Hole In My Heart Podcast
The Hole in My Heart Audio Podcast explores how the gospel is good news for everyone every day.
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Host, teacher, and author, Laurie Krieg, and her husband and licensed-therapist, Matt Krieg, partner up with Producer Steve to engage in challenging topics such as shame, trauma, and anxiety.
We apply a historically-biblical sexual ethic to the topics of marriage, sexuality, and porn-addiction and funnel all those conversations through the hope-filled good news of the gospel.
We laugh (and we cry), but we are always focused on the joyful challenge of walking with Jesus. Will you join us?
New Episodes Every 2 Weeks!
* This podcast and its content are designed and intended to provide a place for conversation. Topics and advice covered in this podcast should not be taken as professional medical advice or emotional or spiritual counsel. If you or a loved one needs professional help, they should seek a licensed professional. The views covered and discussed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect those of WCSG radio or Cornerstone University. Ideas presented are not necessarily endorsed by WCSG radio or Cornerstone University.
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Episodes
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Episode 220: Two Approaches to Pride | Part 1 with Stephen Nylen
Friday, April 19, 2024
Some Christians write off June’s Pride festivals as Sodom and Gomorrah. They don’t think anyone there could possibly want God. Are we so sure about that? At least two ministries in the U.S. are regularly going to Pride festivals in their areas, and t...
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Episode 219: Treasures in the Dark with Katherine Wolf
Friday, April 5, 2024
When we are going through suffering, we don’t usually think, “Hmm, what treasures might God have for me to discover here?” It just feels like suffering. However, author and major stroke survivor, Katherine Wolf, has a message for us: God has gems for...
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Episode 218: How Not to Be Discouraged in a Discouraging Year with Derwin Gray
Friday, March 22, 2024
“Hope in the gospel and discouragement are not mutually exclusive,” Pastor Derwin Gray encouraged us on today’s episode. But, how is that possible? The world can feel so defeating: Politics, racial division, pastor scandals, congregant sin, and the ...
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Episode 217: What Trees Can Teach Us About Living with Joy Marie Clarkson
Friday, March 8, 2024
This is a very gentle but powerful episode. Since having the conversation, I (Laurie) can’t stop seeing the people-as-trees metaphor everywhere. How? You’re just going to have to listen to find out. :) // Highlights: “We all have the seasons in li...
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Episode 216: From Christian Cult to Christ Follower with Christy Lynne Wood
Friday, February 23, 2024
Christy grew up in a hyper-legalistic system that added rigid rules to the gospel of Jesus. (You might have seen glimpses of it if you watched the documentary, ‘Shiny Happy People.’) Even after leaving, Christy internally battled the legalism that a...
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Episode 215: A Testimony of Surrendered Gender with Kyla Gillespie
Friday, February 9, 2024
Oh, wow. This story. How does one woman go from a childhood of following Jesus as much as she knows how, to professional hockey, to same-sex relationships, to transitioning to male for six years, to finding the real Jesus, and then to de-transitioni...
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Episode 214: What is Uniquely Hard and Hopeful for Married People Now? With Chris Bruno and Tracy Johnson
Friday, January 26, 2024
Is anyone else feeling like they are in a rut in their marriage? Maybe you’re not in crisis mode, but it’s kinda just . . . meh? It’s easy to function; to sit on opposite couches and scroll on your phone. But, do you wonder if marriage could be bette...
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Episode 213: The Value of Singleness with Dani Treweek
Friday, January 12, 2024
We are going to talk about singleness until we as the Church get this right, friends. People talk about how marriage gives us a vision of eternity in how two different people seeking union shows the world a picture of how God (who is so different fro...
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Episode 212: How We Are Doing 2024 Differently with Laurie, Matt, and Steve
Friday, December 29, 2023
It’s the end of 2023, so we are reflecting, looking ahead, and asking, “Do Laurie and Steve look alike?” Lol… (Matt and Laurie’s kids seem to think so…) HOWEVER, the conversation mostly revolves around… What did we learn in 2023? Based on what we ...
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Episode 211: Just Breathe; We Don’t Have to Be Perfect with Bonnie Gray
Friday, December 15, 2023
This time of year can feel unfair: “Just kick back and enjoy the season! But also get the perfect present for everyone. But don’t do too much! #selfcare But do enough so that you tell people you love and appreciate them. But don’t! But also do.” Than...
