Today, I sit down with Kristen Weatherall and ask her some of your questions about cultivating

a hunger for God's word.

A few weeks ago, we asked people to send in questions related to what it looks like to stay

motivated and excited about reading the Bible in every season of life.

We received lots of questions from around the world about everything

from keeping our Bible reading time fresh, to making time for God's word as a busy parent,

to engaging with scripture when we're struggling with grief. Christen Weatherall is a wife,

a mother, a writer, and a speaker. She's also the author of several books, including Help for the Hungry Soul,

Eight Encouragements to Grow Your Appetite for God's Word from Crossway. Let's get started.

Well, Kristen, thanks so much for joining me again for this special bonus listener Q&A episode of the

Crossway podcast. Thanks for having me back. Yeah. This is great. Yeah. So a while back, we invited

listeners to submit their questions for you related to cultivating a love for God's word, a hunger for

God's word, something that we all obviously want, but sometimes we all, to some extent,

struggle to have in our own lives. And we received many questions from people all around the

U.S., but one of the main themes that was kind of present throughout all of them was just a sense

of feeling maybe a little bit discouraged, a little bit like, I want more out of my Bible reading.

Do you resonate with that? Is that something

you felt? You hear that from people that you're talking to and working with on a regular basis?

Yes. Yes. The answer is yes. So we're not alone when we feel discouraged maybe by our

Bible reading habits or lack thereof. No, this is such a universal feeling among Christians. And it's one of the

reasons why I wrote help for the hungry soul, because I was seeing it in myself. I was hearing

it from people in my small group, in my church. My husband is a pastor. So even just hearing him

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