In No Hurry with Cole Douglas Claybourn

Sports fans are passionate people. Sometimes, we take it a little too far and let our emotions get the best of us. Our team loses a big game or doesn't play well and we can let it affect our mood for days, weeks or even much longer. But as believers, how we conduct ourselves matters, even when it comes to seemingly trivial things like sports. If we're someone who likes to engage in public...

If you read or follow Sports Spectrum, much of the branding and social media presence you see is the creation of Leah Montgomery. She is in charge of all of our social media and marketing efforts, and she also serves as our de facto staff photographer. So much of our visual presentation has her stamp all over it, and she's incredibly talented in so many ways. Leah joins the show this week to t...

The role that journalists play in our society is so vital. Not only do they inform the public, but they hold those in power accountable. As stories of church abuse and unethical behavior from Christian leaders continue to sprout up, we see just how important journalists are in brining these stories to light and so that these leaders are held accountable for the pain they've inflicted upon peop...

The whole premise of the In No Hurry Podcast is to engage in conversations that intersect faith and creativity. This week not only do I get to speak with an author and artist, but the focus of our conversation is about creativity and tapping into the natural artistic gifts God has given us and wants us to share with the world. The word "artist" is often an enigma, the definition of which...

While trusting in God's will for our lives is an essential part of the Christian walk, it's also one of the most difficult things we attempt to do as humans. When God tells us "no" to our prayers, we often struggle with how to respond. For many of us, it can serve as a catalyst to pull further away from God. But what if reframed how we internalize a "no" from God? Autho...

The last few years have been really hard for everyone. I don't know about you, but I've very much appreciated the times I've been able to laugh. Humor and laughter have some serious healing powers, and this week, my guest knows all about how to make people laugh. William Daniel joins me to talk about his new book, " You're Joking Me: Jokes For Kids By a Kid ." The book contains over 100 pages of c...

Walking into church can be intimidating, whether for the first time or after a period of absence, whether you are a non-believer or a believer. And as much as we'd like it to be, the church is not always a place where everyone feels welcome. Sometimes, it's not a space where everyone feels like they belong.  Jen Oshman joins me this week to talk about her new book, "Welcome: Loving Your Churc...

Being in community with people is one of the strongest desires we feel as humans. As adults, finding that community can be a challenge, but the church can be a great place to look.  A new book by Barnabas Piper, " Belong ," seeks to equip churches and churchgoers about how to best cultivate a sense of belonging within the context of a church family. Barnabas joins me this week to talk about h...

As we've done the past few years on our wedding anniversary, this week my wife Emily and I share a conversation reflecting on the past year of our marriage. This was probably the most challenging year of our marriage, but in many ways it became the most refining. I've talked about it briefly in the few episodes I've done this year, but our lives were in a constant state of chaos this past year. A...

Laughter has been some of the best medicine for me over the past couple of years. One of the best sources, at times, has been TikTok, and one of the best accounts I've come across is that of Josh Benson — better known as @joshbensontherapper . While the rapping has taken a back seat for him in recent years, his comedy skits have taken off. He now has over 411,000 followers on the app. Comedy can b...

While society has come a long way in embracing women as leaders, we still have a ways to go. That's especially true in the Church, where female pastors are few and far between and the path to leadership positions is often rockier and more treacherous for women than it is for men. And when women do make it to the top and are in leadership positions, the support structure, respect from subordinates...

Relationships are hard, and sometimes they can be especially challenging to navigate in the workplace. Chances are you've worked with a person or two that, for whatever reason, were just hard to jive with. Maybe you've been passed over for a promotion or to be the lead on a project and that's made it hard to work with others. Whatever the reason is, it can be an awkward thing. But that's the topic...

Scott LaPierre is a pastor, writer, Army veteran, husband and the author of Your Marriage God's Way: A Biblical Guide to a Christ-Centered Relationship . He's also the father of nine kids!  After college, Scott served as an officer in the Army. Once he left the military, he started teaching elementary school and that's where he became a Christian. He thought he would be a school teacher and c...

