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These are strange times for College Life Christian Fellowship. We are apart. In many ways it might feel like you're walking through the valley of the shadow of death (or anxiety, or frustration, or fill in the blank). Psalm 23 tells us that in those seasons, God's own rod and staff comfort and lead us. We hope to have conversations on this podcast that could be occasions of God leading you through this time. We hope you learn, think, wonder and laugh. This is: Your Pod and Your Staff.
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"Some valorize doubt; others demonize it...[but there's] an alternative path" After a long podcast silence, Stanford and Peter are back with a banger! They sit down with A.J. Swoboda, pastor, professor, and author of After Doubt - a popular new book exploring the experience of deconstruction and doubt and asking the very simple question: "is it pos…
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Talks on Talks: Paige Abril and Kyle Jung
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Jerry Seinfeld’s Mom was incredulous that anyone could not like her son. And apart from that being a hip reference to draw you in, it also matches our thoughts on stars of this episode. Kyle Jung and Paige Abril: how could anyone not like them? (Well, John might not like them, but John’s got other problems. Make it to Quarantine Corner, you’ll get …
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The Next Decade: College Life Legends Nathan Ely and John Bailey
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“We want your time in college to be the best years yet; but we want to do it in a way that ensures the next decade will be even better.” If you’ve been around College Life, you’ve heard something like that. We don’t want College Life to be the best it gets for our students, we hope that it’s a launching pad to further faithfulness and fruit in Jesu…
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Talks on Talks: Julie Daseking and Nic Lattig
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Julie told us how to love people even when it’s difficult. Nic told us that God loves how we smell. And they’re back to take us behind the scenes of their brilliant College Life talks. What else did their passages have to say? What happens to you when you live with a passage as a companion for a few months? And... is it "The Lord of the Rings"? Or …
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Ode to the Question-Mark Vol.2
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The best conversations almost always start with great questions. The fans of Your Pod and Your Staff sent in some great questions these past few weeks, and Stanford Gibson and Peter Nittler try their best to turn them into great conversations. At the very least, they turn them into an eclectic set of conversations. On this episode the guys talk abo…
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Talks on Talks: Jensen Ready and Michael Sun
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Remember when Jensen and Mike finished their Tuesday Night talks and you thought, “I could listen to them for another hour?!” Today’s your lucky day! We’re back with another episode of Talks on Talks. This week we’re chatting with the aforementioned gentlemen to hear the hard won wisdom they’ve gleaned both from the preaching process and the deep b…
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XII Thoughts on The XII Take II
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Well, it’s about that time. Next year is starting to come into focus and the great promise of 2021-2022 is starting to poke its head out of the water. The first step in next year’s planning is finding out who will be leading us. As you may know, College Life calls our ministry team The XII. And in this episode we talk about everything you could pos…
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Talks on Talks: Julia Loegering and Teagan Haden
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How great were Teagan and Julia’s Tuesday Night talks?! Welcome to our new podcast mini-series, Talks on Talks. We will be chatting with some of College Life’s Student Speakers to hear more from them about their experience preparing and giving these talks that are blessing our community. Like anything in which the Spirit is clearly involved, even w…
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Corinthians Corner with Christian Wingate
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I Themed a Theme is back! We’ll be spending this quarter in the world of Corinthians, so Christian Wingate and Peter are here to help us get our bearings. We’re once again opening this ancient mail and eavesdropping on the conversation. What was ancient Corinth like? Why does that matter? Why are there two letters to the Corinthians, again? If thes…
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FROM THE VAULT: So...How Are You Thinking About the Coronavirus?
