BE[different] Podcast

On today's episode, we talk through when it's okay to say "yes" to our kids. For us, we tend to say "no" or "maybe later" more often than "yes". However, we are working on this and have become better by applying four questions when faced to make a decision. By asking ourselves these four questions, we are now able to answer "yes" more often to create memories for our kids. We are confident that they will help you in your parenting too. Bryan shares a story about how not buying cotton candy for our kids made a lasting impact on how he responds to our kids when they ask for something. We call it the "cotton candy effect".

Matthew 7:11
James 1:17

BE[different] Weekend Marriage Experience: If you are a pastor or a church leader, we would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about our weekend marriage experience. The intent of the Weekend Marriage Experience is to have marriages be different as a result of the weekend together. We want to encourage and challenge marriages within the church.

The Weekend Marriage Experience was created for a husband and wife to reconnect and thrive the way God intended their marriage to thrive. We believe in married couples having fun together. We believe in married couples being intentional together. We will laugh together. We will cry together. We will strengthen our marriages together.

Marriage Mentoring: If you and your spouse are looking to invest in your marriage, our 7-week Marriage Mentoring Experience is the perfect way to reconnect with each other. We are now scheduling couples for February and March. Spots are limited!

33-Day Reading Plan: This is the reading plan that we read while separated. This tool began the restoration process in our marriage. We will also send you another powerful resource to help you on your spiritual journey. Both of these resources are free.

Anguished Hearts Journal: Pick up a journal for you and your spouse!

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On today's episode, we kick off season 5 of the podcast! We talk about the season of change. The leaves are falling, Thanksgiving is around the corner, and Christmas will be here in just a few short weeks. Change is inevitable. When change happens, we can embrace the change or resist the change. We talk about how to navigate change and how to have one constant through any season of change.

Hebrews 13:8

BE[different] Weekend Marriage Experience: If you are a pastor or a church leader, we would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about our weekend marriage experience. The intent of the Weekend Marriage Experience is to have marriages be different as a result of the weekend together. We want to encourage and challenge marriages within the church.

The Weekend Marriage Experience was created for a husband and wife to reconnect and thrive the way God intended their marriage to thrive. We believe in married couples having fun together. We believe in married couples being intentional together. We will laugh together. We will cry together. We will strengthen our marriages together.

Marriage Mentoring: If you and your spouse are looking to invest in your marriage, our 7-week Marriage Mentoring Experience is the perfect way to reconnect with each other. We are now scheduling couples for February and March. Spots are limited!

33-Day Reading Plan: This is the reading plan that we read while separated. This tool began the restoration process in our marriage. We will also send you another powerful resource to help you on your spiritual journey. Both of these resources are free.

Anguished Hearts Journal: Pick up a journal for you and your spouse!

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On today's episode, we celebrate Bryan's incredible marathon from this past weekend. Over the past 15 years, Bryan has run marathons all across the United States. On Saturday, he completed his 50th state in our hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. It was the perfect day with so many things coming together better than we could have scripted. We invite you into our celebration and talk through what the day was like. When you focus on something, even when things become difficult, you can achieve exactly what you set your mind to.

This episode wraps up season 4. We will be back on November 9th with season 5!

BE[different] Weekend Marriage Experience: If you are a pastor or a church leader, we would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about our weekend marriage experience. The intent of the Weekend Marriage Experience is to have marriages be different as a result of the weekend together. We want to encourage and challenge marriages within the church.

The Weekend Marriage Experience was created for a husband and wife to reconnect and thrive the way God intended their marriage to thrive. We believe in married couples having fun together. We believe in married couples being intentional together. We will laugh together. We will cry together. We will strengthen our marriages together.

Marriage Mentoring: If you and your spouse are looking to invest in your marriage, our 7-week Marriage Mentoring Experience is the perfect way to reconnect with each other. We are now scheduling couples for February and March. Spots are limited!

