The World As We Know It: Recent Episodes
Resonate Church
The World As We Know It is a Resonate Church Podcast. Listen in as Ronnie, Taylor, and Chelsy process and talk through current events in the world from their perspectives.
In our last episode of season 2 Chelsy & Taylor talk about the importance of church and how to find a good church! Come listen to how they both found their current chuch, Resonate, and what they’ve found to be characteristics that are helpful in finding the right church.
Taylor & Chelsy, now both in their 30’s look back on their college experience and their work with college students and give advice they wish they had. Listen if you are freshman, or this is your last semester, but don’t miss out on advice that could make your college experience!
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Who doesn’t love a good book? Chelsy & Taylor share why they value reading and share their thoughts on their most recent reads.
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Money. Can’t live without, so naturally Chelsy & Taylor are here to talk about it! Take a listen to this week’s episode as they dive into their view of money and what they’ve learned about money as Christians.
Who doesn’t love a juicy fight? Most of us. Having conflict is so hard that most of us avoid it all cost. In this episode of The World as We Know It Chelsy and Taylor navigate their own experience of unhealthy conflict and share why they’ve learned the importance of embracing conflict and how to do so in a healthy way.
Ah, love. We all crave it and we all want our happily ever afters. Sorry to burst your bubble but Chelsy & Taylor navigate the daily choice of loving not only your spouse, but your friend, family and neighbor by choosing to not follow the oooey gooey feelings (or lack thereof) but loving like Jesus and choosing to sacrifice for their good every day.
Last episode Taylor & Chelsy talked about emotions. Oftentimes as Christians we are told to hold our anger in or our society around tells us to let it out all the time, but Chelsy and Taylor explore a third option. In this episode they focus on anger and what it means to be angry in a healthy way.
We live in a world that rides on the ebb and flow of each and every emotion. Such a world often leaves us feeling whiplash, hurt and confused. In this ungrounded life our society lives in Chelsy and Taylor talk through their own experiences of becoming emotionally healthy(ish) and how they’ve stopped worshiping the lord of emotions and instead worshiping the Lord who created them.
Taylor and Steven Trantham, church planter in Reno, NV, talk about fasting from any drink but water as we wrap up the season of Lent. Listen in as Steven shares his experience during this Lent and and why giving up Drinks has value.
Time is one of those things that we always wish we had more of, yet this Lent season we are giving it up. Maybe it even looks like giving up that last hour of sleep to wake up and spend it with the Lord. On this episode we talk to morning person and pastor Ben Wenzl on the values of giving up time for the sake of being with God.
Silence - the things most of us try to avoid through the constant stream of noise coming in from our headphones. What does it mean to give up noise and press into the silence? What could we possibly find there? Chelsy interviews Pastor Colin Luoma about the good that comes when we press into the quiet and silent times of our lives to find the sweetest voice - God’s voice.
Is fasting only about giving up food? Listen as Chelsy & Taylor talk with Pastor Chris Routen about giving up other things and how fasting from screens might be healthy and help us understand how quick we are to passify our relationship with God.
As Chelsy & Taylor dive deeper into what it means to fast, they interview Pastor Matthew Young on the significance of fasting from food and what the Bible says about it. They ask the significance of Jesus fasting and look at what Jesus says while he himself fasted for 40 days and why this is so important to the Christian person.
In this episode Taylor asks Chelsy to explain Lent and why Christians observe it.
Both hosts share their take on fasting and define what is and is not, as well as share their own experiences through Lent and how that has shaped their worldview.
We’re back!
After a long break Taylor & Chelsy have decided to continue The World as We Know It, diving deeper into their Christian worldview and explore how they relate to the world around them. Kicking off this episode with a life update and exciting news about a mini series this season!
When Taylor is out of town, Ronnie and Chelsy compare notes on being a Millennial and being a Gen Z-er. Listen in as Ronnie decoded Gen Z for Chelsy, and Chesly weighs in on Millennials for Ronnie.
How much money would it take for Ronnie to shave off his mustache? What kind of character would Taylor be on Dungeons and Dragons? What about aliens and the Dead Sea Scrolls? In this week’s episode our hosts respond to listener questions.
Who runs the world? In this episode Taylor, Ronnie, Chelsy and this week's Guest, Alex, discuss what it means to be feminine, positive and negative stereotypes around femininity, and what it means to be feminine as they share some of their own experiences navigating life, growing and maturing.
What does it mean to be masculine? Cultural tropes around gender are everywhere in the world and media, so it can be difficult to discern what masculinity is, and what it should be. In this week's episode our hosts, Taylor, Ronnie and Chelsy discuss masculinity in culture and responsible masculinity, with this week’s guest— Konnor, “the boyfriend.”
What is it like being a minority in predominantly white environments?
In this episode Taylor shares some of his personal experience being a Mexican-American person in predominantly white spaces, racism, and appropriate responses to cultural differences. Chelsy and Taylor discuss overt, “uppercase ‘R’” racism and more subtle “lowercase ‘r’” racism, how to appropriately understand other cultures, culture shock entering into environments and how to move toward reconciliation.
Are Christians hypocrites? That is the question of discussion for our hosts this week as they share their own experiences both as outsiders and insiders to Christianity.
What does it mean to work from rest and rest from work? In this conversation our hosts discuss the difference between vegging out and recharging and resting well. While it may sound easy to rest, it might just take more work than we think.
In this episode, Chelsy, Taylor and Ronnie talk through their personal experience dealing with poor mental health, becoming mentally healthy and the relationship between personal identity and being mentally healthy. What does it mean to be a spiritual person who struggles with anxiety or depression? What are some of the resources that have helped our hosts?
This podcast episode is not to be taken as professional mental health advice, but is a conversation about the personal experiences of the hosts of this podcast episode.
The resources mentioned in this episode are:
-Headspace app
-Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scizarro
-Shaped by God: Thinking and Feeling in Tune with the Psalms by John Piper
If you are having consider harming yourself call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.
In this conversation out hosts talk about the benefits and pitfalls of social media. How can we be more aware of our own social media usage, habits, and etiquette? What does it mean to be “woke on twitter?” Does social media have negative effects on mental health?
Listen into this wide ranging conversation about social media, and how it affects the way we feel and changes the ways we think and interact.
What makes a friend? What makes a good friend? How do you make friends? This week our hosts talk about modern friendship, the highs and lows of friendship, the challenges and barriers in friendships, friendship between genders, and what it means to choose friendship.
Codependency, catfishing, singleness and sexual relationships. What does it mean to date well? What is the purpose of sex? Listen as hosts Taylor Garnica, Ronnie Hindman, and Chelsy Kessler discuss these topics and more. Follow the World as We Know it on Instagram @twawkipodcast
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Boundaries in Dating by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend
Listen to Ronnie, Taylor, and Chelsy talk about their views on Marriage. Questions like “Should people get married?”, “If so, when?”, and more.
Get ready for some hot takes based on personal and family experience!
Listen to Ronnie, Taylor, and Chelsy’s talk about the current culture around sensitivity and speaking your mind. Are people too sensitive in present-day American Culture? What about globally?
Listen to Ronnie, Taylor, and Chelsy’s views on what happened in 2020, how it affected them, those around them, and globally.
Meet Ronnie, Taylor, and Chelsy. Get to know a little about them, where they came from, and who they are before they start diving into their takes on current events in the world.