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How Do You Hold Onto a Vision When the Timeline Won’t Move?

You can see where things can go. The problem is most of the people around you still can’t. Greg and Tonya are sitting in that exact tension—trying to minister in a small town where people like the atmosphere but still drive out for a bigger church...

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Why Are Adult Kids Cutting Off Their Parents?

Greg and Tonya open with a Wall Street Journal piece on adult children deciding to cut off their parents—sometimes over politics, lifestyle differences, or advice from therapists and peers online. They push back on the idea that ordinary friction...

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What Do You Do When God Only Says Wait?

Tonya sat down to keep writing and found out a chunk of the book had never actually saved. Six or seven thousand words, gone, right in the middle of the part she was most proud of.Greg and Tonya start there, then end up somewhere else. The missing...

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EpisodeWhat If God Promised You Something You Almost Missed?

Tonya has been trying to write a book for a couple of years. Not because publishing is hard now—anybody can print one. Because the story itself keeps getting bigger than the moment that started it.It began with their youngest son. Accidents. Fear. A...

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What If Church Isn’t Somewhere You Go—It’s a House He’s Building in You?

Greg and Tonya keep meeting the same kind of faith: know the commandments, work hard, make it to Sunday, want the life God blesses.Just not always God in the center of it.This episode is about that gap. The fear of God is not a short list that makes...

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How Far Will You Go to Make Room For Someone?

We just got back from England, where churches stand on nearly every corner… and yet so many people have never actually encountered Jesus.Greg and Tonya talk about the difference between “here’s a place to sit” and “come sit with me.” They dig into why...

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Has the Mission Field Come Full Circle—Taking the Gospel Back to the Land That Once Carried It to Us?

We spent ten days bouncing between Oxford and the southern edges of London helping mission teams move from place to place. What started as practical work turned into a running conversation about everything from tube seats that try to dump you on the...

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Hollywood Lives, Strange Gravestones — Where Is the Hope That Lasts?

Hey, it's Greg and Tonya—jumping into a conversation that started with a walk through a famous LA celebrity graveyard and quickly got real. We talk about the minimal, often sad markers on stars like Natalie Wood, Farrah Fawcett, and Dean Martin,...

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What If Everything You Believe Is a Lie?

Greg and Tonya sit down and just start talking about how discouraging the headlines are and how hard it is to know what’s true anymore. They wrestle with why so many people—even in Christian circles—end up putting their hope in politics, theology, or...

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What Does Juneteenth Reveal About America’s Need for True Rebirth?

Greg and Tonya sit down and immediately start laughing about their cluttered house, messy closets, and how hosting Bible study forced them to clean up. But the conversation quickly turns serious as they wrestle with what real rebirth looks like — for...

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What Lenses Are You Wearing When You Look at the World?

Greg and Tonya kick things off laughing about their exploding tomato jungle and the never-ending quest for the perfect homegrown tomato before diving headfirst into real life. They unpack their morning Bible study in Philippians, where Paul prays that...

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Why Does America Keep Flourishing While Other Nations Fall Apart?

Greg and Tonya are back with their usual mix of laughs, rambling, and real talk. They kick things off forgetting how to open the show, joking about cold feet and socks, then dive into the mountain of paperwork for their upcoming mission trip to...

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Why Do So Many Christians Know the Bible But Still Live Like Slaves?

Greg and Tonya sit down after a chaotic family reunion and right before Tonya heads out again—this time for a national prayer gathering on the Mall. But the real conversation kicks off when they start wrestling with a tough question: why do people sit...

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What If the Holy Spirit Is Already Walking Right Beside You—But You’re Missing Him?

Greg and Tonya sit down and talk real about something a lot of believers quietly wrestle with: the Holy Spirit. After a wild hailstorm chat, they jump into Greg’s Bible study on Colossians and unpack why Jesus really is enough—no extra keys, no secret...

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If Noah tried to build the ark in today’s church, would the finance team shut it down?

Greg and Tonya are back talking about the one topic that makes everybody squirm—money in the church. They unpack Greg’s current sermon series on generosity and why so many of us get tangled up between “love of money is the root of all evil” and the...

Why Did America Risk Billions to Rescue One Pilot While Radical Islam Kills Its Own?

After a rough several weeks battling travel & sickness Greg and Tonya are back. They jump straight into the big stuff happening in the world right now. They talk about the U.S. strikes on Iran, the dramatic rescue of that F-15 pilot on Easter...

Why Do Many Christians Feel Guilty About Pleasure?

Many Christians feel an uneasy tension when it comes to pleasure. If following Jesus means sacrifice, surrender, and denying ourselves… why did God create a world filled with beauty, laughter, food, relationships, and meaningful work?In this episode...

Does Sacrifice Deepen Joy?

What if the real test of your faith isn’t what you believe—but what you’re willing to give up?In this episode, Greg and Tonya tackle the uncomfortable tension between pleasure and sacrifice. Why does Lent matter? Why would God give us good things—and...

Who Gets The Glory?

Why do some of the most gifted musicians, artists, and thinkers in history display almost supernatural creativity yet never openly give credit to God? In this episode of Ask Mom & Dad, we explore the tension between human talent and divine...

How Does Pleasure Fit Into a God-Centered Life?

In this episode of Asked & Dad, Greg and Tonya reflect on joy, pleasure, and the beauty of God’s creation. Drawing from Scripture and insights from The book "Strangely Bright" by Joe Rigney, they explore how enjoying the world God made doesn’t...