The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Apr 16 2025 368 ep. 70 mins 147
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The Nothing is Wasted podcast explores the deep impact of trauma, loss, grief, and tragedy, while providing listeners with the hope and healing of Jesus. Born from Host Davey Blackburn’s own story of trauma and grief after the tragic loss of his wife Amanda and unborn child during a home invasion, this show features powerful stories of resilience and faith and practical tools to navigate pain and heartache. Listen each week for encouragement and insight as guests share how they’ve found that even in life’s darkest, most tragic moments, pain can lead to purpose and with God–nothing is wasted.

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Episode 373 - Embracing a Gospel Vision in Racial Healing and Justice with Dr. Sarita Lyons

Apr 16 2025 68 mins  
How do we, no matter what our cultural lens may be, embrace a gospel vision in conversations around racial healing and justice? How do we root our understanding of our own experiences in the truth of Christ? Author, speaker, Bible teacher and counselor Dr. Sarita Lyons has been seeking the answer to these questions as she walks besides those in her church and local community and as

Episode 372 - Walking with the One Who Is Not Worried about a Thing with Megan Fate Marshman

Apr 09 2025 50 mins  
Theologian Dallas Willard was once asked how he would describe Jesus in just 1 word. He replied with the word: relaxed. How can we learn to walk and live like Jesus in a world that wants us to go as fast as we can? What does it look like to deeply trust and surrender when we are walking through pain?For author and pastor Megan Fate Marshman, those were hard questions to answer afte

Episode 371 - Helping Little Ones through Grief and Loss with Annie F. Downs and Tatum Green

Apr 02 2025 59 mins  
How do we begin to help young children understand loss? What can we do to help little ones grieve while we are walking through it alongside them? For author, speaker, and podcaster Annie F. Downs, these questions became real when her infant nephew, TJ, passed away from a severe medical condition less than two months after he was born. Wanting to help her sister, Tatum Green, and he

Episode 369 - Healing Shame after Betrayal with Mark and Jill Savage

Mar 19 2025 78 mins  
How do we heal a marriage that has been broken by betrayal? Is it even possible to move past the shame and condemnation that can come after choices that harm our closest relationship?There was a time when author and podcaster Jill Savage could not see a road to redemption after her husband, Mark, then a pastor, had an affair and was ready to end their marriage. Through what can onl

Bonus Episode: What We Find in the Dark Episode 1 with Glenn Packiam

Mar 17 2025 41 mins  
Bonus Episode: Check out this episode from our newest podcast, What We Find in the Dark with host Aubrey SampsonWhen we find ourselves in the dark after loss, big questions often follow: Where is God now? Why can’t I see Him here? Why can’t we sense His presence? How can I trust that God is good? Why did this happen?The deep theological wrestlings that often arise after the pai

Episode 360 - Overcoming Insecurity with Oneka McClellan

Mar 12 2025 48 mins  
How do you move past your greatest insecurities in order to step into what God has for you? What do you do when pain creates new insecurities and doubts about who you are?Author and pastor Oneka McClellan understands the way self-doubt and insecurity can creep in when you are trying to step into your God given calling and purpose. As a ministry leader and as a woman, she has found

Episode 367 - Experiencing Jesus in Pain and Suffering with John Eldredge

Mar 05 2025 57 mins  
What happens to our relationship with God in the midst of suffering? How do we stay connected to Jesus when we are walking through pain?Author John Eldredge has been guiding people through practices that can help keep us in union with Christ, especially when the pain of life threatens to erode our connection. He has seen the ways in which the enemy will attempt to break our spirit

Episode 366 -Navigating the Winter Seasons in Marriage with Cubbie Fink and Rebecca St. James

Feb 26 2025 63 mins  
How do we make it through the difficult seasons that every marriage encounters? What does contentment look like when our circumstances aren't changing? For musicians Cubbie Fink and Rebecca St. James, they could not have predicted the many twists and turns life would take on after they said, "I do." Through the personal pain of miscarriage and fertility struggles, the ups and downs

Episode 365 - Waiting Isn’t a Waste with Mark Vroegop

Feb 19 2025 51 mins  
How do we navigate those long and difficult seasons of waiting? What do we do when we don't know what to do or how to move forward in life?Author and pastor Mark Vroegop doesn't love waiting. But it has been in those moments when life wasn't going as expected or plans weren't unfolding as he anticipated that he experienced a different kind of connection with God. Learning to wait,

Episode 364 - The Mindful Marriage with Ron and Nan Deal

Feb 13 2025 84 mins  
How do we get out of the negative patterns in our marriage? What impact does learning to regulate our own emotions have on our relationships?For authors Ron and Nan Deal, it wasn't until they learned to self-regulate their own emotions after the built up pain from their stories and the loss of their child that they began to find healing in the destructive cycles in their marriage.