The GoodCast

Sleeping At Last is the moniker of Chicago-based singer-songwriter, producer and composer, Ryan O’Neal. The musical genius behind Sleeping At Last joins the show to talk through his love of music and how this collided so beautifully with the enneagram. An incredibly insightful episode for all, especially enneagram type nines as Ryan is a nine. He also gives us some sneak peeks into what the nine song will entail. This episode is packed full of epicness.
Sleeping At Last can be heard frequently on popular TV Shows and Films such as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, Grey’s Anatomy, American Idol, The Fault In Our Stars (trailer), Jane The Virgin, So You Think You Can Dance, Criminal Minds, Bones, Supergirl, The Vampire Diaries, The Ellen Degeneres Show and many more. (Click here for complete list)
Sleeping At Last is currently hard at work on Atlas: Year Two. 25 new songs which explore the themes of human development; senses, emotions and a song for each of the nine unique Enneagram types. We will chat at length on his Enneagram songs on our show.
Show Notes - The Big Ideas

• The Black Hole
• How did Ryan get so involved in music?
• Boundaries are needed in creativity
• The discovery of the enneagram
• Life hacks for enneagram type nines?
• Sneak peeks for the type nine song?
• The enneagram songs?

Jonathan is an award-winning writer on religion, culture, and politics. Jonathan has published more than 3500 articles in respected outlets such as The New York Times, USA Today, Buzzfeed, The Washington Post and Christianity Today. As a respected voice, he regularly contributes commentary to television, print, and radio news outlets.

Jonathan is author of several critically-acclaimed books, including Learning to Speak God from Scratch, Jesus is Better Than You Imagined, and A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars. Additionally, he trains hundreds of young writers through his Write Brilliant course.

Jonathan holds a Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Master of Theology from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. He is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades including the Wilbur Award for excellence in journalism, the Religion News Association’s columnist of the year, and the Englewood Review of Books “Book of the Year” award.
Show Notes - The Big Ideas

• Language confusion
• Why languages die?
• How can we bring them back?
• Reimagining sacred words
• Warning to progressives and conservatives
• How to speak God
• Importance of speaking God
• #blessed

So much good gear in this episode.

Greg Boyd is an internationally recognized theologian, preacher, teacher and author.

He has been featured on the front page of The New York Times, CNN and the BBC along with numerous other television and radio venues. He has authored and co-authored 22 books.

Greg comes on the show to talk through his new recent book 'Cross Vision' where he argues that it is the crucifixion of Jesus Christ which enables us to make sense of Old Testament violence.
Show Notes - The Big Ideas

• Moving from a place of justifying OT violence to looking for deeper meaning
• Is the OT God a god of genocide?
• Understanding Ancient Near Eastern context
• Cruciform Hermeneutic
• A missionary God
• How to read the OT
• The cross being simultaneously outrageously beuatiful and revoltingly ugly
• How do we preach the from the Old Testament

This episode is loaded wth some pretty incredible thoughts. Strap yourselves in.

In this episode Daniel tackles some of the ways we facilitate busyness in our lives and shares some hacks that he has learned to be helpful for him.
Show Notes - The Big Ideas

• It's ok to say no. Learning to say no can be incredibly difficult but Daniel provides some helpful tips in learning to grow in our 'saying no' confidence.
• Discover the things that only you can do... this might seem like a novel or straightforward thought, but it is incredibly helpful.
• Screen time- Monitor you screen time.
  • Limit notifications
  • Be intentional about the your screen time
  • Leave your phone outside the bedroom
  • Get an alarm clock

Here's to all our lives being filled up with less busyness!

Daniel discusses his journey towards embodiment, listening in to the voice of his body, and challenges us to consider what embodiment means for Christianity.