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Wrestling with Faith
Manage episode 320938438 series 1443450
Topic: Where do I turn if I’m wrestling with my faith?
Intro: special guest Tanner Olson, Written to Speak, the poetry master
- Wrestling can be scary, but healthy
- Can feel like a journey, a battle, a dessert, normalcy, mediocrity
- Common Questions: Is God still who He says He is? Is God still close to me?
- Validating your questions and feelings goes a long way in making wrestling feel safer
- Keep talking to God – step toward relationship and revelation, getting to know God rather than always answering the whys
- Wrestling can bring growth and depth of faith
- Find people you can talk to about the questions and wrestlings
- Making peace with wrestling as part of the faith process
Research studies reveal wrestling as a widely experienced phenomenon:
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2839364/
Barna - https://www.barna.com/research/two-thirds-christians-face-doubt/
Study of Islam - https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/what-causes-muslims-to-doubt-islam-a-quantitative-analysis (Yaqeen Instititute for Islamic Research)
- Predominate themes in wrestling:
moral and social concerns, philosophical and scientific concerns, personal trauma
- There is nothing wrong with you and sometimes it’s hard to see we are loved, forgiven, free, etc.
- Everyone’s relationship with God looks different
- We can rest in what we do know – “I know how this story ends”
- Faith looks different in different seasons of life
- Value of silence and stillness (Walk a Little Slower: pg. 104)
- Wrestling in the daily walk (Walk a Little Slower: pg. 52)
- Sometimes we think, sometimes we are invited to just be, sometimes we wait
- What to look for in wrestling companions
- Tanner wisdom: “Let the cheesy things still be true.”
Resources: writtentospeak.com
Tanner’s books -
Walk a Little Slower - https://amzn.to/3IPETu7
As You Go - https://amzn.to/3IMa49A
I’m All Over the Place - https://amzn.to/3KYc0h1
Short Answer: Let yourself be curious and let the cheesy things be true.
100 episoade
Manage episode 320938438 series 1443450
Topic: Where do I turn if I’m wrestling with my faith?
Intro: special guest Tanner Olson, Written to Speak, the poetry master
- Wrestling can be scary, but healthy
- Can feel like a journey, a battle, a dessert, normalcy, mediocrity
- Common Questions: Is God still who He says He is? Is God still close to me?
- Validating your questions and feelings goes a long way in making wrestling feel safer
- Keep talking to God – step toward relationship and revelation, getting to know God rather than always answering the whys
- Wrestling can bring growth and depth of faith
- Find people you can talk to about the questions and wrestlings
- Making peace with wrestling as part of the faith process
Research studies reveal wrestling as a widely experienced phenomenon:
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2839364/
Barna - https://www.barna.com/research/two-thirds-christians-face-doubt/
Study of Islam - https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/what-causes-muslims-to-doubt-islam-a-quantitative-analysis (Yaqeen Instititute for Islamic Research)
- Predominate themes in wrestling:
moral and social concerns, philosophical and scientific concerns, personal trauma
- There is nothing wrong with you and sometimes it’s hard to see we are loved, forgiven, free, etc.
- Everyone’s relationship with God looks different
- We can rest in what we do know – “I know how this story ends”
- Faith looks different in different seasons of life
- Value of silence and stillness (Walk a Little Slower: pg. 104)
- Wrestling in the daily walk (Walk a Little Slower: pg. 52)
- Sometimes we think, sometimes we are invited to just be, sometimes we wait
- What to look for in wrestling companions
- Tanner wisdom: “Let the cheesy things still be true.”
Resources: writtentospeak.com
Tanner’s books -
Walk a Little Slower - https://amzn.to/3IPETu7
As You Go - https://amzn.to/3IMa49A
I’m All Over the Place - https://amzn.to/3KYc0h1
Short Answer: Let yourself be curious and let the cheesy things be true.
100 episoade
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