33-Day Reading Plan: This is the reading plan that we read while separated. This tool began the restoration process in our marriage. We will also send you another powerful resource to help you on your spiritual journey. Both of these resources are free.

Anguished Hearts Journal: Pick up a journal for you and your spouse!

Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Instagram. Connect with us through our website.

On today's episode, we talk about Bryan's upcoming marathon in Kansas City. 15 years ago this month, he made the decision to run a marathon. He shares the reason for making that decision and then how he decided to run a marathon in each state. The Kansas City Marathon will be his final state to reach his goal. For the longest time, Bryan was running after things that were temporary but now is running with purpose.

Hebrews 12:1-3
Kristian Stanfill | Jesus Paid It All

To support Addyson, Bryan and Shayla's daughter, change the world by providing clean water to kids in Africa, click here.

BE[different] Weekend Marriage Experience: If you are a pastor or a church leader, we would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about our weekend marriage experience. The intent of the Weekend Marriage Experience is to have marriages be different as a result of the weekend together. We want to encourage and challenge marriages within the church.

The Weekend Marriage Experience was created for a husband and wife to reconnect and thrive the way God intended their marriage to thrive. We believe in married couples having fun together. We believe in married couples being intentional together. We will laugh together. We will cry together. We will strengthen our marriages together.

Marriage Mentoring: If you and your spouse are looking to invest in your marriage, our 7-week Marriage Mentoring Experience is the perfect way to reconnect with each other. We are now scheduling couples for February and March. Spots are limited!

33-Day Reading Plan: This is the reading plan that we read while separated. This tool began the restoration process in our marriage. We will also send you another powerful resource to help you on your spiritual journey. Both of these resources are free.

Anguished Hearts Journal: Pick up a journal for you and your spouse!

Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Instagram. Connect with us through our website.

On today's episode, we celebrate the one year anniversary of our podcast. It's been an interesting journey as we have been stretched and challenged to record and produce a podcast each and every week. Through technology challenges and lack of margin at times, we have persevered to put out new content that encourages the listener. Our desire is to have a podcast that is different so you can be different in your life.

BE[different] Weekend Marriage Experience: If you are a pastor or a church leader, we would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about our weekend marriage experience. The intent of the Weekend Marriage Experience is to have marriages be different as a result of the weekend together. We want to encourage and challenge marriages within the church.

The Weekend Marriage Experience was created for a husband and wife to reconnect and thrive the way God intended their marriage to thrive. We believe in married couples having fun together. We believe in married couples being intentional together. We will laugh together. We will cry together. We will strengthen our marriages together.

Marriage Mentoring: If you and your spouse are looking to invest in your marriage, our 7-week Marriage Mentoring Experience is the perfect way to reconnect with each other. We are now scheduling couples for February and March. Spots are limited!

33-Day Reading Plan: This is the reading plan that we read while separated. This tool began the restoration process in our marriage. We will also send you another powerful resource to help you on your spiritual journey. Both of these resources are free.

Anguished Hearts Journal: Pick up a journal for you and your spouse!

Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Instagram. Connect with us through our website.

On today's episode, we talk about navigating the different chapters in life. Sometimes chapters can seem like they go on and on while other chapters seem to come to a conclusion quickly. Friends come and go, experiences come and go, but we can embrace each chapter and enjoy the moment while we can.

BE[different] Weekend Marriage Experience: If you are a pastor or a church leader, we would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about our weekend marriage experience. The intent of the Weekend Marriage Experience is to have marriages be different as a result of the weekend together. We want to encourage and challenge marriages within the church.

The Weekend Marriage Experience was created for a husband and wife to reconnect and thrive the way God intended their marriage to thrive. We believe in married couples having fun together. We believe in married couples being intentional together. We will laugh together. We will cry together. We will strengthen our marriages together.

Marriage Mentoring: If you and your spouse are looking to invest in your marriage, our 7-week Marriage Mentoring Experience is the perfect way to reconnect with each other. We are now scheduling couples for February and March. Spots are limited!

