Guys. We wrote a study! And it's been published! I--Laurie--began writing this while I was walking out my discipleship journey with my mentor, Carolyn. I take the lessons she taught me, sprinkle additional ones God has brought me through over the years, and invite you to join me on the journey. We explore things like how to listen to God, lament, what to do with temptation, how to process shame, Core Needs, and lots more. This is literally the book I wish I had been able to walk through when I w...
Dec 27, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Let's just have a little fun, yeah? Gwyn and Juliette Krieg, Matt and Laurie's two oldest kids, come into the studio to discuss favorite parts about Christmas, what to do when you feel lonely and there is no one to hug, and--because we can't stop won't stop--what marriage means to them. Merry Christmas, podcast fam! For More: https://lauriekrieg.com/podcast/merry-christmas-from-the-krieg-kids/
Dec 20, 2019•12 min
Okay, guys. This one. I don't think we have ever been as surprised as we were with Kenneth Boa. He is a highly accomplished scholar, author, and teacher--with four degrees (and two doctoral degrees)--and good grief: When we asked him the questions we ask everyone (about when the gospel was first good news for him) we were floored. This guy came to Christ while on an LSD trip during the summer of love in the 1960s. Yep. You heard it here, guys. You have to listen to understand and believe how God...
Dec 13, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Talking about walking away from toxic people can feel like a too-challenging (and maybe unbiblical?) conversation. But, shoot: Relationship expert and author, Gary Thomas, convinced us through his latest book and this interview that knowing when to walk away from toxic people is a critical practice for Christians. Jesus walked away from toxic people (or let them walk away from Him), and we should to ... for the sake of the Kingdom. Why? How? We dive in with Gary, and explore toxic discipleship, ...
Dec 06, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Guys? We got some big changes coming to Hole in My Heart Ministries, and we are excited to share them with you today. In addition to the changes, we are exploring a couple of your questions with some answers: Why does marriage have to be between one man and one woman? (We share our top three--well, four--favorite reasons.) How do we walk with and speak truth to a believer who believes a same-sex, romantic relationship is right for them? (We offer some specific help.) Let's dig in! //: Highlights...
Nov 26, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 1
God puts a dream inside of all of us. Wait. Does He? How does that work? And how do you know if it is a selfish one or something that is literally from Him? And what about those of us who feel like expendable folks--with "worthless" or no dreams? Lauren Chandler , wife to Matt Chandler (yes, that Matt Chandler ), and mother of three, is a worship leader, author, and helper of us in this conversation about how can we balance our dreams with God's desires. It's a poignant interview that includes G...
Nov 22, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Many people abuse hearing from God. But just because they misuse the process, does it mean we shouldn't engage? Jim Samra, someone who literally wrote the book about it, helps us to think about how we can wisely approach listening to God. (And that book title is pretty funny: 'God Told Me: Who to Marry, Where to Work, Which Car to Buy ... And I'm Pretty Sure I'm Not Crazy.') Jim also guides us through questions such as, "How mature do you have to be to hear from God?" "What if you are living in ...
Nov 15, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 1
This is another episode where if we could pay you to listen to it, we would. We believe it is that important. Heather was born female, but in her young twenties, fully socially transitioned to male. Now, she is again living as her born-female self, and is running toward Jesus. How did this happen? You know, for all the conversations we have about gender/sexuality/etc., it's funny that we keep waiting for the answer to, "How did this happen?" to be something other than the gospel. Something other...
Nov 08, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 1
This is another one of those episodes seeking to answer questions we receive often: At what age do we start talking with our kids about sexuality? How do we do it, exactly? What about gender stuff? How do we help alleviate some of the blurring of the lines that is going on with gender these days--without holding onto stereotypes? Who better to help us out than author and teacher, Dannah Gresh ? She has been in the ministry of educating young people regarding sexuality for many years. (And if you...
