Episode 58: Living Braced: When Advocacy Wears You Down

Episode 62: Discipleship Is Not Self-Improvement: Becoming More Like Jesus

🎙️ Episode 62: Discipleship Is Not Self-Improvement: Becoming More Like Jesus What if the goal of discipleship is not a better version of you, but a life shaped more and more like Jesus? In this episode, Tony and Kristy talk about discipleship as something deeper than Christian self-improvement. It is not just behavior change, spiritual productivity, or finding someone to fix us. Healthy discipleship keeps pointing us back to Jesus through Scripture, prayer, surrender, correction, community, and ordinary faithfulness. Discipleship is not about becoming impressive. It is about becoming faithful. 🔵 For Deeper Study:  https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/discipleship-is-not-self-improvement-becoming-more-like-jesus/ If you have ever wanted to grow but felt frustrated by slow change, this conversation is a reminder that formation often happens in ordinary days. God is not waiting for you to finish the hard season before He walks with you. He is present in the pruning, the correction, the waiting, the obedience, and the relationships that help you follow Jesus more closely. 🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: * Why discipleship is more than Christian self-improvement * How Scripture moves from head knowledge to heart transformation * Why healthy discipleship always points back to Jesus * How correction, surrender, and pruning shape us over time * What to look for in a discipler and how to pursue discipleship with humility 🙏 Need Prayer or Encouragement? 💬 Want to leave a public comment? We'd love to hear from you. 🕊️ Prefer privacy? You can send a completely anonymous text prayer request here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2461867/open_sms 📧 Or, if you'd rather reach out by email, we’d be honored to pray for you at: prayer@unshakenministries.org 📌 Subscribe & Listen Weekly: 🎧 Prefer audio-only? Listen on your favorite platform: 🟢 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rsw92clmmA83HL1NR0zM 🍎 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unshaken/id1803953295 🌍 Or anywhere else: https://unshakenpodcast.org/ 🛎️ Don’t forget to like, follow, and share, new episodes every Tuesday. 📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org ⚠️ Disclaimer: This podcast is for encouragement and spiritual support. While we hope it uplifts and equips you, it’s not a substitute for professional counseling or pastoral care. #Discipleship #ChristianGrowth #FollowJesus #SpiritualFormation #BibleStudy #Prayer #ChristianCommunity #FaithAndFamily #UnshakenPodcast #BecomingLikeJesus We’d love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, stories, or prayer requests, let’s stay connected. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2461867/fan_mail/new] This podcast is for encouragement and spiritual support. While we hope it uplifts and equips you, it’s not a substitute for professional counseling or pastoral care.

Episode 61: When Growth Happens in the Dark: Faithfulness When You Can’t See Change

🎙️ Episode 61: When Growth Happens in the Dark: Faithfulness When You Can’t See Change What do you do when you keep showing up, keep working hard, and still cannot see anything changing? In this episode of Unshaken, Tony and Kristy talk about the long middle seasons where faithfulness feels hidden, progress feels slow, and the numbers do not seem to match the work being done. Some of the most important growth happens before anyone can see it. 🔵 For Deeper Study:  https://unshakenpodcast.org/when-growth-happens-in-the-dark-faithfulness-when-you-cant-see-change/ This conversation moves through parenting, marriage, ministry, leadership, caregiving, culture change, and the quiet places where God forms us before anything becomes visible. From Kristy’s story of rebuilding a struggling school campus to Tony’s reflections on metrics, Moses, David, Abraham, Galatians 6:9, and the Lord of the harvest, this episode is a steady reminder that obedience still matters when the outcome is not clear. 🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: * Why the middle of a season can feel more exhausting than the beginning or the end * How metrics can miss the deeper work of trust, safety, culture, and spiritual maturity * Why God may use unseen seasons to prepare us for a different outcome than we expected * How Scripture reminds us not to grow weary in doing good * Why hidden faithfulness is still faithfulness, even when it never shows up on a spreadsheet 🙏 Need Prayer or Encouragement?  💬 Want to leave a public comment? We'd love to hear from you.  🕊️ Prefer privacy? You can send a completely anonymous text prayer request here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2461867/open_sms  📧 Or, if you'd rather reach out by email, we’d be honored to pray for you at: prayer@unshakenministries.org 📌 Subscribe & Listen Weekly:  🎧 Prefer audio-only? Listen on your favorite platform:  🟢 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rsw92clmmA83HL1NR0zM   🍎 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unshaken/id1803953295  🌍 Or anywhere else: https://unshakenpodcast.org/  🛎️ Don’t forget to like, follow, and share, new episodes every Tuesday. 📱 Stay Connected:  Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team  Instagram: @unshaken.ministries  Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org  Email: info@unshakenministries.org #UnshakenPodcast #Faithfulness #SpiritualGrowth #ChristianEncouragement #Galatians6 #TrustGod #HiddenGrowth #DoNotGrowWeary #BiblicalHope #FaithFamilyResilience We’d love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, stories, or prayer requests, let’s stay connected. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2461867/fan_mail/new] This podcast is for encouragement and spiritual support. While we hope it uplifts and equips you, it’s not a substitute for professional counseling or pastoral care.

