In this episode, host Kelly Wolfe is joined by author, speaker, and songwriter, Amanda Held Opelt, to discuss themes found in her new book, Holy Unhappiness, such as:

-what the emotional prosperity gospel is and how we see it manifest in our lives of faith and how it doesn't hold up to be true

-work, marriage, children and how those things promise meaning and ultimate joy, but in reality are still difficult and don't often prove to be the cure-all for bad feelings, and how delight is the invitation to us in those bad feelings

-calling, community, and our bodies all being places where platform and "perfection" promise belonging, and how neither platform nor this fragile belonging will safeguard from feeling unfulfilled or difficult emotions, and how humility can shift how we see those things

-sanctuary (the church), sufferi ...