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- 🇺🇸US · Spirituality#10300K to 1M
- 🇬🇧GB · Spirituality#36100K to 300K
- 🇨🇦CA · Spirituality#49100K to 300K
- 🇦🇺AU · Spirituality#1185K to 30K
- 🇰🇷KR · Spirituality#11100K to 300K
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313K to 1.0M
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39. Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life
Jun 25, 2026
17m 00s
38. The Three Ingredients of Gratitude (Psalm 103)
Jun 24, 2026
14m 09s
37. Do you have FAITH? Your life already knows the answer.
Jun 23, 2026
14m 20s
36. The Surprising Link Between Love and Attention
Jun 22, 2026
13m 18s
35. The People Who Shaped Your Soul
Jun 19, 2026
13m 02s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 6/25/26 |  39. Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life | How do you process painful emotions without letting them control your life? In this conversation on Psalm 30, John Ortberg sits down with counselor and friend Rick Blackmon to explore one of the most practical lessons in the Psalms: Own your emotions—but don't enthrone them. Together they discuss anxiety, grief, anger, praise, humor, counseling, and the hope found in God's presence. This episode explores: - Psalm 30 and emotional healing - The journey from the pit to praise - Why naming em... | 17m 00s | ||||||
| 6/24/26 |  38. The Three Ingredients of Gratitude (Psalm 103) | How do you become a grateful person? In this reflection on Psalm 103, John Ortberg explores one of the great themes of spiritual life: gratitude. At the center of Psalm 103 is a simple command: "Forget not all His benefits." Drawing from philosopher Robert C. Roberts and the rich imagery of the Psalm itself, John explores why gratitude grows through remembering and why forgetting often leads to entitlement. This episode explores: - Psalm 103 and gratitude - The meaning of the soul - The l... | 14m 09s | ||||||
| 6/23/26 | 37. Do you have FAITH? Your life already knows the answer. | Do you ever struggle with doubt? In this teaching on Psalm 91, John Ortberg explores faith, trust, doubt, works, and what it really means to believe. Drawing heavily from the teachings of Dallas Willard, John introduces a powerful framework for understanding belief and asks a challenging question: What do your actions reveal that you actually trust? This episode explores: - Psalm 91 and trusting God - Three different kinds of belief - The relationship between faith and works - Dallas Will... | 14m 20s | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | 36. The Surprising Link Between Love and Attention | What if one of the greatest acts of love is simply paying attention? In this reflection on Psalm 8, John Ortberg and Laura Turner explore wonder, attentiveness, and the surprising connection between love and noticing. Drawing on insights from Marilynne Robinson, the film Lady Bird, and the writings of Simone Weil, they invite us to slow down and rediscover God's presence in the ordinary. This episode explores: - Psalm 8 and the wonder of creation - Why attention is an expression of love - ... | 13m 18s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | 35. The People Who Shaped Your Soul | What if one of the greatest gifts you could give someone is helping them develop a taste for what is good? In this reflection on Psalm 34, John Ortberg revisits the famous invitation: "Taste and see that the Lord is good." But this time he explores a surprising idea: every one of us is a tastemaker. Through stories from Anthony Bourdain, insights from C. S. Lewis and G. K. Chesterton, and reflections on gratitude, beauty, and influence, John explores how our loves shape the people around u... | 13m 02s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 |  34. Why Faith Must Be Experienced | How do you move faith from your head to your heart? In this reflection on Psalm 34, John Ortberg explores one of the most famous invitations in Scripture: "Taste and see that the Lord is good." Many people know about God. Far fewer learn to experience God's goodness in everyday life. Drawing from the story of David, reflections from Augustine of Hippo, and a memorable scene from Prince Caspian, John shows how faith becomes real when it moves beyond ideas and into experience. This episode e... | 14m 12s | ||||||
| 6/17/26 |  33. Barely Hanging On? This One's for You. | What do you pray when life hurts so much that ordinary words no longer feel adequate? In this reflection on Psalm 69, John Ortberg explores one of the most emotionally intense prayers in all of Scripture. Drawing a surprising connection to Howl, John examines how the Psalms give voice to grief, despair, loss, betrayal, injustice, addiction, depression, and suffering. This episode explores: - Psalm 69 and honest prayer - The language of anguish - Why God welcomes our deepest pain - Jesus an... | 13m 10s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | 32. How to Love God | How do you actually learn to love God? In this reflection on Psalm 31, John Ortberg explores one surprising pathway to loving God more deeply: curiosity. Drawing from theologian Cornelius Plantinga Jr., relationship researcher John Gottman, and Dallas Willard, John invites us to think about building a "love map" for God. This episode explores: - Psalm 31 and loving God - Curiosity as a spiritual discipline - John Gottman's concept of love maps - Fascinating biblical images of God - The mys... | 14m 53s | ||||||
