Unshaken

Tony & Kristy
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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. This is Unshaken.

  1. 5d ago

    Episode 62: Discipleship Is Not Self-Improvement: Becoming More Like Jesus

    🎙️ Episode 62: Discipleship Is Not Self-Improvement: Becoming More Like Jesus What if the goal of discipleship is not a better version of you, but a life shaped more and more like Jesus? In this episode, Tony and Kristy talk about discipleship as something deeper than Christian self-improvement. It is not just behavior change, spiritual productivity, or finding someone to fix us. Healthy discipleship keeps pointing us back to Jesus through Scripture, prayer, surrender, correction, community, and ordinary faithfulness. Discipleship is not about becoming impressive. It is about becoming faithful. 🔵 For Deeper Study:  https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/discipleship-is-not-self-improvement-becoming-more-like-jesus/ If you have ever wanted to grow but felt frustrated by slow change, this conversation is a reminder that formation often happens in ordinary days. God is not waiting for you to finish the hard season before He walks with you. He is present in the pruning, the correction, the waiting, the obedience, and the relationships that help you follow Jesus more closely. 🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: Why discipleship is more than Christian self-improvementHow Scripture moves from head knowledge to heart transformationWhy healthy discipleship always points back to JesusHow correction, surrender, and pruning shape us over timeWhat to look for in a discipler and how to pursue discipleship with humility🙏 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'd rather reach out by email, we’d 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/ 🛎️ Don’t forget to like, follow, and share, new episodes every Tuesday. 📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org ⚠️ Disclaimer: 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. #Discipleship #ChristianGrowth #FollowJesus #SpiritualFormation #BibleStudy #Prayer #ChristianCommunity #FaithAndFamily #UnshakenPodcast #BecomingLikeJesus 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.

    36 min

  2. May 19

    Episode 61: When Growth Happens in the Dark: Faithfulness When You Can’t See Change

    🎙️ Episode 61: When Growth Happens in the Dark: Faithfulness When You Can’t See Change What do you do when you keep showing up, keep working hard, and still cannot see anything changing? In this episode of Unshaken, Tony and Kristy talk about the long middle seasons where faithfulness feels hidden, progress feels slow, and the numbers do not seem to match the work being done. Some of the most important growth happens before anyone can see it. 🔵 For Deeper Study:  https://unshakenpodcast.org/when-growth-happens-in-the-dark-faithfulness-when-you-cant-see-change/ This conversation moves through parenting, marriage, ministry, leadership, caregiving, culture change, and the quiet places where God forms us before anything becomes visible. From Kristy’s story of rebuilding a struggling school campus to Tony’s reflections on metrics, Moses, David, Abraham, Galatians 6:9, and the Lord of the harvest, this episode is a steady reminder that obedience still matters when the outcome is not clear. 🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: Why the middle of a season can feel more exhausting than the beginning or the endHow metrics can miss the deeper work of trust, safety, culture, and spiritual maturityWhy God may use unseen seasons to prepare us for a different outcome than we expectedHow Scripture reminds us not to grow weary in doing goodWhy hidden faithfulness is still faithfulness, even when it never shows up on a spreadsheet🙏 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'd rather reach out by email, we’d 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/  🛎️ Don’t forget to like, follow, and share, new episodes every Tuesday. 📱 Stay Connected:  Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team  Instagram: @unshaken.ministries  Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org  Email: info@unshakenministries.org #UnshakenPodcast #Faithfulness #SpiritualGrowth #ChristianEncouragement #Galatians6 #TrustGod #HiddenGrowth #DoNotGrowWeary #BiblicalHope #FaithFamilyResilience 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.

    31 min

  3. May 12

    Episode 60: What’s Saving You Right Now? Finding God’s Grace in a Busy Season

    🎙️ Episode 60: What’s Saving You Right Now?: Finding God’s Grace in a Busy Season What is quietly helping you keep going when life feels busy? In this episode of Unshaken, Tony and Kristy talk about the small graces that hold us together in seasons that are not necessarily falling apart, but still feel heavy, crowded, and demanding. Busy seasons can still wear you down, but God's grace often meets you through ordinary gifts already in front of you. 🔵 For Deeper Study:  https://unshakenpodcast.org/whats-saving-you-right-now-finding-gods-grace-in-a-busy-season/ This conversation is about the quiet rhythms, simple mercies, honest limits, and steady reminders of God's nearness that help us breathe again. From grocery pickup and shared TV shows to prayer, worship, friendship, scripture, rest, and the benediction from Numbers 6, Tony and Kristy invite you to notice what God is using to sustain you right now. 🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: Why small, ordinary rhythms can become sacred gifts in busy seasonsHow connection, friendship, and family help remind us we are not aloneWhy being fair to yourself may mean rebuilding margin and releasing perfectionHow Numbers 6 reminds us of God's heart to bless, keep, and give peaceWhy naming joy does not deny the hard parts, but refuses to let them have the final word🙏 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'd rather reach out by email, we’d 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/ 🛎️ Don’t forget to like, follow, and share, new episodes every Tuesday. 📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org  #UnshakenPodcast #FaithFamilyResilience #GodsGrace #FullSeason #ChristianEncouragement #FamilyLife #SpiritualGrowth #SmallGraces #FindingJoy #Numbers6 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.

