423: [Formed.] Stop Tricking Yourself. Breaking the Illusion of Control: Tyler Staton on How Pain and Suffering Transform Our Faith

This week, Tyler Staton, lead pastor of Bridgetown Church in Portland, joins us to teach why we need a more robust theology of suffering in our postmodern culture of self-help and self-directed spirituality. Tyler will also share his experience of losing the illusion of control amid his battle with cancer. You’ll learn how God heals and redeems our pain and how we’ve co-opted the Holy Spirit to inflate our egos and agendas.

Guest Bio

Tyler Staton is the Lead Pastor of Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon, and the National Director of the 24-7 Prayer USA. He is passionate about pursuing prayer—communion and conversation with God—while living deeply, poetically, wildly, and freely in the honest and gritty realities of day-to-day life. Tyler believes that justice is kinship, stories are a gift, and prayer is an invitation.

Tyler is also the author of Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools, and Searching for Enough: The High-Wire Walk Between Doubt and Faith. He lives in Portland with his wife, Kirsten, and their sons, Hank, Simon, and Amos.

Dive Deeper

If you enjoy this episode, I’m sure you’ll also enjoy:

• 412: Matt Chandler on Hitting a Wall, The Chaos of Brokenness, Living Emotionally Muted, The Anatomy of a Moral Failure, Finishing Well, and Why We Need a More Robust Theology of Suffering
• 421: [Formed.] Why Am I Stuck and Running in Circles? How a Hardened Heart Blocks Healing and Maturity

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Resources Mentioned This Week

• Healing What You Can’t Erase: Transform Your Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health from the Inside Out
• The Familiar Stranger: (Re)Introducing the Holy Spirit to Those in Search of an Experiential Spirituality

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