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We’re one year old! It’s Your Pod and Your Staff’s birth week and we thought we’d celebrate by going back to our roots. We are re-releasing our first ever episode. In this episode, Stanford and Peter discussed the ways they were thinking about the Coronavirus. What should or could our posture be during difficult times like these? Do we look for the…
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Preaching Class: Delivery
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Here's one more bonus episode for you. You may or may not know that Stanford and Peter teach a Preaching Class every two years in College Life. It's awesome. One of our favorite things we get to do. We are consistently amazed at the quality of talks our students end up producing, and delighted in how much fun it is to walk with them through the pro…
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Week 10 in College Life was a special one. We didn't just get to talk about Revelation. We didn't just have Darrell Johnson speaking to us. We had Darrell Johnson speaking to us ABOUT Revelation. We promoted the night far and wide and it didn't disappoint: Darrell was wise, warm, and way too compelling. He showed us that we didn't have to be scared…
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It's a Your Pod and Your Staff BONUS EPISODE! A few weeks ago, we had Nic Gibson of High Point Church in Madison on our podcast. We had a great conversation surrounding THE CHURCH. In that conversation, Nic diagnosed a disease-of-abstract thinking which plagues our view of the Church. That was a popular episode. Nic is great to listen to. It was al…
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The Dragon, The Beast, and 666: Excuse Me, What? (with Christian Wingate)
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Dragons! Beasts! 666! It’s apocalypse time on Your Pod and Your Staff! I don’t know what comes to mind when you read those two lines – maybe the end of the world? Maybe the rapture? Maybe just “excuse me, what?” We’re opening up Revelation 13 this week... in other words… the weird stuff. It might feel foreign. It might feel totally bonkers. But div…
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Revelation Part 1: Macro-Jesus and the Micro-Epistles
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***for some helpful visuals for this pod, check out Stanford’s blog post*** Here’s a question: if you were stranded on a desert island, and you were told you can only have ONE book of the Bible during your time there – what would you choose? There’s a lot of great choices. You wouldn’t go wrong with a Gospel, maybe Genesis or Exodus, maybe even Psa…
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Nic Gibson: The Church is Not an Abstraction
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Yup, you read that time right. This is a long episode. And it’s worth it! Break it up in chunks. Take a week to listen! Is the Church even that important? Many people are asking this question. And many people have already answered it… No. It might be nice. But it’s not necessary. This is not a question the Scriptures are asking. The Scriptures simp…
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Imitation: Just Be (Better Than) Yourself - feat. Stanford Gibson and Peter Nittler
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I urge you, then, be imitators of me. – 1 Corinthians 4:16 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ – 1 Corinthians 11:1 Join in imitating me – Philippians 3:17 Imitate. Imitate. Imitate. This is Paul’s consistent drumbeat for the early followers to grow in their faith and learn to live in the Kingdom. But how does that sit with you? Does Paul want us…
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Gender Roles in the Epistles: Is the Bible Sexist? Special Guest: Bronwyn Lea
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Is the Bible sexist? This episode never fully asks that question, but it’s bubbling under the surface. The Scriptures say things that, to modern ears, can sound strange at best and problematic at worst. “Wives submit to your husbands” “woman as the weaker vessel” “the husband is the head of the wife” Do these texts mean what it looks like they mean…
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Can I Have An Eraser?: Women in the Church with Steve Luxa
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What do we do with these texts?! “women should keep silent in the churches” “if there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home.” “I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather she is to remain quiet” Yikes. Are we faithful to the Scriptures and accept this even if it feels regressive and c…
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Quick Ques-tee-in: What do the Epistles Have to Say About Racism and Justice? (Special Guest Rick Morris with Stanford Gibson, and Peter Nittler)
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What do the Epistles have to say about race, racism, and justice? It’s an interesting question, and as we see from this conversation from Rick Morris, they weirdly have both nothing to say directly, but tons to say when we really hear them. You won’t find the word “race” or “racism” in the Scriptures; but Rick helps us see that concepts like unity …
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Relationship Stories Chapter 3: Joe and Jenni Biggs
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Joe and Jenni Biggs are willing to talk about almost anything. This vulnerability is not only a wonderful character trait, but it makes great podcast content. So Joe and Jenni bring us into the often-thought-about-rarely-discussed part of our relationships conversation: sex. They reflect on their story. The beauty of physical affection, the power o…
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Relationship Stories Chapter 2: Brandt and Anda Robinson
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So, why didn’t you break up? It’s not often a question one poses to a married couple. But some stories might beg the question. And this is one of those stories. Brandt and Anda Robinson are the guests this week and apart from being just the best, they bring us into their relationship which (while wonderful) was not always a sure thing. They discuss…
