WELCOME TO SEASON 5!! Cousins, Tristan and Lauren, take the mic and share a little bit about what is to come for this next season, as well as give little life updates where the goodness of God has been so evident in their own lives. The Tasted + Seen Podcast is excited to continue to bring you stories of God showing up and carrying people through their darkest moments.
Christ Johnson felt crushed by the weight of his depression, and alcohol wasn’t fixing it. He felt hopeless, as many of us have when we experience the hardships in this life. God intervened in Chris’ life in a miraculous way, delivering him from the pit of darkness into a relationship with his Heavenly Father. Chris shares how divine grace completely turned his life around, changing him forever. This episode is heavy, but it is also full of so much hope, because our God doesn’t leave us alone. God’s love abounds for you. He sees you in the pit, and He longs to deliver you into His glorious freedom. Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of suicidal thoughts, depression, and attempted suicide. Listener discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out for help — you’re not alone.
Branden Rezanina asked the Lord to Grow him, and the Lord did it. Brandon wanted to know what it looked like to become a leader, so the Lord provided many opportunities for Branden to step into something uncomfortable, creating the space for growth to take place. From rock bottom, to planning and organizing mission trips for Summit Christian College, Branden's life has been completely changed by the goodness of God. The Lord is too good to not grow us!
Abigail and Domingo have been following the Lord's calling in their lives, even when they were completely unsure why, where, and how things would work out. They get real about the difficulites of running into the unknown, moving to a new state, and the reality that the Lord was their shelter and their hope through it all. The Lord performed surgery on their hearts, tested their faith, an fulfilled His promise to never leave or forsake them. Their story is absolutely incredible, and their faith is BOLD.
Jack Branum loves baseball. He grew up living and breathing baseball, and yet that isn't the most important thing in his life. The Holy Spirit has been at work in Jack's life; changing his priorities, turning his eyes towards heavenly things, and stirring his spirit. Jack shares about the role that his family and his church body played in preparing and encouraging him for the new thing that the Lord has in store for his life.
How beautiful it is to be apart of God's church! At a young age, Dr. Best remembers his church body intentionally helping him discover his spiritual gifts, and then creating opportunities for him to put those gifts into practice. Because of the encouragement of the church and their intentional discipleship, Dr. Best always knew that he would be a preacher and teacher of the gospel. Dr. Best is actively using those gifts in York, Nebraska where he is a Bible College Professor and a leader in his local church. Praise God!
Ben Sander wasn't sure he was going to leave the hospital alive. Death was knocking on his door, and it was in this dark moment, where Ben realized that there was more that he could have been doing in the Kingdom of God. King Jesus, the Great Healer, saved Ben's life and is using Him to further the Kingdom in the Black Hills. Jesus Christ has a Kingdom purpose for you to live out too!
For most of Katie Charest's life, Katie has experienced unresolved medical issues. A runner at heart, physical pain prevented Katie from doing what she loved, at the level of excellence that she knew she was capable of achieving. After multiple years of no answers, increasing discomfort, and no signs of hope, Katie was faced with a choice. She could serve King Jesus in her pain, or she could sit in discouragement forever. Listen to the rest of the episode to hear how God turned Katie's life upside down!
Nothing says that many emotions can be held at the same time than a podcast episode titled, "Celebration" where we talk about grief. Hannah Crooks, a student at Ozark Christian College, is passionate about celebrating the beauty of life, and shares about how celebration has looked different for her as life experiences brings fun and hard changes. Her heart for the Lord, really does bust out of this episode!
While the world tells us to go after what we want, Mackenzie's story inspires us to take the Lord's path for our life instead. Faced with the difficult decision of where to go to college, hit with disappointment of what she thought she wanted, and then invited into a completely different, but incredibly beautiful, job opportunity Mackenzie, learned that the Lord had specific, and good, plans for her life. We also chat about prayer and fasting!
