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. 2d ago

    Episode 73: When School Feels Impossible: What Your Child May Be Trying to Tell You

    🎙️ Episode 73: When School Feels Impossible: What Your Child May Be Trying to Tell You What if the morning meltdown is not the problem, but a clue to something your child cannot yet explain? Tony and Kristy talk through the mornings when a child is crying, shutting down, bargaining, complaining of a stomachache, or simply saying they cannot go to school. Instead of treating the refusal as the whole problem, they look for what may be underneath it, including bullying, academic overwhelm, sensory stress, health needs, disrupted routines, embarrassment, or a loss of safety.  Before you punish the refusal, make sure you understand the story underneath it. 🔵 For Deeper Study: https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/when-school-feels-impossible-what-your-child-may-be-trying-to-tell-you/ School matters, and so does what a child may be experiencing there. This conversation holds compassion and responsibility together, with practical ways to ask better questions, notice repeated patterns, work with the school, build trusted support, consider accommodations, and pray with your child while you keep moving toward a workable path forward. 🔶 What You'll Hear in This Episode: Why school refusal can be a clue instead of a complete explanation How repeated classes, people, transitions, sounds, symptoms, or fears can reveal patterns Why "I don't know" may be an honest answer when a child cannot name what feels wrong How compassion, responsibility, school partnership, and accommodations can work together Ways to build trusted adults, practical options, prayer, and support before the next hard morning 🙏 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 would rather reach out by email, we would 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/ 🛎️ Do not forget to like, follow, and share. New episodes release every Tuesday.  📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org  #SchoolRefusal #SchoolAvoidance #ChristianParenting #ParentingSupport #SchoolAnxiety #ListenFirst #ParentSchoolPartnership #FaithAndFamily #UnshakenPodcast #FamilyResilience 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.

  2. Aug 4

    Episode 72: Make Room Without Keeping Score

    🎙️ Episode 72: Make Room Without Keeping Score Who do you invite when there is nothing in it for you? Tony and Kristy open Luke 14:12-24 and confront the hidden economy that can turn hospitality into a quiet exchange. They ask what it means to invite people because they belong, especially when disability, age, transportation, food needs, sensory needs, or accessibility make welcome cost more than convenience. Christ does not confuse someone else's inconvenience with what you're actually worth. 🔵 For Deeper Study: https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/make-room-without-keeping-score/ Jesus does not offer a softer version of selective hospitality. He changes the guest list, removes the expectation of repayment, and calls His people to bring near those who are often left outside. This conversation speaks both to the person shaping the table and the person who has learned to wonder whether needing accommodation makes them a burden. 🔶 What You'll Hear in This Episode: How reciprocity can quietly turn welcome into scorekeeping What Luke 14 reveals about who belongs at the table Why real inclusion changes plans, removes barriers, and costs something A pastoral word for anyone who has felt like an inconvenience Everyday ways to practice hospitality beyond parties and dinner tables  🙏 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 would rather reach out by email, we would 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/ 🛎️ Do not forget to like, follow, and share. New episodes release every Tuesday.  📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org  #ChristianHospitality #Luke14 #BiblicalHospitality #DisabilityInclusion #ChurchInclusion #ChristianCommunity #Belonging #FaithInAction #UnshakenPodcast #MakeRoom 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.

  3. Jul 28

    Episode 71: Are You Waiting for Wisdom or Holding On to Control?

    🎙️ Episode 71: Are You Waiting for Wisdom or Holding On to Control?  Are you still gathering wisdom, or has preparation become a safer way to avoid the step God has already made clear? Tony and Kristy talk honestly about procrastination, uncertain outcomes, ADHD initiation, and the temptation to wait for perfect conditions. Grounded in Ecclesiastes 11, they examine the difference between wise planning and using responsibility, research, or readiness to protect ourselves from risk.  Faithfulness begins when we stop demanding certainty and take the next step God has already made clear. 🔵 For Deeper Study: https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/are-you-waiting-for-wisdom-or-holding-on-to-control/ Some obstacles are real, and some waiting is wise. But when one more answer will not change the decision, delay can become a quiet attempt to control what belongs to God. Tony and Kristy share practical ways to move forward through smaller steps, drafts, deadlines, support, and honest experimentation while remembering that we can plant faithfully without controlling the harvest. 🔶 What You'll Hear in This Episode: How Ecclesiastes 11 exposes the trap of waiting for perfect conditions How to tell whether waiting is serving faithfulness or protecting you from risk Why ADHD, perfectionism, and invisible progress can make starting feel impossible Practical ways to move through drafts, smaller steps, support, and helpful deadlines Why the next faithful step is ours, but timing, growth, and the outcome belong to God 🙏 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 would rather reach out by email, we would 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/ 🛎️ Do not forget to like, follow, and share. New episodes release every Tuesday.  📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org  #UnshakenPodcast #ChristianPodcast #FaithInAction #BiblicalWisdom #TrustGod #ChristianEncouragement #ADHDAndFaith #OvercomingProcrastination #FaithfulObedience #LetGoOfControl 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.

