<div><img width="270" height="170" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/birds.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumb-430 size-thumb-430 wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/birds.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 270w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/birds.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 540w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/birds.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 810w" sizes="(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px" /></div>"There is no terror like the terror of being known," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. That's the conundrum of the quest of intimacy. There is no need more central to the human experience than to be fully known and loved, and "there is no greater pain than the pain of intimacy severed—by betrayal, by distance, by death." Wayne stumbled upon an article this week regarding desire for intimacy and the anxiety it creates in those who seek it. Kyle and Wayne see this issue from very different angles as you'll see in this insightful conversation about intimacy and vulnerability in a world where people can often not be trusted with either. Since the need for intimacy is as foundational as our daily hunger, how do we address that need and negotiate the fall-out when people misuse our vulnerability.
Podcast Notes:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://fb.watch/wxwXjdJ1uX/">The video recording of this podcast</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/12/03/david-whyte-consolations-intimacy/">The Wound Is the Gift:</a> David Whyte on the Relationship Between Anxiety and Intimacy - By Maria Popova</li>
<li>Read Wayne's newest book, <a href="https://wp.me/P74UP1-5nE">It's Time</a></li>
</ul>The post <a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com/2024/12/20/the-anxiety-of-intimacy-968/">The Anxiety of Intimacy (#968)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com">The God Journey</a>.

<description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width="270" height="170" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/birds.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumb-430 size-thumb-430 wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/birds.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 270w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/birds.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 540w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/birds.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 810w" sizes="(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;"There is no terror like the terror of being known," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. That's the conundrum of the quest...&lt;/p&gt;
The post &lt;a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com/2024/12/20/the-anxiety-of-intimacy-968/"&gt;The Anxiety of Intimacy (#968)&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com"&gt;The God Journey&lt;/a&gt;.</description>

"There is no terror like the terror of being known," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. That's the conundrum of the quest...

"There is no terror like the terror of being known," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. That's the conundrum of the quest of intimacy. There is no need more central to the human experience than to be fully known and loved, and "there is no greater pain than the pain of intimacy severed—by betrayal, by distance, by death." Wayne stumbled upon an article this week regarding desire for intimacy and the anxiety it creates in those who seek it. Kyle and Wayne see this issue from very different angles as you'll see in this insightful conversation about intimacy and vulnerability in a world where people can often not be trusted with either. Since the need for intimacy is as foundational as our daily hunger, how do we address that need and negotiate the fall-out when people misuse our vulnerability. 
Podcast Notes: 
 
* <a href="https://fb.watch/wxwXjdJ1uX/">The video recording of this podcast</a> 
* <a href="https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/12/03/david-whyte-consolations-intimacy/">The Wound Is the Gift:</a> David Whyte on the Relationship Between Anxiety and Intimacy - By Maria Popova 
* Read Wayne's newest book, <a href="https://wp.me/P74UP1-5nE">It's Time</a>

The Anxiety of Intimacy (#968)

<div><img width="270" height="170" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hidenseek.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumb-430 size-thumb-430 wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hidenseek.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 270w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hidenseek.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 540w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hidenseek.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 810w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px" /></div>Today's podcast is a double-feature, at no extra charge. After a medical update, Kyle invites Wayne into a conversation about preserving relationship when you're in survival mode and don't have a lot of energy to give. Then, Wayne invites Kyle back to the justice/righteousness conversation as he and Tobie are considering writing a booklet about what it means to be saved. For many of us the first "gospel" we heard was, "You are a dirty sinner who is going to hell if you don't repent and turn your life over to God." But does that really say it? Looking for a fresh way to describe the Gospel, Wayne suggests, "The purpose of God is to win you into his love so, he can fill you with his Life and set you free from the narcissism of flesh. Then, you'll be able to live in God's justice by treating others the way you want to be treated, and thus become an expression of God's kingdom in a world of chaos." We are looking for simple wording that can unpack the reality of the Gospel, apart from human effort and inside the magnificent love of the Creator.
Podcast Notes:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://fb.watch/wpRlgTgIRA/">The video recording of this podcast.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com/2024/09/06/does-righteousness-appear-in-the-bible-958/">The podcast that began our discussion of righteousness and justice.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com/2023/07/21/did-we-get-sin-wrong-903/">Seeing Sin as Trauma</a></li>
<li>Read Wayne's newest book, <a href="https://wp.me/P74UP1-5nE">It's Time</a></li>
</ul>The post <a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com/2024/12/13/what-does-it-mean-to-be-saved-967/">Survival Mode and Redefining Salvation (#967)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com">The God Journey</a>.

