LOVE IS FEARLESS

Welcome to Season Six: Restoring the Lost Art of Being Family.  This first episode of the new year is dedicated to the letter T in The Curated Life episode. In it, we discover what love has to do with  tension, transformation, and trust. Have you ever played with the nuances of a new life in Christ? Ask yourselves: If the kingdom of God is at hand, what's really changed? If the law is love now, wh...

In this end-of-year episode, we're reflecting on our journey, celebrating the present, and looking ahead at 2025 with gratitude and hope. Join us to hear some of our favorite transformation stories from 2024 and our clarified vision for 2025.   You're in the right place if... You believe growing pains are worth it because they mean you're maturing into who God created you to be. You're looking for...

You're in the right place if… You've been longing to understand how to build true resilience in yourself and your family, especially in a world where life often feels chaotic and overwhelming. You're looking for practical insights on how receiving from God rather than striving in your own strength can transform your peace, relationships, and daily life. You want to create a home where connection w...

You're in the right place if - you've ever wondered why your home sometimes feels like a battleground rather than a safe haven, and you long for more connection and peace. you feel stuck in cycles of fear, control, and performance in your relationships and want to learn how to build a truly supportive home environment. you're ready to shift from focusing on "good" appearances to creating a home wh...

We recorded this episode less than one week after Hurricane Helene ravaged the southeastern United States, knowing it would publish one day after the presidential elections. Devastating loss is all around. So is chaos. Fear has been eating our peace for lunch since this decade began. Maybe it's because what we're experiencing isn't really peace. Maybe it's pseudo-peace. Listen in as we share wisdo...

Once upon a time, gas stations gave you a choice - leaded or unleaded fuel. Now, the choice we make is now how unleaded do we want to be? If we pay more, we get cleaner fuel - which is better for our vehicles, but also better for the environment.   We have this choice at home, too. We can either run on the fuel by design or fuel by default. By default, we buy the cheap stuff. Fear and shame get th...

We're jumping back into THE CURATED LIFE alphabet in this episode - marking places on the map of our new life in Christ in the Kingdom of God. You're in the right place if... you're ready to make a change - not just in what you're eating or how much you're exercising, but you're ready to look honestly at the stories you're telling yourself and at the relationships that are having a significant eff...

We're honored to welcome David Gregory to the Love Is Fearless podcast today. David is a bestselling author known for his compelling storytelling and insightful exploration of human connections, including our connection to God. His upcoming book,  One of Us , promises to explore profound themes that resonate deeply with our journey of living loved and fearless. Join us as we dive into a conversati...

Today's episode is about how the traditions of fear and law teach us to navigate marriage, money, and mystery–and how safe relationships and secure environments transform our distorted stories.    You're in the right place if… Your marriage is good. You have a good routine. You even have date nights built into your routine. But if you're honest, even the conversations you share on date nights have...

The worldview of the state we grew up in significantly impacted our view of personal identity, worthiness, and purpose in life. Our worldview teaches us what to value. It also teaches us our language, including the words we use and the stories we tell ourselves. More than that, our worldview constructs our nervous systems, so even when we want to change, we can't--without supernatural intervention...

If you've listened to even a few of our latest episodes, you know we're digging in pretty deep into Jamie Winship's teachings about our God-given unique identity and his teachings about worldview. Why is identity and worldview important? Jamie reminds us that organized religion is very resistant to paradigm shifts, and he explains it this way. "We've exchanged the great commandment for the great c...

Christopher Cook  says, "Transformation doesn't happen in a day. Transformation happens daily." And this is true, too: Conforming doesn't happen in a day either. Conforming to the patterns of our insecure attachments happens daily, too.  Until it doesn't. Father is committed to our healing and transformation, friends. Our part is to let it happen. We get to keep putting ourselves in the way of fai...

