The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast episodes:

• 04.25.2024

  Episode 321 - Seeing the Miraculous in Adoption and Pain with Joyce Dalrymple

  How can you believe that God's good work will be done in a story that begins with so much loss and tragedy? Where can you find miracles in pain and life's difficulties?For author, Bible teacher and ministry leader Joyce Dalrymple,...

  
• 04.18.2024

  Episode 320 - The Need For A Wise Guide in Your Healing with Ken Roberts, Teresa Glantz, Jen Ball and Karissa Sprinkle

  When trauma or tragedy strikes, how do you find the support you need? Who can you trust to be a wise guide on your path towards healing?In this special episode, Davey and Aubrey are joined by Nothing is Wasted coaches...

  
• 04.11.2024

  Episode 319 - Don't Give Up Just Yet with Nick Connolly

  How often have you found yourself ready to give up? What do we do when it feels too hard to keep going?Pastor and author Nick Connolly knows what it is like to be ready to quit. As a pastor, he...

  
• 04.04.2024

  Episode 318 - If I Don't Laugh, I'll Cry with Molly Stillman

  How can you find laughter and joy when life is so unbearably difficult? Where is joy when pain and suffering seem to be a never ending part of life? For author and podcaster Molly Stillman, learning to laugh has been...

  
• 03.28.2024

  Episode 317 - When Your Way Isn't Working with Kyle Idleman

  How do you know when your way isn't working? What are the signs that tell you that perhaps you aren't abiding in God and instead relying on your own efforts to get through life?For pastor and author Kyle Idleman, it...

  
• 03.21.2024

  Episode 316 - Even If He Doesn't with Kristen LaValley

  What do we do with the hard questions that arise from the pain we are feeling? How do we acknowledge our fears and our doubts while holding onto our faith?For author Kristen LaValley, the process of moving from a formulaic...

  
• 03.14.2024

  Episode 315 - Finding Purpose through Vulnerability with Raleigh Sadler

  How can the most difficult moments of our lives point us to our purpose? Where can we find God's will for our lives in the sufferings that we have faced?Raleigh Sadler, author and founder of the anti-trafficking organization, Let My...

  
• 03.07.2024

  Episode 314 - Grace and Suffering with Philip Yancey

  What does grace have to do with our suffering? How do we experience the fullness of who God is when life is full of pain? Author and journalist Philip Yancey has long sought out to understood the role grace plays...

  
• 02.29.2024

  Episode 313 - Holding Onto Faith in Our Doubts with Laura Wifler

  How do we navigate those questions we have in the middle of our struggles? How can we hold onto our faith when doubt seems to want to unravel what we know to be true? For author and podcaster Laura Wifler,...

  
• 02.22.2024

  Episode 312 - In His Hands with Jessika Sanders

  What do we do when we find ourselves in the middle of a medical crisis with our kids? How do we learn to trust God with our most precious gifts, our children? For author Jessika Sanders, learning to surrender and...

  
• 02.15.2024

  Episode 311 - Incurable Faith with Andrea Herzer

  What do we do when there is no cure for our pain? How do we live with joy and thanksgiving when our physical reality is a chronic condition?For author Andrea Herzer, learning to find joy in her chronic pain and...

  
• 02.08.2024

  Episode 310 - The Marriage Gift with Aaron and Jennifer Smith

  How do we move through our deepest hurts in marriage? What do we do when the marriage we envisioned is not the one we are living in? For authors and podcast hosts Aaron and Jennifer Smith, the difficulty they endured...

  
• 02.01.2024

  Episode 309 - Experiencing God's Strength in Your Weakness with Emily Jensen

  How do we begin to experience the strength of God in the middle of our weaknesses? How can we allow the Creator of all to enter into our greatest place of need? For author and podcaster Emily Jensen, walking through...

  
• 01.25.2024

  Episode 308 - Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship with Justin Whitmel Earley

  How do we live in the most connected generation and yet feel so alone? What do we do when we find ourselves struggling with loneliness? Author and lawyer Justin Whitmel Earley argues that loneliness isn't the way God intended for...

  
• 01.18.2024

  Episode 307 - How Suffering Shapes Our Hearts with Andrew Peterson

  How does suffering shape our hearts? How do we tell the story of our pain in a way that both heals our own ache and helps others in theirs? Author and recording artist Andrew Peterson is a storyteller. His beloved...

  
• 01.11.2024

  Episode 306 - Practicing the Way with John Mark Comer

  How do we practice the way of Jesus when our lives are riddled with pain and suffering? What does it look like to grow spiritually when we are hurting?Author and Bible teacher John Mark Comer has been leading others towards...

