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059: The Last Place You Would Ever Think to Find Joy

Hello everyone and welcome to today’s episode where today, as always, we're here together to consider how we can experience more joy in our relationships. I had another episode all ready to go for today, but I’ll save it for next week because something came up the other

059: The Last Place You Would Ever Think to Find Joy2021-09-22T11:35:52-05:00

052: Six Examples of Listeners Using this Podcast Content

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 52 where today we hear how listeners are applying the content from this podcast in their daily lives. At the end of most podcast episodes I often mention that it would be helpful to hear reactions from listeners to the content of

052: Six Examples of Listeners Using this Podcast Content2021-09-22T11:35:45-05:00

051: More Than the Music

Welcome to episode 51 where today we consider a hidden benefit of good relationships. A benefit I bet few of us have ever considered. Not too long ago I was on the search team for our church looking for a new worship director. Part of the process, as

051: More Than the Music2021-09-22T13:16:04-05:00

048: Worship Without Words

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 48 where today we start Season 3. It’s so good to be back! I’m generally a person who’s comfortable within my own skin. I’ve never been very good athletically. I’m OK with that. I’m not very good at fixing things. I like

048: Worship Without Words2021-09-22T11:35:42-05:00

Trying to stop this in 2020

One of the things I would like to do less of this year is stop answering every “How are you?” question with “Fine.” Fine is a perfectly fine response to the 17-year-old barista at Starbucks, or to the bored-to-tears checkout clerk at Target. They’re complete strangers, and are just trying

Trying to stop this in 20202020-01-03T20:11:16-06:00

Do Less to Get More in Your Relationships this Year

One of the core principles of our You Were Made for This podcast is that the secret sauce to finding joy in our relationships is to do less, not more. I touched on this in our very first episode back on November 28, 2018. Doing less also makes for a

Do Less to Get More in Your Relationships this Year2021-01-01T10:23:27-06:00

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    John’s relationship story starts with his birth to a single mother and placement in foster care for the first 16 months of his life. From this comes four different careers, 51 years of marriage to the same wife, and much he has learned about relationships. John draws from all this, along with inspiring stories from his guests, to share how you can find more fulfillment in the relationships you were made for.

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