The LIVE Unfiltered Podcast

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The LIVE Unfiltered Podcast Beyond the Filter. Beneath the Surface. Into the Light. Real faith. Real life. No performance. Hosted by Macie of Live 1:8 Ministries, this podcast helps millennial Christian women trade exhaustion and guilt for authentic connection with God. Each episode brings her honest reflections and blog posts to life—meeting you right where you are with grace, truth, and hope.

  1. Oct 13

    What If You Approached Faith Like a Beginner Again?

    Bible studies, small groups, ministry teams—but where did the wonder go? An invitation to unlearn performance and become curious again. Summary: Kids ask questions adults stopped asking—"How do you know God loves us?" "Can He hear me if I whisper?"—not because they have answers, but because they're genuinely curious. Somewhere between the Bible studies, the ministry teams, and the small group leading, a lot of us traded that wonder for performance. In this episode, Macie unpacks four things we often need to unlearn (like believing God's love rises and falls with our performance), and walks through practical ways to become a beginner again—not childish, but childlike: curious, humble, teachable. Because faith was never meant to become something you've simply mastered. Included Segments: Why we stopped asking the questions kids ask so freelySomewhere along the way, faith went from awe to assumptionFour things we need to unlearn: performance-based love, consistency as worthiness, "good Christians don't struggle," and faith always feeling inspiringBecoming a beginner doesn't mean becoming immature—childlike, not childishSix practical steps to recover curiosity and wonderClosing challenge: reading Scripture like you've never opened it before Who This Episode Is For: The woman who's checked every spiritual box—Bible studies, ministry teams, leading small groups—and still feels like something's missing. If you've quietly become an expert in performing faith instead of actually pursuing God, this episode is your permission to slow down, get curious, and rediscover the wonder you didn't know you'd lost. Key Scriptures: Romans 5:8 (Christ died for us while we were still sinners)Ephesians 2:8-9 (saved by grace, not by works)Luke 15:11-32 (the prodigal son, loved before proven change)Matthew 18:3 (becoming like little children) Ready to take your first soft step back? If something in this spoke to you… and you feel that quiet pull to come back to God, but you don't want to fall back into pressure, performance, or pretending…I created something really gentle for you. The Beloved Return is a 5-part private podcast designed to help you reconnect with God at your own pace—no checklists, no expectations, no pressure to have it all figured out. You don't have to know what to say.You don't have to feel ready.You don't have to clean yourself up first. If something in your heart is stirring—even faintly—that's enough. 👉 You can start listening to The Beloved Return today. Remember real faith wasn't meant to be curated–it was meant to be lived!

  2. Oct 6

    Bring God Your Doubts, Not Just Your Faith

    Scared to ask God your hardest questions? Discover why honest doubt—not performed certainty—is what faith has always looked like. Summary: So many of us learned to hide our real questions from God—"Are You even there?" "Why didn't You answer that prayer?"—and only bring them back out once we've already got them resolved. But Scripture tells a different story. In this episode, Macie walks through David's raw psalms, Habakkuk's questions about injustice, Job's anguish, Thomas's doubt, the desperate father who prayed "I believe; help my unbelief," and even John the Baptist's uncertainty from prison—and shows that God has never once responded to honest doubt with shame. He responds with presence. This episode is an invitation to stop hiding your questions and start bringing them straight to Him. Included Segments: The questions we think we're not "allowed" to ask GodWhere we learned that good Christians don't doubtThe Bible's honest questions: David, Habakkuk, and JobJesus welcomed honest doubt: Thomas, the desperate father, and John the BaptistWhy we hide our doubts (and why silence doesn't protect God from anything)What to actually do with doubt: 5 practical stepsClosing challenge: bringing your biggest question to God this week Who This Episode Is For: The woman who's been quietly carrying a question she's too scared to pray out loud—who's confessed her doubts only in past tense, once she's already "worked through it." If you've ever felt like faith means having no questions, this episode is your invitation to bring the real, unresolved parts of your heart straight to God. Key Scriptures: Psalm 22 (David's cry of feeling forsaken)Habakkuk (questioning God's justice and timing)Job (honest anguish met without condemnation)John 20 (Thomas and the risen Christ)Mark 9:24 ("I believe; help my unbelief") Ready to take your first soft step back? If something in this spoke to you… and you feel that quiet pull to come back to God, but you don't want to fall back into pressure, performance, or pretending… I created something really gentle for you. The Beloved Return is a 5-part private podcast designed to help you reconnect with God at your own pace—no checklists, no expectations, no pressure to have it all figured out. You don't have to know what to say.You don't have to feel ready.You don't have to clean yourself up first. If something in your heart is stirring—even faintly—that's enough. 👉 You can start listening to The Beloved Return today. Remember real faith wasn't meant to be curated–it was meant to be lived!

