True North with Dave Brisbin

By Dave Brisbin

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True North with Dave Brisbin is a podcast about the things that can bring you back to center, whether God, spirituality, community or family or all of them. Never esoteric or abstract for its own sake; always practical and full of common sense, we’re interested in exploring the effect of what we believe on our lives and questioning what we believe in light of the deep connection we’re meant to live. Dave Brisbin is an author, speaker, coach, and songwriter. He is the teaching pastor of theeffect, a faith community and recovery ministry in San Clemente, CA and executive director of Encompass Recovery, an addiction treatment center in San Juan Capistrano. For more on finding deeper spiritual expression free from limiting beliefs and behavior, go to davebrisbin.com.

Episode Date
The All of God
May 10, 2026
Mercy and Justice
May 03, 2026
Seeing Kingdom
Apr 26, 2026
Beyond Obedience
Apr 19, 2026
Back in Count
Apr 12, 2026
Where to Look
Apr 05, 2026
Disguised as Life
Mar 29, 2026
Waking Up
Mar 22, 2026
Pleasure as We Run
Mar 15, 2026
Radical Change Radical Acceptance
Mar 08, 2026
No Longer Waiting
Mar 01, 2026
Withering into Truth
Feb 22, 2026
One Enchanted Reality
Feb 15, 2026
Kingdom Decoded
Feb 07, 2026
Reading the Silence
Feb 01, 2026
Meeting Eesho
Jan 24, 2026
Words Without Edges
Jan 17, 2026
Rewiring Worldviews
Jan 10, 2026
In-Love-Ness
Jan 04, 2026
Legacy of Little Things
Dec 28, 2025
Preparing for Promise
Dec 14, 2025
Disturb Us, Lord
Dec 07, 2025
Gratefully Enough
Nov 30, 2025
A Different Way
Nov 23, 2025
Book of Unknowing
Nov 16, 2025
Shock to the System
Nov 09, 2025
Knowing God
Oct 26, 2025
Between Heaven and Earth
Oct 19, 2025
Newborn Eyes
Oct 12, 2025
Loving the Unfolding
Oct 05, 2025
Doubt and Common Sense
Sep 28, 2025
Silent Fields of Home
Sep 21, 2025
Who Is Asking
Sep 14, 2025
A Week in the Life
Sep 07, 2025
Remembering Who We Are
Aug 31, 2025
Unashamed Heretic
Aug 24, 2025
Two Track Minds
Aug 17, 2025
Micro and Macro
Aug 10, 2025
Choosing Well
Aug 03, 2025
WWJD
Jul 27, 2025
Mind in the Box
Jul 20, 2025
Belly of the Beast
Jul 13, 2025
Into Grace
Jul 06, 2025
A Good Hug
Jun 28, 2025
Small Boat Deep Water
Jun 22, 2025
Keeping Awe Alive
Jun 15, 2025
Graduating Tribe
Jun 08, 2025
Hidden in Each Other
Jun 01, 2025
Identity Shift
May 25, 2025
The Life in Death
May 18, 2025
Restoring Mom
May 11, 2025
Already Free
May 04, 2025
Between Freedoms
Apr 26, 2025
Meaning of Resurrection
Apr 20, 2025
Threat of Clarity
Apr 13, 2025
Doing Our Forty
Apr 06, 2025
The Purpose of Life
Apr 01, 2025
Burning Bushes
Mar 30, 2025
Showing Our Work
Mar 21, 2025
Marching and More Alive
Mar 16, 2025
The Gift of Doubt
Mar 09, 2025
The Purpose of Life
Feb 22, 2025
