Unshaken

A community built on faith, strengthened by family, and grounded in resilience, created for people like you. Welcome to the Unshaken Podcast, where you don’t have to navigate life alone. Hosted by Tony and Kristy, this show is all about living out Faith, Family, and Resilience, not just as a motto, but as a way of life. Each week, we explore the real joys and challenges of marriage, family life, and disability through the lens of biblical truth. Whether you're an individual, a couple, or a caregiver, you’ll find encouragement, practical support, and unshakable hope in Christ. We’re here to build a Christ-centered community where real stories matter, struggles are honored, and no one has to feel alone. If you’ve ever felt unseen, unheard, or unsure how to keep going, we want to hear your story, your questions, and your prayers. Because they matter. This is Faith. Family. Resilience.

Unshaken is a religion podcast hosted by Tony & Kristy, with 81 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Tony & Kristy hosts Unshaken, a religion show with 81 episodes published.

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  Episode #78

  Episode 78: When Your Family Can't Keep Saying Yes

  Sep 15, 202637 min

  ️ Episode 78: When Your Family Can't Keep Saying Yes What happens when every yes is good, but together they become more than your family can carry? This episode is about family boundaries for Christians who are trying to serve faithfully without overloading their household. Tony and Kristy talk about ministry commitments, marriage, hidden workload, and the discernment it takes to decide what your family can faithfully carry and what you need to decline. Good things can still add up to more than your family can faithfully carry. For Deeper Study: https://unshakenpodcast.org/when-your-family-cant-keep-saying-yes/ A full calendar is not the only sign that a family is carrying too much. The real cost of a yes can include preparation, transportation, childcare, household work, physical energy, recovery time, and the load another family member quietly absorbs. Through Ephesians 5:15-17 and Galatians 5:13, Tony and Kristy explore how to protect the assignments God has genuinely entrusted to you, say no to good opportunities that are not yours to carry, and make those decisions before exhaustion becomes resentment. What You'll Hear in This Episode: Why an open calendar does not always mean your family has available bandwidth How to recognize the hidden cost a yes may place on the rest of your household Why not every good opportunity or real need becomes your assignment How to protect the yeses you believe God has genuinely entrusted to your family Why saying no early, clearly, and humbly can prevent exhaustion from becoming resentment Need Prayer or Encouragement? Want to leave a public comment? We'd love to hear from you. ️ Prefer privacy? You can send a completely anonymous text prayer request here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2461867/open_sms Or, if you would rather reach out by email, we would be honored to pray for you at: prayer@unshakenministries.org Subscribe & Listen Weekly: Prefer audio-only? Listen on your favorite platform: Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rsw92clmmA83HL1NR0zM Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unshaken/id1803953295 Or anywhere else: https://unshakenpodcast.org/ ️ Do not forget to like, follow, and share. New episodes release every Tuesday. Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org #UnshakenPodcast #FaithAndFamily #ChristianMarriage #FamilyBoundaries #BiblicalDiscernment #FamilyResilience #MinistryLife #ChristianLiving We’d love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, stories, or prayer requests, let’s stay connected. This podcast is for encouragement and spiritual support. While we hope it uplifts and equips you, it’s not a substitute for professional counseling or pastoral care.