  4. Jul 25 ·  Bonus

    Unshaken Conversation: Cody Watson: When the Faith You Preach Becomes the Faith You Need

    🎙️ Unshaken Conversation: Cody Watson: When the Faith You Preach Becomes the Faith You Need  What happens when the truths you have taught for years become the only place left to stand? Tony sits down with pastor, father, and disability advocate Cody Watson to talk about the medical crisis that changed his family, raising two sons with disabilities, and the moment theology stopped being something he studied and became something he had to live. Faith becomes more than a doctrine when it has to hold you through the night. 🔵 For Deeper Study: https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/unshaken-conversation-cody-watson-when-the-faith-you-preach-becomes-the-faith-you-need/ Cody shares how his son Knox's heart condition and Williams syndrome led his family through open-heart surgery, cardiac arrest, months in the hospital, and the steady confession, "Either way, he'll be okay." He and Tony also talk about prayer with ADHD, marriage as a shared load, resisting burnout, the work of the Southern Baptist Disability Ministry Task Force, and why churches of every size can take faithful steps toward real inclusion. 🔶 What You'll Hear in This Episode: How Cody and Erin held onto God's sovereignty through medical crisis and uncertainty Why the idea that God gives "special kids to special parents" can wound families How short, honest prayer and clear communication can steady a stretched family What the Southern Baptist Disability Ministry Task Force accomplished and what comes next Why even a very small church can change the life of a disability family Visit Cody's Website: https://sovereigntyinmotion.com/ 🙏 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 would rather reach out by email, we would 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/ 🛎️ Do not forget to like, follow, and share. New episodes release every Tuesday.  📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org  #UnshakenPodcast #CodyWatson #FaithInHardTimes #DisabilityMinistry #WilliamsSyndrome #SpecialNeedsParenting #ChristianFamily #ChurchInclusion #GodsSovereignty #FaithAndResilience 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.

    Unshaken Conversation: Cody Watson: When the Faith You Preach Becomes the Faith You Need

  5. Jul 21

    Episode 70: Can I Fall Apart Here? What Love Requires When Someone Is Hurting

    🎙️ Episode 70: Can I Fall Apart Here? What Love Requires When Someone Is Hurting What does someone need from us when their pain cannot be explained, fixed, or hurried away? Tony and Kristy talk about the pressure to say something useful when someone is hurting, how well-meant words can protect us from discomfort instead of caring for them, and what it looks like to offer steady, trustworthy presence. Sometimes the safest place love can create is one where a hurting person no longer has to hold themselves together. 🔵 For Deeper Study: https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/can-i-fall-apart-here-what-love-requires-when-someone-is-hurting/ Drawing from Romans 12:15, James 1:19, Job's friends, and Jesus weeping at Lazarus's tomb, Tony and Kristy explore why grief is not a failure of faith, why hope should not be used as a bandage, and how practical care can tell someone, "I see you. I am still here." This conversation invites us to stop chasing perfect words and become people others can trust with their unpolished pain. 🔶 What You'll Hear in This Episode: Why the urge to explain or reassure may be about easing our own discomfort The hidden questions beneath "I do not know how we are going to get through this" What Romans 12:15 and Jesus at Lazarus's tomb teach about mourning with people Practical phrases, follow-up, meals, texts, and listening that make care dependable How to become a person someone can safely fall apart around 🙏 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 would rather reach out by email, we would 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/ 🛎️ Do not forget to like, follow, and share. New episodes release every Tuesday. 📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org #UnshakenPodcast #ChristianPodcast #ChristianEncouragement #GriefSupport #BiblicalCommunity #FaithInHardTimes #MournWithThoseWhoMourn #ChristianRelationships #EmotionalSupport #CareForOthers 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.

