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 220 - Life Is a Vapor with Micah McElveen
After a near-death experience, how do you return to life? For Micah McElveen, it took almost losing his life to begin to live fully alive. After diving head first into a wave as a teen, Micah found h…
01:15:07 |
Thu 12 May 2022
Episode 219 - Wrestling through the Emotions of Job Loss with Dale Kreienkamp
"We're letting you go." It's the words no employee wants to hear and yet, job loss is at a staggering high. What do you do when the company you've given your time and talents to tells you they no lon…
01:22:24 |
Thu 05 May 2022
Episode 218 - Learning to Depend on God after Loss with Lisa Appelo
Have you ever asked yourself how life can be good again after a devastating loss? Have you found yourself having to learn to depend on God in your deepest pain? Author and speaker Lisa Appelo knows a…
01:18:28 |
Thu 28 Apr 2022
Episode 217 - Holding onto Hope in the Midst of War with Yuriy and Madison Perekotiy
For many Americans, the recent headlines about the war in Ukraine came as a shock, but for the people living in the reality of the conflict, life has felt unstable for quite some time. Ukrainian miss…
01:20:14 |
Thu 21 Apr 2022
Episode 216 - How to Heal Our Racial Divide with Derwin Gray
In a world so broken, it is no wonder that division can be seen everywhere, even within the walls of the Church. The past few years especially have shone a light on how pervasive the sin of racism st…
01:12:37 |
Thu 14 Apr 2022
Episode 215 - The Path Out of Loneliness with Dr. Mark Mayfield
When it comes to our struggles with our emotions, pain and story, one of the most difficult by-products to navigate is the loneliness that we can experience as a result of our journey. A pervasive se…
01:09:01 |
Thu 07 Apr 2022
Episode 214 - Happiness is Down Syndrome with Misty Snyder
What happens when the excitement of a pregnancy comes to a screeching halt with the words you never expected to hear: Down syndrome? For many parents, it can feel like a life sentence of fear and unk…
01:06:26 |
Thu 31 Mar 2022
Episode 213 - Experiencing God’s Breakthroughs in Infertility and Miscarriage with Traci McCombs
How can you experience God's breakthrough when your circumstances seem to go from bad to worse? For Traci McCombs, that journey was a long and difficult one as she endured several miscarriages, a sea…
01:24:13 |
Thu 24 Mar 2022
Episode 212 - Walking with Grief with Clarissa Moll
How do we learn to walk with grief? Clarissa Moll has been learning to do just that ever since losing her husband, Rob, in a tragic hiking accident in 2019. Through her pain, Clarissa has seen grief …
01:14:48 |
Thu 17 Mar 2022
Episode 211 - Learning to Lean into our Pain with Jackie Hill Perry
There are certain issues that the church is silent on too often. Whether it’s from fear of controversy or just not knowing what to say, it’s all too easy for many Christians to be afraid of talking a…
01:01:00 |
Thu 10 Mar 2022
Episode 210 - Speaking Up Against Abuse of Power with Tiffany Bluhm
It seems like every day we hear about yet another abuse of power from a political, spiritual or business leader. It can make you wonder how many people saw something before the ultimate downfall. For…
01:02:10 |
Thu 03 Mar 2022
Episode 209 - Finding Passion and Purpose in Pain with Jesse Bradley
How do you find purpose in pain that seems to have no end in sight?
Pastor and former athlete Jesse Bradley found himself facing that question when anti-malaria drugs sent him on a ten year journey o…
01:20:27 |
Thu 24 Feb 2022
Episode 208 - Catherine McNiel
What happens when the place that is supposed to be a source of comfort ends up causing you some of the greatest pain of your life? The avenue God created for both healing and sharing the good news of…
01:11:57 |
Thu 17 Feb 2022
Episode 207 - Curt Thompson
When trauma enters our lives, it can be difficult to imagine a life beyond the pain and brokenness that we see. Many of us turn to the coping mechanisms we have learned over the years in hopes of fin…
01:17:46 |
Thu 10 Feb 2022
Episode 206 - Brittany Tinsley
Pain has a way of keeping us in the dark, of making sure that we don’t know how to cope and heal properly. When it feels like there’s nowhere else to turn, it’s all too easy to fall into harmful copi…
01:13:06 |
Thu 03 Feb 2022
Episode 205 - Jon Hagedorn
WIDOWHOOD SERIES PART FIVE
On one fateful day, Jon Hagedorn gathered his wife and children to engage in a family tradition of theirs, something they did to make sure they always remembered God’s go…
01:38:02 |
Thu 27 Jan 2022
Episode 204 - Jim & Martha Blackburn
WIDOWHOOD SERIES PART FOUR
We all hope that our faith will leave a legacy, that our decisions to follow God even in the middle of incredible hardship will have affect the lives of people who haven’…
01:38:35 |
Thu 20 Jan 2022
Episode 203 - Brandon Janous
WIDOWHOOD SERIES PART THREE
There are certain words and phrases that we all dread to hear, and perhaps one of the worst is when a doctor says “cancer.” When Brandon Janous’ wife was diagnosed, he k…
01:19:07 |
Thu 13 Jan 2022
Episode 202 - Gracie Parrish
WIDOWHOOD SERIES PART TWO
Every partner of someone with an especially dangerous job has to face the reality that there is always a chance their husband or wife won’t make it home one day. But no am…
01:41:30 |
Thu 06 Jan 2022
Episode 201 - Ron Hutchcraft
WIDOWHOOD SERIES PART ONE
The loss of a spouse is one of the deepest forms of pain that any of us can imagine. Marriage is one of life’s greatest joys, and when that is suddenly cut short, the pain…
01:09:57 |
Thu 30 Dec 2021
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