One Single Story

Welcome to One Single Story. Join Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Sheryl Daughety as they explore one of the most pivotal passages in Solomon's story -- a moment when outward greatness masked an inward drift from the Lord. Today we're in 1 Kings 9:1–10:29 -- the absolute peak of Solomon's empire. Gold everywhere. Foreign queens paying tribute. Military power expanding. By e...

Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5. Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Sheryl Daughety. We're in First Kings Chapter 8, the dedication of Solomon's Temple, and we're exploring what it means that God chooses to dwell with his people. Scripture Focus: 1 Kings 8 - Solomon dedicates the temple in Jerusalem and offers one of the most sweeping prayers of intercession...

Welcome to One Single Story, your weekday companion through the One Year Bible. Pastor Stephen Mizell and the team dive into 1 Kings 7, exploring Solomon's construction of the temple and palace - and what the details of this passage reveal about patience, drift, and the pillars of truth we stand on. In this episode, the team discusses what 480 years of waiting reveals about God's faithfulness, how...

Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Sheryl Daughety for today's reading in 1 Kings 5-6. The group digs into the construction of Solomon's Temple, uncovering what it means to pursue excellence for the Kingdom, why God does His deepest work in us off-site and out of sight, and how to keep God at the center when the building gets all the attention. Scripture Focus: 1 K...

Welcome to One Single Story, where each weekday we offer a brief lesson from the One Year Bible. Hosts Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Sheryl Daughety as they explore 1 Kings 3:3–4:34 - and what it means to ask God for the right things. Solomon has just been established as king. Aware of the gap between his ability and his responsibility, he makes a remarkable r...

Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5! Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Alyssa Bream for a conversation from Proverbs 16:21-23 — exploring why pleasant words are persuasive, how outrage culture pulls us away from the kindness that actually creates change, and what it practically looks like to slow down and filter our words before they leave our mouths. Sc...

Welcome to One Single Story, the weekday podcast where Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Alyssa Bream for a conversation around the One Year Bible. Today the hosts explore Proverbs 16:19-20, unpacking Solomon's countercultural wisdom on humility, the pull of status and success, and what it truly means to trust the Lord. Scripture Focus: Proverbs 16:19-20 - Better t...

Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5, where Pastor Stephen Mizell and co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Alyssa Bream dig into one verse that has been quoted for centuries. Today we are in Proverbs 16:18, and we are talking about pride, what it blinds us to, and what it costs us. Proverbs 16:18 delivers a direct warning: pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. The...

Welcome to One Single Story with Pastor Stephen Mizell, joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Alyssa Bream. In this episode, the hosts explore Proverbs 16:16-17 and Solomon's bold claim that wisdom outvalues gold and silver - and what that means for how we actually spend our time today. Scripture Focus: Proverbs 16:16-17 - Wisdom and good judgment surpass gold and silver in value, and the virt...

Welcome back to One Single Story, where each weekday we take a brief look at the daily reading from the One Year Bible. Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Alyssa Bream. Today we're in Proverbs 16:14-15, where Solomon contrasts a king's deadly anger with the refreshing favor of a king's smile -- and what that means for every leader in your life. In This Episode: We u...

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 Wendy Korbusieski for a conversation around Psalm 119:97-112 — the wisdom stanza of Scripture. Together they unpack what it means to walk by the light of God's Word in a world full of information but starving for wisdom. Scripture Focus: P...

Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5. I'm Pastor Stephen Mizell, joined by co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Wendy Korbusieski. Today we're in Psalm 119, verses 81 through 96, where the psalmist hits a breaking point, feeling like a shriveled wineskin in smoke, but shifts his gaze to something that never changes: the settled Word of God. Scripture Focus: Psalm 119:81-96 - An exhausted psal...

Welcome to One Single Story, where each weekday Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Wendy Korbusieski explore the One Year Bible reading plan together. In this episode, the hosts wrestle with a hard truth: that suffering is genuinely good for us, even when we cannot bring ourselves to admit it in the middle of it. Scripture Focus: Psalm 119:65-80 - The psalmist reflects on how...

