A Mess, Nonetheless

Miss and Rach wrap up season 3 with a recap of all God has walked them through this year and how they have brought their listeners along. They share their plans for season 4 and invite you to share the podcast with your friends and family.  

Are you an all-or-nothing person? Do you become easily obsessed? Or maybe you are someone who does not know how to take care of your body. In this episode, Miss and Rach cover it all! They share their own experiences and how God has brought them to a place of healing and freedom regarding mindset and exercise. 

In this episode, Melissa and Rachel discuss when we hear from God and how to proceed with wisdom, caution, and discernment. They also address the dangers of allowing pride to come into the equation. Maybe you have wondered how to hear from God or what to do when you believe you have; you won’t want to miss their conversation about this topic!

Do you want to live by the Word of God, but you don’t always understand what is considered Biblical? Sometimes, the Bible appears to contradict itself, and it’s challenging to know where to land. And where does prayer and faith come into play? Join Miss and Rach as they discuss ways they’ve learned to challenge themselves in understanding what is considered Biblical and how God has shaped their th...

Do you have people to show up for you, or do you wish you did? If you have ever wondered how to become someone who shows up for others, or experience that in your own life, Miss and Rach give practical and Biblical ways to press into this concept. They discuss the business of life and how God can overcome our schedules when our heart desires to love and serve others. Tune in for more!

Have you ever felt awkward or unsure how to talk to people about your relationship with Jesus? You know the great commission says to go into the nations and make disciples. Still, you're stuck on your lack of qualifications or worried about ending up in a debate? Miss and Rachel discuss how to overcome that and some simple ways to share our love for Jesus with those around us.      Show notes: Sta...

Miss and Rachel discuss what it looks like to live in our flesh, by the Spirit, and what to do when our sin nature flares up. They describe what that looks and feels like in their lives and throw out ways God has helped them navigate toward living by the Spirit more. With all things pointing to Scripture, they challenge their listeners to never stay in our flesh when God calls us out of it. Show n...

Miss and Rachel continue their conversation walking through tips for healthy relationships. Through the lens of parenting we can see many areas that could be applied to every relationship we have in life! You won’t want to miss the rest of the points they cover in this important topic!  

All relationships come with challenges; parenting is no exception! Miss and Rachel discuss creating healthy patterns for our relationships, framed through the parenting lens. No matter your relationships, we believe there is something for everyone in this episode!

Most of us deal with painful relationships throughout our lives. Rachel and Barb talk through difficult relationships they've had over the decades and how beautifully God has transformed them by asking to be refined and stretched. We think everyone will want to listen to this conversation, and we pray it’s encouraging and inspiring to you all. 

Rachel shares her hopes and goals for 2025; she has been recognizing what needs to be left in the past and not brought into one more year. She talks about what is dead and has been buried in the spiritual realm and challenges listeners to consider what keeps getting dug up, which has already been buried and should stay in the past. "The old has passed away, the new has come." Show notes: 2 Corinth...

Miss shares her experience with joining a new church and doing scary things in order to find a true community. Rachel shares her experience on staff at her church in the role of connections and how important it is to connect with others in our faith communities. Join them to be challenged this week!

Are you good at giving compliments? What about receiving them? Miss and Rach discuss the importance of encouraging and lifting others up and how it can change so much in our friendships and community.

This week, Miss and Rach had their fantastic dad, Curt, on the podcast. He brought them through his fifty-year learning journey to understand the importance of reading the gospels. He shared about his discipleship experience and how simple it can be to bring others along with us in the process of immersing ourselves in the gospel. You will want to catch this episode. His experience and process hav...

Jesus teaches us how to pray in the sermon on the mount (Matthew 5-7). He said, “Hallowed be thy name.”  Do we ever stop to ask what that actually means? Miss and Rach walk through this one verse and dive into what living a life that reveres God as Holy means and what it can change. 

Miss and Rachel cover hot topics! They discuss the dangers of turning non-Christians away when we approach hot issues in a black-and-white way. They share their own experience with wounding people and no longer being able to be good news due to publicly taking stances on social media. Before posting on social media, they encourage listeners to ask, “Am I going to draw others closer to Jesus, or fu...

Miss, Rach and their mom, Barb, discuss how the Bible displayed Jesus’ great value and love for women. Not all women feel valued in this world, in their lives, or at their jobs. The three women spend the episode overviewing the many instances where Jesus was counter-cultural in how He viewed women. We think whether you struggle with feeling valued or not, this episode will be an encouragement to a...

Welcome back to Season 3 of A Mess, Nonetheless. Miss and Rach talk about their summer. They talk about the hard things they've been walking through, the good things God is doing in their lives, their faith goals, and what's new for this year's podcast!    Challenge: Consider where you're at; ask yourself and God what your faith goals are for this next year.   

Miss and Rachel discuss the last season of podcasting and what they learned this year through the processing of creating episodes with you guys in mind. They will be back sometime in the next school year because they take off for the summer. See you then!

Are we slow to speak and quick to listen? Melissa and Rachel cannot say that's something that has come naturally to them! In fact, Rachel is still pretty much straight up bad at it! Melissa shares how God taught her to do just this thing, especially in conflict, and in the end it saved her marriage! We truly cannot know what God can do in the "space" unless we allow there to be "space". Tune in to...

When other people don't see us for who we are, or misunderstand our character, it hurts. It's painful and yet sometimes we aren't meant to defend ourselves. Sometimes we have to surrender the situation to God and trust Him to resolve it when and how He sees fit. Miss and Rachel share about their experiences with the difficult subject and share an abundance of scripture to discuss what the Bible sa...

In this episode Miss and Rach talk about the difference between Biblical convictions and personal convictions, and what happens when we put our personal convictions on others—legalism! They share examples from their own lives and talk through what the Bible says about it.   Show notes: There are things the Bible lays out and we should attempt, as best we can, to interpret, apply and adhere to them...

Do you ever find yourself responding to someone or a scenario based on how you feel, rather than on reality? Emotions are not bad, or unbiblical, but responding out of our feelings can get us into a lot of trouble. Join Miss and Rach as they talk about their own issues in the area and the tools they've implemented to hold them accountable.   Show Notes: There is nothing inherently wrong with feeli...

You know who you are, you struggle to say “no” and you just want people to always be happy! Unfortunately, being a people-pleaser can come at the expense of our own happiness, sanity and can lead to resentment and anxiousness. Miss and Rachel discuss what the Bible says on the subject and Melissa shares from the perspective of a former long-time people-pleaser. If you’re not a people-pleaser, they...

In this episode Miss and Rach learn all about the Power of P.A.U.S.E. from their guest, Salina. It is a powerful and useful tool designed to help us when we feel bogged down, overdone or overwhelmed! Rachel has already begun using it and can confidently state that it lives up to its promise of helping us overcome our feelings of anxiousness and frustration. Catch us on all your favorite podcast ap...