أفضل بودكاسات Spiritual Formation (2025)

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131 (Bonus) Spiritual Direction as Friendship (from the Kellia, with David Clayton) 48:31

4d ago48:31

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In this BONUS episode (before season 8 starts), host Geoff Holsclaw starts experimenting with regular guest hosts to dive deeper into certain topics. This episode sees the return of David Clayton, a spiritual director, supervisor of spiritual directors, and a trained behavior analyst and facilitator of psychological safety. David will bring us the …

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🐮 Proper 28 22:34

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Readings: Isaiah 12; Psalm 98; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19. Central Theme: Jesus's prophecy against Herod's ornate temple reflects a consistent biblical pattern of God rejecting centralized religious power and wealth accumulation in favor of decentralized, agrarian faithfulness. Key Insights: Luke writes post-70 CE with knowledge of the te…

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🐮 Proper 27 27:11

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Readings: Haggai 1:15b-2:9; Psalm 98; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17; Luke 20:27-38. Learn More: - "What Was Jesus' Real Name?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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🐮 Proper 25 19:46

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Readings: Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22;Psalm 84:1-7; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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🐮 Proper 24 24:15

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Readings: Genesis 32:22-31; Psalm 121; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5; Luke 18:1-8. Learn More: Isaac v. Manning et. al Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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🐮 Proper 23 21:48

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Readings: 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15; Psalm 111; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19. Learn More: A Tale of Two Soldiers Naaman the Syrian Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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🐮 Proper 22 23:41

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130 (Bonus) Deeply Loved: Exploring Empathy and Spiritual Growth (with Bill & Kristi Gaultiere) 38:36

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In this episode, hosts Geoff & Cyd Holsclaw talk with Bill and Kristi Gaultiere, founders of Soul Shepherding, and authors of Deeply Loved: Receiving and Reflecting God's Great Empathy for You. The conversation explores the Gaultiers' journey into psychology and ministry, their insights into empathy and emotional intelligence, and their focus on pr…

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GruntGod ep.9 with Aaron Weiss 1:23:29

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What does it mean to carry the weight of other people’s devotion? Martin of Tours’ Vita shows how even saints can be trapped between humility and veneration, celebrated to the point of distortion. Aaron Weiss, lyricist and frontman of mewithoutYou, now teaching anthropology, joins us to explore ego, authenticity, and what happens when art, faith, a…

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🐮 Proper 21 19:59

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Readings: Amos 6:1, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31. To Do: Get your #GruntGod Season Pass Attend GruntCon on October 25th in Albany, Oregon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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GruntGod ep.8 with Christian Barthel 47:27

2M ago47:27

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What made soldiers standouts as monks, and how did their experience shape Christian asceticism?This episode explores the birth of communal monasticism, tracing how Pachomius transformed abandoned sites into thriving religious villages that contrasted with solitary desert hermits.Ancient historian Christian Barthel brings his expertise in late antiq…

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🐮 Proper 20 23:34

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Readings: Amos 8:4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13. To Do: Get your #GruntGod Season Pass Attend GruntCon on October 25th in Albany, Oregon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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GruntGod ep.7 with Rebekah Eklund 1:03:59

2M ago1:03:59

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What is worth dying for—and how do we live honorably when death isn’t the point? St. George’s earliest lives depict a soldier who refuses imperial demands, framing martyrdom as faithful witness—an honorable life that may cost everything—rather than a quest for heroic death. Rebekah Eklund is a New Testament and ethics scholar whose Beatitudes resea…

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GruntGod ep.5 with George Kalantzis 1:18:53

2M ago1:18:53

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What happens when military service collides with the earliest Christian witness? In this episode of GruntGod Season Pass, we explore the tension between loyalty to Caesar and allegiance to Christ, and how ancient questions about soldiers, oaths, and discipleship still press on us today. Dr. George Kalantzis, professor of Theology at Wheaton College…

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#GruntGod ep.4 with Tremper Longman III 46:36

