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Your kid sobs one minute and asks to go play the next, and nothing is wrong with them. Counselor Sissy Goff explains why children grieve in doses, like holding their breath underwater, and why even a six-month-old feels the loss. Levi and Jennie share the ice rink moment when two-year-old Daisy spotted a girl with Lenya's hair, plus Levi's one complaint about Sissy's new book: it wasn't written 15 years ago. Bonus: slalom water skiing at 32 mph.



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Sissy Goff: @sissygoff

Raising Boys and Girls: @raisingboysandgirls

Levi: @levilusko

Jennie: @jennielusko

Fresh Life Church: @freshlife



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Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Wedding dance floors, Hopetown, and Sissy's one-ski slalom flex

00:11:12 – Levi's only complaint: this book wasn't written 15 years ago

00:20:19 – Grief vs. mourning, and what a six-month-old knows

00:24:45 – Daisy at the ice rink: "Where's my sister?"

00:30:01 – Post-traumatic growth: blessed are those who mourn

00:34:07 – Grieving in doses: the swimming lungs analogy

At 17, Luke Lezon marched into his mom's furniture boutique and announced he didn't believe any of it. She didn't even flinch. Luke joins Levi and Jennie for the story of a 10,000-person Bible study at Texas A&M, a wife he met on Twitter, and how a church split put a 28-year-old young adults pastor in the pulpit every Sunday. Plus Levi looks up what "Gig 'em" actually means, and it is way more violent than anyone expected.



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Luke Lezon: @lukelezon

Levi: @levilusko

Jennie: @jennielusko

Fresh Life Church: @freshlife



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Learn more about Quay Church: https://bit.ly/4yCO3o4

Read Luke's book Your Mess Matters: https://bit.ly/4ea33RZ

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Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Staff summits and a sauna on top of a cliff

00:07:52 – "Mom, I don't believe any of this." She didn't flinch.

00:14:47 – Gig 'em origin: yes, it involves killing a frog

00:22:11 – Met on Twitter, told her "I'm gonna marry you"

00:40:23 – 1,200 people become 400, and a 28-year-old starts preaching

00:47:14 – Cut robes, not throats: David's cave and a future T-shirt

When John Eldredge met Stasi in drama class, his opening line was "Don't mark me absent." Forty-three years later, Stasi joins Jennie to talk about the monastery bells that pause her ministry's day twice daily, the loss of Brent Curtis just as Wild at Heart was taking shape, and trying on the sentence "I fail, but I am not a failure." Plus a look at her brand new book, The Ladder of Love, out now.



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Stasi: @stasieldredge

Levi: @levilusko

Jennie: @jennielusko

Fresh Life Church: @freshlife



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Get The Ladder of Love, Stasi's new book: https://bit.ly/4ynQ4US

Find the Captivating Retreat and other Wild at Heart events: https://bit.ly/4ynQ7A2

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Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Monastery bells, the Pause app, and nightly ping pong

00:07:31 – Our story starts shady: drama class, matches, and a scallywag

00:16:50 – Wild at Heart's birth, and the loss of Brent Curtis

00:23:00 – "I fail, but I am not a failure"

00:28:44 – Beauty, Arwen, and the most beautiful woman Stasi ever met

00:40:28 – The Ladder of Love: clay to bride, rung by rung

Some kids get stuck doing the dishes. The Espinosa brothers, Angelo, Michael, and Eric, got music lessons as their chore, so when big brother Angelo pitched starting a band, the answer was a hard no. (Spoiler: they're Strings & Heart now, and they're on a rocket ship.) The Tucson trio tells Levi and Jennie how Jesus made their faith their own, why their first "youth camp" gig was in someone's backyard, and how Angelo moonlighted as their totally legit booking agent, Jonathan. Plus: their new single, How It Feels To Live.



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Strings & Heart: @stringsandheart

Levi: @levilusko

Jennie: @jennielusko

Fresh Life Church: @freshlife



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Check out Strings & Heart: https://bit.ly/4hocQ7X

Listen to How It Feels To Live, honeydew (praise the Lord), and flowers dressed in blue: https://stringsandheart.com

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Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Rattlesnake kills, grizzly fears, and Nico's breakfast burritos

00:07:28 – Angelo meets Jesus, then pitches a band nobody wanted

00:11:53 – "I love you, my son": Michael and Eric's encounters

00:19:55 – Meet Jonathan, their totally legit booking agent

00:22:24 – Psalm 150 and the story behind Strings & Heart

00:26:18 – What's next: Australia, Europe, and How It Feels To Live

Josiah Queen and his wife Trinity join Levi and Jennie for their first joint episode — and it's a good one. They trade the story of how a ping pong ball to the back turned into a marriage, get into the making of Josiah's viral hit "Amazing", and Trinity opens up about the year she committed to sharing the gospel every single day — including the time she gave a total stranger her favorite necklace. Plus: a first look at Josiah's new album and a surprise book announcement.



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Josiah: @josiahqueenmusic

Trinity: @trinityjoyqueen

Levi: @levilusko

Jennie: @jennielusko

Fresh Life Church: @freshlife



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Pre-save Damascus Road: https://bit.ly/4jfh6cp

Listen to Josiah on Spotify: https://bit.ly/4xBBeJg

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Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Trinity joins the podcast for the first time

00:02:45 – How they met: ping pong ball and a Jedi shirt

00:18:45 – New album Damascus Road and a 19-city arena tour

00:26:34 – Trinity's year long challenge: sharing Jesus with someone daily

00:31:00 – The necklace story: giving away her most sentimental gift

00:44:29 – Trinity announces she's writing a book on evangelism