Episode 60: What’s Saving You Right Now? Finding God’s Grace in a Busy Season

🎙️ Episode 60: What’s Saving You Right Now?: Finding God’s Grace in a Busy Season What is quietly helping you keep going when life feels busy? In this episode of Unshaken, Tony and Kristy talk about the small graces that hold us together in seasons that are not necessarily falling apart, but still feel heavy, crowded, and demanding. Busy seasons can still wear you down, but God's grace often meets you through ordinary gifts already in front of you. 🔵 For Deeper Study:  https://unshakenpodcast.org/whats-saving-you-right-now-finding-gods-grace-in-a-busy-season/ This conversation is about the quiet rhythms, simple mercies, honest limits, and steady reminders of God's nearness that help us breathe again. From grocery pickup and shared TV shows to prayer, worship, friendship, scripture, rest, and the benediction from Numbers 6, Tony and Kristy invite you to notice what God is using to sustain you right now. 🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: * Why small, ordinary rhythms can become sacred gifts in busy seasons * How connection, friendship, and family help remind us we are not alone * Why being fair to yourself may mean rebuilding margin and releasing perfection * How Numbers 6 reminds us of God's heart to bless, keep, and give peace * Why naming joy does not deny the hard parts, but refuses to let them have the final word 🙏 Need Prayer or Encouragement? 💬 Want to leave a public comment? We'd love to hear from you. 🕊️ Prefer privacy? You can send a completely anonymous text prayer request here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2461867/open_sms 📧 Or, if you'd rather reach out by email, we’d be honored to pray for you at: prayer@unshakenministries.org 📌 Subscribe & Listen Weekly: 🎧 Prefer audio-only? Listen on your favorite platform: 🟢 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rsw92clmmA83HL1NR0zM  🍎 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unshaken/id1803953295 🌍 Or anywhere else: https://unshakenpodcast.org/ 🛎️ Don’t forget to like, follow, and share, new episodes every Tuesday. 📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org  #UnshakenPodcast #FaithFamilyResilience #GodsGrace #FullSeason #ChristianEncouragement #FamilyLife #SpiritualGrowth #SmallGraces #FindingJoy #Numbers6 We’d love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, stories, or prayer requests, let’s stay connected. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2461867/fan_mail/new] This podcast is for encouragement and spiritual support. While we hope it uplifts and equips you, it’s not a substitute for professional counseling or pastoral care.

Episode 59: Summer Is Coming: Helping Your Family Breathe When Routines Fall Apart