    35 min

  4. May 5

    Episode 59: Summer Is Coming: Helping Your Family Breathe When Routines Fall Apart

    🎙️ Episode 59: Summer Is Coming: Helping Your Family Breathe When Routines Fall Apart What do you do when summer sounds like relief, but your home starts to feel less steady? In this episode of Unshaken, Tony and Kristy talk honestly about the hidden pressure that can come when school routines disappear, schedules loosen, and families have to rebuild structure from scratch. They name the emotional weight parents and kids can carry during summer, especially in homes navigating disability, neurodiversity, caregiving needs, or extra transitions. Summer does not have to be perfect to become a place where your family can breathe. 🔵 Explore this episode:  https://unshakenpodcast.org/summer-is-coming-helping-your-family-breathe-when-routines-fall-apart/ This conversation is not about building a flawless summer plan. It is about creating a livable rhythm, giving your kids enough predictability to feel safe, and giving yourself enough grace when plans break. Through practical ideas, parental honesty, and Colossians 3:12-14, Tony and Kristy point families back to patience, kindness, humility, forgiveness, and love as the posture that can hold a home together when routines fall apart. 🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: Why summer can feel destabilizing when school structure disappearsHow transitions, camps, vacations, and loose schedules can stack up on kidsPractical ways to create loose structure without overplanning the summerWhy broken plans are information, not failureHow prayer, humility, and small rhythms can help your family breathe🙏 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’d rather reach out by email, we’d 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/ 🛎️ Don’t forget to like, follow, and share, new episodes every Tuesday. 📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org  #UnshakenPodcast #FaithFamilyResilience #SummerParenting #FamilyRoutines #DisabilityFamily #NeurodiverseFamily #ParentingWithGrace #ChristianFamily #CaregiverEncouragement #Colossians3 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.

    33 min

  5. Apr 28

    Episode 58: Living Braced: When Advocacy Wears You Down

    🎙️ Episode 58: Living Braced: When Advocacy Wears You Down What happens when the people you love still need you, but your own strength is running thin? In this episode of Unshaken, Tony and Kristy talk honestly about the quiet exhaustion that can come with advocacy. From disability needs and aging parents to adult children, students, medical systems, paperwork, safety concerns, and daily moments that require constant explaining, they name what many caregivers, parents, spouses, and advocates carry but rarely say out loud. Being tired does not mean you love them less. 🔵 Explore this episode:  https://unshakenpodcast.org/living-braced-when-advocacy-wears-you-down/ Advocacy can be a beautiful expression of love, but it can also leave you living braced for the next battle. Tony and Kristy walk through the guilt, vigilance, emotional fatigue, and spiritual strain that come with always being on duty, while pointing back to the God who sees the exhaustion, honors the faithfulness, and reminds us that we are more than managers of need.  🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: Why advocacy fatigue can feel so lonely, especially when you are constantly explaining needs others do not seeHow guilt and shame can follow exhaustion, even when the work is rooted in deep loveWhat it means to live braced, and why the body can begin to expect the next fight before it arrivesWhy taking a break is not quitting, but a faithful way to preserve the strength needed to keep showing upThe reminder that God sees both the fight and the fatigue, and that advocacy is not your whole identity🙏 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’d rather reach out by email, we’d 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/ 🛎️ Don’t forget to like, follow, and share, new episodes every Tuesday. 📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org #AdvocacyFatigue #CaregiverSupport #DisabilityFamily #FaithAndFamily #LivingBraced #UnshakenPodcast #ChristianEncouragement #FamilyAdvocacy #CaregiverBurnout #ResilienceInChrist 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.

