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Grace Enough Podcast

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Welcome to Grace Enough Podcast, where Amber Cullum and special guests fearlessly tackle challenging faith questions while unraveling the limitless grace of God. Through engaging podcast conversations, Amber dives deep into the hard truths of life and reveals the boundless grace of God through inspiring stories of men and women walking in the kingdom of God here on earth. Grace Enough's mission is to offer more than a Band-aid Bible verse or empty platitude to individuals on their spiritual journeys with Jesus. Discover a wealth of free resources at www.graceenoughpodcast.com. This podcast is specially designed to uplift and encourage Christians, reminding them that, regardless of their stories, God can use them to make an impact on His kingdom. Embracing surrender and trust, you'll discover that His grace is truly enough. Tune in now and embark on a remarkable journey of faith.

Episodes

Scott Sauls | Beautiful People Don’t Just Happen, 192

Tuesday Oct 04, 2022

Tuesday Oct 04, 2022

Scott Sauls and Amber discuss the message behind his newest book, Beautiful People Don't Just Happen. Scott also shares some of the shifts he's experienced in the church over the last 25 years as a pastor, what it means to bring our not enoughness to God, and how we can abide in Christ.

Beautiful People Don't Just Happen Questions Discussed:

  1. (0:45) You have been in pastoral ministry for 25 years. Did you begin at Redeemer Pres in New York or elsewhere? Share a bit of your pastoral journey with us and some of the major shifts you have witnessed in the church throughout the years.
  2. (6:15) I read a review of Beautiful People Don't Just Happen and it sums up my experience reading the book. Wes Van Fleet wrote, "Goodness! Sauls always writes such helpful and caring books. This one spoke to me as if he and I were sitting down together talking about all the things that haunt me, while being reminded of all I believe and hope for. You may need some tissues with this one but I highly recommend it." This is a loaded question, but what do you mean by beautiful people don't just happen?
  3. (13:45) You spend several pages sharing how the darker and sadder seasons of life have expanded your belief in and experience of the goodness of God. What are a few ways you have personally experienced the goodness of God after seasons of darkness?
  4. (16:42) "The thing God wants most from you is an admission of your not-enough-ness." Unpack that a bit for us.
  5. (22:10) How do you explain abiding in Jesus to others and how are you intentional about its practice?
  6. (26:44) You share about your personal struggle with anxiety and depression and how debilitating it can be. What have you found helpful when experiencing seasons of "no comfort in God's promises from Scripture' and the struggle to pray?
  7. (31:22) As we close, speak to the listener who is struggling to believe that God redeems regret, hurt and/or fear.


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Marcy Gregg | Life After Losing Your Memory, 191

Tuesday Sep 27, 2022

Tuesday Sep 27, 2022

Marcy Gregg and Amber discuss the story behind her memoir, Blank Canvas. Marcy shares the fear of waking up with no memory of the last 13 years, the radical way God's grace crashed into her world, surrendering her alcohol addiction, and how oil painting connects her to God.

Questions Discussed During Life After Losing Your Memory:

  1. (3:55) At age 30, you went to deliver your 3rd child and life forever changed. Share a bit of that story with us.
  2. (12:32) You eventually returned home to a life you had no memory of. What were those first few years like as you returned to mother, wife, etc?
  3. (12:52) Eventually, the fatigue from hiding caught up to you and you turned to alcohol. Now, not only are you hiding your lack of memory, but a secret addiction. What did day to day life look like during that time?
  4. (14:26) What's your relationship with God like during this time?
  5. (17:04) What happened when God came crashing into your world?
  6. (20:31) Part of your healing journey was rediscovering your love and talent for painting? How has painting been a part of your healing journey? 
  7. (22:48) What is it about art that expands your view of God?
  8. (24:07) Even as a renowned oil painter, you have encountered health scares that threatened to end your career. Let's end with how you continue to trust God even when it's hard?
  9. (27:54) What was your hope for people who read Blank Canvas?
  10. (29:33) How would you express the grace and tenderness of God in your life?

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Joshua Sherif | Immigrants, Refugees, & The Church, 190

Tuesday Sep 20, 2022

Tuesday Sep 20, 2022

Joshua Sherif and Amber discuss his life as a Muslim boy in Egypt, his immigration to the United States, coming to faith in Jesus, and casting a wider net for discipleship in our communities. Josh shares his experience as a US immigrant and as a pastor of a church representing more than 30 nationalities, and speaking 20 languages in his new book, The Stranger At Our Shore: How Immigrants and Refugees Strengthen the Church.

