Bleeding Daylight

Sheila Krygsheld has spent years helping everyday Christians move from simply believing to truly understanding why they believe. A former college religion professor, wife, mum and grandmother of six, Sheila is the author of What Makes You Say That? How to Study What You Believe So You Can Share It with Others. Her journey into apologetics began not in a classroom, but in crisis, when her daughter'...

Jim Burgoon is a speaker, author, certified leadership coach, military veteran, former pastor and host of the Unshakeable Life podcast. Behind those titles is a man who has lived through childhood trauma, complex PTSD, chronic illness and devastating loss, including the deaths of his mother and sister within six months of each other and his wife's suicide attempt soon after. In this conversation,...

Robert Ruesch has been putting words to paper since the mid-1960s, but nothing prepared him for the story he'd one day write with his daughter. Growing up at the world's largest YMCA resort in the Colorado Rockies, surrounded by college professors, world travellers and breathtaking mountain views, Robert's love of storytelling took root early, sparked by a school bully and a creative writing class...

We live in the most connected era in human history, yet loneliness has become a defining crisis of our time. In this episode, Rodney sits down with Keith Spurgin, international speaker, church planter, and author of Unknown: Finding Connection in a Disconnected World, to get to the heart of why genuine community is so hard to find and even harder to build. Keith traces his own story from a childho...

Gary Janzen grew up in a construction family with an expected future mapped out for him, but God had very different plans. From managing a sporting goods store to pastoring youth, taking teenagers to Mexico for eleven summers, and eventually ministering in Rwandan orphanages still raw from the wounds of genocide, Gary's journey is marked by a willingness to say yes to God at every turn. He shares...

Dr Mike Ayers grew up without a present or affirming father, but instead of repeating that cycle, he dedicated decades of his life to understanding what intentional fatherhood actually looks like. Drawing on his background as a researcher, a pastor of 25 years, and a dad of three, Mike shares the framework behind his upcoming book Father Friend,  a research-backed guide built around seven core com...

Bill Nienhuis, President of Childcare Worldwide, joins Rodney Olsen for a conversation about what it really means to make disciples, not just decisions. Drawing on his own formation as a young believer shaped by Sunday school teachers, choir directors, and a Bible-reading grandmother, Bill reflects on how God used decades of seemingly unrelated experience, including 25 years in the Bible software...

Wesley Farnsworth grew up in a pastor's home with a deep faith, a desire to fit in, and a set of expectations he placed entirely on himself. A chance online search as a teenager opened a door to addiction that he would quietly battle for the next 20 years, all while building an impressive career as a US Air Force photographer, capturing everything from war zones to presidential inaugurations. In t...

In this episode of Bleeding Daylight, Rodney Olsen sits down with Doug Moore, a man whose 30 years across three wildly different worlds, wilderness trail guiding, youth ministry, and nursing as a registered sexual assault nurse examiner, have uniquely equipped him to speak into one of the most urgent crises facing families today. Doug is the author of The Vanguard Project: Equipping Fathers to Fig...

After more than two decades as a pastor, Timothy Stobbe stepped away from Waypoint Church without a clear plan for what would come next, just a deep sense that the time had arrived for something new. In this warm and searching conversation, Timothy shares the journey that brought him to that moment, from a childhood faith sparked in a truck on a rainy Wednesday evening, to a campfire calling at si...

Valerie Carter is the founder and director of RRT Ministries, Rescued, Redeemed, Transformed, a global Christ-centred ministry walking alongside survivors of human trafficking, sexual exploitation, and complex trauma. Growing up in Oakland, California, Valerie experienced profound abuse from a very young age, but also an extraordinary encounter with heaven that gave her both the promise of healing...

Rhame Neubauer grew up surrounded by church, but it wasn't until a camp counsellor sat down with a 12-year-old girl and explained the gospel that everything changed. That encounter ignited a faith so alive that by 17, Rhame felt God clearly calling her to a life of missionary work. But the road ahead looked nothing like she'd imagined. What followed were 12 years she describes as her dark years, a...

