Being Known Podcast
Curt Thompson, MD and Pepper Sweeney host a series of conversations on the mind and how we interact with our faith, communities, and ourselves.
Episodes
What Are You Saying Without Saying It? (S12 E4)
We are all speaking.
Not just with our words, but with our bodies, our stories, our assumptions, and our presence. We make sense of what we experience and then put words around it. But none of us speaks entirely on our own.
Join Curt and Pepper as they explore how the words we speak are shaped by the people who have spoken to us, about us, and over us—and how those words become part of what we
Your Body is Already Talking (S12 E3)
Before you ever say a word, you're already communicating.
Your body occupies space. Your face, posture, voice, movement, and presence are communicating something to the people around you. And long before we have words for ourselves, someone else is speaking to us.
Join Curt and Pepper as they explore the first half of Jesus' words in John 16:33—“These things I have spoken…”—and what it means t
You Don’t Become Alone (S12 E2)
Who are you becoming—and with whom are you becoming?
We only become by belonging. And this isn't merely a psychological principle. It is woven into the very nature of God, creation, and what it means to be human.
Join Curt and Pepper as they explore what Genesis tells us about belonging and becoming, why we are created unfinished and in need of one another, and what it means to belong to Jesus
Can You Become Without Belonging? (S12 E1)
What if becoming who we were made to be is inseparable from belonging?
In season 11 (if you can remember that far back), we explored rupture and repair—the ways our relationships shape us, and how repair allows us to experience secure attachment. This season, we’re taking the next step: belonging to become.
Join Curt and Pepper as they explore what it means to belong, why belonging is essentia
BONUS: The Way of Wisdom for Becoming, Not Just Knowing
We live in an age overflowing with information. Answers are always within reach, and with a few taps, we can know almost anything. But does having more information actually make us wiser?
In this special bonus episode, Curt, Pepper, and Amy explore the difference between acquiring knowledge and becoming people of wisdom. They consider how wisdom is formed slowly: in our bodies, in relationships,
That's a Wrap... Your Questions, Answered (S1E9 Encore)
What does it mean to become more fully human—and why can’t we do it alone?
In this Season 1 encore, we return to some of the foundational ideas of Being Known: Christian spiritual formation, the stories we tell about ourselves, the embodied and relational nature of the mind, and the hard—and beautiful—work of becoming people who create beauty and goodness in the world.
Join Curt and Pepper as they
Can You Change? (S1E8 Encore)
We long for transformation and renewal, but how do we get it? The good news is that our brains are not fixed, but continue to be shaped by experience.
Learn how new patterns of thinking, feeling, and relating can form when we encounter grace and truth in connection with others.
Join us as we begin, again, the journey of becoming more fully known, loved, and alive.
This season 1 encore episo
What Do You Feel? (S1E7 Encore)
Emotions are not distractions to overcome, but meaningful signals that help us understand what we need, value, and long for in relationships. Our emotional awareness is formed—and often disrupted—through our early relationships and experiences of shame. How, then, do we begin to understand and regulate our emotions, all while becoming more integrated, connected, and fully alive in Christ?
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How Do We Flourish? (S1E6 Encore)
What is the mind, and how do we begin to understand something that is constantly shaping how we see ourselves, God, and the world around us?
In this episode, we explore what it means to think about the mind not just as a place of thoughts, but as a living, relational space formed by memory, attention, imagination, and desire. From there, we ask what a flourishing mind looks like—not one that is m
Who Are You? (S1E5 Encore)
We’re all telling stories in the context of a bigger story that surrounds us. Often we’re not aware of that story, we just accept it as how things are. But what is that story? And how is it forming our identity?
Join us as we begin, again, the journey of becoming more fully known, loved, and alive.
This season 1 encore episode is sponsored by Tabor College Master of Education in Neuroscience
What is Your Story? (S1E4 Encore)
We are inherently storytellers, constantly organizing our experiences into narratives that shape identity, perception, and meaning. In fact, we are such storytellers that those stories in which we believe we are living profoundly influence how we interpret joy, suffering, relationships, and even ourselves. If we want to heal, then, it’s time we look at those stories and learn how to see our lives
What Are You Hiding? (S1E3 Encore)
Vulnerability isn't a weakness; it's part of what it means to be human. If we want to open the door to deeper connection, healing, and transformation with God and others, we must embrace our vulnerability.