2M ago46:36

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What does it mean to follow a God who fights? In this chapter of God Is a Grunt, we confront the paradox of the Divine Warrior—Yahweh as defender and destroyer, Jesus as both God and grunt—wrestling with Scripture’s most unsettling vision of holy violence. With Old Testament scholar Tremper Longman III, co-author of God Is a Warrior, we trace the m…

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GruntGod ch.3 with Russell Johnson 1:03:50

2M ago1:03:50

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What do Christians owe veterans and other military neighbors? A sharp, honest conversation on Joshua, policing, and responsibility. From “serve and protect” to the limits of “civility” and the promise of nonviolent action, this episode reframes justice in the post–George Floyd era. In this episode, we confront the Hebrew Bible’s hardest texts with …

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GruntGod ch.1 with David Peters 52:07

2M ago52:07

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What if the story of Cain wasn’t just about punishment—but pain? In this powerful first chapter of God Is a Grunt, we reexamine the world’s first murder through the lens of moral injury—the deep, spiritual pain that comes not just from violence, but from betrayal, shame, and exile. With pastoral insight from David Peters, former Marine and Army cha…

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GruntGod ch.2 with Chris Haw 57:43

2M ago57:43

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What does it really cost to lead? In this chapter of God Is a Grunt, we journey alongside Moses, the reluctant leader whose entire life became an act of sacrifice—leaving behind home, status, and even his own dreams to serve a people in the wilderness. With insight from Girardian scholar Cris Haw, we explore how sacrifice often demands more than ri…

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🐮 Proper 19 22:35

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Readings: Exodus 32:7-14 and Psalm 51:1-10 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-10. To Do: Get your #GruntGod Season Pass Attend GruntCon on October 25th in Albany, Oregon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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#GruntGod ep.6 (update: womp womp 😬) 9:02

3M ago9:02

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This week I failed. In the flurry of activity around openning The Chapter House, I wasn’t able to schedule and record an interview with a Pauline scholar, but that doesn’t mean I won’t! When I do, that episode will be available to watch from the Grunt Works website as well as on First Formation so you can listen to it wherever you get your podcasts…

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🐮 Proper 18 20:30

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Readings: Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 1; Philemon 1:1-21; Luke 14:25-33. To Do: Get your #GruntGod Season Pass Attend GruntCon on October 25th in Albany, Oregon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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🐮 Proper 17 23:06

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Readings: Jeremiah 2:4-13; Psalm 81:1, 10-16; Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16; Luke 14:1, 7-14. To Do: Get your #GruntGod Season Pass Attend GruntCon on October 25th in Albany, Oregon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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🐮 Proper 16 23:47

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Readings: Isaiah 58:9b-14; Psalm 103:1-8; Hebrews 12:18-29; Luke 13:10-17. To Do: Get your #GruntGod Season Pass Attend GruntCon on October 25th in Albany, Oregon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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129 Why Spiritual Directors are Reading "Landscapes of the Soul" 31:08

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In this special book launch episode, Geoff interviews Summer Joy Gross about why spiritual directors are reading and recommending Landscapes of the Soul: How the Science and Spirituality of Attachment Can Move You into Confident Faith, Courage, and Connection. This episode touches on the need to balance between intimacy and independence in spiritua…

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🐮 Proper 15 17:31

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Readings: Jeremiah 23:23-29; Psalm 82; Hebrews 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:49-56. To Do: Get your #GruntGod Season Pass Attend GruntCon on October 25th in Albany, Oregon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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🐮 Proper 14 19:52

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Readings: Genesis 15:1-6; Psalm 33:12-22; Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16; Luke 12:32-40. To Do: Get your #GruntGod Season Pass Attend GruntCon on October 25th in Albany, Oregon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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128 Why Therapists Are Reading "Landscapes of the Soul" (with Monica Mouer, LPCS) 37:09

4M ago37:09

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In this special book launch episode, Geoff interviews Monica Mauer about why therapists are reading Landscapes of the Soul, and how it can help their clients. Monica is a therapist, therapist supervisor, and founder of the Center for Family Transformation. Monica talks about the unique and very helpful terminology used in the book to describe the d…

