Honest conversations about hope, conflict, and becoming more like Christ.
The Practicing Hope podcast explores what it looks like to love God and neighbor in the midst of conflict.
Join Pastor Chase Rashad Stancle, Rev. Dr. Tanner Smith, and Sarah Johnson for honest conversations on topics like burnout, discernment, leadership, and emotional maturity. Thoughtful, practical, and often full of laughter, each episode offers hopeful ways to navigate life’s tensions with hope.
Produced by The Colossian Forum.
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Featured Series: Discernment in Conflict
When conflict makes a decision feel especially difficult, how do we discern a faithful way forward together? We’re featuring a Practicing Hope series on discernment in conflict, with conversations to help pastors, church leaders, and congregations navigate disagreement and hard decisions with hope.
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Don’t Let Fear Drive Your Decisions
Have you ever carried a decision that felt heavy? Leadership often puts us in moments where there’s no obvious right answer — just responsibility, consequence, and the hope that we don’t cause harm. In this episode, Tanner Smith is joined by Chase Stancle and Sarah Johnson to explore what it means to discern well under pressure. -
How to Lead Communal Discernment Without Losing Trust
What do you do when a decision impacts everyone, but not everyone agrees? -
What to Do When Your Community Makes a Decision You Disagree With
Have you ever wished there were a simple formula for knowing when it’s time to move on, especially after your community makes a decision you wouldn’t have chosen? In this episode, Tanner Smith, Chase Rashad Stancle, and Sarah Johnson explore what faithful discernment looks like when you find yourself out of step with your community.
Rev. Michael Gulker: Leap of Faith Movie Conversations (Part 1)
J.S. Park: Politics & Grief
Dieula Previlon: Politics & Trauma
Aundi Kolber: Politics & Our Bodies
Practicing Hope Introduction
Conflict as Opportunity: An Introduction to The Colossian Forum
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