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Through thoughtful conversations on the issues and experiences that shape our lives, the Good Faith Podcast invites listeners to think clearly and live faithfully in an uncertain world.
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Discover how anxiety can become a space for spiritual growth, inviting us to depend more deeply on God and be formed into people of peace and courage.

Join David and Nancy French for conversations that bring honesty, humor, and hope to the toughest issues of faith, culture, and community.

Explore how faith can shape our politics through conversations rooted in hope, humility, and a shared pursuit of the common good.

From marriage to dementia to dying well, explore how friends who follow Jesus can navigate life’s hardest realities with courage, compassion, and a steady faith in what’s yet to come.

From AI to social media, Andy Crouch helps us discover how followers of Jesus can navigate technology with wisdom, discernment, and a vision for human flourishing.

Discover how we can nurture a resilient, thoughtful faith in the next generation—helping young people live with courage, curiosity, and conviction in a changing world.
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Not for our party.
Not for our church.
Not for our team.
Faithfulness means telling the truth — even when it costs us. Don`t miss our latest episode with Sara Groves.
When fear enters a community, how should Christians respond? In our bonus episode with Sara Groves, she doesn’t speak as a pundit or a politician. She speaks as a neighbor in the twin cities.
She talks about paying attention to what’s actually happening locally.
About resisting dehumanization.
About refusing to defend the indefensible — even when it’s your “team.”
About using your gifts — even if it costs you something.
About cultivating goodness instead of escalating tension.
And about what she calls “borrowed courage.”
Sara has used her platform to bear witness — and she has lost fans for it. Meaningful faithfulness often costs something. But she reminds us: this isn’t partisan. It’s about neighbors.
What does faithful presence look like where you live? Listen to the full conversation with Sara Groves in this bonus episode.
What happens when the headlines fade—but your neighbors are still afraid?
In this bonus episode, Curtis sits down with singer-songwriter and Twin Cities resident Sara Groves to talk about heightened ICE activity in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, and what it means to bear witness as a Christian when constitutional norms feel strained and neighbors feel vulnerable.
Sara names what she’s seeing on the ground. She challenges easy narratives. And she shares what she calls “borrowed courage”—the kind that comes from listening to those who have carried suffering longer than you have.
They explore the cost of public witness. The temptation to defend the indefensible. And the call of Jesus to resist dehumanization. Not with outrage, but with neighbor-love. Don`t miss this episode. Available now wherever you get your podcasts.
“Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” (Romans 12:2)
In our recent conversation with Dr. Lee Warren, we explored how faith, neuroscience, and intentional practices can reshape the way we think—and, over time, the way we live.
Renewal doesn’t happen by accident. It’s formed through attention, courage, and trust that God can meet us even in the patterns we need to unlearn.
It can be easy to forget, especially in hard seasons, but this conversation with Dr. Lee Warren is a reminder: there is real hope.
“How things have been for you does not have to be how things will be for you.”
Dr. Warren explores the beauty of the brain and the remarkable ways God has wired us for healing, renewal, and change. Our stories are not fixed. Our pain is not the end of the story.
If you need a reminder that growth is possible — and that God meets us even in our suffering — don’t miss this episode.
When the world feels loud and divided, followers of Jesus are invited into something deeper.
Not outrage. Not denial. Not fear.
But truth. Love of neighbor. Faithful presence.
In a recent conversation with Minnesota’s Rev. Mariah Tollgaard, we explored what it looks like for Christians to respond in good faith — telling the truth about what’s happening, caring for those most affected, and showing up as visible, prayerful witnesses.
This is not about politics. It’s about discipleship. It’s about being the Body of Christ — with courage, humility, and hope. Don`t miss this episode.
What if change doesn’t start with fixing everything around us—but with noticing what’s happening within us?
Today on the podcast, Dr. Lee Warren joins us for a thoughtful conversation about the connection between our thoughts, our brains, and the way we live. We talk about why we’re not as stuck as we think, how small practices can open space for hope, and what it looks like to engage hard realities with courage rather than fear.
This episode is for anyone who feels worn down, overwhelmed, or unsure whether real change is still possible. Don`t miss it.
In our conversation with Dr. Jonathan Moo, we explored how Scripture invites us into a bigger, more hopeful vision of creation care—one rooted not in fear or guilt, but in love, responsibility, and trust in God’s redeeming work.
These reflections remind us that loving our neighbors, bearing God’s image, and living with faithful presence are all connected to the world we share.
Swipe through to reflect—and listen to the full conversation on the Good Faith podcast.
This week on Good Faith, we’re sharing a special bonus conversation with Rev. Mariah Tollgaard, a pastor on the ground in Minnesota.
She joins Curtis to describe what’s happening in her community amid an intensified ICE presence—and how churches and Christians are responding with faithful presence, courage, and love of neighbor.
This isn’t commentary from afar. It’s a firsthand witness, and a reflection on what discipleship looks like in a moment shaped by fear and uncertainty.
The gospel was never meant to stop with us.
As Dr. Jonathan Moo reminds us in our recent episode, God’s good news is big enough to shape communities and generous enough to include the whole of creation in its hope.
🎧 Listen to the full conversation on the Good Faith podcast.
Want to go deeper with our conversation with Dr. Jonathan Moo?
We’ve created a read-along guide for this episode, designed to help you slow down, reflect on Scripture, and explore how creation care fits into a life of faithfulness.
Whether you’re listening on your own or gathering with others, this guide offers questions, key passages, and space to consider how loving God and loving our neighbors naturally includes the world we share.
📖 Download the read-along guide and join us as we make sense of the world—together, in Good Faith.
What does the New Testament have to say about creation care?
In this episode of the Good Faith podcast, Curtis Chang sits down with Dr. Jonathan Moo, professor of New Testament and Environmental Studies, to explore how Scripture shapes the way Christians understand—and care for—God’s world.
From Romans 8 to the life of Jesus, this conversation invites us into a bigger vision of the gospel: one where loving God and loving our neighbors includes the places we share.




















