"Original Blessing" with special guest Danielle Shroyer; plus a beautiful faith journey story from our friend Amie in the girlfriend chat.

Our special guest this week is Danielle Shroyer. She is a spiritual director, author, speaker, and former pastor. She is the author of three books, most recently Original Blessing: Putting Sin in its Rightful Place.  In addition to her spiritual direction practice, she leads groups and retreats, creates spiritual formation resources, and serves as a dream work mentor for the Haden Institute. Danielle is a graduate of Baylor University and Princeton Theological Seminary and was a founding member of the emerging church movement. A 2nd Dan Taekwondo black belt and a yoga enthusiast, she and her husband Dan have two college aged children. They live in Dallas with their rescue dog and a patio of feral cats.

In our conversation with Danielle, we discuss themes from her book, "Original Blessing: Putting Sin In Its Rightful Place" which was the 2016 Illumination Award Gold Medal winner for Theology. It's a fantastic book and we know you will learn so much from this conversation about Original Sin and how that theology came to be.

To connect with Danielle: https://danielleshroyer.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielle.shroyer/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danielle.g.shroyer
https://www.beasoulninja.com/author/beasoulninja/

Also, in our girlfriend chat, we introduce our friend Amie, who shares a bit about her faith journey. Amie is open, vulnerable and authentic and we appreciate her willingness to share her story. You may find some of your own in hers as well. Don't miss it!

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Chapters

• 0:32 Introducing our friend Amie
• 3:30 Amie's faith story
• 39:01 Introducing Danielle Shroyer
• 40:01 Interview starts with Danielle Shroyer
• 44:40 Why Danielle wrote a book on Original Sin
• 49:19 How do you start to have a conversation with people about new thinking on Original Sin?
• 53:46 If there is no Original Sin, why did Jesus have to die?
• 57:02 The Red Sock in the laundry
• 1:01:51 How did Western Christianity break away from the rest of the world concerning Original Sin?
• 1:06:02 What is "original blessing"?
• 1:14:28 Where can you find Danielle online?
• 1:17:10 What's coming up next week