The Seacoast Podcast: Things You Won't Hear On Sunday

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The Seacoast Podcast: Things You Won't Hear On Sunday captures meaningful – and often challenging -- conversations that happen off the stage amongst the people of Seacoast. Hang with us and guests we love to learn from, including authors, artists, pastors, and many others who share their stories of struggle and oftentimes, how God's grace brought about peace and redemption. We hope listening in to our discussions revolving around church, theology, and culture will feel like slowing down and hanging with friends. You'll be encouraged, laugh, find solidarity with someone else's story, or see things from a new point of view. What if listening to other perspectives was the first step in loving people with a different point of view? We're giving it a shot.

  1. 3d ago

    223 - A Calling to Defeat Human Trafficking (w/ Becky Murray)

    Becky Murray, founder of the anti-trafficking organization, One by One, sits down with hosts Joey Svendsen and Lynne Stroy to share her story and describe the moment she devoted her life to helping vulnerable kids.  In her early twenties, while on a mission trip to Sierra Leone, Nicole bought a pair of flip-flops from a nine-year-old girl. When the girl asked if she should wait in her bedroom in exchange for the flip-flops, Becky’s eyes were opened to human trafficking. It became her “non-negotiable moment” that led her to abandon law school and devote her life to helping kids like this one. Fifteen years later, One by One continues to run prevention and protection work across Kenya, Uganda, and Pakistan, that reaches nearly 58,000 children. Programs like the Dignity Project keeps girls in school and provides basic needs like sanitary products so traffickers can’t lure them away with false promises. Becky also shares the harder parts of the work like the loss of a three-year-old girl named Mercy in a Pakistani brick factory, and what it means to keep saying yes to God even when the scale of the problem feels impossible.  To wrap up the episode, the host crew (half Gen Z, half Gen X) covers some lighter topics: Joey’s long-running lie about Roy bullying him in high school, and a debate over whether Joey is a hipster. Then they shift into deeper theological territory: how comfortable they are with thinking of God as both Father and Mother, and how the existence of grave evil, such as human trafficking, sits alongside their faith in an all-loving, all-powerful God.  Becky Murray | Instagram | One By One | Donate Hosts | Allon Holandez | Hayes Herlong | Roy Jacques | Joey Svendsen Seacoast Podcast is now on Instagram Be a Patron of the podcast  We have a YouTube Channel for videos of all episodes since Jan. 2024.  We'd love to hear from you.  E-mail Joey HERE.  Producer/Editor/host: Joey Svendsen Sound Engineer/Editor: Katelyn Vandiver

  2. Oct 27

    222 - Theology for the Rest of Us (w/ Dr. Lisa Harper)

    Dr. Lisa Harper joins host Joey Svendsen, Lynne Stroy, and Ciarrah Lindsay to talk about her new book, Theology for the Rest of Us. Lisa makes the case that theology isn't an academic pursuit reserved for seminary types; it's simply conversation about God meant to draw us closer to him rather than puff us up with information. She walks through the difference between knowing things about God and actually being wowed by him again. She also shares the story of how she explained God's vastness to her daughter Missy under a night sky, and talks about how some of her own theological pursuit in her twenties and thirties was really about proving she wasn't a fraud.   Joey, Lynne, and Ciarrah each share where they are in their own theological journeys, including Lynne's story of coming to faith after losing her brother. The conversation closes with a rapid-fire round: Why Jesus's twelve disciples were all men despite women playing major roles throughout his ministry, what the Bible actually says about marriage after divorce, and how a loving God can allow pain and suffering in the world.  Lisa Harper | Instagram | Book Hosts | Ciarrah Lindsay | Lynne Stroy | Joey Svendsen Seacoast Podcast is now on Instagram Be a Patron of the podcast  We have a YouTube Channel for videos of all episodes since Jan. 2024.  We'd love to hear from you.  E-mail Joey HERE.  Producer/Editor/host: Joey Svendsen Sound Engineer/Editor: Katelyn Vandiver

  3. Oct 20

    221 - She Didn't Even Ask to Be Healed (w/ Pastor Julie Mullins)

