The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Episode 183 - Michelle Donnelly

SINGLENESS SERIES PART FOUR

 

Michelle Donnelly found herself in an impossible situation. Married to her high school sweetheart with three young children, Michelle was stuck in a highly toxic relationship and didn’t see where else to go. When the marriage finally ended, Michelle was left in a new uncomfortable season: being a Christian single mom. The church often doesn’t know how to handle single parents, and Michelle suddenly found herself dealing with faith, parenting, dating, and more challenges all while in this new season of being single. To wrap up our Singleness Series, Michelle sits down with Davey to share her story and how she’s turned her pain around into a newfound purpose to help moms just like her.

Episode 182 - Kait Warman

SINGLENESS SERIES PART THREE

 

Kait Warman is one of the preeminent voices on Christian dating, but that role hasn’t come easy. Kait’s wisdom on the topic is borne out of a long story of abuse, unhealthy relationships, and identity crises. Kait spent years seeking validation from men in all the wrong ways, but she never could quite find what she was looking for. That is, until she leaned into God and let him teach her who she was in Christ. To continue our Singleness Series, Kait sits down with Davey to share some of her story and the wisdom she’s learned from it for anyone whether they’re single, dating, married, or anywhere in between.

Episode 181 - Brooke Talley

SINGLENESS SERIES PART TWO

 

Brooke Talley would never have imagined being in a “singleness series” of a podcast. After all, she’d married her college sweetheart and started a family — the picture-perfect modern love story. What did singleness have to do with her? But all that changed in a moment, when Brooke lost her husband to suicide. Now in addition to unimaginable grief, Brooke was faced with a daunting prospect that she never expected: a new season of singleness. To continue our Singleness Series, Brooke sits down with Davey to talk about her story and how this season has led her both to newfound purpose and a deeper knowledge of God.

Episode 180 - Christopher Yuan

SINGLENESS SERIES PART ONE

 

If you had told the Christopher Yuan of years ago what his life would look like today, he probably wouldn’t believe you. As a promiscuous gay man who made his living selling drugs, Christopher’s life didn’t look anything like it does now. But an arrest, a prison sentence, and an HIV diagnosis turned out to be the things that would change Christophers life forever. Now, Christopher spends his days sharing the message of the gospel. To kick off our series on singleness, Christopher sits down with Davey to share some of his powerful story and how he’s learned to find his identity solely in Christ.

Episode 179 - Michelle Moore

When we experience something traumatic, it affects far more than we often realize. We often carry our worst moments with us in both our minds and our bodies. Take Michelle Moore for example. Michelle spent much of her life carrying the trauma of watching her mother die at a young age. Entering motherhood herself caused Michelle to experience the trauma at a whole new level, but it seemed like Michelle’s worries were coming true as medical issues threatened both her life and that of her child at the same time. But through it all, Michelle learned to find God in the midst of pain, and from there to find healing from trauma both new and old. Michelle sits down with Davey to share some of her story and how she’s turned it into her purpose to help other mothers who face the same challenges they did.

Episode 178 - Kurt Willems

Where is God in our worst moments? For those of us who have experienced some event that caused immense pain, it can be nearly impossible to see how God was present in that moment. After all, if he was there, wouldn’t he have saved us? Kurt Willems wrestled with this question as he spent his life struggling to heal from abuse he experienced as a child. Now, Kurt spends his life teaching others the things he learned in his own healing journey, and helping people to answer that question in their own stories. Kurt sits down with Davey to share some of his story and the things he’s learned about the presence of God in the midst of our sufferings.

BONUS - Pain to Purpose 42-Day Devotional Clip4

When we're going through a painful season, one thing that can help immensely is spending a little time every day with God's word and with the wisdom of someone who's been there before. That's why we created the Pain to Purpose 42-Day Devotional. Davey has written the daily devotional entries that he wished he had when he faced the tragic loss of his wife Amanda. We hope that this can be a resource to bring you healing in your own pain, and one that you can pass along to friends when you know they need it.

 

In the weeks leading up to the devotional's launch, we'll be posting one selection from the audiobook of this devotional every Monday. To find out more, visit paintopurposedevo.com. If you pre-order the devotional at that site before its release on July 22nd, you'll not only get the book on your doorstep on its release day, but you'll also get several pre-order exclusive bonuses, including this entire audiobook for free. So if you like what you hear, visit paintopurposedevo.com today to pre-order and hear the rest on July 22nd.

Episode 177 - Kristy Furlow

Our faith in God can be tested beyond our wildest dreams in a moment. We can think our faith is strong one minute, and the next minute a single event, something as small as a conversation or a phone call, can shatter our delusions and bring us face to face with reality. Kristy Furlow experienced this when doctors told her that her husband had a rare, terminal form of cancer. With only a few months left together on this earth, Kristy and her husband learned to see God for who He really is in the midst of trials, and found a deeper, truer faith out of all of it. Kristy sits down with Davey to share some of her story of losing her husband and the purpose she has found out of the ashes of this pain.

BONUS - Pain to Purpose 42-Day Devotional Clip 3

When we're going through a painful season, one thing that can help immensely is spending a little time every day with God's word and with the wisdom of someone who's been there before. That's why we created the Pain to Purpose 42-Day Devotional. Davey has written the daily devotional entries that he wished he had when he faced the tragic loss of his wife Amanda. We hope that this can be a resource to bring you healing in your own pain, and one that you can pass along to friends when you know they need it.

 

In the weeks leading up to the devotional's launch, we'll be posting one selection from the audiobook of this devotional every Monday. To find out more, visit paintopurposedevo.com. If you pre-order the devotional at that site before its release on July 22nd, you'll not only get the book on your doorstep on its release day, but you'll also get several pre-order exclusive bonuses, including this entire audiobook for free. So if you like what you hear, visit paintopurposedevo.com today to pre-order and hear the rest on July 22nd.

Episode 176 - Paul Asay

The last year and half or so has had long-lasting effects on all of us. Studies have shown that reports of mental illnesses such as anxiety or depression have skyrocketed between 2019 and today. But for some, these issues are not brought on by one particular season, but rather they are something that we face our entire lives. Paul Asay is one such person. While he didn’t have the words for it at the time, Paul began facing anxiety as a child, and by the time he was in college that had morphed into severe depression. This depression has followed him his entire adult life, and he has had to struggle with what it means to be a follower of Jesus and also be chronically depressed. After all, shouldn’t the hope of Christ be enough to beat back depression for good? But through this season, Paul has learned what it means to follow God in the midst of darkness and to see Him on a deeper level because of it. Paul sits down with Davey to share some of his story and the wisdom he’s learned about going through depression, whether it be seasonal or a lifelong battle.