Rooted with Emily Talento
A podcast exploring Scripture, faith, and the deeper context behind the Christian story, helping listeners stay grounded in truth in a noisy, shifting world.
Rooted with Emily Talento
Latest Episodes
Episode 30: Are You Trying to Control Your Own Life?
James 4 is one of the most intense chapters in the entire book and underneath all of its sharp language is one central issue: divided allegiance. In this episode, we explore the internal war James describes, what “friendship with the world” act...
Episode 29: Are We Using God When It’s Convenient?
In this episode, I react to the Brandon Lake and Nick Jonas collab and unpack why it initially made me uncomfortable. But the more I sat with it, the more I realized this conversation is bigger than one song or one celebrity.We’ll talk a...
Episode 28: What Do Your Words Reveal?
In this episode, we continue our study through James with a look at chapter 3 and the power of the tongue. James shows us that our words are never “just words.” They have the ability to direct, destroy, reveal, and shape. We explore the deeper ...
Episode 27: What Does Living Faith Actually Look Like?
James 2 asks a difficult question: is our faith actually alive?In this episode, we unpack favoritism, mercy, “faith without works is dead,” and the shocking line that “even demons believe.” Through the lens of context and culture, we exp...