  
• 01.04.2024

  Episode 305 - The Continual Journey Towards Healing with Davey Blackburn, Aubrey Sampson and Eric Schumacher

  Have you ever wondered if you are still truly healing when the pain feels as fresh as the day you experienced a past loss or grief? How do we know that healing is happening as time moves forward, but our...

  
• 12.28.2023

  Episode 304 - Walking into a New Year After Loss with Davey Blackburn

  How do we enter a new year after a loss or trauma? What do we do when it feels like that flip of the calendar means leaving something we held so dear in the past? The truth is with every...

  
• 12.21.2023

  Episode 303 - Hope for the Holidays with Amy Sylvestre

  The holidays can feel especially tender for those of us who have recently experienced a loss, trauma or transition. Figuring out how to move through a season where it can seem like the whole world is experiencing happiness while we...

  
• 12.14.2023

  Episode 302 - Practical Steps for Walking through Grief with Beth Marshall

  Grief can feel crushing. How do we begin to take the steps to move through the pain we encounter? How do we help others who are experiencing loss? Author Beth Marshall has felt the pangs of loss in her life....

  
• 12.08.2023

  Episode 301 - Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America with Dr. Russell Moore

  What do we do when the things we are seeing in church or with Christian leaders is leading to disillusionment? How do we deal with the disappointment in the ways Christians behave in the public square, online and in the...

  
• 12.07.2023

  Episode 301 - Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America with Dr. Russell Moore

  What do we do when the things we are seeing in church or with Christian leaders is leading to disillusionment? How do we deal with the disappointment in the ways Christians behave in the public square, online and in the...

  
• 11.30.2023

  Episode 300 - God Never Gives Up On You with Max Lucado

  What if the perpetrator of your pain isn't something on the outside, but your own sinful choices that have led to your suffering? How do we navigate the self-inflicted hurt caused by our own destructive decisions?Author and Pastor Max Lucado...

  
• 11.23.2023

  Episode 299 - Healing Gently After Childhood Trauma with Dr. Mark McNear

  What do you do when your past keeps showing up in your present? How do you address the pain from childhood as it presents itself in your adult life?For Dr. Mark McNear, a childhood of every kind of abuse and...

  
• 11.16.2023

  Episode 298 - Every Moment Holy with Doug McKelvey and Ned Bustard

  How do you find the words to pray when you are in the middle of loss and suffering? How do mark the holy moments, both big and small, in a special way? Author Doug McKelvey and artist Ned Bustard have...

  
• 11.09.2023

  Episode 297 - Caring for A Loved One with Alzheimer’s with Edward Grinnan

  Warning: This episode does briefly discuss loss by suicide and may not be suitable for all listeners. How do we care for a loved one with a disease that steals their memories? How do we tend to ourselves when we...

  
• 11.02.2023

  Episode 296 - Stumbling Toward Eternity with Josh White

  How do we move towards the cross when our journey is full of detours, distractions and divergence from the abundance and freedom Christ offers us? For author, musician and pastor Josh White, learning to navigate the terrain of his past...

  
• 10.26.2023

  Episode 295 - Learning from Elisabeth Elliot’s Legacy in Our Own Pain with Kathy Reeg

  What can we learn from those who have walked the road of suffering before us? How do we take the stories of Christians whom we admire and glean the hard-won wisdom from what they've endured?Many know the story of Elisabeth...

  
• 10.19.2023

  Episode 294 - Helping Men Find Strength and Tenderness After Trauma with Chris Bruno

  When it comes to addressing trauma in our stories, it can seem as though cultural expectations and the messages received as young boys can keep men from engaging in their pain and ultimately, experiencing true healing. How can men better...

  
• 10.12.2023

  Episode 293 - Finding Gospel Hope in Divorce with Barnabas Piper

  How does the gospel apply in the loss of a marriage? Where can everyone involved find hope after the pain of divorce? Having grown up as a pastor's kid of a world renowned theologian, John Piper, Barnabas Piper knew the...

  
• 10.05.2023

  Episode 292 - The Art of Overcoming with Tim Timberlake

  How can you turn an ending into a beginning? What do you do when you find yourself wrestling with God over the losses you are experiencing? For pastor and author Tim Timberlake, after losing his father as a young man,...

  
• 09.28.2023

  Episode 291 - Breaking Free from the Shame of Porn Addiction with Jessica Harris

  WARNING: This episode discusses pornography and may not be suitable for all listeners. What do you do when you struggle with an addiction, but you don't fit the common narrative of those who struggle with that addiction?For author and speaker...

  
• 09.21.2023

  Episode 290 - Beholding God in our Suffering with Strahan Coleman

  What do we do when our suffering makes us feel angry at God? How do we continue to hold on to our relationship with the Lord when we are struggling with difficulties and trials in our lives?For author, musician and...

