How can you believe that God's good work will be done in a story that begins with so much loss and tragedy? Where can you find miracles in pain and life's difficulties? For author, Bible teacher and ministry leader Joyce Dalrymple, opening her eyes to the way the Lord was moving in her own life and through her daughter's adoption required intentional attention. By starting to notice the way God was bringing redemption into their stories, she began to experience a deeper understanding as to the ways in which God is always at work. Seeing her daughter practice empathy birthed out of her own pain was a reminder that even our greatest wounds can become a well of goodness if we allow the transformation to come from the power of the Holy Spirit's work within us. In this insightful conversation, Aubrey sits down with Joyce to discuss how adoption involves so much loss and grief, the importance of learning to rest in your belovedness as a parent, and how to practically help foster and adoptive families. In addition, they touch on how to navigate church hurt with a wider perspective that can help you see the good in what the global church is doing and how that can keep you connected to a community of faith. If you or someone you know is an adoptive or foster family or if you've ever struggled to see the good in your pain, this episode will encourage you that miracles are always beyond the surface of our hurt if we can learn to see them.

Website: www.refugeforstrength.com/ www.christianitytoday.com/ct/podcasts/adopting-hope/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/joycekdalrymple Facebook: www.facebook.com/joycekoo.dalrymple/ Book: Women of the New Testament: A Bible Study on How Followers of Jesus Transcended Culture and Transformed Communities https://a.co/d/fTyx8cT Jesus Passion Week: A Bible Study on Our Savior’s Last Days and Ultimate Sacrifice https://a.co/d/e0VeXQI Do you want to be a part of helping launch Davey's new book, Nothing is Wasted, into the world? Join the Book Launch Team and be a part of sharing this incredible message of hope, forgiveness, and turning pain into purpose with those who need it most. Go to www.nothingiswastedbook.com to learn more and sign up! Want to access all that Nothing is Wasted has to offer to help you in your healing journey? Join Community Plus and get resources like our masterclasses, Curated Pathways, and more for just $20/month. www.nothingiswasted.com/communityplus Life is difficult and pain is real. Join Davey as he helps you move through your pain and on to a life of purpose and meaning in a LIVE Zoom call. www.nothingiswasted.com/starthere

When trauma or tragedy strikes, how do you find the support you need? Who can you trust to be a wise guide on your path towards healing? In this special episode, Davey and Aubrey are joined by Nothing is Wasted coaches Ken Roberts, Teresa Glantz, Jen Ball and Karissa Sprinkle to discuss why having people to walk alongside us in our pain is so important. Each one of them have found themselves in the darkest valleys and found a way towards healing with the help of others. Now, they help walk others through their pain as coaches with Nothing is Wasted. Together, they discuss why we need wise guides in our healing journey, how coaching can be a valuable tool God uses, and how you can find someone to walk beside you right now through Nothing is Wasted. If you've ever felt alone or if you've wanted to isolate in your pain, this conversation will encourage you to find those who have been where you are and who can help you through the valley of your pain.

Nothing is Wasted Coaching: www.nothingiswasted.com/coaching Teresa Glantz: www.teresaglantz.com/ For Trauma Care Specialist Course: www.teresaglantz.com/training Karissa Sprinkle: www.karissasprinkle.com Do you need someone to walk with you one-on-one through your valley? Our certified coaches are ready to meet you where you are and help you find a way forward: www.nothingiswasted.com/coaching Do you want to be a part of helping launch Davey's new book, Nothing is Wasted, into the world? Join the Book Launch Team and be a part of sharing this incredible message of hope, forgiveness, and turning pain into purpose with those who need it most. www.nothingiswastedbook.com It's so hard to watch someone who is hurting after a recent loss or trauma has changed everything for them. The When Everything Changes: Navigating the Early Days of Loss, Trauma, and Tragedy mini-course will help those you love walk through the early days of grief and suffering and find hope on the other side: www.nothingiswasted.com/everythingchanges

How often have you found yourself ready to give up? What do we do when it feels too hard to keep going? Pastor and author Nick Connolly knows what it is like to be ready to quit. As a pastor, he has faced challenges that have made him second guess his calling. Even in the midst of writing and launching his book, Don't Give Up Just Yet: Choosing Persistence in a World of Overwhelming Resistance, he found himself experiencing panic attacks and unrelenting anxiety for the first time in his life. It was through his own personal struggles that he began to consider the importance of persistence when faced with resistance to what God has asked of us. In this conversation, Davey and Nick talk about what it looks like to not give up, the way spiritual attacks can impact us, and how to be authentic with all while choosing wisely with whom we are most vulnerable. If you've ever been ready to throw in the towel on the path God has put you on, this episode will help you find the strength to keep going in the face of whatever challenges may come your way.

Website: www.nickconnolly.co/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/nconnolly/?hl=en Book: Don’t Give Up Just Yet: Choosing Persistence in a World of Overwhelming Resistance https://a.co/d/6BAf1P8