Grow and Go with Em Tyler

Em Tyler
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Faith isn’t just something we talk about—it’s something we live. Grow + Go with Em Tyler brings you real conversations with believers around the world who are walking it out. Through powerful interviews and honest solo episodes, we explore what it means to follow Jesus daily, stay rooted in scripture, and step boldly into God’s plans. Hosted by Em Tyler—international speaker, twice-certified coach, writer, and local church leader—this podcast will equip and encourage you to grow in faith and go where God leads. emtyler.substack.com

  1. 2h ago

    Stasi Eldredge: How to Actually Know God (Not Just Know About Him) on the Grow and Go with Em Tyler Podcast

    What if everything you’ve ever done, everything that’s ever been done to you, and every season you’ve walked through that felt like it disqualified you . . . what if none of it takes you out of the grace of God? This week I sit down with Stasi Eldredge—New York Times bestselling author, co-founder of Wild at Heart, teacher, speaker, and someone whose books have sold nearly three million copies and changed women’s lives all over the world. Her latest book, The Ladder of Love, is out now and it is such a beautiful invitation: not to do more, not to perform better, but to actually know God. Stasi is so honest in this conversation and in the book about the things that keep us from receiving what we already possess. Shame. Hurt. Wrong theology absorbed along the way. She shares her own story with vulnerability in such a way to lead others to freedom. If you have ‘little ears’ around, this may be a conversation best saved for later when you can listen alone. We talk about: ✨ What the ladder metaphor is and why it starts with the firm foundation of who we are in Christ✨ The difference between knowing facts about God and knowing him by experience✨ Why shame is an enemy and what it does to our relationship with God✨ Stasi’s own story and why she shares the parts of it she’d find easiest to hide✨ Why emotional healing and spiritual growth need to happen together✨ How to get back into alignment with the true father heart of God when your theology has been shaped by wounds✨ The rung on the ladder Stasi was least familiar with — and what it taught her about Jesus Is there a way of knowing God — a rung on the ladder — that feels far away or out of reach for you right now? Leave a comment The Ladder of Love by Stasi Eldredge is out now. Go and get yourself a copy — this one is worth it. Connect further with Stasi: Facebook | Instagram | Wild at Heart Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ Coming Up! October 8, 20267.30-9pm BSTLive Online Grab a Ticket here Have you ever wondered . . . “Was that really God or just my own thoughts?” Most Christians long to hear God’s voice but aren’t sure how to recognize it with confidence. The good news is that God is not trying to hide from His children. Jesus promised that His sheep would know His voice and the Holy Spirit continues to guide, comfort, convict, and lead us today. Join author, speaker, and Kingdom Life Coach Megan Nilsen for an interactive 90-minute Grow + Go masterclass where you’ll discover a practical, Scripture-centred process for discerning God’s voice through Beautiful Exchange Journaling. Together we’ll learn how to: • Quiet internal and external noise• Recognize the difference between God’s voice, your own thoughts, and fear• Anchor every prompting in Scripture• Practice listening prayer without striving• Experience Beautiful Exchange Journaling in real time• Leave with a repeatable process you can continue using in your daily walk with Jesus Whether you’re making an important decision or simply longing for a deeper relationship with God, this experience will help you cultivate greater confidence in recognizing the gentle leading of the Holy Spirit. Secure your spot here. Men and Women welcome. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

  2. Sep 30

    Grow + Go | Every Table an Altar with Pastor Ian Simkins

    What if the most significant mission field you have isn’t somewhere you have to go — it’s somewhere you already are? We live in a world that is more connected than ever and lonelier than ever. And somewhere in the gap between those two things, I think the church (collectively and individually) has a role to play. This week Pastor Ian Simkins is on the Grow and Go with Em Tyler Podcast — pastor, writer, husband, dad, and author of the brand new Every Table an Altar: Reclaiming Connection in a World of Division, Distraction, and Loneliness. Ian has spent over twenty years in pastoral ministry, and what keeps coming up — in his church, in his community, in conversations with people who look like they have it all together — is loneliness. Deep, chronic, surprising loneliness. And he’s convinced that the table is one of God’s most underrated answers to it. We talk about why Jesus sat at far more tables than he ever flipped, what it means for your table to become an altar, and what it looks like to show up for the people already in your life with genuine, unhurried presence. We also talk about what it takes to keep growing personally when your relationship with Jesus is also your job — and Ian shares some of the simple, countercultural practices that are keeping him grounded. We talk about: ✨ The loneliness epidemic✨ How Jesus used the table to reorder power, welcome outsiders, and bring the kingdom close✨ Why you don’t need the gift of hospitality, a beautiful home, or a photo-ready charcuterie board✨ The difference between entertaining and biblical hospitality (and why it matters)✨ One simple prayer that could change how you see every ordinary interaction✨ Why the presence of your phone — even face down — is doing more damage than you realise✨ What it looks like to be truly present with the people already in your life✨ How to keep growing with Jesus when ministry is also your profession Is there one table in your life — literal or metaphorical — where you could show up with a little more kingdom imagination this week? Leave a comment below, or simply reply. I’d love to hear. Is there one table in your life — literal or metaphorical — where you could show up with a little more kingdom imagination this week? Leave a comment below, or simply reply. I’d love to hear. Leave a comment Connect further with Ian: Website | Instagram | Every Table an Altar Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