Learn how courage, safe relationships, and the example of Jesus invite us to step out of hiding and into a life of being fully known.
Join us as we begin, again, the journey of becoming more
What Do You Desire? (S1E2 Encore)
What if your deepest longings are pointing you toward God rather than away from Him?
In this episode, Curt and Pepper explore how beauty awakens our souls, stirs hope, and reminds us of the goodness we were created to experience. They remind us that our desire is not something to suppress, but a gift that draws us into deeper relationship with God, others, and the world around us.
Join us as
Being Known (S1E1 Encore)
What does it truly mean to be known?
In this opening episode of the Being Known Podcast, Curt introduces the foundational idea that we are created for deep connection with God and one another, and that genuine healing happens in safe, loving relationships. Blending neuroscience with Christian faith, he explores how shame keeps us hidden while vulnerability opens the door to transformation.
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S11E18: When Things Fall Apart: Finding Our Way Back Through Repair
In this Q&A style season finale of The Being Known Podcast, Curt, Amy, and Pepper reflect on the central theme of rupture and repair in our relationships with God, others, and ourselves. They explore the importance of grieving unrepaired wounds, modeling healthy repair for children, and approaching political differences with empathy and courage. This heartfelt conversation draws together the e
S11E17: The Limits of Repair: Discernment, Boundaries, and Hope
Repairing relationships is sacred work—but it isn’t always easy and straightforward. This episode delves into the nuanced process of navigating ruptures that may not resolve. With an emphasis on discernment, the conversation addresses how to identify what is truly wanted in a relationship, when to risk re-engagement, and when to honor the wisdom of stepping back. It explores how cultural tendencie
S11E16: Resilience: Repairing Rupture as Preparation for Wholeness
In this powerful episode of our Rupture and Repair series, we explore how resilience is formed—not by avoiding conflict or stress—but through our intentional engagement with rupture and our commitment to healing. Moreover, what if the work of repairing relational ruptures is not just for now—but actually preparing us for the kind of life we’ll live in the new heaven and new earth?
We consider ho
S11E15: Forgive Seventy Times Seven: Practicing the Impossible
What does it really mean to forgive “seventy times seven”? It’s a command that sounds both beautiful and impossible—until we begin to understand what forgiveness actually is.
Forgiveness isn’t a moment—it’s a movement of the heart over time. Forgiveness often feels like giving something to the person who hurt us—but what if it’s actually something we do to set ourselves free? In this episode, w
S11E14: Tears in the Fabric: Jesus, Social Rupture, and the Call to Repair
What happens when the fabric of our shared life begins to unravel — not just politically or culturally, but spiritually and relationally? In this episode, we explore the quiet violence of our age: the kind that doesn’t wield weapons but erodes connection through shame, contempt, and indifference. From echo chambers to avoidance, we examine how disconnection shapes our communities, our faith, and e
S11E13: Unseen Structures: Caste, Power, and Healing the Fractures Beneath Our Feet
We often shy away from conversations about race, caste, and power because of discomfort or fear of making mistakes—but this episode is an invitation to get in the game. Join us as we step into the complex and often unseen world of caste systems--which are more than race alone--as they manifest within American culture, exploring how deeply entrenched social structures and inherited hierarchies shap
S11E12: From Eden to the Church: Healing Rupture in Faith Communities
In this episode, we trace the journey of repair from the biblical story of Eden to the present-day church. We begin by looking at the rupture in Eden, the first human failure, which sets the stage for the entire narrative of repair in the Bible. The church, we argue, serves as the modern-day extension of God's original plan for renewal, where heaven and earth collide, and where God's work of res
S11E11: Created for Connection: The Communal Nature of Healing
What does it mean to be human in a world where disconnection is not only common, but often woven into the very systems we live in? This episode opens the first of two episodes on rupture and repair in community, drawing deeply from Christian theology, neuroscience, and lived pastoral experience.
