"Follow your truth" is a popular cultural saying...but is it a good philosophy to live your life by? In today's episode, Marianne will unpack the different cultural definitions of truth, and explore ways that living by this statement might not always be beneficial or helpful.

Biblical Grace - https://www.gotquestions.org/definition-of-grace.html 

Sovereign Grace - https://www.gotquestions.org/sovereign-grace.html

Common Grace - https://www.gotquestions.org/common-grace.html

Practicing Grace - https://themom-forum.com/bloglist/ways-to-practice-grace/#:~:text=Practicing%20grace%20is%20making%20daily,reality%20with%20acceptance%20and%20kindness.

In this episode, Marianne explores the tension state between the "real" and the "ideal" and awareness that belief and action are inconsistent, or incongruent.  Some amount of tension is healthy and normal, but an abnormal amount of focus on this gap can cause big problems.  So…how do we handle it?

Show Notes & Resources Used:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-wise-brain/201309/drop-the-shoulds

https://talkingforwellness.com/blog/5-steps-to-eliminate-the-shoulds/

https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html

What is Identity?  When searching for it, do we lean on worldly optimism, or living hope?  In this episode, Mariane discusses the complex issue of identity, and discusses ways that people wrestle with the question "Who am I?

Show Notes:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/identity

https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Not-Your-Own/dp/0830847820/ref=sr_1_1?crid=28DR8U998MFCS&keywords=you+are+not+your+own&qid=1648230199&s=books&sprefix=you+are+not+your%2Cstripbooks%2C227&sr=1-1

http://www.heidelberg-catechism.com/en/

https://bpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/d-scatechism.pdf

This episode explores the concept of Deconstruction vs. Reconstruction, and explores whether or not either of those concepts is beneficial to us spiritually and mentally.

Show Notes:

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/4-causes-deconstruction/

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/rhett-link-deconversion/

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/chorusinthechaos/exvangelical-deconstruction-stories/

We all have a way that we view the world.  In order to learn and grow, we have to be willing to have open and honest dialogue with others who may think or believe differently than us.  In part 2 of this episode, Marianne continues a conversation that she recently had with another podcaster, Justin Joseph.  Justin and Marianne were able to have a meaningful conversation about beliefs and worldview, and why those things matter.

We all have a way that we view the world.  In order to learn and grow, we have to be willing to have open and honest dialogue with others who may think or believe differently than us.  In this episode, Marianne shares a conversation that she recently had with another podcaster, Justin Joseph.  Justin and Marianne were able to have a meaningful conversation about beliefs and worldview, and why those things matter.