9 conversations
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Dear LFTP: the rain cloud and the value of work
- How can I get out from under this rain cloud at work - do I want too much out of life?
Mike reads the second letter: a woman in her early thirties, happy in marriage and new house, but miserable in high-stress tech marketing - 'How can I get out from under this rain cloud?
From No. 577 · The Spirit, the Goldfish and the Way
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Dear LFTP: the 56-year-old with no direction
- I'm 56, directionless, and have no savings — how can I convince employers I'm capable when I don't believe it myself?
- What responsibility do you have for someone you know is making self-destructive choices with his life?
Dear LFTP: a 56-year-old writes that he still doesn't know what to do with his life — a thousand hobbies, no career, no savings, ten years from retirement.
From No. 243 · July 27 2015 Podcast – Eisenlauer Team
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The marriage sabbatical debate
- Is it possible your marriage could be better if you just took a month break?
The hosts debate a Slate piece on Iris Krasnow's book reporting that women who spend July apart from their husbands return closer, and her finding that fishermen's and truckers' wives say separation honed their communication.
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Jon Wagner: Romans 1 and the purpose of giving God glory
Jon Wagner, a pastor who came into church life through music, shares what struck him reading Romans 1-3 in the parking lot before the show: God gave people over to depravities because they stopped worshiping and honoring him.
From No. 421 · What Christians Do in a Divided Country
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Andrew Carson’s pope style: useless to the kingdom
- Is fearing being seen as useless by people — but not by God — the right reaction?
Andrew Carson (addressed by name in the audio) tells how, after admitting his greatest fear is being seen as useless by other people, he sensed God asking why he does not fear…
From No. 258 · Paris and the Refugees
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Hope, facing God, and Jonah's despair
The hosts wrestle with why some people survive the same pain others do not, landing on hope -- 'there's always tomorrow' -- and a reluctance to face God after rejecting the gift of life.
From No. 35 · Suicide
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Purpose, exercise, retirement, and aging out of ministry
- How do we live with intention and purpose instead of drifting?
- What will we do when we age out of the ministry roles we love?
A long discussion on purpose and intention: Ben muses that farmers never do burpees yet stay healthy into their 80s, and argues the real issue is purpose, not physical labor.
From No. 571 · Luddite From The Path
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Six reasons you seriously need to slow down
- Does a hurried life destroy your relationship with God?
- How much control does the average man really have over slowing down given work, family, and church responsibilities?
The hosts walk through the Relevant article 'Six Reasons You Seriously Need to Slow Down.' They largely agree with the principle but push back on the practicality: a hurried life…
From No. 256 · Six Reasons to Slow Down
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Three things, part 2: purpose - worship versus making disciples
The article claims humanity's purpose is work-as-worship; the hosts debate whether purpose is better framed as making disciples (the Great Commission) or image-bearing.
From No. 169 · Three Things Every Christian Should Know