Take Courage

In serving those who are vulnerable, we learn about our own vulnerability. In this episode, Matt talks with Jennifer, whose story of adopting a little boy revealed much more to her than she anticipated.

How does flourishing happen in our lives? How do we develop healthy practices when we often participate in things that draw us away from God and others? In this episode of Take Courage, I talk with my friend about a struggle of his that is common to men. Finding a way out of something dark when you are alone is really hard, but seeing the light within a community, helps us get to where we need to be.

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Everybody has been wounded. Some of our wounds leave a scar. They serve as reminders of the pain we've experienced. How do we get over the most difficult of wounds? In this episode, Matt interviews his friend Chip Hardwick, whose mother died when he was seven and whose step-mother ended her life with suicide when he was thirty-one. He shares about his process of healing and what helped him to make it through.

Sometimes we are hurting people and we don’t even know it. Living with Courage means being willing to accept responsibility for our own actions (or inactions) and then commiting to changing and bringing about change. On this episode, Matt talks with AmyJulia Becker, author of White Picket Fences, a nationally acclaimed book about the challenge of privilege. It’s not an easy subject but it’s something we must all think about. Take a Listen! Take Courage!

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Sometimes in life we feel helpless. Where do you turn? What do you do? In this episode of Take Courage, Matt talks about being helpless and talks with a father whose daughter faces a terminal disease. Yet in the midst of struggle, his family not only finds help but as able to help others also.

Parenting is tough stuff. We love our children but sometimes live our own lives through them. When they make bad decisions it can be agonizing. Living with courage means learning how to train them up, let them go and entrust them to God. In this episode, Matt hears a powerful story of both agony and glory from one of his friends, Cole.

Sometimes it feels like we are at the end, with nowhere to turn, without any hope. In those moments, we need to be reminded that we should hold on. Holding on means we believe that better days are ahead even when things are bad right now.

In this episode I interview my friend Jim, who has learned how to hold on despite suffering a great sorrow. He shares powerfully how God has been with him through the loss of his beloved wife of over 30 years. His story is a touching reminder of how we can hold on.

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Matt Miller talks about the blessing of fathers. Everybody needs a loving father but not everyone gets one. In this episode, he interviews his friend Rondell Trevino, who shares his own story of a father he never knew and a step-father he loves but who had his own struggles. Hear how God moved in Rondell's life in a powerful way.

Sometimes we receive gifts we don't really want but sometimes those gifts turn out to be great blessings. In this episode, Matt Miller talks about how seeing what has been given to us as a gift changes our perspective. He also gives some advice on what not to get your significant other for Valentine's Day.

On With You, Matt Miller shares the story of a girl with a blood disease which prevented her from being in the sun. Any exposure would cause great pain and meant her family had to alter their whole way of life. In this podcast we hear her story through the lens of her mom Polly. She shares about how important it was for them to know that God and others were with them. Matt talks about how important it is for all of us to know that Someone is saying I want to be With You.