Grace Unscripted
Religion & Spirituality
About
Stories of people in and around Grace Church
Episodes
- I am God’s Child – Abi Jones
Abi Jones discusses her personal faith journey on Grace Unscripted, explaining how she found freedom and healing through Jesus after difficult experiences.
- Faithful Steps – Jason Beck
Jason Beck shares his life story on the Grace Unscripted Podcast, discussing his experiences from his teenage years, his interest in music, and his journey of seeking God.
- I Can Still Have Hope and Joy – Tia Smith
Tia Smith shares her personal story on Grace Unscripted, detailing difficult experiences from her early life and marriage. She discusses how faith brought healing, enabled her to break unhealthy family cycles, and now allows her to support…
- Faith in the Hardest of Times – Steve Frisch
Steve Frisch recounts his life experiences, including military service and a battle with cancer, on Grace Unscripted. He discusses his faith and how Jesus has guided him throughout his life.
- Light at the End of The Tunnel – Michael Kohler
Michael Kohler recounts his life experiences on Grace Unscripted, beginning with an unstable childhood and a military career. A subsequent unexpected event caused upheaval, leading to a dark period. He shares how faith and divine intervent…
- Faithful Prayers – Kim Howdyshell
This week on the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get to hear the story of Kim Howdyshell! After being uprooted at a young age and experiencing relational hurt at home, Kim’s life was anything but easy. Listen in as she reflects on how that im…
- Steps of Obedience – Christine Dolan
On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get to hear the story of Christine Dolan! From a trans-Atlantic love stories to an inflatables businesses, Christine’s story is one of watching God show up and be faithful time and…
- How Could You Doubt It? – Paul Thompson
On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get to hear the story of Paul Thompson. Paul has done so many different things in his life from bandmember to scholar and now missionary. Listen in as Paul shares his story, how he…
- Always on Mission – Stephanie Thompson
“You’re always on mission wherever you are. The goal is to help Jesus be known and make sense. Wherever you are, you’re doing that.” – Stephanie Thompson On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get to hear the story of S…
- God Moments – Cheryl Reed
“The other thing I would encourage people to do is just reflect in your life. It’s easy when you’re busy to not realize the things He is doing everyday.” – Cheryl Reed On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get to hear…
- He Is My Refuge – Jan Robinson
“”When you are at the end of you, God is there and He wants you and you just have to ask him.”” – Jan Robinson On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get to hear the story of Jan Robinson. Jan grew up in the Copley area…
- Obedience In The Little Things – Holly Bader Carroll
“I just pray that when I open my mouth that God is the one who is speaking.” – Holly Bader Carroll On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get to hear the story of Holly Bader Carroll. Holly was born and raised in the Ak…
- It’s Never Too Late – Jeff Reed
“…what does God want me to do? What does Jesus want me to do? These things have shaped my life since having accepted Christ.” – Jeff Reed On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get to hear the story of Jeff Reed! Jeff i…
- He Can Redeem Anything – Ken Huth
“He can redeem anything. He has literally redeemed stuff that I didn’t think could be redeemed in my life.” – Ken Huth On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get to hear the story of Ken Huth. Ken is a born and raised A…
- Life to the Full – Lisa Gnap
“When all else is gone, the thought of my life is gone, what really matter is my relationship with God. that’s where my turning point was. I wanted to seek him. I wanted to find him. I wanted to run to him!” – Lisa Gnap On this week’s epis…
- I See Exactly Where He Was – Holly McLaughlin
“You don’t need to be perfect. You don’t need to have things figured out. He’s going to meet you right where are. He’s going to use you and your story and redeem any pain.” – Holly McLaughlin On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted…
- Finding Joy in Jesus – Maggie Moser
“I think, especially in the last year, the Lord has taught me so much about how to actually be faithful and have joy even when you don’t have anything that you want and that you’ve been asking for and your life is not the way that you pict…
- The Power of Forgiveness – Christy MacDonald