Nov 01, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 1
The purpose of this podcast is to "explore how the gospel is good news for everyone every day." Most often, we talk about how the gospel relates to sexuality/gender (as those conversations have been neglected for too long in the Church), however part of the good news of the gospel is it eliminates walls and barriers between people—racial barriers included. Our friend, Kinita Schripsema , helps us to launch into this conversation from a place we need to start: the heart. Kinita was kind enough to...
Oct 26, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 1
We get a decent amount of questions about how to engage healthy friendship (and touch) as single people. So, we asked one of our dear single friends, Meg Baatz, to help us navigate some more of this friendship quagmire. Some of the questions we explored include: What is the difference between finding community as a single person or as a married person? What is Meg's journey with finding community? Why are people so awkward when it comes to being friends with people of the same sex (if those peop...
Oct 18, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 1
This interview kicked our tails. Do you know what to do when you encounter someone who is experiencing homelessness? We thought we did ... sort of? Give them a few bucks? Offer a pack of things you have ready in your car? Pray with them? Terence Lester , activist, speaker, and author of I See You: How Love Opens Our Eyes to Invisible People , helps us practically navigate how we can better see people experiencing poverty and homelessness and thereby learn a lesson on how we can really see every...
Oct 11, 2019•44 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Friends. We need them. They can also be a big challenge. It can be hard to put them in their proper, healthy place (neither diminishing them nor elevating them)—whether we are married or single. Today, we primarily look at how to have healthy friendships through the married lens, but single people? We believe and hope and pray you will be blessed, too. Kelly Needham , author of the new book Friendish, helps us explore questions such as, “Can we have covenant friendships outside of marriage?” “Wh...
Oct 04, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 1
When Brad Klaver was ten, he watched three men in his church get publicly excommunicated for either experiencing attractions toward the same gender or for being in same-sex relationships. He made a vow to himself, "I will never share this part of me." Twenty-five years later, married to his wife and dad to four kids, God allowed this now-pastor to go through breakdown so he could experience breakthrough. Join us as we engage Brad's journey with his wife, friends, and church in this final story i...
Sep 27, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 1
It's week two of our Broken/Beloved Pastor mini-series, where we try to break down stereotypes and halt the gossip train when it comes to pastors who leave their positions for various reasons. Today, we dive into the painful and gorgeous story of Johnny and Amanda McKenna. The middle of their journey includes him almost killing himself to hide his double life of affairs, pornography addiction, and alcoholism--while serving as a pastor. But there is a beginning and new ending to this story. Come ...
Sep 20, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 1
This episode surprisingly convicted us because, well, we don't think much about food. But, good grief, what we miss out on when we see food as a way to shovel nutrients (or happiness) in as opposed to a way to know God more deeply. Food Network star, Melissa d'Arabian, invites us to the table with our creative, creator-of-food God. Through her vulnerable story and experience in the food entertainment industry, Melissa teaches us how to know Him more through eating. This is a sweet one. //: Highl...
Sep 06, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 1
The Church is precious. It's Christ's beloved and broken bride. But sex and sexuality conversations have notoriously challenged us for the last ... thousands of years. New York Times bestselling author, Mo Isom , helps guide us through some of these conversations we have forgotten, and does it with storytelling and great passion. (She takes us to church!) Grab a pew, and join us. //: Highlights: "A lot of my issues grew out of the fact that my family thought the church was talking to me about th...
Aug 30, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Touch can be ... a touchy subject. Some of us can overemphasize it and others can shun it. When Laurie recently said to Matt, "I wish I could live in a touch-free world," she realized just how touchy (and painful) non-sexual physical touch can be. Instead of bury it, in classic Hole in My Heart Podcast fashion, we are bringing the conversation to the table. Matt, Laurie, Steve, and guest, Hayley Mullins , toss around questions ranging from what to do when we idolize touch, to how to carefully sp...
Aug 23, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 1
How many of us have fought (and do fight) with heart-pumping, air-constricting anxiety? How can we practically do battle with it? Bestselling author and popular speaker, Rebekah Lyons , helps us put on our boxing gloves to practically combat it. //: Highlights: "We don't know freedom until we know bondage. So let's acknowledge we are so hungry for God's rescue, and let's ask Him to do a mighty work." --Rebekah Lyons "I questioned, 'Am I a fraud?' I thought there was a healing that happened, and ...
