In this 2025 Year in Review, the crew reflects on the spiritual, emotional, and theological shifts that reshaped our faith over the past year. From deconstruction and grief to clarity, growth, and deeper questions about God, certainty, and identity, this episode explores what it means to evolve spiritually in real time. If you're navigating faith changes or rethinking what you believe, this conversation is for you.

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Episode Chapters

00:00 — "Why 2025 Needed a Reckoning" Setting the tone for a year that demanded reflection.

 04:15 — "What I Thought 2025 Would Be" Expectations vs. reality.

09:30 — "Certainty Cracked This Year" How unanswered questions reshaped my faith.

14:45 — "Grief, Loss, and Spiritual Disruption" When life forces theology to get real.

20:10 — "Deconstruction Isn't Destruction" What I unlearned — and what survived.

25:50 — "Letting Go of the God I Outgrew" Why some beliefs couldn't come with me.

31:40 — "What Stayed When Everything Else Fell Away" The core that remained after the unraveling.

37:15 — "Faith Without Certainty" Learning to trust without needing control.

42:30 — "How Community Changed My Theology" Why growth never happens alone.

48:20 — "What I'm Carrying Into 2026" Hope, intention, and forward momentum.