Ep. 444 - Jessie Cruickshank & Julia Schmaltz - How Do We Become Good News to the World?

Ep. 444 - Jessie Cruickshank & Julia Schmaltz - How Do We Become Good News to the World?

July 21, 2026 · 58 min · Season 1 · Episode 444

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Jessie Cruickshank and Julia Schmaltz discuss how discipleship involves receiving a name and a story rather than just acquiring information.

In this episode, Jessie Cruickshank and Julia Schmaltz join me to talk about Becoming Good News and the argument at its center: that discipleship is less about acquiring information and trying harder and more about receiving; receiving a name and a story. We get into what happens in the brain when something finally gets named, why the sentences we say about ourselves function as theology, and how autobiographical memory shapes the story we think we're living in. We talk about the difference b...

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