Barnabas Piper

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Our guest is Barnabas Piper. He’s the author of The Pastor’s Kid: Finding Your Own Faith and Identity, Help My Unbelief: Why Doubt Is Not the Enemy of Faith, and The Curious Christian: How Discovering Wonder Enriches Every Part of Life.

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2:30 – Who Barnabas Piper is, and what he does 9:15 – Assumptions that people make about pastor’s kids 14:15 – How pastor’s kids would be treated in an ideal world 16:25 – What led him to write a book titled “Help My Unbelief” 20:40 – What Jacob wrestling with God teaches us about life 24:55 – Why Christian curiosity is vital 30:00 – Why humility and curiosity are inextricably linked 32:00 – Favorite TV show as of late 33:00 – Favorite book as as of late 38:00 – Best hot chicken in Nashville (and where it came from) 39:40 – Where he would put a billboard, and what it would say

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Kelley Nikondeha

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Our guest is Kelley Nikondeha. She’s the author of Adopted: The Sacrament of Belonging in a Fractured World.

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1:30 – Who Kelley Nikondeha is 5:00 – What compelled her to write her book 7:30 – How to think about theology and adoption 11:10 – How to help adopted kids understand that they belong in their family 14:00 – What grasshopper pie is 16:30 – How to have the “you are adopted” conversation with your kids 19:30 – How to work through potential bitterness with the birth mom 30:00 – Challenges associated with raising children of a different ethnicity 35:30 – How to think about the financial costs associated with adoption 39:30 – Favorite TV Shows 40:20 – Favorite Recent Meal 41:30 – Nerdiest Thing She’s Into 44:30 – Where She’d Put A Billboard, And What It Would Say

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