We all know and love Zane Hamilton! If you know Zane, you know he brings the energy wherever he goes, and he definitely brought it to this podcast episode! We had such a blast hearing Zane's story and the really intentional details that God weaved together every step of the way. God weaved together his passions for ministry and athletics and opened up incredible opportunities to share the good news to a generation that is hungry for it.
in 2 Corinthians 5:17 it says "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!" This verse perfectly sums up this weeks episode. Halle Kirsch opens up against her past struggle with alcohol and how the grace and forgiveness of Jesus completely changed her life. Listen to Halle's episode to hear the details about how God delivered her from her addiction and brought her to a place where she is discipling young women around her!
Navigating new seasons of life brings a lot of challenges. As Amber Potter started a new chapter in her life at Black Hills State University, she quickly learned that she was going to need the Lord and the Lord's people to navigate all of the hard things that come with college. Amber has noticed the Lord, in all. of His goodness, helping her throughout her ongoing semesters her in South Dakota. Praise God for His church who steps in and makes such a difference in our lives.
The Lord doesn't intend for us to walk through life alone. He intentionally puts people into our lives to walk through the ups and downs alongside of us. Our Good Shepherd is always watching out for us. Grace Smith, joined the crew at Summit Christian College on a spring break trip, and shares about how vulnerability connected their group in a deeper way, changing the way they served those around them. Hearing Grace share her experiences with community is encouraging!
This episode is such a fun way to start off Season 4! We got the incredible opportunity to hear from Ashley Macha in Tanzania, Africa. It is evident that the Lord is at work in the Neema Village, where Ashley and her team are able to share the love of Jesus with moms and babies who are facing intense hardship. In the midst of poverty and life-threatening health challenges, Ashley has seen the hope of Jesus radically transform countless lives. This episode is full of testimonies of the miracles that God is doing every day in Tanzania. you won't want to miss this one!
The devil works really hard to tempt us to believe that we are alone. We know that God is with us, yet often times we don’t sit with Him and allow His presence to be our comfort in the times we feel alone. Nicc Quinones opens up about how God redeemed his season of loneliness and turned it into a season of spiritual growth and transformation. We are praising God for another testimony of God’s kind promises to us, leading to a life changed. Nicc’s episode is available the third Monday of March!
A couple months ago, the Pritchard family received news that would rock their world, as well as forever change their prayer lives. When their middle child was diagnosed with cancer, Chris and Kelsey Pritchard, continually took it all to the LORD in prayer, knowing that He is much bigger than cancer. In the months that followed, they witnessed miracle after miracle, leaving them with a testimony that they will be shouting from the rooftops until the day Jesus comes again. We serve a big God who does Big things. PRAISE HIM!!!
This Episode is a MUST Listen!
Scott Stuart, a worship leader here at North Point Christian Church, has always loved music. His rock and roll life style of the past was sinful and unfulfilling. Scott shares about the spiral that led to him hitting his rock bottom, and about the people that God placed into his life that would speak truth and love over him, ultimately leading to a life that is forever changed. Not only does Scott get to use his musical talent to lead our church body in music every week, but he is married to a women who shares the same love for the Lord and get to worship on stage with him. Using our talents to bring glory to King Jesus is such a beautiful testimony to the God we serve!
At some point or another, the devil comes to attack our identity. Each and every one of us will come to a point in our lives where we question who we are and why we were place on this earth. Our cousin, Thaddeus Coop, has recently embarked on his own journey of discovering his identity in King Jesus. We are so thankful that God is redeeming his story, and that this episode is just the beginning of what God is going to do with Thadd. Join us as we chat about real life struggles, and how the love of Jesus and His Church is stronger than the lies of the devil.
Reagan spent her whole summer serving on camp teams for York University. She soaked up so much wisdom and encouragement from multiple leaders at various church camps, leaving her on spiritual mountaintop. In our next episode, Reagan shares how her christian counselor helped adjust back to everyday life. We know that there is a stigma that comes with Christians going to counseling, so we dove right in and chatted about the good stuff.
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