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You pray. Read your Bible. Show up at church. And God still seems … crickets. When God feels far away, does that mean your faith is broken—or that you are? Brant Hansen, author of Blessed Are the Misfits, gets candid about skepticism, emotional wiring, and our all-too-human pressure to manufacture spiritual experiences. What holds your faith together when your feelings have approximately nothing useful to report?
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Everyone else seems to feel God. Worship moves them. Prayer lights them up. Meanwhile, your faith feels flatter than a three-day-old Coke. If you're wondering, “Why don’t I feel close to God?” Brant Hansen, author of Blessed Are the Misfits, gets refreshingly honest about faith for people who don’t fit the emotional Christian mold. Are you spiritually defective—or have we confused certain personalities and feelings with what genuine faith is supposed to look like?
Show Notes and Resources
Connect with Brant on Instagram.

Connect with Brant on Facebook.
Learn more about Brant on his website.
Listen to Brant and Sherri’s podcast, The Brant and Sherri Oddcast.
Get Brant’s book, Blessed Are the Misfits.
Thanks to the Christian Standard Bible for sponsoring this episode. Learn more at CSBible.com.
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Find resources from our podcast at shop.familylife.com.
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Grades. Sports. Friends. Faith. Future. It’s ridiculously easy to turn your teenager’s life into your personal report card. Melissa Kruger, author of Parenting with Hope, gets honest about Christian parenting of teens when, perhaps despite the evidence, you want desperately to get it right. What if our good intentions are quietly piling pressure on our kids? And how do we stay close when their choices—and their future—aren’t ours to control?
Show Notes and Resources
Learn more about Melissa Kruger on her website.

Get Melissa's book, Parenting with Hope, and her other book on our shop.
Read and watch Josh McDowell speak about "rules without relationships".
Find more resources on parenting teens.
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Your sweet kid turned into a teenager—and apparently you’re embarrassing now. How do you stay close without clinging, set limits without making every conversation a lecture, and keep fear from running the show? Melissa Kruger, author of Parenting with Hope, gets real about how to parent a teenager when the stakes feel higher, the eye rolls get stronger, and you desperately want to get this right.
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Learn more about Melissa Kruger on her website.

Get Melissa's book, Parenting with Hope, and her other book on our shop.
Read and watch Josh McDowell speak about "rules without relationships".
Find more resources on parenting teens.
Thanks to the Christian Standard Bible for sponsoring this episode. Learn more at CSBible.com.
Follow us on all social platforms: Facebook | Instagram | YouTube
Find resources from our podcast at shop.familylife.com.
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You’ve got a dream. You’ve also got bills, responsibilities, loved ones eager to offer opinions, and that nagging question: Is this big idea for my future actually from God … or am I nuts? Saxophonist Emmanuel Garilus and his wife, Loreen, get real about finding your God-given purpose when the sensible path doesn’t feel like the faithful one. How do you weigh calling, risk, hard work, and marriage—and know when a dream is worth chasing?
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Emmanuel Garilus’s Apollo Theater performance. Find the video on Emmanuel Garilus’s Instagram.

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Scriptures referenced: Proverbs 4:18 and Colossians 3:23.
Thanks to the Christian Standard Bible for sponsoring this episode. Learn more at CSBible.com.
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