On this final episode of the year, Kevin Dixon, Suzie Lind and Rob Gonzalez remember 2025's highlights and lowlights—and look ahead to what's coming for Journey in the new year.
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In Lamentations 3, we get a short intermission from despair for a few verses of hope and trust in God. (Don't worry; we'll be back to lamenting next week.) Suzie Lind, Mike Erre, Kevin Dixon and Tim Timmons answer listener questions about the God who's with us even when things don't get fixed. But first, we're doing deep on Christmas carols and crushes.
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As we continue to study Lamentations (Merry Christmas, y'all!), this week's NOW team—Suzie Lind, Mike Erre and Kevin Dixon—explore the power of lament in community. But first: More than 10 minutes of prideful self-congratulations on our recent "Big Table" church meeting.
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00:00 Intro
01:30 Buying Time
03:00 Seth Erre Segment
08:58 A Heart of Soy
10:05 Money talks. Apparently, in an unimpressive monotone.
13:50 Content begins, and we all mourn.
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In this special bonus episode, Suzie Lind talks with Brodrick Thomas and Dre Sanders of The Refuge Center. Journey partners with the Franklin, Tenn.-based counseling service to help provide mental health services to those who need them, regardless of ability to pay.
To learn more about The Refuge Center, visit: https://refugecenter.org
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We're reminded this week that advent begins in darkness. And, so we begin a four-week study of Lamentations. Layla Shahmohammedi joins Kevin Dixon, Tim Timmons and Suzie Lind as they consider current laments from our own community and explore how to relate to God in the midst of despair.
Seth Erre shoutout at 05:00 and content starts at 05:55. But first, our pastors are smoking and drinking....
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We're studying how Jeremiah consoled the Israelites in exile and instructed them to live in faith for the good of their oppressors' city. Our listeners have questions, and Tim Timmons, Mike Erre, Suzie Lind and Kevin Dixon are here for them.
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01:35 Clothing updates. Yep, contain your excitement.
05:01 Seth Erre shoutout, equine edition
07:44 Body pumping with that special wiggle
10:01 Ducks amuck! If the dashboard birds are jumping, let Kevin's Jeep keep bumping.
13:14 Questions like "Why am I listening?" end. Questions from listeners begin.
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On Sunday, we continued studying Jeremiah's warnings to the Israelites, spotlighting how they began to image other gods instead of Yahweh. As Mike Erre put it, we become like what we worship. Not that there's anything relevant these days in that idea, but our community had lots of questions about idols, disagreement, forgiveness and reconciliation. So, Tim Timmons, Kevin Dixon and Suzie Lind are here to help respond to those queries.
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00:00 Intro
01:04 If pumpkin spice lattes were a person
07:50 Seth Erre shout out
14:00 Qontent, questions and qlarifying responses begin
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On Sunday, Kevin Dixon shared a very personal message about his own struggle with forgiveness and responding to new insights about God. When you see things in a different way, what do you do with that understanding? Suzie Lind, Mike Erre and Tim Timmons join him this episode to discuss and respond to listener questions.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:45 The Body Pump
10:05 Content and Listener Questions
37:30 Oh, SNAP: How You Can Help With Food Insecurity
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In this week’s Jeremiah study, we learned how the Israelites thought they were safe from judgement because of the temple in their midst. That got listeners asking about group vs individual responsibility, warnings for our own arrogant times and more. Tim Timmons, Kevin Dixon, Suzie Lind and Mike Erre respond.
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00:00 Intro
01:05 Chipper J
04:55 Brad Erre Shout Out
05:29 Collecting Receipts
14:00 Content Begins: Questions!
14:19 Hannah Erre Shout In
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On Sunday, we learned the silence and solitude that Jesus and the prophets practiced. Kevin Dixon, Tim Timmons and Mike Erre join Suzie Lind to look deeper at the practice and answer questions from our community. Turns out, Taylor was right: You Need To Calm Down.
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01:35 I’m not Milo
01:52 Eyes Up Here
04:55 Unc Emojis
16:38 Listener Questions
43:40 Unc Jokes
Suzie mentions a song in this episode that was written by Vian Izak, a member of the Journey community, in response to Sunday’s teaching. You can listen to it here: https://vianizak.com/latest
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What if a Bible study and a comedy show had a baby? Between bidet jokes and dog stories, the crew dives deep into Jeremiah’s message—what it means to stay faithful when everyone else seems to be missing the point.
They unpack why following Jesus isn’t about saving a nation but living out love wherever you are. Turns out, being God’s people has less to do with borders and more to do with kindness, humility, and maybe cleaning up after your dog once in a while.
