What do you do when the ground shakes beneath you, and God feels far away? In this message from our Summer in the Psalms series, Pastor Rob walks through Psalm 23 not just as a comforting verse to memorize, but as a lived reality, sharing the raw story of his wife's high-risk hospitalization and their son's premature birth at 29 weeks, and the 43 days that followed in the NICU.

Through Scripture in Genesis, Exodus, the Gospels, Joshua, and the Psalms, we see that God's presence has never depended on our comfort or our circumstances. He was walking in the garden with Adam and Eve, leading Israel out of slavery, dwelling among us as Emmanuel, and promising to never leave or forsake us. The same is true today, whether you're walking through a NICU, a financial crisis, a broken marriage, or simply an ordinary Tuesday.

This message is an invitation to stop chasing green pastures and start pursuing the Shepherd himself, to let "God is with me" be the first sentence you speak in a hard season, not the last resort. And if you don't yet know him, it's an open door to meet him today.

We were supposed to be on summer break… but we got new chairs, and they were too good not to sit in.

In this bonus mid-summer check-in of What Do You Want to Know?, Venus and Pastor David Martin pause vacation for a laid-back catch-up on everything that's happened since Season 1 wrapped — from the gifted studio chairs (that Aurora the cat immediately threw up on) to the four Auroras in Venus's house, David's near-record flood at student camp on the Frio River, preaching while babysitting his grandson River, Venus's slow slide into "crunchy" motherhood, a very concerning dentist story, and a real conversation about doom scrolling, OCD, and knowing when to close the internet.

This conversation covers everything from the story behind Venus's daughter's name, to David's cabin with the tin roof, to the Bible Diet book, artificial dyes, data centers, and why they've both had to learn to stop Googling.

If you've missed the show, wondered when Season 2 drops (September 6), or want the scoop on the new "Dear Abby"–style segment and the brand new merch — this one's for you.

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