Crystal Sparks' Podcast
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Crystal Sparks' Podcast
Latest Episodes
208. Wheat & Tares
Weariness is easy to criticize from a distance and hard to carry up close. We open Matthew 9 and sit with the moment Jesus looks at the crowds and feels compassion because they’re weary and scattered, beaten down on the outside and tormented on...
207. Why Real Prayer Refuses To Be Simplified
If prayer feels like pressure to say the right words, you’re not alone and you’re not failing. We’ve been trained to treat prayer like a technique: clear goals, strong sentences, measurable results. But prayer was never meant to be reducible. T...
206. [Lent Study] Lust, Gluttony, And The Lie Of More
Lust and gluttony don’t start in your body, they start in your story about what will finally make you feel okay. We go after the deeper question behind the habits: what am I trying to soothe, and what am I willing to cross to get it?We ...
205. [Lent Study] The Seven Deadly Sins - A Conversation
Our phones have trained us to escape the moment, and the cost is higher than wasted time. Emily and I talk candidly about the seven deadly sins as more than extreme “bad people” problems and how moralism can distort sin into either self-righteo...
204. [Lent Study] Acedia And The Noonday Demon
Restlessness has a way of disguising itself as normal. Sometimes it looks like scrolling before we even get out of bed. Sometimes it looks like a packed calendar and a “successful” life that still feels hollow. Today we name that ache for what ...