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Episode 210: How Purity Culture Affected Men with Zachary Wagner
Friday, December 1, 2023
Ya’ll. This episode. It could put language to some things some of us have been holding onto for too long. How? Author and scholar Zach Wagner, author of ‘Non-Toxic Masculinity,’ unpacks: What is toxic masculinity? How does it relate to Purity Cultur...
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Episode 209: Courageous Pastors: The East Coast with Aaron Henning
Friday, November 17, 2023
How would you pastor a congregation filled with a range of people from academics to farmers, and then walk them through the human sexuality conversation? Pastor Aaron Henning, lead pastor at State College Alliance Church in Pennsylvania, tells us how...
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Episode 208: Courageous Pastors: The West Coast with Tom Kang
Friday, November 3, 2023
Today we continue our Courageous Pastors series by interviewing Tom Kang, a lead pastor in Los Angeles, CA, on how he led his congregation through the human sexuality conversation. Additionally, we explore: What is unique about Tom’s West Coast chur...
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Episode 207: Courageous Pastors: The South with Josh Laxton
Friday, October 20, 2023
We are so excited about this: Today, we are launching a mini-series interviewing three pastors from the South, the West Coast, and the East coast on how they went from conceptualization of a sermon series on human sexuality to actualization. Why? In ...
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Episode 206: How to Talk With the Kids About Marriage with Sam Allberry
Friday, October 6, 2023
We get questions related to this topic often. Parents and disciple-makers of young kids are understandably anxious and wondering; How can we guide kids in a way that makes them both courageously truthful and loving? Pastor and author, Sam Allberry, ...
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Episode 205: How to Move Forward Without Ignoring Your Past with Christine Caine
Friday, September 22, 2023
Moving forward can feel terrifying: Like we are jumping out of an airplane and we don’t know if we have a parachute. Why does it feel that way? Today, author, multi-ministry founder, and teacher, Christine Caine, joins us to answer this question as ...
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Episode 204: How to Share Your Story with Brenna Blain
Friday, September 8, 2023
Today on the podcast, ministry leader Brenna Blain joins us to help us discern how, when, and where to share our own stories with others. Together, we unpack: How do you know when you are ready to share? What was Brenna’s most challenging audience to...
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Episode 203: Who Are You? with Andrew Bunt
Friday, August 25, 2023
It’s the season seven launch!! We are so glad to be back with you all, and are equally glad to engage last season’s identity theme one more time to ensure we take it from the ethereal to the practical. The person here to help us do this is the author...
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HIMH Shorts: Grief and Lament with Steve
Friday, August 11, 2023
“I think there are reasons we deny our pain inclu…
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HIMH Shorts: Emotional Resilience with Matt
Friday, August 4, 2023
“One thing I have learned about Jesus is that He …
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HIMH Shorts: The Bookcases with Laurie
Friday, July 28, 2023
Heyyyyy!!! We may be in-between seasons, but we …
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Episode 202: Season 6 Wrap and Q & A Part 2 with Laurie, Matt, and Steve
Friday, July 14, 2023
Today, we wrap up season six by asking Matt, Laur…
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Episode 201: Q & A: Kids, Libraries, and the Pros & Cons of Coming Out with Laurie, Matt, and Steve
Friday, June 30, 2023
The lines are open, friends, and we are taking yo…
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Episode 200: "I am healing for..." with Toni Collier
Friday, June 16, 2023
Oh, man…from start to finish this conversation si…
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Episode 199: I am Worthy of Care with Alison Cook
Friday, June 2, 2023
We are talking codependence (over-reliance on peo…
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Episode 198: Identity Series // I am Befriended with Sheridan Voysey
Friday, May 19, 2023
What is it about adult friendships that can make …
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Episode 197: Identity Series // I am Known with Joan Rozeboom
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Humanity’s desire to “be known” starts somewhere …
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Episode 196: Identity Series // I am Redeemed with Branson Parler
Friday, April 21, 2023
Today, we continue our identity series by explori…
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Episode 195: Intro to the Identity Series // I am Loved by God
Friday, April 7, 2023
If you take away how people perceive you and how …
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Episode 194: Let's Define Some Things with Laurie, Matt, and Steve
Friday, March 24, 2023
Whenever we hear people talking about some of the…
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “no” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope – the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ…
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