The Digital Examen InterVarsity Press

An examined life is a thoughtful life. Yet, it is not a life where we merely think of God. Instead, we are called to consider all of reality alongside God.
In this season's finale, Jay Y. Kim concludes with a sincere word of gratitude to the engaged listeners and insightful guests who've made this journey enlivening and reorienting. With a pastoral tone, Kim invites us to fix our thoughts on the God who continually thinks lovingly of us.
He reminds us that the mind of Christ is available to us, as God invites us to notice and enjoy his presence with us here and now. 
We pray this season offers you a clearer vision of an examined life that is stilled on God and meaningful steps towards living at the pace of peace.
Download a reflective guide to The Examen.
This episode highlights the following themes:
The power of living with our thoughts fixed on GodFinding moments of quiet in a fast-paced worldInviting God into every aspect of our lives Link from this episode:
Read Renovated by Jim WilderRead the transcript hereThe world is full of noise. Many are exhausted by the cacophony and chaos of the modern, digital age, where peace is scarce and self-reflection is infrequent. In “The Digital Examen”, a new podcast from IVP, author and pastor Jay Y. Kim converses with a variety of leaders, pastors, and scholars who are working to reorient their lives in the direction of listening, tuning their hearts and minds to hear the voice of God in all of its clarity, kindness, and strength.
Learn more about your host, Jay Y. Kim
Read Analog Church and Analog Christian by Jay Y. Kim
Links and Credits
✅ Special offer: Visit ivpress.com and use the code IVPOD25 for 25% off any IVP resource mentioned in this episode.
✅ Producers: Helen Lee, Travis Albritton, and Andrew Bronson
✅ Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts
✅ Social Media Manager: Allie Noble
✅ Production Assistants: Christine Pelliccio and Isis Toldson
✅ Podcast Art: Kate Lillard
✅ Theme Song: "For They Will Inherit the Earth" by Stephen Keech
Disclaimer: The comments, views, and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and/or the guests featured on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of InterVarsity Press or InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

Why is it so hard to make space to hear God’s comforting, loving voice in a world filled with daily pressures and burdens? How do we release ourselves from a spirituality based on “doing” the right things and instead focus on being in God’s presence? It is as we grow to love God’s voice which can fill us with his good gifts of encouragement, reassurance, peace, and hope that we can withstand and resist the cultural pressures around us.
In this episode, host Jay Y. Kim is joined by Kristel Acevedo, spiritual formation director at Transformation Church in South Carolina and co-author of the teen devotional 3 Big Questions That Shape Your Future. Through thoughtful conversation with Kim, Acevedo encourages us to invite God into our often overly-hurried days, embrace all of life as an act of worship, and make time to simply “be” with Jesus.
Drawing from her experience as a youth leader, Acevedo comments on the unique strengths and challenges of teens today and extols Gen Z’s pursuit of sincerity and communal health, traits that can be a model for Christians of all ages.
Listen in to learn how to pause, notice, and surrender to God’s active work in our lives, experience the easy burden Jesus promises, and grow into being full participants in his missional call.
Download a reflective guide to The Examen.
This episode highlights the following themes:
Spiritual formation in teenagers amid a culture of distractionsLiving a lifestyle of worship and obedience to scriptureThe impact of cultural and political idolatry on spiritual formationLinks from this episode:
Get to know more about Kristel AcevedoRead 3 Big Questions That Shape Your Future by Kara Powell, Kristel Acevedo and Brad M Griffin Read the transcript hereThe world is full of noise. Many are exhausted by the cacophony and chaos of the modern, digital age, where peace is scarce and self-reflection is infrequent. In “The Digital Examen”, a new podcast from IVP, author and pastor Jay Y. Kim converses with a variety of leaders, pastors, and scholars who are working to reorient their lives in the direction of listening, tuning their hearts and minds to hear the voice of God in all of its clarity, kindness, and strength.
Learn more about your host, Jay Y. Kim
Read Analog Church and Analog Christian by Jay Y. Kim
Links and Credits
✅ Special offer: Visit ivpress.com and use the code IVPOD25 for 25% off any IVP resource mentioned in this episode.
✅ Producers: Helen Lee, Travis Albritton, and Andrew Bronson
✅ Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts
✅ Social Media Manager: Allie Noble
✅ Production Assistants: Christine Pelliccio and Isis Toldson
✅ Podcast Art: Kate Lillard
✅ Theme Song: "For They Will Inherit the Earth" by Stephen Keech
Disclaimer: The comments, views, and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and/or the guests featured on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of InterVarsity Press or InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

