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The Story God Can Use Before You Think It Is Ready

 Chapter 1: The Quiet After You Stop Talking This morning, after the podcast ended, the room got quiet in a way that felt louder than the conversation itself. There were no more questions to answer, no host waiting for the next thought, no reason to keep talking. I was left with that familiar habit of replaying everything in my head. Did I say too much? Did I leave out something important? Did I represent the new life Christ has given me, or did I just tell a long story about myself? That tension is part of what I wanted to explore in this video about whether your story is enough when God asks you to speak , because the hardest part of sharing your life often begins after the microphone is turned off. I think many of us do this even when there is no podcast involved. We send a message, leave a meeting, finish a difficult conversation, or tell somebody what God has done in our life, and then we start grading ourselves. We remember one sentence we wish we could change and forget ten ...
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The Extra Minute That Changes a Conversation: Learning to Make Room Like Jesus

 Chapter 1: The Answer That Comes After “I’m Fine” The coffee has already gone cold when your friend says it. You are standing at the kitchen counter, half listening while looking for the lid to a storage container, and you ask the question people ask without always expecting a real answer. “How are you doing?” Your friend says, “I’m fine.” The words arrive quickly, almost automatically. You could accept them, put the lid on the container, and move on to work, traffic, dinner, or whatever else is waiting. Instead, you look up. Something about the way the answer came tells you there is more behind it. You do not corner your friend. You do not say, “No, you’re not.” You simply stay there for another second and ask, “Fine like actually fine, or fine like you don’t feel like explaining it yet?” That small pause is the practical heart of how Jesus works through the people who make room for us . Most people do not need a friend who can solve every problem. They need at least one person...
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