2 Pastors and a Mic

Hill City
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Unfiltered, unedited, and uncommon thoughts from 2 pastors figuring it out as they go.

  1. 3d ago

    295. Why Do We Confuse Being Busy With Being Faithful?

    In Episode 295 of Two Pastors and a Mic, Cory and Channock talk about the difference between having a full life and living a hurried life—and whether busyness has become something we use to convince ourselves that what we’re doing matters. They talk about why resting can make us feel guilty, what might come to the surface when everything gets quiet, and whether some of our exhaustion comes from constantly consuming instead of simply doing too much. 00:00 - Welcome to Episode 295 02:27 - Why Do We Always Say We’re Busy? 03:18 - When Busyness Becomes a Sign of Success 04:01 - Does Hurry Describe Your Soul? 05:40 - Can You Have a Full Calendar and Still Be Present? 06:13 - When Did Busy Become Important? 07:56 - Learning to Always Be Busy 09:15 - Why Do We Feel Guilty for Resting? 11:45 - Exhaustion Is Not a Spiritual Gift 12:00 - Does Busyness Make Us Feel Important? 12:18 - What Are We Avoiding by Staying Busy? 13:29 - Why Is It So Hard to Be Still? 14:00 - What Shows Up When Everything Gets Quiet? 15:10 - Are We Tired Because We Never Stop Consuming? 16:18 - Jesus Was Never in a Hurry 16:44 - Interruptions or Invitations? 17:32 - How Jesus Handled Interruptions 18:39 - What Does Love Require Here? 19:35 - What Are You Rushing Through? 19:52 - What Will You Wish You Had Slowed Down For? 20:43 - Be Where Your Feet Are 21:13 - Three Ways to Slow Down 23:09 - The Challenge: Do Absolutely Nothing

  2. Sep 16

    294. Why Do We Keep Trying To Fix People?

    In this episode of Two Pastors and a Mic, Cory and Channock talk about our tendency to fix people, give advice they never asked for, and become more invested in someone’s growth than they are. They also talk about the deeper things that can be hiding underneath our desire to help. What happens when being needed becomes part of our identity? Are we actually offering something to another person, or are we trying to produce an outcome for them? 00:00 - Welcome to the Podcast 02:18 - Why Do We Feel Responsible for Fixing People? 03:52 - Why Is It So Hard to Watch People Struggle? 06:23 - Learning to Have Fewer Opinions 07:41 - When You Want to Coach Everyone 08:52 - What Happens When People Ignore Your Advice? 09:47 - What Do You Need From Me? 12:05 - Are You More Invested in Their Growth Than They Are? 13:40 - You Can’t Do the Work for Someone Else 15:45 - The Addiction to Being Needed 17:21 - Jesus Didn’t Chase People 19:24 - Jesus Didn’t Need to Be Needed 20:54 - Three Questions Before You Try to Help 21:39 - Stop Giving Unsolicited Advice 24:40 - This Week’s Challenge: Don’t Give Advice 25:10 - You Are Loved

  3. Sep 9

    293. Why Are We So Afraid Of Disappointing People?

    In this episode of Two Pastors and a Mic, Cory and Channock talk about where our fear of disappointing people comes from, why someone else’s disappointment can make us feel like we’ve done something wrong, and how much of our lives can be spent trying to manage other people’s reactions. They also talk about the pressure many Christians carry to keep God from being disappointed in them—and why they believe it’s impossible to disappoint a God who already knows us completely. 00:00 - Welcome to the Podcast 01:39 - Why Is Disappointment So Hard? 02:44 - Who Are You Most Afraid of Disappointing? 03:04 - Expectancy vs. Expectation 05:25 - The Fear of Disappointing Ourselves 09:55 - What Happens When Someone Is Disappointed in You? 10:57 - Our Knee-Jerk Reactions to Disappointment 11:59 - Why Does Disappointment Feel Like We Did Something Wrong? 12:41 - Can We Disappoint God? 13:34 - What Happens When We’re Trying Not to Disappoint God? 13:49 - Are You Managing Everyone Else’s Reactions? 14:49 - How Fear of Disappointment Shapes Our Decisions 15:23 - Have You Changed a Decision to Avoid Disappointing Someone? 20:32 - How Many People Did Jesus Disappoint? 22:11 - Emotional Health Sometimes Disappoints People 22:21 - When Love Requires a Boundary 23:22 - Whose Disappointment Are You Trying to Avoid? 23:31 - What Is It Costing You? 23:46 - Let People Be Disappointed 25:01 - God Is Never Disappointed in You

