Seeking Jesus in the Chaos

Episodes

March 20, 2025

S3 E13 How to talk to people about Jesus

Have you ever felt awkward or unsure how to talk to people about your relationship with Jesus? You know the great commission says to go into the nations and make disciples. Still, you're stuck on your lack of qualifications o...
March 6, 2025

S3 E13 When our flesh flares up

Miss and Rachel discuss what it looks like to live in our flesh, by the Spirit, and what to do when our sin nature flares up. They describe what that looks and feels like in their lives and throw out ways God has helped them ...
Feb. 20, 2025

S3 E12 Tips for health relationships — Part 2

Miss and Rachel continue their conversation walking through tips for healthy relationships. Through the lens of parenting we can see many areas that could be applied to every relationship we have in life! You won’t want to mi...
Feb. 6, 2025

S3 E11 Tips for healthy relationships — part 2

All relationships come with challenges; parenting is no exception! Miss and Rachel discuss creating healthy patterns for our relationships, framed through the parenting lens. No matter your relationships, we believe there is ...
Jan. 23, 2025

S3E9 Seeing the gift in painful relationships

Most of us deal with painful relationships throughout our lives. Rachel and Barb talk through difficult relationships they've had over the decades and how beautifully God has transformed them by asking to be refined and stret...
Jan. 9, 2025

S3E8 Be careful what you carry into 2025

Rachel shares her hopes and goals for 2025; she has been recognizing what needs to be left in the past and not brought into one more year. She talks about what is dead and has been buried in the spiritual realm and challenges...
Dec. 19, 2024

S3E7 Do the hard things, do it afraid

Miss shares her experience with joining a new church and doing scary things in order to find a true community. Rachel shares her experience on staff at her church in the role of connections and how important it is to connect ...
Dec. 5, 2024

S3E6 Start saying compliments out loud

Are you good at giving compliments? What about receiving them? Miss and Rach discuss the importance of encouraging and lifting others up and how it can change so much in our friendships and community.
Nov. 14, 2024

S3E5 Let’s read the gospels… with our dad!

This week, Miss and Rach had their fantastic dad, Curt, on the podcast. He brought them through his fifty-year learning journey to understand the importance of reading the gospels. He shared about his discipleship experience ...
Oct. 31, 2024

S3E4: Do we really view God as Holy?

Jesus teaches us how to pray in the sermon on the mount (Matthew 5-7). He said, “Hallowed be thy name.” Do we ever stop to ask what that actually means? Miss and Rach walk through this one verse and dive into what living a l...
Oct. 17, 2024

S3E3: How to be loving when it comes to hot topics

Miss and Rachel cover hot topics! They discuss the dangers of turning non-Christians away when we approach hot issues in a black-and-white way. They share their own experience with wounding people and no longer being able to ...
Oct. 3, 2024

S3E2: Jesus loved and valued women

Miss, Rach and their mom, Barb, discuss how the Bible displayed Jesus’ great value and love for women. Not all women feel valued in this world, in their lives, or at their jobs. The three women spend the episode overviewing t...
Sept. 20, 2024

S3E1 Welcome back! Podcast changes & life updates

Welcome back to Season 3 of A Mess, Nonetheless. Miss and Rach talk about their summer. They talk about the hard things they've been walking through, the good things God is doing in their lives, their faith goals, and what's ...
May 23, 2024

S2E27 Wrapping up for the summer!

Miss and Rachel discuss the last season of podcasting and what they learned this year through the processing of creating episodes with you guys in mind. They will be back sometime in the next school year because they take off for the summer. See you ...
May 16, 2024

S2E26 Being slow to speak, especially in conflict

Are we slow to speak and quick to listen? Melissa and Rachel cannot say that's something that has come naturally to them! In fact, Rachel is still pretty much straight up bad at it! Melissa shares how God taught her to do just this thing, especially ...
May 9, 2024

S2E25 Living with being misunderstood

When other people don't see us for who we are, or misunderstand our character, it hurts. It's painful and yet sometimes we aren't meant to defend ourselves. Sometimes we have to surrender the situation to God and trust Him to resolve it when and how ...
May 2, 2024

S2E24 Biblical & personal convictions (& let’s talk about legalism too!)

In this episode Miss and Rach talk about the difference between Biblical convictions and personal convictions, and what happens when we put our personal convictions on others—legalism! They share examples from their own lives and talk through what th...
April 25, 2024

S2E23 The dangers of confusing feelings with truth

Do you ever find yourself responding to someone or a scenario based on how you feel, rather than on reality? Emotions are not bad, or unbiblical, but responding out of our feelings can get us into a lot of trouble. Join Miss and Rach as they talk abo...
April 4, 2024

S2E22 Let's talk about being a "people pleaser"

You know who you are, you struggle to say “no” and you just want people to always be happy! Unfortunately, being a people-pleaser can come at the expense of our own happiness, sanity and can lead to resentment and anxiousness. Miss and Rachel discuss...
March 28, 2024

S2E21 The Power of P.A.U.S.E. with Salina Johnson

In this episode Miss and Rach learn all about the Power of P.A.U.S.E. from their guest, Salina. It is a powerful and useful tool designed to help us when we feel bogged down, overdone or overwhelmed! Rachel has already begun using it and can confiden...
March 7, 2024

S2E20 When God doesn’t feel safe

Melissa and Rachel were asked to podcast a segment as part of a women's conference regarding when God doesn't feel safe. This episode is from that conference and we hope you'll find something beneficial in it.    Show Notes: When God doesn’t feel saf...
Feb. 29, 2024

S2 E19 How Jesus modeled community

Melissa and Rachel walk through the different ways that Jesus modeled community and what we can learn from Him. Tune in this week to see how you can be challenged in your relationship with the community around you! Show Notes: 1. Jesus was very often...
Feb. 22, 2024

S2E18 When our friends don't have kids

Miss and Rach talk with Katie Olson about what it's like to not only walk through infertility, but to be in your 30's and 40's without children when the majority of people around you have them. We hope and pray that all our listeners will listen to f...
Feb. 15, 2024

S2 E17 When God is silent part 2

Miss and Rach dove into some really important points regarding seasons of silence from God. They have a few points left to cover in this episode including the intimacy and trust that can come from being allowed to be silent with one another in relati...