Balancing Act
Feb 16, 2025
All We Know
Feb 09, 2025
The Real Enemy
Feb 02, 2025
Keeping The Faith
Jan 26, 2025
More Big Words
Jan 19, 2025
The Big Words
Jan 12, 2025
Reward And Punishment
Jan 05, 2025
Through The Needle's Eye
Dec 29, 2024
We Magi
Dec 15, 2024
Growing Small
Dec 08, 2024
Enoughness
Dec 01, 2024
Arriving Where We Started
Nov 24, 2024
Circles Within Circles
Nov 17, 2024
Grateful And Amazed
Nov 10, 2024
As Forgiven As We Wish
Nov 03, 2024
Beginning Of Shalom
Oct 27, 2024
Asking Humbly
Oct 20, 2024
Supposed To Be Happy
Oct 13, 2024
Unaloneness
Oct 06, 2024
A Personal Ghetto
Sep 22, 2024
A Short Fall
Sep 15, 2024
Centurion Moment
Sep 08, 2024
Betwixt And Between
Sep 01, 2024
Power Of Powerlessness
Aug 25, 2024
Healing Happiness
Aug 18, 2024
Happiness Is
Aug 11, 2024
Graduating Certainty
Aug 04, 2024
Jesus' Rudiments
Jul 28, 2024
Unreasonable Meaning
Jul 21, 2024
System Reboot
Jul 14, 2024
Spiritual Albedo
Jul 07, 2024
Growing Down
Jun 30, 2024
Road Not Taken
Jun 23, 2024
Finding Father's Face
Jun 16, 2024
Falling To Heaven
Jun 09, 2024
Clinging Not
Jun 02, 2024
Release And Catch
May 26, 2024
The Whole In The Part
May 19, 2024
Both Sides Now
May 12, 2024
Savior Complex
May 05, 2024
Judging Not
Apr 28, 2024
Transparent World
Apr 21, 2024
Our Turn
Apr 14, 2024
Why We Count
Apr 07, 2024
Life In Motion
Mar 31, 2024
Jesus Saves
Mar 24, 2024
Feeling God's Pleasure
Mar 17, 2024
When Down Is Up
Mar 10, 2024
Tables And Trees
Mar 03, 2024
Listening To Rocks
Feb 25, 2024
Ashes
Feb 18, 2024
Training Wheels
Feb 11, 2024
Radical Forgiveness
Feb 04, 2024
Teach Us To Pray
Jan 28, 2024
Growing Up
Jan 21, 2024
Engaged Contemplation
Jan 14, 2024
Trusting Mystery
Jan 07, 2024
Crazy World
Dec 31, 2023
Following The Star
Dec 17, 2023
Preparing To See
Dec 10, 2023
Give With The Wind
Dec 03, 2023
Moments Like These
Nov 26, 2023
The Path To Grateful
Nov 19, 2023
Fearing Not
Nov 12, 2023
What Love Requires
Nov 05, 2023
A Promised Land
Oct 29, 2023
Sun And Rain
Oct 22, 2023
Second Mile
Oct 15, 2023
Yes And No
Oct 08, 2023
Darker Before Dawn
Oct 01, 2023
Power To Choose
Sep 24, 2023
Mercy And Justice
Sep 17, 2023
Love Is The Law
Sep 10, 2023
Salt And Light
Sep 03, 2023
Poor And Blessed
Aug 27, 2023
Ocean And River
Aug 20, 2023
Outside The Box
Aug 13, 2023
Saved From Shame
Aug 06, 2023
Patches And Skins
Jul 30, 2023
A Hole In The Roof
Jul 23, 2023
Breaking Boundaries
Jul 16, 2023
Deep Water
Jul 09, 2023
Messy Truth
Jul 02, 2023
Always Today
Jun 25, 2023
Our Extravagant Father
Jun 18, 2023
Once Sentence
Jun 11, 2023
Answering The Call
Jun 04, 2023
Graduating Obedience
May 28, 2023
Saying Yes
May 21, 2023
Perfect Parent
May 14, 2023
Tale Of Two Healings
May 07, 2023
First Responders
Apr 30, 2023
In Count
Apr 16, 2023
Among The Living
Apr 09, 2023
The Eyes Have It