“The thing that I can know that Jesus is with me is because I have this unbelievable power of forgiveness now! I can forgive so easily. It’s amazing…Forgiveness is a life changer.” – Christy Macdonald On this week’s episode of the Grace Un…
- Center Your Life on Him – Rick Perren
“The way you treat the Word of God, is the way you treat the God of the Word. So the burden I have always had is to be in the scriptures. I know in my life that I hear from God and I try to be obedient, but if I don’t hear form God, I’m of…
- Seek First – Cynthia Terry
“What I learned is that, if I wanted to know God, not about him but really know him, I had to move. I had to make a choice and I had to seek him. I had to run after him with abandon. I needed to seek him out and spend time with him, not ju…
- He Is Our Ultimate Peace – Austin Shanower
“It makes sense why nothing else in my life has ever satisfied me. It makes so much sense that the people I was trying to put in my life to give me purpose and meaning and joy and peace…no one can offer me that. No sport, no hobby, no subs…
- Faith Through the Good and the Bad – Deb Curtis
“‘This is where the pathway starts where you are going to experience hard things, but I am going to be there. I am going to take you through it and you are going to be alright and you need to trust me.'” – Deb Curtis On this week’s episode…
- Finding Freedom and Purpose in Surrender – Stephen Falbo
“The reason that I was able to say yes to Jesus and what He was asking from me was because I was more in tune with the Holy Spirit at that moment in my life.” – Stephen Falbo On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get t…
- Wherever God Leads – Heidi Bogue
“If all of us can grasp just a little bit more about the love of Jesus, it changes our life. That’s all you need to know!” – Heidi Bogue On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get to hear the story of Heidi Bogue. Heidi…
- Never Too Broken – Bryce Fast
“The two years of building the life I wanted I completely ditched because I wanted to figure out who Jesus was, and it was the best decision I ever made.” “I went from saving souls physically to saving souls spiritually.” – Bryce Fast On t…
- Blown Away by God – Beth Cummins
“It was so powerful to watch the actual light and truth and power of Jesus and His forgiveness in real life.” – Beth Cummins On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get to hear the story of Beth Cummins. Listen in as Bet…
- He Sees Me – Maddy Shaffer
“Missions is also here as well. You can go across oceans, but there are people here who need Jesus as well.” – Maddy Shaffer On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get to hear the story of Maddy Shaffer! Maddy grew up i…
- He Hears You – Jamie Petry
“I also could feel Jesus’ love and hope through the whole thing and I think it was the first time I realized that He has always been with me. When I felt alone in church, He was there. When I felt alone in my family or left out, He was the…
- The Power of Invitation – Kristin Kauker
“I know there were people who were praying for me that I didn’t know, but they were praying for me and I felt it and God was moving through that time.” – Kristin Kauker On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get hear th…
- His Plans Are So Much Greater Than Ours- Jason Mitter
“He has you where he wants you in this moment and His plans are so much greater than our plans.” – Jason Mitter On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get hear the story of Jason Mitter. Jason is a long time attender of…
- You Are Never Alone – Frank Amato
“I think God anoints work for everybody and it all looks different. Whether it’s pickleball, baseball, interviews, or whatever. Ministry can look a lot of different ways. I think when we don’t tell ourselves that, we put God in a box.” – F…
- I Year Ago I Didn’t Even Know His Name – Brendan Ebner
“Little stuff like that. Just by us going to this place and introducing the gospel, loving people, and loving Jesus is opening doorways that were completely locked.” – Brendan Ebner On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, w…
- It’s all for God’s Glory- Steve LaVoie
“I’m very excited. A little nervous and I have many feelings, but it’s all for God’s glory. I’m very excited to see what God has in store” – Steve LaVoie On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get to hear the fascinatin…
- He Never Leaves Us By Ourselves – Wendy Gnap
“Its funny when you say ‘yes’ to God…He always equips. He puts people around you that are prayer warriors, puts people around you that are good at leading the conversations and being connectors and leading to the next thing, and people who…
