Tasted + Seen

At some point or another, the devil comes to attack our identity. Each and every one of us will come to a point in our lives where we question who we are and why we were place on this earth. Our cousin, Thaddeus Coop, has recently embarked on his own journey of discovering his identity in King Jesus. We are so thankful that God is redeeming his story, and that this episode is just the beginning of what God is going to do with Thadd. Join us as we chat about real life struggles, and how the love of Jesus and His Church is stronger than the lies of the devil.

Reagan spent her whole summer serving on camp teams for York University. She soaked up so much wisdom and encouragement from multiple leaders at various church camps, leaving her on spiritual mountaintop. In our next episode, Reagan shares how her christian counselor helped adjust back to everyday life. We know that there is a stigma that comes with Christians going to counseling, so we dove right in and chatted about the good stuff.

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There are so many times that, in the midst of darkness, we feel as though hope is lost. This darkness makes it really easy to fall into a rapid spiral of unhealthy habits and negative thinking patterns. Becca Lillie opens up and shares her struggles in her darkest moments. Our faithful God used different people, and different messages, at different times, to begin a beautiful work in Becca, She is able to look back now and say that her battle was worth fighting. God is using Becca and her story to bring glory to His name!

This episode is like a breath of fresh air. Becca, a senior studying Biblical communications at Ozark Christian College, has an incredible attitude towards God and the things He asks her to do. God keeps putting Becca in uncomfortable situations, and rather than focusing on the unknown, Becca walks in confidence because she knows that Jesus is her constant companion. She has experienced the joy of participating in what God is doing across the world, and that joy radiates out of her. We are so thankful for Becca's "yes" to Jesus and His work.

Living your life for Jesus is the most influential thing you can do. Influence can be multigenerational. Adam Wehrman, a middle school math teacher, desires to be the godly influence that public school students are looking for. The most important legacy we can leave is the legacy of the love and truth found in King Jesus. We were greatly encouraged to hear how God is providing opportunities for Adam to be a godly influence for his students.

Morgan Smith gets vulnerable about what God has taught her about servanthood. When she was convicted about her motive for serving others, she wanted to change. Seeing Jesus as the ultimate example of servanthood, transformed her heart and motives. Serving people out of love for them and for the Lord, leads to beautiful opportunities to be the hands and feet of Jesus in a broken world.

Jared Stark, The Interim President of York University, comes on the podcast and shares about the blessings that he has experienced since deciding to go all in with Jesus. Jared has such a heart for ministry. He also has such a special opportunity to pour into college students during the weekdays, and to preach the word of God to his church family on Sunday mornings. Tune in to hear Jared share about the things that God has been teaching him from childhood to the present season

Caleb Hebbert's life is a testimony to the Lord's faithfulness. Caleb and his wife, Emily, weathered storms very early on in their marriage and in the beginning of their children's lives that would forever change the way they viewed the church body. In this episode, we talk about the beauty of friendship the real part of grief, and how joy is found in the midst of hard things.

We have a little bit of a different take on this episode. Ryan Charest, a church planter in Sheridan, Wyoming, encourages us to ask the Lord to give us eyes that see opportunities to participate in God's work in the little moments, as well as in the big moments. God moves mightily in the schedule of our everyday lives! With eyes to see and ears to hear, we can walk through the doors He is opening for us.

What's up, Tasted + Seen Podcast listeners! We made it to season THREE!! Praise Jesus!!

Anxiety and depression are emotions that many of us struggle with at some point in our lives. In this episode, we talk about some practical things we can do to go to battle against anxiety. It was not long after Staci got married, that she went through something that would change the way that she approached the depression and anxiety that she had been struggling with her whole life. The Lord used what the devil meant for evil to strengthen Staci, and to remind her that He is faithful to fight our battles with us.