2 Pastors and a Mic

If you could sit down with your 18-year-old self, what would you tell them? In Episode 301 of Two Pastors and a Mic, Cory and Channock reflect on the lessons they've learned over the past 20–30 years and the advice they wish they could give their younger selves. From learning to enjoy life while you're building it and letting go of the pressure to impress others, to investing in meaningful friendships, navigating grief, having more fun, and realizing you don't need an opinion about everything...

Did God really abandon Jesus on the cross? And if God is always good, how do we make sense of the moments when life feels anything but good? For our 300th episode of Two Pastors and a Mic, we're celebrating LIVE from the Netherlands with our good friend Jason Clark from Rethinking God with Tacos! Together with our live audience, we explore some of the biggest questions about God's goodness, including what Jesus meant when He cried, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?", the illusion of ...

What would you tell yourself if you could go back six years and have a conversation with the person you used to be? As we approach our 300th episode of Two Pastors and a Mic, Cory and Channock take some time to reflect on how much has changed since they first started recording. We talk about what we thought we understood about God, what we're more and less certain about today, and how our priorities have shifted when it comes to ministry, relationships, and life. We also share some of our fa...

In Episode 298 of Two Pastors and a Mic, Cory and Channock talk about the ongoing process of unlearning old beliefs, behaviors, and patterns—even after our understanding of God, ourselves, and other people has changed. 00:00 - Welcome Back & Netherlands Recap 02:36 - A Listener’s Story That Changed Us 05:13 - Revisiting What We Actually Want 07:02 - Wanting More Peace, Fun, and Freedom 12:04 - What Are We Still Unlearning? 13:17 - When Our Beliefs and Behaviors Don’t Match 14:44 - Breaki...

In Episode 297 of Two Pastors and a Mic, Cory and Channock have an honest conversation about how difficult it can be to figure out what we actually want—and how much of our desires may have been shaped by culture, family, church, other people’s expectations, or an earlier version of ourselves. They talk about things they spent years pursuing that don’t matter nearly as much anymore, wanting validation more than the thing itself, feeling guilty for admitting certain desires, and how our defin...