Sacred Reimagination: When Faith Evolves with You – Erin Hicks Moon

About this sermon

In the second installment of the Midlife Renaissance series, Erin Hicks Moon joins Jen and Amy for a deeply resonant conversation about faith evolution. They discuss the reality of outgrowing the faith of their upbringing and navigating the tension between past beliefs and current values. Erin reassures us that faith is meant to evolve; if it looks the same as it did 10, 15, or 20 years ago, we may not be growing. As the host and resident Bible scholar of the Faith Adjacent podcast and author of I’ve Got Questions: The Spiritual Practice of Having It Out with God, Erin provides thoughtful guidance on processing questions, curiosity, and doubt. Midlife brings both confidence in what we know and curiosity about what we don’t. Many are searching for meaning in the wilderness of faith, but as Erin reminds us, asking the hard questions can lead to a more vibrant and joyful spiritual life. Segments: Midlife Glow-Up: Trying New Things Amy updates on her leap into podcasting. Jen shares her experience dating in her fifties. Thought-Provoking Quotes: “We do spiritual practices to be connected to God, and I think we overcomplicate it with rigid checklists.” – Erin Hicks Moon “We have to be honest in our grief—the sadness and anger of seeing faith weaponized, church splits, or personal losses. Toxic positivity in the church can make that difficult, but sometimes it just sucks, and we have to be honest about that.” – Erin Hicks Moon “We can still have a relationship with God, we can still have faith, but it doesn’t have to look the way everyone else says it should.” – Erin Hicks Moon “I’m shocked when I talk to people who grew up outside the church and realize we’ve been evolving on parallel tracks. They just choose not to identify that way.” – Amy Hardin “I have never met one person who has gone through deconstruction because they wanted to sin more. The overwhelming pattern is that they want to figure this out, and at the end of the process, they end up with a faith that is stronger than what they began with.” – Erin Hicks Moon Resources Mentioned in This Episode: I've Got Questions: The Spiritual Practice of Having It Out with God by Erin Hicks Moon - https://amzn.to/3D1tnyE I've Got Questions Guided Journal: Prompts and Practices for Rewilding Your Faith by Erin Hicks Moon - https://amzn.to/41nUfCb Sarah Bessey - https://www.sarahbessey.com/ Anne Lamott - https://www.instagram.com/annelamott/ Bridgerton - https://www.netflix.com/title/80232398 Eugene Peterson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_H._Peterson The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison Barr Pastor Trey - https://www.instagram.com/pastortrey05/ Dallas Willard - https://dwillard.org/ Guest’s Links: Erin’s website - https://www.erinhmoon.com/ Erin’s Substack - https://erinhmoon.substack.com/ Erin’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/erinhmoon Erin’s Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/erin.hicks.moon Erin’s Podcast - https://faithadjacent.com/ Connect with Jen! Jen’s website - https://jenhatmaker.com/ Jen’s Instagram - https://instagram.com/jenhatmaker Jen’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/jenHatmaker/ Jen’s Facebook - https://facebook.com/jenhatmaker Jen’s YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/JenHatmaker The For the Love Podcast is presented by Audacy.

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• Faith