| 6/15/26 |  31. How A River Runs Through It Teaches Us About Grace | What if grace has a rhythm? In this teaching on Psalm 46, John Ortberg explores stillness, spiritual disciplines, grace, and the river of life that flows throughout Scripture. Drawing from A River Runs Through It, John shares a powerful picture of spiritual formation through the practice of learning God's rhythms. This episode explores: - Psalm 46 and God's presence - The purpose of spiritual disciplines - Grace as power, not merely forgiveness - The river in Eden and Revelation - Jesus as... | 15m 00s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 |  30. Why Your Life Matters | Do you matter? It may be one of the most important questions a human being can ask. In this teaching on Psalm 127, John Ortberg explores meaning, significance, anxiety, achievement, and what the Bible says about human worth. Drawing from the work of Rebecca Goldstein, John examines what she calls a "crisis of mattering" and why so many people feel insignificant despite living in an age of unprecedented progress. This episode explores: - Psalm 127 and the search for meaning - Why achievemen... | 15m 18s | ||||||
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| 6/11/26 |  29. God Is Not Nice. God Is Kind. | What is the difference between being nice and being kind? In this reflection on Psalm 138, John Ortberg explores one of the most beautiful biblical ideas: God's loving kindness. Why does Scripture constantly praise God for His kindness but never describe Him as "nice"? What is the difference? And how might understanding God's kindness transform the way we live? This episode explores: - Psalm 138 and God's loving kindness - The Hebrew idea of hesed - Niceness versus kindness - Compassion, c... | 13m 22s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 |  28. Why Some Relationships Thrive and Others Don't (Psalm 133) | What is the secret to deep relationships? In this teaching on Psalm 133, John Ortberg explores intimacy, connection, loneliness, and the small daily habits that strengthen relationships. Drawing from the work of relationship researcher John Gottman, John explains the powerful idea of "bids for connection"—the small invitations people make every day to share life together. This episode explores: - Psalm 133 and unity - What intimacy really means - The epidemic of loneliness - John Gottman's... | 14m 31s | ||||||
| 6/9/26 |  27. God’s Favorite Word | What if unity is one of the things God cares about most? In this teaching on Psalm 133, John Ortberg explores unity, reconciliation, the Trinity, and Jesus' remarkable prayer that His followers would be one. Moving from Psalm 133 to Ephesians 4 and John 17, John shows how unity is not merely a church strategy or relational ideal. It is rooted in the very nature of God Himself. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit live in perfect love, mutual submission, delight, and harmony. This episode explores:... | 15m 22s | ||||||
| 6/8/26 |  26. How to Pray When You're Struggling (with Kevin Palau) | What do you do when your soul feels downcast? In this conversation, John Ortberg sits down with Kevin Palau to explore Psalm 42, anxiety, discouragement, emotional honesty, and hope. Kevin shares candidly about his own struggles with anxiety, the pressures of leadership, and why Psalm 42 has become one of the most important prayers in his spiritual life. This episode explores: - Anxiety and spiritual formation - Psalm 42 and emotional honesty - The pressure to appear spiritually strong - F... | 13m 39s | ||||||
| 6/5/26 |  25. Psalm 23 and the Life You've Always Wanted | Can you really live without lack? In this reflection on Psalm 23, John Ortberg draws from Life Without Lack to explore one of the most beloved passages in all of Scripture. What does it mean to say, "The Lord is my shepherd"? What if "I shall not want" is not a promise that life will be easy, but an invitation to stop being driven by fear, scarcity, and unsatisfied desire? This episode explores: - Psalm 23 and the Kingdom of God - Dallas Willard's vision of life without lack - Freedom from... | 13m 44s | ||||||
| 6/4/26 |  24. Psalm 59 Explained (The Danger of Spiritualized Prayer) | What's your story today? In this teaching on Psalm 59, John Ortberg explores one of the most important lessons of the Psalms: prayer is always prayed from inside a story. Drawing from Answering God, John challenges the idea of "spiritualized prayer" — prayer that removes the conflict, fear, anger, disappointment, and messiness of ordinary life. Psalm 59 was written in the middle of David's crisis. Men were sent to kill him. His prayer wasn't polished. It wasn't neat. It was real. This epi... | 14m 00s | ||||||