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🐮 Proper 13 24:28

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Readings: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14 2:18-23; Psalm 49:1-12; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21. TL;DR: Get your #GruntGod Season Pass for just $13! Attend GruntCon on October 25th in Albany, Oregon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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127 Landscapes of the Soul: Chapters 1-2 (read by Cyd Holsclaw) 31:15

4M ago31:15

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Here is an audio snippet of our new book. Description below. Please buy and review. ______ Does it feel like you experience life in a totally different way than others? Like you are living somewhere else, and you can’t build connection or intimacy with God like others can? There’s a good chance that you, like so many of us, have tried it all: read …

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126 Where it all started: The Shepherd Story (with Cyd Holsclaw) 9:25

4M ago9:25

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In a sense, this is where all the attachment stuff started, with Cyd telling the "Shepherd Story" to our boys during bedtime. Over and over, year by year, she did this little guided meditation with them. She was doing attachment work with the Good Shepherd even before we had language for it. Many listeners and cohort members have asked for a record…

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Introducing #GruntGod Season Pass 4:17

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Secure your Season Pass today and join a community exploring what it truly means when we discover that God is a grunt; https://pewpewhq.com/merch/p/grunt-god Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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125 A Teachable Spirit Among Strangers and Enemies (with A.J. Swoboda) 44:37

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Should Christians be teachable, and how can we discipline desire, that’s what we are talking about today, and stories learning to attach more deeply with God. In this episode of the Attaching to God podcast, host Geoff Holsclaw welcomes Dr. A.J. Swoboda to discuss the virtue of having a teachable spirit. The conversation explores the challenges of …

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🐮 Proper 12 27:51

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Readings: Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2:6-19; Luke 11:1-13. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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🐮 Proper 11 27:46

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Readings: Genesis 18:1-10a; Psalm 15; Colossians 1:15-28; Luke 10:38-42. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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124 Healing Love & Sacred Attachments: Between Trauma and Transformation (with Michael John Cusick) 40:40

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What do you do when the gap between what you believe and what you experience feels insurmountable? Where do you turn when trauma leaves you feeling lost, ashamed, and exhausted, spinning spiritually, but still longing for a relationship with God? In this episode of the Attaching to God podcast, Geoff Holsclaw talks with Michael John Cusick about th…

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Readings: Deuteronomy 30:9-14; Psalm 25:1-10; Colossians 1:1-14; Luke 10:25-37. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesبقلم Grunt Works

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123 Why We Gather: The Neuroscience Behind Corporate Worship (with Dr. Joshua Cockanye) 45:03

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Is corporate worship just the transfer of information? Or to whip up our emotions into a frenzy? Or does corporate worship do something else? In this episode, host Geoff Holsclaw engages with Reverend Dr. Joshua Cockayne about corporate worship, joint attention in spiritual formation, and perspectives from developmental psychology, attachment theor…

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122 Constructing Calm: A Guide for Families in a Fast-Paced World (with Sarah Boyd) 37:20

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Have you felt overwhelmed and flattened by the sheer amount of noise and distraction in your home, your schedule, and your brain? In our fast-paced culture, is it possible to set up our families and children to thrive? In this episode of the Attaching to God podcast, host Geoff welcomes Sarah Boyd, writer, child development expert, and founder of R…

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🐮 Proper 9 22:35

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Send us a text Readings: Isaiah 66:10-14; Psalm 66:1-9; Galatians 6:(1-6), 7-16; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20. Support the show Thank you for falling in to First Formation. If you like what you’ve heard, you can participate in one of the three following ways; Support the podcast or subscribe to First Forward. Become a co-host by recording a lectionary readi…

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121 Evolving Narcissism, Attacks on Empathy, and Raising Up Resilient Churches (with Dr. Chuck DeGroat) 42:34

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Is society producing more narcissists, or producing more people susceptible to abuse by narcissists? How has narcissism evolved in our internet age? In this episode, we explore the evolving nature of narcissism in the internet age and its impact on church communities. We discuss the shift from authority-based to algorithm-based influence, the rise …

