Thoughts on a New Year: Episode 831
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Bringing optimism into 2024, plus Kait and JJ Tomlin answer your questions, and what if your church lacks a ministry to singles?
Boundless Guides to Marrying Well
Featured musical artist: Covenant Worship
Roundtable: A Healthy Perspective for the New Year
People are forecasting growth and setting goals for 2024, but what does it look like to bring genuine hope into your new year? Our guests discuss setting a healthy framework for the coming months, and how they (and we) can focus on blessings and opportunities rather than the discouraging headlines and circumstances around us. Whether you’re a natural optimist or more prone to cynicism and discouragement, this conversation will help.
Culture: “Heart of Dating” Hosts Kait & JJ Tomlin (Part 2)
You may know Kait Warman as the host of the popular “Heart of Dating” podcast. Now married to JJ Tomlin, Kait is back on our show (with JJ this time). Last week they shared their story of meeting, dating, and marrying, and this week they answer relationship questions from our listeners.
Boundless Guides to Marrying Well
Link to Heart of Dating Website
Inbox: No Church Ministry for Singles
You long for connection with other singles at your church, but what can you do if your congregation doesn’t have a dedicated space for that — especially for those who are post-college? Lisa Anderson weighs in.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Friends, it is that time of year when people contact you and ask you to bless them as we are in the Christmas season and heading into a new year with a monetary gift. |
| 0:12.2 | And you know what? |
| 0:12.8 | I'm just going to go ahead and do that on behalf of Boundless. |
| 0:15.8 | This is Lisa Anderson, host of The Boundless Show. |
| 0:19.8 | And we are in our year-end giving campaign here |
| 0:22.9 | at Focus on the Family and Boundless, and your gift this year is going to be doubled in order |
| 0:28.9 | to further the work of Boundless as we minister to young adults. |
| 0:33.2 | How do you give? |
| 0:34.0 | Go to Boundless.org slash donate. |
| 0:36.6 | You can give today, and your gift will be matched |
| 0:39.6 | by a generous donor who has offered to put up that financial resource in order to stretch |
| 0:45.1 | gifts even further. So boundless.org slash donate, you have the opportunity to take us into the new |
| 0:50.9 | year here at boundless as we continue to provide great content and conversation |
| 0:55.9 | for you and everyone you love. Thanks so much in advance. |
| 1:00.1 | Boundless Show. |
| 1:10.7 | Hey, everyone. Welcome to this week's episode of The Boundless Show. This is episode number one for the year |
| 1:17.5 | 2024. How are you all doing? Hopefully you made it through the holidays and you are ready to look ahead |
| 1:24.6 | to a new year. I know I am. I'm just going to be honest. Okay. That said, |
| 1:30.5 | let me give you a little preview of what we're going to talk about on this show as I do every |
| 1:34.0 | week. First up, later on for our inbox, we have a listener who's frustrated that their church |
| 1:39.8 | doesn't seem to have a lot for singles who are a little bit older, like say, well, they're saying like |
| 1:45.7 | late 20s and up. So, wow. Okay. That's rough. They want to know what can they do. So I'm going to |
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