  6. Jul 14

    Episode 69: Your Child Doesn't Have to Fit In to Belong

    🎙️ Episode 69: Your Child Doesn't Have to Fit In to Belong Has your child ever wanted friendship but seemed unable to find a place where they truly fit? In this episode, Tony and Kristy talk honestly about children who feel left out, struggle to make friends, or experience belonging differently because of disability, personality, communication, fear of rejection, or simply not having found the right room yet. They share what they learned from their own children, Tony's experience growing up with a disability, and Kristy's work with non-speaking students whose friendships do not always look typical but are deeply real. A child does not have to become easier, more typical, or more like everyone else to be worthy of belonging. 🔵 For Deeper Study: https://unshakenpodcast.org/your-child-doesnt-have-to-fit-in-to-belong/ This conversation helps parents hold courage and comfort together, strengthen a child's identity at home, recognize real barriers without treating the child as the problem, teach friendship skills without shame, and look for meaningful connection in forms others might overlook. Tony and Kristy also challenge churches, families, coaches, and children who make friends easily to become people who notice and make room, following Jesus, who gave dignity before instruction. 🔶 What You'll Hear in This Episode: Why different kinds of loneliness require different kinds of love How to offer courage and comfort without dismissing fear or rejection Why disability can change the friendship landscape without diminishing a child's worth Practical ways to build identity, teach friendship skills, and find natural communities How Jesus' example calls families, churches, and communities to notice people and make room  🙏 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 would rather reach out by email, we would 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/ 🛎️ Do not forget to like, follow, and share. New episodes release every Tuesday.  📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org  #ChristianParenting #ChildhoodFriendship #BelongingMatters #DisabilityInclusion #FaithAndFamily #ParentingWithPurpose #SpecialNeedsParenting #ChurchInclusion #ResilientFamilies #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.

  7. Jul 7

    Episode 68: When One Child Needs More: Is There Still Enough Love for Me?

    🎙️ Episode 68: When One Child Needs More: Is There Still Enough Love for Me? When one child needs more time, attention, care, or support, how do parents help every child know they are still loved, seen, and secure? Tony and Kristy talk about the tension families feel when one child's needs are louder or more urgent, whether because of a new baby, disability, chronic illness, therapy appointments, mental health struggles, aging parents, or another hard season. Love can move toward the greatest need without leaving anyone outside the heart of the family. 🔵 For Deeper Study: https://unshakenpodcast.org/when-one-child-needs-more-helping-every-child-feel-seen-and-secure/ This conversation does not pretend family life can always be equal. Instead, it asks a more faithful question: how do we love well when need is uneven, repair when someone feels overlooked, and build a home where every child knows their place has never been in question? 🔶 What You'll Hear in This Episode: How to tell the difference between equal attention and equal love Why the quiet or capable child still needs intentional connection How disability, chronic illness, and caregiving can shape the whole family Why guilt is a poor guide for parents and children Practical ways to build security through truth, repair, and small moments 🙏 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 would rather reach out by email, we would 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/ 🛎️ Do not forget to like, follow, and share. New episodes release every Tuesday. 📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org #UnshakenPodcast #FaithFamilyResilience #ChristianParenting #FamilyDiscipleship #DisabilityAndFaith #CaregivingFamilies #SiblingSupport #SecureHome #ParentingWithGrace #FamilyFaith 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.

  8. Jun 30

    Episode 67: Who Gets a Front Row Seat? Choosing What Shapes Your Life

    🎙️ Episode 67: Who Gets a Front Row Seat?: Choosing What Shapes Your Life What is shaping you right now, and have you given it permission to sit that close?  In this episode of Unshaken, Tony and Kristy talk about the voices, environments, habits, relationships, and everyday inputs that quietly shape who we are becoming. From childhood warnings about good company to adult realities like coworkers, family culture, church friends, social media, and familiar places that may not be healthy, they invite us to look honestly at what has a front row seat in our lives.  The voices closest to you will help form the person you are becoming. 🔵 For Deeper Study: https://unshakenpodcast.org/who-gets-a-front-row-seat-choosing-what-shapes-your-life/ This conversation is not about suspicion, isolation, or only spending time with people who think like us. It is about wisdom, discernment, and rootedness in Christ so we can love people well without losing our way. Tony and Kristy talk about growth, comfort, courage, godly counsel, humility, patience, and the practical step of asking God what voice, habit, relationship, or environment needs our attention first. 🔶 What You'll Hear in This Episode: How environments, voices, habits, and relationships shape us over time Why familiar does not always mean healthy How to decide who gets a front row seat in your life The difference between loving people and giving them influence Why growth starts with prayer, wisdom, discernment, and one faithful step 🙏 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 would rather reach out by email, we would 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/ 🛎️ Do not forget to like, follow, and share. New episodes release every Tuesday.  📱 Stay Connected: Facebook: facebook.com/unshakenministries.team Instagram: @unshaken.ministries Website: https://unshakenpodcast.org Email: info@unshakenministries.org #UnshakenPodcast #FaithFamilyResilience #ChristianPodcast #SpiritualGrowth #GodlyWisdom #ChristianFamily #Discipleship #FaithAndLife #BiblicalDiscernment #StandFirm 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.

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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
    76
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Unshaken Ministries. All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Unshaken