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Stasi invites her son, author, and teacher, Blaine Eldredge, onto today’s podcast to talk about his new book The Paradise King. Blaine first shares a few stories of how he became a committed, passionate and “in process” follower of Jesus, and how his life’s journey led him to write this book. The Paradise King is a product of Blaine’s curiosity and quest to recover the story of God in the Bible, as well as his longing to share it with others in a relatable and historical narrative. Blaine reads an excerpt from his book, which transports us into a beautiful experience of the heart of Jesus.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Psalm 46:5-7 (NIV) — God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts. The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.Daniel 2 — In it’s entiretyMatthew 15:21-28 (NIV) — Story based on excerpt read from The Paradise KingBLAINE ELDREDGEWebsite: blaineeldredge.comBOOKThe Paradise King: The Tragic History and Spectacular Future of Everything According to Jesus of Nazareth   https://amzn.to/49rPJVaBLAINE ELDREDGE BIOBlaine Eldredge is a writer and teacher from Peyton, Colorado. For the past ten years he's built teaching platforms to help the Church thrive in late modernity.Blaine likes to read, write, and talk about culture, history, and theology. In particular, he loves to contemplate the Gospel of Jesus and make resources to convey its astonishing beauty.For those of you wondering about Blaine's church engagement and education, he's a part of Kindred Church in Colorado Springs and holds a Master’s degree in Language from the University of British Columbia. Mainly, Blaine loves to read and follow Jesus in community as Jesus makes it on earth as it is in heaven.Blaine also likes bowhunting, chopping wood, and poetry readings.…..OTHER RESOURCES:A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss by Jerry L. Sittser  https://amzn.to/47kqtOPTeachers/authors mentioned in this podcast:Pope Ratzinger Jerry SittserRon RolheiserKenneth BaileyNT Wright…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

Stasi is delighted to have Lisa Harper—speaker, author, scholar, and passionate follower of Jesus—on today’s podcast. With humor and honesty, Lisa shares her journey with Christ and the gracious unfolding of learning to be delighted in by God. God is a “with” God; he loves us so much that he chooses to be close to us no matter where we find ourselves and invites us to lean into him with confidence that we will be held and adored by the King of kings. We are divinely wired to be in intimate relationship with the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. The enemy has tried to separate us from that union from the beginning, but God’s story is all about bringing us back to his heart through the redemption that has already been woven in.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Psalm 34:4-5 (NIV) — I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears. Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces.Song of Song 4:9 (NIV) — You have captured my heart, my treasure, my bride. You hold it hostage with one glance of your eyes, with a single jewel of your necklace.Hosea 2:9 (NIV) — “But now I will take back the ripened grain and new wine I generously provided each harvest season. I will take away the wool and linen clothing I gave her to cover her nakedness.LISA HARPERWebsite: https://www.lisaharper.org/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisadharper/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialLisaDHarper/Podcast: https://www.lisaharper.org/backporchtheologyLISA HARPER BIOLisa Harper is an engaging, hilarious communicator as well as an authentic and substantive Bible teacher that many enjoy hearing in person, or on countless TV and radio platforms. She holds a Master of Theological Studies from Covenant Seminary, and a doctorate-in-progress at Denver Seminary. She’s been in vocational ministry for 30 years and has written 19 books and Bible study curricula but says her greatest accomplishment by far is becoming Missy’s (her adopted daughter from Haiti) mama! They live on a hilly farmette south of Nashville, Tenn., where they enjoy eating copious amounts of chips, queso and guacamole. Her latest devotional hit the shelves on September 19, 2023.JESUS: A Scandalously Devoted, Conspicuously Uncool, Super-Transparent Homage to Who Our Savior Is and How Much He Loves Us Devotional   https://amzn.to/45CBHwU…..OTHER RESOURCES:Aiden Wilson Tozer Quote: “For millions of Christians, nevertheless, God is no more real than He is to the non-Christian. They go through life trying to love an ideal and be loyal to a mere principle.”Yada` (יָדַע ; yâda) Hebrew: To be made known, be or become known, be revealed — to make oneself known — to be perceived — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing)…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