Immigrants, Refugees, and The Church Questions Discussed:

  1. (1:41) To lay a foundation for our conversation today, share a little about your childhood. Where did you grow up? What was family life and faith life like?
  2. (4:25) Your family eventually immigrated to the United States. What brought your family here and what were those first few years as an immigrant like for you and your family?
  3. (12:21) What was it that caused you to leave Isalm for Christianity?
  4. (14:59) fYour book, The Stranger at Our Shore: How Immigrants and Refugees Strengthen the Church, is in large part your story, but it is also a call to Christians to reconsider the strangers at our shore or living next door and our call to discipleship. What are some of the problems you see in the Church today, regarding how we relate to immigrants and refugees?
  5. (28:04) This is not only your personal experience, but you founded and pastored a church in Albany Park, Chicago, IL which is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the U.S. for a decade. What were some of the challenges and successes of leading a diverse church?
  6. (38:50) All too often, as a member of the local church, I forget I am a missionary. I forget that a large portion of Scripture is the story of Israel living as refugees and immigrants. Why is it vital to care for the immigrant and refugee like we see them cared for in Scripture?


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Debra Moerke | Murder, Motherhood, & Miraculous Grace, 189

Tuesday Sep 13, 2022

Tuesday Sep 13, 2022

Debra Moerke and Amber discuss discuss the story behind her memoir, Murder, Motherhood and Miraculous Grace. Debra and her husband served as foster parents for a number of children. But Deborah became especially close to one little girl through a series of difficult and horrific circumstances, she found herself taking a phone call from the birth mother from prisons. What developed is the story Deborah tells today. It truly is a story of the miraculous grace of God and the steps of obedience that were far from easy

Murder, Motherhood,& Miraculous Grace Questions Discussed:

  1. (1:39) Share a little of your faith journey with us. When did you begin walking with Jesus?
  2. (5:20) You and your husband fostered high risk children for 18 years. Take us back to when you first become foster parents. What led you to begin fostering and what were those first few years like in your home?
  3. (7:57) The memoir you released in 2019, Murder, Motherhood and Miraculous Grace, shares the portions of your journey with one of your foster children and her mother. Will you share that story with us?
  4. (12:21) What are things that social services can do better, so that things like this don't happen?
  5. (14:16) What was the impact on your own biological children and your family as a whole?
  6. (15:55) The horrific loss led to a range of emotions, but you were faced with a decision when you received a call from jail. Share that experience with us and how the grace of God led you to surrender?
  7. (22:10) Was it this experience that led you into prison ministry? And what were some things you discovered as you began to walk with women in prison, including the birth mom who murdered one of your foster daughters?
  8. (24:02) As God continued to draw you into places that were not easy to walk in, how did you see him really meet you?
  9. (28:20) Have you continued a relationship with Hannah's mother?
  10. (35:58) Were there times when that was happening that you you doubted?
  11. (40:28) What encouragement, dare I say advice, do you give foster families today?
  12. (44:45) Do you have a relationship with some of the children who came in and out of your home?
  13. (47:37) You have worked for a pregnancy resource center and you have fostered children. What do you see as the potential impacts of Roe vs. Wade being overturned?


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Keri Spring | Hope After Suicide Loss, 188

Tuesday Sep 06, 2022

Tuesday Sep 06, 2022

Keri Spring and Amber discuss the loss of Keri's son Greg to suicide, his experience with bullying, her journey of forgiveness, and the Gregory D. Spring Perseverance Scholarship Fund she founded in his honor.

