Captivated

Stasi welcomes her dear friend Becky Allender on today’s podcast to discuss story work and the healing that can come through it. Story work is a way of honoring our life’s story and the ways it has shaped us and engaging the places we need care, compassion, and mercy. If this feels new to you, Becky also offers a simple place to start. Friends, each of us desires to be seen and known, and giving a...

Unanswered prayer or the perceived silence of God in the midst of suffering is one of the most difficult things to endure, yet it is something that every believer has experienced. There is a way forward in these hard times. Join Stasi today as she talks about this subject head-on and leads us to the truth that though we are not promised a life free from sorrow, we are promised that our God will be...

In this episode, Stasi and guest Lisa Bevere – author and co-founder of Messenger International – share about the transformative power of Jesus' love. The conversation explores how we are each uniquely loved and reframes what it means to live a surrendered life. When we step into our identity as the daughters and sons of God, we are able to embrace the truth that who we are to God matters more tha...

Join Stasi for this delightful conversation with her friend Yolanda Weinberger. Yolanda is a wise and passionate woman who loves Jesus deeply, and it is an honor to listen as she shares her story. Yolanda tells of how she has fallen more in love with Jesus through her daily rhythms, her parenting of adult children, and as she battled cancer. In all of it, Jesus has pursued her with his faithful lo...

One of the ways we experience God is through the beauty of his creation. Beauty heals. Beauty refreshes. Beauty puts our souls at rest. Beauty speaks hope. In today’s podcast, Stasi, along with Polly Dodge and Jamie Goudie of the Wild at Heart team, share the ways they cultivate beauty, and why choosing to look for beauty is so important. Jesus is Divine Beauty, perfect, alluring, and glorious. Wh...

Friends, have you ever felt distant and disconnected from God? Of course, you have. You are not alone in that. But what then? In today’s podcast, Stasi reminds us of the good news: while our feelings may fluctuate, God remains constant and unchanging. Even when we feel like God is hiding from us, we can know that He will never turn His face away. It is in the hard seasons that we come to know God’...

Join Stasi and her guest Melissa Johnson – therapist, teacher and author – as they discuss soul-deep beauty. Most of us have been sold a shame-based view of beauty which can rob us from resting in our true authentic beauty. Melissa defines authenic beauty as the life of God at work in us and among us. Friends, we are at our most lovely when we are living in union with God, embracing the fullness o...

Stasi welcomes back Stacey Burton on today’s podcast for a conversation that dives deep into the epicenter of God's heart. Stacey shares how she has always known in her mind that God loves her, and how He recently broke barriers within her to believe it in her inmost being. Stasi then walks us through the truth of Jesus being the beloved Son and how our identity is indistinguishably linked to His....

Join Stasi and Karen Christakis on today’s podcast for an inspiring conversation on the beauty and the power of the Bible. A deep lover of scripture, Karen shares how she doesn’t just read it; she lets it “read her.” Through her years of digging into His Word, God has used it to enlighten her to both Jesus’ heart and her own. Studying the Bible has been a doorway to growth, stretching, healing, ex...

Join us for today’s podcast with Stasi’s dear friend Ann Marie Farren of Scotland. Jesus captured Ann Marie’s heart at an early age, then invited her to remain single for him. It’s a decision Ann Marie has never regretted in the 40 years of her daily Romance with the Resurrected One. An integral member of her church community, Ann Marie’s mission is to invite others to know our great God, who fore...

“So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion. And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.” Hosea 2:19 God invites us to know him and know him well—by heart. The natural response to truly knowing him is loving him above all else. Join Stasi today as she highlights this marvelous truth, then leads us...

In today’s podcast, Stasi enjoys a conversation with best-selling author Lysa TerKeurst as they discuss Lysa's new devotional, You’re Going to Make It , and her desire to offer others a healing rhythm of receiving from God and releasing to God when in a season of suffering. Friends, God is after our true hearts, and we are safe to be honest with him. He will meet us in our tears and ache, offering...

Join us as Stasi invites author Kia Stephens for another engaging and honest conversation about her new book, Overcoming Father Wounds . Kia’s desire is to help us identify our father wounds and to share practical tools to step towards deeper healing, while offering compassion, grace, and encouragement for our ongoing restoration. We serve a God who is not afraid of our tears, and we are never too...

