And The Next Thing You Know

Jenessa Schwartz died on November 1, 2023, after living with a stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis since 2017. She was 41 years old. May her memory be for a blessing.

Kati Douglas and I talk about her career as an early childhood educator and how her struggle with postpartum depression catalyzed a radical career path change.

Kurt Granzow came into himself as a gay man at the same time that he found conservative Lutheranism in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 90s. What came next was a decade of communion and pursuit of ministry within the church,

When Shawn drank from a lucky fountain, everything in her life went sideways. Or maybe it cracked open in new directions.

Sobriety isn’t just about not drinking booze. It can be a spiritual quest, and a daily practice of being of service to the people in your life.