If you or anyone you know, is experiencing suicidal thoughts, or emotional distress, call 988 for help

Hope After Suicide Loss Questions Discussed:

  1. (1:33) Share a little of your faith journey with us. When did you begin walking with Jesus?
  2. (3:10) Your family experienced a life changing event that no one hopes to experience. The loss of your son, Greg, to suicide. Share a little about your family and life up until Greg took his life.
  3. (6:29) Will you share, as much as you feel comfortable, about that day and the few days that followed?
  4. (13:11) In hindsight, can you look back now and see some signs that you didn't recognize at the time or even now?
  5. (14:38) Would you say one of the hardest parts is not having answers to why Greg took his life?
  6. (19:50) If your daughter would feel comfortable with you sharing, how did she deal with the loss?
  7. (22:17) Share about the bullying Greg experienced.
  8. (29:27) I'm going to ask a tough question, and please feel free to pass, but do you find yourself ever having to go back and forgive Greg again?
  9. (30:19) What would you like to share with parents when it comes to teen suicide?
  10. (36:05) You've set up and are passionate about the Gregory Spring Perseverance Scholarship Fund. Share a little about that with us.


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Wade Mullen | Power, Image Management, & The Church, 187

Tuesday Aug 30, 2022

Tuesday Aug 30, 2022

Wade Mullen and Amber discuss when impression management behavior becomes dangerous, how to address abusive behavior early on, and his personal experience when sharing abuse that was impacting the students he served. 

Power, Image Management, & The Church Questions Discussed:

  1. (2:42) Share a little of your faith journey with us. When did you begin walking with Jesus?
  2. (4:20) It was your work in the local church that first introduced you to the needs of abuse victims and the potential for institutions to protect abuser(s) instead of victim(s). Will you share a little of that experience with us and what that experience led you to pursue?
  3. (9:17) How do you respond to, "I don't know why someone would speak out against an organization that is doing such great work"?
  4. (14:22) As you studied behavior, you came across impression management strategies. Define that for our listeners and how can the application of the strategies be harmful to the body of Christ?
  5. Don't we all use these strategies? What are some ways the body of Christ, particularly church leaders can avoid falling into their snare?
  6. (23:44) Talk a little about what we often see behind the curtain vs. on the stage.
  7. (26:54) Your book, Something's Not Right, has this description that I think will resonate with listeners. "Maybe you don’t know for sure: all you know is something feels off when you think about a certain relationship or interaction with an institution or organization. You feel alone and confused―but calling it “abuse” feels extreme and unsettling, a label for what happens to other people but not you. Yet you can’t shake the feeling: something’s not right." When that feeling arises in someone, how would you encourage them to move forward in identifying what's "not right"?
  8. (31:13) We have this tendency to not believe victims or to downplay the level of abuse. Why is that? And do we now run the risk of over inflating conflict as abuse or harm?
  9. (40:31) If someone is listening and they find themselves in the crossroads of standing up and walking away from spiritual abuse/harm or staying quiet, what would you say to them?

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Dr. Diane Langberg | Listening To Abuse and Trauma Survivors, 186

Tuesday Aug 23, 2022

Tuesday Aug 23, 2022

Dr. Diane Langberg and Amber discuss how her 50 year career working with trauma and abuse victims began, the similarity she encountered between veterans of war and abused women, the current reckoning of power abuse in the church, and pastors as shepherds.

Listening To Abuse and Trauma Survivors Questions Discussed:

  1. (3:20) Your career as a Christian psychologist began 50 years ago. And for those who are not familiar with your work, would you share your experience with your supervisor years ago who advised you not to listen to a woman who said, "My father did weird things to me"?
  2. (7:07) You began listening to the trauma and PTSD women and veterans were experiencing long before the term was used and the diagnosis existed. What were those first 10-20 years like?
  3. (8:38) What are some of the biggest lessons you've learned about treating people who have been abused? Have PTSD? Survivors? 
  4. (10:10) Not only has your work included women and veterans, but pastors, leaders around the world. What have you learned about abuse and trauma on a global scale?
  5. (13:27) There were decades where pastors, clergy, church leaders who were accused of sexual abuse would have been referred to as having an affair Why is that not an appropriate term to use when pastor, clergy, youth leader, church leader has a sexual encounter with someone in their care? Why is that abuse vs. an affair?
  6. (19:08) Do you think the current rise in church abuse is just a trend or a genuine problem you see in our churches? Are people jumping on the #metoo, #churchtoo movement and it will fade?
  7. (22:54) How can you tell in a he said, she said situation who is the victim and who is the abuser? 
  8. (26:05) What type of work does G.R.A.C.E. do? How are they helping promote healthy and safe environments in our churches?
  9. (29:10) As we close, what do you see as the day in, day out way to move forward, free and unified in Christ?