As we grow in knowing Jesus more truly, others benefit from our walk with him. In this week’s podcast, Stasi and her good friend Sue Eitemiller enjoy a conversation about what it looks like to invite God into all the changing seasons of our lives. Sue describes the transition from believing in God out of duty and living out of her own strength to discovering a faithful friend in Jesus and choosing...

In this final part of our series on the Power of Testimony, Cherie Snyder sits down with Stasi to share the journey of her faith. For many years, Cherie wrestled with a deep feeling that something was inherently wrong with her, that it was up to her to earn her worth, and that God's love was one of obligation. Yet just as our God pursues each one of us uniquely and personally, Cherie tells how He...

As this series continues, Stasi’s friend Elaine Supple shares her heart's journey. Because of her story, Elaine struggled with a sense of not belonging for many years. In today’s podcast, she shares ways God has invited her into his comforting love – finding his steadfast heart to be her true Home. Friends, God is calling each one of us deeper into His heart to find the love we long for, the secur...

There is power and encouragement in sharing, listening to, and remembering the testimonies of the saving grace and love of God. In this first episode of a series, Stasi shares her story of God’s rescue and ongoing intervention in her life with awe and deep thanksgiving. Friends, Jesus has come for us and he is coming still. No one is out of reach of his amazing love. SHOW NOTES: Verses: Matthew 11...

In today's podcast, Stasi and author, speaker, and podcaster Annie Downs invite you into their delightful conversation on experiencing joy even in the hard and practicing friendship with Jesus as he invites us into a beautiful story with him. There is a deep joy in knowing that he sits with us in everything. We are not alone. With Jesus, we have a guide and a friend. Show Notes: VERSES:   Luke 17:...

Our desire for memorable and beautiful moments during the Christmas season can lead us to put incredible pressure on ourselves to make it amazing. In today’s podcast, Stasi sits down with Stacey Burton to talk about the desires and demands of the holidays and the goodness we can experience when we rest in God being the Amazing One. When we trust in him, the pressure is off. 

In God’s presence, we can find healing. In his pure love, our hearts can find hope. Join Stasi for a delightful conversation with guest Liz Wright – best-selling author, international speaker, podcast host, and Founder of the International Mentoring Community. Liz shares her powerful story of falling in love with Jesus in the middle of a painful season, and her heart for everyone to experience the...

Stasi invites guest Danita Jenae, author of When Mountains Crumble , into the studio for this week's podcast to share about the faithfulness of Jesus amidst tragedy and grief. With practical wisdom, Stasi and Danita talk about finding peace even when things fall apart, grieving without shame, and what Danita came to know of God through her heartbreaking loss. Her story is filled with beauty and pa...

Stasi is so happy to have guest Eric Gilmour from Sonship International on today’s podcast. Out of his deep love for Jesus, Eric shares what it means to abide in God and fix our gaze on him, as well as ways to access what God offers us. Friends, we won’t know the depth of God’s love until we have tasted the majesty and goodness of Jesus. As Jeremiah 29:13 says, "You will seek me and find me when y...

Join Stasi as she dives deeper into the beautiful truths of who we are in Christ and what our magnificent God has accomplished for us! Growing in our practice of resting in these truths helps us to guard against Identity Theft — the enemy’s #1 tool to keep us from living in the love and power of God. SHOW NOTES: Verses: 1 John 1:3 (NIV) — See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we...

The busyness of the world can leave us feeling fragmented and buried. Jamie Goudie joins Stasi to talk about the ways the pressures of life separate us from the heart of God, and the importance of not letting go of the things that bring us life and connect us to Him. Tending to our hearts is an invitation to show up just as we are, trusting Him to meet us with His mercy and kindness. SHOW NOTES: H...

It’s helpful to know we are not alone in not fitting in. Today’s guest is Nancy Carmichael, creator of IsleofMisfits.com . She loves to encourage others in their “weird,” and today she shares her three core values: owning your awkward, loving your fellow misfits, and seeking beauty and truth. Believing that God doesn’t just love us but actually likes the way he made us can help us own who we are a...