The Unfolding

Amelia Tabatt reflects on her mom's terminal cancer journey, faith, loss, and discovering a million quiet miracles.

Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.     Karen Horne became an expert at  " pretend   normal . "    Her husband was living a double life, and she was doing everything she could to hold it all together, especially as the wife of a pastor, where the pressure to appear "fine" is relentless. But beneath the polished surface, their marriage was unraveling. Betra...

During one of the hardest seasons of her life, Donna VanLiere was searching for prayer. A painful neurological condition made her suffering impossible to miss, yet prayer never came. Her honest cry to God became a turning point that led to healing and a calling. Today, Donna is a New York Times bestselling author and a passionate advocate for prayer in the life of the church.    

What happens when you learn to recognize God's voice and  actually follow  it? Gale Kragt is a pastor, hospital chaplain, and founder of Spiritual Care Consultants, whose life has been shaped by quiet promptings from God. From feeling like a misfit as a child to experiencing supernatural encounters, Gale learned early on to pay attention to the subtle whispers of God, and those promptings have led...

John Cooper, frontman for the band Skillet, never set out chasing fame. What mattered most was his foundation in Jesus, established long before the tours, radio hits, or millions of listeners. As John's career with Skillet began to really take off, his honesty and consistency caught the attention of another musician who was quietly watching. Years later, that same man would give his life to Christ...

Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.   Bob Goff has spent decades trying to convince people God is over the moon about them. If you struggle to believe God loves you and if you long to live a life of adventure, Bob's story will inspire you. Bob is known as the guy who included his phone number  in  the back of his first book,  Love Does , because he loves p...

"I left school angry on Friday. On Monday, people saw a light  in  me."   Walter Hill was filled with grief and resentment after losing his mother and watching his father disappear into addiction. He had no interest in faith and no patience for empty answers. But God used one faithful friend and one unexpected night to break through the bitterness. This is a story of how deep anger was transformed...

"Shame is a prison," Russ Taff says, and he lived in that prison for more than 40 years. To the world, Russ was a Gospel music legend: six GRAMMYs, 18 Dove Awards, and three Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductions. But behind the stage lights and accolades, he was hiding from pain, trapped in addiction, and silenced by the relentless voices of shame and self-hatred. In this deeply honest conversation...

"The Imams are convinced that… an angel of God is with you."   Today's story comes from an interview Meridith did with Jamie Winship a couple of years ago, first shared in our 2023 Angels episode, Episode 183. In a remote desert camp, a simple detail about table settings leads to an extraordinary realization. God's presence was already there.  

What if heaven is closer than we think ?   In this special episode of The Unfolding, we share true stories of angelic encounters, near-death experiences, and glimpses of heaven -  moments that leave people searching for words to describe what they saw.  You'll  hear from Bruce Van Natta, who  encountered  angels while hovering between life and death after a devastating accident.  You'll  also hear...

"This is not just a story you read on the internet. This is a documented case."   Lee Strobel knows what it means to ask  hard questions . Before becoming the author of  The Case for Christ , he was a legal editor at  The Chicago Tribune , trained to investigate claims and follow the evidence.  In this episode of  Unfolding Short Stories , Lee shares three real-life stories of healing that stayed...

Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.   Do angels still show up in the lives of ordinary people? In this special Christmas episode of The Unfolding,  you'll  hear powerful stories of angelic encounters—moments of protection, comfort, and God's undeniable presence. From hospital rooms to everyday situations, these eyewitness accounts point to a God who still...

After years of questioning if adoption was right for her family, Megan Nilsen felt a clear leading from God to pray, fast, and search His Word. Her ' yes'  to adoption opened the door to both immense challenges and undeniable moments of God's presence, teaching her about love, grace, and identity in Christ.   Megan is also the author of the Advent devotional  Untangled Advent: Finding Hope in a We...

Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.   When Louis Dooley was 19, the judge sentenced him to life in prison  plus  100 years. At that moment, something inside him shut down. His future felt gone and life as he knew it was over. But Louis' story  didn't  end behind bars. In the darkest, most hopeless place he could imagine, something unexpected and truly mira...

Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.   "Sometimes God uses the smallest things to tell the biggest truths… a pair of shoes given to a child in the name of Jesus." Shawn Spurrier knows this firsthand. His own return to faith came through the steady kindness of community, long before  missions   was  ever on his radar. Today, as director of Buckner Shoes for...

Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.     What do you do when  you're  sure God has given you a dream, but every door stays firmly shut? Dallas Jenkins, creator and director of  The Chosen , spent more than 20 years praying for the chance to make a film based on the beloved book  The Best Christmas Pageant Ever . But year after year, the answer was the same:...

    Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.   "Every cell in my body recognized that this was Jesus."   Heidi Barr was sixteen when a traumatic horseback accident changed her life. She describes leaving her body, meeting  Jesus  face to face, and waking up with a faith she never saw coming. Growing up in a Jewish home that rejected Jesus, her experience stands...

Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.   What happens when a skeptical agnostic begins investigating near-death experiences? For bestselling author and pastor John Burke, that search changed everything .   John's journey began as a teenager while his father was dying of cancer. After picking up a book about near-death experiences (NDEs), he spent decades stud...

Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.   What happens when a skeptical agnostic begins investigating near-death experiences? For bestselling author and pastor John Burke, that search changed everything .   John's journey began as a teenager while his father was dying of cancer. After picking up a book about near-death experiences (NDEs), he spent decades stud...

"Why Is Your Son Still Alive?"    Susie Larson knows what it feels like to walk through a season where God seems distant and every day feels fragile. Between  high-risk  pregnancies, neurological symptoms, and two children fighting for breath, she cried out for God to speak and heard nothing. But then a nurse asked a question that revealed a miracle Susie never expected. This powerful story invite...

Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.   At seventeen years old, a diving accident changed Joni Eareckson Tada's life forever. Paralyzed from the shoulders down, she sank into anger and depression, convinced her life was over. But in the midst of deep suffering and thoughts of suicide , Joni began to experience God in a way she never had before.   What starte...

"I threw this Bible across the room and I said, 'God, if you're real, why won't you talk to me?'"   He writes fiction stories about danger and survival, but this story is real. Years before the books and the success, Ryan Steck's life unraveled into silence, weakness, and a single cry to God.   https://ryansteck.com/  

  LaMorris Crawford had every reason to believe his life was destined for despair. Growing up  in the projects on the south side of Chicago, his story began with tragedy. His mother was murdered before he turned one; he never knew his father, and he was raised by his grandmother along with eight cousins. Surrounded by poverty, gangs, and hopelessness, LaMorris followed the only path he knew , unti...

    Years before becoming a Christian apologist, Alisa Childers sat in a church hearing her pastor question the Bible. As she puts it, "It propelled me into a faith crisis." That experience and the years she spent rebuilding her faith would one day become the foundation that held her when tragedy struck. Hear how truth and God's quiet presence sustained Alisa through grief, and why apologetics sti...

    Matt  Forté knew his calling when he was just seven years old- to play in the NFL. What he didn't know was how much faith, perseverance, and surrender it would take to get there. Through injuries, setbacks, and seasons of doubt, Matt discovered that God's purpose was about more than football .   It was about shaping his heart, not just his game. In his new book, Stay in the Game, Matt shares t...