One Single Story

Welcome to One Single Story, where each weekday Pastor Stephen Mizell and co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Sheryl Daughety draw a brief, practical lesson from the One Year Bible. Today we are in Psalm 102, exploring how honest, raw prayer can coexist with deep, unwavering faith. Scripture Focus: Psalm 102:1-28 - A psalm of lament written in personal distress that moves from grief and exhau...

Join host Pastor Stephen Mizell and co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Sheryl Daughety for today's edition of One Single Story, a daily devotional podcast walking through the One Year Bible. Today's passage is Psalm 101:1-8, where David makes intentional declarations about living with integrity - connecting personal character directly to public leadership. Scripture Focus: Psalm 101:1-8 - Da...

Welcome to One Single Story, your weekday Bible study companion through the One Year Bible. Host Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Sheryl Daughety for a conversation around one of Scripture's most beloved worship psalms — Psalm 100. They explore what it means to worship with a genuinely grateful heart, what it looks like to belong to God, and how rememberi...

Welcome to One Single Story. Each weekday, Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark and co-host, Pastor Sheryl Daughety, open the One Year Bible for a brief, meaningful conversation around Scripture. Today we are in Psalm 99, exploring the holiness of God - what it means, why it matters, and why it should draw us to worship. Scripture Focus: Psalm 99 - God's holiness declared three times, al...

Welcome to One Single Story, where Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined Pastor Sheryl Daughety this week for a brief lesson from the One Year Bible. Today we are in Psalms 97 and 98, exploring what it means to live joyfully under the reign of a sovereign God. Scripture Focus: Psalms 97-98 - Known as the Enthronement Psalms, these passages celebrate the truth that the Lord reig...

Welcome to One Single Story, your weekday guide through the One Year Bible. Host Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Alyssa Bream. Today the team digs into Luke 22, verses 14 through 34, exploring the weight of the Last Supper, what true greatness looks like in God's kingdom, and the relatable story of Peter's denial. Scripture Focus: Luke 22:14-34 - Jesus institutes...

Join Pastor Stephen Mizell and co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Alyssa Bream for today's lesson from One Single Story. We are in Luke 21:29 through 22:13, where Jesus uses the fig tree parable to call his followers to spiritual awareness, then the passage shifts into the account of Judas's betrayal and the sobering reality that proximity to Jesus does not guarantee a genuine relationship w...

Welcome to One Single Story, where each weekday Pastor Stephen Mizell and co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Alyssa Bream bring a brief, grounded conversation from the One Year Bible reading. Join them for a discussion on sacrificial giving, standing firm in uncertainty, and the hope we have in Jesus. The passage is Luke 21:1-28, covering the widow's offering and Jesus teaching his disciples...

Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5. Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pator Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Alyssa Bream for the April 21st edition. The Sadducees attempt to trap Jesus with a question meant to mock the resurrection, and his answer challenges everything they assume about eternity. Scripture Focus: Luke 20:27-47 - The Sadducees, who rejected resurrection and the afterlife, press Jesus...

Welcome to One Single Story, where Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Alyssa Bream as they walk through the One Year Bible. The conversation stems from Luke 20:1-26 - one of Scripture's most revealing exchanges about power, allegiance, and whose image we truly bear. Scripture Focus: Luke 20:1-26 - Jesus enters Jerusalem, cleanses the temple, and is immediately conf...

Welcome to One Single Story, where each weekday Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Wendy Korbusieski walk through the daily One Year Bible reading with practical insight and honest conversation. Today the team explores Joshua 15 and what Judah's inheritance reveals about the faithfulness of God. Scripture Focus: Joshua 15:1-63 - The boundaries and cities of Judah's inheritance...

Welcome to One Single Story, the daily Bible podcast where Pastor Stephen Mizell and co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Wendy Korbusieski walk through the One Year Bible together. In today's episode, we are in Joshua 13 and 14, where the story of 85-year-old Caleb challenges us to finish strong, trust God's timing, and never settle short of the promises He has made. Scripture Focus: Joshua 1...