  3. Sep 23

    Grow + Go | Hearing God, Embracing Change, and Learning to Let Go with Megan Nilsen

    Most of us have prayed a version of this prayer: God, if you want me to do this, just make it obvious. Send a sign. Make it clear. And then we wait. And wait. And wonder if we’re the only one who can’t seem to hear him. This week I sit down with Megan Nilsen — life coach, author, podcaster and seminary student — and she has oodles of wisdom to share. In the most generous and practical way possible, she gently dismantles the idea that hearing God’s voice is reserved for a special few, and helps us understand why we might be missing it and how to start paying better attention. Megan also shares the story of how God led her and her husband to adopt two children from Ethiopia — a journey full of fear, surrender, idols she didn’t know she had, and one date in her journal that gave her chills. It’s one of those stories you don’t forget. We talk about: ✨ Why most of us are waiting for God to speak when he’s already speaking ✨ How to build your discernment muscle — practically and biblically ✨ What adoption taught Megan about control, fear, and the love of God ✨ Why good and godly things can quietly become the idols that undo us ✨ How to navigate seasons of transition without getting stuck in lament ✨ What life coaching actually is — and how it’s different from counselling, mentoring, and spiritual direction ✨ Why humility isn’t weakness — it’s the whole game Is there an area of your life right now where you’re waiting for God to make things obvious when in fact he might be inviting you to take a step? Leave a comment Coming Up! October 8, 20267.30-9pm BSTLive Online Grab a Ticket here Have you ever wondered . . . “Was that really God or just my own thoughts?” Most Christians long to hear God’s voice but aren’t sure how to recognize it with confidence. The good news is that God is not trying to hide from His children. Jesus promised that His sheep would know His voice and the Holy Spirit continues to guide, comfort, convict, and lead us today. Join author, speaker, and Kingdom Life Coach Megan Nilsen for an interactive 90-minute Grow + Go masterclass where you’ll discover a practical, Scripture-centred process for discerning God’s voice through Beautiful Exchange Journaling. Together we’ll learn how to: • Quiet internal and external noise• Recognize the difference between God’s voice, your own thoughts, and fear• Anchor every prompting in Scripture• Practice listening prayer without striving• Experience Beautiful Exchange Journaling in real time• Leave with a repeatable process you can continue using in your daily walk with Jesus Whether you’re making an important decision or simply longing for a deeper relationship with God, this experience will help you cultivate greater confidence in recognizing the gentle leading of the Holy Spirit. Secure your spot here. Men and Women welcome. Connect further with Megan: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Podcast | Book | Freebies Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook |  Email  Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

