Beyond Brokenness with Alicia Reagan

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Beyond Brokenness with Alicia Reagan episodes

January 20 Nehemiah Week 2: When Awareness Becomes a Weight
What do you do when God makes you aware of something broken—but doesn’t move you into action right away?
In this episode, we slow down between two verses in Nehemiah that span four silent months. From Chislev to Nisan, Scripture invites us into a season of waiting, restraint, grief, and unseen faithfulness. This is not wasted time. It is formative time.
Together, we explore the theology of waiting, the wisdom of restraint, and the way God matures burdens rather than rushing them. We look closely at Nehemiah’s response to devastating news, why Scripture honors weeping, mourning, fasting, and prayer, and how God prepares His servants privately before He ever sends them publicly.
This teaching also addresses a deeply personal tension many women carry: living inside consequences we did not create. Nehemiah shows us how to face unfairness without bitterness, responsibility without resentment, and calling without presumption.
Finally, we examine what Scripture means by “the good hand of God” and how success is defined not by visibility or comfort, but by God’s presence resting on obedient faithfulness.
If you are carrying a burden that has not gone away, if waiting feels heavy, or if you are unsure when to speak and when to remain silent, this episode is for you.
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53 min
January 12 Nehemiah | Formation Before Assignment
This is Week 1 of our Nehemiah series.
The book of Nehemiah does not begin with rebuilding walls, but with a question that opens the door to sorrow. Before action is taken, Scripture introduces us to a man formed by faithfulness and willing to see what is broken and let it matter.
In this opening episode, we step into the story behind the ruins, exploring how internal brokenness leads to external collapse and how God restores patiently and intentionally across generations. Nehemiah reminds us that formation comes before assignment, worship before security, and prayer before action.
This episode invites us to slow down, name reality honestly, and trust the God who rebuilds from the inside out.
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45 min
January 11 Ministry Update
Today’s episode is a special ministry update from Voice for the Vulnerable Ministries. We share how God has been at work, offer a glimpse into what is ahead, and say thank you to those who have supported and prayed for this ministry. We are grateful to have you as part of this journey.
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12 min
December 24, 2025 Series Finale: The Promise Still Stands
Episode 14 — As the Christmas story draws to a close, we step back to see the larger story unfolding beneath every character and every moment.
In this final episode of Characters of Christmas, we reflect on a God who keeps His promises—forming a people, extending mercy, and bringing salvation to the world through Christ. From Abraham’s call to Bethlehem’s cradle, grace shaped a family marked not by perfection, but by faith. This conclusion reminds us that the Child has come, the promise still stands, and the family of God continues to grow.
10 min
December 23, 2025 Bethlehem: The Small Town Chosen by God
Episode 13 — Bethlehem was not chosen because it was impressive or powerful, but because God chose it.
In this episode of Characters of Christmas, we explore how God entered the world through a place that was small and easily overlooked. Long before Jesus was born there, Bethlehem had been shaped by quiet faithfulness—from Ruth’s obedience to David’s anointing—revealing God’s pattern of working through humility rather than grandeur. Bethlehem reminds us that God still comes where He is welcomed, and that ordinary places can become holy ground when Christ is received.
11 min
December 23, 2025 Anna: Faithful in Worship and Waiting
Episode 12 — Anna’s life shows us that faithful worship can endure long seasons of sorrow.
In this episode of Characters of Christmas, we meet a widow who spent decades in the temple, devoted to prayer and worship as she waited for the redemption of Israel. When Mary and Joseph brought the infant Jesus to the temple, Anna immediately recognized Him. Anna reminds us that waiting is never wasted, that worship forms faithful hearts, and that those who remain devoted in hidden places are often the first to recognize Christ.
10 min
December 23, 2025 Simeon: Holding the Consolation of Israel
Episode 11 — While others hurried through the Christmas story, Simeon waited with patient hope.
In this episode of Characters of Christmas, we meet a righteous and devout man who lived with God’s promise that he would not die before seeing the Messiah. When Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the temple, Simeon recognized what others missed and declared that salvation had come—not only for Israel, but as a light to the Gentiles. Simeon reminds us that God honors patient faith, that waiting is never wasted, and that true peace is found only in Christ.
10 min
December 22, 2025 Herod: Against the True King
Episode 9— Herod was a king who feared losing power more than losing his soul.
In this episode of Characters of Christmas, we turn our attention to Herod the Great, a ruler who believed the Scriptures enough to fear them, but not enough to obey them. When confronted with the news of a child born King of the Jews, his response was not worship, but resistance and violence. Herod reminds us that the greatest opposition to Christ is not political, but personal—and that Christmas ultimately asks whether we are willing to yield our own throne to the true King.
9 min
December 21, 2025 The Magi: Followers of His Star
Episode 8— The Magi were Gentile seekers who followed a star with conviction, not curiosity.
In this episode of Characters of Christmas, we explore who the Magi were, why they recognized the sign of Christ’s birth, and how Scripture preserved through exile led them to Bethlehem. Their journey reveals a God who draws the nations to Himself and meets those who faithfully follow the light they are given. The Magi remind us that true worship requires movement, humility, and surrender—and that when we encounter Jesus, the only right response is to bow before Him.
10 min
December 20, 2025 The Shepherds: The First Evangelists
Episode 7 — On the night Christ was born, God announced the arrival of the Savior not to the powerful or the religious elite, but to shepherds working quietly in the fields outside Bethlehem.
In this episode of Characters of Christmas, we explore how these overlooked men became the first witnesses and messengers of the gospel. Their story reveals a God who draws near to the humble, speaks into ordinary lives, and invites unlikely people into His redemptive work. The shepherds remind us that encounter leads to obedience, that worship transforms ordinary work, and that the good news of Christ is for those who live and labor in unseen places.
10 min

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Welcome to Beyond Brokenness—a podcast hosted by Voice for the Vulnerable Ministries. Hosted by Bible teacher and biblical counselor Alicia Reagan, we gather around God’s Word to explore humanity’s…