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Good Books Big Questions

Good Books Big Questions

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Welcome to Good Books Big Questions: Bold, Loving, and Sensible Conversations About Faith

No one ducks the tough questions about faith on this show. Not the host and not the guests. If you’re disillusioned, doubting, discovering faith, or if you simply want a safe space to dig into some big questions you’ve had for a while, you will find good company here.

You’ll discover thoughtful, honest, and civil conversations about the issues that keep us up at night. Also, the occasional laugh – and a level of honesty that helps us all keep our faith alive.

Good Books Big Questions is a NavPress podcast where conversations about books open the door to bigger conversations about life and faith. Together with NavPress authors, we dive into questions like:

  • What does it mean to truly trust God?
  • How can we worship alongside people who think and vote differently than we do?
  • Where do we find joy in the midst of trauma and suffering?
  • How do we get past easy answers and formulas of faith and think about how to navigate some of the toughest stuff in life and still believe in Jesus?

Hosted by Karen Stiller—author of Holiness Here: Finding God in the Ordinary Events of Everyday Life (NavPress, 2024) and The Minister’s Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Doubt, Friendship, Loneliness, Forgiveness and More (Tyndale House, 2020, and an author known for her transparency —this podcast invites you into bold, sensible and loving conversations.

Each conversation blends thoughtful book discussion with big, timeless questions of Christian faith and spiritual growth.

About the Host

Karen Stiller is the author of Holiness Here, The Minister’s Wife, and co-author of Craft, Cost & Call: How to Build a Life as a Christian Writer. She is a writing coach, teacher, freelance editor, and longtime journalist whose work has appeared in Reader’s Digest, Christianity Today, The Walrus, Ekstasis, and more.

For 22 years she served as an editor of Faith Today magazine and hosted the Faith Today podcast. Karen has traveled to South Sudan, Uganda, Senegal, Cambodia, and across North America reporting on stories of the Church around the world. She has moderated debates on faith and society at the University of Toronto and holds an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction from the University of King’s College. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in the Sacred Art of Writing at Western Seminary.

Living in Ottawa, Ontario, Karen brings curiosity, compassion, and candor to every conversation.

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Episodios
  • ‘Can I sit here?’ is a question you never grow out of, says author Heather Thompson Day

    ‘Can I sit here?’ is a question you never grow out of, says author Heather Thompson Day
    Mar 30 2026

    If you’ve ever been bullied – as a child or adult – you know how crippling it can be. After it happened to her daughter London, Heather Thompson Day and London wrote a children’s book called Can I Sit Here? They wanted to give other kids the words to name bullying for what it is and encourage adults to take bullying more seriously. But this conversation with this wise author quickly moves into how to identify and respond to bullying whether you’re a child or an adult; how to apologize for being the bully, and how to truly pray for our enemies.

    Use code GOOD20 to get 20% off Can I Sit Here? at navpress.com. It’s available in hardcover and eBook.

    Visit GoodBooksBigQuestions.com to catch up on all episodes.

    Let us know what you think of the show. Our email address is goodbooksbigquestions@gmail.com And don’t forget to follow, rate and review the show.

    The views and opinions expressed in this recording do not necessarily reflect the positions of NavPress or The Navigators.
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    39 m
  • Why don’t Christians share their faith? asks pastor and former NFL player Derwin Gray

    Why don’t Christians share their faith? asks pastor and former NFL player Derwin Gray
    Mar 23 2026

    Where has Derwin Gray had conversations about Jesus? A coffee shop. A golf course. An NFL dressing room. But many Christians don’t do that. This pastor and former NFL defensive back wrote a book called Lit up with Love: Becoming Good News People to a Gospel Starved World. It’s not so much about evangelism, as about becoming a person who overflows with good news. If you don’t always feel you’re overflowing with love or if you cringe at the thought of talking about your faith, this conversation might be especially for you.

    Derwin L. Gray is an author, speaker, Lead Pastor at Transformation Church, podcaster and former NFL player.

    Use code GOOD20 to get 20% off Lit Up With Love at navpress.com. It’s available as an Audiobook, eBook and Softcover.

    Visit GoodBooksBigQuestions.com to catch up on all episodes.

    Let us know what you think of the show. Our email address is goodbooksbigquestions@gmail.com And don’t forget to follow, rate and review the show.

    The views and opinions expressed in this recording do not necessarily reflect the positions of NavPress or The Navigators.
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    39 m
  • Bring doubts and honest wrestling to Bible reading, says Message editor Olivia Eldredge

    Bring doubts and honest wrestling to Bible reading, says Message editor Olivia Eldredge
    Mar 16 2026

    Why does the world need another Bible marketed at women? That’s a question Olivia Eldredge, the Editor of The Message Women’s Devotional Bible asked herself. She grew up in the era of “purity culture” and was deeply dissatisfied with much of the Christian content created for women. “It ignores questions I had about Scripture,” she says, “hard questions about how women are mistreated and portrayed.” The introduction to this new devotional Bible bravely declares: “This would be a no-holds-barred project. No question silenced. No difficult topic given shallow treatment. We would name hard things.” And it does. This is a Bible that includes content warnings before stories of rape and abuse. The devotionals by women, like this conversation with Olivia, wrestle with hard questions and come away with hopeful answers.

    Olivia Eldredge is the Editor for The Message Bible from NavPress.

    Use code GOOD20 to get 20% off The Message: Women’s Devotional Bible at navpress.com. It is available as an eBook and in a beautiful leatherbound hard copy.

    Visit GoodBooksBigQuestions.com to catch up on all episodes.

    Let us know what you think of the show. Our email address is goodbooksbigquestions@gmail.com And don’t forget to follow, rate and review the show.
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    38 m
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