Apr 02, 2023
Conversations 4
Mar 26, 2023
Conversations 3
Mar 19, 2023
Conversations 2
Mar 12, 2023
Conversations
Mar 05, 2023
Heart Of The Matter
Feb 26, 2023
Clarity Control Codependence
Feb 19, 2023
Breath And Freedom
Feb 12, 2023
Three Sixteen
Feb 05, 2023
Come And See
Jan 29, 2023
What Do You Seek
Jan 22, 2023
Undivided Presence
Jan 15, 2023
Waiting Is Over
Jan 08, 2023
Perfectly Imperfect
Jan 01, 2023
Risking Small
Dec 11, 2022
Patience Of Job
Dec 04, 2022
That Simple
Nov 27, 2022
In The Garden
Nov 20, 2022
Fishermen And Businessmen
Nov 13, 2022
Eternity In Our Hearts
Nov 06, 2022
Fearless Apocalypse
Oct 30, 2022
The Way Of The Heart
Oct 23, 2022
Tragic Gap
Oct 16, 2022
Choicelessness
Oct 09, 2022
Task Within The Task
Oct 02, 2022
First Four Steps
Sep 25, 2022
First Things
Sep 18, 2022
Satisfied People
Sep 11, 2022
Don't Go Back To Sleep
Sep 04, 2022
Out Beyond
Aug 28, 2022
Sign Of Jonah
Aug 21, 2022
Ducks And Swans
Aug 14, 2022
Sacred Routine
Aug 07, 2022
The Rite Rituals
Jul 31, 2022
Every Moment, Every Person
Jul 24, 2022
Questions As Answers
Jul 17, 2022
The Feel Of Freedom
Jul 10, 2022
Unalienable Right
Jul 03, 2022
Sweet Emotion
Jun 26, 2022
Father Overflowing
Jun 19, 2022
Divine Admixture
Jun 12, 2022
Doing Without Measuring
Jun 05, 2022
Ecclesiastes Moments
May 29, 2022
Becoming Convinced
May 15, 2022
Our Mother
May 08, 2022
Lord Lord
May 01, 2022
Wolves And Sheep
Apr 24, 2022
Among The Living
Apr 17, 2022
My Savior And My Threat
Apr 10, 2022
The Way To The Gate
Apr 03, 2022
Falling To Heaven
Mar 27, 2022
Snakes And Stones
Mar 20, 2022
Hiding In Plain Sight
Mar 13, 2022
Still Small Voice
Mar 06, 2022
Pearls And Rings
Feb 27, 2022
Eye Beams
Feb 20, 2022
The Reality We Believe
Feb 13, 2022
Changing Everything
Feb 06, 2022
Worrylessness
Jan 30, 2022
Clear Eyes
Jan 22, 2022
Heart Action
Jan 16, 2022
Freedom And Forgiveness
Jan 09, 2022
Perfect Year
Jan 01, 2022
Christmas Morning
Dec 05, 2021
Too Big To Grasp
Nov 21, 2021
Teach Us To Pray
Nov 14, 2021
Giving Like Wind
Nov 07, 2021
Rising Sun Falling Rain
Oct 31, 2021
The Second Mile
Oct 24, 2021
Deconstructing Walls
Oct 17, 2021
When Two Are One
Oct 10, 2021
Rule Breaker
Oct 03, 2021
Beyond Justice
Sep 26, 2021
Love Is The Law
Sep 19, 2021
Light Of The World
Sep 12, 2021
Salt Of The Earth
Sep 05, 2021
Wake Up Call
Aug 29, 2021
Becoming Kingdom
Aug 22, 2021
Between Knowing And Loving
Aug 15, 2021
Contemplative Poetry
Aug 08, 2021
Freedom Of Vulnerability
Jul 25, 2021
Real Revival
Jul 11, 2021
Interior Revolution
Jul 04, 2021
Out Of Control
Jun 27, 2021
Extravagance Personified
Jun 20, 2021
Stake In The Ground
Jun 13, 2021
Seeing Through Cracks
Jun 06, 2021
Father's Eyes
May 30, 2021
Between Tribes
May 23, 2021
Seeing The Wind
May 16, 2021
The Perfect Parent
May 09, 2021
A Portable Heaven
