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We talk a lot about wanting connection, an invitation, inclusion of belonging. But when the opportunity arises, we tend to choose the comfort of our schedules or preferences. We stay distracted and disconnected. We even bail if someone shows up that we don’t particularly want to hang out with. Pastor Ian Simkins wants to turn the table so we can see it from both sides. Being offered a seat is great, but so is being the one to pull out a chair. Sitting with people who vote differently, live differently, annoy us or have maybe even hurt us makes it a lot more complicated. But presence is more than hospitality - it asks us to consider what we’re willing to sacrifice in order to make room for genuine community. RELEVANT LINKS: Grab Ian’s book “Every Table an Altar” from Bookshop.org or the Becoming Church resource list on Amazon. Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you! If you already ordered The Other Side of Certainty, enter your order # for your pre-order bonuses!

Healthy friendship isn’t about giving everyone equal access. (If even Jesus had varying levels of connection, we don’t have to let everyone in the group chat.) While you don’t need to have a DTR with all of your friends, Wayne Francis is here to help us understand how relational clarity is an important part of meaningful connection. This episode will teach you how to stop blaming social media for your FOMO, what it looks like to grieve the end of a friendship well, and what red flags to look for that, just maybe, the friend who needs a lesson in true connection is… you. RELEVANT LINKS: Grab Wayne’s book “Make Friends with Anyone: Practicing God’s Design for Real Friendship in a Lonely World” from Bookshop.org or the Becoming Church resource list on Amazon. Find your friend style at ShowMeMyFriends.com Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you! If you already ordered The Other Side of Certainty, enter your order # for your pre-order bonuses!

In many churches, Sunday mornings look more like a concert than a worship service, but the intelligent lighting is not to blame. Instead of corporately worshipping in a communal faith, many services are led by a small team, creating a culture of experts and observers. Faith Eury Cho wants the church, the body of Christ, to get back to full participation where everyone accepts the calling, equipping, activation and sending out of all followers of Jesus. This episode will help you not just wish for, but expect, holy spirit intervention in your life. RELEVANT LINKS: Read Chapter One of The Other Side of Certainty here. Grab Faith’s book “Unlikely and Anointed” from Bookshop.org or the Becoming Church resource list on Amazon. Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you! If you already ordered The Other Side of Certainty, enter your order # for your pre-order bonuses!

We often credit the formation of our faith to our Sunday School teachers, youth group leaders and the pastors of our churches. But Kristin Kobes DuMez has research to show how our Christian discipleship is being formed outside the church just as much, or more, as it is on Sunday mornings. Her best selling book “Jesus and John Wayne” looked at the history of white, male evangelical Christianity and the . her new book, “Live, Laugh, Love” explores how catchphrases, lifestyle brands and (yes, still) the patriarchy have shaped white, evangelical women for decades. RELEVANT LINKS: Read Chapter One of The Other Side of Certainty here. Grab Kristin’s books “Jesus and John Wayne” and “Live Laugh Love” from Bookshop.org or the Becoming Church resource list on Amazon. Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you! If you already ordered The Other Side of Certainty, enter your order # for your pre-order bonuses!

Believing in yourself isn’t prideful, no matter what you’ve been told. When you understand and accept your inherent value, you’re showing God that you believe in His divine creativity. Marshawn Evan Daniels - previous Miss America contestant, attorney, entrepreneur, The Apprentice contestant, and reinvention strategist - is now the author of Worthy Girl, a children’s book that will inspire and encourage worthy girls to become worthy women. This episode is for everyone who’s tired of shrinking to fit the expectations of other people, or anyone who was raised with the spiritual narrative that their worth comes from appearance, performance or production. It’s time to believe you were created for a purpose so you can start living in your purpose. RELEVANT LINKS: Grab Marshawn’s books “Worthy Girl: Believing in God’s BIG Purpose for You” or “Believe Bigger: Discover the Path to Your Life Purpose” from our bookshop.org list to support local bookstores or from the Becoming Church resource list on Amazon. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Head to WorthyGirlWorld.com for a discussion guide and discounted pricing. Join Kristin for “One More Question” on Substack with this special listener only discount. Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you! If you already ordered The Other Side of Certainty, enter your order # for your pre-order bonuses!

