We are all living in a global moment of massive instability. Culture, technology, and constant chaos actually are conditioning us against God. The result is a growing sense of restlessness, weariness, and disillusionment. John and Allen describe how the only rational response for believers in this world gone mad is to risk looking weird as we pursue God above all else. In other words, you must choose to be a martian! Show Notes The two Wild at Heart podcast series featuring Mark Sayers released ...
Jun 30, 2025•49 min•Ep. 830
Mark Sayers continues his conversation with John and Blaine Eldredge about significant shifts happening during this time of massive global instability. The second half of the series focuses on the ways God is on the move, worldwide revival is accelerating, and spiritual hunger is increasing with younger generations. Mark also explores how a platform mentality is misshaping our contemporary world and contrasts this to the biblical call of Christians to live as pillars. Show Notes: Mark Sayers web...
Jun 23, 2025•44 min•Ep. 829
If you're feeling like this world is an increasingly unstable place, you're not alone...or crazy. During moments of intense global transition and shaking, it's helpful to have an accessible voice explain the historical and cultural forces at work from a Christian worldview. In this two-part series, Mark Sayers joins John and Blaine Eldredge for a fascinating, globe-spanning conversation. In Part 1, he explains how we're actually living between two eras—what he refers to as the 'gray zone'— and t...
Jun 16, 2025•54 min•Ep. 828
Allen has a new batch of questions for John to answer—including why we say what we do in the Daily Prayer, when to search for a new church, how to navigate the challenges of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), what to do when a spouse uses freedom as an excuse to avoid structure, and how to stay close to God when everything is stacked against you. Show Notes: Send your podcast questions to John and Allen at questions@wildatheart.org . _______________________________________________ There is mor...
Jun 09, 2025•54 min•Ep. 827
In this two-part series, John and Allen respond to some of your biggest questions—including one you've likely never had until now: Why is Cap'n Crunch in this week's podcast title? In Part 1, the questions cover a variety of topics including what happens when we hear from God but things still go sideways, how can there be no sadness in heaven if people we love won't be there, why does it seem so hard to pursue union with God, and is it contradictory to engage in apps like the Experience Jesus mo...
Jun 02, 2025•57 min•Ep. 826
It's possible to experience a marriage that isn't just good, but truly life-giving. In this series conclusion, Dan and Becky Allender swap stories with John and Stasi on how to cultivate intimacy and delight within a marriage. They also reveal ways for spouses to repair what has been broken and choose each other again—whether in seasons of suffering or joy. Show Note: The Deep-Rooted Marriage , by Dan Allender and Steve Call, is available wherever you buy books. _________________________________...
May 26, 2025•34 min•Ep. 825
Dan and Becky Allender join John and Stasi Eldredge for a two-part conversation about the highs and lows of married life. Drawing from Dan's new book— The Deep-Rooted Marriage —they talk about why spouses often feel unseen, unheard, or neglected, the greatest agent of harm in a marriage, and how to overcome it by cultivating intimacy, healing, honor, and delight. Show Note: The Deep-Rooted Marriage , by Dan Allender and Steve Call, is available wherever you buy books. ___________________________...
May 19, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 824
It’s easy to fill our summer calendars with activities—from family gatherings and home projects to kids’ events. Yet we often forget to ask God what his plans are for this time. Thankfully, there's a better way—and it's not too late! To help you rethink what your heart needs most this summer, John, Allen, Jamie, and Conrad share stories of their past misses and current pursuits of joy, rest, and adventure. _______________________________________________ There is more. Got a question you want ans...
May 12, 2025•43 min•Ep. 823
The Wild at Heart Pause app is one of the most beautiful, powerful resources we've ever offered. Since its release, countless people have experienced deep daily intimacy with God through the One Minute Pause and 30 Days to Resilient. In this week's podcast, John and Allen unveil an all-new Pause offering called Experience Jesus, share the story of how it came to be, and take you through the first session of this transformative program. The One Minute Pause is available free in the app store. Lin...
May 05, 2025•50 min•Ep. 822
We often endure our deepest hurts and pains in isolation, choosing to just suck it up and pretend all is well rather than risk transparency and asking for help. In this week's podcast, Allen brings to light an issue he's been struggling with in private, how God orchestrated a path to bring others into his suffering, and the process of pursuing healing in both the physical and spiritual realms. Show Notes: The prayers John referenced—the "Life" Prayer and the Prayer for Breaking Curses—are on the...