May 02, 2021
That Is The Question
Apr 25, 2021
Rain Falls
Apr 18, 2021
Counting To 49
Apr 11, 2021
Among The Living
Apr 04, 2021
Savior Or Threat
Mar 28, 2021
The Four Esses
Mar 26, 2021
Sacred Surprise
Mar 14, 2021
Eye Of The Needle
Mar 07, 2021
Wrestling With Paradox
Feb 28, 2021
Still Small Voice
Feb 21, 2021
Doubting Thomas
Feb 14, 2021
Moving Target
Feb 07, 2021
The Politics Of Jesus
Jan 31, 2021
Serial Surrender
Jan 24, 2021
Lizards And The Way
Jan 17, 2021
Little Apocalypse
Jan 10, 2021
Direction Of Connection
Jan 03, 2021
Third Day Of Christmas
Dec 27, 2020
Genius Of The Magi
Dec 13, 2020
Starting Small
Dec 09, 2020
Living And Active
Nov 29, 2020
Mixing Metaphors
Nov 22, 2020
War Of Attrition
Nov 15, 2020
No Lasting City
Nov 08, 2020
Overachievers And Dropouts
Nov 01, 2020
Off The Continuum
Oct 25, 2020
Nothing More To Ask
Oct 11, 2020
Practicing Presence
Oct 04, 2020
A Field Beyond
Sep 27, 2020
Einstein's Blackboard
Sep 20, 2020
Present Service
Sep 13, 2020
Mistaken Identity
Sep 06, 2020
Present Prayer
Aug 30, 2020
Present Choices
Aug 23, 2020
All About Presence
Aug 16, 2020
Hinge Moment
Aug 09, 2020
On Non - Violence
Aug 02, 2020
Unfinished Business
Jul 26, 2020
Leading The Way
Jul 19, 2020
Uncarved Wood
Jul 12, 2020
Each Other
Jul 05, 2020
Breaking Through
Jun 28, 2020
End Of Times
Jun 14, 2020
An Appointed Time
Jun 07, 2020
Fifty Days
May 31, 2020
High Places
May 24, 2020
Fear Itself
May 17, 2020
When Dad Acts Like Mom
May 10, 2020
Doorways
May 03, 2020
From Fear To Forgiveness
Apr 26, 2020
Relevant And Useful
Apr 19, 2020
Among The Living
Apr 12, 2020
Triumph and Tragedy
Apr 04, 2020
Making Meaning
Mar 29, 2020
Living the Connection
Mar 22, 2020
Uncertain Times
Mar 15, 2020
Divine Dissatisfaction
Mar 08, 2020
A Sacrament a Day
Mar 01, 2020
Confidence in Connection
Feb 09, 2020
Part of the Family
Feb 02, 2020
A Delicate Balance
Jan 26, 2020
Eternal Aliveness
Jan 19, 2020
Becoming Saved
Jan 12, 2020
Resolution
Jan 05, 2020
Blessed Assurance
Dec 29, 2019
Our Story
Dec 22, 2019
Star of Bethlehem
Dec 15, 2019
Anawim of Christmas
Dec 08, 2019
The Gifts of the Magi
Dec 01, 2019
Thanksgiving
Nov 24, 2019
What We Are Really Doing
Nov 17, 2019
Accepting the Challenge
Nov 03, 2019
Creatures of a Broken Heart
Oct 27, 2019
People of the Book
Oct 20, 2019
Playing the Scriptures
Oct 13, 2019
Convictions of the Heart
Oct 06, 2019
Lines in the Sand
Sep 29, 2019
Stars Beneath Our Feet
Sep 22, 2019
You Had Me at Hello
Sep 15, 2019
Freefall
Sep 08, 2019
Sticking Points
Sep 01, 2019
A New Hope
Aug 25, 2019
Phantom Limb
Aug 18, 2019
Submission and Identity
Aug 11, 2019
Family Ties
Aug 04, 2019
The S Word
Jul 28, 2019
Gift of Meaning
Jul 20, 2019
Seventeen Years
Jul 14, 2019
Practical Ideals
Jul 07, 2019
Another Goodbye
Jun 23, 2019
Water from the Sky
