The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Three years ago last week, the Nothing Is Wasted Podcast was launched. Since then, we’ve seen more people find hope and healing than we could have ever imagined, and we are so thankful to all of you in our community for listening and sharing what God is doing in your lives through this ministry. One of the questions we get most often is “How did Nothing Is Wasted start?” So for our third birthday celebration, with thought it would be a good idea to turn things around a little bit. Davey sat down with our new co-host Aubrey Sampson to share his story of pain, loss, and healing, and how it led him to found Nothing Is Wasted Ministries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the last episode of this podcast, we promised a special episode this week to celebrate three years of the Nothing Is Wasted Podcast. The world seemed different when we made those plans. In light of the killing of George Floyd last week and the civil unrest that has permeated our country over the last several days, we felt like that wasn’t the message that our community needed right now. Perhaps more importantly, we felt like we are not the first voices that you should be listening to in this moment. Miles McPherson grew up as a black kid in a segregated world. Living in a black neighborhood and attending a white school, he was no stranger to racism even as a child. But as a young Miles found his calling on a football field, he also began to see what living united in a diverse environment looked like. Now, as a pastor, speaker, and author, Miles has made it his mission to spread the message that in a world that tries to force a choice of “us vs. them,” God offers us a third option. It has perhaps not been clearer in any of our lifetimes that we need racial reconciliation. Racism is a disease that has been tearing this country apart for longer than any of us can remember, and we are seeing its effects on our streets today. In light of this, we wanted to re-broadcast Davey’s conversation with Miles McPherson from episode 33 of the podcast, originally recorded in September of 2018. We’ll still celebrate the podcast’s third birthday, just at a little later date. In the meantime, listen to this powerful conversation with Miles McPherson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most divorce stories don’t end in remarriage, but Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs are the exception. After seven years apart, the couple and their daughters were a whole family once again. But a wedding is only the start of a marriage, and Jeff and Cheryl’s second wedding was only their first step into a long journey of learning what a Godly marriage really looks like. Jeff and Cheryl return to talk more with Davey about what life has looked like since they remarried and the things they’ve learned along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a wife and two daughters, Jeff Scruggs thought he had everything he could want in life. His wife Cheryl felt differently. Dissatisfaction in the marriage eventually led to an affair, and no matter how hard Jeff fought for their marriage, the couple soon found themselves divorced. But the death of their marriage wasn’t the end of their story. Lonely and hurt, Cheryl and Jeff met Jesus and after years apart they began the slow, hard work of reconciliation. Jeff and Cheryl sit down with Davey to share their story of divorce, salvation, reconciliation, remarriage, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michele Cushatt was already no stranger to pain and hardship when she faced her biggest challenge yet. Michele made her living as a successful communicator, which made it that much more heartbreaking when a doctor told her she had cancer in her tongue. They removed the cancer, and it came back again and again, until Michele was left in a state of constant pain for months and with effects that would last the rest of her life. Michele sits down with Davey to talk about her new book Relentless and how she’s learned how to walk with God through so many trials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luke Lezon’s life was already hard enough. Getting married and planting a church in the same year had turned out to be plenty challenging on its own. But Luke’s life got even harder when he suddenly contracted a mysterious illness. As doctor after doctor failed to diagnose just what was wrong with him, Luke found himself walking through the hardest trial he’d ever faced. Luke sits down with Davey to share some of what he learned about God both in the middle of hardship and in healing found in the most unlikely of sources. Buy Your Mess Matters Visit Luke's Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“What is God’s will for my life?” If we’re honest, it’s a question we’ve all probably asked. For Mike Donehey, it’d be easy to think he’d figured out his answer. As the award-winning lead singer of Tenth Avenue North, it certainly seems like he’s doing exactly what God’s will for him is. But Mike found himself asking, “is this really God’s will?” And more than that, he even found himself wondering what “God’s will” even means. Mike sits down with Davey to talk about the things he’s learned, how he’s flipped the way he thinks, and what it looks like to live the title of his latest book Finding God’s Life for My Will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our spiritual lives grow the most when we are in community with other believers. So what does that look like in this time when our ability to spend time with our communities has been so drastically disrupted? In this installment of our Livestream Videocast Series, Davey is joined by Tara-Leigh Cobble, Aubrey Sampson, and Tyler Tatum to discuss how to continue to grow spiritually despite social distancing. This series was recorded as a series of live videocast events. Watch the video of this and all the other installments in the series at nothingiswasted.com/livestream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are living in an uncertain time, and we’ve all probably felt that in our finances. Whether you’re out of work, worried about the future, or wondering what’s going to happen to your business, finances are probably not far from the front of any of our minds. In this installment of our Livestream Videocast Series, Davey is joined by Anthony ONeal, Joe Sangl, and Os Hillman to discuss how to make wise choices to keep our finances in order in the middle of the current crisis. This series was recorded as a series of live videocast events. Watch the video of this and all the other installments in the series at nothingiswasted.com/livestream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

None of us are exempt from the emotional effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. While we are all aware of the physical ramifications of the virus, this situation presents an unprecedented challenge to our emotional health as well. In this installment of our Livestream Videocast Series, Davey is joined by Alison Cook, Mike Foster, and Justine Froelker to discuss how to stay emotionally healthy in this strange time. This series was recorded as a series of live videocast events. Watch the video of this and all the other installments in the series at nothingiswasted.com/livestream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices