Episode 419 - Kiss the Fire with Shawn Johnson
WARNING: This episode contains conversations about suicide ideation and may not be suitable for all listeners/viewers.
How do you get back up when life seems determined to knock you down? What does it look like to move toward the fire of adversity and pain in our lives instead of running from it?
For author and pastor Shawn Johnson, the challenges of growing up in a home marked by addiction, battling his own addiction and suicide attempts, and later facing crippling anxiety and panic attacks felt like more than enough fires to walk through. But recently, he found himself facing an entirely new one: an incurable brain disease that has forced him to lean fully into pain, surrender control, and trust God more deeply than ever before. In his new book, Kiss the Fire: 7 Ways to Get Back Up When You Want to Give Up, Shawn shares his journey and offers hope-filled wisdom for continuing forward when everything in you wants to quit.
In this honest and vulnerable conversation, Davey and Shawn discuss how God uses the pain of our past to prepare us for the purpose ahead, why stepping out of hiding and sharing our struggles can be so powerful—especially as leaders—and how community sustains us when new challenges arise in our lives.
If you feel surrounded by the flames of pain, trauma, and uncertainty, this episode will help you keep moving toward hope—and show you how to kiss the fire.
“You can go through really hard things, you can keep trusting God, and you can find joy, peace and life to the fullest in the middle of really hard things if you'll keep running to God— and not away from Him.”
-Shawn Johnson
Website: redrockschurch.com/
Instagram: instagram.com/shawnjohnsonrrc
Facebook: facebook.com/shawnjohnsonrrc/
Book: Kiss the Fire: 7 Ways to Get Back Up When You Want To Give Up
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