The Journey with Jonathan Pitts

On this episode, Jonathan interviews Linsey Driskill, mom of triplets and author of Beautiful Hearted Women of the Bible: A Creative Mother-Daughter Devotional.   Jonathan and Linsey have a full conversation on engaging and connecting with your kiddos on a heart level, looking for the ways God wants to use your parenting journey to set you on a path of purpose beyond your family and walking and ta...

Mary Beth would love to be able to discuss the 2022 Hope for the Journey conference they have coming up in April too... the 2022 Hope for the Journey Conference in Franklin, Tennessee will further support and aid current (and potential) parents and families impacted by adoption and/or foster care. Kicking off April 8, 2022 (with on-demand viewing available through May 31, 2022), this groundbreakin...

Never before has Jonathan felt more of a need to pray and to trust the Lord as a parent than in this current season. And never before has he been grateful for the opportunity to lean on the prayers of others who have been where he currently stands.    In this episode, Jonathan Pitts interviews a modern day liturgist, Kayla Craig. Kayla is the author of To Light Their Way: A Collection of Prayers a...

In this episode Jonathan and his new bride Peta Pitts have a discussion about chatter - the noise and thoughts in life that keep you from trusting God and walking by faith into His call with confidence and assurance. Jonathan and Peta process some of their own fears and tendencies to be distracted and share their process for replacing chatter with worship.

In this first episode Jonathan admits that he learns the most about himself when he processes out loud. And this is what you’ll find him doing in this first episode. Processing his new life. Life in a blender. Since Season 2 Jonathan has remarried, leaving widowhood behind. He’s begun a new journey of oneness with his new wife Peta, while simultaneously leading through what he considers one of the...

In this episode, Jonathan interviews his fiance, and they begin to tell their love story. Peta shares how God rescued her from her fear of loneliness, by bringing her through an unexpected season of solitude.  She shares how the Lord met her in her loneliest and most vulnerable season to show her what belonging means in the kingdom and how she can be an agent of helping others understand they belo...

In this episode Jonathan recaps season 1 and 2 and describes the beautiful nature of God, displayed through stories of rescue.  He suggests that if the Gospel is a message, then your life is it’s letter.   He shares how God’s redemptive nature is put on display through each and every life He enters and opens up about his new love and continued story of redemption and engagement to actress and crea...

In this episode, Jonathan sits down for a conversation with his identical twin brother, Benjamin Pitts, who recently relocated his family of five from New Jersey to Colorado. The twin brothers talk candidly about the beauty of their upbringing, the trap of self-righteousness and the rescue that is necessary for anyone to find the grace of Jesus experientially, regardless of how closely they were r...

In this episode, Jonathan interviews Viola Carter, his mother-in-law and the mother of his late wife, Wynter Pitts.  Viola Carter started life in the rough inner city streets of Baltimore, MD. Married young she experienced, first hand, the pain of physical abuse, betrayal and abandonment. She met Jesus in her early adulthood and his presence changed everything for her..  Her sweet life in Christ i...

In this episode, Jonathan sits down with Sherman Smith, a man rescued from the guilt of a decision in his past that wouldn’t catch up with him for more than 40 years.  This decision of his youth would change his life forever, his family forever, and his understanding of God’s kindness forever.    Sherman is a former NFL running back who played 8 seasons for the Seattle Seahawks and San Diego Charg...

In this episode, Jonathan interviews Rosie Rivera. Rosie transparently opens up about her real life struggles starting with abuse from her past and how God rescued her from self sabotage. A businesswoman, television personality, and social media influencer, Rivera is one of the most influential and inspirational Latinas in the world. She co-hosts The Power of Us, a marriage podcast, with her husba...

In this episode, Jonathan interviews NBC’s The Voice winner and former pastor, Todd Tilghman. From adopting two children from South Korea to fighting for their newborn son's life to pastoring a small congregation through adversity to joining Team Blake in 2020, Todd has walked many difficult roads in life. Through it all, he has found that God has been his rescuer. Listen in as Todd talks deep...