<description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width="270" height="170" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hidenseek.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumb-430 size-thumb-430 wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hidenseek.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 270w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hidenseek.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 540w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hidenseek.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 810w" sizes="(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today's podcast is a double-feature, at no extra charge. After a medical update, Kyle invites Wayne into a conversation about...&lt;/p&gt;
The post &lt;a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com/2024/12/13/what-does-it-mean-to-be-saved-967/"&gt;Survival Mode and Redefining Salvation (#967)&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com"&gt;The God Journey&lt;/a&gt;.</description>

Today's podcast is a double-feature, at no extra charge. After a medical update, Kyle invites Wayne into a conversation about...

Today's podcast is a double-feature, at no extra charge. After a medical update, Kyle invites Wayne into a conversation about preserving relationship when you're in survival mode and don't have a lot of energy to give. Then, Wayne invites Kyle back to the justice/righteousness conversation as he and Tobie are considering writing a booklet about what it means to be saved. For many of us the first "gospel" we heard was, "You are a dirty sinner who is going to hell if you don't repent and turn your life over to God." But does that really say it? Looking for a fresh way to describe the Gospel, Wayne suggests, "The purpose of God is to win you into his love so, he can fill you with his Life and set you free from the narcissism of flesh. Then, you'll be able to live in God's justice by treating others the way you want to be treated, and thus become an expression of God's kingdom in a world of chaos." We are looking for simple wording that can unpack the reality of the Gospel, apart from human effort and inside the magnificent love of the Creator. 
Podcast Notes: 
 
* <a href="https://fb.watch/wpRlgTgIRA/">The video recording of this podcast.</a> 
* <a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com/2024/09/06/does-righteousness-appear-in-the-bible-958/">The podcast that began our discussion of righteousness and justice.</a> 
* <a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com/2023/07/21/did-we-get-sin-wrong-903/">Seeing Sin as Trauma</a> 
* Read Wayne's newest book, <a href="https://wp.me/P74UP1-5nE">It's Time</a>

Survival Mode and Redefining Salvation (#967)

<div><img width="270" height="170" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WS2024xmas.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumb-430 size-thumb-430 wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WS2024xmas.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 270w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WS2024xmas.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 540w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WS2024xmas.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 810w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px" /></div>Sara Jacobsen is Wayne's guest this week as they process their current situation and how it has impacted Sara's journey. Here's the honest nitty-gritty of their struggle and how they are finding a way through it with Jesus. They wrestle with the tough questions, such as one asked by a friend last week:  "Have you been disappointed with God in all of this?" How do you hold on to hope when things keep going downhill? They also talk about how Wayne's surgery interrupted Sara's journey into wholeness and how she's dealing with that. This is an extremely raw and personal look at how Wayne and Sara and traversing this part of their journey and finding joy and provision from God. Both of them are happy to be in a place where their relationship with God is bigger than what life throws at them.
Podcast Notes:
<ul>
<li>No video recording was made of this podcast.</li>
<li>Read Wayne's newest book, <a href="https://wp.me/P74UP1-5nE">It's Time</a></li>
</ul>The post <a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com/2024/11/29/expectation-and-disappointment-966/">Expectations, Disappointment, and Hope (#966)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com">The God Journey</a>.

<description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width="270" height="170" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WS2024xmas.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumb-430 size-thumb-430 wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WS2024xmas.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 270w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WS2024xmas.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 540w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WS2024xmas.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 810w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sara Jacobsen is Wayne's guest this week as they process their current situation and how it has impacted Sara's journey....&lt;/p&gt;
The post &lt;a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com/2024/11/29/expectation-and-disappointment-966/"&gt;Expectations, Disappointment, and Hope (#966)&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com"&gt;The God Journey&lt;/a&gt;.</description>

Sara Jacobsen is Wayne's guest this week as they process their current situation and how it has impacted Sara's journey....

Sara Jacobsen is Wayne's guest this week as they process their current situation and how it has impacted Sara's journey. Here's the honest nitty-gritty of their struggle and how they are finding a way through it with Jesus. They wrestle with the tough questions, such as one asked by a friend last week:  "Have you been disappointed with God in all of this?" How do you hold on to hope when things keep going downhill? They also talk about how Wayne's surgery interrupted Sara's journey into wholeness and how she's dealing with that. This is an extremely raw and personal look at how Wayne and Sara and traversing this part of their journey and finding joy and provision from God. Both of them are happy to be in a place where their relationship with God is bigger than what life throws at them. 
Podcast Notes: 
 
* No video recording was made of this podcast. 
* Read Wayne's newest book, <a href="https://wp.me/P74UP1-5nE">It's Time</a>

Expectations, Disappointment, and Hope (#966)

