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Category: How to Hear God

How to Experience God’s Presence in Everyday Life

experiencing God's presence

Modern discipleship often teaches us to know about God without helping us experience His presence. Advent invites the head and heart back together.

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Episode

  • The Like of God | Ep 148
  • Does God Prefer Some People More? (GH) | Ep 147
  • Is God Partial? Spiritual First Class and the Love of God | Ep 146
  • The Story Beneath (GH) | Ep 145
  • The Soil and Roots Story: Pain, Greenhouses, and What’s Next | Ep 144 (Bonus)
  • Doubting God’s Goodness (GH) | Ep 143
  • Ep 142: Is God Good? The Hidden Doubt Many of Us Carry
  • Ep 141: The Most Important Thing About Us: Our Hidden Ideas About God (GH)
  • Ep 140: The Most Important Thing About Us: Our Hidden Ideas About God
  • Ep 139: Don't Get the Wrong Idea (GH)
  • Ep 138: Don't Get the Wrong Idea
  • Ep 137: The Prodigal Son & the Christian Mystic (GH)
  • Ep 136: The Prodigal Son & the Christian Mystic
  • Ep 135: Rediscovering the Good Life (GH)
  • Ep 134 (Season 7): Rediscovering the Good Life
  • Season 7: Deep Calls to Deep
  • Ep 133: The Love That Surpasses Knowledge
  • Ep 132: My Two Sons (Bonus Episode)
  • Ep 131: Rested and Relaxed (GH)
  • Ep 130: Rested and Relaxed
  • Ep 129: Gentleness on the Brute Squad (GH)
  • Ep 128: Gentleness on the Brute Squad
  • Ep 127: Do-It-Yourself Log Removal (GH)
  • Ep. 126: Do-It-Yourself Log Removal
  • Ep 125: Snakes and Doves (GH)
  • Ep 124: Snakes and Doves
  • Ep 123: A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery (GH)
  • Ep 122: A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery
  • Ep 121: The Beloved (GH)
  • Ep 120: The Beloved
  • Ep 119: A Voice from the Clouds (GH)
  • Ep 118: A Voice From the Clouds
  • Ep 117: What is Love? (Baby, Don't Hurt Me) (GH)
  • Ep 116: What is Love? (Baby, Don't Hurt Me)
  • Ep 115: How Did I Get Here? (GH)
  • Ep 114: (Season 6) How Did I Get Here?
  • Season 6: The Object of Our Formation
  • Ep 113: The Desperate Need for Deep Communities (GH)
  • Ep 112: The Desperate Need for Deep Communities (Bonus)
  • Ep 111: The Desperate Need for Deep People (GH)
  • Ep 110: The Desperate Need for Deep People (Bonus)
  • Ep 109: The Kingdom Regardless (GH)
  • Ep 108: The Kingdom Regardless w/ Dr. Darrell Bock
  • Ep 107: This Beautiful Mess (GH)
  • Ep 106: This Beautiful Mess w/ Matt Davis
  • Ep 105: Spiritual Formation and Children w/ Emily Riffe (GH)
  • Ep 104: Spiritual Formation and Children w/ Emily Riffe
  • Ep 103: Have We Lost the Plot? w/ Zach Leighton (GH)
  • Ep 102: Have We Lost the Plot? w/ Zach Leighton
  • Ep 101: Deep Discipleship & the Redemption of Civilization (GH)
  • Ep 100! Deep Discipleship & the Redemption of Civilization
  • Ep 99: The Critical Journey w/ Dr. Jim Reiter (GH)
  • Ep 98: The Critical Journey w/ Dr. Jim Reiter
  • Ep 97: Soul Care (GH)
  • Soul Care and Spiritual Formation w/ Adam Ormord | Ep 96
  • Season 5: Conversations
  • Ep 95: Thy Forgotten Kingdom Come! (GH)
  • Ep 94: Thy Forgotten Kingdom Come!
  • Ep 93: Heaven is a Place on Earth (GH)
  • Ep 92: Heaven is a Place on Earth
  • Ep 91: Idea Revolutionaries (GH)
  • Ep 90: Kingdom Dwellers - Idea Revolutionaries
  • Ep 89: Suffering Well (GH)
  • Ep 88: Kingdon Dwellers - Suffering Well
  • Ep 87: Inside Out (GH)
  • Ep 86: Kingdom Dwellers - Inside Out
  • Ep 85: Restful in the Tension (GH)
  • Ep 84: Kingdom Dwellers - Restful in the Tension
  • Ep 83: Confessions of a Deconstructing Lifelong Christian (GH)
  • Ep 82: Confessions of a Deconstructing Lifelong Christian