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Relationship Stories Chapter 1: Christian and Olivia Wingate
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Here are two things you probably already know: 1. College students (and… ya know… other people, too) are interested in dating, relationships, and sex 2. Dating is hard, confusing, frustrating, and exceedingly vulnerable That’s why over the next three weeks we’re going to be telling relationship stories. Different couples will be coming on our show …
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1 Peter: A Very Christian Episode (with Christian Wingate, Stanford Gibson, and Peter Nittler)
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One thing is abundantly clear about our last episode of the season – it is DEEPLY Christian. We mean that on two levels. First, this is the Your Pod and Your Staff debut for our friend and recent alum of College Life, Christian Wingate. And you get to taste all the classic Christian Wingate flavors – deep textual thinking, niche nerdiness, and just…
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Wondering Time with Timothy (with Stanford Gibson and Peter Nittler)
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“I wonder what Paul means when he says that…?” As far as we’re concerned, this is as good a posture as any to take when we approach the Scriptures. And on this episode Stanford Gibson and Peter Nittler do a lot of wondering together. …I wonder what Paul meant by bad teaching?... …I wonder what Paul meant by “everything created by God is good”?... ……
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Ephesians with Some Spice (with Dan Seitz, Stanford Gibson, and Peter Nittler)
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It’s Ephesians week on Your Pod and Your Staff. And this week, it gets a little SPICY. Our guest this week, former College Life Pastor, Dan Seitz, makes Your Pod and Your Staff history by delivering the hottest take ever to occur on our program. If you know the Letter to the Ephesians, you won’t believe what he chooses for Can I Have an Eraser? Bey…
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Basics are Beautiful: Reading Colossians with Bronwyn Lea, Stanford Gibson, and Peter Nittler
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Peter and Stanford are joined by a brilliant guest this week: Bronwyn Lea! Bronwyn has consistently been a bastion for spiritual wisdom and affection in College Life (as anyone who has read her book Beyond Awkward Side Hugs can attest). Perhaps when we come to a book or talk or podcast featuring someone with “spiritual wisdom”, we expect to hear so…
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Philippians is Phenomenal with Stanford Gibson, Madeline Peterson, and Peter Nittler
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If there is any encouragement from these pods, any participation in the banter, any affection and hilarity, complete our joy by jumping into this episode on Philippians! Stanford, Madee, and Peter are back talking about one of the most phenomenal of Paul’s letters. And the conversation is as lovely as the letter itself. They revisit some of the cla…
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The Galatians Puzzle: The Law
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We know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. Maybe you’re smarter than me. But here’s my reaction to this wonderful verse from Galat…
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Thessalonian Thoughts: The Will of God, the End of the World and Other Stuff (Stanford Gibson and Peter Nittler)
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Let’s talk about the end of the world. No, we have no knowledge of how or when that will happen – sorry to disappoint! The end of the world is on the mind because we just opened up Paul’s Letter to the Thessalonians and – he seems to be pretty interested in the topic. Now, our hunch is that when most people hear eschatological (the study of End Tim…
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James: In Conversation (with Stanford Gibson, Madeline Peterson, and Peter Nittler)
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You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. That's James 2:26 right there. But. How can that be? Doesn’t Paul tell us that “one is justified by faith apart from works”. This seems like… a problem. Have you ever been bothered by this? Have you ever been curious about how these seemingly opposing ideas can possibly exist in th…
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Turmoil & Toilets: A Theology of Hard Times and an Intro to the NT Letters (with Stanford Gibson and Peter Nittler)
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Have you heard? 2020 is the pits. Things are hard right now. So why, you may ask, are we choosing to turn back the clock and revisit previous terrible times? Wouldn’t it be nicer to hear about something… happier? Strangely, in casting our eyes onto these difficult times, we see something strangely comforting: that we embody a story that is both fir…
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You Become Your Community (with Stanford Gibson and Peter Nittler)
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You become the product of the communities in which you embed yourself. You become your communities– Stanford Gibson If there was a list in some Google Doc somewhere of all the ideas that makes us excited to do College Life – this would be in the top 5, and it wouldn’t be number 5. In fact, we love this idea so much both for what it tells us about h…
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Parasite: Podcorn Theology with Kyle Jung
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"You know what plan never fails? No plan at all... With no plan, nothing can go wrong, and if something spins out of control, it doesn't matter." This is Podcorn Theology. On these episodes we invite our audience to watch a movie, then we turn on the microphones and engage that movie in theological discussion. On this episode, Peter and Miriam are …
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Just Mercy: Podcorn Theology (Peter Nittler, Miriam Hamilton, and Alli Pooré)