Apr 28, 2025•50 min•Ep. 821
Every week we receive beautiful, heartfelt questions on almost every topic imaginable. In this podcast, John and Allen respond to as many questions as possible. Today's topics include how to guard our hearts during loss, what to do with a desire to be married before Jesus returns, how to understand God's will, ways to pursue our creativity with God, and how to interpret and combat increased spiritual warfare and fear. Show Notes: Got a question you want answered in a future podcast? Ask us at Qu...
Apr 21, 2025•45 min•Ep. 820
John is joined by Sam Eldredge, Stacia Littlefield, and Michelle Patterson to talk about how to overcome our stuck places. Discover the role pervasive shame plays in your stuckness, what it looks like to be "in process" as you move from stuck to unstuck, and the different ways to enter into and experience God's healing for your story. Show Notes: For more on upcoming Noble Workshops (including May, June, August, and November 2025), visit www.nobleworkshops.com/get-started . The books Sam referen...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 819
John Eldredge and pastor, author, and podcaster Jon Tyson continue a wide-ranging conversation on the unique challenges and opportunities of this particular cultural moment. Discover how to counter the fog of chaos and unbelief, why a rightly oriented heart is the key to everything, what's fueling the current revival among young adults, the important distinctions between sociology and spirituality, and why so many men's lives are falling apart...and what to do about it. Show Note: Jon Tyson's we...
Apr 07, 2025•56 min•Ep. 818
In the first of this two-part series, John Eldredge asks pastor, author, and podcaster Jon Tyson about how he came to know God, his incredible journey from Australia to New York, the apologetics of longing, Jon's deep love for the people of New York, and his heart for the Kingdom of God. Show Note: Jon Tyson's weekly Church of the City New York Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. _______________________________________________ There is more. Got a question you want answered on t...
Mar 31, 2025•52 min•Ep. 817
John invites singer and songwriter Josh Garrels back into the podcast studio to talk about the difference between knowing about God and knowing God, friendship with Jesus, how to risk well in loving others, and Josh's song "What A Friend." Show Notes: Josh Garrels' song "What A Friend" from his Chrysaline album is used with permission and available wherever you get music. _______________________________________________ There is more. Got a question you want answered on the podcast? Ask us at Que...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 816
What difference does it make to choose an experiential life with God? It quite literally changes everything! In Part 4 of the Experience Jesus Really series, John and Allen are joined by friends Gloria and Sylvia to talk about what it looks like to pursue all we do with God as everyday, ordinary mystics. Show Notes : Experience Jesus. Really. book, audio book, and 5-session study guide/streaming video series are available wherever you buy books. The Experience Jesus video series is available fre...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 815
In Part 3 of our series, John shares a video session from the new Experience Jesus. Really . curriculum. Then John, Allen, Jamie, and Alex process what it means for Jesus to be the integrating center of everything, including our humanity. Show Notes : Experience Jesus. Really. book, audio book, and 5-session study guide/streaming video series are available wherever you buy books. The Experience Jesus video series is available free at wildatheart.org/media/experience-jesus-really . Visit Christia...
Mar 10, 2025•53 min•Ep. 814
John's new book— Experience Jesus. Really. —releases this week! In Part 2 of the series, John reads from one of the book's most important chapters, exploring the nourishment of God and his full Kingdom that we need in order to flourish in an hour like this one. Show Notes : Experience Jesus. Really. book, audio book, and 5-session study guide/streaming video release March 4th and are available wherever you buy books and on Amazon. _______________________________________________ There is more. Go...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 813
This new series begins a remarkable journey into the core ideas and practices of John's new book, Experience Jesus. Really . In Part 1, John shares why he felt compelled to write this vital message of refuge, strength, and wonder. He also reads extended passages from two chapters, revealing how we're all Disciples of the Internet, what it means to be an "ordinary mystic," and why we need to turn from distractions and toward Jesus. Show Notes : Experience Jesus. Really. will be released on March ...
Feb 24, 2025•48 min•Ep. 812
Our Wild at Heart podcast reaches countless people around the world with weekly conversations on how to love God and live free. Yet it's actually not the epicenter of our work but simply an entry into a world of incredible resources for the restoration of your humanity and for a deeper life in God. In this week's podcast, John and Allen take you on a tour of some of our top video offerings—including the Wild at Heart and Captivating Retreats, the Wild at Heart and Captivating Experiences, and ou...