| 6/3/26 |  23. What If Refuge Was a Verb? (with Lisa Cuss) | What if refuge was something you practiced? In this conversation, John Ortberg talks with therapist and trauma specialist Lisa Cuss about anxiety, church hurt, attachment theory, the nervous system, and Psalm 31. Lisa shares how reading the Psalms through the lens of the nervous system helped her understand David's prayers in a completely new way. His cries of fear, confusion, and desperation suddenly felt deeply human and surprisingly familiar. This episode explores: - Trauma and attachme... | 14m 06s | ||||||
| 6/2/26 |  22. God Loves Imperfect People | What if your imperfections are not your greatest problem? In this teaching on Psalm 138, John Ortberg explores the difference between perfection and perfectionism, the beauty of human weakness, and why God has so much compassion for imperfect people. Drawing from Psalm 138, Psalm 103, the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi, and the image of cracked pottery repaired with gold, John shows how God often creates beauty through what we would rather hide. This episode explores: - The difference betwe... | 12m 30s | ||||||
| 6/1/26 |  21. Why We Can’t Worry Our Way to Peace | How do you calm and quiet your soul? In this deeply practical conversation on Psalm 131, John Ortberg and Steve Cuss explore anxiety, emotional awareness, prayer, soothing, and learning to rest in the presence of God. Psalm 131 offers one of the gentlest images in all of Scripture: “I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child with its mother.” This episode explores: - Anxiety and emotional awareness - “Trying to worry your way to peace” - How to notice what’s happening inte... | 12m 14s | ||||||
| 5/29/26 |  20. Psalm 1 and the Problem With Twitter | What is social media doing to your soul? In this conversation, John Ortberg and Steve Cuss explore Psalm 1, online outrage, anxiety, reactivity, and the emotional formation happening through social media. Why do platforms like Twitter/X, Facebook, and Instagram so easily pull people toward outrage, contempt, comparison, and self-righteousness? And what do the Psalms have to say about it? This episode explores: - Psalm 1 and “the company of mockers” - Reactivity and self-righteousness onlin... | 12m 48s | ||||||
| 5/28/26 |  19. The Secret Language of the Psalms | Why should we pray the Psalms slowly? In this reflective teaching, John Ortberg explores the nature of Hebrew poetry, the structure of the Psalms, and why the language of prayer was never meant to be rushed. Using Psalm 90 and several other Psalms, John unpacks the beauty of biblical parallelism — repetition, pivots, refrains, and poetic movement that deepen meaning and slow the soul down enough to notice God. This episode explores: - Why the Psalms are poetry, not prose - Hebrew paralleli... | 14m 05s | ||||||
| 5/27/26 |  18. How Worship Neutralizes Envy | Why do other people’s lives always seem better? In this teaching on Psalm 73, John Ortberg explores envy, comparison, resentment, worship, and the deep human struggle of feeling overlooked while others seem to prosper. The psalmist honestly confesses: “I envied the arrogant.” What follows is one of the most emotionally honest prayers in the Psalms — a prayer about jealousy, discouragement, unfairness, and the exhausting habit of comparing our lives to everyone else around us. This episode... | 13m 32s | ||||||
| 5/26/26 |  17. Psalm 126 and the Spiritual Power of Joy | Is it possible laughter could be a form of prayer? In this joyful and surprisingly profound teaching on Psalm 126, John Ortberg explores joy, humor, delight, neuroscience, and why laughter may be far more spiritual than many people realize. Why do children laugh so much more than adults? Why does spontaneous laughter feel healing? And what does it mean that God Himself laughs? This episode explores: - Psalm 126 and joy - Why laughter matters spiritually - The neuroscience of laughter - Spo... | 14m 35s | ||||||
| 5/25/26 |  16. Remembering Is a Form of Prayer | Why does memory matter spiritually? In this reflective teaching on Psalm 77, John Ortberg explores remembrance, gratitude, grief, forgiveness, healing, and why memory itself can become a form of prayer. Using deeply personal family stories, Memorial Day reflections, and Psalm 77’s call to “remember the deeds of the Lord,” John reflects on the spiritual importance of remembering honestly and hopefully. This episode explores: - Gratitude and memory - Remembering sin and forgiveness - God’s f... | 13m 51s | ||||||
| 5/22/26 |  15. Why Gratitude Cannot Be Forced | Why is gratitude so difficult to sustain? In this teaching on Psalm 100, John Ortberg explores the deeper source of genuine gratitude and why thankfulness cannot simply be forced through willpower. Using reflections from Robert Hayden and his poem Those Winter Sundays, John reflects on the hidden acts of love that quietly sustain human life every day — often without being noticed or thanked. This episode explores: - Why gratitude begins with awareness - The hidden acts of love around us - ... | 11m 13s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
27 placements across 22 markets.
Chart Positions
27 placements across 22 markets.