{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Overflow","title":"The Christmas Episode","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e7060bcd\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2301,"description":"Christmas is meant to be a season of joy, celebration, and deep connection, but for many families it becomes stressful, disappointing, or emotionally heavy. In this episode Brandon and Susan walk through 7 common Christmas traps that quietly steal our joy: unrealistic expectations, greed, comparison, relational tension, nostalgia, and grief.\nQUESTIONS:\nHow have expectations impacted your past holiday experiences, both positively or negatively?\nWhere do nostalgia or grief tempt you to miss what God is doing now?\nWhat practical steps can you take this year to keep Jesus at the center of Christmas?\nREAD MORE:\n1 Peter 4:8 — “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”\nJames 1:17 — “Every good and perfect gift is from above…”\nLuke 2:10–11 — “I bring you good news of great joy…”\nExodus 20:17 — “You shall not covet…”\n1 Thessalonians 4:13 — Grieving with hope, not without it\nPhilippians 4:11–13 — Learning contentment in every season\nColossians 3:2 — Setting minds on things above","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eTmMKc-Y_5S7FsXZdcsTWBKoA5-k3EJsU_eTDeSZWwU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iNzY4/MGQ5ZWMyZDEzYmRl/ZThmZDk0NjhkODU4/ZmM2My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}