Holy Unhappiness with Amanda Held Opelt

About Holy Unhappiness with Amanda Held Opelt

Conversations about the expectations we have of what the life of faith will feel like. Each week Amanda Held Opelt (author of the book Holy Unhappiness: God, Goodness, and the Myth of the Blessed Life) will interview writers, pastors, artists, and friends about the myths we believe about "the good life." Together, we'll reimagine what blessing can look like when we are willing to look beyond our culture's definitions of happiness and success. Here we make space for grief, lament, weariness, and restlessness, trusting that even our unhappiness has something to teach us about ourselves, about God, and about the world around us.

Publisher

Amanda Held Opelt

Category

arts · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Jun 2023

Latest episode

14 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

28 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Jan 2025

   Episode 27 - When Disaster Strikes - with Josie Gwin

   Josie Gwin, CEO of The Resilience Resource, discusses the emotional impact of disasters with Amanda Held Opelt and how individuals can process and respond to crises in healthy ways in this interview.

2. 

   22 Dec 2024

   Advent 2024 Week 4 - Love with Kendall Vanderslice

   Amanda Held Opelt interviews Kendall Vanderslice, baker and theologian, about experiencing and offering love through food during the final week of Advent, exploring traditions of Christmastide and Epiphany.

3. 

   15 Dec 2024

   Advent 2024 Week 3 - Joy with Corey Frey

   Artist and poet Corey Frey explores the cultivation of joy through curiosity and imagination, revealing how embracing paradox and mystery can restore our capacity for wonder in this interview with Amanda Held Opelt.

Who has been a guest on Holy Unhappiness with Amanda Held Opelt

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Josie Gwin
• Kendall Vanderslice
• Corey Frey
• Rich Villodas
• Ian Harber

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 15 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

10

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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