Matters Of Faith Podcast

We can vent instantly now, but then we find ourselves seeking something positive in the world to lift us up out of the darkness. Jenny and Jay discuss the challenges of finding positive influence in our modern world.

Jenny and Jay discuss priorities, selective neglect, saying no and yes at the right times for your priorities, and how Jay avoids germs. Enjoy!

Jenny and Jay discuss a number of topics including mission work, fasting, mastering your own life, personality types, and more.

Celebrate the New Year with Jenny and Jay as they record the special 100th episode of the podcast. They discuss life, parenting, and following your dreams.

For this special Christmas Eve Episode of the Podcast, Jay Wilburn shares sure fire tips to help you get off the naughty list before Christmas.

Jay Wilburn takes questions deep and shallow from how do you forgive, to how you make a new start after failing, to what exactly is he trying to do online and more. Check it out.

Not really my favorite things, but maybe a third of the way down the list to things I like or find interesting. You'll see. It'll make more sense once you listen in.

We talk about learning not to lie when lying is so important to success in life. We also talk about giving up small things to gain back precious time for important things.

Host Jay Wilburn explains all the mysteries of God, the universe, suffering, and why linear time is a great mercy and blessing. All in less than 45 minutes! You're welcome, Universe.      

Sharing some evolutionary theory he studied in connection to a writing project, host Jay Wilburn talks about how logic and reason may have developed for different reasons than we think. The way we treat each other today may be normal for how we learned to survive. Being better may require us to be abnormal.

By listener request, I discuss daily routines and how they work into meeting your goals and purpose in life. Also, we talk about the importance of connections to others in faith.      

How would Jesus vote in the midterms, the most important election of our lives again? Was Jesus an anarchist? Do we believe he can still feed 5000 people in the wilderness? Is this a terrible discussion for a show that will ruin everything? Listen to find out. 

Jay Wilburn talks about finishing a half marathon and how to get through "running tired" in other areas of our lives, too.

Missionary to Tanzania, John Long, returns to talk about what is involved in preparing for Day One of a full-time mission effort. We also discuss the flooding in Conway, SC from the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.

After episode 84 and Kaitlyn Marlowe's story of being Christian, gay, and sober, we got a lot of questions about host Jay Wilburn's stance on LGBT rights, Christianity, and other related political issues. In this episode, he answers listener questions on these and other issues.

What do you do when you are sure you will fail? There's more than one thing to consider in situations like this. Listen in and hopefully you'll find the way forward for you when failure is in your path.

How do we navigate understanding our limits, pushing our limits, and striving to dream past our limits? Are there times that we need to impose limits on ourselves?      

We evacuated from a hurricane and returned for the flood. What can we learn about ourselves when life brings disasters, puts your normal schedule on pause, or forces you to start over?

Meet a wonderful couple going through some challenging times with faith and each other. Scott needs a bone marrow transplant as he faces lymphoma for the 2nd time. Listen to the episode and then go to BeTheMatch.org to see how to be tested. If you will be the match, you can save a life.

Kaitlyn joins us to discuss growing up Christian, realizing that she is gay, struggling with isolation, battling alcoholism, 8 months of sobriety, and being true to herself in every way as she embraces all parts of her identity including being gay, Christian, and sober. No matter what your views or background this is an important and powerful story to hear.