Stasi welcomes Nancy Carmichael back for an engaging conversation on the power of Christ in us. Through the pressures of life and outward circumstances, Nancy noticed herself shrinking back and losing focus on God’s deeper truths. God began to strip things away, bringing Nancy to a very vulnerable place, and it was there that she saw Christ in her. Friends, Christ dwells in us and remains with us. And we desperately need his life to infuse ours, to pour out of us, so that we can live the lives we were meant to live. Hiding is a form of self-protection, and Jesus is asking each of us to Come Out.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Hebrews 13:5 (NIV) — …because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”Galatians 2:20 (NIV) — I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. …John 6:68 (NIV) — Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.NANCY CARMICHAELInstagram: https://wahe.art/3LcrGiwWebsite: https://isleofmisfits.com/Podcast: https://wahe.art/3PaoCVzBlog: https://isleofmisfits.com/blog/Song: Come Out written by Nancy Carmichael – https://wahe.art/3Z8HcloNANCY CARMICHAEL BIO:Nancy Carmichael is the Proprietor and Chief Misfit of the IsleofMisfits.com, a blogging and podcasting Oasis for self-proclaimed square pegs, far and wide. Through it, she hopes to build a community of people who own their awkward, love their fellow misfit and embrace beauty and truth in the weirdness of life. Aside from this, one of her main claims to fame is being merely 1 degree separated from Kevin Bacon, thanks to a friend who once played a stand-in for his leading lady in the 80’s classic “She’s Having a Baby”. As if it could get any better, Nancy is married to a man so good it took EHarmony to help her find him, and a daughter she will obnoxiously brag about if given even half a chance. She has spent her life communicating good news wherever in the world the door opens, through writing, singing, speaking, coaching, counseling and advocating for those whom society often overlooks.…..OTHER RESOURCES:Nancy’s previous Captivated episode: Owning Your Awkward   https://wahe.art/3PvjQD7Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul by John and Stasi Eldredge   https://wahe.art/3L9tLMc…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

Stasi welcomes Karen Christakis and Stacey Burton of the Wild at Heart team into the studio for a candid conversation that quickly leads to how intentionally God is moving on our behalf—even when we aren’t able to see it. What matters most to Jesus is always our hearts, even more than rescuing us from the hard things we plead with him to change. As you listen to this podcast, you will hear the importance of stepping back to honor our stories in order to recognize the ways God is pursuing us and forging us into His very image of love.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: James 1:2 (NKJV) — My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, Romans 5:3-5 (MSG) — There’s more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we’re never left feeling shortchanged. Isaiah 43:2 (NLV) — When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. When you pass through the rivers, they will not flow over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned. The fire will not destroy you.…..OTHER RESOURCES:Surrender – Captivated Podcast posted September 20, 2023   https://wahe.art/3RI9HovThe Story of With: A Better Way to Live, Love, & Create by Allen Arnold  https://amzn.to/3LtNypXJohn Marc Comer – Apprentice of Jesus (various books)…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

"Surrender," in Hebrew, means "to align or arrange oneself under the command of a divine viewpoint." You literally turn away from the offerings of the world, the opinions of others, and your own strategies for achieving life and instead choose to stand under God’s divine viewpoint. When we cling to other things, believing they will satisfy our souls, we put something between us and God—actually, we put something in front of Him. They may be good things, but when they become highest in our hearts, we get into trouble; we’ve stepped away from our first love, maybe without even noticing. In today’s podcast, Stasi shares that the surrendered life is a doorway into a deeper life with God, then closes with a beautiful and powerful encounter with Jesus through which we experience the fruit of surrender: resting in our God’s unconditional love.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Psalm 100:3 (NIV) — Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.Isaiah 40:11 (NIV) — He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.Mark 6:34 (NIV) — When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.Ezekiel 34:31 (NIV) — You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”Revelation 7:17 (NIV) — For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’ ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”Hebrews 13:5 (NIV) — Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”Psalm 23:1-3 (NIV) — The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.Matthew 11:28 (NIV) — Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.Hebrews 13:20-21 (NIV) — Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.…..OTHER RESOURCES:Pause App: One Minute Pause and 30 Days to Resilient   https://www.pauseapp.com/Hymn: I Surrender All…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