  4. Sep 16

    Grow + Go | All the Times You Were Not There with Emma Fowle

    Emma Fowle grew up in London’s East End, the daughter of a four-time world champion powerlifter whose steroid addiction spiralled into cocaine and amphetamines, and then into something that blew her whole family apart. Emma is the deputy editor of Premier Christianity, the UK’s largest Christian magazine, as well as an author, broadcaster, and speaker. Her debut memoir, All the Times You Were Not There (SPCK), tells her story of finding faith in the depths of family betrayal. We cover a lot of ground in this conversation. We talk about what it’s like to discover faith right at the moment your world falls apart, and why Emma didn’t experience the crisis of God, why are you doing this to me? that you might expect. We talk about: ✨ How God placed people and provision in Emma’s life literally weeks before everything fell apart✨ What the church can look like at its best ✨ The messy, non-linear reality of forgiving someone who keeps breaking your trust✨ Why forgiveness and reconciliation are two different things✨ What it took for her dad to change (and what real repentance actually looks like)✨ The thing Emma didn’t expect people to keep asking her ✨ How unresolved pain from our past can shape our present Have you ever seen God’s kindness and provision in the middle of a season that to outside eyes looked like he had deserted you? Leave a comment Connect further with Emma: Website | Instagram Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook |  Email  Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ One-off Donation Coming Up! October 8, 20267.30-9pm BSTLive Online Grab a Ticket here Have you ever wondered . . . “Was that really God or just my own thoughts?” Most Christians long to hear God’s voice but aren’t sure how to recognize it with confidence. The good news is that God is not trying to hide from His children. Jesus promised that His sheep would know His voice and the Holy Spirit continues to guide, comfort, convict, and lead us today. Join author, speaker, and Kingdom Life Coach Megan Nilsen for an interactive 90-minute Grow + Go masterclass where you’ll discover a practical, Scripture-centred process for discerning God’s voice through Beautiful Exchange Journaling. Together we’ll learn how to: • Quiet internal and external noise• Recognize the difference between God’s voice, your own thoughts, and fear• Anchor every prompting in Scripture• Practice listening prayer without striving• Experience Beautiful Exchange Journaling in real time• Leave with a repeatable process you can continue using in your daily walk with Jesus Whether you’re making an important decision or simply longing for a deeper relationship with God, this experience will help you cultivate greater confidence in recognizing the gentle leading of the Holy Spirit. Secure your spot here. Men and Women welcome. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

  5. Sep 9

    Grow + Go | When Doubt Doesn't Mean Defeat with Kat Wordsworth

    This week I sit down with Kat Wordsworth — author of Let’s Talk About Doubt and passionate advocate for making doubt a more accepted and less feared conversation in Christian culture. Kat spent nearly two decades hiding her questions, convinced she was the only one, sure that something was wrong with her. She wasn’t, and there wasn’t. And if you’ve ever felt that way, this episode is for you. We talk about what it’s like to grow up in the church, look around at everyone else seemingly on fire for Jesus, and wonder why your experience looks so different. We talk about shame, isolation, comparison and why bringing doubt into the light might be the bravest and most faith-building thing you ever do. We talk about: ✨ Why doubt and faith are not opposites and what the opposite of faith actually is ✨ How Jesus responded to doubt in Scripture (it’s not what you’d expect) ✨ What to say — and what not to say — when someone opens up to you about their doubts ✨ Why isolating your doubt makes it so much more powerful than it needs to be ✨ How to find anchor points for faith even when feelings aren’t cooperating ✨ What it looks like to make your faith genuinely your own Have you ever felt shame around doubt — and what helped you most in that season? Leave a comment Connect further with Kat: https://www.instagram.com/about_doubt Connect further with Em: ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook |  Email  Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

    Grow + Go | When Doubt Doesn't Mean Defeat with Kat Wordsworth

  6. Sep 2

    Grow + Go | Breaking Generational Cycles with Gina Birkemeier

    Have you ever found yourself reacting to someone you love — your child, your spouse, a close friend — and thought, where did that come from? Why do I keep doing this? Chances are, it didn’t start with you. This week I sit down with Gina Birkemeier — trauma therapist, counselor educator, PhD candidate, and author of Generations Deep: Unmasking Inherited Dysfunction and Trauma to Rewrite Our Stories Through Faith and Therapy. Gina is one of those people who manages to hold the clinical and the personal and the deeply spiritual all in one breath, and she does so with warmth, honesty, and hard-won lived authority. We talk about: ✨ Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance ✨ Why the things that trigger us most are usually the people closest to us✨ The difference between big T and little T trauma and why we dismiss the little ones at our peril✨ What spiritual bypassing looks like in the church and why it keeps people stuck✨ Why going to therapy is an act of faith, not a failure of it✨ How to love someone who is bleeding on you from wounds they haven’t healed✨ What to do if you feel like it’s too late and you’ve already broken the cycle in the wrong direction✨ Why the estrangement culture worries Gina deeply Is there a pattern in your family — a way of relating, a belief about yourself, a repeated story — that you’ve always wondered where it came from? Leave a comment Connect further with Gina: Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | Substack | Website Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook |  Email  Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ Coming Up! October 8, 20267.30-9pm BSTLive Online Grab a Ticket here Have you ever wondered . . . “Was that really God or just my own thoughts?” Most Christians long to hear God’s voice but aren’t sure how to recognize it with confidence. The good news is that God is not trying to hide from His children. Jesus promised that His sheep would know His voice and the Holy Spirit continues to guide, comfort, convict, and lead us today. Join author, speaker, and Kingdom Life Coach Megan Nilsen for an interactive 90-minute Grow + Go masterclass where you’ll discover a practical, Scripture-centred process for discerning God’s voice through Beautiful Exchange Journaling. Together we’ll learn how to: • Quiet internal and external noise• Recognize the difference between God’s voice, your own thoughts, and fear• Anchor every prompting in Scripture• Practice listening prayer without striving• Experience Beautiful Exchange Journaling in real time• Leave with a repeatable process you can continue using in your daily walk with Jesus Whether you’re making an important decision or simply longing for a deeper relationship with God, this experience will help you cultivate greater confidence in recognizing the gentle leading of the Holy Spirit. Secure your spot here. Men and Women welcome. One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