Doreen Virtue was once one of the most recognised names in the New Age world, a bestselling author, a psychotherapist, a regular guest on Oprah and CNN, and a global spiritual teacher whose books were translated into 38 languages. Raised in a Christian Science household that blended biblical language with New Thought philosophy, she spent decades teaching angel spirituality, psychic development, a...

Mark Osborne spent decades in the background, playing rhythm guitar on the worship team, raising his kids, and going to church, while quietly living without real purpose, spiritual depth, or a genuine connection with God. A mild heart attack at 48 nudged him toward healthier habits, but it was the day he sat alone on his birthday with a bowl of Captain Crunch and asked God why he wasn't happy that...

Dr. James Torkildson brings more than four decades of clinical experience to a conversation that covers far more than mental health. From a dramatic conversion experience in an army chapel in Germany to a career spent helping thousands of people understand the roots of their pain, James speaks with the kind of quiet authority that only comes from having lived through both the darkness and the ligh...

John Finkelde led a Perth church through three decades of growth before handing over the reins at 58, not because he was done, but because he'd been planning well ahead. In this warm and wide-ranging conversation, John shares how a moment behind the wheel watching a sunset shifted his entire perspective on ageing, and why he's traded the word "retirement" for something far more life-giving: redesi...

After 25 years in pastoral ministry,  spanning student ministry, worship, lead pastor, and church planting ,  Dustin Kleinschmidt found himself stepping into what he thought would be a redemptive season, only to discover it would become the hardest of his life. In this deeply honest conversation, Dustin walks us through the perfect storm of circumstances that led to his burnout: the relentless pre...

Carolyn Sherrow's healing journey began not with a memory, but with a symptom. After waking in the middle of the night unable to breathe, this physician assistant of 23 years found herself on an unexpected path that led through medical specialists, a speech therapist, and eventually a Christian counsellor, one who recognised something in Carolyn that she hadn't yet seen in herself. What emerged ov...

When Allison Byxbe's oldest son was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, her vibrant faith went silent. What followed was a full decade of processing grief, letting go of the life she'd imagined, and learning to embrace a new reality. In her darkest season, she discovered that journaling wasn't just a way to record her pain, it became a lifeline back to God's presence. In this conversation, All...

In this powerful episode, Amber Swift shares her remarkable journey through 25 years of pastoral ministry, marked by both beautiful highs and devastating lows. From planting a church with two small children, to raising five strong-willed kids whilst homeschooling and leading worship, Amber's story is one of faithful service met with unexpected trials. A health crisis at 39 forced her to confront h...

In this powerful conversation, Dr. Zach Terry shares his journey from a secular upbringing to discovering genuine faith through a radio broadcast he initially thought was news. As a pastor, author and host of the Code Red podcast, Zach is passionate about helping believers think biblically and stand faithfully in an increasingly confusing world. He opens up about the moment he realised Christianit...

In this profoundly moving episode, Karol Holmes shares her family's journey of adopting three children with profound disabilities, including Moise, a deaf, blind, medically fragile boy from Haiti who would transform their lives completely. What began as a temporary hosting arrangement became a 23-year journey filled with impossible decisions, heartbreaking losses, and a deepening faith that carrie...

After nearly three decades working in sustainable energy, Ramsey Zimmerman hit a wall. He was forced to confront the reality that while he was working to save the planet, he'd completely neglected his own health. The red flags had been there for years, high blood pressure, weight gain, declining fitness, but like so many of us, he'd written it off as just getting older. The COVID pandemic became a...

In this deeply moving episode, Jody Hudson shares the heartbreaking yet inspiring story of her daughter Alex's 10-year battle with Lyme disease. From the first mysterious symptoms at age 11 to visiting 40 doctors and facing countless misdiagnoses, Jody and Alex fought together with unwavering faith and determination. Despite the medical community's inability to identify the illness for years, Alex...

Are you ready to own your day instead of letting your day own you? In this transformative conversation, Michael Klassen, co-founder and host of the 5AM podcast, shares practical wisdom about intentional living, the power of morning routines, and what true abundance really means. From his farming roots where responsibilities mattered more than curfews, Michael has developed a life philosophy centre...