In No Hurry with Cole Douglas Claybourn

Death Valley in California is famously one of the harshest environments in the world. Because of extreme heat and little rain, it’s exceptionally difficult for plants to live there. But the seeds for certain types of flowers and other plants continue to lay dormant in the ground, waiting for rain and a chance to bloom. Thanks to a rare heavy rainfall in later 2025 and January 2026, Death Valley is...

Theology is the study of the nature of God. By that definition, a theologian doesn’t have to take the shape of C.S. Lewis or Saint Augustine or Thomas Aquinas. Anyone can be theologian. That’s the mindset that Phylicia Masonheimer had when she created her ministry, Every Woman a Theologian . “We at EWAT argue for a different kind of theologian: the theologian who drives to her corporate job every...

The hot topic of conversation right now in just about every field is AI. Everyone is trying to understand how to best use it and how to keep up with all the new capabilities each tool offers. But one of the trickiest conversations is where the use of AI fits in ethically and morally in the Christian creative space. The debate has intensified in recent months, and I’ve even weighed in heavily on th...

After 40 years in print journalism, Vince Vawter didn’t quite feel finished with writing. In 2013, he published his debut novel, Paperboy — a story about an 11-year-old boy named Victor Vollmer living in Memphis in 1959 who struggles to talk without stuttering. Blending fiction and memoir, the book draws heavily from Vince’s own childhood and the challenges he faced finding his voice. Paperboy ear...

For years I felt like I was on somewhat of an island with the very niche topics I tend to write about and follow. Then I met Eddie LaRow . Rarely have I been able to talk with someone in the writing world who sees things so similarly, whether it’s how we approach the craft of writing , how we view the world and use the art of words to make sense of it, or how we handle the pressures of promoting o...

Another week, another new friend to introduce you to! My guest this week is Stephen Glasser, author of Everyday Adventure: How to Live Your Ordinary Life to the Fullest — a book that helps us stop living on autopilot and instead find more meaning, purpose, and adventure in our lives. In this conversation, Stephen shares where the heart for the book came from and he goes into details about the crea...

I’m excited to introduce you to a new friend this week on the podcast. Her name is Kim Patton , and she’s an author as well as a foster and adoptive mom living in North Carolina with her husband, Kevin, and their daughters, Eden and Shiloh. Her journey into foster parenting and eventually adoption came after she and her husband endured years of infertility. That’s obviously something my wife Emily...

One of the best aspects about Substack is discovering and connecting with other writers whose words you resonate deeply with. Christina Book is one of those people for me, and I'm excited to introduce her as this week's guest. I came across Christina’s writing sometime last year, and I quickly noticed how similarly we think and write. I think a big reason for that is the fact that, as Mill...

One of my favorite kinds of conversations is the kind where it feels like you’ve known someone for a long time — even if you just met them. That’s exactly what this week’s episode felt like with author and poet Tanner Olson. From the very beginning, it felt like we had a lot in common. What followed was a fun and insightful conversation about writing, creativity, faith, and his new book, Getting T...

It's Valentine's Day, so what better time to talk about all things singleness, dating, and sex? My guest this week, Bridgett Blood, is here to provide some unique perspectives on all of these topics. Bridgett lives in Nashville, Tennessee and is a certified Connection Codes coach, speaker, and host of the Recover Your Life Podcast . She helps Christian singles, dating, and engaged couples...

One of my favorite people, Hannah Brencher, is back on the podcast this week to talk about her new book: "The Unplugged Hours: Cultivating a Life of Presence in a Digitally Connected World." If you're anything like me, you spend way more time than you should on social media. And if not social media, then you likely struggle to get away from the constant barrage of push notifications,...

As Father's Day approaches, it's a good time to reflect on our own fathers or father figures in our lives and let them know how much we appreciate them. As Blythe Daniel and her son, William, remind us in this week's conversation, fathers often go unappreciated. But their new book, " I Love You, Dad: Words to Honor and Humor You ," is aimed at letting fathers know how much th...

