What happens when life doesn’t turn out the way you expected—and you find yourself walking through a season you never saw coming?

In this episode of Encounter + Truth, Shelly shares her story of grief, faith, and discovering the faithfulness of God in some of her darkest moments.

This is an honest conversation about walking with Jesus when life hurts, leaning on the people God places around us, and recognizing that even when we can’t see what He is doing, He has not left us.

As you listen, I invite you to look beyond Shelly’s story and consider what it reveals about the character of God—and what He may be revealing to you through it.

What happens when Jesus moves outside of the expectations we’ve built around Him?

In this first episode of Encounter + Truth, I’m sharing the heart behind this podcast and looking at two encounters with Jesus in Mark 5: Jairus and the woman with the issue of blood. Both came to Jesus believing He could do something—but they approached Him very differently.

Encounter + Truth exists to share stories from disciples of Jesus who have encountered the living God, with the hope that through their stories and biblical truth, your faith will be ignited to seek Him for yourself.

The stories point the way; but Jesus is always the destination.