More often than not, we approach reading Scripture as a simple means to an end, or a task on our spiritual checklist, instead of as a living text and lens through which to see our lives. How can we become people who meditate on God’s Word day and night out of both habit and delight?
In this episode, host Jay Y. Kim converses with scholar and co-founder of the Bible Project, Dr. Tim Mackie. Together, they explore how immersing ourselves in the communal, family story of Scripture can help us perceive God’s voice. Mackie also shares his pastoral background and personal journey of learning about and loving God’s word, revealing recent experiences that have fundamentally changed his understanding of what it means to be with God in the here and now.
This conversation invites us to approach the Bible not as a mere intellectual exercise, but as a slow, generative way to encounter God, be formed by his truth, and reshape how we view ourselves, others, and the world around us. Tune in to this thought-provoking episode to unearth delight and wonder in your reading and study of God’s word. 
Download a reflective guide to The Examen.
This episode highlights the following themes:
The Bible as a unified story that leads to JesusEngaging with Scripture as meditation literatureThe personal and communal impact of biblical meditationLinks from this episode:
Get to know more about Dr. Tim MackieSubscribe to Dr. Mackie’s YouTube ChannelLearn more about Bible ProjectRead the transcript hereThe world is full of noise. Many are exhausted by the cacophony and chaos of the modern, digital age, where peace is scarce and self-reflection is infrequent. In “The Digital Examen”, a new podcast from IVP, author and pastor Jay Y. Kim converses with a variety of leaders, pastors, and scholars who are working to reorient their lives in the direction of listening, tuning their hearts and minds to hear the voice of God in all of its clarity, kindness, and strength.
Learn more about your host, Jay Y. Kim
Read Analog Church and Analog Christian by Jay Y. Kim
Links and Credits
✅ Special offer: Visit ivpress.com and use the code IVPOD25 for 25% off any IVP resource mentioned in this episode.
✅ Producers: Helen Lee, Travis Albritton, and Andrew Bronson
✅ Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts
✅ Social Media Manager: Allie Noble
✅ Production Assistants: Christine Pelliccio and Isis Toldson
✅ Podcast Art: Kate Lillard
✅ Theme Song: "For They Will Inherit the Earth" by Stephen Keech
Disclaimer: The comments, views, and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and/or the guests featured on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of InterVarsity Press or InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

The foundations for a lifelong faith begin not in children’s ministry or church programs, but with parents. In a world that pushes us to be distracted, disengaged, and anxious, how can we instead disciple our children from a place of peace, attentiveness, and responsiveness to the Holy Spirit’s work in our family? 
In this episode, Jay Y. Kim is joined by Sarah Cowan Johnson, a ministry trainer, consultant, coach, and author of Teach Your Children Well. Together they explore effective strategies for everyday family discipleship and discuss how parents can be expectant and aware of God’s presence and ongoing work in their children. Drawing on her extensive ministry experience, Johnson emphasizes the importance of parents leading the way in their children’s spiritual formation through attentiveness, countercultural choices, and intentionality in the ordinary moments of family life.
Kim and Johnson also dissect social media’s harmful effects on the wellbeing of youth and encourage parents to create age-appropriate opportunities for their children to learn the spiritual skill of discernment.
Tune in to glean wisdom and approachable practices for raising your children well in an overly-hectic and technology-driven world.
Download a reflective guide to The Examen.
This episode highlights the following themes:
The role of discernment in managing technology's impact on child developmentIntegrating spiritual practices into everyday routines through 'habit stacking'Redefining parental success through the lens of eternal values rather than societal pressuresLinks from this episode:
Get to know more about Sarah Cowan JohnsonOrder Johnson’s book, Teach Your Children WellFollow Sarah Cowan Johnson on InstagramRead The Tech-Wise Family by Andy CrouchVisit Dr. Jean Twenge’s websiteVisit Jonathan Haidt’s websiteWatch Soul Searching: A Movie About Teenagers and God, directed by Richard Eaton & Michael Eaton, and co-directed by Christian SmithRead the transcript hereThe world is full of noise. Many are exhausted by the cacophony and chaos of the modern, digital age, where peace is scarce and self-reflection is infrequent. In “The Digital Examen”, a new podcast from IVP, author and pastor Jay Y. Kim converses with a variety of leaders, pastors, and scholars who are working to reorient their lives in the direction of listening, tuning their hearts and minds to hear the voice of God in all of its clarity, kindness, and strength.
Learn more about your host, Jay Y. Kim
Read Analog Church and Analog Christian by Jay Y. Kim
Links and Credits
✅ Special offer: Visit ivpress.com and use the code IVPOD25 for 25% off any IVP resource mentioned in this episode.
✅ Producers: Helen Lee, Travis Albritton, and Andrew Bronson
✅ Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts
✅ Social Media Manager: Allie Noble
✅ Production Assistants: Christine Pelliccio and Isis Toldson
✅ Podcast Art: Kate Lillard
✅ Theme Song: "For They Will Inherit the Earth" by Stephen Keech
Disclaimer: The comments, views, and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and/or the guests featured on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of InterVarsity Press or InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

