Story Matters Podcast
In the Story Matters Podcast, Hosts Ryan and Emily Baker discuss the intersection between theology and psychology helping listeners to better grasp how their particular stories have shaped them.
Story Matters Podcast
Latest Episodes
52.Can We Just Not Tie a Bow On It?
Season Four wrap up! When stories are unresolved, our bodies feel the tension so we often divert by looking for a way to tie everything up with a bow. “It’s fine.” “It’ll all work out.” Even faith language can become a bow we use to exit the pa...
51. They Will Know We Are Christians By How We Repair
“They will know we are Christians by our love” is true, but what if the clearest proof of love is our ability to repair after rupture? Ryan and Emily Baker dig into why repair is strangely missing as a category in many Christian families, churc...
50. Have You Experienced Betrayal?
Betrayal is brutal: it takes a relationship, a community, or an institution that was supposed to be safe and turns it into a source of harm. We unpack betrayal trauma through the lens of shalom, the way things are supposed to be, a...
49. Can We Call This What It Really Is?
Gossip sneaks in dressed up as concern, processing, connecting, or the classic church-friendly cover of a prayer request. We talk through a gut-check illustration that still gets us: what if a device instantly alerted someone the m...
48. Why Are You Here?
We talk about the motives that bring people to this podcast, narrative-focused trauma care, counseling, and discipleship. We love the desires that drive us, and we also name the risk. When we use Jesus as a tool to get a specific outcome, we sh...