Where Deep Calls to Deep (#1037)

About this episode

The episode explores the deeper spiritual hunger that cannot be satisfied by worldly experiences, emphasizing the importance of recognizing God's presence in ordinary moments.

“At the bottom of our being is a throbbing, an aching that pines for our Other, day and night... a soul-longing that can’t be fulfilled by anything this world has to offer.” Those words from Strahan Coleman’s Thirsting open the door to a conversation about the ache beneath all our searching. What begins with people paying premium prices for meaningful emotional experiences soon turns toward the deeper hunger those experiences may touch but can never satisfy. Kyle and Wayne explore how easily our spiritual yearning can be hijacked by illusion, fear, performance, or the pursuit of a “God moment” we can control. But the deeper invitation is not to chase an experience; it is to awaken to the One who is already near, whose desire for us is greater than our desire for him, and whose kingdom is already within us. Perhaps the fulfillment of our deepest ache is found not in extraordinary moments, but in learning to recognize and nurture his presence in the ordinary ones. Podcast Notes: The video version of this podcast (Due to FB policy, this link is only good for thirty days from the date of posting.) A JUST LOVE Meet-up in Kansas City Thirsting by Strahan Coleman Get your copy of Just…

People in this episode

Host: Wayne Jacobsen

Guest: Kyle

Topics covered

• spiritual yearning
• soul-longing
• ordinary moments
• God's presence
• emotional experiences
• illusion and fear

Keywords

• spirituality
• longing
• God moment
• emotional experiences
• presence
• ordinary
• hunger

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Thirsting, Just Love

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