The Woodlands: A Place for Exploring the Spiritual Life

By Jake Owensby

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The Woodlands helps you see grace at work in the everyday, navigate life’s challenges with courage, deepen your relationship with God, and live with love, hope, and purpose in this complex world.

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Episode Date
What's the Hurry?
Jun 05, 2026
What the Commandments Are Really For
May 29, 2026
Learning the Habit of Attention
May 22, 2026
Speaking Up
May 19, 2026
Living is More than Existing
May 15, 2026
When It's Not Clear What Love Requires
May 08, 2026
When Things Fall Apart
May 01, 2026
The Voice We Learn to Trust
Apr 24, 2026
Solace and Hope
Apr 20, 2026
Meeting Jesus Again
Apr 17, 2026
It's Like Breathing
Apr 10, 2026
Easter Is Different For Me Now
Apr 03, 2026
The Heart and the Cross
Mar 27, 2026
When the Heart Follows
Mar 20, 2026
When the Heart Sees
Mar 13, 2026
When the Heart Shifts
Mar 06, 2026
When the Heart Races
Feb 27, 2026
What the Heart Wants
Feb 20, 2026
A Hope-Shaped Life
Feb 13, 2026
Reordering the Heart
Feb 12, 2026
Finding Hope
Feb 06, 2026
Meekness and Power
Jan 30, 2026
When Law and Love Collide
Jan 25, 2026
When the Way Appears
Jan 23, 2026
Calling and Purpose
Jan 16, 2026
What We Want for Christmas
Dec 22, 2025
Daring to Dream
Dec 19, 2025
Seeing What's Real
Dec 12, 2025
You Are Preapproved
Dec 05, 2025
A Sense of an Ending
Nov 28, 2025
Love's Invitation
Nov 21, 2025
Love and Law
Nov 14, 2025
Love and Death
Nov 07, 2025
Love and the Dark Passions
Oct 31, 2025
Faith and Salvation
Oct 24, 2025
Faith and Prayer
Oct 17, 2025
Faith is Transformational, Not Transactional
Oct 10, 2025
What Is Faith?
Oct 03, 2025
I Am Because We Are
Aug 29, 2025
Doing is Believing
Aug 22, 2025
Starting Fires
Aug 15, 2025
Telling Your Story
Aug 08, 2025
Where the Infinite Finds Us
Aug 01, 2025
Rethinking Your Spiritual Path
Jul 25, 2025
What Makes Your Life Meaningful
Jul 18, 2025
Our Holy Longing
Jul 11, 2025
Another Perspective
Jun 04, 2025
Two Pathways
May 28, 2025
Conversion May Not Be What You Think It Is
May 21, 2025
Beyond Functional Atheism
May 14, 2025
Defiant Joy
May 07, 2025
Learning How to Live
Apr 30, 2025
When Jesus Shows Up
Apr 23, 2025
Being True to Yourself Part 2
Apr 16, 2025
Being True to Yourself Part 1
Apr 09, 2025
Finding Meaning
Apr 02, 2025
Choosing to Believe in God?
Mar 26, 2025
The Challenge of our Secular Age
Mar 19, 2025
Spirituality and Mental Health
Mar 12, 2025
Remember That You Are Dust
Mar 05, 2025
Faith and Mystical Experience
Feb 26, 2025
A Life-Giving Awareness
Feb 19, 2025
Do Something
Feb 12, 2025
Finding Hope
Feb 10, 2025
The Spirit of the Full-Hearted Life
Feb 03, 2025
Sometimes You Need New Lenses
Feb 02, 2025
Searching for a Full-Hearted Life
Jan 27, 2025
Knowing Jesus
Jan 20, 2025
Down to Earth Spirituality
Jan 13, 2025
Identity, Belonging, and Wisdom
Jan 12, 2025
Jesus' Midwives
Dec 18, 2024
How Do We Get to Bethlehem?
Dec 16, 2024
Being Light
Dec 09, 2024
Believing in God... Or Not (Part 2)
Dec 02, 2024
Believing in God... Or Not (Part 1)
Nov 25, 2024
All In
Nov 18, 2024
How We Learn to Be Brave
Nov 11, 2024
The Smell of My Mother's House
Oct 30, 2024
What to Make of Suffering
Sep 13, 2024
Why do bad things happen to good people?
Sep 11, 2024
Honest Prayer
Sep 06, 2024
Science and Religion
Sep 04, 2024
What We Do for Love
Aug 30, 2024
Swimming with the Undertow
Aug 28, 2024
When Your God Dies
Aug 21, 2024
Forgiving Yourself
Aug 14, 2024
When the Mockingbird Sings
Aug 07, 2024
Being Ready
Jul 31, 2024
An Inextinguishable Light
Jul 24, 2024
Unconventional Grief
Jul 17, 2024
Lies and Secrets and Funerals
Jul 10, 2024
Is God Fair?
Jul 03, 2024
Parts Unknown
Jun 26, 2024
Banjos, AI, and Faith in the Digital Age
Jun 24, 2024
Getting Out of Hell
Jun 22, 2024
Swept Away
Jun 15, 2024
Leaving Something Behind
Jun 08, 2024
Where Wisdom Begins
Jun 02, 2024
Hearing Grace
Jan 10, 2024