Candid Conversations with Dr. Jonathan Youssef

Quieting the Noise to Find Jesus: feat. Kristen Welch | Episode 310

Episode Summary

Our culture doesn’t just move fast—it demands that we keep up. But what do our souls, our families, and our faith lose when we never slow down? Jonathan Youssef is joined again by author and nonprofit leader Kristen Welch for a deeply honest discussion about busyness, spiritual burnout, and the life-giving invitation to sit with Jesus. Kristen shares how years of faithful work and constant activity slowly led her toward spiritual depletion and how solitude and surrender became the pathway back to intimacy with God. Together, Jonathan and Kristen explore the dangers of equating productivity with faithfulness, the role of spiritual disciplines in a distracted world, and what it looks like to lead and live from a place of rest rather than striving.

Episode Notes

Our culture doesn’t just move fast—it demands that we keep up. But what do our souls, our families, and our faith lose when we never slow down?

Jonathan Youssef is joined again by author and nonprofit leader Kristen Welch for a deeply honest discussion about busyness, spiritual burnout, and the life-giving invitation to sit with Jesus. Kristen shares how years of faithful work and constant activity slowly led her toward spiritual depletion and how solitude and surrender became the pathway back to intimacy with God.

Together, Jonathan and Kristen explore the dangers of equating productivity with faithfulness, the role of spiritual disciplines in a distracted world, and what it looks like to lead and live from a place of rest rather than striving.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear About:

• Why busyness is often celebrated, but spiritually dangerous
• The difference between doing things for God and being with God
• How distraction can quietly create distance from the Lord
• The role of silence, solitude, and Sabbath in spiritual formation
• Learning to listen for God’s voice in a noisy, over-stimulated world
• Creating rhythms and habits that form us toward Christ
• Rediscovering identity as a child of God, not a performer

About Kristen Welch

Kristen Welch is an author, speaker, and the founder of the global non-profit, Mercy House Global. She is currently writing a forthcoming book titled The Little Big Life: Quieting the Noise to Find the Secret Place with Jesus, to be released in the fall of 2026.

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