S4Ep1 - Is comfort the highest good?

S4Ep5 - Holding on Through the Dark

Many of us know what it feels like to wait on God. But what happens when the waiting stretches on, suffering deepens, and God's presence seems hidden? In this episode, Mary sits down with Tiffany Stein to discuss the Wall, the Dark Night of the Soul, and the painful reality of walking through seasons of grief, disappointment, and uncertainty. Drawing from Scripture and personal experience, they explore how hope, community, and God's faithfulness sustain us while we wait. Listener Note: This episode includes conversations about grief, death, cancer, and infant loss. Some parts may feel especially heavy, so please listen with care. Mourning God: Grieving Loss, Wrestling with God, and Finding your way back to Life by Tiffany Stein [https://a.co/d/0bEkvJtV] Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

S4Ep4 - The Freedom That’s Crushing Us

We’ve been taught that freedom means having no limits, but what if limitlessness is actually crushing us? In this episode, Tory and Mary explore why Scripture presents limits not as punishment, but as part of God’s good design for human flourishing. What if the boundaries we resist most are actually the places where God forms trust, dependence, rest, and joy? Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

S4Ep3 - Are we informed or wise? Information to wisdom

We live in the most informed culture in human history, and yet many of us still feel anxious, overwhelmed, and spiritually shallow. Podcasts, reels, articles, sermons, AI: we are constantly consuming information, but does knowing more actually help us live well? In this episode, Tory and Mary explore the difference between information, knowledge, and wisdom, and how Scripture reframes what it means to become truly formed. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

S4Ep2 - What are we actually after? Root Idols

What are your desires really after? What’s underneath the things you keep chasing? In this episode, Tory and Mary explore four root idols, control, power, approval, and comfort, and how they shape our desires, decisions, and discipleship. What if the issue isn’t the thing itself, but what we’re asking it to give us? Root Idols PDF [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ydf0HH1F-CoDHNZ051YnfTqBzLrSGksP/view?usp=sharing] Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

S4Ep1 - Is comfort the highest good?

If something feels hard, does that mean something is wrong? We live in a world that avoids discomfort at all costs, but what if that instinct is forming us in the wrong ways? In this episode, Tory and Mary explore the difference between comfort and formation, and how Scripture reframes suffering, endurance, and obedience. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.