Grounded in the biblical assertion that we are made in the image of a communal God, the conversation
S11E10: Mastering the Art of Repair: Harnessing Timing, Tempo, and Time (Part 2)
This week is part 2 of our series on Timing, Tempo, and Time where we step into the nuanced terrain of what it actually takes to begin the work of repair. Whether we're the ones who caused harm, were impacted by it, or are caught in a mutual fracture, repair requires initiative—and initiative often requires courage.
We explore how clarity about our role, our responsibility, and our relational co
S11E9: Mastering the Art of Repair: Harnessing Timing, Tempo, and Time (Part 1)
In this episode, Curt and Pepper dive deep into the crucial first steps of becoming effective repairers in times of relational rupture. We begin with Genesis 3:15 and explore how we can anticipate, prepare, and engage in repair work before the storm hits. It's not about reacting to conflict—it's about preparing in advance to become proactive, mindful, and compassionate repairers of relationships.
S11E8: Lost in Translation: When the Medium Distorts the Message
Healing is not just about what happens to us, but also about how we choose to communicate our experiences, both to ourselves and to others. The stories we tell ourselves—about past pain, trauma, or failures—are powerful, and they shape our reality. But have you ever considered how the way we communicate these stories to ourselves can affect our ability to heal? When we rely on certain mediums, lik
S11E7: From Creation to Collapse: Healing Toxic Ruptures Before They Devour You
Toxic ruptures don’t just happen in a single moment of conflict—they are built over time through miscommunication, emotional wounds, and the silent grip of shame. Whether it’s an argument that lingers long after words have been spoken, a past hurt that keeps replaying in our minds, or a pattern of avoidance that slowly erodes trust, these ruptures are reinforced by both our interactions and our in
S11E6: The Power of “No”: Brain Science, the Biblical Narrative, and Limit-Setting Ruptures
Saying "no" can feel uncomfortable, but it is a crucial part of growth, both for ourselves and in our relationships. In this episode, we explore the concept of limit-setting ruptures—those moments where boundaries create tension, discomfort, and even distance, but ultimately lead to maturity and deeper connection. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, and biblical narratives, we discuss how setti
S11E5: The Foundation of Resilience: How Small Disruptions Build Stronger Connections
Human connection is at the core of our well-being, but what happens in our brains when we bond, experience conflict, or work to repair a relationship? In this episode, Curt and Pepper unpack the fascinating neuroscience behind our need for connection, explaining how our brains are wired for relationships and why moments of rupture—whether small misunderstandings or significant emotional breaks—can
S11E4: Ruptures and Repairs: The Neurobiology of Resilience and Relational Growth
Growth is often born from disruption, and in this episode, we explore how ruptures—whether in relationships, routines, or neural pathways—create opportunities for expansion and integration. We examine the physiological parallels of growth, from bone density to neuroplasticity, and dive deep into the critical role of repair in relationships.
Drawing on longitudinal studies of shy children and the
S11E3: Unrepaired Ruptures: Trauma, Memory, and the Call to Restoration
Trauma is more than a single event—it is the accumulation of unrepaired ruptures that we carry in our bodies and souls. In this episode, we explore how these ruptures—whether from minor conflicts or deeply wounding experiences—shape our lives and relationships.
Drawing from biblical stories and contemporary examples, we discuss the ways our unresolved pain influences our decisions, interactions,
S11E2: Navigating Fragility: Reimagining Connection Amidst Social Divides
In this episode of The Being Known Podcast, Curt Thompson, MD and Pepper Sweeney explore the increasing societal fragility and its impact on our ability to repair relational ruptures. They discuss how diminished resilience and imagination hinder our capacity to connect, drawing insights from biblical narratives and interpersonal neurobiology.
This conversation addresses the challenges posed by s
S11E1: Rupture and Repair: Rediscovering Connection and Hope
In this powerful live episode of the Being Known Podcast, Dr. Curt Thompson, Amy Cella, and Pepper Sweeney dive into the theme of "rupture and repair." This entire season we are exploring how brokenness impacts our relationships, imagination, and sense of self. Through stories, neuroscience, and biblical reflections, we'll discuss how repairing even small ruptures can lead to greater resilience, b
S10E9: Summer Spotlight - Just Faith
Welcome to season 10 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are taking a look back at where we have come over the last couple of years, to determine where we are headed in the future, and as a way to continue bringing you the best content for how to live a life being fully known.
