Let Me Ask You This

This week on Let Me Ask You This , I have the joy of sitting down with Ali Parsons, author of the newly released Bible study Moses: Knowing a God Who Knows You , to unpack the life of a man I think every single one of us can find a little bit of ourselves in. Moses was a man acquainted with uncertainty, insecurity, reluctance, and the wilderness. A man who questioned his own qualifications, wrestl...

This week on  Let Me Ask You This , I'm joined by Mac Bridges and Kenz Durham, the beautiful hearts behind Delight Ministries and authors of their newly released book,  This Wasn't the Plan: How to Surrender Your Stuck and Set Your Soul in Motion. Together, we're unpacking the tender, messy, and often surprisingly beautiful work of navigating life's unexpected twists and turns. We...

This week on  Let Me Ask You This , I'm joined by the lovely ⁠Kayla Craig⁠ , bestselling author, spiritual director, and the heart behind  Liturgies for Parents , for a beautiful conversation about her newest book,  Our Daily Breath: 365 Prayers and Practices That Whisper Peace in a Shouting World. Together, Kayla and I unpack the ancient and beautiful practice of  breath prayers —short, inten...

For the third and final episode of our  Midnight Hallelujah  mini-series, we're turning the tables! Throughout this series, we've been inviting you behind the pages of  Midnight Hallelujah , pulling back the curtain on the stories, prayers, and wrestlings that gave birth to this book. And for this final conversation, I couldn't imagine a more fitting person to take the host's seat than one of my d...

Welcome to part two of this special three-part Midnight Hallelujah series here on Let Me Ask You This! In celebration of the release of my very first book, Midnight Hallelujah: Why Hope Is Still Worth the Risk , I wanted to set aside a few conversations to go a little deeper into the heart behind the pages—to talk about the stories, the theology, the wrestling, and the hope that shaped this book....

Welcome to a special three-part  Midnight Hallelujah  series here on  Let Me Ask You This . In celebration of the release of my very first book,  Midnight Hallelujah: Why Hope Is Still Worth the Risk , I wanted to set aside a few conversations to take you a little deeper into the heart behind these pages, the stories beneath the stories, the things I discovered while writing them, and the hope I p...

In this episode, I sit down with the brilliant Laura Wifler to talk about her newest book and poetry debut,  This Side of the Sky . Together, we unpack the tension of faith and being human and how poetry can sometimes give language to the spiritual experiences we struggle to articulate. Laura is such a gifted wordsmith, and I know this conversation, and this beautiful book, will meet so many of yo...

In this episode, we have the remarkable Jake Weidmann. Jake is a world-renowned artist, one of only nine Master Penmen in the world, an author, husband, and father of four. He and his beautiful bride, Hannah, have cultivated such an inspiring life of creativity, family, faith, and craftsmanship, and in this conversation we get to unpack the journey that has shaped the way Jake creates. In his newe...

In this episode, I had the honor of sitting down with Jacob Coyne, founder of Stay Here, a suicide prevention organization that is quite literally saving lives all around the world. Jacob carries such a deep burden for the brokenhearted, the weary, the suicidal, and the ones who feel like hope has become too far away to reach. Through Stay Here, he and his team are doing holy, practical, urgent wo...

Lisa Jennett is one of those people who makes you feel more alive the minute you start talking with her. She carries joy, honesty, grit, and the kind of faith that does not require you to pretend life is easier than it is. She is a voice of encouragement, creativity, and deep spiritual honesty.  In this episode, Lisa and I talk about what it means to be fully human with God. We talk about joy, gri...

In this episode, I had the joy of sitting down with Charaia Rush , a writer and speaker based in Colorado and the author of  Courageously Soft  and her newest book,  The Myth of Bouncing Back . Charaia carries such a rare and needed voice for this generation. She speaks with tenderness, grit, honesty, and deep spiritual wisdom for those of us who are learning how to stay soft without pretending li...

My best friend, who is sunshine embodied, Anjel Murphy flips the script and takes the host seat in today’s episode, and what unfolds is less of an interview and more of an honest, unfiltered conversation between two friends who have walked through a lottttt of life together. As you can probably imagine, we don’t stay on one straight path for long. But somewhere in the middle of it all, we find our...

