# Ben Derrick — RSS Amplifier

Everything Ben Derrick publishes, via the RSS Amplifier directory.

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## [The God Who is Close](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/the-god-who-is-close)

_2026-07-20 · Ben’s Substack_

Discovering a pattern of presence

## [The Larger Story](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/the-larger-story)

_2026-07-13 · Ben’s Substack_

Living Between Purpose and Resistance

## [Identity Before Explanation](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/identity-before-explanation)

_2026-07-06 · Ben’s Substack_

The Truth We Need to Hear Again

## [The Direction of the Heart](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/the-direction-of-the-heart)

_2026-06-29 · Ben’s Substack_

Where Spiritual Maturity Begins

## [Response: Episode No. 6](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/response-episode-no-6)

_2026-06-18 · Ben’s Substack_

Staying Present Through Avoidance

## [The Life We Avoid](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/the-life-we-avoid)

_2026-06-17 · Ben’s Substack_

Why presence feels harder than productivity

## [Response: Episode No. 5](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/response-episode-no-5)

_2026-06-02 · Ben’s Substack_

Shame, Anxiety, and the Call to Truth

## [Do Not Be Afraid](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/do-not-be-afraid)

_2026-05-28 · Ben’s Substack_

Learning to Obey with Fear Attached

## [The Hustle for Worth](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/the-hustle-for-worth)

_2026-05-12 · Ben’s Substack_

A Conversation with Courtney Layson

## [Response: Episode No. 4](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/response-episode-no-4)

_2026-04-23 · Ben’s Substack_

Formation in Suspense and Incompleteness

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_2026-04-23 · **Sponsored**_

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## [The Space Between](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/the-space-between)

_2026-04-09 · Ben’s Substack_

Learning to trust what’s not finished

## [The Man Who Comes Back](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/the-man-who-comes-back)

_2026-03-31 · Ben’s Substack_

The Quiet Evidence of Real Change

## [A Five-Day Devotional Companion](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/a-five-day-devotional-companion-525)

_2026-03-27 · Ben’s Substack_

Episode Three

## [The Long Walk to the Water](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/the-long-walk-to-the-water)

_2026-03-17 · Ben’s Substack_

Obedience Carried Out Long Enough to Matter

## [When Healing Offends](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/when-healing-offends)

_2026-03-11 · Ben’s Substack_

Why God's Solutions Rarely Arrive the Way We Expect

## [Response: Episode No. 3](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/response-episode-no-3)

_2026-03-09 · Ben’s Substack_

Pain as Insight and the Process of Transformation

## [The Medicine of Pain](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/the-medicine-of-pain)

_2026-03-05 · Ben’s Substack_

A Conversation with Kane Childress

## [A Five-Day Devotional Companion](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/a-five-day-devotional-companion-afa)

_2026-02-16 · Ben’s Substack_

Episode Two

## [But He Was a Leper](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/but-he-was-a-leper)

_2026-02-12 · Ben’s Substack_

Competence, Shame, and the Mercy of God

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_2026-02-12 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Response: Episode No. 2](https://benderrick.substack.com/p/response-episode-no-2)

_2026-02-07 · Ben’s Substack_

Identity Fatigue and the Price of Vigilance