Each week we are spotlighting one episode from a previous season (the best of the best, so to speak). This is just a
S10E8: Summer Spotlight - It's Time for Beauty
Welcome to season 10 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are taking a look back at where we have come over the last couple of years, to determine where we are headed in the future, and as a way to continue bringing you the best content for how to live a life being fully known.
Each week we are spotlighting one episode from a previous season (the best of the best, so to speak). This is just a
S10E7: Summer Spotlight - Forming Outposts of Beauty and Goodness
Welcome to season 10 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are taking a look back at where we have come over the last couple of years, to determine where we are headed in the future, and as a way to continue bringing you the best content for how to live a life being fully known.
Each week we are spotlighting one episode from a previous season (the best of the best, so to speak). This is just a
S10E6: Summer Spotlight - Right and Wrong: Being and Knowing... and Being
Welcome to season 10 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are taking a look back at where we have come over the last couple of years, to determine where we are headed in the future, and as a way to continue bringing you the best content for how to live a life being fully known.
Each week we are spotlighting one episode from a previous season (the best of the best, so to speak). This is just a
S10E5: Summer Spotlight - Our Problem with Shame
Welcome to season 10 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are taking a look back at where we have come over the last couple of years, to determine where we are headed in the future, and as a way to continue bringing you the best content for how to live a life being fully known.
Each week we are spotlighting one episode from a previous season (the best of the best, so to speak). This is just a
S10E4: Summer Spotlight - Family and Generational Trauma
Welcome to season 10 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are taking a look back at where we have come over the last couple of years, to determine where we are headed in the future, and as a way to continue bringing you the best content for how to live a life being fully known.
Each week we are spotlighting one episode from a previous season (the best of the best, so to speak). This is just a
S10E3: Summer Spotlight - Trauma and Shame: People of Grief
Welcome to season 10 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are taking a look back at where we have come over the last couple of years, to determine where we are headed in the future, and as a way to continue bringing you the best content for how to live a life being fully known.
Each week we are spotlighting one episode from a previous season (the best of the best, so to speak). This is just a
S10E2: Summer Spotlight - What's Your Story?
Welcome to season 10 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are taking a look back at where we have come over the last couple of years, to determine where we are headed in the future, and as a way to continue bringing you the best content for how to live a life being fully known.
Each week we are spotlighting one episode from a previous season (the best of the best, so to speak). This is just a
S10E1: Summer Spotlight - Being Known
Welcome to season 10 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are taking a look back at where we have come over the last couple of years, to determine where we are headed in the future, and as a way to continue bringing you the best content for how to live a life being fully known.
Each week we are spotlighting one episode from a previous season (the best of the best, so to speak). This is just a
S9E11: End of Season Q&A
Welcome to Being Known Podcast. This season we are discussing Curt's latest book, The Deepest Place as we carefully cover each chapter to deepen your understanding of suffering and the formation of hope.
Today we are addressing your questions about suffering and the formation of hope. We hope you have enjoyed this season.
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Episode Links and References
The Deepest Place: Suffering and th
S9E10: Full Circle
Welcome to Being Known Podcast. This season we are discussing Curt's latest book, The Deepest Place as we carefully cover each chapter to deepen your understanding of suffering and the formation of hope.
We started this season on suffering with what necessarily must precede it if hope is what we want. And now that we are near the season’s conclusion, we find ourselves where we started.
Come ha
S9E9: Hope
Welcome to Being Known Podcast. This season we are discussing Curt's latest book, The Deepest Place as we carefully cover each chapter to deepen your understanding of suffering and the formation of hope.
Hope is one thing. Durable hope—that’s something different altogether. What is hope, after all? Is it something that merely happens to fall in our laps? Something that we can only hope to have?
S9E8: Character
Welcome to Being Known Podcast. This season we are discussing Curt's latest book, The Deepest Place as we carefully cover each chapter to deepen your understanding of suffering and the formation of hope.