Can you care about beauty without being vain? Does putting effort into your appearance automatically make you prideful? Jessica Honegger explains why she’s so publicly honest about her skincare, Botox and cosmetic procedures, but this conversation is about so much more than the things other people can see. If you’ve ever felt shame or judgement for the caring about fashion, getting injections, or simply choosing to participate in your own aging process, this episode will help you find freedom from the opinions of others, learn to trust your own body, and understand how beauty has always been connected to human dignity. RELEVANT LINKS: Get some handcrafted, globally inspired accessories for yourself or a gift from Noonday Collection, plus 10% off your first order. Grab Jessica’s book “Imperfect Courage: Live a Life of Purpose by Leaving Comfort and Going Scared” from our Becoming Church resource list on Amazon! Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you! If you already ordered The Other Side of Certainty, enter your order # for your pre-order bonuses!

Christians are supposed to be different, yet we often live with the same fears as people who don’t know God. Pastor Ryan Lokkesmoe is here to gently ask the question, have we become accidental pagans in the ways we worship God? If you agonize over the exact wording of your prayers, push yourself to do all the right things to make God happy or you secretly struggle to believe that God actually loves you, this episode will help you RELEVANT LINKS: Grab Ryan’s book “Accidental Pagans: Untangling the Roots of Our Fears About God and Discovering Who He Really Is” from our Becoming Church resource list on Amazon! Old School Sermon Series Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you! If you already ordered The Other Side of Certainty, enter your order # for your pre-order bonuses!

Healing doesn’t come as instant answer. It’s often not even a final destination. Ike Miller is here to explain how the slow, vulnerable work of becoming healthier can lead to restoration with God, within ourselves and with each other. If you’re living with volatile relationships, mental health battles, the pursuit of satisfaction or wounds from the choices of other people, you’re right in the place that Jesus came to reach. Not only will he meet you there, he can share your struggles and bring you to complete restoration. This is a conversation for battered hearts in a broken world. RELEVANT LINKS: Grab Ike’s book “Theology that Heals: How the good News of Jesus Not Only Saves Us but Makes Us Whole” from our Becoming Church resource list on Amazon! Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Join Kristin for “One More Question” with this special Becoming Church discount. Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” Follow: @ikemiller | @kristinmockleryoung | @mosaicclt Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you! If you already ordered The Other Side of Certainty, enter your order # for your pre-order bonuses!

Empathy is increasingly being framed as a threat to truth, but John Pavlovitz argues it’s not weakness, it’s a strength that Jesus modeled even as he confronted harmful systems. This episode covers Christian masculinity and the ways we define strength, the grief of leaving fear-based theology, deconstruction and the spiritual exhaustion that comes with trying to embody the words and ways of Jesus in a divided world. Share this episode with someone trying to disentangle their faith from what John calls a “Jesus-less Christianity” to discover something much bigger on the other side. RELEVANT LINKS: Grab “Here and Now and Small and Close” or John’s other books like “If God is Love, Don’t be a Jerk: Finding a Faith that Makes Us Better Humans” our Becoming Church resource list on Amazon! Take the Holy Burdens Quiz Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” Follow: @johnpavlovitz | @kristinmockleryoung | @mosaicclt Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you! If you already ordered The Other Side of Certainty, enter your order # for your pre-order bonuses!

If you’ve felt ashamed or misunderstood by the things that make you different, this conversation will show you how your faith can be the thing that grounds you instead of becoming another place you have to hide. Valeriya Hjertenaes, also known as Mrs. World Congeniality, shares how a beauty pageant led her to embrace her own OCD diagnosis and advocate for people with neurodivergence. She shares how she had to navigate mental health through differing cultural lenses and how she learned to stop performing in order to show up fully as herself. This episode is for everyone who’s tired of masking - because God doesn’t want you to pretend anymore. CW: Valeriya shares the intrusive thoughts brought on by her OCD. She does not go into detail but more than once mentions thoughts of harming babies. RELEVANT LINKS: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you! If you already ordered The Other Side of Certainty, enter your order # for your pre-order bonuses!