33-Day Reading Plan: This is the reading plan that we read while separated. This tool began the restoration process in our marriage. We will also send you another powerful resource to help you on your spiritual journey. Both of these resources are free.

Anguished Hearts Journal: Pick up a journal for you and your spouse!

Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Instagram. Connect with us through our website.

On today's episode, we conclude our talk about miracles. This is one topic that is probably more real than most of us want to believe or admit. For some, things are difficult. Maybe it’s your marriage. Maybe it’s a loss of a loved one. Maybe it’s a dark secret you’ve lived with for most of your life or an addiction that just won’t stop attacking you. For many, you desperately need a miracle.

We talk through the last miracle that Jesus performed in the book of John. We are going to have a real conversation in our living room as we read these miracles that happened thousands of years ago to see if we can learn anything from them, be inspired by them, and to gain some hope from them.

Regardless of where you are at on your spiritual journey, our prayer is that you can see yourself in our conversation today. We want to encourage you and challenge you exactly where you are and to urge you on to your next step.

John 20:30-31 - Foundation verse for this series
John 21:25 - Jesus did so many other things that were not recorded

Jesus and the miraculous catch of fish

Brandon Lake | Son of Heaven (Live)

BE[different] Weekend Marriage Experience: If you are a pastor or a church leader, we would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about our weekend marriage experience. The intent of the Weekend Marriage Experience is to have marriages be different as a result of the weekend together. We want to encourage and challenge marriages within the church.

The Weekend Marriage Experience was created for a husband and wife to reconnect and thrive the way God intended their marriage to thrive. We believe in married couples having fun together. We believe in married couples being intentional together. We will laugh together. We will cry together. We will strengthen our marriages together.

Marriage Mentoring: If you and your spouse are looking to invest in your marriage, our 7-week Marriage Mentoring Experience is the perfect way to reconnect with each other. We are now scheduling couples for February and March. Spots are limited!

33-Day Reading Plan: This is the reading plan that we read while separated. This tool began the restoration process in our marriage. We will also send you another powerful resource to help you on your spiritual journey. Both of these resources are free.

Anguished Hearts Journal: Pick up a journal for you and your spouse!

Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Instagram. Connect with us through our website.

On today's episode, we continue our talk about miracles. This is one topic that is probably more real than most of us want to believe or admit. For some, things are difficult. Maybe it’s your marriage. Maybe it’s a loss of a loved one. Maybe it’s a dark secret you’ve lived with for most of your life or an addiction that just won’t stop attacking you. For many, you desperately need a miracle.

We talk through one more of the miracles that Jesus performed in the book of John. We are going to have a real conversation in our living room as we read these miracles that happened thousands of years ago to see if we can learn anything from them, be inspired by them, and to gain some hope from them.

Regardless of where you are at on your spiritual journey, our prayer is that you can see yourself in our conversation today. We want to encourage you and challenge you exactly where you are and to urge you on to your next step.

John 20:31 - Foundation verse for this series

1. Jesus raises a dead man - John 11:1-44

NEEDTOBREATHE | Carry Me (featuring Jon Foreman of Switchfoot)

BE[different] Weekend Marriage Experience: If you are a pastor or a church leader, we would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about our weekend marriage experience. The intent of the Weekend Marriage Experience is to have marriages be different as a result of the weekend together. We want to encourage and challenge marriages within the church.

The Weekend Marriage Experience was created for a husband and wife to reconnect and thrive the way God intended their marriage to thrive. We believe in married couples having fun together. We believe in married couples being intentional together. We will laugh together. We will cry together. We will strengthen our marriages together.

Marriage Mentoring: If you and your spouse are looking to invest in your marriage, our 7-week Marriage Mentoring Experience is the perfect way to reconnect with each other. We are now scheduling couples for February and March. Spots are limited!

33-Day Reading Plan: This is the reading plan that we read while separated. This tool began the restoration process in our marriage. We will also send you another powerful resource to help you on your spiritual journey. Both of these resources are free.

