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  • Shadows and Light: The Journey Through the Dark Night of the Soul

    Episode Overview:In this second episode of The Distracted Christian Podcast, host Nate Labadorf continues our contemplative exploration of The Dark Night of the Soul, moving beyond the introduction into the heart of its spiritual mystery and practical reality. This episode is a soul-deep invitation to rethink how we interpret silence,… Listen ⇢

    Shadows and Light: The Journey Through the Dark Night of the Soul

  • What If the Night Is the Doorway?

    So often, we pray for the night to end and for God to bring the dawn. But what if the night itself is a doorway to deeper faith? In next Tuesday’s episode of The Distracted Christian Podcast, we’ll walk through St. John of the Cross’s teaching on the Dark Night… Listen ⇢

    What If the Night Is the Doorway?

  • Suffering That Transforms

    Next week’s Distracted Christian Podcast episode dares to ask a hard question: What if your suffering isn’t a detour in your faith, but the very road God is using to shape you? We’ll explore the story of St. John of the Cross, Hudson Taylor, and even modern believers who discovered… Listen ⇢

    Suffering That Transforms

  • The Body, the Soul, and the Dark Night

    Is the Dark Night of the Soul only about spiritual struggles? Next Tuesday on The Distracted Christian Podcast, we’ll explore how the body and soul are woven together in our walk with God. While St. John of the Cross focused on detachment from comforts, we’ll look at how Scripture invites… Listen ⇢

    The Body, the Soul, and the Dark Night

  • Faith Is More Than a Feeling

    What do you do when faith no longer feels like faith? When prayer feels dry, worship feels empty, and God seems silent? In next Tuesday’s Distracted Christian Podcast episode, we’re diving into those painful, confusing seasons that St. John of the Cross called The Dark Night of the Soul. We’ll… Listen ⇢

    Faith Is More Than a Feeling

  • The Prophet from Tekoa

    He was not a prophet. He said so himself. No legacy of prophets trailing behind him, no institutional robes, no sacred lineage. Just Amos—son of the soil, shepherd of Tekoa, a man whose hands knew callus, whose eyes had squinted long against the sun. He dressed sycamore figs, a job… Listen ⇢

    The Prophet from Tekoa

  • In His Image: Blessings, Curses, and Humanity’s Divine Calling

    Episode Summary:In Episode 2 of Fresh Ground Theology, Nate and David explore one of the most foundational—and misunderstood—concepts in the Bible: the image of God. What does it really mean to be made in God’s image? How is this connected to humanity’s purpose, identity, and authority in creation? And what… Listen ⇢

    In His Image: Blessings, Curses, and Humanity’s Divine Calling

  • Shadows and Light: The Journey Through the Dark Night of the Soul

    Episode Summary: What happens when God feels distant—so silent that even prayer becomes unbearable? In this powerful first episode of The Distracted Christian Podcast, Nate Labadorf invites listeners into a raw, vulnerable, and transformative journey through what Christian mystic St. John of the Cross called the Dark Night of the… Listen ⇢

    Shadows and Light: The Journey Through the Dark Night of the Soul

  • The Dark Night and the Unseen Guide

    There are moments in the life of faith when the familiar map dissolves. The landmarks of certainty, those well-worn markers that once lined the path — the reassuring rhythms of prayer, the warmth of community, the steady glow of devotion — fall away like mist in the dawn. One steps… Listen ⇢

    The Dark Night and the Unseen Guide