Refugees are not problems to solve, policies to debate or threats to manage. They are people made in the image of God. As Christians, immigration should not be an issue that divides us. We should be united in welcoming the stranger and doing everything we can to restore dignity to people who are fleeing danger and seeking safety in the land of liberty and justice for all. In this episode, Matthew Soerens helps us understand what’s really happening at a governmental level with immigration, why Christians are divided in this conversation and how our faith should shape the way we people looking for refuge. Around 40 minutes in, Matt makes a comment about Santa. If you’ve got little ears around, grab earbuds or put this one on pause until they’re no longer listening. RELEVANT LINKS: Grab “Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion and Truth in the Immigration Debate” from our Becoming Church resource list on Amazon! Women of Welcome: Find a Local Chapter Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” Follow: @matthewsoerens | @kristinmockleryoung | @mosaicclt Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you! If you already ordered The Other Side of Certainty, enter your order # for your pre-order bonuses!

How do we break inherited patterns of fear, shame and control in our parenting? How do we instead create homes that are places of connection, dignity and peace? Parenting coach Wendy Snyder is back to move us out of shame, reactivity and power struggles so we can rebuild a family structure rooted in peace, empathy and mutual respect. This episode covers strong-willed kids, power struggles, lying and emotional regulation. Share it with a parent, grandparent, caregiver, teacher or ministry leader who wants to confidently raise the next generation differently. RELEVANT LINKS: Grab “Fresh Start Your Family: Powerful Parenting to Restore Peace in Your Home” from our Becoming Church resource list on Amazon! IG Live: “Parenting Phrases to Retire” Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you! If you already ordered The Other Side of Certainty, enter your order # for your pre-order bonuses!

Faith is powerful because it shapes our identity, provides a place to belong and gives us a true sense of purpose. But what happens when our beliefs become than something we choose? Can it still be called faith if it’s connected to an expectation of how we should think, speak, vote and interpret scripture? This episode does not shame, condemn or demonize any believer who has the best intention to follow after Christ with the model they’ve been given. It’s an honest conversation with April Ajoy on the inner workings of Christian Nationalism as a system that is discipling people into a very particular belief as it infiltrates our churches, political arenas and even international relations. The hope is that, through April’s experience, people who are unaware of their participation in this type of high-control religion will begin to see the damage being caused so they can turn back to the way of Jesus. Because grace exists for all of us, even when we change our mind. RELEVANT LINKS: Grab “Star Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding a True Faith” from our Becoming Church resource list on Amazon! Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work.” Follow: @aprilajoy | @kristinmockleryoung | @mosaicclt Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you! If you already ordered The Other Side of Certainty, enter your order # for your pre-order bonuses!

Information overload easily leads to cynicism or overwhelm, but staying informed is a necessary part of responsible citizenship. America’s Favorite Government, Sharon McMahon, is here to help us find hope that’s more impactful than naive optimism. If you’re searching for nonpartisan data and historical evidence of what happens when faith gets too close to power, this episode will empower you to enact meaningful change with new and better information. RELEVANT LINKS: Grab “We are Mighty” in English and Spanish and “The Small and the Mighty” from our Becoming Church resource list on Amazon! Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” Follow: @sharonsaysso | @kristinmockleryoung | @mosaicclt Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you! If you already ordered The Other Side of Certainty, enter your order # for your pre-order bonuses!

Vivian Mabuni grew up in a Chinese American home, in a Culturally Buddhist environment. She was familiar with crystals, incense and ceremonies for honoring the spirits of her elders, and even saw Christians performing similar rituals, but going through the motions was never connected to deeper meaning. Then she experienced Jesus in a way that performative Christianity had never offered. Now Vivian helps Christians think more critically by providing training for all of God’s people to step into their callings. Fully acknowledged identity in Christ only benefits the church. This episode will give you the confidence to own your place. RELEVANT LINKS: Apply to further your education at Denver Seminary. Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Follow: @vivmabuni | @kristinmockleryoung | @mosaicclt Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Preorder Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you! If you already ordered The Other Side of Certainty, enter your order # for your pre-order bonuses!