Welcome to One Single Story. Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Wendy Korbusieski for today's lesson from Joshua 11 and 12 -- where Israel's long campaign to claim the Promised Land teaches us what it really means to persevere in faith. Scripture Focus: Joshua 11-12 -- Over five to seven years, Joshua leads Israel against a northern coalition of kings, stea...

Join Pastor Stephen Mizell and co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Wendy Korbusieski for today's lesson from the One Year Bible. In this episode, the hosts dig into Joshua nine and ten, where Israel's leaders are deceived by the Gibeonites after failing to seek God's guidance before making a major covenant. Scripture Focus: Joshua 9-10 - Israel is tricked into an unbreakable treaty, revealing...

Welcome to One Single Story, your weekday companion through the One Year Bible. Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Wendy Korbusieski for a sobering look at how hidden sin disrupts not just the individual, but the entire community of God's people. Scripture Focus: Joshua 7:16 - 9:2 - After Israel's miraculous victory at Jericho, the nation suffers a humbling defeat a...

Welcome to One Single Story. Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and special guest Sheryl Daughety for a conversation rooted in one of Proverbs' sharpest observations about friendship: "The godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray." Scripture Focus: Proverbs 12:26 - A single verse that opens a far-reaching discussion on the directional power of every...

Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5. Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Sheryl Daughety for today's devotional drawn from the One Year Bible. In this episode, the team unpacks Proverbs 12:25 and one of the most relatable struggles in the Christian life: worry, and the power of encouragement to counter it. Scripture Focus: Proverbs 12:25 "Worry weighs a person down...

Welcome to One Single Story, your weekday Bible reading companion. Hosts Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Sheryl Daughety for a practical conversation on Proverbs 12:24: "Work hard and become a leader. Be lazy and become a slave." This episode tackles what diligence really costs, why laziness quietly destroys influence, and what habits build lasting faithfulness....

Welcome to One Single Story, the weekday Bible study podcast where Pastor Stephen Mizell and co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Sheryl Daughety walk through the One Year Bible reading plan together. Today the team is in Proverbs 12:21-23, where Solomon draws a sharp contrast between the wise and the foolish -- and what each one reveals through their words and actions. Proverbs reminds us tha...

Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5, with Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Alyssa Bream. Each weekday we draw a brief lesson from the One Year Bible, and today we are in Proverbs 12:19-20: "Truthful words stand the test of time, but lies are soon exposed. Deceit fills hearts that are plotting evil. Joy fills hearts that are planning peace." In this episode, the...

Welcome to One Single Story, your weekday companion through the One Year Bible. Host Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Alyssa Bream as they dig into Psalm 75 and tackle three big questions: Is God's judgment actually good news? How does pride set us up for a fall? And what does it really mean when Scripture says promotion comes from the Lord? Scripture Foc...

Welcome to One Single Story, where each weekday Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Alyssa Bream offer a brief lesson from the daily reading in the One Year Bible. Today the team opens Psalm 74, a communal lament likely written after the destruction of the temple, and explores what it means to bring our pain to God together, anchor our hope in his covenant promises, and let pra...

Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5. Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Alyssa Bream for a timely conversation from Psalm 73 -- where worship leader Asaph wrestles honestly with envy, the prosperity of the wicked, and why the righteous suffer. If you have ever caught yourself comparing your life to someone else's, this episode is for you. Scripture Focus: Psalm 73...

Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5. I'm Pastor Stephen Mizell, joined today by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and our guest Alyssa Bream. We're in  Psalm 72:1-20 -- a royal psalm attributed to Solomon that paints a picture of the ideal king: one who rules with justice, defends the poor, and brings lasting peace. But here is where it gets interesting. The language in this psalm stretches well beyond any e...

Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5. I'm Pastor Stephen Mizell, joined today by co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Alyssa Bream from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina. Today we are in Psalm 71, and we are talking about one of the most practical disciplines in the Christian life: rehearsing the faithfulness of God. Psalm 71:1-24 gives us the voice of a seasoned saint reflecting on...