  • Ep 81: Release Control (GH)
  • Ep 80: Kingdom Dwellers - Release Control
  • Ep 79: Particularity (GH)
  • Ep 78: Kingdom Dwellers - Particularity
  • Ep 77: Courageous Curiosity (GH)
  • Ep 76: Kingdom Dwellers - Courageous Curiosity
  • Ep 75: Thy Kingdom Come? (GH)
  • Ep 74: Thy Kingdom Come?
  • Ep 73: A Hobbit Shoots Free Throws (GH)
  • Ep 72: A Hobbit Shoots Free Throws (Bonus)
  • Ep 71: Things That Make You Go "Hmmm" (GH)
  • Ep 70: Things That Make You Go "Hmmm"
  • Ep 69: Splitters and Joiners (GH)
  • Ep 68: Splitters and Joiners
  • Ep 67: Everybody Hates Brian (GH)
  • Ep 66: Everybody Hates Brian
  • Ep 65: (GH) The Neverending Story
  • Ep 64: The Neverending Story
  • Ep 63: The Magic Kingdom (GH)
  • Ep 62: The Magic Kingdom
  • Ep 61: Secret Invasion (GH)
  • Season 4, Ep 60: Secret Invasion
  • Season 4: The Forgotten Kingdom
  • Ep 59: Greenhousing the Greenhouse
  • Ep 58: What is a Greenhouse?
  • Ep 57: The Participation Award (GH)
  • Ep 56: The Participation Award
  • Ep 55: Another Brick in the Wall (GH)
  • Ep 54: Another Brick in the Wall
  • Ep 53: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like...(GH)
  • Ep 52: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like...
  • Ep 51: Trapped in the System (GH)
  • Ep 50: Trapped In The System
  • Ep 49: Tearin' Up My Heart (GH)
  • Ep 48: Tearin' Up My Heart
  • Ep 47: The Discipleship Sandwich (GH)
  • Ep 46: The Discipleship Sandwich (Bonus)
  • Ep 45: Danger, Will Robinson! (GH)
  • Ep 44: Danger, Will Robinson!
  • Ep 43: One of These Things Is Not Like the Other (GH)
  • Ep 42: One of These Things is Not Like the Other
  • Ep 41: (GH) Let the Pros Handle It
  • Ep 40: Let the Professionals Handle It
  • Ep 39: Introducing the Greenhouse Community
  • Ep 38: Where Everybody Knows Your Name
  • Ep 37: Houston, We Have a Problem (Part II)
  • Ep 36: Houston, We Have Three Problems! (Part 1)
  • Ep 35: Everybody Wants to Rule the World
  • Ep 34: Roxette Was Right
  • Ep 33: Linda, Linda, Listen!
  • Ep 32: I Don't Drop Shoes (The Habit of Hearing from God)
  • Ep 31: The Seven Habits of Highly Defective People
  • Ep 30: Time in a Bottle
  • Ep 29: Cat's in the Cradle
  • Ep 28: Not Enough Time (Bonus Episode)
  • Ep 27: Weird Science
  • Ep 26: Mind the Gap
  • Season 3: The Formation Gap
  • Ep 25: The World As Best As I Remember It, Vol II
  • Ep 24: The World As Best As I Remember It, Vol. 1
  • Ep 23: Wardens and Wingers
  • Ep 22: Do You Remember the Time?
  • Ep 21: What Would You Say?
  • Ep 20: Why Can't We All Just Get Along?
  • Ep 19: On Our Best Behavior
  • Ep 18: Let's Get Physical. And Mental. And Spiritual.
  • Ep 17: The Bedrock (Bonus Episode)
  • Ep 16: The Way You Make Me Feel
  • Ep 15: I Think Therefore I'm a Mess
  • Ep 14: Unbreak My Heart
  • Season 2: The Discipleship Dilemma
  • Ep 13: Let Me Sum Up
  • Ep 12: Supersize Me
  • Ep 11: The Formation Conundrum (Are We Really Being Discipled in Church?)
  • Ep 10: For What It's Worth (Two Opposing Ideas of Human Value)
  • Ep 9: I Saw the Sign (How to Discern What's Really Going On in Our Hearts)
  • Ep 8: The Anatomy of Ideas (And Why This Isn't a Typical Christian Podcast)
  • Ep 7: Take My Breath Away (Bonus Episode)
  • Ep 6: Total Eclipse of the Heart (Why We Might Be Bored With Church)
  • Ep 5: You're Only Human (And Why We're Confused About It)
  • Ep 4: It's the End of the World as We Know it
  • Ep 3: The Magnificent Seven (The Kingdom of God)
  • Ep 2: The Idea of the Gospel
  • Ep 1: Deep Discipleship
  • Season 1: Deep Discipleship and The Great Omission

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