I'm excited to welcome back a repeat guest this week as Callie Picardo joins me to talk about the latest book she and her husband, Rosario, wrote called, " Healthy Money: A 30-Day Journey Toward Spiritual, Emotional, and Financial Freedom ." Our book isn't just about financial tips; it dives into the emotional and spiritual sides of money, offering a fresh perspective on financia...

Do you ever follow someone on social media and just know you would vibe with them in real life? That's how I feel about this week's guest, Ashley Abercrombie. We've been following each other on the internet for a year or so, and I love her content and personality so much. And after my conversation with her this week, I love her story even more, and I know you will too. You may already...

One of my favorite parts of doing this podcast is getting to sit down with my wife every year around our anniversary and reflect on the past year of our lives. After a few years of chaos, highlighted by a December 2021 tornado that displaced us for almost nine months, this past year has been marked by a lot of blessings and far less turmoil. We traveled to Europe, bought a house, started leading a...

In late October 2019, Ryan Ahlwardt and I sat down at a library near Indianapolis, Indiana to record the first episode of this podcast. Four years later, we're still going strong. As we've tried to do every year around the anniversary (we missed last year for some reason), Ryan and I reflected on the past year and celebrating the podcast turning another year older. If you're new to the...

Do you ever just make up silly songs just for fun when you're at home alone? I feel like a lot of us do, but rarely do we ever share them with the world. Well, right out when the pandemic hit, that's what Sarah Maddack Bell started doing. Now, several of her silly songs have gone viral and she's created a social media platform where she can spread positivity and joy. Her songs are goofy and a bit...

A lot of us are burnt out. If you aren't feeling it now, you surely have at some point and probably will in the future. The COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 left all of us feeling all sorts of ways, and I'm willing to guess burnout and weariness were just a couple of the emotions you dealt with. That was certainly the case for this week's guest, author Dai Hankey, who was asked by his publis...

We live in a world that tells us that doing more and staying busy are hallmarks of success. Having down time or relaxing is sometimes perceived as possessing a poor work ethic or being lazy. Most of us feel like we have to fill our schedules with work — sometimes multiple jobs — to keep up with the rat race of "moving up" in the world. For many Millennials and Gen Zers, it's a palpab...

“Receive the Holy Spirit,” Jesus said to his disciples in John 20:22. Yet, for many Christians, the Holy Spirit can feel like a mystery. How do we hear it? How do we receive it? How do we discern what it's telling us and what our spiritual gifts are? How do we know that what we hear is from God and not our own internal desires? This week on "In No Hurry," author Dan Wilt unpacks all...

For the last four decades, Dr. Steve Seamands has been a staple at Asbury University. As a student in the 1970s, he was part of what became a well-known and still-talked-about student-led revival. Now, as a retired professor at the seminary, he got to experience another revival on campus when, in February, a student chapel service just kept going on for weeks. In total, the revival, or "outpo...

No matter how hard the tug might be to pursue a creative passion, jumping all in to do it can be scary. It's especially challenging when it requires leaving a steady career with good income for what might feel like an unknown future. But that's what Benecia Ponder did when, in 2006, she closed down her private law practice to write books and coach other aspiring authors to unlock their stories and...

Paul Putz serves as the assistant director of the Faith & Sports Institute, part of the Truett Seminary at Baylor University. Though Paul and I connected previously through social media, we met in person at a conference in June in Minneapolis and found out we have quite a bit in common, mainly our passion for Jesus and sports. If you're a Christian who likes sports, you'll especially e...

Scott Linebrink played 12 seasons in the major leagues — a long career in professional sports by any measure. After a successful college baseball career at Texas State University, Linebrink was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 1997, and after three years in the minor leagues, he made his major league debut with the team in 2000. He was then traded later during his rookie season to the Housto...

I don't know anyone who reads more books than my wife, Emily. Seriously. In 2022 she read over 130 books! It's truly a joy for her to escape into a story and let her imagination run wild as she imagines these characters. A couple years ago, she started an Instagram account where she rates and reviews books and it's become a huge creative outlet for her, as well as a place to find commu...