Stories You've Missed

Cynthia and Barb discuss the ministry Hands to Bless, which creates handmade items to love others.  They share their experience of finding meaningful ministry, a surprising friendship, and unimagined goodness from God in this stage of life.  Listen to them describe the spiritual work God does through creating and why they can say,  "while I am quilting putting pieces of fabric together God is...

Dave and Barb reflect on acts of God's grace to them through 44 years of marriage. You'll hear about their "one-week" engagement and their first year spent apart. Though their 4 decades together were rarely easy, they would change very little. They experienced a God who never gave up on them and never stopped pursuing them. Because of that love, they never gave up on each other...

Gary and Desiree recount the grace they received from God after the death of their 17 year old daughter, Bailey.  They continue to endure one of the most difficult events in life, and are still standing. Their experience of grief, though different from each other, is fixed on the same source of help. You will hear about the many ways God assured them that He sees their pain and is in control. In p...

Butch and Amy share their experience of grace from God in the ongoing trial of ocular melanoma. Butch was diagnosed 12 years ago and by grace, survives today. Butch still has eye cancer and the future is not promised. Actually, we all share an uncertain earthly future. Their experience may give you courage to face the unknown. 

The Peschel's retell their experience of grace from God in the process of adopting Bella into their family. Listen to this incredible account of God working out dozens of details and sustaining the Peschel's even when they could not see it. They describe what it was like to walk with God while they, "held their breath for a year." 

Ed and Peggy share tales of God's grace to them over 62 years of marriage. They grew up in a time when young people were entrusted with hard things (like running a farm as a teenager). 

Nicole shares how God was gracious in the ways he changed her heart from being a geologist to being a mom. 

Jenny recounts acts of God's grace that resulting in moving her family half way across the US from Delaware to Grand Parkway Baptist. In His kindness, God gives us what we need to trust Him and follow His leading. 

Nicole shares the process God led her through that united her training in geology with a longing for the Gospel to be available to unreached peoples.  She recounts her experience that God's plans are always more than we can see in the moment and can be trusted. 

Guest: Al and Nancy Williams retell the story of God's goodness through their experience of adoption.  You will be touched by the comedy of how unprepared they were to bring their first baby home. You will be moved to hear about their writing a letter to a teenage girl to be a safe haven for her unborn baby. 

Debi shares how her decades long experience of reading the Bible shifted from a task, a discipline, or a chore to deeply experiencing God's presence. 

Al & Nancy share accounts of God's grace in over 40 years of marriage. Meeting in a work van-pool, God has taught them some keys to a flourishing marriage that lasts over four decades. 

Derek retells an account of God changing him from longing for the glory of the spotlight to thriving in a supporting role. 

Jana retells how God moved her from working as a classroom teacher to working in ministry. 

David retells his experience of God's goodness in leading him to his vocation. 

Jana McKee recounts a season in life when prayer moved from from dull to discouraged to dead. She shares her struggle with God and infertility. You will hear her experience of God's grace that lead her back to a vibrant prayerlife. 

David shares about God's grace in parenting children with special needs. What the world says is loss the Lord says is glory.

Kyla shares the details of God moving her from a career as a pharmacist to a new passion teaching high school students. The tale has twists that were unexpected and at first glance discouraging. In the end, it becomes clear that all along God was working for his glory and her good. 

Derek retells God's work of shifting his hope from trying to do everything "right" to trusting one who makes everything right. 

Blake Hardcastle introduces you to the Stories You Missed Podcast.