Episode #136 is all about wiping the fog off the mirror and looking more clearly at our worldview. For a long time, "worldview" was a philosophical concept, but it wasn't very practical to us. This episode unveils the freedom we find when we admit there's more than one way to see the world. God doesn't see  us  the way the world does. God doesn't see  the world  the way we do either.  Seeing ourse...

LOVE IS FEARLESS is a lifestyle that embraces intentionally curating a personal narrative with a different MO because we recognize experiences of peace instead of anxiety and love instead of fear. Season Five is a journey through THE CURATED LIFE alphabet. We're making a map of these experiences in the Kingdom of God.   You're in the right place if -  You're aware of the dangers, risks, and threat...

In season five, we're having conversations about the atmosphere we breathe in, the rhythms we create, and the relationships and ideas we trust—and how different these things are when we live loved instead of living afraid. You're in the right place if -  You're ready to create a lifestyle for yourself that builds a context for transformation instead of a context for conforming to the patterns of t...

You're in the right place if: You're curious about FREEDOM because you want it but you're not experiencing it. You're afraid of FREEDOM because when you offer it to your kids, life seems to go off the rails and circumstances seem to get worse instead of better. Control seems to be a better option. You've heard the original good news of the gospel—that you're not a sinner striving to become a saint...

The kingdom of God offers us a different kind of energy than the empire of the world. The source of kingdom energy is God. His energy is love, and when we're aware that we're plugged into this power, we experience peace--not anxiety. Love energy is supernatural energy. That's one big reason why living loved feels so different from living afraid, so  you're in the right place if -  You're tired of...

This episode could be titled: Tomato Plants, Polar Bears, and Humans - that's going to make more sense as we get farther into our conversation, but you're in the right place if:  You need more than relief - you need a new story. Sometimes, your imagination runs wild with love instead of fear. You have ever dared to consider this idea - Jesus didn't come to train a few followers in a new message wh...

We're recording this episode one month after the end of the holiday season - and as much as we all get excited about Christmas parties and family gatherings…most of the families we talk to are still navigating some confusing and maybe some painful relationship struggles that have carried over into the new year. You're in the right place if -  You come from a good family but your family relationshi...

B stands for BEAUTY in THE CURATED LIFE alphabet because we're letting God be our narrative therapist and He is helping us draw a map out of the land of fear stories into the land of love stories. If you missed episode #128, "B is for BEAUTY," check it out! Our guest in this episode is  Joshua Gordon . Josh is a lay pastor, husband, dad to five kids, business owner, and author of  Antidote For My...

You're in the right place if -  You're wondering why you've checked off all the boxes on the roadmap to success but you're still struggling - with your habits, your finances, your spouse, or your emotions.  You're wondering why you keep getting sucked into the same destructive cycles in your story even if you're really smart.  You're beginning to recognize that your relational assets are as import...

We're fresh into a new season titled  The Curated Life - A Fresh Take On Living Loved a nd we're circling back to this vital question: What if you create a lifestyle for yourself that builds a context for transformation instead of a context for conforming to the patterns of this world?  Here's what we've discovered - The more an environment is about being perfect or measuring up to a standard, the...

Welcome to Season Five! We're calling this season "The Curated Life - A Fresh Take on Living Loved" because we're all at a real fork in the road. It's a brand new year. Which direction will you go? How will you curate your story?   We only have two choices and it's often not what we think. We're not looking at a new year, hoping that more good choices and less bad choices will finally tip the scal...

We're starting a new conversation about helping our children live loved instead of afraid. You're in the right place if:  Your child is experiencing a lot of success - but your relationship with your child is struggling. The distance between you keeps getting bigger and bigger - and you're more convinced than ever that putting one foot in front of the other on the familiar path you've been walking...

Did you know there is a formula for love stories and we're all living in one? If you haven't gotten to the part where love casts out your fears, your story's not over yet! That's good news! Even better...that's THE GOOD NEWS! You're in the right place if -  You've given up on living a love story. If you were brutally honest, you don't even want a love story anymore. You've found a comfortable rut...