In this episode, Melissa and Rachel discuss when we hear from God and how to proceed with wisdom, caution, and discernment. They also address the dangers of allowing pride to come into the equation. Maybe you have wondered ho...
Do you want to live by the Word of God, but you don’t always understand what is considered Biblical? Sometimes, the Bible appears to contradict itself, and it’s challenging to know where to land. And where does prayer and fai...
Do you have people to show up for you, or do you wish you did? If you have ever wondered how to become someone who shows up for others, or experience that in your own life, Miss and Rach give practical and Biblical ways to pr...
Have you ever felt awkward or unsure how to talk to people about your relationship with Jesus? You know the great commission says to go into the nations and make disciples. Still, you're stuck on your lack of qualifications o...
Miss and Rachel discuss what it looks like to live in our flesh, by the Spirit, and what to do when our sin nature flares up. They describe what that looks and feels like in their lives and throw out ways God has helped them ...
Miss and Rachel continue their conversation walking through tips for healthy relationships. Through the lens of parenting we can see many areas that could be applied to every relationship we have in life! You won’t want to mi...
All relationships come with challenges; parenting is no exception! Miss and Rachel discuss creating healthy patterns for our relationships, framed through the parenting lens. No matter your relationships, we believe there is ...
Most of us deal with painful relationships throughout our lives. Rachel and Barb talk through difficult relationships they've had over the decades and how beautifully God has transformed them by asking to be refined and stret...
Rachel shares her hopes and goals for 2025; she has been recognizing what needs to be left in the past and not brought into one more year. She talks about what is dead and has been buried in the spiritual realm and challenges...
Miss shares her experience with joining a new church and doing scary things in order to find a true community. Rachel shares her experience on staff at her church in the role of connections and how important it is to connect ...
Are you good at giving compliments? What about receiving them? Miss and Rach discuss the importance of encouraging and lifting others up and how it can change so much in our friendships and community.
This week, Miss and Rach had their fantastic dad, Curt, on the podcast. He brought them through his fifty-year learning journey to understand the importance of reading the gospels. He shared about his discipleship experience ...
Jesus teaches us how to pray in the sermon on the mount (Matthew 5-7). He said, “Hallowed be thy name.” Do we ever stop to ask what that actually means? Miss and Rach walk through this one verse and dive into what living a l...
Miss and Rachel cover hot topics! They discuss the dangers of turning non-Christians away when we approach hot issues in a black-and-white way. They share their own experience with wounding people and no longer being able to ...
Miss, Rach and their mom, Barb, discuss how the Bible displayed Jesus’ great value and love for women. Not all women feel valued in this world, in their lives, or at their jobs. The three women spend the episode overviewing t...
Welcome back to Season 3 of A Mess, Nonetheless. Miss and Rach talk about their summer. They talk about the hard things they've been walking through, the good things God is doing in their lives, their faith goals, and what's ...
Miss and Rachel discuss the last season of podcasting and what they learned this year through the processing of creating episodes with you guys in mind. They will be back sometime in the next school year because they take off for the summer. See you ...
Are we slow to speak and quick to listen? Melissa and Rachel cannot say that's something that has come naturally to them! In fact, Rachel is still pretty much straight up bad at it! Melissa shares how God taught her to do just this thing, especially ...
When other people don't see us for who we are, or misunderstand our character, it hurts. It's painful and yet sometimes we aren't meant to defend ourselves. Sometimes we have to surrender the situation to God and trust Him to resolve it when and how ...
In this episode Miss and Rach talk about the difference between Biblical convictions and personal convictions, and what happens when we put our personal convictions on others—legalism! They share examples from their own lives and talk through what th...
Do you ever find yourself responding to someone or a scenario based on how you feel, rather than on reality? Emotions are not bad, or unbiblical, but responding out of our feelings can get us into a lot of trouble. Join Miss and Rach as they talk abo...
You know who you are, you struggle to say “no” and you just want people to always be happy! Unfortunately, being a people-pleaser can come at the expense of our own happiness, sanity and can lead to resentment and anxiousness. Miss and Rachel discuss...
In this episode Miss and Rach learn all about the Power of P.A.U.S.E. from their guest, Salina. It is a powerful and useful tool designed to help us when we feel bogged down, overdone or overwhelmed! Rachel has already begun using it and can confiden...
Melissa and Rachel were asked to podcast a segment as part of a women's conference regarding when God doesn't feel safe. This episode is from that conference and we hope you'll find something beneficial in it.
Show Notes:
When God doesn’t feel saf...