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Katelyn Beaty | Celebrities for Jesus, 185

Tuesday Aug 16, 2022

Tuesday Aug 16, 2022

Katelyn Beaty and Amber discuss her book Celebrities for Jesus: How Persona, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church


Celebrities for Jesus Questions Discussed:

  1. (1:5) Share a little of your faith journey with us. When did you begin walking with Jesus?
  2. (6:05) As a writer, journalist, previous print managing editor at Christianity Today, and current acquisitions editor for Brazos Press you have spent your career observing trends in the American church. One of which you write about in your newest book Celebrities for Jesus. Share about some of the observations in recent years that led to your desire to write this book. 
  3. (10:01) Share your views on ghostwriting acknowledgment and author personas
  4. (18:42) Something I appreciate about this book is how you address the issue head on, but you're also very hopeful. You write about is social power, without proximity and the difference between fame versus celebrity flesh that out for us a bit.
  5. (26:05) You share 3 temptations, one being the abuse of power. What are some ways we see this play out in the church and how are church members often complicit to it?
  6. (35:45) Being a member of the Christian publishing world I appreciate your boldness in writing a chapter dedicated to the Christian publishing industry's complicity in the creation of celebrities. Do you see a better way forward where publishers are profitable without requiring their authors have 50,000+ social media following/email lists?
  7. (44:28) You close out the book with some profound thoughts on ordinary faithfulness How would you encourage those listening who have been negatively impacted by celebrity Christians to press into ordinary faithfulness?


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Amy Fritz | Untangling Faith After Ramsey Solutions, 184

Tuesday Aug 09, 2022

Tuesday Aug 09, 2022

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Amy Fritz and Amber discuss her husband’s dream job at Ramsey Solutions, why he left, and her passion for helping others untangling their faith from all that’s untrue.

Untangling Faith After Ramsey Solutions Questions Discussed:

  1. (3:25) Share a little of your faith journey with us. When did you begin walking with Jesus?
  2. (5:54) Several years ago, your husband was hired by Ramsey Solutions. Share a bit of that journey with us.
  3. (14:34) How would you describe your husband’s experience the first few years at Ramsey and your experience as a spouse?
  4. (23:47) What eventually took place that led your husband to leave Ramsey?
  5. (32:32) At what point, did the Chris Hogan cover up take place?
  6. (37:06) When did you finally reconnect with Melissa Hogan?
  7. (42:37) By and large, churches host Dave’s FPU and employees have been known to say it’s the best place to work. How do you feel about it now?
  8. (45:24) Is there a both/and here? Both, good advice worth following and an abuse of power and bullying?
  9. (50:19) Since your family’s experience with Ramsey solutions, you have launched the Untangled Faith podcast: A podcast for anyone who has found their self disillusioned or discouraged in their faith journey and who wants to hold on to their faith while untangling it from all that is not good or true. What were your hopes when you launched the show?
  10. (54:12) How has your podcast, Untangled Faith, helped you untangle your own faith?


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Lina Abujamra | Fractured Faith, 183

Tuesday Aug 02, 2022

Tuesday Aug 02, 2022

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Lina and Amber discuss her journey of reconstructing her faith, what we should be deconstructing, and rhythms of faith.

Fractured Faith Questions Discussed:

  1. (2:12) Share a little of your faith journey with us. When did you begin walking with Jesus?
  2. (12:12) You were serving as the women’s director of Harvest church when you hit a wall and so began the crumbling of the Christianity you had known up to that point. Take us back and share the story that is the starting place of your book Fractured Faith.
  3. (18:25) Deconstruction. What do you think people mean when they say they’re deconstructing? And what do you mean?
  4. (20:13) You write, “The key is in remembering who God really is, not who we’ve made Him to be.” That is easy to say and much harder to do, when you are untangling who God ACTUALLY is from all you’ve been taught and experienced culturally. What did that process look like for you?
  5. (24:19) Let’s talk about trusting feelings
  6. (33:00) One thing I love about the book is the deconstruction diagram you provide as an appendix. In that diagram there comes a point where a person goes down a path of disbelief or a path of reconstruction. Share a bit of the diagram with us and your experience in reconstructing your faith.
  7. (37:58) Talk about the rhythms of faith.
  8. (43:04) What do you want to say this generation that’s just struggling with the church?
  9. (46:21) What is Living With Power ministries doing in Ukraine?


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