Sound Mind is a podcast that invites listeners into immersive, scripture-rich reflections on the mental, emotional, and spiritual realities of life—guided by a biblical lens and pastoral heart
The Host of Sound Mind is Jonathan Kindler is faculty professor of Biblical Counseling at the Living Faith Bible Institute, professional counselor and associate pastor at Midtown Baptist Temple.
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EP 55 | The Garden: When Life Is Growing Slowly
What do you do when growth feels painfully slow?
In this reflective episode, Jonathan Kindler continues The Places We Find Ourselves series by exploring the garden—those seasons where God is working, but the fruit is not obvious yet. Through John 15:1–8 and Psalm 1:1–3, this episode looks at what it means to abide in Christ, stay planted in the Word, and trust the Father’s careful cultivation when change feels hidden, unfinished, or slower than expected.
Blending scripture, counseling insight, personal storytelling, and honest reflection, Jonathan helps listeners recognize that the presence of struggle does not always mean the absence of growth. Sometimes growth looks like seeing the pattern sooner, confessing more honestly, repairing more quickly, and staying near the Vine when the fruit has not come in season yet.
Whether you feel stuck, discouraged, spiritually impatient, or tired of asking, “Why am I not further along by now?” this episode calls you back to a quieter hope: slow is not the same as dead. Hidden is not the same as absent. Unfinished is not the same as fake.
Fruit comes in season.
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