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  Episode #77

  Episode 77: When Help Adds to the Burden

  Sep 8, 202632 min

  ️ Episode 77: When Help Adds to the Burden What if the help we offer is making a hard season heavier? Tony and Kristy look at why good intentions can still add work for someone who is already overwhelmed, and how specific, consent-based, reliable support can actually lower the load without taking away dignity or agency. The goal is not to feel helpful. The goal is for someone else's burden to become lighter. For Deeper Study: https://unshakenpodcast.org/when-help-adds-to-the-burden/ From James 2:14-17 and Romans 12:10 to newborn days, disability, surgery, meal trains, prayer, and church care, this conversation asks what faithful help looks like in real life. Sometimes it means making a concrete offer. Sometimes it means becoming the steady person who follows through. And sometimes it means accepting a no without making the person in need manage our feelings too. What You'll Hear in This Episode: Why "let me know what you need" can create one more decision for someone already carrying too much How specific offers and "counterbids" make help easier and safer to receive Why initiative still needs consent, timing, and attention to the details that actually matter How reliability, continuity, and a trusted point person can reduce ongoing mental load Why receiving help does not require surrendering dignity, agency, or your voice Need Prayer or Encouragement? Want to leave a public comment? We'd love to hear from you. ️ Prefer privacy? You can send a completely anonymous text prayer request here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2461867/open_sms Or, if you would rather reach out by email, we would be honored to pray for you at: prayer@unshakenministries.org Subscribe & Listen Weekly: Prefer audio-only? Listen on your favorite platform: Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rsw92clmmA83HL1NR0zM Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unshaken/id1803953295 Or anywhere else: https://unshakenpodcast.org/ ️ Do not forget to like, follow, and share. New episodes release every Tuesday. Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org #UnshakenPodcast #ChristianCaregiving #FaithInAction #CaregivingSupport #ChurchCare #PracticalFaith #FamilySupport #ChristianEncouragement We’d love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, stories, or prayer requests, let’s stay connected. This podcast is for encouragement and spiritual support. While we hope it uplifts and equips you, it’s not a substitute for professional counseling or pastoral care.

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  Episode #76

  Episode 76: When Your Parents Start Needing You

  Sep 1, 202652 min

  ️ Episode 76: When Your Parents Start Needing You What happens when the people who have always been your touchstone begin needing you in new ways? Tony and Kristy talk about the slow, sometimes surprising shift that happens as parents age and adult children begin carrying more responsibility. They explore how to offer practical help while still honoring a parent's dignity, agency, privacy, wisdom, and right to participate in decisions about their own life. Love does not have to erase dignity just because the roles are changing. For Deeper Study: https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/when-your-parents-start-needing-you/ This season can hold grief and gratitude at the same time. It can bring hard conversations, sibling tension, changing schedules, outside care, and the temptation to turn a parent into a list of problems to solve. Tony and Kristy make room for all of that while returning to a steadier posture: tell the truth with tenderness, ask before taking over, share the load when possible, receive help when you need it, and keep looking for the person beneath the needs. What You'll Hear in This Episode: How honoring your parents can change as family roles change without ignoring reality or taking over unnecessarily Why help should support dignity and participation rather than make an aging parent feel smaller How efficiency can quietly work against love when a parent can still choose, contribute, and enjoy familiar traditions Why caregiver capacity, sibling responsibility, respite, and outside support are matters of stewardship, not failure How to protect ordinary moments, memories, and the parent-child relationship while practical needs keep increasing Need Prayer or Encouragement? Want to leave a public comment? We'd love to hear from you. ️ Prefer privacy? You can send a completely anonymous text prayer request here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2461867/open_sms Or, if you would rather reach out by email, we would be honored to pray for you at: prayer@unshakenministries.org Subscribe & Listen Weekly: Prefer audio-only? Listen on your favorite platform: Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rsw92clmmA83HL1NR0zM Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unshaken/id1803953295 Or anywhere else: https://unshakenpodcast.org/ ️ Do not forget to like, follow, and share. New episodes release every Tuesday. Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org #AgingParents #ChristianCaregiving #FamilyCaregiving #CaregiverSupport #HonorYourParents #AgingWithDignity #FaithAndFamily #AdultChildren #UnshakenPodcast #UnshakenFamily We’d love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, stories, or prayer requests, let’s stay connected. This podcast is for encouragement and spiritual support. While we hope it uplifts and equips you, it’s not a substitute for professional counseling or pastoral care.