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It’s the first edition of Podcorn Theology! On these episodes we’ll invite our audience to watch a movie, and then we will turn on our microphones and try to engage that movie in a theological discussion. This week: we’re talking about Just Mercy. The majority of our conversations will be in discussing the film by trying to listen closely to what t…
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A Conversation About Racism and Justice with Rafik Wahbi
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...Rafik and Peter do some catching up in the beginning. If you want to jump straight to content, go to (15:23)... Welcome to Season 2 of Your Pod and Your Staff. It’s good to be back! In many ways this kind of conversation feels new to College Life, but we think the events and aftermath of George Floyd’s death on May 25th demand a response, some h…
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Life After College (Life) with Stanford Gibson, Miriam Hamilton, and Peter Nittler
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“College is the best years of your life!” One hears that sentiment quite a bit. It sounds great to a Freshman – it’s all ahead of you. But, if it’s true, it’s pretty devastating news to a graduating Senior – it’s all behind you. We don’t believe it – at least not fully. This is why we’ve always wanted to do college ministry in a way that makes thes…
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Ode to the Question-Mark: You Asked, We Answered (with Stanford Gibson, Miriam Hamilton, and Peter Nittler)
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Can I ask you a question? Do you like questions? No?! Why not? Yes?! Aren’t they best? Can I ask you another question? How do you think we arrive at wisdom? Is it that some are born with an innate knowledge while others aren’t? Or does wisdom grow more slowly and more organically? If that’s the case, where does wisdom start? Is it possible that it …
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Philosophizing (and other things) with Professor Justin Morton
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“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” C.S. Lewis said that. It stands to reason, then, that this conversation is unnecessary– a conversation between two friends… about philosophy! UC Davis Philosophy professor Justin …
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Moralistic Therapeutic Deism? Umm... What? (with Stanford Gibson, Miriam Hamilton, and Peter Nittler)
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It’s the podcast conversation you didn’t know you wanted! “What comes to mind when you think about God is the most important thing about you.” AW Tozer said that in The Knowledge of the Holy and in many ways it’s the beating heart of this conversation. What do we think about God? That’s a distinctly different question than “who is God?” and it has …
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Politics & Theology: Talking Points for Your Next Dinner Party (with Stanford Gibson, Miriam Hamilton, and Peter Nittler)
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Here’s something you already know: political conversation can often be… heated. But what if we turn down the temperature a little bit, start with an observation forged from meditating on the Scriptures as opposed start with a left / right dichotomy? Could it be something better? Maybe even something redemptive? That’s the goal of this conversation.…
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Old Testament Themes & Messianic Prophecies (Spring Quarter in One Pod!) with Stanford Gibson, Miriam Hamilton, and Peter Nittler
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We had a plan. A good plan. The College Life Spring Quarter teaching schedule was going to be – oh baby! After finishing laying out the story of the Old Testament in the Winter, we were primed for a chance to talk about the good stuff – the themes of the Old Testament and how it all points to Jesus Christ. The Coronavirus had other plans, and so no…
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XII Thoughts on The XII (feat. Madeline Peterson, Paul Mutz, Jessica Dell'Acqua, and Kyle Jung)
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Well folks, it’s that time of year! This episode marks the beginning of our journey to find the leaders who will make up The XII (College Life’s Leadership Team) in 2020-2021. Miriam Hamilton and Peter Nittler give you XII things to know about The XII – the vision behind it, the stories that have shaped it, and the hopes behind it. Then, at 45:45, …
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Community-as-Family with Bronwyn Lea
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Christian community is – what? A group of friends? An encouraging place to belong? Hopefully – yes. But there’s a more foundational image the New Testament wants us to see. We are to see each other as family. And that’s not just a fancy way of saying “really close”, it’s a fundamental shift on how we see and think about life together. Peter Nittler…
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Feel the Rhythms (and Practices and Habits) with Stanford Gibson, Miriam Hamilton, and Peter Nittler
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Sometimes large doors can swing on tiny hinges. Massive parts of our lives – like our joy, peace, and hope – can often swing on seemingly small, insignificant things. Things like our daily habits, routines, rhythms, and practices. That’s why we’re talking about them in this episode – because we think that the only way to thrive is to take these thi…
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If you're anything like us, it's been hard to wrangle your thoughts and emotions through this season of the 'rona. Peter Nittler and Stanford Gibson have some thoughts. We hear, "don't live in fear", "have faith" but what does that mean? How does "not being afraid" interact with being wise in the face of danger? If we feel worried, does that mean w…
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The Sin Bin Episode 1
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Some asshole talks about fantasy hockey.
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