Dear LFTP: am I that forgettable?
- What is the appropriate response when someone acts like meeting me is the first time, even though we've met several times?
A reader feels people act like meeting her is the first time and wonders whether it's intentional. The hosts advise distinguishing intentional cruelty from genuine forgetfulness, and suggest the cure is remembering others well — plus comic options like a mustache, a pink eyebrow, or a 'Whiskers' style distinctive look. The discussion drifts to London's 'Fats Cobain,' Dapper Dan, and the principle that how you want to be remembered is in the eye of the namer.
More on Identity
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Confetti and lasers: what should God's people be known for?
- Do we want to be known as the confetti and lasers people?
- What should God's people be known for?
Ben redirects to the docket's denomination question: when someone hears Silas's church described as 'the confetti and lasers people,' should that sting?
From No. 598 · Emphasis | Accountability, Worship and Praying with Strangers
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The world as opposition, normalized sin, and identity
- Does your generation push back at the idea of sin?
A young woman observes that college ministries frame the world as the opposition rather than the mission field, giving anxious young Christians something concrete to grip.
From No. 576 · Get A Dog
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Does God affirm our struggles or call us to repent of them?
- Does God affirm our struggles or call us to repent of them?
Mike frames two camps: one that says God affirms our struggles as-is, another that says He calls us to repent of what is in our control.
From No. 534 · The Antagonistic Bison
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Fear, guilt, self-deprecation, and identity
- How should Christians handle guilt and self-deprecation without excusing sin?
The room digs into why failure over little things feels crushing: self-imposed expectations versus rightful ones, and the guilt that follows addiction relapses.
From No. 498 · The Tennessee Birdwalk