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 52: Faith When the Outcome Does Not Change

    🎙️ Episode 52: Faith When the Outcome Does Not Change What do you do when you have prayed, hoped, waited, and the answer is still no? In this episode, Tony and Kristy reflect on a devastating doctor's appointment, the silence that followed, and the deeper faith God built when the outcome they wanted never came. This is a conversation for anyone carrying disappointment, chronic pain, disability, or the ache of an unanswered prayer. Sometimes faith grows deepest where nothing changes but us. 🔵 Explore this episode:  https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/faith-when-the-outcome-does-not-change/ If you are walking through a season that did not resolve the way you begged God for, this episode offers honest companionship. Tony and Kristy talk about grief, anger, abiding, daily bread, and the sustaining grace of God that does not disappear just because the road stays hard.   🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: Why unanswered prayer is not proof of weak faithHow disappointment can deepen trust instead of destroying itWhat it looks like to carry hope and grief at the same timeWhy abiding often becomes a daily decision, not a dramatic momentHow God’s grace meets us in weakness when the outcome does not change  🙏 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 #FaithWhenTheOutcomeDoesNotChange #UnansweredPrayer #GodsGraceIsSufficient #TrustingGodInSuffering #ChristianEncouragement #DisabilityAndFaith #HopeAndGrief #DailyBreadFaith  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

  2. MAR 10

    Episode 51: Grief, Gratitude, and the Gifts We Did Not Expect.

    🎙️ Episode 51: Grief, Gratitude, and the Gifts We Did Not Expect   What do you do when the road you never would have chosen becomes one of the clearest places God meets you?   In this episode, Tony and Kristy talk through the tension of grief, gratitude, disability, calling, and the slow mercy of looking back on painful roads and realizing God was doing more than they could see in the moment.   Some of God's most tender gifts arrive through the roads we begged Him to remove.   🔵 Explore this episode:  https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/grief-gratitude-and-the-gifts-we-did-not-expect/   This conversation makes room for honest sorrow without surrendering hope. It names the cost of hard seasons, pushes back against shallow silver-lining clichés, and points to the kind of faith that can grieve what was lost while still trusting that God is preparing something real on the other side.   🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: Why grieving a hard season is not the same as lacking faithHow silver-lining comments can minimize pain, and what real presence sounds like insteadWhy Tony now sees cerebral palsy not only as a cost, but also as a gift that shaped his callingHow Kristy learned to hold grief for what she lost and gratitude for what God was buildingWhy grief and gratitude can sit at the same table while hope keeps pointing you forward  🙏 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 #GriefAndGratitude #HopeInSuffering #PurposeInPain #DisabilityAndFaith #ChristianMarriage #Romans5 #ResilientFaith #GodDirectsOurSteps #FaithInHardship 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

  3. MAR 3

    Episode 50: Better Together: ADHD and Body Doubling in Marriage

    🎙️ Episode 50: Better Together: ADHD and Body Doubling in Marriage What if the thing you call laziness is actually a brain that needs a different kind of support? In this episode, Tony and Kristy talk candidly about adult ADHD, how it showed up in their marriage, and the quiet tool that has helped them more than they realized: body doubling. If you have ever felt stuck, ashamed, or misunderstood, this is an invitation to name what is real and learn how to carry it together. You do not have to carry this alone, not in your mind, not in your marriage.   🔵 Explore this episode:  https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/better-together-adhd-and-body-doubling-in-marriage/   ADHD can carry a lot of stigma, but naming it can bring real relief. We talk about the grace that shows up in ordinary places like a dining room table, why opposite strengths can become an asset instead of a conflict, and how Scripture calls us to bear one another’s burdens. If your home has felt heavy lately, this episode is a reminder that God meets you in the practical and strengthens what feels fragile.   🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:  How Kristy’s ADHD diagnosis brought both relief and grief, and why naming it matters.What body doubling is and why simply having someone nearby can change everything.How shame and stigma quietly isolate couples, and what it looks like to carry it together.Opposite strengths in marriage: precision vs motion, process vs people, audio vs visual learning.Designing your life around what works and trusting God’s faithfulness in the ordinary.  🙏 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 #ADHDMarriage #BodyDoubling #NeurodivergentMarriage #ChristianMarriage #ExecutiveFunction #GraceInTheOrdinary #BearBurdens #FaithAndFamily #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.

    34 min

  4. FEB 24

    Episode 49: A Sturdy Kind of Joy: Finding Strength in the Ordinary

    🎙️ Episode 49: A Sturdy Kind of Joy: Finding Strength in the Ordinary Have you ever felt like joy is for later, after life calms down? In this solo episode of Unshaken, Kristy talks about the kind of joy that lives in real life. Not shiny, not loud, not dependent on perfect circumstances, but sturdy enough to hold you up when marriage is messy, bodies are tired, money feels tight, or prayers are still unanswered. Joy is not a denial of the hard parts. It is how we keep breathing inside them.   🔵 Explore this episode:   https://unshakenpodcast.org/a-sturdy-kind-of-joy-finding-strength-in-the-ordinary/   Anchored in Nehemiah 8, Kristy explores why joy is not the opposite of grief, and why practicing joy can be an act of resistance against despair. If you have been carrying something heavy, this episode is an invitation to notice the small mercies of God and let them strengthen you for the next step.   🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: Joy is something you can practice, not something you have to wait for.The context of Nehemiah 8:10 shows joy offered even in a moment of conviction and sorrow.Joy is not toxic positivity. It does not replace grief, it comes alongside it.Micro moments of beauty and kindness can feed your heart when life is ongoing and hard.Three simple practices: ask God to spotlight joy, name it out loud, and do not disqualify it because it is small.  🙏 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 #FaithAndResilience #ChristianEncouragement #JoyInTheOrdinary #MarriageAndFaith #DisabilityMinistry #HopeInHardTimes #Nehemiah8 #SpiritualGrowth #JesusMeetsYou 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