  7. Aug 26

    Grow + Go | When God Shows Up in the Dark with Lucy Grimsey

    Most miracle stories come packaged with ‘fancy faith’: big, bold, mountain-moving faith. The person prayed, believed, stood on the word, and God showed up. Hallelujah! And don’t get me wrong, those stories are fabulous, but they can also feel totally out of reach if that’s not your experience. This story is different. Lucy is a mum of two boys from Nottinghamshire who, in November 2024, was facing major surgery following a scan that showed cancer on her ovary and her liver. The medical team were so certain of what they would find that they warned her the surgery could be a long road, and to begin planning what would happen to her boys if it was. She didn’t expect healing. She doubted, questioned, wrestled with God, all alongside years of finding faith complicated (through divorce, through working in church safeguarding and seeing its darkest corners, through a long season of feeling like she didn’t belong in a church building). And then the results came back. And the doctors had no explanation. What makes this conversation so remarkable isn’t just the miracle. It’s the honesty around it. Lucy didn’t believe it. She asked them to retest. She asked why me? And even now she’s still figuring out how to process it. We talk about: ✨ What it looked like to face a cancer diagnosis with complicated faith and no easy answers✨ What worship and gratitude can look like in hard seasons✨ The prayer spoken over her by a stranger who didn’t know her name and the video that proved it happened before the operation✨ What it means to receive a miracle you didn’t dare believe in✨ How this experience changed what Lucy thinks actually matters✨ Why even a miracle doesn’t make the intentional choices easier and why we have to keep returning again and again (powerofagain.com) Is there something you’ve been praying for (or struggling to even let yourself pray for) that feels too big or too unlikely? Leave a comment Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook |  Email  Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

    Grow + Go | When God Shows Up in the Dark with Lucy Grimsey

  8. Aug 19

    Grow + Go | Hearing God and Living Supernaturally with Lauren Crook

    The word “supernatural” makes a lot of Christians nervous. I get it. It’s been misused, misunderstood, and in some corners of the church, badly abused. But here’s the thing — the life Jesus lived was, by any measure, wildly supernatural. And he told us to eagerly desire the gifts he left us. So what are we actually missing out on? This week I sit down with Lauren Crook, senior leader of Kingdom Living Ministries. I met Lauren when she led a prophecy training day for a team at work, and I watched her ground every single moment of it in love, scripture, and the gentlest possible invitation to step out in faith. We talk about what prophecy actually is and what it isn’t. We talk about why Lauren is convinced that God is speaking to you right now and why the problem isn’t him going quiet, it’s us not knowing what we’re tuned in to. And we talk about what it looks like to move from doing things for God to actually knowing him which, as Lauren points out, are not the same thing at all. We talk about: ✨ Why the word “supernatural” scares so many Christians✨ What prophecy is, what it isn’t, and why Paul says we should eagerly desire it✨ How true biblical prophecy should always strengthen, encourage and comfort and what to do if yours didn’t✨ The difference between doing things for God and actually knowing him✨ Practical ways to build intimacy with God when five minutes feels like a lot✨ How to hear God’s voice ✨ Why love is the non-negotiable foundation of any prophetic gift✨ What “what if you’re right?” could change for you Looking back has there been a moment where you think God might have been speaking to you but you didn’t recognise it at the time? Leave a comment If you’ve ever been curious about the gifts of the Spirit but felt too nervous, too unqualified, or just not sure it’s for you then this episode is a gentle, grounded, genuinely exciting invitation in. Connect further with Lauren: Kingdom Living Ministries | KLM Instagram | Email | Upcoming Events Connect further with Em: ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook |  Email  Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

    Grow + Go | Hearing God and Living Supernaturally with Lauren Crook
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Faith isn’t just something we talk about—it’s something we live. Grow + Go with Em Tyler brings you real conversations with believers around the world who are walking it out. Through powerful interviews and honest solo episodes, we explore what it means to follow Jesus daily, stay rooted in scripture, and step boldly into God’s plans. Hosted by Em Tyler—international speaker, twice-certified coach, writer, and local church leader—this podcast will equip and encourage you to grow in faith and go where God leads. emtyler.substack.com

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