Story Matters Podcast
In the Story Matters Podcast, Hosts Ryan and Emily Baker discuss life at the intersection of Theology and Psychology helping listeners to better grasp how their life stories have shaped them.
Story Matters Podcast
Latest Episodes
58. Called to Love: With Boundaries or By Remaining? (S5 E6 Paradox 3)
Wise as serpents and innocent as doves: we explore why love gets confusing when Jesus calls us to be both at the same time. We sit with one of Jesus’ most challenging tensions and ask what that actually looks like when someone is undermining yo...
57. Is It Them or Is It Me? (S5 E5 Paradox 2)
The quickest way to get stuck in healing is to force a simple answer onto a complex story. We keep meeting people who hesitate to look at childhood wounds because it feels like blaming parents, excusing bad choices, or losing agency. At the sam...
56. To Judge or Not To Judge (S5 E4 Paradox 1)
“Don’t judge” sounds simple until someone gets hurt, a leader falls, or a friend drops a one-sided story in your lap. We wrestle with the real-world paradox Scripture puts in front of us: Jesus warns against judging others, and yet also says to...
55. Feeling Stuck? A Conversation Worth Revisiting 30: Intensifying Your Binds! (S5 E3)
We step back into an older conversation that sets the foundation for our Season 5 on Paradoxes, starting with how to recognize a bind when neither option feels like a true way out. This is a re-release of Episode 30 "Intensifying Your Bin...
54. "It is what it is" or Do We Have a Choice? (S5 E2)
That flat feeling behind “it is what it is” usually isn’t wisdom or maturity. It’s often a clue that we’ve slowly lost agency and think there is no choice in the matter. Ryan and Emily share a three-step practice that helps us notice choice poi...