We deeply long to be persons of character; we would much rather not, however, have to persevere through suffering to get there. But it turns out that that is exactly how character is formed. Mor
S9E7: Perseverance
Welcome to Being Known Podcast. This season we are discussing Curt's latest book, The Deepest Place as we carefully cover each chapter to deepen your understanding of suffering and the formation of hope.
Who hasn’t felt like giving up when the going got, not only tough, but tough for a really long time. We love the idea of what perseverance can ultimately lead to; we would often rather arrive at
S9E6: Suffering: The Story of the Present Age
Welcome to Being Known Podcast. This season we are discussing Curt's latest book, The Deepest Place as we carefully cover each chapter to deepen your understanding of suffering and the formation of hope.
Finally, we’re here. We’ve reached the topic that this series is about. It’s just that, now that we’ve arrived, we don’t want to be here. Nobody wants to suffer. We want less of it, or none of i
S9E5: Glory
Welcome to Being Known Podcast. This season we are discussing Curt's latest book, The Deepest Place as we carefully cover each chapter to deepen your understanding of suffering and the formation of hope.
Who would ever imagine that glory and suffering would have anything to do with each other? As it turns out, a great deal. So much so, in fact, that when we consider a particular aspect of God’s
S9E4: A Wide Place to Stand
Welcome to Being Known Podcast. This season we are discussing Curt's latest book, The Deepest Place as we carefully cover each chapter to deepen your understanding of suffering and the formation of hope.
For Jesus followers, as we approach the topic of suffering, we can’t bypass the body. Fortunately, neither does Paul in Romans 5, or what we know from neuroscience. For indeed, the more we pay a
S9E3: Declaration of War - and Peace
Welcome to Being Known Podcast. This season we are discussing Curt's latest book, The Deepest Place as we carefully cover each chapter to deepen your understanding of suffering and the formation of hope.
Although the bible doesn’t begin with violence, it gets there pretty quickly, beginning with a snake, then a brother killing his brother, and on and on it goes. And as it turns out, as much as w
S9E2: Just Faith
Welcome to Being Known Podcast. This season we are discussing Curt's latest book, The Deepest Place as we carefully cover each chapter to deepen your understanding of suffering and the formation of hope.
If you pick up a book on suffering, you might hope it will tell you how you can learn to suffer less, or even not at all. That’s not what we’re doing here. Instead, we will discover that before
S9E1: Into the Deepest Place
Welcome to Being Known Podcast. This season we are discussing Curt's latest book, The Deepest Place as we carefully cover each chapter to deepen your understanding of suffering and the formation of hope.
To be human is to suffer. To be transformed does not deliver us from it. In fact, a great deal of what we do in life is dedicated to avoiding so much of the suffering that inhabits our stories.
S8E11: It’s Time for Beauty
There’s nothing quite like an encounter with beauty to remind us that we are temporal—and, temporary—creatures. Who hasn’t wanted the gorgeous sunset to just go on and on and on? Who has listened to Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, and not desired it to go on indefinitely?
Beauty is like that. It transports us into states of timelessness that remind us that we were made, not for this world—but fo
S8E10: The Interpersonal Nature of Beauty
Beauty is not just something that sits there and waits for our reaction. It is something that, should we allow ourselves to be open to it, actively draws our attention not only to it, but draws us to draw others’ attention to it as well. In this way, beauty’s purpose serves to engage us with each other—so that we can create and curate even more beauty.
Join us as we discover how beauty reveals t
S8E9: The State of Beauty
So much of what shapes our perceived distress or joy in life is related to how we transition from one state of mind to another. Our willingness to place ourselves in the path of oncoming beauty does many things, not least slowing our pace in life, such that we become much more aware of when and how we are making a transition from one to another state of mind.
This slowing of our pace makes it po
S8E8: Surprised by Beauty
During Curt and Pepper’s recent trip to El Salvador, they each found themselves surprised by beauty in various ways. Surprise can lead to any number of emotional reactions, depending on what, exactly, it is that surprises us. When it is beauty that is doing the surprising, we are opened to joy, goodness and even greater beauty than we would expect out of life.