Feb 17, 2025•52 min•Ep. 811
If someone came and lived with you as your disciple for a week, what would the effect on them be from adopting your ways of life? That's just one of the intriguing questions John asks the Wild at Heart team during this Q&A session from Survival School. The focus is on our dailies, because the choices we make each day determine the trajectory of our lives—from spiritual practices like soul care and sacred nourishment to simple barometers like how much time we spend in the news, how late we go...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 810
In the second half of this series, Allen asks John the questions listeners are most curious about. This week's topics include why it's so hard to hold on to the breakthroughs obtained at Wild at Heart retreats, how women can host local Captivating Fires, and what our relationship will be in the coming Kingdom to those who've gone before us. We'll even answer the number one topic people write in about...a question that may surprise you. Show Notes: William Augusto's instrumental compositions can ...
Feb 03, 2025•47 min•Ep. 809
We recently gave podcast listeners and viewers a way to ask John anything...and did they ever! In the first half of this series, Allen brings John some of the top questions—including how to discern the holy from the unholy, advice to singles who long to be married, ways to teach your kids about spiritual warfare, and how to rethink the Sabbath. Show Note: The book John references is Preparing for Heaven by Gary Black Jr. _______________________________________________ There is more. Got a questi...
Jan 27, 2025•51 min•Ep. 808
The growing global chaos doesn't just affect us externally. It also leads to internal confusion, weariness, and despair that makes us more vulnerable to the counterfeit spiritual experiences breaking out around the world. In this series conclusion, John and Allen reveal three ways to navigate these times of intense instability. We must get to know the real Jesus better, stay rooted in Scripture, and seek confirmation from those who walk with God. Because as things heat up, spiritual maturity is ...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 807
From YouTube to anime to technology, the spiritual is increasingly breaking into our world. While this may seem like a good thing, it's a mixed bag. The unseen realm is filled with both good and evil, and the forces of darkness often present themselves as angels of light. Believers are ill-equipped to navigate this world as long as they engage it with more fascination than maturity in Christ. In Part 2 of the series, John, Blaine, and Allen discuss how to see what's really going on, get free fro...
Jan 13, 2025•56 min•Ep. 806
We're in an extremely momentous and highly unstable time where civilization seems to be on the brink of a massive freefall. To make sense of it, we must accept Jesus' view of reality over all other voices. John, Blaine, and Allen begin this timely series by naming three major trends that are creating the perfect storm. Maturity is no longer an option if we want to partner with God in the larger story that he is telling. Show Notes: Follow Blaine's writings at https://blaineeldredge.substack.com ...
Jan 06, 2025•52 min•Ep. 805
What needs to change this year for you to flourish? The mistake most make is trying to fit God into already busy schedules. John and Allen offer a radical realignment for the new year. Rather than give God the margins of our kingdoms, we can choose a life centered in God and his Kingdom. Discover the beauty of a partnership model, one where you structure your days to be more deeply rooted in God. Show Notes: The Wild at Heart podcasts for how to consecrate your year and ask God for advance words...
Dec 30, 2024•50 min•Ep. 804
If you're coming into this Christmas exhausted or empty, it may be because you're focused on secondary things—from finding the perfect gift to enduring the imperfect family gathering. In this timely message of hope, John and Stasi reorient us to the deeper, truer story of Advent season—which is both a celebration of Christ's first coming as a babe in the manger and an anticipation of his second coming as King. Your Christmas joy will increase exponentially as you look not only back at Jesus' arr...
Dec 23, 2024•37 min•Ep. 803
Where do you find yourself as Christmas nears? Are you entering into it with Jesus or lost in the rush of too little time and too much to do? The pull is to either up your game and be amazing...or lower expectations and settle for little hope and joy. In this third week of Advent, John asks Stasi, Jamie, and Stacey about the story they're telling themselves this Christmas, lessons from past holiday experiences, and the unique pressures women face in this season. _________________________________...
Dec 16, 2024•52 min•Ep. 802
Story is how we make sense of life, but when the narrative is shaped by loss, loneliness, or disappointment, it can keep us stuck in an echo chamber of old assumptions. As we begin the holiday season, John and Allen ask what story we're telling ourselves about this Christmas before it even happens. Jesus stands ready to reframe our narrative if we'll choose to embrace the story he's telling for us—and with us. _______________________________________________ There is more. Got a question you want...
Dec 09, 2024•47 min•Ep. 801
