For many of us, our relationships with the Bible are pretty limited. We all love the Bible verses that come easily, that seem to tell us what we want to hear, but have we truly engaged with scripture on a serious level? Are we familiar with the context, the nuances, the deeper meanings of what we’re reading? Have we even read the whole Bible? Our guest for this month’s bonus episode, Tara-Leigh Cobble, wants to help us with these questions. As the author of the new book The Bible Recap and the host of the podcast by the same name, Tara-Leigh has made it her mission to help people read and understand scripture in ways they never have before. In this exclusive conversation for our Nothing Is Wasted Monthly Partners, Tara-Leigh sits down with Davey to talk about how we can engage with the Bible on a deeper level and the impact that can have in our healing journeys.
Read MoreWhether we realize it or not, many of the ideas we wrestle with come down to a question of identity. We try to find who we are in all the wrong places, and unsurprisingly find ourselves struggling when the things we try to label ourselves with don’t hold up to a weight they were never meant to hold. In this bonus conversation for our Nothing Is Wasted Monthly Partners, Davey is once again joined by Sheridan Voysey, who shares some of what he’s learned from scripture about the identities that God calls us to live in instead of the ones we run to all too often.
Read MoreThe Bible says that the tongue is like a rudder; it steers the whole ship of our lives and our relationships with others. Our words can bless or curse, heal or wound, and we have the power of life and death in our mouths. When we are in painful seasons, our language can often turn hurtful and negative, as all of our worst thoughts and impulses bubble to the surface. Pastor Mark Vroegop has witnessed this firsthand. As an author and the pastor of College Park Church, Mark has watched as the hardships of the last year and change have left so many of us speaking from a place of anger, resentment, or even hatred, and he’s seen the devastation that this language can cause. In this bonus conversation for our Nothing Is Wasted Monthly Partners, Mark sits down with Davey to talk about how our language matters and how we can keep it under control even in the midst of hard circumstances.
Read MoreGrowing up without parents in your life is one of the hardest challenges that a child can face. That’s why it’s so vital to have loving, reliable foster parents who can care for these children and help them grow into the men and women they were made to be. Having fostered approximately 145 children over a period of 18 years, Debra Moerke is an expert on this. She’s shared some of her incredible story of tragedy and forgiveness on the podcast before, but we brought her back for this special conversation for our Monthly Partners to share some of the wisdom she’s gleaned from her years of fostering.
Read MoreWhen we’re going through something difficult, we often pray for God’s deliverance. We want the Red Sea miracle, where God suddenly makes a way and then everything is better. But while God sometimes does choose to do this, the very reason these moments are so special is that they are rare. More often, God’s grace looks less like parting the Red Sea and more like bringing mana every day. In this bonus conversation exclusively for our Monthly Partners, Vaneetha Risner sits down with Davey to talk about the different between delivering grace and sustaining grace, and what that means for our lives.
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