Join Pepper and Curt as they explor
S8E7: What is the Beautiful Story You Are Telling?
Like no other creatures, humans are storytellers. Moreover, our stories all have a beginning, a middle and an end. And the way we tell stories has to do with the end in mind.
So, think of it: the stories we tell about our lives—not least the parts that we hate the most—will be governed by where the story is ultimately going. Despite the carnage that we see all around us, the God of the bible is
S8E6: In the Service of Beauty
Pepper and Curt had the privilege of spending five days in El Salvador as part of a Compassion International team of visitors. Join us as we share about the extraordinarily durable beauty that is emerging in some of the hardest stories we could imagine—and how all of this is pointing to the emerging kingdom of God.
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S8E5: Remembering Our Future Beauty
It is easy to be amazed, even astonished in the presence of beauty. But it is just as easy to forget it, given how easily distracted we are by so many things. If it is true that what we pay attention to, we remember; and what we remember becomes our anticipated future, then we don’t just recall beauty for the sake of itself, we do so in order to shape the futures of our lives that we anticipate. A
S8E4: As Beauty Makes Sense of Us
Once we sense beauty, we begin to tell a story about it. We make sense of it. We pay attention to it. We sometimes analyze it. But beauty often reveals things about us. In sensing things, we become aware of feelings and memories that before we were unaware of. In this way, we are enabled to tell our stories more truly. And all of this employs the horizontal domain of integration—the relationship b
S8E3: The Sense of Beauty
First, we sense. And then we make sense of what we sense. Beauty is not first something we think about. It is first something we behold with our senses. And our senses necessarily involve our bodies. For indeed, even when we imagine beauty in our mind, we use our brains to do so. This follows the sequence of creation in Genesis 2 when God first formed a body, and then breathed life into it.
Join
S8E2: The Beauty of Awareness
In the path of oncoming beauty. Given that we are wired to pay attention to danger for the sake of protection, purposefully attuning to beauty can at times feel risky. But when we make it our intended purpose to create space for beauty, we find ourselves seeing any number of things that we didn’t before. Some of those things include our wounds that we have covered for longer than we know. But that
S8E1: In the Path of Oncoming Beauty
In the path of oncoming beauty. Sure, we have talked about this notion over many seasons of The Being Known Podcast. But of what practical value is it?
How does it speak to our longings, our grief or the renewal of our relationships, communities and institutions?
Is it merely an intellectual exercise, divorced from making a difference in my real life?
Join Pepper and Curt as they answer with a re
S7E7: End of Season Q&A
Thank you for joining us this season to learn about confessional communities. In this final season episode, Curt, Pepper and Amy answer listener questions to draw you closer to finding and creating your own community.
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S7E6: Confessional Communities: The Later Seasons
Welcome to season 7 of Being Known Podcast were we are continually looking at what it means to be truly known. This season we are exploring confessional communities.
How do we end anything well—and especially those experiences that have become so significant in our growth? Moreover, how do we say goodbye well in a culture that gives us very few resources in knowing how to do that? Pepper and Cur
S7E5.2: Confessional Communities: Learning to Love Doing the Work
Welcome to season 7 of Being Known Podcast were we are continually looking at what it means to be truly known. This season we are exploring confessional communities.
This week we are continuing the conversation we started last week to "love doing the work"
Over the course of time that a confessional community gathers, many things will be learned, including the process of growing in your awaren
S7E5.1: Confessional Communities: Learning to Love Doing the Work
Welcome to season 7 of Being Known Podcast were we are continually looking at what it means to be truly known. This season we are exploring confessional communities.
Over the course of time that a confessional community gathers, many things will be learned, including the process of growing in your awareness of what the process is actually doing to provide the opportunity for growth that you are
S7E4: Confessional Communities: Getting Started
Welcome to season 7 of Being Known Podcast were we are continually looking at what it means to be truly known. This season we are exploring confessional communities.
This week, Pepper and Curt walk you through the early stages of starting a confessional community, the questions that might come up, and what is necessary to get yourself ready to be part of one.
