The God Journey
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The God Journey
The adventure of living loved
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63 episodes
The City Waiting to be Born (#1033)
Kyle and Wayne explore what it means to embody kingdom power in a world driven by fear, urgency, and control. After Kyle shares a surprising conversat...
When Our Assumptions Unravel (#1032)
After a quick discussion about the false self and how what we value can be opposed to what God values, Kyle invites Wayne to process an email he recei...
When Marriage Falters (#1031)
Kyle has been talking to some couples, 8-12 years into marriage, who are discouraged that they are no longer able to find a meaningful connection with...
What Spiritual Authority Looks Like (#1030)
Wayne and Kyle discuss an email from the U.K. that they found breathtaking in its simple depth. After a lighthearted reflection on the quirks of peopl...
Rexamining the Parable of the Talents (#1029)
What if Jesus's parable of the Talents wasn't about money, giftings, or religious work? What if he was telling this story to show us how his love find...
The Beast Between You and Jesus (#1028)
This powerful image comes from a vision an autistic boy shared with a woman, except that he saw a large beast standing before the altar in a church bu...
The Devaluation of Character (#1027)
Following up on the World in Turmoil and the scandal at Bethel, leads Kyle and Wayne into a conversation about character. Where do you find people of...
The World in Turmoil (#1026)
"President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire to cause Armageddon and mark his return to earth." So said a base commander last...
Love-Lived Justice, Part 2 (#1025)
Wayne, Tobie, and Kyle continue their discussion about the release of Just Love: How One Mistranslation Distorted the Gospel. All three express excite...
The Beauty of Love Lived Justice (#1024)
"The Incarnation itself was an act of justice," says Tobie van der Westhuizen, co-author of Just Love: How One Mistranslated Word Distorted the Gospel...
How God Sees You (#1023)
Perception is its own reality, false though it may be. The podcast begins with a brief conversation about the trajectory of life, Kyle looking forward...
Yet Another Tragedy (#1022)
It's happened again. Another major ministry in the Charismatic world admits to hiding a false prophet who was also sexually abusive—for six years! Why...
AI and the Golden Calf (#1021)
Where do you place your hope in the midst of difficult times? Kyle is finding that more and more people are turning to AI as a source of hope and dire...
Trusting Love (#1020)
"To have faith is to trust love," which is where the bulk of Wayne and Kyle's conversation goes this week as they come through the mailbag. There are...
Toward Relational Wholeness (#1019)
How do you view friendships around you, especially those that may be short-lived? Do you shy away, not wanting to get hurt, exploit them for what you...
God’s Love and Moral Failure (#1018)
"The enemy's chief strategy is to make dead things look alive." And wow, does it ever work! In the backdrop of yet another revelation of moral failure...
Clean Pain or Dirty Pain (#1017)
"All healing involves discomfort—but so does refusing to heal." So writes Resmaa Menakem in his book, My Grandmother's Hands, which Wayne and Sara hav...
The Fear of Death (#1016)
"Fear makes us selfish," and no fear more so than the fear of death. A book Wayne recently read provoked his thinking about death and how the fear of...
The Root of Desire (#1015)
"Love fulfills the law because it fills us." After a brief conversation about a perspective shift in challenging times and sharing inexhaustible love,...
The Murmuration of the Bride (#1014)
How will the bride of Christ be revealed in the world, especially since she is so fractured into thousands of denominations? Perhaps there is already...
Finding the Space to Explore (#1013)
In a world that seeks to crush us into its mold, having the space to contemplate, explore, question, and grow is a rare and delicious treat. That's wh...
Communing with God (#1012)
Kyle's away this week, so an old friend joins in. Brad Cummings was co-host of The God Journey for 700+ episodes, and joined us most recently on #1000...
Performative or Transformational? (#1011)
It was a tale of two cities over consecutive weekends that got this conversation going. Wayne shares about his experience with former 2x2 members in t...
The Pain of Moral Injury (#1010)
Kyle surprises Wayne with a new term that is being utilized in trauma work—moral injury. This happens when someone, either by choice or coercion, acts...
When Fear Trumps Endearment (#1009)
Following up on last week's podcast, Kyle and Wayne begin by discussing the power of presence to shape our lives in love. They agreed that religion of...
Living from Fullness (#1009)
Kyle asks AI to define the message of The God Journey, leading to a brief discussion about AI and the soothing properties of the ancient cathedrals. T...
How We View Morality (#1008)
Why are some followers of Jesus deeply concerned over the tactics and demeanor of the Trump Administration, while others wholeheartedly endorse it? A...
A Path out of Legalism (#1007)
During Wayne and Sara's recent trip around the Rocky Mountains, they met many people in the cities they traveled through who have left or are consider...
Sorry, No Podcast Today
Wayne and Sara have been busy driving back to Southern Cal this week, and Kyle was tied up in training...
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What it Means to Abide (#1006)
What would change if you trusted God's presence abiding in you instead of seeking to feel his love? Wayne and Kyle read through a recent Facebook post...
The Traditional Congregation (#1005)
Wayne and Kyle received a letter from a pastor concerned that this podcast, which he loves, gives little credence to the value of more traditional con...
The Fruit of Forgiveness (#1004)
After Wayne and Sara shared their trauma story with Kyle's Advanced Counseling course, Kyle wanted to talk more about forgiveness as the fruit of God'...
Finding Calm Amid Chaos (#1003)
Wayne and Kyle were together in Sheridan, Wyoming, this week and had the rare chance to sit down face-to-face after Wayne had shared the Language of H...
No New Podcast This Week
Between Wayne and Sara's travel and Labor Day weekend festivities for Kyle, they weren't able to find a mutually available time to record this week. T...
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Authentic Relationship in an AI World? (#1002)
Many people are substituting AI for their interactions with other human beings. From romantic relationships to therapy, even spiritual direction. Whic...
Loving Through Chronic Pain (#1002)
It is easy to respond to someone's pain with love and prayers for healing, but what do you do when healing doesn't come? Many feel awkward, unintentio...
Finding Your Footing Again (#1001)
Many have said that when God closes a door, he always opens a new one. To which someone added, "But it's hell in the hallway." What do you do when you...
Episode 1000 (#1000)
Brad is in the house as he joins Wayne and Kyle to celebrate the unique legacy of The God Journey for our 1,000th episode. For twenty-one years, this...
Finding Harmony Again (#999)
We live in a day when relationships are easily discarded whenever they reach a bump in the road. Yet, it is normal for even good relationships to go t...
Human, Messy, Sacred (#998)
A couple of weeks ago, Kyle asked Wayne about his trip to Boise. This week, we have the opportunity to hear from someone who was present at that gathe...