<div><img width="270" height="170" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/recovery.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumb-430 size-thumb-430 wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/recovery.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 270w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/recovery.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 540w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/recovery.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 810w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px" /></div>As many of you know, Wayne has been battling some medical issues that began with excruciating pain and resulted in back surgery to fuse part of his spine and chemotherapy to deal with the bone cancer that caused it. Wayne felt well enough this week to talk with Kyle about what he's dealing with medically and how this ordeal affects his relationship with God. These are not refined conclusions coming from resolved circumstances but honest reflections from the pit of raw need. How do God and Wayne communicate at times like this? How do you deal with escalating pain that prayer doesn't seem to move? How does faith lead us to endurance and how do losesight of God when he doesn't respond the way we want him to?
Podcast Notes:
<ul>
<li>No video recording was made of this podcast.</li>
<li>Read Wayne's newest book, <a href="https://wp.me/P74UP1-5nE">It's Time</a></li>
</ul>The post <a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com/2024/11/15/observations-from-a-pit-965/">Observations from a Pit (#965)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com">The God Journey</a>.

<description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width="270" height="170" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/recovery.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumb-430 size-thumb-430 wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/recovery.jpg?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 270w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/recovery.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 540w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/recovery.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 810w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;As many of you know, Wayne has been battling some medical issues that began with excruciating pain and resulted in...&lt;/p&gt;
The post &lt;a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com/2024/11/15/observations-from-a-pit-965/"&gt;Observations from a Pit (#965)&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com"&gt;The God Journey&lt;/a&gt;.</description>

As many of you know, Wayne has been battling some medical issues that began with excruciating pain and resulted in...

As many of you know, Wayne has been battling some medical issues that began with excruciating pain and resulted in back surgery to fuse part of his spine and chemotherapy to deal with the bone cancer that caused it. Wayne felt well enough this week to talk with Kyle about what he's dealing with medically and how this ordeal affects his relationship with God. These are not refined conclusions coming from resolved circumstances but honest reflections from the pit of raw need. How do God and Wayne communicate at times like this? How do you deal with escalating pain that prayer doesn't seem to move? How does faith lead us to endurance and how do losesight of God when he doesn't respond the way we want him to? 
Podcast Notes: 
 
* No video recording was made of this podcast. 
* Read Wayne's newest book, <a href="https://wp.me/P74UP1-5nE">It's Time</a>

Observations from a Pit (#965)

<div><img width="270" height="170" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/waynekylesun.png?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumb-430 size-thumb-430 wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/waynekylesun.png?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 270w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/waynekylesun.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 540w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/waynekylesun.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 810w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px" /></div>After five weeks exploring This Changes Everything with Tobie, Kyle and Wayne take a look at how the shift from righteousness to justice has impacted their lives. They talk about the necessity of a true conversion, not just jumping through some religious hoops that don't begin to fill us with Life and Love. They also talk about how this impacts the gifts of the Spirit play into their lives, and how decisions become a more clearer when focused on fairness and Life, not just making the best decision we can for ourselves.
Podcast Notes:
<ul>
<li>The video recording of this podcast.</li>
<li>Read Wayne's newest book:  <a href="https://wp.me/P74UP1-5nE">It's Time</a></li>
</ul>The post <a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com/2024/10/18/shifting-to-justice-964/">Shifting to Justice (#964)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com">The God Journey</a>.

<description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width="270" height="170" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/waynekylesun.png?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumb-430 size-thumb-430 wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/waynekylesun.png?resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 270w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/waynekylesun.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 540w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thegodjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/waynekylesun.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=270%2C170&amp;ssl=1 810w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;After five weeks exploring This Changes Everything with Tobie, Kyle and Wayne take a look at how the shift from...&lt;/p&gt;
The post &lt;a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com/2024/10/18/shifting-to-justice-964/"&gt;Shifting to Justice (#964)&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a href="https://www.thegodjourney.com"&gt;The God Journey&lt;/a&gt;.</description>

After five weeks exploring This Changes Everything with Tobie, Kyle and Wayne take a look at how the shift from...

After five weeks exploring This Changes Everything with Tobie, Kyle and Wayne take a look at how the shift from righteousness to justice has impacted their lives. They talk about the necessity of a true conversion, not just jumping through some religious hoops that don't begin to fill us with Life and Love. They also talk about how this impacts the gifts of the Spirit play into their lives, and how decisions become a more clearer when focused on fairness and Life, not just making the best decision we can for ourselves. 
Podcast Notes: 
 
* The video recording of this podcast. 
* Read Wayne's newest book:  <a href="https://wp.me/P74UP1-5nE">It's Time</a>

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