What if you had a pastor living next door? Not some up tight self-righteous jerk, but a pastor who embraced you in your doubts and encouraged your questions? Hopefully, I can be that guy.
Latest episodes
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23 min
2.6 A Faith to Carry Forward
What does faith look like on the other side of deconstruction? In the season finale of The Pastor Next Door, we explore the characteristics of a mature, resilient faith—one defined…
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24 min
2.5 Community After Deconstruction
For many people, deconstruction isn’t just theological — it’s relational. It involves the church, people, community, and sometimes deep wounds. This week, I talk honestly about chu…
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14 min
2.4 Faith After Innocence
Deconstruction is clear, but reconstruction requires true courage. In this episode, we explore what it looks like to rebuild a resilient, mature faith after your previous spiritual…
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19 min
2.3 What to Keep, What to Let Go?
In this episode, I explore how faith can unravel without collapsing. I walk through a practical way to tell the difference between the core of Christianity and the packaging around…
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19 min
2.2 When Faith Stops Working
What happens when the faith framework you grew up with slowly stops working? In this episode of The Pastor Next Door, I sit down to explore the quiet, unglamorous moments when pray…
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22 min
2.1 Deconstruction is Not the Enemy
Navigating Faith: Deconstruction and Reconstruction Exploring the complexities of faith in our modern world. Welcome back to another season of honest conversations on the Pastor Ne…
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35 min
1.6 A Rule of Life for Ordinary People 🎙️
A Rule of Life isn’t about rigid structure or spiritual perfection—it’s about creating a simple, sustainable way of life that keeps you rooted in grace. In this episode, we bring t…
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43 min
1.5 Recovery - Rest, Burnout, and the Grace to Begin Again
In this episode of The Pastor Next Door, we shift our focus from the pressure of “growth” to the necessity of recovery. Spiritual fatigue is real, and often, what we mistake for a…
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37 min
1.4 Flexibility - Faith that Bends Without Breaking
About This Episode In this episode, I’m digging into something I’ve been thinking a lot about in my own physical fitness: flexibility. We often talk about building “strength” in ou…
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35 min
1.3 Strength - Practices that Build Resilience
Most of spiritual growth happens where no one is watching. In this episode, we explore how God forms us through small, ordinary acts of obedience — the quiet prayers, unseen sacrif…
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40 min
1.2 Attention - What You Train Grows
We live in an age of distraction. Our attention is constantly being captured, pulled, and shaped—often without us realizing it. In this episode, we explore a simple but powerful tr…
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36 min
1.1 What Is Spiritual Fitness?
A new season of The Pastor Next Door is live. Season 1 begins with a simple question: What do we mean when we talk about “spiritual fitness”? Not hustle. Not self-improvement. Not…
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37 min
0.2 - Brittle Faith to Enduring Faith
What if the cracking of your faith isn’t a failure—but an invitation? Many of us were given a version of faith that worked right up until life applied pressure. Built on certainty,…
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28 min
0.1 — Grace Is the Environment Where Growth Happens
Welcome to The Pastor Next Door. This is Season 0, Episode 1—the beginning of a small, slow, grace-centered project built around one core conviction: grace is the environment where…
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2 min
The Pastor Next Door Trailer
What if you had a pastor living next door? Not someone with all the answers— but someone willing to sit with your questions. A podcast for the curious, the skeptical, the faithful,…