Aug 16, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Therapist Matt leads us through a way we can pray that helps us envision the God who Sees Us and prepares us to lament.
Aug 09, 2019•8 min•Season 1Ep. 1
There is intense pain in the world and in our hearts--based on national or personal tragedy. We may be quick to jump to anger, to text someone, to Twitter, to do something. These actions may not be wrong, but they can be wrong-hearted if we skip an important step: going to the Father with lament that leads to forgiveness and eventual love for our enemies. It feels impossible--really, truly loving our enemies--but as believers we are called to do the impossible with the One who empowers us. But h...
Aug 09, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 1
When Laurie was a guest on Moody Radio, the station manager, Jack Haveman, was prompted to share this deeply personal and powerful story of God's breakthrough.
Aug 06, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Friends? This podcast thing we do began as an act of obedience to God's prompting two years ago. We. Had. No. Idea. How. Much. it would bless us and others. No clue. Listening back to clips together got us feeling all the podcast feels again: Mostly, we felt the desire to fall on our faces and worship God who is knitting together this gorgeous thing called the Body of Christ. God is on the move, dear siblings in Christ. God is moving in and through the Church, and He wants to move even more thro...
May 31, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 1
A recent survey says that 90 percent of clergy believe it is their responsibility to speak on important social issues, but the top two issues they feel unequipped to speak on are LGBT+ and same-sex marriage. We need help. Thankfully, there are pastors like Bruce B. Miller who are willing to lead us as we lead others. In addition to walking us through beginning steps we can take as a church to better engage conversations around sexuality and LGBT+, we explore questions such as: What if the staff...
May 24, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 1
One in two women and one in four men have encountered sexual trauma. The enemy's attempts to shred humanity through sexuality is pervasive, but those of us who have encountered sexual assault are not hopeless. Author and teacher, Dr. Dan Allender , guides us through this hope-filled terrain utilizing decades of experience and research in the field of sexual trauma. He unpacks answers to questions like: Why is shame linked to sexuality, and why is contempt often linked to shame? Why and how do re...
May 17, 2019•57 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Lament. We've talked about it. We love it. Let's dig deeper than we ever have into it on this episode. If we don't lament, what kind of people will we be? Is there a line of honesty with God we shouldn't cross? How do we really do it? Pastor and author, Mark Vroegop , guides us through these questions and more with wisdom that can only come from someone who has suffered much, and has found his way out of the darkness by singing the minor key tune of lament. Hear his story and practical care fo...
May 10, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 1
She has a huge platform: Hundreds of thousands of followers, millions of books sold, and many Christians are at least familiar with the name " Ann Voskamp. " And yet when Ann writes, speaks, and engages social media, she does not hide behind the numbers. She writes grittily, authentically, and with boldness. How is this possible? How can someone with such a great impact on the world maintain such a humble, vulnerable, and others-focused life? We explore these questions as we engage Ann on living...
May 03, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Matt and Laurie are doing an impossible thing (writing a book together?!) about their "impossible" marriage. Hear a little bit more about the start of their adventure!
Apr 27, 2019•5 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Everything we do—good, evil, neutral—speaks to our longing for heaven. World-renowned teacher of Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body and bestselling author, Christopher West, leans into this longing and unpacks it with outrageous wisdom and tenderness. This is one we are all going to be going back and listening to several times. It is that rich. (And don't worry: Those of you who want some of that goofball action, we make sure to talk about rats dying in Wendy's grease buckets. Yep.) //: Hi...
Apr 26, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 1
This is the story of a man who experienced attractions toward other men from a young age, found football, found God, found the Air Force (and excelled), and as a ministry leader came to grips with his same-gender attractions--now as a married-to-a-woman man. God helped this man, Mike Rosebush , remove shame about his attractions, but people and circumstances placed him in conversion therapy. A major part of conversion therapy is seeking to make people change from gay to straight. It did not work...
Apr 19, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 1