    35 min

  6. Apr 21

    Episode 57: When You Feel Like You’re Failing Your Family: Grace for Regret

    🎙️ Episode 57: When You Feel Like You're Failing Your Family: Grace for Regret Have you ever sat quietly and thought your family would be better off if you were more steady than you are? In this episode of Unshaken, Tony and Kristy talk honestly about the private shame that can settle over a husband, wife, mom, or dad after a hard moment. Together, they name the difference between conviction and condemnation and offer a deeply biblical path toward repair, humility, and grace. You are not the worst moment you cannot stop replaying. 🔵 Explore this episode:  https://unshakenpodcast.org/when-you-feel-like-youre-failing-your-family-grace-for-regret/ When regret starts feeling like identity, this conversation gently pulls that lie into the light. Anchored in Romans 8:1 and Psalm 103, this episode reminds weary parents and spouses that grace does not excuse sin, but it does break shame's power so we can stay present, repent honestly, and keep loving our families well. 🔶 What You'll Hear in This Episode: Why conviction is specific and redemptive, while accusation is sweeping, hopeless, and crushingHow pressure, exhaustion, and scarcity can distort the way we tell the story of our failuresWhat repair looks like in real family life when you lose your cool and need to come backWhy grace does not lower responsibility but makes responsibility actionableHow resilience is built not by perfect people, but by people who repent, repair, and stay present🙏 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'd rather reach out by email, we'd 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/ 🛎️ Don't forget to like, follow, and share, new episodes every Tuesday.  📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org #ChristianParenting #GraceForRegret #FamilyHealing #Romans8 #Psalm103 #MarriageAndFamily #ResilientFaith #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.

    39 min

  7. Apr 14

    Episode 56: When Screens Feel Like Distance: Fighting for Connection With Your Kids

    🎙️ Episode 56: When Screens Feel Like Distance: Fighting for Connection With Your Kids What if the hardest part of screen time is not the device itself, but the quiet fear that your child is drifting further away from you? In this episode, Tony and Kristy talk honestly about the ache many parents feel when a phone, game, or screen seems to be getting more of their kids' attention than they are. Together, they look past surface frustration and name the deeper issue underneath it: connection, presence, discipleship, and the longing to keep doing life together. Most of the time, we are not asking for less of a screen. We are asking for more of our child. 🔵 Explore this episode: https://unshakenpodcast.org/when-screens-feel-like-distance-fighting-for-connection-with-your-kids/ Anchored in Deuteronomy 6, this conversation reframes screen tension as a discipleship issue, not just a rule issue. Tony and Kristy explore fear, family culture, modeling, balance, and small practical ways to reclaim meaningful time without panic, shame, or control. 🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: Why so much frustration about screens is really fear about losing connection with your kidsHow family culture, not panic, shapes the way screens function in your homeWhy modeling matters if you want your kids to build healthy habits with technologyHow to use everyday moments, even video games and meals, as places for connection and discipleshipSimple ways to protect meaningful family time without turning your home into a battle zone 🙏 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'd rather reach out by email, we’d 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/ 🛎️ Don’t forget to like, follow, and share, new episodes every Tuesday. 📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org #UnshakenPodcast #ChristianParenting #ScreenTime #FaithAndFamily #ParentingTeens #FamilyDiscipleship #IntentionalParenting #DigitalAge #FamilyConnection #RaisingKids 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.

    33 min

  8. Apr 7

    Episode 55: When It's Hard to Accept Help: Letting Yourself Be Carried

    🎙️ Episode 55: When It's Hard to Accept Help: Letting Yourself Be Carried Why is it so easy to offer help, but so hard to receive it when we are the ones struggling? In this episode, Tony and Kristy talk honestly about pride, shame, control, vulnerability, and the quiet resistance so many of us feel when care is offered. They reflect on why receiving help can feel so exposing, even when we are tired, overwhelmed, and clearly in need of support. Sometimes the hardest part is not needing help, but letting yourself be loved enough to receive it. 🔵 Explore this episode:   https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/when-its-hard-to-accept-help-letting-yourself-be-carried/ If you have been carrying too much, saying "I'm fine" when you are not, or apologizing for needs that make you human, this conversation will meet you there. Rooted in scripture and lived experience, this episode is a reminder that receiving help is not weakness. It may be one of the clearest ways we stop performing, tell the truth, and let God care for us through the people He has placed around us. 🔶What You'll Hear in This Episode: Why receiving help can feel more vulnerable than giving itHow pride, shame, fear, and control keep us from saying yes to careWhy old wounds can make safe help feel riskySmall, honest ways to begin accepting help without feeling overwhelmedHow receiving help honors both the giver and the God who sends them🙏 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'd rather reach out by email, we'd 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/  🛎️ Don't forget to like, follow, and share, new episodes every Tuesday. 📱 Stay Connected:  Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team  Instagram: @unshaken.ministries  Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org  Email: info@unshakenministries.org #UnshakenPodcast #AcceptingHelp #LettingYourselfBeCarried #FaithAndVulnerability #ChristianEncouragement #CarryEachOthersBurdens #GraceForTheWeary #ChristianMarriage #ResilientFaith #YouAreNotAlone 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.

    32 min
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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. This is Unshaken.

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  • Creator
    Tony & Kristy
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    64
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Unshaken Ministries. All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Unshaken