  4. Sep 2

    292. Why Was Jesus So Hard To Offend?

    In this episode of Two Pastors and a Mic, we talk about the difference between being hurt and living offended, why certain criticisms affect us more than others, and the stories we often attach to someone else’s behavior. We also look at the life of Jesus—someone who was misunderstood, criticized, rejected, falsely accused, and abandoned, yet never seemed consumed with defending himself or repairing his reputation. What would change if you didn’t need everyone to understand you correctly in order to know who you are? 00:00 - Welcome to the Podcast 01:07 - Living the 2:6 Life 01:36 - Why Was Jesus So Hard to Offend? 03:44 - What Offends Us More Than It Should? 08:54 - What Criticism Gets Under Your Skin? 12:02 - Being Hurt vs. Being Offended 12:20 - The Stories We Tell Ourselves 13:00 - What Criticism Is Hardest to Hear? 15:13 - Disliked or Disrespected? 17:18 - Why Was Jesus So Hard to Offend? 19:18 - Offense Might Be More About Us 20:11 - Jesus Didn’t Defend His Reputation 22:32 - Jesus Let People Walk Away 23:50 - Being Hurt vs. Living Hurt 24:02 - Do You Need People to See You Correctly? 24:50 - A Practice for Handling Offense 26:27 - Final Thoughts: Knowing Who You Are

  5. Aug 26

    291. Why Does Disagreement Feel So Personal?

    In Episode 291 of Two Pastors and a Mic, Cory and Channock continue the conversation around changing our minds, being wrong, and what happens when the people we love don’t change with us. They talk about why we often assume more people think like us than actually do, why certain people’s disagreement affects us more than others, and how our need for validation can hide underneath our need to convince someone that we’re right. They also explore the connection between agreement and belonging, why disagreement can feel like rejection, how political and theological differences can strain relationships, and what it looks like to stay connected without requiring someone else to see the world exactly the way we do. 00:00 - Welcome to Episode 291 02:13 - Why Do I Need You to Think I’m Right? 03:14 - The False Consensus Effect 04:31 - We Assume More People Think Like Us 06:41 - When Someone Close to You Disagrees 07:33 - Whose Disagreement Bothers You Most? 09:18 - When a Friend’s Disagreement Hits Different 10:50 - Learning to Live With Theological Tension 12:03 - Why One Person’s Disagreement Can Wreck Your Day 12:48 - Social Verification & the Need for Validation 15:03 - Why Disagreement Can Feel Like Rejection 15:59 - When Did Agreement Become Connected to Belonging? 17:12 - What’s Harder: Changing or Watching Others Stay the Same? 20:10 - Losing Friendships Over Politics 20:33 - Does Relationship Require Agreement? 21:40 - What Do We Actually Disagree About? 23:20 - Friendship Can Survive Disagreement 26:22 - Where Do You Need to Stop Needing Agreement? 26:31 - The Challenge: Let a Disagreement Stay Unresolved 27:18 - Choosing Relationship Over Agreement