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  Unshaken

  Unshaken Conversation: Gary Steffes: When Trying Harder Is Not the Answer

  Aug 29, 202646 min

  ️ Unshaken Conversation: Gary Steffes: When Trying Harder Is Not the Answer What if the harder you try to live the Christian life, the more exhausted you become? In this Unshaken Conversation, Tony sits down with his friend Gary Steffes, who leads Pure Encouragement. Gary shares how God met him in the anxiety and performance pressure of his hockey career, transformed the way he understood confidence, and taught him that spiritual strength does not come from trying to become the power source. The branch was never meant to become the power source. For Deeper Study: https://unshakenpodcast.org/unshaken-conversation-gary-steffes-when-trying-harder-is-not-the-answer/ From pre-deciding to stand firm, to "going vertical" in marriage and parenting, to building trusted brotherhood and making prayer a non-negotiable part of life, Gary keeps returning to John 15:4. This conversation is for believers who are tired of trying to muscle fruit into their lives and want to learn what it means to stay close to Jesus and let Him produce what effort alone cannot. What You'll Hear in This Episode: How Gary moved from performance-driven anxiety to finding his identity and confidence in Christ Why resilience often begins with a heart-level decision made before the pressure comes How John 15:4 shifted Gary from trying harder to abiding more deeply in Jesus What "go vertical" looks like in real moments of marriage, parenting, and emotional pressure Why trusted community and prayer matter when you want to live with spiritual strength Need Prayer or Encouragement? Want to leave a public comment? We'd love to hear from you. ️ Prefer privacy? You can send a completely anonymous text prayer request here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2461867/open_sms Or, if you would rather reach out by email, we would be honored to pray for you at: prayer@unshakenministries.org Subscribe & Listen Weekly: Prefer audio-only? Listen on your favorite platform: Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rsw92clmmA83HL1NR0zM Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unshaken/id1803953295 Or anywhere else: https://unshakenpodcast.org/ ️ Do not forget to like, follow, and share. New episodes release every Tuesday. Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org #AbideInChrist #ChristianResilience #IdentityInChrist #FaithOverFear #Prayer #SpiritualGrowth #ChristianEncouragement #UnshakenPodcast We’d love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, stories, or prayer requests, let’s stay connected. This podcast is for encouragement and spiritual support. While we hope it uplifts and equips you, it’s not a substitute for professional counseling or pastoral care.

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  Episode #75

  Episode 75: When Your Story Is Not Public Property

  Aug 25, 202640 min

  ️ Episode 75: When Your Story Is Not Public Property What happens when a question that seems harmless starts to feel exhausting? How do we balance grace for people who are trying to learn with the right to protect our own story? In this episode of Unshaken Podcast, Tony and Kristy talk about questions, privacy, agency, and dignity through the lens of faith, family, resilience, disability, and real life. They share what it is like to repeatedly answer questions about disability, how intent and impact can be different, and why being visible does not mean every detail of your life is public information. Your story is still your own, and you get to decide who receives access to it. For Deeper Study: https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/when-your-story-is-not-public-property/ This conversation explores how Christians can ask better questions, answer with grace, and protect the dignity of others. Tony and Kristy discuss agency, caregiving, family conversations, and the responsibility we have when sharing someone else's story. What You'll Hear in This Episode: The difference between genuine curiosity and questions that cross personal boundaries. Why repeated questions can create fatigue even when they are asked with good intentions. How visible does not mean public, and why agency matters. How spouses, caregivers, and families can protect someone's dignity and story. Why grace and boundaries can exist together. Need Prayer or Encouragement? Want to leave a public comment? We'd love to hear from you. ️ Prefer privacy? You can send a completely anonymous text prayer request here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2461867/open_sms Or, if you would rather reach out by email, we would be honored to pray for you at: prayer@unshakenministries.org Subscribe & Listen Weekly: Prefer audio-only? Listen on your favorite platform: Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rsw92clmmA83HL1NR0zM Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unshaken/id1803953295 Or anywhere else: https://unshakenpodcast.org/ ️ Do not forget to like, follow, and share. New episodes release every Tuesday. Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org #UnshakenPodcast #FaithAndDisability #ChristianLiving #DisabilityAwareness #FaithFamily #Resilience #ChristianPodcast We’d love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, stories, or prayer requests, let’s stay connected. This podcast is for encouragement and spiritual support. While we hope it uplifts and equips you, it’s not a substitute for professional counseling or pastoral care.

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