Stories of chasing the next spiritual fad

The conversation turns to lived examples. Nathaniel, a named participant in the room, tells how he binged stoicism podcasts for about three months hoping to become a stoic Christian before the next idea counteracted the last. The hosts discuss 'deepening' versus 'altering' — Scripture opening up in new ways versus chasing new revelations — and mock hyper-fixations like reviving Old Testament practices, including a bit about a man at Shoney's waving a half-eaten prime rib as a wave offering.