We are meant to live from a place of rest. Today, Stasi talks about the book Sacred Rest with the author Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith. Dr. Saundra shares practical steps to find rest amongst the constant demands of life, saying “Staying busy is easy. Staying well rested, now there is the challenge.” She unpacks the 7 types of rest we need — not with another list that we have to master, but with the invitation to know and receive the goodness of God in ever deeper ways. When we learn to live from a posture of rest in the presence of God, we are able to tap into the fruit of being the version of ourselves God meant us to be, and having our lives infused with him. …..SHOW NOTES:…..Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith BIO:We are meant to live from a place of rest. Today, Stasi talks about the book Sacred Rest with author Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith. Dr. Saundra shares practical steps to find rest amongst the constant demands of life. “Staying busy is easy. Staying well rested—now there is the challenge.” She unpacks the seven types of rest we need—not with another list to master, but with the invitation to know and receive the goodness of God in ever deeper ways. When we learn to live from a posture of rest in the presence of God, we are able to experience the fruit of being the version of ourselves God meant us to be and having our lives infused with him.Website: DrDaltonSmith.comRest Quiz: RestQuiz.com   Twitter Handle: @DrDaltonSmithFacebook Page: Dr. Saundra Dalton – SmithInstagram: @DrDaltonSmithPinterest: @DrDaltonSmithPodcast: https://ichoosemybestlife.libsyn.com/Blog: https://ichoosemybestlife.com/blog/Worship Therapy: https://ichoosemybestlife.com/worship-therapy/Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith’s Books: Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity   https://amzn.to/3QMLpZUSet Free to Live Free  https://amzn.to/3PdLK6Q…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

Stasi welcomes her dear friend Becky Allender on today’s podcast to discuss story work and the healing that can come through it. Story work is a way of honoring our life’s story and the ways it has shaped us and engaging the places we need care, compassion, and mercy. If this feels new to you, Becky also offers a simple place to start. Friends, each of us desires to be seen and known, and giving a voice to our story is a beautiful level of self-care that expands our hearts for Jesus to come and compassionately give us more freedom through healing.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Psalm 139:17-18 (NLV) — Your thoughts are of great worth to me, O God. How many there are! If I could number them, there would be more than the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.…..Becky Allender BIO:Becky Allender lives in the Pacific Northwest and is the co-founder of The Allender Center at The Seattle School of Psychology and Theology. She is the author of Hidden In Plain Sight, One Woman’s Search for Identity, Intimacy and Calling. Becky has been facilitating Story Workshop groups and Narrative Focus Trauma Groups with The Allender Center. She has been a monthly contributor to the online magazine, Red Tent Living, for the past eleven years. She and her husband, Dan Allender, lead Marriage Intensives, Conferences, and Retreats with Steve and Lisa Call’s organization “Reconnect”.  Her greatest joy is being a wife, mother, and grandmother to 6 beautiful wild, beautiful grandchildren.RedTentLiving.com contributor: https://wahe.art/45wBDPDBlog: https://fridaylights.wordpress.com/Instagram: @Becky3971Becky's Book: Hidden In Plain Sight: One Woman's Search for Identity, Intimacy and Calling  https://wahe.art/3sfJiUcAdditional Podcasts: Allender Center Podcast – Hiding No More: https://wahe.art/4532Eud Adam Young Podcast – How Your Story Leads to Your Style of Relating https://wahe.art/45qNsYd…..OTHER RESOURCES:The Allender Center Story Workshops  https://wahe.art/3ORgIAi…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

