Following Jesus is difficult. Life can be hard and spiritual growth rarely comes easy. So, how do we keep moving forward in our pursuit of God? In this episode we discuss three key practices that will help you seek Jesus well for a lifetime.

After years of struggling with infertility, Kaya was angry with God. She struggled to believe her prayers were being heard or that God even cared. A breakthrough came when she learned to surrender her desires to God’s plan. Kaya was able to unpack the root of her pain, and was able to find peace and joy in the midst of her circumstances.

Do you really want what God wants for your life? Or, do you want what you want? The reality is that most people make Jesus their Savior, but few make Him their King. In this episode, we talk about the process of surrender and why it’s critical to finding the life that Jesus offers.

Christine knew a lot about God. She attended church and was in multiple bible studies. But, it wasn’t until she heard God speak to the deepest part of her heart that true transformation began. In this episode, we unpack Christine’s first experience listening to God and how it changed her life.

Discerning God’s voice in our lives can be tricky. We often ask “is this really God speaking?” or “is this just my voice?”. In this episode, we discuss how to distinguish God’s voice from the other voices in our lives.

Dr. LaTanya Carter is a bit of a unicorn. She holds a PhD in psychology from Michigan State University and a Masters of Divinity from Moody Theological Seminary. During this conversation we lean on both sets of her expertise to unpack how the battle for our mind impacts our ability to hear the voice of God.

Hearing God speak is not as mysterious or mystical as it sounds. In fact, with practice we can learn to listen for God’s voice in each moment of our lives. In this episode, we unpack how to listen to the voice of God.

In this conversation, we talk with David Miles about the importance of sabbath and how to cultivate a rhythm of rest in our lives. David is a local pastor with a passion for the practice of Sabbath. He is currently doing his Doctor of Ministry with an emphasis on Sabbath at the Eugene Peterson Center. And yet, he is wrestling with this practice in his personal life.

American culture has twisted our relationship between work and rest; expecting us to keep up the pace which leaves us tired and worn out. One of the consequences is that we find ourselves working for rest instead of living in God’s original design; a rhythm of life that rests once a week so that we can live from the overflow of God’s rest.

In this episode we talk with Geoffrey Neal, a corporate securities attorney, about how he has been pushing back against the unsustainable pace of corporate America and the fruit that is coming from his life as he learns to slow down.

We are in the midst of a burnout epidemic; our lives are moving too fast and it’s wrecking our souls. Living like Jesus means that we must move at a different pace; fully present in a fast paced world.

In this episode of Free And Light we sit down with our friend Jon Nicholas to discuss what it means to live our lives from the overflow; instead of empty. Jon is the Worship Pastor of The Woods Church in Warren MI and is the founder of the Overflow Conference, a worship and creative conference.