How do you sit down with the Hepworth’s to talk about prayer without quoting Tim Keller every five minutes? Apparently, you don’t. LOL Sorry, not sorry!  In this episode, Zac and I open up a deeply honest, unpolished conversation about prayer. Not as a formula to master, but as a relationship to return to, again, and again, and again. We explore the beauty and purity of prayer when it’s stripped o...

Today I’m joined by my friend Charis Meyers, a Boise-based graphic designer, artist, and all-around beautiful human, who opens up about her journey of embracing her inner artist and the freedom that has come with it. We talk about the quiet but powerful truth that creativity isn’t reserved for a select few… it’s woven into every single one of us. And when we ignore it, we often feel it. When we su...

This week on the Let Me Ask You This podcast, we’re joined by Pastor Stephen, a man whose life feels like a quiet, burning “yes” to God. Pastor Stephen is the father of one of my dear friends, Shifa, who you heard on the podcast just a few weeks ago ( you can listen to her episode here! ) Getting to sit down with her dad felt like stepping into a deeper layer of her story and into a legacy of fait...

On this week’s episode of  The Let Me Ask You This , we have our friend ⁠Benjiman Olsen.⁠ Benji is a pastor at our local church and carries such a beautiful, unique ability to invite people into Scripture. Not just to read it, but to truly  experience  it. In this episode, we unpack how we actually engage with Scripture. Not as a task to complete, but as a living, breathing conversation with God....

You guys… this conversation lit me up. The minute Laurie Krieg and I started talking, I thought,  ohhh man, buckle up.  This girl can preachhhhh!!!!! Laurie Krieg is the author of  Raising Kids in a Sexually Broken World   and the host of a podcast centered around sexual integrity, identity, and walking in the freedom of Jesus. She carries both truth and tenderness in a way that is so needed right...

In this week’s episode on Let Me Ask You This, Zac joins me for a rapid-fire conversation answering marriage questions you all sent in over Instagram. We talk honestly about what we are still learning after more than a decade married and how marriage is less like a finished structure and more like a living thing that keeps evolving, stretching, and maturing over time. We unpack the importance of y...

In this episode of Let Me Ask You This , I sit down with my dear friend Peter Mutabazi , known to many online as Foster Flipper . Peter’s story is one that stretches the imagination of what love, obedience, and the gospel can look like when lived out in everyday life. Peter shares his journey from growing up as a vulnerable child on the margins of Uganda to becoming a father who has fostered over...

This week on The Let Me Ask You This Podcast are two dear friends of mine, Becca Biazon and Shifa Malfitano . Together, we unpack the idea of gifts, what they’re for, and why we’ve been given them. Ultimately communion will always supersede “calling.” These two friends mean the world to me and I know after listening to this episode you’ll see why. ALSO, Becca’s dad, Ryan also recently released a d...

In this episode of  Let Me Ask You This , we sit down with author, artist, and storyteller  Nigel Darius  to talk about his newest book,  We Say Shalom: 40 Words to Cultivate Curiosity and Connection. Nigel is a creative whose work lives at the intersection of language, culture, and reconciliation. Through story, art, and reflection, he invites us to slow down and listen more carefully—to God, to...

In this episode, I sit down with pastor, speaker, writer, and disability advocate Shelbi Shutt —a woman whose life radiates the gospel. Shelbi was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, and her story of living faithfully, boldly, and joyfully inside that reality has reshaped the way I see weakness. Because of my own family’s journey with muscular dystrophy, our stories weave together in a way that fee...

In this heartfelt episode, I sit down with my dear friend  Chelsey Taylor  to talk about one of the most tender topics of all—the ache for companionship and the tension of unfulfilled desire. Together, we unpack what it means to hold God-given dreams without losing heart when the waiting feels long and the answers seem silent. Chelsey vulnerably shares how she’s learned to look for  arrows that po...

In this week’s episode, I sit down with my dear friend Laura Douglass ( @lauramdoug ), a woman who embodies peace and carries an uncommon grace for encouraging women in the sacred gift of hiddenness. Laura’s life is a quiet yet radiant testimony of what it looks like to behold Jesus in every season, and her devotion drips with purity and presence. Together, we unpack the beauty of silence and soli...

Some friendships are for a season, some are for specific spaces and some are stitched into your heart for a lifetime. In this episode, I sit down with one of my BEST friends, Anjel Murphy , to talk about best friendship … The kind that grows with you, refines you, and is committed to pointing you to Jesus. From living together, to living across the street, to living across the country, Anjel and I...