In this episode, Jonathan continues his interview with Jim Ravella. Jim shares how him being rescued led to him being one God could use to rescue others. In his loss, God gave him more purpose. He shares how the cross is our greatest gift but that gift comes with a call from God that can demand a lot.     He shares how his greatest trial in life and the loss of his wife Andrea Fuller Ravella in 20...

In this episode Jonathan interviews Jim Ravella, Ginger’s Ravella’s husband and co-author of the book, Hope Found.  Jim answers the question, “How has God rescued you?” with a very surprising answer that is a great reminder that loss can lead to much gain. He shares how his greatest trial in life and the loss of his wife Andrea Fuller Ravella in 2007 would provide a gift that would keep giving to...

In this episode Jonathan continues his conversation with Ginger Gilbert Ravella, a military wife and widow, mother of five, stepmother of two, writer and international speaker.  At 36 years old, she faced the sudden tragic loss of her college-sweetheart husband in Operation Iraqi Freedom and the horrors that quickly followed.    Ginger continues her story of redemption in marriage to her now husba...

In this episode, Jonathan interviews Ginger Gilbert Ravella,  a military wife and widow, mother of five, stepmother of two, writer and international speaker.  At 36 years old, she faced the sudden tragic loss of her college-sweetheart husband in Operation Iraqi Freedom and the horrors that quickly followed. Ginger shares her story, sudden loss, and the overwhelming nature of the life she found her...

In this bonus episode I share my favorite quote from this season and am asking you to share yours! And hey, if you have been impacted by this show that’s produced by the Christian Parenting Podcast Network, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to  CPgive.org  today!

In this season wrap up, Jonathan talks about what it means for him to move on from his tragedy of losing his wife Wynter. He shares how moving on doesn’t mean forgetting and the importance of remembrance. Join him as he verbalizes his process, some of it for the very first time.  If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe to it, share it with someone, and leave a review or rating. Follow Jonathan...

Jonathan sits down with one of his spiritual fathers, Pastor and Author Scott Wilson, as they recall the moments where Jonathan needed a father the most. They remember Scott showing up for Jonathan and the girls as Wynter took her last breaths and leading them through her funeral and into today. They discuss what it means to have a spiritual father and what it means to be a spiritual father.  If y...

Jonathan catches up with his friends, singer-songwriter Jeremy Camp and his equally talented wife and vocalist, Adrienne Camp. The couple came into his life in a special way through events surrounding Wynter’s death.  Like Jonathan, Jeremy experienced the loss of his wife and Jeremy and Adie join the podcast to share God’s goodness through their friendship and the faith developed through loss and...

Jonathan sits down with one of his spiritual and vocational mentors, Bill Collins. Bill, a faithful husband, father to 7 children and more than 20 grandchildren is  a retired corporate executive who is still leveraging his life for the Kingdom in his 70s. He is precisely the man Jonathan aspires to be one day.  Jonathan and Bill have a conversation about what it looks like to be a wholehearted fol...

Jonathan interviews his oldest daughter, actress and vocalist, Alena Pitts.  In their conversation they define what it means to engage in “soul talk,” meaningful conversations between God and yourself and oftentimes yourself and others. Jonathan shares a story that marked his life that involved Alena after the passing of her mother, Wynter Pitts, and Alena shares her heart, pain and learnings sinc...

J onathan interviews his good friend and pediatric counselor, Sissy Goff.  Sissy is the Director of Child & Adolescent Counseling at DayStar Counseling Ministries and has walked with the Pitts family through their season of loss, grief, anxiety, co-dependency and more.  Sissy shares her experience in helping parents lead their kids through the challenges that life has to offer and offers pract...

Jonathan discusses the reality and beauty of disruptive moments, those unanticipated events in life that mark you. He interviews two of his sisters, Leigh-Anna Rubio and Carmen Pitts, both of whom stepped in to support him in the most disruptive moment of his life in the loss of his wife and the mother of his girls, Wynter Pitts.  They share their own disruptive moments from the perspective of mot...

Jonathan interviews the most famous couple he knows who you’ve never met, his parents Garry and Miriam Pitts. As they talk about walking with Jonathan through his grief journey with perseverance they also share their story of persevering for more than 40 years in marriage. Garry and Miriam began an interracial marriage in the 1970’s and share their story of love, learning and leaning on God.