Christians may believe, intellectually and theologically, that God is ever-present. But is our lived experience one that recognizes and relies on God’s radical availability? On any given day, at any given moment, how much do any of us recognize the nearness and wellspring of God’s love, grace, and mercy?
In this episode, host Jay Kim converses with Rich Villodas, lead pastor of New Life Fellowship and an influential voice in spiritual formation. Together, they explore insights from Villodas's discipleship journey and his vision for a life of peace that draws deeply from God’s presence and loving attentiveness.
With insights from his latest book, Good and Beautiful and Kind, Villodas challenges us to meet God’s grace with personal effort to encounter him, whether daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly, and provides practical guidance from his own spiritual rhythms.
Tune in to learn everyday practices that can help your interior life flourish and increase your awareness of God’s presence, available to you at every moment.
Download a reflective guide to The Examen.
This episode highlights the following themes:
The multi-layered nature of sin as a failure to love, beyond mere rule-breakingThe balance between grace and effort in experiencing God’s presencePractical ways to live in sacrificial love, rooted in the example of JesusLinks from this episode:
Get to know more about Rich VillodasOrder Villodas’ book, Good and Beautiful and KindRead Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Pete ScazzeroCheck out New Life FellowshipRead the transcript hereThe world is full of noise. Many are exhausted by the cacophony and chaos of the modern, digital age, where peace is scarce and self-reflection is infrequent. In “The Digital Examen”, a new podcast from IVP, author and pastor Jay Y. Kim converses with a variety of leaders, pastors, and scholars who are working to reorient their lives in the direction of listening, tuning their hearts and minds to hear the voice of God in all of its clarity, kindness, and strength.
Learn more about your host, Jay Y. Kim
Read Analog Church and Analog Christian by Jay Y. Kim
Links and Credits
✅ Special offer: Visit ivpress.com and use the code IVPOD25 for 25% off any IVP resource mentioned in this episode.
✅ Producers: Helen Lee, Travis Albritton, and Andrew Bronson
✅ Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts
✅ Social Media Manager: Allie Noble
✅ Production Assistants: Christine Pelliccio and Isis Toldson
✅ Podcast Art: Kate Lillard
✅ Theme Song: "For They Will Inherit the Earth" by Stephen Keech
Disclaimer: The comments, views, and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and/or the guests featured on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of InterVarsity Press or InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

How can we avoid burnout, live in peace, and grow in greater awareness of God’s presence with us? 
In a world that vies for our attention with relentless distractions, practicing Christian mindfulness may offer a way of resistance and renewal. 
In this episode, host Jay Y. Kim welcomes Dr. Regina Trammel, a licensed therapist, respected academic, and the author of The Counselor's Guide to Christian Mindfulness. As a second-generation Chinese-American, Dr. Trammel draws from familial and cultural practices, her clinical experience, and her Christian faith to present an enriching understanding of Christian mindfulness.
Together, Kim and Dr. Trammel explore the profound connection between trust, peace, and presence, as well as the essential way in which the body, soul, and mind are integratively united and in need of God’s rejuvenative care. 
Tune in to learn transformative practices that have the power to form us into people characterized by peace.
Download a reflective guide to The Examen.
This episode highlights the following themes:
Christian mindfulness as a transformative practiceThe battle against the digital age's distractionsPeace as a state of being versus a fleeting emotionLinks from this episode:
Get to know more about Regina TrammelFollow Regina on InstagramRead The Counselor's Guide to Christian Mindfulness by Regina TrammelRead the transcript hereThe world is full of noise. Many are exhausted by the cacophony and chaos of the modern, digital age, where peace is scarce and self-reflection is infrequent. In “The Digital Examen”, a new podcast from IVP, author and pastor Jay Y. Kim converses with a variety of leaders, pastors, and scholars who are working to reorient their lives in the direction of listening, tuning their hearts and minds to hear the voice of God in all of its clarity, kindness, and strength.
Learn more about your host, Jay Y. Kim
Read Analog Church and Analog Christian by Jay Y. Kim
Links and Credits
✅ Special offer: Visit ivpress.com and use the code IVPOD25 for 25% off any IVP resource mentioned in this episode.
✅ Producers: Helen Lee, Travis Albritton, and Andrew Bronson
✅ Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts
✅ Social Media Manager: Allie Noble
✅ Production Assistants: Christine Pelliccio and Isis Toldson
✅ Podcast Art: Kate Lillard
✅ Theme Song: "For They Will Inherit the Earth" by Stephen Keech
Disclaimer: The comments, views, and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and/or the guests featured on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of InterVarsity Press or InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.