- Wherever You Take Me, I’ll Follow – Julie Starr
“I choose Him every single day and it’s my most favorite thing in the entire world because of all the uncertainty, all of the fear, and all of the times friends let you down…man, when you have Jesus who can be against you?” – Julie Starr T…
- Wait on the Lord’s Time – Paul Starr
“The faith that you have and the mustard seed that you plant today will bear fruit tomorrow, it will. You may not ever know it, but it will happen in some way, shape, or form.” – Paul Starr This week on the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get…
- Where You Lead I will Follow – Rich Davies
“Okay God, if this is it, I’m going to kind of test you. Typically that’s not a smart idea you know. I said, ‘okay God, if this is really of you, then you’re going to make something happen.’ I didn’t put out resumes. I didn’t do any of tha…
- The Grave Has No Claim on Me – Ben Troyer
“It didn’t fix my depression. I still had that, but I’m no longer going to bed asking if I could not wake up in the morning. I’m going to bed saying, ‘God, I don’t know why you have me in this right now, but I know you’ve gotten me through…
- All In for Jesus – Naomi Bogue
“We’re all holding onto something and that is something that we can’t bring into heaven with us. It’s keeping us from going all in for Jesus…” – Naomi Bogue This week on the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get to hear the incredible story of…
- Surrender the Plan – Leah Bender
“…His plans are always good. It’s scary to surrender because it’s unknown, but that’s faith and trust and knowing that His plans are going to be good.” – Leah Bender This week on the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we get to hear the touching st…
- Come as You Are – Devin Thompson
“He doesn’t want you to come when your perfect…He loves you even when you are at your worst, when you are at your lowest. When you feel like you’re so broken and no one can love you, He does, and He always will.” – Devin Thompson This week…
- Devastated, But Not Angry – Jody Shumway
“One day no matter what I will be cancer-free, I know this. Cancer does not get to end my story. It may end this earthly life, but it doesn’t win. There’s no scenario in which that happens and I’m good with that, I am very very good with t…
- Searching for the Light in the Darkness – Jen Dougall
“Why would God create such a beautiful child for her to be harmed so early in her life and be so misunderstood? But now, I can see that I had to get to a place where I also had to be prepared, that I had to trust God and completely surrend…
- Favor In The Journey – Nardos Street
“He has done amazing things, given me grace again, and favored me. I didn’t think that I could measure up to those things you know in a lot of ways because I know my beginnings and what my future was supposed to be…He used me to serve and…
- All My Life You Have Been Faithful – Mike Wiant
“All of a sudden, I’m back in Ohio and I was thirty years old and there was this feeling of this can’t go on forever. I’m chasing the wind. I’m never getting fulfilled. There has to be something in Christian faith because my grandfather an…
- Even in the Darkness, God is Present – Tim Perdion
“Jeff sometimes has those tag lines at the bottom of the notes. This one was ‘total surrender equals total freedom.’ That is a huge statement because I always had an internal storm, and if anybody would have ever asked me what do you want?…
- What We Do Here, Echoes for Eternity – Eric Bosshard
“When I look at the gifts God gave me and the opportunities He has given me, there is a fork in the road of do I use these for my own comfort, my own success, or my own fame, or do I use these gifts so that they were not given in vain.” –…
- Faith on the Other Six days – Chris Winkelmann
“I try to have my faith be the filter through which I do everything. So, if it’s my marriage, if it’s the workplace, a family party, or family relationships, I try not to just have faith on Sunday mornings…It’s really just living out the c…
- Finding Redemptive Purpose – Michael Mancari
“If you had a movie title to describe your life, what would it be?…Mine would be The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly because all of us have lives that are a combination of those things. Are you willing to admit the bad, lean into the good, and…
- Chased Down by the Love of God – Dan Kilker
“For the first time in my whole life, I looked at myself and self-reflected. I am looking at all these kids, ‘yes, Jesus is the best thing ever. Yes, this is what life is about. Yes, you can have joy and all of this stuff.’ But I don’t hav…