How does a Confessional Community ge
S7E3: The Symphony of Confessional Community
Welcome to season 7 of Being Known Podcast were we are continually looking at what it means to be truly known. This season we are exploring confessional communities.
There are multiple forces in play that are part of what forms us. That is no different in the confessional community. What are the realities that we encounter in confessional communities that set them apart from other relational and
S7E2: Confessional Communities: A Community of Formation
Welcome to season 7 of Being Known Podcast were we are continually looking at what it means to be truly known. This season we are exploring confessional communities.
We are continually being formed by something. The question is always, BY WHAT? If we want to become more like Jesus, there is no question that this does not happen magically. It takes work—the hard work of submitting to those format
S7E1: Confessional Communities: Forming Outposts of Beauty and Goodness
Welcome to season 7 of Being Known Podcast were we are continually looking at what it means to be truly known. This season we are exploring confessional communities.
We have shared a great deal about confessional communities over the last several seasons on Being Known Podcast. We thought we would take this opportunity to dive in and take a closer look at their purpose and how they operate. Alth
BONUS: Bottom Left Drawer: The Beauty and Wisdom of ”Getting Your Ducks in a Row”
BONUS!! This week Curt and Pepper are joined by our very own Amy Cella, producer of BKP and creator of Bottom Left Drawer (BLD). Together, we discuss the beauty and wisdom of being prepared for various seasons of our life.
Bottom Left Drawer is all about getting your ducks in a row, so you’re good to go. But what does that mean? Amy shares about BLD and the process of getting your affairs in o
S6E10: End of Season Q&A
We've come to the end of our season on the Beauty of Wisdom. In this end of season episode we review our conversations, answer your questions, and pull it all together.
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S6E9: Eternity in Their Hearts
Welcome to season 6 episode 9 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are looking at The Beauty of Wisdom.
Shame doesn’t just appear out of nowhere. Shame begins in the earliest communities in which we dwell. It is to those communities we now turn to see how shame emerges there—but also what we can do to retell the stories of those communities: our families, our churches and schools. Listen in as
S6E8: The Wisdom of Many Advisers
Welcome to season 6 episode 8 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are looking at The Beauty of Wisdom.
We live in a world that has trained us to believe that we each live in our own personal silo. But this flies in the face of what neuroscience tells us about the interconnectivity of our minds. So much of our anxiety—and our lack of wisdom—stems from our trying to live against the current of
S6E7: Where Are You... And Where Are You Going?
Welcome to season 6 episode 7 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are looking at The Beauty of Wisdom.
It’s hard to know where we are going if we first do not know where we are. The integration of the domain of our state of mind is critical if wisdom is what we seek. For if we are not aware of the state that our mind occupies—knowing where we are—how will we be able to move in the path of wis
S6E6: The Story of Wisdom
Welcome to season 6 episode 6 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are looking at The Beauty of Wisdom.
The book of Proverbs portrays Wisdom as calling out in the streets. She, in effect, is telling her story, and asking us to join her. As it turns out, it is crucial in becoming people of wisdom that we not only understand the stories we tell about ourselves, but that we tell them wisely. And
S6E5: Wisdom of the Ages: Remembering our Future
Welcome to season 6 episode 5 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are looking at The Beauty of Wisdom.
The memory domain of integration is not only about the past, it’s about the future. The future we are remembering. And indeed, becoming wise has everything to do with how you make sense of your past, something you are doing every moment of your life, even if you are not aware of it.
For i
S6E4: Right and Wrong: Being and Knowing…and Being
Welcome to season 6 episode 4 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are looking at The Beauty of Wisdom.
We often assume that wisdom is to be equated with knowing things. And indeed, knowing things is important. But only to the degree that it enables us to create beauty and goodness in the world, not least that of flourishing relationships.
Our challenge is that so often we are interested in
S6E3: The Wisdom of the Body: Beginning at the Beginning
Welcome to season 6 episode 3 of Being Known Podcast. This season we are looking at The Beauty of Wisdom.
God creates mankind in a particular sequence, as Genesis tells us. He begins with mud, into which he breathes his breath. And so we too, in order to become people of wisdom, people who are deeply known, must be present first to our bodies.
What are they telling us? And how do we then make
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