Welcome to One Single Story, where every weekday Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Wendy Korbusieski for a brief lesson from the One Year Bible. Today we are in Psalm 119:49-64, the "midnight stanza," exploring how God's Word sustains us when life feels its darkest. Scripture Focus: Psalm 119:49-64 - The psalmist, under pressure from the proud and wicked, anchors...

Welcome to One Single Story, your weekday guide through the One Year Bible. Host Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Wendy Korbusieski for a conversation on Psalm 119:33-48 -- what it means to be grounded in God's Word in an age of distraction, and why true obedience begins with a transformed heart, not stronger willpower. Scripture Focus: Psalm 119:33-48 - The psal...

Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5 -- a weekday podcast where Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Sheryl Daughety walk through the One Year Bible one passage at a time. Today we are in John 12:20-50, where Jesus reframes death as a pathway to glory and calls his followers to walk in the light. In This Episode: * What it means that a seed must die to produce life -- and how t...

Welcome to One Single Story, where each weekday Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Sheryl Daughety walk through the One Year Bible together. Today we are in John 11-12, looking at Mary's extravagant act of worship, the triumphal entry, and why the crowd so consistently misunderstood who Jesus was and why he came. Scripture Focus: John 11-12 - As Jesus raises Lazarus and enters...

Welcome to One Single Story, the weekday podcast where we open the Word of God and draw out lessons from the One Year Bible reading plan. Today we are in John chapter 11 -- the raising of Lazarus -- and we are talking about why Jesus delayed, what his authority over death really means, and whether grief and faith can coexist in the same heart at the same time. Scripture Focus: John 11 -- Jesus int...

Welcome to One Single Story, where each weekday Pastor Stephen Mizell and Jay Rivenbark and guest host sit down with one passage from the One Year Bible. Today Pastor Sheryl Daughety and the hosts dig into John 10:22-42, where Jesus declares "the Father and I are one" — one of the boldest claims to deity in all of Scripture — and the fierce reactions that follow. Scripture Focus: John 10:22-42 - J...

Welcome to One Single Story, your weekday guide through the One Year Bible. Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Sheryl Daughety for a conversation from John 10, exploring Jesus as the Good Shepherd, what it truly means to hear his voice, and how his leadership differs from anything the world has to offer. Scripture Focus: John 10:1-21 - Jesus fulfills the Old Testam...

Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Alyssa Bream for the May 15th edition of One Single Story. Today's discussion centers on David and Goliath — and what it truly means to face overwhelming odds with faith instead of fear. Scripture Focus: 1 Samuel 17:1 - 18:4 — Young David steps forward to face the Philistine giant Goliath while the entire army of Israel stands par...

Welcome to One Single Story, the weekday podcast where Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Alyssa Bream walk through the One Year Bible one passage at a time. Today we are in 1 Samuel 15 and 16, where Saul's partial obedience costs him the kingdom -- and an overlooked shepherd boy is quietly anointed as Israel's next king. Scripture Focus: 1 Samuel 15-16 -- Saul's rejection and...

Welcome to the May 13th edition of One Single Story. Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Alyssa Bream for a look at one of Scripture's sharpest leadership contrasts -- Jonathan's fearless faith against Saul's fear-driven control in 1 Samuel 14. Scripture Focus: 1 Samuel 14:1-52 -- Jonathan leads his armor bearer in an uphill assault on a Philistine garrison that sho...

Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5. Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Alyssa Bream for today's reading in 1 Samuel 12 and 13, where we explore the danger of impatience and what happens when pressure pushes us ahead of God. Scripture Focus: 1 Samuel 12-13 - King Saul, facing enemy threats and a restless army, takes matters into his own hands rather than waiting...

Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5. Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Alyssa Bream for today's weekday devotional from the One Year Bible. In this episode, the team explores Saul's early reign in 1 Samuel 10-11:15, unpacking what humble beginnings, divine confirmation, and unified purpose look like in the life of a leader called by God. Scripture Focus: 1 Samue...