Room At The Table with Kimberly Milo

#38 - Panning for Gold with Sandy Barker

What do you do when God doesn't answer the prayer you've been praying with everything you have? Sandy Barker knows that place. When her firstborn son Christian was diagnosed with one of the rarest and most aggressive forms of pediatric leukemia at 13 years old, she went to war alongside him for 20 months. She researched, she advocated, she prayed, she fought. And she also wrestled, doubted, and fell apart. This episode doesn't shy away from any of that. Sandy brings the full picture of what it looks like to walk through the unthinkable with your faith cracking under the weight, and somehow still find God in the wreckage. In this conversation they cover: - What it was like the day Christian was diagnosed and how Sandy trusted God to equip her in real time - The brutal reality of pediatric cancer treatment and why the funding and research are dangerously behind - How siblings are the forgotten ones in a cancer journey and what families and friends can actually do - Why Sandy's pastor's words after Christian died completely changed how she understood God's compassion - The God winks, hugs, and silver linings that kept showing up even in the darkest moments - How the Gold Rush Cure Foundation was born and what the Pot of Gold program does for kids and siblings across the country - What Sandy would say to anyone angry at God right now 📌 Connect with Sandy: Personal IG: @sandybarker1 Personal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sandy.g.barker 📌 Gold Rush Cure Foundation: Website: https://goldrushcure.org/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/goldrushcurefoundation/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/goldrushcure 📌 Connect with Kimberly: Roomatthetableforyou@gmail.com If this episode moved you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. These conversations only reach people when you help pass them along. ...there is always room at His table #PediatricCancer #ChildhoodCancerJourney #FaithAndHealing #FamilySupportInCrisis #CancerAdvocacy #GoldRushCureFoundation #SiblingSupportInCancer #MedicalChallengesAndHope #CommunityAndCompassion #InspiringStoriesOfResilience

#37 - Bread of Life with Alex Cefalu

What happens when a mom of five hits her breaking point and the Lord meets her right there in the mess? Alex Cefalu grew up in a home with no faith, no church, and a front-row seat to divorce. But God planted a believing best friend four houses down, and that quiet, persistent witness was just the beginning. Years later, after five pregnancies, a brutal bout of postpartum anxiety, sleepless nights she couldn't escape, and a season where everything she'd built came to a complete halt, Alex found herself on her knees and finally surrendered. What came out of that wilderness? A thriving sourdough bakery in San Clemente rooted entirely in ministry, a family Bible time that's now been going four years strong, and a faith she'd trade nothing for. In this conversation they cover: - Growing up without faith and what finally started cracking that open - Postpartum anxiety and the sleep obsession cycle that nearly broke her - Why her season of "no" after years of performing for everyone's approval was actually healing - How making communion bread every Sunday quietly became Her Daily Bread Co. - Running a bakery where relationships matter more than selling bread - What it looks like to raise five kids with no phones, no iPads, and nightly Bible time - The Old Testament theme of the promised land that carried her through the hardest year of her life 📌 Find Alex & Her Daily Bread Co.: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herdailybreadco/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571151740254 Website: https://www.herdailybreadco.com/ Email: herdailybreadco@gmail.com 📌 Connect with Kimberly: Roomatthetableforyou@gmail.com If this episode encouraged you, share it with a friend, leave a review, and follow along so you never miss a conversation. #christianpodcast #faithandfamily #HerDailyBreadCo #postpartumanxiety #sourdoughbread #christianwomen #roomatthetable #KimberlyMilo #breadoflife #faithjourney #SanClemente #christianmom

