About this episode

The episode features musician David Gungor discussing spirituality through music, exploring themes of beauty, story, and personal experiences with church and faith.

Text us your questions! We wanted something different from our usual fare, so we invited musician David Gungor to help us see spirituality through an artist’s eyes: beauty, story, woundedness, and play. What starts as a talk about music becomes an exploration of navigating Christian deconstruction, church hurt, and the fear that life’s best days might already be gone. David shares his pastor’s kid upbringing, the family fallout that reshaped his world, and how his songwriting moved from evan...

People in this episode

Hosts: Randy Knie, Kyle Whitaker

Guest: David Gungor

Topics covered

• music
• spirituality
• Christian deconstruction
• church hurt
• storytelling
• art

Keywords

• David Gungor
• spirituality
• music
• Christian deconstruction
• church hurt
• story
• art

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