I love Myron Rolle's story, and I'm so excited for you to hear it this week. Sports fans will remember him as a college football star at Florida State and for his time playing in the NFL. But while he was excelling on the football field, he was also cultivating an eventual career as a neurosurgeon. After being recruited out of high school by just about ever major college football program in the co...

Karen Swallow Prior, Ph. D., is a Research Professor of English and Christianity and Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and the author of a number of books. Some of her work includes: Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me (T. S. Poetry Press, 2012), Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More—Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist (Thomas Nelson, 2014), and On Reading Well: Fi...

It's hard enough to play in the NFL. Imagine having a whole other career on the side while doing it. That's what Matt Overton does as both the long snapper for the Los Angeles Chargers and as a real estate agent with clients in both Indianapolis and Nashville. A nine-year NFL veteran, Overton has bounced around with a few teams, spending most of his career with the Indianapolis Colts, where he was...

As we've done the past few years on our anniversary, this week my wife Emily and I share a conversation reflecting on the past year of our marriage. Much of this conversation focuses on the past couple of weeks, which have been marked by us navigating life after being displaced from a tornado that hit our home in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Our region and our state is still grieving and recovering fr...

Jon Seidl is the author of a recently-released book titled, "Finding Rest: A Survivor's Guide to Navigating the Valleys of Anxiety, Faith, and Life," and I'm excited for you to hear his heart behind this book. Jon has personally battled crippling anxiety, life-altering OCD, and suicidal thoughts, and this book is a practical guide for how to navigate those emotions, both through faith in God and m...

What an honor it is this week to celebrate two years since the In No Hurry Podcast launched! This has been such a fun creative outlet for me, and I am grateful for everyone who has listened along the way. If you've been around since the beginning, I want to give an extra special shout out to you! You're a real one. This week I get to welcome back my good friend Ryan Ahlwardt, who not only is the a...

Navigating the pandemic has been hard for all of us. When sports came back, they provided a nice reprieve from the heartache all around us. But it was still strange to watch games with no fans in the stands and the electric atmospheres we're used to be absent from the stadiums. It's been a lot to process. This week, I'm excited to welcome back Jason Romano to the podcast. Jason was on Episode 10 o...

Having a conversation about money is hard. Author, pastor, and coach Rosario Picardo and his wife, Callie — a financial coach and seasoned fundraising professional — are here to help. Their book, Money Talks: A Biblical Take on Earning, Saving, Spending, and Giving , is a roadmap for readers on what God has to say about all things finances in a world where we often let money talk louder than every...

I'm so excited to welcome back Val Woerner to the show this week! Val was the guest on Episode 50 , where we talked a lot about building better prayer habits and specifically her book Springboard Prayers. We're back this week talking all about prayer again, which is good because I consider Val one of my go-to people when it comes to prayer. She creates the super practical and functional prayer jou...

My guess is this past year or so has been a struggle for you just like it has for me. Between the pandemic, job changes, and everything else going on in the world, I know my mental health has seen its share of ebbs and flows. I'm not always the best at prioritizing the need to tend to my mental health. That's why I was fortunate to speak with Debra Fileta, an author, speaker, and licensed professi...

We are back! It is so great to be launching a new season of In No Hurry after a few months off to focus on some writing projects. I'm excited to kick this new season off with an awesome couple, Todd and Brooke Tilghman. Todd was the winner of Season 18 of The Voice, and he and Brooke have since written a book, " Every Little Win: How Celebrating Small Victories Can Lead to Big Joy ." These two are...

Why do we struggle so much with controlling our urges? What does it mean to have self-control? What do the Bible and those who study brain science have to say about it? Drew Dyck wrote a book exploring all of that. It's called " Your Future Self Will Thank You ," and it was the In No Hurry Podcast Book of the Month. As we close out Lent season, it felt like the perfect book to read.  This con...