Jun 19, 2019
Being the Beloved
Jun 09, 2019
Love of Three
Jun 02, 2019
Here Be Dragons
May 26, 2019
Kingdom of Grace
May 19, 2019
Mom and Dad
May 12, 2019
Each Other
May 05, 2019
Meeting Jesus
Apr 28, 2019
Among the Living
Apr 21, 2019
The Way to the Way
Apr 14, 2019
Maundy Thursday
Apr 07, 2019
Tuesday and Wednesday
Mar 31, 2019
The Task Within
Mar 22, 2019
Desert Bloom
Mar 17, 2019
Living Lent
Mar 10, 2019
Cana
Mar 03, 2019
Release
Feb 24, 2019
Staying Simple
Feb 10, 2019
Sower and the Soils
Feb 03, 2019
A Comma and a Dash
Jan 27, 2019
Epiphany
Jan 13, 2019
How Then Shall We Pray
Jan 13, 2019
Forward and Back
Jan 06, 2019
Recognizing Jesus
Dec 16, 2018
Behold How They Love
Dec 09, 2018
Word Limits
Dec 02, 2018
Undistorted View
Nov 25, 2018
Praying the Way
Nov 11, 2018
Habitus
Nov 04, 2018
Walls
Oct 28, 2018
Proof of Love
Oct 21, 2018
A Study in Presence
Oct 14, 2018
Running with Swimmies
Oct 07, 2018
Just Enough
Sep 16, 2018
Contemplative Way
Sep 09, 2018
Graven Images
Sep 02, 2018
Snapshot
Aug 26, 2018
Aviary
Aug 19, 2018
The M Word
Aug 12, 2018
Eternal Aliveness
Aug 05, 2018
Meaning and Circumstance
Jul 22, 2018
Shoulder Taps
Jul 15, 2018
Deeper Healing
Jul 08, 2018
Revolution for One
Jul 01, 2018
Broken Windows
Jun 24, 2018
Father's Face
Jun 17, 2018
Happy Warrior
Jun 10, 2018
A Momentary Kingdom
Jun 03, 2018
Loving the Oscillation
May 27, 2018
The Altar Within
May 20, 2018
God Likes Me
May 13, 2018
The Ocean in a Drop
May 06, 2018
A Gradual Pentecost
Apr 29, 2018
Flip Side of Love
Apr 22, 2018
I Bless the Rains
Apr 08, 2018
Who Do You Say I Am
Mar 25, 2018
EPIC
Mar 18, 2018
From Kneeling Height
Mar 11, 2018
Overturning Tables
Mar 04, 2018
Singing Rocks
Feb 18, 2018
Learning Lent
Feb 11, 2018
Protecting the Love
Feb 04, 2018
No Edge No Degree
Jan 28, 2018
Changing Everything
Jan 14, 2018
How Simple Can It Be
Nov 26, 2017
Breath of God
Nov 19, 2017
Singing to the Corn
Nov 12, 2017
Life Happens
Nov 05, 2017
The Shape of the Journey
Nov 02, 2017
Repentance Without Regret
Oct 29, 2017
Out of Control
Oct 22, 2017
Quo Vadis
Oct 15, 2017
Signs
Oct 08, 2017
Gift of Subtraction
Oct 01, 2017
The Art Of Waiting
Sep 17, 2017
Outrunning The Rules
Sep 10, 2017
Leaving Home
Aug 27, 2017
The Hidden Years
Aug 20, 2017
Always Today
Aug 13, 2017
Process to Person
Aug 06, 2017
A Functional Heretic
Jul 30, 2017
Such as These
Jul 23, 2017
A Playful God
Jul 16, 2017
Be Ye Healed
Jul 09, 2017
Unalienable Rights
Jul 02, 2017
From Ab to Abba
Jun 18, 2017
Falling Opinions
Jun 11, 2017
A Palace in Time
May 20, 2017
When Dad Acts Like Mom
May 14, 2017
Fear's Rules
May 07, 2017
Lamb of God
Apr 30, 2017
It Is Good
Feb 19, 2017
Breathless Brides
Feb 12, 2017
Amiable Uncertainty
Jan 29, 2017
Happiness Is...
Jan 14, 2017
Strange Beauty
Jan 08, 2017
Remaining Resolved
Dec 30, 2016