—Edwin Rivera, guest commentator
Timestamps:
Content starts, as if you could notice.
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We aren’t rickrolling you: Kevin Dixon, Suzie Lind and Mike Erre are responding to every single textline question this week—live, unrehearsed and on-air. Join them and special guest Seth Erre as we continue to explore Jeremiah’s picture of the church as God’s faithless wife. We know the game, and we’re gonna play it.
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06:28 Pregnant Pause, Halloween
11:30 Content Begins: Textline Fling
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Turn on our pod, relax and float downstream. Suzie Lind, Kevin Dixon and Mike Erre are talking about prophets—and the harm caused by false prophets. Is prophecy about more than the future? Should I pay attention when someone has "a word for me from God'?
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00:00 Intro
00:45 The P stands for prophetic
03:24 Thinking In Song Lyrics
03:56 Superpowers
06:56 Bugged
08:40 ... and dissolve to content
32:15 Why is the podcast so short this week?
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It’s Exile week at NOW as we begin our study of Jeremiah. And, come to think of it, we’re also missing some people on the podcast. Those left behind—Tim Timmons, Kevin Dixon and Mike Erre—are asking what it means to live as an exile in a foreign land.
What did that mean for the Israelites, and how can we apply their experience in our own lives. Also: Mike is disappointed with his eternal body. Suzie Lind is gone, but we got a text from the other side. And, Tim’s leaving out T-shirts for the neighbors on Rapture Day.
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00:50 Who’s recording? Is Edwin missing?
06:39 There’s no video. Where’s Randy?
09:15 The night before Rapture.
11:18 11am gathering: Why did our maps disappear?
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Is it true or just a rumor? Journey NOW editor Grant Opperman joins Tim Timmons, Suzie Lind Mike Erre to explain why the podcast went suspiciously missing last week. Together, they also unpack the differences between how Jesus called people to repentance through love versus how the pharisees did it (hint: not through love). But first, get your tinfoil hat, get away from any electromagnetic energy and wash off those chemtrails: JourneyNOW is revealing the hidden truth in "conspiracies."
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00:42 Alright, Edwin, punch it.
01:15 Conspiracy theories are true.
05:52 Our phones are listening to us.
06:43 Dead birds are real.
08:03 Supplements are real. And they work.
10:31 Cats aren’t real. But they are evil.
17:10 Jesus is gluten-free.
18:51 A conspiracy of content becomes real.
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We're learning about Jesus' orgé anger, a settled opposition that contrasts with the thumos "flying off the handle" emotion we so often feel. Layla Shahmohammedi joins Kevin Dixon, Mike Erre, and Tim Timmons to explore what orgé passion and action looks like in the context of current divisive topics like immigration and abortion.
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1:00 Angry, old men shake their fists at the HOA, the weather, lawns.
4:30 Welcome to the Journey NOW podcast.
10:00 Content begins. Are you angry or just exhausted?
40:55 "So, I'm standing on a ladder holding a chainsaw."
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Each winter, Journey partners with Nashville non-profit Room In The Inn to provide overnight stays and meals for those who have no shelter from the coldest weather. On this special bonus episode, Room In The Inn Community Development Coordinator Mark Campbell and Journey volunteer Steve Mills join hosts Grant Opperman and Suzie Lind to share the background and heart of the partnership. For the Journey community, this effort reflects how we welcome everyone to our Table. If you're curious about participating, don't miss this conversation.
Learn more about Room In The Inn here: https://www.roomintheinn.org
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This week's conversation about discovering Jesus' appeal in our weakness got a lot of people thinking. And talking. And sending questions to our listener line. Rob Gonzalez, Kevin Dixon and Suzie Lind respond and also reflect on Journey's public discussion this week about immigration.
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Suzie Lind, Mike Erre and Tim Timmons reflect on Sunday’s conversation about a Jesus who’s not so compelling to those who don’t think they need Him—and how his kingdom responds to the outsiders and sinners who desperately do.
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00:00 Intro
02:28 The stone has been rolled away
07:09 Maliancholia
13:13 Celebrating Staci King and her family
23:00 And yet, there’s content*
* Content section contains discussion of topics that may not be appropriate for young children.
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This week, we’re talking about covenantal prayer, aligning with God and seeing ourselves as gift recipients rather than entitled people.
But, before Mike Erre, Kevin Dixon, Tim Timmons and Suzie Lind explore covenants, they gotta break a few rules.
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00:00 Intro
00:52 Now we’re turned on
01:45 Kermit juice
02:27 Brad and Seth Erre shout out
05:40 He likes it hot
09:38 Summer highlights
17:30 Massaging the pickleball
19:44 The Mark of the Covenant Content
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