    Pastor Julie Mullins, Co-Senior Pastor of Christ Fellowship Church in West Palm Beach, sits down with host Joey Svendsen and Seacoast's Co-Lead Pastor, Lisa Surratt to talk through Luke 13, the story of a woman who had been bent over by a spirit for eighteen years until Jesus healed her.   Julie breaks down three things that Jesus spoke over the woman, starting with "daughter" and shares that until we accept what he says about us as our identity, we settle for smaller, limiting labels instead. The three also get into what it’s like for a husband and wife to co-pastor a church, why legalism often comes from a place of pride, and how to respond with grace instead of suspicion when someone new to faith doesn't look the part yet.  After the interview, Joey, Lynne, Jill, and Tomelex take over for a lighter round: killing animals for sport, a very loud hog-castration field trip, and Lynne gets asked about the alligator mating call-at-night incident that everyone's been waiting on. They also discuss why Joey was felt more exhausted than he expected after standing for eight hours at Chosen (he asked AI to explain it), and they work through the ethics of helping panhandlers, including a story that didn't go the way Joey hoped. Finally, they close it out by digging into one of the more debated passages in the New Testament: Should women stay silent and not teach men, as Paul wrote it? Lynne, Jill, and Tomelex push back on Joey’s take that the text doesn't leave much wiggle room.  Julie Mullins | Instagram | Church Hosts | Tomelex Copeland | Jill Forbes | Lynne Stroy | Lisa Surratt | Joey Svendsen Seacoast Podcast is now on Instagram Be a Patron of the podcast  We have a YouTube Channel for videos of all episodes since Jan. 2024.  We'd love to hear from you.  E-mail Joey HERE.  Producer/Editor/host: Joey Svendsen Sound Engineer/Editor: Katelyn Vandiver

  4. Oct 13

    220 - Holding the Story: Chaplain Eva Bleeker on Suffering and the Ministry of Listening

    In this episode, Joey and Lynne sit down with Dr. Eva Bleeker, known to her students as Chaplain Eva, a board-certified chaplain who spent a decade doing pastoral care in hospitals and now teaches chaplaincy at Denver Seminary.  Her work centers on the power of story, and in this conversation she unpacks why simply receiving someone's story, without needing to fix it, can be the ministry itself. Eva walks through what she calls "narrative identity theory," the idea that the way we listen actually shapes the story a person is willing to tell, and how showing up distracted, hurried, or performative can push someone deeper into isolation. She and Joey trade stories from years of sitting with people in crisis, talk through what it looks like to prepare yourself before walking into a hard conversation, and dig into why naming your own emotions is the first skill of good pastoral care.  After the interview, Joey, Lynne, and Jack stick around for a theological deep-dive, revisiting an old comment Lynne said about predatory pastors.  They also all face the fact that none of them ever knew what CVS stood for.  Until today.  Dr Eva Bleeker | Website | Instagram | Bio  Hosts | Lynne Stroy | Joey Svendsen | Jack Hoey III Seacoast Podcast is now on Instagram Be a Patron of the podcast  We have a YouTube Channel for videos of all episodes since Jan. 2024.  We'd love to hear from you.  E-mail Joey HERE.  Producer/Editor/host: Joey Svendsen Sound Engineer/Editor: Katelyn Vandiver

  5. Oct 6

    219 - Deconstruction and the Other Side of Certainty (w/ Pastor Kristin Mockler Young)

    Pastor Kristin Mockler Young of Mosaic Church in Charlotte sits down with host Joey Svendsen and Pastor Chip Judd to dig into a buzzword in Christian circles: deconstruction. They discuss Kristin’s book, The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work, give an overview of deconstruction, and explore how it doesn’t always lead people away from faith—but can often be a necessary part of building a healthier one.   Other topics include deconstruction as an act of rebellion, walking away from God when one is experiencing him, and the role certainty plays in faith and where it falls short. Then, Joey, Kristin, and Chip share their own “Ebenezers"—undeniable encounters with God that strengthened their faith and have made it impossible to walk in unbelief.   To wrap up the episode, Seacoasters Jill Forbes, Ciarrah Lindsay, and Tomelex Copeland respond to Pastor Kristin’s conversation, dispel negative connotations around “deconstruction,” and then jump in to talk Joey through his recent confrontation with Chick-fil-A customer service.  Pastor Kristin Mockler Young | Book | Instagram  Hosts | Tomelex Copeland | Jill Forbes | Ciarrah Lindsay | Joey Svendsen Seacoast Podcast is now on Instagram Be a Patron of the podcast  We have a YouTube Channel for videos of all episodes since Jan. 2024.  We'd love to hear from you.  E-mail Joey HERE.  Producer/Editor/host: Joey Svendsen Sound Engineer/Editor: Katelyn Vandiver

  6. Sep 29

    218 - God and Healing (w/ Becky Johnson)