Unanswered prayer or the perceived silence of God in the midst of suffering is one of the most difficult things to endure, yet it is something that every believer has experienced. There is a way forward in these hard times. Join Stasi today as she talks about this subject head-on and leads us to the truth that though we are not promised a life free from sorrow, we are promised that our God will be with us in it…with us, in fact, in every moment of our lives.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (NIV) — Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.Romans 8:38-39 (NIV) — For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.Matthew 26:39 (NIV) — Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”Colossians 1:24 (NIV) — Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.Hebrews 13:5 (NIV) — Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”Deuteronomy 31:8 (NIV) — The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”…..OTHER RESOURCES:Tyler Staton Praying Like Monks, Living like Fools  https://amzn.to/3DLqdfdPete Greig God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer  https://amzn.to/3Qu4UWUC.S. Lewis The Weight of Glory  https://amzn.to/43WkSvXCorrie Ten Boom story: The Hiding Place  https://amzn.to/3KzuR3EThe Terrifying Delight of Losing Everything | Serez Family Short-Documentary  https://wahe.art/3s52uE9Closing Song: The Name of Jesus (sung in Hebrew) by Harpa Dei Song: https://wahe.art/3Kt4dsXHarpa Dei Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@HarpaDeiMusic…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

In this episode, Stasi and guest Lisa Bevere – author and co-founder of Messenger International – share about the transformative power of Jesus' love. The conversation explores how we are each uniquely loved and reframes what it means to live a surrendered life. When we step into our identity as the daughters and sons of God, we are able to embrace the truth that who we are to God matters more than what we do for Him.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Psalm 139:5 (NIV) — You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.Psalm 68:11 (NIV) — The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV) — The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness…..Lisa Bevere BIO:Lisa Bevere has spent four decades empowering women of all ages to find their identity and purpose. She is a New York Times bestselling author and internationally known minister. Her books, which include Without Rival, Godmothers, Girls with Swords, Lioness Arising, Strong, and her recent devo Fiercely Loved, are in the hands of millions worldwide. Lisa and her husband, John, co-founded Messenger International, an organization committed to developing uncompromising followers of Christ who transform their world. Messenger International has given away 60 million resources in 123 languages. Website: LisaBevere.comMinistry: MessengerInternational.orgfacebook.com/lisabevere.pagetwitter.com/lisabevereinstagram.com/lisabevere/Lisa’s Books (Mentioned in the podcast): Fiercely Loved: God’s Wild Thoughts about You (A 90-Day Devotional)   https://amzn.to/42Ya1kLWithout Rival: Embrace Your Identity and Purpose in an Age of Confusion and Comparison   https://amzn.to/3Jyqa9wStrong: Devotions to Live a Powerful and Passionate Life (A 90-Day Devotional)   https://amzn.to/46r0dTw…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

Join Stasi for this delightful conversation with her friend Yolanda Weinberger. Yolanda is a wise and passionate woman who loves Jesus deeply, and it is an honor to listen as she shares her story. Yolanda tells of how she has fallen more in love with Jesus through her daily rhythms, her parenting of adult children, and as she battled cancer. In all of it, Jesus has pursued her with his faithful love in a way she can recognize – in the language of her heart. God desires for each of us to draw closer to him, and we hope this conversation will inspire you to recognize his personal gifts to you as well as come to know his perfect peace in all of your circumstances.…..SHOW NOTES:…..CONNECT WITH YOLANDA:Facebook:  https://wahe.art/3Nv4Hj6Instagram:  https://wahe.art/3CS3DRrLinkdIn:  https://wahe.art/3JzLQ5aRESOURCES:Pause App: One Minute Pause and 30 Days to Resilienthttps://www.pauseapp.com/…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