  5. FEB 17

    Episode 48: From Awareness to Action: Churches Where Everyone Belongs

    🎙️ Episode 48: From Awareness to Action: Churches Where Everyone Belongs What would change in your church if compassion finally became structure? In Episode 48 of Unshaken, Tony and Kristy move from awareness to action in this disability-in-the-church series. They talk about what it looks like to build real pathways for families to belong, not just visit, and they offer simple starting points that can grow into a lasting culture of inclusion. Compassion that never becomes structure still leaves families carrying it alone. 🔵 Explore this episode:  https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/from-awareness-to-action-churches-where-everyone-belongs/ Inclusion is not a nice add-on. It reflects the heart of Christ and it is part of discipleship. This conversation is for pastors, leaders, volunteers, and families who are willing to take one faithful step, then another, until the church feels like home for every kind of body and mind. 🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: Why inclusion is not optional, and why practical access is part of spiritual careHow pastors can lead from the pulpit while teams build the ministry on the groundSimple structures that help the church communicate clearly and serve consistentlyPractical ideas like buddy ministry, quiet rooms, sensory supports, and visual schedulesHow to handle resistance, measure progress, and avoid burnout while you build🙏 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 #DisabilityMinistry #ChurchAccessibility #InclusiveChurch #SpecialNeedsMinistry #FaithInAction #BodyOfChrist #ChurchLeadership #Caregivers #ChristianCommunity  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.

    45 min

  6. FEB 10

    Episode 47: Once You See It: Disability and the Church

    🎙️ Episode 47: Once You See It: Disability and the Church Have you ever watched a family walk into church and realized they are carrying a marathon nobody else can see? Kristy and Tony talk about what it feels like to enter a church when disability is part of your story. Not as a complaint session, but as an eye-opening invitation to notice what most people miss, and to learn how small shifts can create a welcome that feels like the Father's house. If we do not see the hidden marathon, we will keep mistaking exhaustion for distance.  🔵 Explore this episode: https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/once-you-see-it-disability-and-the-church/ So many churches mean well, but the gaps stay invisible until a family quietly disappears. This episode is about dignity, not pity. It is about moving from reactive fixes to proactive love, so families are not just served, but truly belong and are invited to serve with the body. 🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: Why getting to Sunday service can feel like an emotional and physical marathon for families affected by disabilityHow small building details and social moments can unintentionally spotlight differenceWhat it means to be truly seen with dignity instead of pity or a checkboxA simple pathway to change: learn, listen, observe, ask, then model and advocate togetherA reminder for caregivers and families: you are not a burden, and the church needs what you bring  🙏 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 #DisabilityMinistry #ChurchInclusion #BodyOfChrist #CaregiverSupport #Accessibility #Neurodiversity #FaithAndResilience #ChristianCommunity #SeeTheUnseen 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.

    46 min

  7. FEB 3

    Episode 46: When You Feel Misunderstood: God Already Knows

    🎙️ Episode 46: When You Feel Misunderstood: God Already Knows Have you ever felt exhausted from having to explain yourself, even to people who love you? Tony and Kristy talk about the quiet relief of prayer when you feel misunderstood. With people, we are always managing impressions, explaining motives, and trying not to be misread. With God, there is no onboarding process. He already knows your story, your wiring, and your limits. You do not have to earn the right to be understood by the One who made you. 🔵 Explore this episode:   https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/when-you-feel-misunderstood-god-already-knows/ If you have been carrying responsibility for a long time, it can start to feel safer to stay guarded, even with God. This episode is a reminder that you can come as you are, mid-thought and mid-mess, because the Father who has carried you from the beginning is not asking you to perform. He is inviting you home. 🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: Why explaining yourself all the time is exhausting, and why God already has the full contextHow Isaiah 46:3–4 reframes your life as being carried, not self-sustainedWhy prayer can be a whisper, a ramble, or a cry, and still be heardHow disability, fatigue, and misunderstanding intersect, and what grace looks like in real momentsHow resting in being known by God can steady your marriage, parenting, and relationships 🙏 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 #FaithInRealLife #Isaiah46 #ChristianEncouragement #PrayerLife #GraceOverPerformance #GodKnows #DisabilityAndFaith   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.

    46 min

  8. JAN 27

    Episode 45: Lighten the Moment: Why Laughter Matters When Life Is Heavy

    🎙️ Episode 45: Lighten the Moment: Why Laughter Matters When Life Is Heavy When life has felt nonstop, do you ever forget how to laugh? Tony and Kristy talk about laughter as more than a personality trait. They explore why some of us stay in survival mode, why lightness can feel unsafe, and how God uses joy as real strength, not denial. Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is laugh again. Episode page and resources: https://unshakenpodcast.org/episodes/lighten-the-moment-why-laughter-matters-when-life-is-heavy/ This is for the person who has been carrying responsibility so long that joy feels risky. Laughter is not pretending the pain is gone. It is a moment of grace that resets the body, opens connection, and reminds you that God is still good while everything is still hard. 🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode: Why laughter can feel unsafe after a hard season, and what that revealsHow seriousness can get mistaken for maturity or spiritualityWhy laughter is relief, not avoidance, and how it helps regulate the nervous systemA scripture anchor from Proverbs 17:22 and what it says about mind, body, and spiritPractical ways to bring light back into your home without forcing it   🙏 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 #ChristianEncouragement #CaregiverSupport #DisabilityParenting #MarriageAndFaith #NervousSystemRegulation #JoyInHardSeasons #Proverbs1722 #MentalHealthAndFaith 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.

    44 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
    53
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Unshaken Ministries. All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Unshaken