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Good Books Big Questions is a NavPress podcast where host Karen Stiller talks with authors about their new books and issues of Christian faith.
NavPress hosts Good Books Big Questions, a arts show with 18 episodes published.
We have two exciting updates for you. Our podcast is now on Youtube. You can watch 14 unabridged episodes from Season 1 and 2 on the NavPress Youtube channel. We go even deeper on topics such as self care; getting along
In our last episode of Season 2, we take you to the 2026 Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In amongst the book tables and hubbub, host Karen Stiller sat down with NavPress edit
“An untold story never heals. It just festers.” That’s one of the big motivations Mary DeMuth offers us for reexamining and then sharing our life stories with each other. In her 2026 book Restory Your Life: How Jesus Ref
There are all kinds of negative terms to describe the process of re-examining what it means to be a Christian: Deconstruction. Exvangelical. A crisis of faith. What if we approached this more positively? Marty Solomon sa
Self-care sometimes gets a bad rap. It sounds entitled. But seriously bad things can happen when we don’t take care of ourselves. Ben Espinoza’s new book Good News about Self-Care: How Nurturing Your Soul, Your Self and
If you’ve ever been bullied you know how crippling it can be. After it happened to her daughter London, Heather Thompson Day and London wrote a children’s book called Can I Sit Here? They wanted to give other kids the wo
Where has Derwin Gray had conversations about Jesus? A coffee shop. A golf course. An NFL dressing room. But many Christians don’t do that. This pastor and former NFL defensive back wrote a book called Lit up with Love:
Why does the world need another Bible marketed at women? That’s a question Olivia Eldredge, the Editor of The Message Women’s Devotional Bible asked herself. She grew up in the era of “purity culture” and was deeply diss
Why is it that in life’s worst moments God can feel so distant? That’s where this conversation with author Dominique Young begins. She knows what it’s like to feel forgotten by God. But Dominique has also discovered that
If you follow the news, it’s hard not to become outraged by one group or another. Perhaps most discouraging for Christians is how they themselves are sometimes viewed as hateful. How did the world’s greatest love story b
Season 2’s ad-free episodes are full of bold, loving and sensible conversations about faith. Fifteen episodes drop weekly on Mondays in March and April 2026. Good Books Big Questions is a NavPress podcast where conversat
NavPress editor Deborah Sáenz talks with Karen Stiller about how editors find, woo and work with Christian authors. She shares the story of how she developed a passion for sharing the stories of writers of colour, and wh
How do we stop striving for approval and rest in God’s grace? This is an ongoing question for many people of faith. Author, pastor and speaker Joyce Koo Dalrymple knows what striving feels like, and how tough it is to st
Do we have to sit with Christians whose politics offend and trouble us? Actually, yes, we should, says author Norm Hubbard. Even if it’s really hard. Norm is the author of More than Christians: Practicing Gospel-Shaped C
Do you need to ask God some tough questions? Have you shaken your fist at God or cried out your most honest pain and heartbreak? For Dieula Previlon, the author of Does God See Me? speaking (or maybe even yelling) to God
A lot of talk about women in the church leads to what they should or shouldn't be doing. Kat Armstrong, author of The Storyline Project Bible study series, poses a different and bigger question. In this lively and challe
Can we still find beauty in being a Christian? Or in Christian institutions? Author Jared Ayers was disappointed with the church’s reaction to the growing number of religiously unaffiliated and wrote a book for people in
No one ducks the tough questions about faith on this show. Not the host and not the guests. If you’re disillusioned, doubting, discovering faith, or if you simply want a safe space to dig into some big questions you’ve h
Mary DeMuth
bestselling author and artist
1 appearance on this show
Marty Solomon
Jesus Collective
1 appearance on this show
London
Cinema of Cruelty
1 appearance on this show
Heather Thompson Day
author, communication professor, speaker
1 appearance on this show
Derwin Gray
pastor and former NFL defensive back · Transformation Church
1 appearance on this show
Dominique Young
author, speaker, Bible teacher · Dominique Young Law
1 appearance on this show
Mark Deymaz
founding pastor · Mosaic Church of Central Arkansas
1 appearance on this show
Kat Armstrong
Bible study author, preacher and teacher · Paranormal Exposures
1 appearance on this show
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