  
• 09.14.2023

  Episode 289 - Experiencing Redemption after Our Pain with Lily Meschi

  Have you ever read the headlines of what is happening to Christians across the globe and felt a sense of helplessness? How do we step into the stories of suffering from those who are so far away?Lily Meschi has a...

  
• 09.07.2023

  Episode 288 - Releasing Shame and Finding Grace in Our Stories with Ines Franklin

  What do you do if much of your pain is caused by your own choices? How do you begin to break free from shame and find God's grace in your past?For author, pastor and Bible teacher, Ines Franklin the journey...

  
• 08.31.2023

  Episode 287 - Raised to Stay after Church Hurt with Natalie Runion

  Has church hurt or spiritual abuse ever made you want to quit church altogether? Have the actions of people who claim to know Jesus made you want to give up on God? For author Natalie Runion, a pastor's kid and...

  
• 08.24.2023

  Episode 286 - How to Break Cycles, Heal From Trauma, and Restore Your Faith with Kobe Campbell

  WARNING: This episode contains conversations about suicide and suicide ideation and may not be suitable for all listeners/viewers. Have you ever wondered why you are the way you are? Have you ever taken the time to deep dive into the...

  
• 08.17.2023

  Episode 285 - Reflections on Family, Ethnicity, and the Sacred Work of Belonging with Tasha Jun

  How do you navigate living between two completely different worlds? How do you honor the culture of a parent while being a part of another culture that doesn't always do the same? For author Tasha Jun, learning to love and...

  
• 08.10.2023

  Episode 284 - Free and Fully Alive after Trauma with Karrie Garcia

  Have you ever truly engaged your story and looked at how God is inviting you into a deeper place of healing and redemption? How do you even begin to unpack all that you've been through and find safe people to...

  
• 08.03.2023

  Episode 283 - Walking with Kids through the Unimaginable with Jessye and Ryan Wilden

  WARNING: This episode contains conversations about suicide and suicide ideation and may not be suitable for all listeners/viewers. How do you help a child in your life walk through an unimaginable trauma? How can you begin to navigate their emotions...

  
• 07.27.2023

  Episode 282 - Getting Unstuck and Moving Forward with Passion and Purpose with Christine Caine

  How often have you found yourself stuck in the past? How is looking back keeping you from moving forward?Best-selling author, speaker, and founder of A21, a worldwide anti-trafficking organization, Christine Caine knows how pain, trauma, and tragedy can keep a...

  
• 07.20.2023

  Episode 281 - Better Than Okay after Your Marriage Ends with Brandi Wilson

  How do you begin to pick up the pieces when your life shatters in an instant? What do you do when your ministry and your family seem to crumble in a moment? How do you move forward after signing divorce...

  
• 07.13.2023

  Episode 280 - A Heaven Focus in Our Suffering with Randy Alcorn

  Have you ever faced the loss of a loved one and wondered what life was like on the other side of death? We all have seen heaven depicted in movies and literature, but what can we really expect based on...

  
• 07.06.2023

  Episode 279 - Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care with Tori Hope Petersen

  What do we do with the messages that imprint themselves on our souls from our earliest memories? How do we overcome the most difficult parts of our story when our circumstances seemingly want to make us a statistic? For author,...

  
• 06.29.2023

  Episode 278 - Overcoming Father Wounds with Kia Stephens

  What happens when we experience wounding at the hands of one of the most influential people in our lives...our father? How can we even begin to heal ourselves, our relationships and how we see God when our dad has let...

  
• 06.22.2023

  Episode 277 - Hope when it Hurts with Kristen Wetherell

  How do you keep trusting God when life doesn't get perfectly "fixed"? How can you begin to see God's glory move in your story within all its imperfections?For author Kristen Wetherell, chronic pain became a debilitating reminder that her plans...

  
• 06.15.2023

  Episode 276 - Finding a Reason to Return with Ericka Andersen

  Women are leaving churches in record numbers at higher rates than ever before. Yet, all of us are in need of healthy community more than ever. What is causing this mass exodus and how can the Church and women recognize...

  
• 06.08.2023

  Episode 275 - Stewarding our Sorrows Well with Tim Challies

  How do we take the immense heartaches we experience and use them for God's glory? How do we continue to trust in the Lord's goodness when our experience feels quite the opposite in our pain?For author Tim Challies, losing his...

  
• 06.01.2023

  Episode 274 - Together Through the Storms with Jeff and Sarah Walton

  How do you stay afloat when it feels like waves of grief and trauma keep crashing over you? How can you keep a marriage together when it feels like everything is trying to tear you apart?For Jeff and Sarah Walton,...

  
• 05.25.2023

  Episode 273 - When God Seems Gone with Adam Mabry

  What do you do when you have a good theology of suffering and pain and yet struggle in the midst of your experience to believe that God is even present, let alone good? How do you hold the tension between...