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.
New episodes of the Sound Mind released weekly!
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EP 65 | Don’t Grieve It Before It’s Gone
What if trying to prepare yourself for the end of something good is actually keeping you from enjoying it while it’s still here?
In this final episode of the Stewarding the Good series, Jonathan Kindler explores the temptation to brace for change before it comes. Through stories from a family road trip, childhood Christmas nostalgia, changing friendships, ministry seasons, and the strange pressure to always get “one more” out of a good experience, Jonathan considers what it means to receive a season without trying to make it permanent.
Drawing from Ecclesiastes 7, Matthew 6, and James 4, this episode explores the difference between wise preparation and rehearsing grief, why temporary things can still be deeply meaningful, and how stewardship means caring deeply without confusing responsibility with control.
Whether you’re watching a good season move too quickly, grieving a friendship that has changed, enjoying a period of stability, or simply afraid that the best parts of life are slipping away, this episode invites you to stop measuring how much is left—and receive what God has given you today.
Stewarding the good was never about making the good last. It was learning to receive whatever God places in your hands faithfully while it is there.
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EP | 15: When God Didn’t Stop It
What do you do with the pain God did not prevent? Where do you take the question that lingers, “Where were You?”
In this honest, Scripture-rich episode, Jonathan Kindler sits with the deepest questions that surface when faith and suffering collide. Through a vivid opener and biblical portraits of Hagar in the wilderness, Jeremiah in the pit, and Job in the ashes, he names the tension many believers feel: God did not stop it, yet He has not left. Jonathan clarifies what sovereignty is and is not, why God is not the author of evil, how Jesus enters our suffering, and why faith and grief can live in the same heart.
With clear counsel and five anchors for the season when God feels distant, this conversation gives you permission to ask why, language to pray when words are thin, and a path to steady your soul in the presence of Christ. If you have felt forgotten, this episode invites you to be seen, to be held, and to borrow hope until your own returns.
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