Sarah invites her husband and Not My Story producer/editor Ben Westfall to join her in this final episode.
Read MorePsychiatrist and author Curt Thompson returns to talk about the interaction between beauty, longing, and pursuing confessional community.
Read MoreReader, writer, and professor Karen Swallow Prior joins Sarah to talk about good literature, art and creativity, rethinking our approach to social media, and more.
Read MoreSarah and Rachel Kang explore what it means to be “creative” in our everyday lives and how perhaps we need to redefine “the creative” within church and culture.
Read MoreShawn Smucker and Maile Silva—writers and co-hosts of The Stories Between Us podcast—help Sarah kick off the Art + Ash series with a candid conversation about the creative life.
Read MoreAshley Hales joins Sarah to talk about the seemingly upside-down freedom she’s found within the goodness of God’s limits.
Read MoreHeather Lobe Johnson tells her story of looking for her worth in external validation, resulting in a string of broken relationships.
Read MoreJill E. McCormick—host of the Grace In Real Life podcast—joins Sarah to talk about her journey being a “try-hard girl” and wrestling with what grace really looks like day in and day out, especially when life did not go as planned.
Read MorePastor and author Jay Y. Kim shares his experience not only leading a church through a pandemic, but also launching a book about the church’s need for physical presence at a time when everything went digital.
Read MoreJodi’s story offers a glimpse into what it looks like to be pursued by God in the midst of deep grief, to be held even when she didn’t know it.
Read MoreIn this special Father’s Day episode, Sarah welcomes her dad, Barry Bender, to talk about what has and has not gone as expected raising four kids.
Read MoreMeredith McDaniel, licensed counselor and author, sits down with Sarah to talk about the “great pause” of 2020.
Read MoreSpiritual director, therapist, and writer Ryan Kuja tells the story about being abducted in Zimbabwe and the resulting trauma he experienced.
Read MoreLatasha Ferguson—educator and podcast host—shares her story of becoming a teen mom, navigating life as a single parent, and discovering the determined love of God.
Read MoreCatherine Ricketts, a Philadelphia-based writer and musician, talks about the consecutive loss of both her father and brother, speaking candidly about the different ways grief manifested itself in her life and in her relationship with God.
Read MoreWriter, activist, and founder of Love Beyond Walls, Terence Lester sits down with Sarah to tell a number of stories—from the formation of his not-for-profit organization to his unexpected journey to becoming a communicator.
Read MoreJennifer Dukes Lee, author of Growing Slow, tells the story of how she traded her fast-paced journalistic career in the city for a life on the farm.
Read MorePastor-turned-poet and literary agent John Blase tells his story of how an unforeseen season of change disrupted not only his career and family, but also his identity and lens on faith.
Read MoreBlogger and author Anna Kettle talks about embracing slower rhythms, living simply, and navigating recurring pregnancy loss.
Read MoreCounselor, boundaries coach, and podcast host Kerrah Fabacher joins Sarah in episode 29 to talk about making and keeping friends in adulthood.
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