CHURCH OF POD

What does emotional healing look like after decades of feeling unseen in a marriage?  In this powerful conversation, author Julie Cunningham shares the deeply personal journey behind her book The Orphaned Wife — a story of emotional abandonment, hidden wounds, spiritual awakening, and the long road toward real restoration. Julie opens up about: Growing up adopted and navigating childhood wounds Em...

This is our first 7 Minute Quest podcast. The word "quest" stirs thoughts about a search for truth or understanding or an adventure. A quest is the kind of story that’s filled with heroes and trusted guides, failures and victories. You may be thinking that seven minutes isn't enough time to flesh out an idea, but sometimes brevity is best. This Week's Question: Is coming to fai...

Have you ever been at a point in your life where you had prayed to God for something important to take place, something to be revealed to you, something that was time-sensitive? I remember a time when I was in college and like many 20-year-olds I’d hit a wall in my faith and in my understanding of God and how He works. Then an older Christian brother recommended that I take some time to visit the...

“Who am I?” Now THAT’S the question of the hour, isn’t it? Personality tests like Myers Briggs, Enneagram, DISC, StrengthsFinder, High5, and Hogan are common across corporations and churches alike.  Is is all just about "me"? This episode explores who Jesus says he is and how that will lead us to His Father. Foundational Scripture: Luke 9:18-20 (ESV) 18 Now it happened that as he was pra...

On two separate occasions Margaret turned down offers for her 30-acre farm because of the still small voice of God prompting her “don’t sell”. A smaller place with less stress and responsibilities for a then 56-year-old woman with crippling arthritis looked pretty good, don’t you think? The second buyer was willing to pay twice what the first buyer offered a year earlier. Might this have been the...

In a world filled with so many ways to communicate and connect, why are so many people suffering from extreme loneliness and isolation? Our Foundational Scriptures: “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me ".  (John 14:6) That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by...

Welcome to Church of POD, where we have honest, grace-centered conversations helping ordinary Christians move from performance to a secure identity in an extraordinary God. When I was young, I wanted nothing more than to please God. Trouble was, I was always unsure if my efforts were enough. We were taught, sometimes without words, that our part of being a Christian meant trying harder. Serving mo...