Anguished Hearts Journal: Pick up a journal for you and your spouse!

Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Instagram. Connect with us through our website.

On today's episode, we continue our talk about miracles. This is one topic that is probably more real than most of us want to believe or admit. For some, things are difficult. Maybe it’s your marriage. Maybe it’s a loss of a loved one. Maybe it’s a dark secret you’ve lived with for most of your life or an addiction that just won’t stop attacking you. For many, you desperately need a miracle.

We talk through two more of the miracles that Jesus performed in the book of John. We are going to have a real conversation in our living room as we read these miracles that happened thousands of years ago to see if we can learn anything from them, be inspired by them, and to gain some hope from them.

Regardless of where you are at on your spiritual journey, our prayer is that you can see yourself in our conversation today. We want to encourage you and challenge you exactly where you are and to urge you on to your next step.

John 20:31 - Foundation verse for this series

1. Jesus walks on the water - John 6:16-24
2. Jesus gives sight to the blind man - John 9:1-15

BE[different] Weekend Marriage Experience: If you are a pastor or a church leader, we would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about our weekend marriage experience. The intent of the Weekend Marriage Experience is to have marriages be different as a result of the weekend together. We want to encourage and challenge marriages within the church.

The Weekend Marriage Experience was created for a husband and wife to reconnect and thrive the way God intended their marriage to thrive. We believe in married couples having fun together. We believe in married couples being intentional together. We will laugh together. We will cry together. We will strengthen our marriages together.

Marriage Mentoring: If you and your spouse are looking to invest in your marriage, our 7-week Marriage Mentoring Experience is the perfect way to reconnect with each other. We are now scheduling couples for February and March. Spots are limited!

33-Day Reading Plan: This is the reading plan that we read while separated. This tool began the restoration process in our marriage. We will also send you another powerful resource to help you on your spiritual journey. Both of these resources are free.

Anguished Hearts Journal: Pick up a journal for you and your spouse!

Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Instagram. Connect with us through our website.

On today's episode, we continue our talk about miracles. This is one topic that is probably more real than most of us want to believe or admit. For some, things are difficult. Maybe it’s your marriage. Maybe it’s a loss of a loved one. Maybe it’s a dark secret you’ve lived with for most of your life or an addiction that just won’t stop attacking you. For many, you desperately need a miracle.

We talk through two more of the miracles that Jesus performed in the book of John. We are going to have a real conversation in our living room as we read these miracles that happened thousands of years ago to see if we can learn anything from them, be inspired by them, and to gain some hope from them.

Regardless of where you are at on your spiritual journey, our prayer is that you can see yourself in our conversation today. We want to encourage you and challenge you exactly where you are and to urge you on to your next step.

John 20:31 - Foundation verse for this series

1. Jesus heals the lame - John 5:1-15
2. Jesus feeds the 5,000 - John 6:1-13

John 10:10: Jesus gives life and gives it abundantly

BE[different] Weekend Marriage Experience: If you are a pastor or a church leader, we would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about our weekend marriage experience. The intent of the Weekend Marriage Experience is to have marriages be different as a result of the weekend together. We want to encourage and challenge marriages within the church.

The Weekend Marriage Experience was created for a husband and wife to reconnect and thrive the way God intended their marriage to thrive. We believe in married couples having fun together. We believe in married couples being intentional together. We will laugh together. We will cry together. We will strengthen our marriages together.

Marriage Mentoring: If you and your spouse are looking to invest in your marriage, our 7-week Marriage Mentoring Experience is the perfect way to reconnect with each other. We are now scheduling couples for February and March. Spots are limited!

33-Day Reading Plan: This is the reading plan that we read while separated. This tool began the restoration process in our marriage. We will also send you another powerful resource to help you on your spiritual journey. Both of these resources are free.

Anguished Hearts Journal: Pick up a journal for you and your spouse!

Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Instagram. Connect with us through our website.