    Former punk-rock, self-loathing, self-harmer, now a minister of the gospel and leader at one of the most influential Christian ministries in America; and it all started when a stranger handed her a compact disc, (google it, youngsters) strongly encouraging her to give it a listen.  While listening, the ensuing healing and transformation brought to her by the Holy Spirit would drastically change the trajectory of her life and vastly increase the amount of hope in her heart. Given that Becky is also a former student at Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry, we also ponder and process the topic of supernatural healings.  Why don't we see more healings?  Why does there seem to be more healings in developing countries?  Is it a cop-out to end certain prayer requests with "...if it's your will?"  These questions and many more on the topic of Jesus and supernatural healings. If you enjoy this episode, you may enjoy last years mini-series on a corporate healing season Seacoast Church experienced in 2019, leaving the culture at Seacoast changed forever.  Here's a link to the first episode of that 4-part series: EP 1 of Healing Series.  In this episode Becky Johnson | Instagram | The Jesus Culture Hosts: Lynne Stroy | Joey Svendsen   This episode was originally aired on January 23rd 2024.   Seacoast Podcast is now on Instagram Be a Patron of the podcast  We have a YouTube Channel for videos of all episodes since Jan. 2024.  We'd love to hear from you.  E-mail Joey HERE.  Producer/Editor/host: Joey Svendsen Sound Engineer/Editor: Katelyn Vandiver

  7. Sep 22

    217 - Hurricane Hugo Anniversary Special: Rob Fowler, Bill Sharpe, Bill Walsh

    On September 21, 1989, Hurricane Hugo barreled toward Charleston as a powerful Category 4 storm. Just after midnight, the eye passed directly over the Peninsula and slammed the coast with sustained winds of 135 mph with a storm surge as high as 20 feet in some areas. The damage to the city was estimated to be $7 billion, making it, at the time, the costliest hurricane in U.S. history. It remains one of the defining nights in Charleston's history. This episode is geared toward Charlestonians, especially those here at the time of the storm, but we know all listeners will enjoy.   Host, Joey Svendsen was in seventh grade when Hurricane Hugo hit Charleston. In this episode, he sits down with meteorologists Rob Fowler and Bill Walsh, along with retired news anchor Bill Sharpe, all of whom worked to keep Charleston informed until they went off the air. The men swap memories of that dreadful experience including the moment they realized it was going to be bad. They also discuss how storm tracking has evolved since Hugo and ask whether it makes sense to say, “Charleston is due for another one.”   To continue the Hugo conversation, the hosts discuss the question: How do you make sense of a natural disaster when you believe in a God who is both all-loving and all-powerful?  The hosts close with a little light-hearted conversation, and debate whether they would drink from a cup after a fly flew into it, and discuss whether it's harmless to say "I'm fine" when it's actually a very bad day.   Guests | Rob Fowler | Bill Sharpe | Bill Walsh  Hosts | Tomelex Copeland | Brianna McLeod | Lynne Stroy | Joey Svendsen Seacoast Podcast is now on Instagram Be a Patron of the podcast  We have a YouTube Channel for videos of all episodes since Jan. 2024.  We'd love to hear from you.  E-mail Joey HERE.  Producer/Editor/host: Joey Svendsen Sound Engineer/Editor: Katelyn Vandiver

  8. Sep 15

    216 - One Thing: Clearing the Noise and Drawing Closer to Jesus (w/ Andi Andrew)

    On this episode, host Joey Svendsen sits down with Andi Andrew to discuss how the past year has been life-changing for her and her family. When God asked Andi to ruthlessly let go of her full schedule of traveling, speaking, and ministry—a lifestyle that earned a significant amount of her family’s income—she found freedom from her unhealthy attachments to the world. She became completely dependent on God and learned that even good change can feel like both freedom and loss at the same time.  This journey inspired her to write her latest book, One Thing: 21 Devotions to Clear the Noise and Draw Near to Jesus, a devotional centered on the story of Mary and Martha and what Jesus really meant when he said Mary chose the right thing.   Also in this conversation, Andi talks candidly about how trust can feel like a weapon, exposing our fears, and how even through surrendering her lifestyle, she found peace that no paycheck could ever buy.  To open the episode, Sparkle Anderson, Jack Hoey, and Joey Svendsen discuss germaphobia, the Christian metal band Demon Hunter suing K-Pop Demon Hunters for trademark infringement, and dig into a mini Bible study on the three temptations of Christ. Andi Andrew | Instagram | Book  Hosts | Sparkle Anderson | Jack Hoey | Joey Svendsen   Seacoast Podcast is now on Instagram Be a Patron of the podcast  We have a YouTube Channel for videos of all episodes since Jan. 2024.  We'd love to hear from you.  E-mail Joey HERE.  Producer/Editor/host: Joey Svendsen Sound Engineer/Editor: Katelyn Vandiver

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The Seacoast Podcast: Things You Won't Hear On Sunday captures meaningful – and often challenging -- conversations that happen off the stage amongst the people of Seacoast. Hang with us and guests we love to learn from, including authors, artists, pastors, and many others who share their stories of struggle and oftentimes, how God's grace brought about peace and redemption. We hope listening in to our discussions revolving around church, theology, and culture will feel like slowing down and hanging with friends. You'll be encouraged, laugh, find solidarity with someone else's story, or see things from a new point of view. What if listening to other perspectives was the first step in loving people with a different point of view? We're giving it a shot.

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