The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast
The Nothing is Wasted podcast explores the deep impact of trauma, loss, grief, and tragedy, while providing listeners with the hope and healing of Jesus. Born from Host Davey Blackburn’s own story of trauma and grief after the tragic loss of his wife Amanda and unborn child during a home invasion, this show features powerful stories of resilience and faith and practical tools to navigate pain and heartache. Listen each week for encouragement and insight as guests share how they’ve found that even in life’s darkest, most tragic moments, pain can lead to purpose and with God–nothing is wasted.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 71 minutes
- Episodes
- 389
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Episode 89 - LaMorris Crawford
Born into a life defined by poverty and crime, LaMorris Crawford had a pretty tough childhood. The orphaned son of a teenage mother, LaMorris looked for anything he could find to numb his pain. Sport…
01:08:10 |
Thu 05 Dec 2019
Episode 88 - Justine Froelker
The picture of life that existed in a young Justine Froelker’s mind was beautiful. She was a girl with a passion for dance, and she planned to make that dream her reality. But those dreams were shatt…
01:04:45 |
Thu 28 Nov 2019
Episode 87 - Tammie Brenton
No parent should ever have to bury their child. The amount of pain that comes with that experience is unfathomable, a grief so strong it defies words. Tammie Brenton knows this all too well. When her…
01:23:45 |
Thu 21 Nov 2019
Episode 86 - Colleen Swindoll-Thompson
Under even the best of circumstances, parenting is a challenge. Very little that’s worth doing is easy, and raising children is no exception. But for Colleen Swindoll-Thompson, that challenge was inc…
01:08:01 |
Thu 14 Nov 2019
Episode 85 - Joanna Dennstaedt
“Cancer.” It’s the word none of us wants to hear on the other end of a phone call or a conversation. It’s the ultimate boogeyman of all disease, containing a thousand worst-case scenarios and unimagi…
01:16:31 |
Thu 07 Nov 2019
Episode 84 - Chris Heuertz
The enneagram is one of the most popular tools for understanding personality. It’s become a frequent topic of conversation, the subject of endless memes, jokes, and lighthearted discussion. But while…
00:59:16 |
Thu 31 Oct 2019
Episode 83 - Kristin and Michael Cary
SEXUAL BETRAYAL SERIES PART FIVE
Kristin and Michael were both married to different people, but their relationships shared some dark common threads. Michael said “I do” for the first time hoping that…
01:20:12 |
Thu 24 Oct 2019
Episode 82 - Justin and Trisha Davis
SEXUAL BETRAYAL SERIES PART FOUR
Justin and Trisha Davis were a great ministry team. The two moved to Indianapolis to plant a church, and that church was growing and thriving. It seemed like a tremen…
01:12:36 |
Thu 17 Oct 2019
Episode 81 - Sarah Rumel
SEXUAL BETRAYAL SERIES PART THREE
When Sarah Rumel moved in with her pastor’s family, it seemed like a ray of hope. In taking her in they took out of a home where drugs were a way of life, and tried …
01:10:00 |
Thu 10 Oct 2019
Episode 80 - Karissa and Cameron Sprinkle pt. 2
SEXUAL BETRAYAL SERIES PART TWO
Cameron and Karissa’s lives were changed in an instant, but that night was really only the tipping point in a long journey. Issues left unresolved for years had grown …
01:05:04 |
Mon 07 Oct 2019
Episode 79 - Karissa and Cameron Sprinkle pt. 1
SEXUAL BETRAYAL SERIES PART ONE
It’s easy to put people in ministry on a pedestal, to expect that they have their lives together. No one expects the people they see on stage on a Sunday to fall from …
00:59:21 |
Thu 03 Oct 2019
Episode 78 - Casey Pruet and Natalie Franks
MENTAL HEALTH SERIES PART THREE
For a lot of people, mental health just isn’t something you talk about. Unfortunately, that goes double for the church. So when Natalie Franks went through a mental he…
01:14:41 |
Thu 26 Sep 2019
Episode 77 - Kayla Stoecklein
MENTAL HEALTH SERIES PART TWO
Kayla Stoecklein’s husband Andrew was a great man of God. As a pastor of a thriving church, he stood on stage and delivered hope to thousands. But under the surface, he …
01:25:21 |
Thu 19 Sep 2019
Episode 76 - Sarah Pisney
MENTAL HEALTH SERIES PART ONE
On the surface, Sarah Pisney looked like she had a fantastic life. She was fulfilling her calling as a missionary overseas, and she would have told anyone that she was d…
01:17:27 |
Thu 12 Sep 2019
Episode 75 - Aubrey Sampson
When trials hit our lives, it can be hard to even believe that God is for us. How can we reconcile a good God with a life that seems bad? But even if we can believe, then what? How do we relate to a …
01:13:15 |
Thu 05 Sep 2019
Episode 74 - Molly Huffman
It’s hard enough when one challenge hits your life, but what if it’s not just one? Sometimes trials don’t come alone, and we can find ourselves walking through one difficult season after another. Eve…
01:19:16 |
Thu 29 Aug 2019
Episode 73 - Mere Knox
Mere Knox is a picture of what it looks like to live a life devoted to changing the world for God. She serves as a preacher, worship leader, and much more for NewSpring Church’s Fuse student ministry…
01:21:37 |
Thu 22 Aug 2019
Episode 72 - Rachel and Simon Henry pt. 2
Rachel and Simon Henry’s lives were changed in an instant, but their story goes far beyond that one night. In this second part of the interview, Rachel and Simon continue to share with Davey about ge…
00:58:32 |
Mon 19 Aug 2019
Episode 71 - Rachel and Simon Henry Pt. 1
Rachel Henry found herself living every woman’s nightmare one night when she awoke to strange noises in her house. With her husband Simon away at college and her children asleep in their beds, Rachel…
01:18:01 |
Thu 15 Aug 2019
Episode 70 - Julie Dodson
We often idealize marriage, but real marriage never quite looks like the ideal. We’re all imperfect humans, and putting two broken people together doesn’t magically solve everything. In her thirty ye…
01:20:50 |
Thu 08 Aug 2019
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