For the past 10 weeks we’ve been exploring When Life Goes East — those seasons when life doesn’t go to plan. From relational breakdown to anxiety, disappointment, and hitting the wall in our faith, we’ve seen that “east” moments are part of every human story. But they’re not the end of the story. In this final message, Dan CLoses with a theology of suffering and hope: that God meets us in our ache, His Kingdom is already breaking in, and our story ultimately ends in resurrection and homecoming.

When faith feels like winter — cold, stripped back, and endless — where do we turn? In this message, Dan unpacks our need for the Good Shepherd who leads us not where we want to go, but where we need to go. He offers three practices for keeping hope alive at the Wall: moving learning from head to heart, praying with honesty and hope, and staying close to the flock.

Faith isn’t just about projects we complete — it’s about the journey of becoming. But on that journey, we will all face the Wall: the place of exhaustion, silence, and disorientation. Join us in this final section of When Life Goes East as Dan unpacks what the Wall is, why it matters and how going through it leads to greater love and freedom.

What can we practically do when relationships fall apart — when life “goes east”? In this message, Dan invites us into the slow, sacred work of reconciliation. Rooted in 2 Corinthians 5, we explore how God makes His appeal through us, calling us to be peacemakers in a fractured world. With practical tools like the Ladder of Integrity and the posture of curiosity over defensiveness, this talk offers hope-filled steps for heading towards peace.

What do you do when a relationship breaks down — when the last conversation hurt, or the message notification makes your stomach drop, or the distance between you and someone feels unbridgeable? In this episode of When Life Goes East, we explore the reasons under the surface why relationships fracture and how we begin the hard, healing work of reconciliation.

Through the ancient stories of Genesis 3 and 4, personal reflection, and pastoral wisdom, Dan openly tries to uncover the hidden emotions and unspoken boundaries that sabotage connection — and discover the God who runs to meet us on the road back home.