#36 - From Why Me to What For with Tracy Bremmer

How do you keep going when the waves just keep coming? By every measure, Tracy Bremmer had done everything right. Lifelong athlete, basketball coach for 30 years, mom of four, eating well, and in the best shape of her life. Then COVID hit, and what followed was three years of back to back to back diagnoses that no amount of healthy living could have prepared her for. But in the middle of all of it, God met her. Not with a promise that she would be healed, but with a reminder that He was enough. In this conversation they cover: - How a vision in a dark hospital room shifted her from "why me" to "what for" - What it actually looked like to hold onto faith when she couldn't read her Bible, couldn't stay awake, and couldn't remember conversations - Why she says going into the battle spiritually healthy mattered just as much as going in physically healthy - The role her community played when she had nothing left to give - What she would say to someone facing a terminal diagnosis right now - Why memorizing scripture is one of the most practical things you can do before hard times hit Find Tracy here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tmbremmer/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tbremmer Get Fit For Life Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1446538970331803 Connect with Kimberly: Roomatthetableforyou@gmail.com If this episode encouraged you, share it with someone who needs it today. There is room at His table! #RoomAtTheTable #KimberlyMilo #FaithAndHealth #ChristianPodcast #BoneMarrowTransplant #HealthTrials #HLH #BreastCancerSurvivor #TrustingGod #ChristianWomen #FaithOverFear #ScriptureMemory #AngelArmies #FromWhyMeToWhatFor #ChristianTestimony

#35 - Overcoming Pride with Myles Olenski

Do you ever feel like something's quietly standing between you and the life God intended for you? Myles Olenski, Executive Director of Vertical Ministries at Baylor University, joins Kimberly for a teaching on one of the most important and overlooked topics in the Christian life: humility. Myles grew up in Connecticut without a real faith foundation, became a self-described Pharisee in a Christian private school, and didn't truly encounter the gospel until his freshman year at Baylor, when friends dragged him to a Monday night Bible study he wanted nothing to do with. That night changed everything. Now he pours that same transformative faith into hundreds of college students every week, and today he's bringing that teaching straight to you. In this conversation they cover: - Why pride is the root sin behind every other sin, going all the way back to the Garden of Eden - The difference between false humility and true humility, and why one is just another form of pride - How to shift from being a "here I am" person to a "there you are" person in every room you walk into - The WEANI framework for understanding your conflict style and how humility changes the way you fight - Why conflict is not a threat but a constant opportunity to humble yourself, honor God, and love someone else - How to receive feedback like a gift instead of an attack on your identity - Myles' personal story of forgiving his dad and what happened when he finally went first 📌 Connect with Myles: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MylesOlenski/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/myles-olenski-1469033b/ Vertical Ministries: https://www.verticalministries.net/ Humility by Andrew Murray: https://a.co/d/0cHpth33 📌 Connect with Kimberly: Roomatthetableforyou@gmail.com If this conversation stirred something in you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. And if you haven't already, subscribe so you never miss a Monday! #humility #pride #christianliving #faith #spiritualgrowth #gospel #forgiveness #conflictresolution #Baylor #verticaministries #roomatthetable #kimberlymilopodcast

#34 - He Carries Your Burdens with Maxwell Mattson

What do you do when a single moment changes everything and you're only nine years old? Maxwell Mattson was splitting wood with his dad on Labor Day weekend when a hydraulic wood splitter crushed his hand. Three months later, he was on the basketball court. A few months after that, he was playing Little League with a custom glove Wilson Sports built just for him. Today he's a 26-year-old maritime engineer working 600-foot oil tankers in the Gulf of America, and his faith is the strongest it's ever been. This is one of those conversations that will make you laugh, tear up a little, and come away with a better perspective on your own hardships. In this conversation they cover: - The accident, the helicopter ride over Fenway Park, and 11 days at Boston Children's Hospital - How Max adapted to life as an amputee without losing any of the sports he loved - A faith that was planted early, went lukewarm in college, and came back on fire - Why Max compares his faith journey to Peter denying Christ at the fire - What it looks like to trust God in the good seasons, not just when things fall apart - The group of people Max most wants to know there is room at the Lord's table for them 📌 Connect with Max: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/max_mattson23/ 📌 Connect with Kimberly: Roomatthetableforyou@gmail.com If this episode encouraged you, share it with someone who needs a good reminder that God is still working even in the hardest moments. Subscribe so you never miss a conversation, and remember, there is always room at His table! #ChristianPodcast #FaithOverFear #Amputee #LimbDifference #Resilience #HopeInSuffering #GodIsFaithful #PersonalTestimony #WomenOfFaith #RoomAtTheTable