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120 The FISH Model: Beyond Modern Impasses to Spiritual and Emotional Health (with Dr. Marcus Warner) 38:31

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What are the limitations of our modern approaches to discipleship and spiritual formation? How do our neural pathways connect to our spiritual pathways? Does brain-wiring connect to spiritual warfare? And how does this all connect to our identity in Christ? In this episode of the Attach To God podcast, host Geoff Holsclaw delves into the intersecti…

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Send us a text Readings: 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21; Psalm 16; Galatians 5:1, 13-25; Luke 9:51-62. Support the show Thank you for falling in to First Formation. If you like what you’ve heard, you can participate in one of the three following ways; Support the podcast or subscribe to First Forward. Become a co-host by recording a lectionary reading. Re…

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119 Finding Miracles Between Doubt and Joy (with singer-songwriter Andy Squyres) 46:25

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In this episode of the Attaching to God podcast, host Geoff Holsclaw chats with singer-songwriter and poet Andy Squyres about his faith journey, his time in Santa Cruz, and reconciling disappointment with hope. They discuss his creative process, dealing with grief and deconstruction, and the significance of embracing both doctrinal depth and authen…

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Send us a text Readings: Isaiah 65:1-9; Psalm 22:19-28; Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39. Support the show Thank you for falling in to First Formation. If you like what you’ve heard, you can participate in one of the three following ways; Support the podcast or subscribe to First Forward. Become a co-host by recording a lectionary reading. Record an…

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118 Beyond Discipleship: The Future of Spiritual Formation (with Kyle Strobel) 37:37

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What exactly is spiritual formation? Is it similar or different than discipleship? And who is having this conversation about spiritual formation anyway? In this episode of the Attaching to God podcast, hosted by Geoff Holsclaw and produced by Embodied Faith, the focus is on spiritual formation—what it is, how it compares to discipleship, and its fu…

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117 Finding Emotional Health While Helping Other: or, Healing Leadership Trauma (with Sheila and Nicholas Rowe) 50:48

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In this episode of the Attaching to God podcast, we explore the often overlooked emotional struggles faced by leaders. Our guests are Nicholas and Sheila Wise Rowe. Nicholas Rowe is the Haslin Associate Professor of Leadership at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. And Sheila Wise Row is a seasoned counselor and author (and previous podcast guest)…

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🐮 Pentecost 23:43

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Send us a text Readings: Genesis 11:1-9; Psalm 104:24-35; Romans 8:14-17; Acts 2:1-21; John 14:8-17. Support the show Thank you for falling in to First Formation. If you like what you’ve heard, you can participate in one of the three following ways; Support the podcast or subscribe to First Forward. Become a co-host by recording a lectionary readin…

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116 Neurodiversity and Attachment: Bridging the Gap (with Barbara Grant) 40:42

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Does neurodiversity impact relational attachments? What does secure and insecure attachment look like for those who aren’t neurotypical? In this episode of the Attachment to God podcast, hosts Geoff and Cyd Holsclaw are joined by Barbara Grant, a specialist in autism and neurodiverse couples coaching. They talk about how neurodiversity impacts rela…

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🐮 Easter 7 23:25

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Send us a text Readings: Acts 16:16-34; Psalm 97; Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21; John 17:20-26. From the TRNG Room: Dez the Jailer Support the show Thank you for falling in to First Formation. If you like what you’ve heard, you can participate in one of the three following ways; Support the podcast or subscribe to First Forward. Become a co-hos…

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115 Anchored in Love: The Center of the Apostle Paul's Theology (with Dr. Nijay Gupta) 51:28

6M ago51:28

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Scholars of the Apostle Paul have long debated the so-called center of Paul’s theology, focusing on themes like justification by faith, reconciliation, union with Christ, and the apocalyptic triumph of God in Christ. But what if love really is the heart of the gospel that he preached? In this episode of the Attaching to God podcast, we welcome Nija…

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