Rooted Real Talk with Jamie Harrison

In this episode of Rooted Real Talk , I'm joined by Lynn Kaufman, author of Fire Horse Rising , for a powerful conversation about faith, identity, surrender, and the courage to become who God created us to be. We dive into Lynn's journey of finding Jesus, the inspiration behind her book, and the seasons that challenged her faith but ultimately shaped her perspective. We explore what it loo...

In this week's episode of Rooted Real Talk , I'm getting vulnerable about a season of exhaustion, disrupted routines, and feeling spiritually disconnected. I've been caught in the tension between the new rhythm God is calling me into and my old habits of striving, pushing through, and trying to control everything. I'm sharing what God has been teaching me about slowing down, surren...

What if the resistance you're facing right now isn't meant to stop you, but to prepare you for where God is taking you next? In today's episode of Rooted Real Talk , I'm diving into the power of resilience and how life's greatest challenges can become opportunities for growth, transformation, and deeper dependence on God. I'm sharing personal experiences from navigating new...

Have you ever felt rejected, overlooked, or so discouraged that you wanted to throw in the towel? What if the real battle isn't what's happening around you, but the thoughts you're allowing to take root within you? In this episode of *Rooted Real Talk*, I'm sharing a weekend filled with unexpected disappointments, emotional triggers, and moments that tested my peace. But through it...

What if the pressure you’re facing isn’t setting you back but preparing you for what’s next? In this episode of Rooted Real Talk, I’m sharing what God has been teaching me as I step into a new season of increased responsibility, leadership, and pressure. What initially felt like I was going backward quickly became a reminder from God: I’m not the same person I was the last time I carried this kind...

What happens when I stop trying to control everything and truly go all in with God? In this episode, I’m sharing what God has been teaching me about surrender, obedience, and seeking Him with my whole heart. I’ve made some major changes recently not because I needed to do more, but because God was showing me how to let go, get quiet, and allow Him to realign my life. I talk about how obedience has...

What happens when you get so busy doing what God called you to do that you lose sight of the One who called you? In this episode, I’m sharing what God has been revealing to me through a season of burnout, overwhelm, and realignment. I had slipped back into old patterns—doing too much, neglecting important relationships, and trying to carry everything in my own strength. Through Ezra, Mark 11, and...

We’re living in a decade of voice wars. Culture has a voice, fear has a voice, our past has a voice—and God has a voice. The question is: who has your ear? In this episode, I’m talking about what it looks like to turn down the noise and get quiet enough to hear God. I unpack the difference between loving the culture of Christianity and truly knowing Jesus, obeying God even when our emotions or cir...

In the final episode of the New Mind, New You series, I’m breaking down Mindset #6: I have everything I need for the season I’m in. God doesn’t waste a season. The hard moments, the waiting, the failures, the lessons, and even the things I never would have chosen can all be used to prepare me for what’s next. Looking back, I can see how God used different seasons of my life to teach me dependence...

In this episode of Rooted Real Talk, I’m breaking down Mindset #5: My Joy Is My Job. It’s easy to believe that we’ll finally be happy when our circumstances change—when the finances get better, the relationship feels easier, the goal is reached, or the pressure finally lets up. But biblical joy isn’t dependent on everything going right. Joy comes from knowing who God is and trusting that He is wit...

Mindset #4 is one I have to remind myself of constantly: God is not against me. He is with me, working through me, and fighting for me. In this episode, I talk about how easy it is to mistake God’s protection for punishment. When a prayer isn’t answered the way I hoped, a door closes, or life doesn’t go according to plan, my mind can immediately wonder what went wrong. But sometimes God isn’t with...

New Mind, New You Series #3 — With God There Is Always a Way In mindset #3 of the New Mind, New You series, we’re focusing on a powerful truth: With God there is always a way, and by faith I will find it. Through the story of the bleeding woman and Jairus in Mark 5, we see what it looks like to keep believing when circumstances tell us there’s no hope. The woman had suffered for 12 years, yet she...

