This week on The Sacred Sofa, Brad and Grace wrap up the seven great plotlines with Rebirth—a storyline that doesn’t begin with adventure or catastrophe, but with captivity… those moments when the life we’ve been living simply stops working.

From Nicodemus’ nighttime visit to Jesus 🌙 to Scrooge’s ghostly wake-up call 👻 to Andy Dufresne’s long walk toward freedom 🚶‍♂️⛓️, they explore how fear, pride, and the illusion of safety keep us holding onto identities we’ve outgrown. And how grace often arrives not as a reward, but as a holy interruption.

They dive into the moment of awakening—the crack where light begins to seep in—and the terrifying, beautiful release that follows when control softens and hope steps in ✨.

If you’ve ever felt trapped in an old script or sensed something new stirring beneath the surface, this episode invites you to loosen your grip, welcome grace, and imagine what a “second birth” might look like in your own story 🌿💫.

This week on The Sacred Sofa, Brad and Grace dive into a different kind of tragedy—the slow, self-made kind that sneaks up on us through good intentions gone unchecked. They explore how our greatest strengths—ambition, compassion, confidence—can quietly turn against us when boundaries blur and wisdom gets left out of the story. 🌱

From King David’s downfall 👑 to Walter White’s unraveling to today’s relentless “grindset” culture, they unpack how drive can become obsession, care can morph into burnout, and isolation can creep in under the banner of productivity.

But the story doesn’t have to end there. Brad and Grace also share how to spot the early warning signs, how to reach back toward connection when withdrawal feels easier, and why Jesus’ invitation to the weary might be the off-ramp from a life that’s slowly coming undone.

The Sacred Sofa is taking a little breather this week — because even sacred conversations need time to rest and reflect. 🕊️

Brad and Grace will be back next week with a brand-new episode you won’t want to miss!