  6. Aug 19

    290. Why Do We Care So Much About Being Right?

    In Episode 290 of Two Pastors and a Mic, Cory and Channock continue their conversation from last week by exploring what’s underneath our need to be right. They talk about why admitting we’re wrong can feel so uncomfortable, how church culture can turn certainty into a measure of faithfulness, and why disagreement doesn’t have to lead to disrespect or disconnection. They also unpack research on intellectual humility and why people who are willing to consider that they could be wrong are often more curious, more open to opposing evidence, and more capable of maintaining relationships with people who see the world differently. The goal isn’t to stop having convictions. It’s learning to hold those convictions without needing everyone else to agree with us. 00:00 - Welcome to Episode 290 01:27 - Why Do We Care So Much About Being Right? 02:11 - What Are We Really Protecting? 04:54 - When You Can Feel Yourself Needing to Win 06:22 - Would You Change Your Mind If You Had To? 08:19 - What Does Being Right Give Us? 10:18 - What Does Being Wrong Make Us Feel? 11:18 - When Being Wrong Feels Threatening 14:35 - Letting People Believe Differently 17:11 - When Being Wrong Becomes a Spiritual Issue 19:51 - When Certainty Becomes Faithfulness 20:01 - Why Does Disagreement Become Disrespect? 20:52 - Can You Respect Someone You Think Is Wrong? 22:58 - What Research Says About Intellectual Humility 24:06 - The Problem With Staying in Our Own Camps 25:18 - Rapid-Fire Questions About Being Wrong 27:38 - Who Changed Your Mind Without Fighting You? 30:04 - Ask One More Question 31:59 - What’s That to You?

  7. Aug 12

    289. Why Is It So Hard To Change Our Minds?

    Why is it so hard to change our minds? We like to think our beliefs are simply based on facts, evidence, and what makes the most sense. But changing our minds is rarely that simple. Our beliefs can become connected to our identity, our relationships, our sense of belonging, and even our need to feel safe. In this episode, Cory and Channock talk about what actually happens when we begin questioning something we’ve believed for years. They share some of the significant ways their own minds have changed—especially around theology—and why curiosity, safe relationships, and becoming comfortable with “I don’t know” have been so important along the way. 00:00 - We’re Back! 02:25 - Summer Updates 05:38 - Why Is It So Hard to Change Our Minds? 07:10 - The Power of Curiosity 10:11 - When Was the Last Time You Changed Your Mind? 12:02 - Why Our Brains Resist New Beliefs 13:21 - Changing Our Minds About Theology 14:31 - When Beliefs Become Part of Our Identity 15:12 - Confirmation Bias and Scripture 16:16 - Beliefs We Can’t Believe We Once Held 19:33 - What Are We Really Protecting? 21:41 - Our Need for Certainty 23:11 - What Makes Changing Your Mind Possible? 26:35 - Is Changing Your Mind a Sign of Maturity? 27:56 - Why Do We Shame Adults for Changing? 29:10 - What Belief Made Your Life More Beautiful? 30:14 - Stop Asking “Am I Right?” 31:42 - Finding Safe People for the Journey

  8. Aug 5

    288. Reframe Part 5: Is God Really Angry?

    For generations, many of us have been taught that God's wrath is His anger directed toward sinful people. But what if we've misunderstood it? In this final message of the Reframe series, Cory explores one of the most misunderstood themes in Scripture and asks a simple but profound question: If Jesus is the perfect revelation of the Father, what does that mean for how we understand God's wrath? Looking through the lens of Jesus, this message challenges the idea of an angry, punitive God and presents a different picture—one where God's wrath is His relentless love confronting everything that distorts, enslaves, and dehumanizes us. Rather than destroying people, God's passion is aimed at destroying the lies that keep us from knowing who we've always been. Together, we explore: • What the Bible actually means by "wrath" • Why Romans 1 says God "gave them over" • How Jesus redefined God's character • Why the cross reveals reconciliation, not divine retaliation • The difference between fear-driven religion and love-driven transformation • How God's consuming fire purifies instead of punishes 00:00 - Introduction & Why We're Revisiting Reframe 02:35 - My Journey of Unlearning and Relearning 06:20 - Week 5: Reframing God's Wrath 09:28 - From Fear-Driven Thinking to Peace-Filled Living 12:25 - What If Wrath Isn't God's Anger? 15:35 - The Church's View of Wrath Changed 16:19 - God Is Love, God Is Light 17:52 - The Meaning of "Wrath" in Scripture 19:10 - Romans: Wrath as Natural Consequences 21:32 - Jerusalem, 70 AD & Rejecting Love 24:00 - God's Fire Purifies, Not Punishes 25:11 - Jesus Corrects the Old View of Wrath 29:01 - The Cross Reveals God's True Heart 32:04 - The Old Lens vs. The New Lens 33:29 - Living From Love Instead of Fear 38:09 - Closing Prayer & Final Encouragement

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Unfiltered, unedited, and uncommon thoughts from 2 pastors figuring it out as they go.

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    Hill City
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
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