Wayster Nation

Can you be gay and be a christian? Can boys be girls and girls be boys? What is the truth when it comes to gender identity and sexual expression? How do christians live a life following the truth and navigate this sensitive topic? Join the conversation as we pursue truth and what it looks like to follow Jesus. 

With the push for legalization of recreational use of marijuana, how do we as Jesus follows interact with a world using this substance. Is medical use of marijuana acceptable for Christians? Is recreation use if legalized acceptable? This is a very debated and controversial topic. Join the conversation and begin to pursue Jesus in the area of marijuana use and how to have conversations in a weed s...

HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT TOPICS!!! Let's address all of those burning questions that need to be talked about in this special rapid fire episode starting right NOW!  Please let us know if you have any follow up questions on these topics or any others. We'd love to talk with you and resolve any leftover thoughts that might not have been addressed! 

Let's talk about accountability. With any addiction, any struggle that you are trying to climb out of, there is an overwhelming feeling of "HOW DO I FIX THIS?". So this episode is all about how to go about accountability. Who can keep you accountable? How do you keep yourself accountable? How does a healthy accountability relationship work? Let's talk about it, and let's fix it.

Did you know that sexual sin is the only sin we are told to flee from in the Bible? We are told to turn away or repent from every other sin, but sexual sin we are told to flee from. There is something different about this. It is no less forgivable. But it is dangerous. And right now we live in a world where we all have access to porn in our pocket around the clock. So let's talk about how that is...

In every circumstance... I will be content. This is a hard statement. What if we are in a situation we hate? What if we think we deserve to be somewhere better? What if we are getting tired of where we are at? Do we just have to settle? Staying content can seem really difficult and scary, so let's dive in to what contentment actually looks like in our lives as Waysters.

God calls us to share his gospel, his "good news", with everyone. His good news quite literally saves lives. It has saved most of our lives. So why then do we so often treat that message with little urgency? In life it feels like we will always get another chance to share this news, so we convince ourselves that we can put it off until a better time. But we want to challenge all of us in this epis...

Can guys and girls actually be friends? If so, is it ever truly platonic? Where should we draw the line? Why does this matter in the first place? Let's dive in to what exactly friendships with the opposite gender should look like as Waysters.

On the topic of commitment, we felt it was worth diving into all the fear surrounding commitment in relationships specifically. In this day in age it seems harder in harder to recognize the level of commitment required in all the stages of dating. When you ask someone on a first date, how committed do you have to be? When do you have to be on the same page in regards to commitment in the relations...

Do we tend to flake? Do we commit and drop out last minute? As a culture that has idolized flexibility, I'd argue that we have a tendency to overbook ourselves or commit to things we can't do, with the assumption that nothing is ever set in stone. So to what degree is flexibility useful, and how hard and fast should our commitments as Waysters be according to scripture? Let's talk about it.

Somedays it feels like we are booked 24/7. How can we even begin to decide what comes first and what comes last? Let's dive in to this episode to find out exactly how to not let God fall to the back burner in this crazy season.

What does the Bible say about alcohol? Does it prohibit it? Encourage it? Where is the line? And how far can I go before I cross it? Well let's talk about it.

What does "happily ever after" actually look like? How can we build relationships that last? How can we begin to look for the right person? What are the hard parts, the struggles, the issues that may come up? And how can we get past them? This week we're gonna dive in to what a Christ centered relationship actually looks like and how we should go about it. So let's go!

In this section of our lives as young adults, it feels like most of us have got this one BIG thing on our mind pretty consistently: DATING. We all want companionship. We want a connection. We want "twue wove". And nowadays it feels like the most common way to go about searching for a relationship isn't even done in person. It's done on dating apps, through DMs on social media, or just through text...

Let's be honest, percentage-wise, it is 100% easier to not do something than it is to do something. There's no risk in doing nothing. There's no chance we'll be uncomfortable. But there's also no growth in doing nothing. There is no growth in comfortability. Being comfortable in life is impossible and this week, we're gonna chat about some areas in our lives as Waysters, we need to be okay being u...

**SPOILER ALERT** The past few weeks we've discussed how cancel culture and offense have affected our society, and how we, as Waysters (followers of Christ), are called to act amidst all of this chaos. Then last week, Ryan dropped a cliffhanger saying that in many ways the antidote to cancel culture and offense is forgiveness. So this week, we're gonna dive into what exactly he meant and how that...

How should we as christians interact with the growing phenomenon that is "cancel culture"? What even is cancel culture? Is it good? Bad? Should we stay away from it? Should we do it? If so, what kind of stuff should we cancel? Let's dive into all these questions and more in the second part of our now three part series, "Cancelled"!

Do we control whether or not we're offended? In today's culture, this is a question we need to ask ourselves as followers of God. We can get so caught up in how other people's actions or words make us feel, that we forget to focus on how God calls us to respond. So let's dive right in and talk about it, in this week's episode of our three part series.

With the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, we wanted to have a conversation surrounding the issue of abortion as Waysters (christians). What does the Bible say in regards to this? How can we mend and maintain loving relationships with those we may disagree with? Join us as we address all these questions and more.

It is really easy for us in today's culture to mistake what we think rest looks like with laziness. Let's talk about how we can make that distinction and how we can have healthy restful habits while still being hardworking people.

Let's talk about modesty. With summertime coming in hot, let's discuss what it looks like to be modest in this crazy heat.

A preview of what's to come with "Wayster Nation": Who we are, what we are about, and what types of things we will tackle each week of this podcast.