In this special dual-release episode, The Being Formed Podcast welcomes Jessica Vangsnes, host of the Transforming Us podcast, for the first of a two-part conversation exploring pilgrimage, attachment, and the slow work of spiritual formation.

Jessica is a certified trauma-informed relationship coach, group facilitator, and the visionary behind Transforming Us. Integrating a rich background in ministry, soul care, Gottman 7 principles facilitation, and the Enneagram in relationships, Jess guides individuals and couples away from internal division and toward sacred wholeness with Christ.

Her work is forged in the fire of her own need for wholeness. For 18 years, she and her husband, Travis, have navigated the beautiful, complex terrain of marriage, foster care, adoption, and caregiving. It was through her own profound seasons of pain and personal healing that Jess discovered her calling: helping others tend to the shadowy places of their souls.

Today, Jess lives in South Carolina with Travis and their five children, ages 7 to 20. Jess views every person as a unique reflection of God’s image. Believing that true healing is a collaborative process with Jesus, she helps people unearth subconscious patterns and name attachment wounds, bridging practical psychological tools with spiritual formation.

Part One of our two-part conversation focuses a bit more on Adam's story - from discovering spiritual direction and walking the Camino de Santiago to the lessons learned about trust, embodiment, and the transforming love of God. Along the way, Adam and Jessica explore how the Enneagram, attachment theory, and the ministry of presence can help us move from striving to abiding, from performing for God to walking with Him as a beloved friend.

In this episode:

• Jessica's journey into spiritual formation and soul care
• Lessons from walking the Camino de Santiago
• Pilgrimage as a way of life
• Anxious attachment and discovering God's loving gaze
• Friendship, presence, and spiritual companionship
• Learning to live in the easy yoke of Jesus

Part Two continues the conversation by exploring more of Jessica's story, her journey into attachment work and relational transformation, and the ways God has shaped her through coaching and the Enneagram.

Connect with Jessica Vangsnes and Transforming Us: https://transformingus.org

If this conversation encourages you, consider subscribing to The Being Formed Podcast, leaving a review, and sharing the episode with someone who could use a fellow pilgrim on the journey.

The Being Formed Podcast is a soul care ministry of LifePoint Resources.

Adam Ormord (LifePoint Resources) sits down with author, worship leader, coach, and spiritual director Becky Ykema to discuss her new book.

After more than two decades serving in churches ranging from church plants to one of the largest churches in the country, Becky began noticing subtle patterns shaping ministry culture. Those observations became her new book, Composing Church: Considerations for the Modern Creative Leader.

While written with worship leaders and creative teams in mind, this conversation reaches much further, exploring the formation of ministry leaders, the culture of our churches, and the invitation to become people who lead from authenticity rather than performance.

Whether you're a pastor, worship leader, volunteer, elder, or someone who simply longs for a healthy ministry culture, we believe you'll find encouragement and hope in this conversation.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What it means to "compose" a church culture. • The subtle pressures ministry leaders often carry. • Performance versus presence. • How church culture shapes the souls of those who serve. • Henri Nouwen's timeless warnings about relevance, spectacle, and power. • How spiritual direction has further shaped Becky's understanding of leadership.

Resources Mentioned:

• Composing Church: Considerations for the Modern Creative Leader (by Becky Ykema)

Connect with Becky:

• www.beckyykema.com

Thanks for listening to The Being Formed Podcast. If this conversation encouraged you, consider sharing it with someone who loves the Church and longs to see her become more like Christ.

The Being Formed Podcast is a soul care ministry of LifePoint Resources.

What if the deepest truth about you is not what you do, what you believe, or even what you have accomplished, but that you were created for relationship?

In this solo episode, Adam Ormord explores the idea that we are, at our core, relational souls. Drawing from the work of Richard Plass and James Cofield, Todd and Elizabeth Hall, Trevor Hudson, Henri Nouwen, and others, Adam reflects on the transformative power of loving relationships and why trust sits at the heart of spiritual formation.

Along the way, he shares personal stories of God's faithfulness, explores the difference between knowing about God and knowing God relationally, and invites listeners to consider what it means to live as God's beloved.

Whether you find yourself longing for deeper connection, wrestling with trust, or simply seeking a more experiential relationship with God, this conversation offers a timely reminder that transformation happens in the context of love.

• What it means to be a "relational soul"
• The difference between informational knowing and relational knowing
• Why trust is central to spiritual formation
• How loving relationships shape our ability to love God and others
• The connection between attachment, belovedness, and transformation
• Hospitality, presence, and the ministry of spiritual direction
• Learning to receive God's love more deeply
• The invitation to come home to the Father
• The Sacred Way Community (LifePoint's Cohort-Learning Community)

• The Relational Soul — Richard Plass & James Cofield
• Relational Spirituality — Todd Hall & Elizabeth Hall
• Seeking God — Trevor Hudson
• Reaching Out — Henri Nouwen
• The Life We're Looking For — Andy Crouch

Where in your life might God be inviting you to move from simply knowing something about Him to experiencing it more deeply through trust?

"Perhaps the deepest invitation of the spiritual life is learning to come home - home to the God who sees us, delights in us, and has never stopped watching the horizon for our return."

The Being Formed Podcast is a Soul Care Ministry of LIfePoint Resources.