Christopher West, leans into this longing and unpacks it with outrageous wisdom and tenderness. This is one we are all going to be going back and listening to several times. It is that rich. (And don't worry: Those of you who want some of that goofball action, we make sure to talk about rats dying in Wendy's grease buckets. Yep.) Highlights: ​"Here’s the whole Bible in five words: ‘God wants to marry us.’” --Christopher West ​"​We have three choices when it comes to our desire: We are either going to become the Stoic and repress the desire, an Addict and indulge in the finite pleasures of the world that never satisfy, or I am going to become…[an] Aspiring Mystic…someone who opens their hunger to the infinite.” --Christopher West Question of the Week for Next Week: What were you modeled/taught to do with your emotions growing up? Share them? Bury them? Open up and emphasize certain ones? (Like anger?) Do the Next Thing: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/fill-these-hearts/

So...shocker: Parenting is hard. Also, life is hard. Today, we follow up with the brutally honest "Episode 24: Is There Hope for Us?" as well as discuss how we, as bleeding-heart parents, can be on mission (to make disciples) with our kids without hurting their hearts... How do we do that? Question of the Week: What is your biggest takeaway from this book? Goofball Island: What was your favorite childhood TV show? Helpful Links: ​ Laurie's post: The Day I Became Wonder Woman https://lauriekrieg.com/the-day-i-became-wonder-woman/ Psychology Today: 10 Reasons Why Today's Teenagers Are So Anxious (https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/what-mentally-strong-people-dont-do/201711/10-reasons-why-todays-teenagers-are-so-anxious) ​Question of the Week for Next Week: What are you looking forward to this summer? For More Visit: http://www.lauriekrieg.com/podcast

We have another guest! Dr. Branson Parler! To go with his movie star name and phD, Branson is FULL OF WISDOM! This was one of those conversations where Producer Steve, Matt, and I looked at each other while recording with our jaws dropped. ​He answered a lot of questions we had about the relationship between sexuality, married people, single people, and the Church. Quotable Highlights: "Paul can say, 'Stay single,' ...because the church is functioning as a family." "Our bodies matter. Matter matters... The way God communicates his love to us is not just through this intellectual message that bounces off of us, the Word became flesh." "Whether people are married or single, what everyone needs is a healing of our broken sexuality. It's not that marriage is this proper outlet for our lust. It is that lust needs to be killed across the board." Question of the Week: What is the top character quality you look for in a friend? Goofball Island: Who was your childhood pet, and what was its tragic life ending? Vehicle to get to Goofball Island: The dog van from Dumb and Dumber. Helpful Links: Branson's Blog: www.bransonparler.com A super helpful (and well-liked) catechism he wrote on sexuality: https://www.bransonparler.com/blog/great-lakes-catechism-on-marriage-and-sexuality Branson on The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender: http://www.centerforfaith.com/blog/what-our-weddings-say-about-marriage Question of the Week for Next Week: What has this marriage series (walking through the 'You and Me Forever' book) taught you? For More Visit: http://www.lauriekrieg.com/podcast

So, if you return to work at week 6 or week 12 or even week 26 does it mean that you have to give up breastfeeding? Hear the story of new mom Hilary and what struggles she may be going thru while breastfeeding and having a career as a top radio DJ in San Diego. Plus, this weeks BF Tip of the Week and more recalls. NEXT WEEK: What medications are safe to take while breastfeeding