🎙️ Episode 59: Summer Is Coming: Helping Your Family Breathe When Routines Fall Apart What do you do when summer sounds like relief, but your home starts to feel less steady? In this episode of Unshaken, Tony and Kristy talk honestly about the hidden pressure that can come when school routines disappear, schedules loosen, and families have to rebuild structure from scratch. They name the emotional weight parents and kids can carry during summer, especially in homes navigating disability, neurodiversity, caregiving needs, or extra transitions. Summer does not have to be perfect to become a place where your family can breathe. 🔵 Explore this episode:  https://unshakenpodcast.org/summer-is-coming-helping-your-family-breathe-when-routines-fall-apart/ This conversation is not about building a flawless summer plan. It is about creating a livable rhythm, giving your kids enough predictability to feel safe, and giving yourself enough grace when plans break. Through practical ideas, parental honesty, and Colossians 3:12-14, Tony and Kristy point families back to patience, kindness, humility, forgiveness, and love as the posture that can hold a home together when routines fall apart. 🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: * Why summer can feel destabilizing when school structure disappears * How transitions, camps, vacations, and loose schedules can stack up on kids * Practical ways to create loose structure without overplanning the summer * Why broken plans are information, not failure * How prayer, humility, and small rhythms can help your family breathe 🙏 Need Prayer or Encouragement? 💬 Want to leave a public comment? We'd love to hear from you. 🕊️ Prefer privacy? You can send a completely anonymous text prayer request here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2461867/open_sms 📧 Or, if you’d rather reach out by email, we’d be honored to pray for you at: prayer@unshakenministries.org 📌 Subscribe & Listen Weekly: 🎧 Prefer audio-only? Listen on your favorite platform: 🟢 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rsw92clmmA83HL1NR0zM 🍎 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unshaken/id1803953295 🌍 Or anywhere else: https://unshakenpodcast.org/ 🛎️ Don’t forget to like, follow, and share, new episodes every Tuesday. 📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org  #UnshakenPodcast #FaithFamilyResilience #SummerParenting #FamilyRoutines #DisabilityFamily #NeurodiverseFamily #ParentingWithGrace #ChristianFamily #CaregiverEncouragement #Colossians3 We’d love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, stories, or prayer requests, let’s stay connected. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2461867/fan_mail/new] This podcast is for encouragement and spiritual support. While we hope it uplifts and equips you, it’s not a substitute for professional counseling or pastoral care.

Episode 58: Living Braced: When Advocacy Wears You Down

🎙️ Episode 58: Living Braced: When Advocacy Wears You Down What happens when the people you love still need you, but your own strength is running thin? In this episode of Unshaken, Tony and Kristy talk honestly about the quiet exhaustion that can come with advocacy. From disability needs and aging parents to adult children, students, medical systems, paperwork, safety concerns, and daily moments that require constant explaining, they name what many caregivers, parents, spouses, and advocates carry but rarely say out loud. Being tired does not mean you love them less. 🔵 Explore this episode:  https://unshakenpodcast.org/living-braced-when-advocacy-wears-you-down/ Advocacy can be a beautiful expression of love, but it can also leave you living braced for the next battle. Tony and Kristy walk through the guilt, vigilance, emotional fatigue, and spiritual strain that come with always being on duty, while pointing back to the God who sees the exhaustion, honors the faithfulness, and reminds us that we are more than managers of need.  🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: * Why advocacy fatigue can feel so lonely, especially when you are constantly explaining needs others do not see * How guilt and shame can follow exhaustion, even when the work is rooted in deep love * What it means to live braced, and why the body can begin to expect the next fight before it arrives * Why taking a break is not quitting, but a faithful way to preserve the strength needed to keep showing up * The reminder that God sees both the fight and the fatigue, and that advocacy is not your whole identity 🙏 Need Prayer or Encouragement? 💬 Want to leave a public comment? We'd love to hear from you. 🕊️ Prefer privacy? You can send a completely anonymous text prayer request here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2461867/open_sms 📧 Or, if you’d rather reach out by email, we’d be honored to pray for you at: prayer@unshakenministries.org  📌 Subscribe & Listen Weekly: 🎧 Prefer audio-only? Listen on your favorite platform: 🟢 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rsw92clmmA83HL1NR0zM 🍎 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unshaken/id1803953295 🌍 Or anywhere else: https://unshakenpodcast.org/ 🛎️ Don’t forget to like, follow, and share, new episodes every Tuesday. 📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org #AdvocacyFatigue #CaregiverSupport #DisabilityFamily #FaithAndFamily #LivingBraced #UnshakenPodcast #ChristianEncouragement #FamilyAdvocacy #CaregiverBurnout #ResilienceInChrist We’d love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, stories, or prayer requests, let’s stay connected. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2461867/fan_mail/new] This podcast is for encouragement and spiritual support. While we hope it uplifts and equips you, it’s not a substitute for professional counseling or pastoral care.