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Why is trust such a key component in fostering a friendship with our children ? Support the show

This week we introduce you to our current project. The Cure for Parents; not so much The Cure for parenting. Support the show

This week John takes us through the story of a hard season with his daughter. He realized that his expectation of trust didn't fit with how active he had been in her life. This epiphany lead to a profound year in their relationship of rebuilding trust together. Support the show

This week we are talking about how all religious answers eventually get tested. Support the show

It often takes us losing our vision for ministry before we can see  that God is far more interested in our person. Support the show

This week we are talking about John's trip to Bosnia during the late 90's. His experience was not a Hallmark card of Christian experiences. So how does God love us in the midst of, "all we were going to do for God"? Support the show

Will we live our lives catering to a phantom audience? This week we talk about being who you are in Christ wherever you are; without having to manage every possible reaction. Support the show

A community of grace laughs together. Not that they aren't sometimes inappropriate, but they have more time to let others feel out their humor without slapping their hand. All humor is meant to build up, sometimes it takes awhile for us to get there. It is worth the time. Support the show

This week we are talking about how grace is experienced; it takes others to help us experience real grace. Sometimes, we are those others, because there is no one else around to start the environment. Support the show

This week on the podcast we are talking about the night John first went to see Les Miserables. It was a God encounter that first moved John to grace. Support the show

On My Worst Day takes us back to 1985 when John had one of his most painful ministry moments. We learn how easy it is to do the wrong thing with what may be accurate information. Support the show

This week John takes us back to 1982 with a story about the first time he realized how religious he had become and how miserable he was in the midst of it. This is a conversation about the hope of Jesus that frees us from having to perform. Support the show

Increased devotion and diligence will not make me feel closer to God again. Believing his never changing affection for me will renew my joy. Support the show

John reads us a story about his smoking days from On My Worst Day . We talk about how will power has nothing on those habits or sins that we keep promising to stop. Support the show

John reads to us from On My Worst Day about the day his girlfriend of six years broke up with him in college. The discussion that comes out of this experience brings up some great thoughts about who and how we trust. Support the show

What happens to our identity when we feel embarrassed? And what happens when good friends help us to shed the lies? Support the show

In this week's story from On My Worst Day, we see that in an environment of grace, we are endeavoring to give others the benefit of the doubt when it comes to their motive. Support the show

The motivation of grace will always bear greater fruit than demand or coercion. Support the show

We continue in On My Worst Day and we are talking about our default to want to check out and run away when things get hard. What is the benefit of living life another way. Enjoy. Support the show

Bill and John talk about the process of redeeming shame in this very important podcast. Support the show

This week we explore shame through the story of the Box Cars in Upland California out of On My Worst Day . Support the show

On today's podcast we continue with "On My Worst Day". We also talk Jr. High dances in small towns, the best corn this side of the panhandle, and God's gentle intentional pursuit. Support the show

We start 2014 with a fun podcast from the new Truefaced book On My Worst day written by John Lynch. Support the show

In the Room of Grace, the mature influence others, not so much out of the power of their position, but out of who they are. Support the show

Want those you love to grow? One of the greatest gifts we can offer another person is a safe place to fail. Find out why. Support the show