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 242 - Growing Our Soul Through Loss with Jerry Sittser
There are some stories with such unfathomable pain that it can seem impossible to ever see a glimpse of redemption throughout them. When the depth of heartbreak is so great, how can you ever see the …
01:30:20 |
Thu 13 Oct 2022
Episode 241 - Learning from Leadership Pain with Glenn Burris
With so much going against leaders today, how can one learn to push through the hardships and challenges and stay the course? How do you keep pressing on when discouragement, rejection, or wounds mak…
01:27:56 |
Thu 06 Oct 2022
Episode 240 - Making Your Way through the Seasons of Loss with Laura Hao
What do you do when you were living the life you always dreamed of and find it taken away in a matter of moments? How do you learn to trust God after a tragic loss? How can you forgive when a grave i…
01:35:16 |
Wed 05 Oct 2022
Episode 239 - Meeting God in the Messiness of Grief with Esther Lee
It's every parent's worst fear to lose a child. How do you continue to trust God when you're experiencing unrelenting pain? The journey after such a tragic loss is never linear and it can be full of …
01:45:23 |
Thu 22 Sep 2022
Episode 238 - Healing Childhood Trauma through Horses with Kim Tschirret
According to current statistics, we are facing a crisis when it comes to mental health and our kids. With an increase in suicide rates, depression and anxiety, many kids and teens are facing so much …
01:17:54 |
Thu 15 Sep 2022
Episode 237 - Finding Faith After a National Tragedy with Christina Stanton
What happens when you find yourself in the middle of a national tragedy, when your story is part of a collective one on every news outlet in the country? How do you find healing after a trauma played…
01:22:24 |
Thu 08 Sep 2022
Episode 236 - Seeing Your Significance in Singleness with Mandy Hale
So often when it comes to the topic of singleness, there is this sense that many believe significance comes only when you finally find "the one." But the truth is, leading a life full of purpose does…
01:20:24 |
Thu 01 Sep 2022
Episode 235 - The Heartbreak and the Healing with Blanca
Sometimes life can break your heart after one unexpected tragedy. But, what about when circumstances seems to break your heart all throughout your story? How do you find healing when it seems heartac…
01:14:15 |
Thu 25 Aug 2022
Episode 234 - Seeing Beauty in the Darkest Days with Colleen Chao
How do you live life with the end in mind, especially when you are told your days are numbered? We all know that Scripture calls us to live life through the lens of heaven, but how do we really do th…
01:35:19 |
Thu 18 Aug 2022
Episode 233 - Getting Unstuck in Grief with September Vaudrey
Have you ever felt like you've gotten stuck in the grief? Instead of allowing the pain to bring something new and beautiful forth in your life, do you find yourself struggling to move forward? Any lo…
01:16:08 |
Thu 11 Aug 2022
Episode 232 - Learning to Connect with God in the Unexplainable with Emmanuel and Adrienne Threatt
What do you do when you feel disconnected from God in the middle of a hard season? How do you learn to trust Him when circumstances make you angry and confused? For Emmanuel and Adrienne Threatt, thi…
01:43:59 |
Thu 04 Aug 2022
Episode 231 - Finding Perspective in the Unexpected with Kelley Scites
What do you do when life takes a turn you never saw coming? How can you step into a story you didn't plan for yourself? For Kelley Scites, the wrestling with those questions began after an unexpected…
01:28:57 |
Thu 28 Jul 2022
Episode 230 - God’s Sovereignty in Our Darkest Moments with Greg and Cathy Buffkin
It can be so hard to see, let alone accept the hand of God in the middle of our deepest pain. How can you learn to trust God's sovereignty in your darkest moments? For Greg and Cathy Buffkin, that wa…
01:51:39 |
Thu 21 Jul 2022
Episode 229 - Building Resilience in the Face of Adversity with Dr. Danisha Keating
How do you persevere in the face of unending challenges and difficult circumstances? Where can you find the strength to keep going when life tries to knock you down over and over again? For Dr. Danis…
01:24:28 |
Thu 14 Jul 2022
Episode 228 - Choosing Joy in Chronic Pain and Painful Circumstances with Lindsey Wheeler
How do you choose joy when it feels impossible? What can you do when a chronic diagnosis leaves you debilitated? For Lindsey Wheeler, the answer did not come easily. After a Lyme disease diagnosis le…
01:23:03 |
Wed 06 Jul 2022
Episode 226 - Grieving What Never Was with Megan Smalley
How do you grieve what never was? What does it look like when your grief is over a dream rather than a reality? For Megan Smalley, learning to navigate the unseen grief and pain of infertility was di…
01:17:34 |
Thu 23 Jun 2022
Episode 225 - Wrestling with God in Grief with John Onwuchekwa
How do you find your way back to faith when grief seems to tear it apart? For Pastor John Onwuchekwa, losing his brother Sam sent him down a path that he never expected. Having spent his whole life t…
01:21:19 |
Thu 16 Jun 2022
Episode 224 - Redemption Out of the Dust with Chris and Steph Teague
What happens when the life you've built turns to dust? For Steph Teague, it began with just a few short sentences: "I don't think I believe in God anymore and I want a divorce". Hearing those words f…
01:37:22 |
Thu 09 Jun 2022
Episode 223 - Healing from the Hurt of Purity Culture
What do you do when you realize the things you've been taught don't quite match up with God's Word? How do you navigate when what you believed to be true of the body of Christ doesn't hold up when yo…
01:20:27 |
Thu 02 Jun 2022
Episode 222 - Making Today Count with Liset Navas
What if your worst-case scenario happened? Could you still say that God is good? For military spouse Liset Navas, those questions prompted a searching and wrestling with God long before she lost her …
01:22:06 |
Thu 26 May 2022
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