Rhythms of Grace

As the Rhythms of Grace crew continues talking about things they wish they'd known, Nate brings up a big one: It's okay to establish different roles in a marriage. From parenting to finances to chores around the house, he, Sung, and Christine talk through the ways they've seen dividing up roles and responsibilities go well... and not so well.

We love paradoxes on Rhythms of Grace, so today we're tackling a big one. We're told that "You shouldn't marry someone you can live with; you should marry someone you can't live without." At the same time, if you need the other person in order to be happy, that's just not healthy. So what's the right answer?

Can conflict in relationships and marriages be avoided? Or is it really a necessary part of creating healthy peace? This week, Sung tries to start conflict between Nate and Christine, and they all share stories about learning to engage in healthy conflict.

This week, Sung kicks off the episode with some bad news... No matter how good of a match you and your spouse might be, marriage isn't easy. How do you build a successful marriage? Sung, Nate, and Christine all have some stories and thoughts as they talk through things they wish they'd known about marriage.

It sounds very Christian to say that everything happens for a reason, but is it true? What does that even mean? And is it helpful? This week, Nate, Sung, and Christine look at the Bible, songs, and stories from their own lives as they figure out whether it's really okay to say that everything doesn't happen for a reason.

There's a stigma around Christians being judgmental, but is there such a thing of godly judgment? Sung, Nate, and Christine wrestle with lots of Scripture as they figure out what it looks like to call people to something greater.

This week, Sung, Nate, and Christine talk about how to find or discern God's will. Sung says we're looking for the wrong things and Christine struggles to describe a feeling while Nate lays out some concrete structures to approach God's will.

After a brief(but tasty) chocolate tangent, the team dives into a big question in the church today: Can faith fix everything? The Bible definitely seems to say so... but how do we reconcile that with the pain and injustice we see in the world around us? That's what Sung, Nate, and Christine wrestle with in today's episode.

It is easy to assume that good parents raise good kids and bad parents raise bad kids... But what do we do when our kids don't turn out the way we expect, despite our best efforts? Sung and Nate offer up some parenting wisdom as they wrestle with the reality that nothing is guaranteed.

We've all heard the phrase "forgive and forget," but is that really our best option? As we continue in our series "Things I Wish I Knew..." Sung, Nate, and Christine wrestle with what healthy forgiveness really looks like.

This week on Rhythms of Grace, Sung, Nate, and Christine continue talking about things they wish they'd learned. For instance, does willpower have limits? Should we lean on inspiration? Is there a third option?

Sung, Nate, and Christine are kicking off 2023 by talking about some things that they wish they'd learned sooner. This week, they ask (and answer) the age-old question: Why do New Years resolutions never work? Don't worry though; they also have some tips to help you make resolutions that stick.

This week, Nate and Christine wrap up this season by talking about a possible end result of transition: Regret. What does it mean when we're going through transition and experience regret or disappointment? At what point do we turn back?

On this week's episode of Rhythms of Grace, Sung and Nate continue wrestling with an important aspect of discernment: Waiting. None of us like to wait, but could it actually be an active part of the process of transition?

This week, Nate and Sung are on their own as they tackle a few big questions to ask when discerning next steps. When you're deciding which direction to go, how do you figure out not only what you should do but also what it is that you really want? That's what we talk about on this week's episode of Rhythms of Grace.

S6E8 - What Are You Afraid Of? by Grace Church

When we're facing transition, how do we decide what to do next? This week, Nate, Sung, and Christine continue talking about discernment, tackling some big questions not only about discernment but also about God.

Christine, Nate and Sung take a deeper dive into navigating seasons of external change and personal transformation. Whether change is chosen or whether it is thrust upon us, they talk about the first of several coping strategies to survive and thrive in times of uncertainty.

Ironically, new beginnings often come at the END of transitions. In this episode of "Shift Happens", Sung, Christine, and Nate talk about this final phase of the transition process. They share personal stories and strategies for coping with the anticipation, joy, and insecurity that comes with starting something new.

In this episode, Christine is alarmingly unfamiliar with pop hits from the 80s. Sung, Nate and Christine talk about the discomfort and growth experienced in the spaces between ending and beginning.

Life is full of endings - those both chosen and endings thrust upon us. Sung, Nate and Christine talk about their own experiences of endings, as well as practices we can put in place to end well.

In the first episode of season 6, Sung, Nate and new co-host Christine play catch-up on their lives and start exploring changes, transitions, and what they mean for our inner lives.

In episode 2, Sung decides to name season six "Shift happens". We begin laying the foundation for a longer conversation about the concept of transitions.

Christine and Nate spend this episode talking to Dave Collins. Dave's eldest daughter lives with muscular dystrophy and Dave talks about a pivotal season in the progression of her illness. Faith, community, helplessness and limits all feature prominently in his ongoing story.

Christine and Nate welcome special guest Laura Nieh to the podcast. As a high performer and enneagram 2, Laura shares how her desire to help others and excel to win favor created the perfect storm of debilitating anxiety. She talks about the slow journey of healing and how her faith journey was often the prayer, "I believe. Lord, help my unbelief."