Aging Well: An Intentional Vision for the Next Decade

What does it mean to enter the final third of life with intention?   In this reflective episode, Gem shares about a personal season of reset as she approaches sixty. Through the lens of Christian spiritual formation, she explores four guiding words for her next decade: freedom, meaningful work, r…

When God Seems Distant (Kyle Strobel)

What do we do when God no longer feels as close as He used to feel? Many sincere believers experience seasons when prayer feels empty, Scripture feels quiet, and God seems strangely absent. For leaders especially, those seasons can feel confusing, discouraging, and even shameful. In this episode …

When Your Faith Feels Dry (And How God Meets You There) w/ Tish Harrison Warren

What do you do when your faith feels dry and your prayers feel empty?   In this episode, Gem Fadling sits down with author and Anglican priest Tish Harrison Warren to explore the reality of spiritual dryness, burnout, and what the Christian tradition calls “aridity.” Drawing from her book, What G…

Tending the Life Beneath Your Leadership

Much of what we long to see in leadership—trust, depth, resilience, and lasting fruit—simply does not grow well in a hurry.   In this episode of the Unhurried Living Podcast, Alan Fadling reflects on insights from Wendell Berry to explore a different way of leading. Instead of pushing for results…

Sustainable Spiritual Influence: Reservoir Leadership

What if sustainable leadership begins not with strategy but with fullness?   In this episode, Gem Fadling reflects on Bernard of Clairvaux’s image of the reservoir and contrasts it with the canal model of leadership. Looking at the example of Jesus, who often withdrew to pray despite growing dema…

Your Desires Are Trying to Tell You Something (with Jay Stringer)

Many of us have learned to live at odds with our own desires. Some of us follow them wherever they lead. Others try to suppress or manage them. Either way, desire can begin to feel like something we don’t quite trust.   In this episode of the Unhurried Living Podcast, Alan Fadling sits down with …

What Prison Ministry Teaches Us About God (Heather Rice-Minus)

In this episode, Gem sits down with Heather Rice-Minus, President and CEO of Prison Fellowship, to explore what it means to follow Jesus in places that are complex, urgent, and often overlooked.   Heather shares how her calling into justice and prison ministry unfolded, from advocacy work that he…

The Inner Conversion of a Leader

Many Christian leaders begin their journey asking an important question: What can I accomplish for God?   But over time, a deeper question begins to emerge: What is God actually asking me to do?   In this episode of the Unhurried Living Podcast, Alan Fadling reflects on what he calls the inner …

The Paradigms Shaping Your Spiritual Life

What central paradigms are shaping your faith in this season?   In this reflective episode, Gem Fadling explores the foundational beliefs that influence how we see God, ourselves, and others. From understanding God as love to rethinking time, character, leadership, and presence, this conversation…

How Leaders Lose Their Way — A Conversation with Peter Greer

Leadership failures rarely happen all at once. More often, they begin quietly—with small compromises, hurried lives, and a gradual drift away from the presence of God. In this episode, Alan talks with Peter Greer, president and CEO of HOPE International and coauthor of the new book How Leaders Lo…