In this episode of the New Mind, New You series, I unpack the powerful truth that our worth doesn't come from our abilities, accomplishments, or the opinions of others it comes from Christ living in us. Many of us struggle with feeling inadequate, believing we're not qualified or capable enough to fulfill God's calling. But Scripture reminds us that God intentionally uses ordinary people, just lik...

In this first episode of my New Mind, New You series, I dive into one of the biggest mindset shifts that has transformed my own life: I'm not stuck unless I stop. Using Matthew 20:29–34 , the story of the two blind men who refused to stop calling out to Jesus despite the crowd trying to silence them, I share how I've had to overcome fear, self-doubt, comparison, and limiting beliefs that once kept...

Have you ever wondered why the same struggles seem to keep showing up in your life? What if those challenges aren't random but opportunities for growth? In this episode we're diving into what Scripture says about the tests God allows us to face and why they're essential to our spiritual growth. Together we'll unpack James 1:2-4, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Romans 8:28, and other powerful passages that reveal h...

In this episode, I'm sharing one of the biggest lessons God has taught me: partial obedience is still disobedience. For years, I loved Jesus, went to church, and knew Scripture but I wasn't truly living it. I was picking and choosing what I wanted to obey while ignoring the parts that challenged my flesh. Looking back, I can clearly see how every compromise led me further from the life God had for...

In this episode, I share how I've learned that spiraling isn't the real problem it's what I choose to do next that matters. We all experience moments where fear, comparison, shame, and insecurity try to take over, but those thoughts don't have to define us. Together, we'll explore what Scripture says about taking our thoughts captive, replacing lies with God's truth, refusing to let feelings lead...

In this episode of Rooted Real Talk, I get real about an area where God has been convicting my own heart: the Fruit of the Spirit. After recognizing that stress, exhaustion, and a poor mindset were affecting how I treated the people around me, I realized it wasn't just about being "nice" it was about becoming more like Christ. Together, we take a deep dive into each of the nine qualities found in...

In this episode of Rooted Real Talk, I share why your failures don't define you God's purpose does. We all make mistakes, but failure is an event, not an identity. Through my own story of stepping into the plumbing industry with zero experience, I reflect on how God often develops our greatest potential through our biggest setbacks. Together, we explore how Scripture consistently reveals a...

In this episode of Rooted Real Talk, I'm sharing some exciting changes happening behind the scenes, including the rebrand from Jamie Mallek to Rooted 413 and what God has been teaching me about vision, purpose, and dreaming bigger. As I've walked through this season, I've realized that while I may have plans and dreams of my own, God's vision is always greater than anything I can i...

In this episode of Rooted Real Talk, we dive into what it truly means to fear the Lord. Many people hear the phrase and picture fear as terror or punishment, but Scripture reveals something completely different. The fear of the Lord is a deep reverence, awe, honor, and respect for God that transforms how we live, think, and make decisions. Through powerful passages in Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Psalm...

In this episode of Rooted Real Talk, we dive into what I call the “messy middle” that uncomfortable season between where you’ve been and where God is leading you. It’s the space where the promise hasn’t fully arrived, growth feels slow, and uncertainty can leave you questioning yourself and your calling. Through personal experiences and powerful scriptures including Jeremiah 29:11-13, Deuteronomy...

In this episode, we explore one of the biggest misconceptions in today's culture: the belief that freedom comes from living without structure. Scripture reveals the opposite. God is a God of order, purpose, and intentionality, and the more we align our lives with His design, the more stability, peace, and freedom we experience. Together, we dive into how discipline, mindset, leadership, and st...

This episode explores how the entire Old Testament points toward Jesus Christ through foreshadowing, prophecy, symbolism, and repeated patterns woven throughout Scripture. It challenges the idea that Jesus suddenly appeared in the New Testament and instead reveals how God intentionally prepared the world for redemption from the very beginning. The episode walks through powerful biblical parallels...

In this episode of Rooted Real Talk, we dive deep into the victim mindset and how staying emotionally attached to the past can quietly destroy growth, healing, purpose, and faith. Using the powerful analogy of driving while staring into the rearview mirror, we unpack how many people remain spiritually stuck by constantly replaying betrayal, pain, regret, or dysfunction instead of moving forward wi...