  3. Sep 29

    How the Early Church Learned to Listen for God's Voice

    Ever wonder how to actually hear God? Trace the surprisingly ordinary way believers—from Moses to monks to you—learned to recognize His voice. Summary: "God told me" gets thrown around so casually that a lot of us quietly conclude He must just speak to other people. In this episode, Macie traces the real story of how believers have learned to recognize God's voice—from Moses at the burning bush and Samuel mistaking God for Eli, through the early church's communal discernment in Acts, to the Desert Fathers and Mothers who intentionally created quiet space to pay attention, all the way to Brother Lawrence washing dishes in a monastery kitchen. It turns out hearing God has never been about mysticism—it's about relationship, Scripture, and ordinary attentiveness built over time. Included Segments: Why hearing from God feels so complicated (and why it isn't reserved for "spiritual" people)Moses, Samuel, and Elijah: guidance in the Old TestamentHow the early church expected God to lead—and practiced communal discernmentThe Desert Fathers and Mothers: creating space to pay attention to GodThe Benedictine tradition, Lectio Divina, and Brother Lawrence's "practicing the presence of God"What listening to God is (and isn't)—plus 5 practices to start listening today Who This Episode Is For: The woman who's watched others confidently say "God told me" and wondered if she's missing some spiritual gift she doesn't have. If you've ever felt like discernment is only for the super-spiritual, this episode is for you—it's an invitation into a slower, steadier, thousands-of-years-old way of paying attention to God that's available to absolutely anyone. Key Scriptures: Exodus 3 (Moses and the burning bush)1 Samuel 3 (Samuel learning to recognize God's voice)1 Kings 19 (Elijah and the gentle whisper)Acts 13, 15 (the early church's communal discernment) Ready to take your first soft step back? If something in this spoke to you… and you feel that quiet pull to come back to God, but you don't want to fall back into pressure, performance, or pretending… I created something really gentle for you. The Beloved Return is a 5-part private podcast designed to help you reconnect with God at your own pace—no checklists, no expectations, no pressure to have it all figured out. You don't have to know what to say.You don't have to feel ready.You don't have to clean yourself up first. If something in your heart is stirring—even faintly—that's enough. 👉 You can start listening to The Beloved Return today. Remember real faith wasn't meant to be curated–it was meant to be lived!

  4. Sep 22

    Prayer Isn't Pretty (And That's the Point)

    Tired of praying in the 'right' words? This episode unpacks why honest, unfiltered prayer is exactly what God wants—no performance required. Summary: We've all felt it—that panic when someone asks you to pray out loud, and suddenly you're reaching for "churchy" words instead of just talking to God. In this episode, Macie unpacks where that pressure came from, why Jesus warned against performative prayer, and how Scripture's most honest prayers—from the Psalms to Gethsemane to a tax collector who could barely lift his eyes—are far messier (and far more real) than we've been taught. If you've ever wondered whether your unpolished, whispered, half-formed prayers actually count, this one's for you.Included Segments: Where we learned prayer had to "sound" a certain wayJesus' warning against performative prayer (Matthew 6:5-8)Scripture's surprisingly honest prayers: Psalms, Gethsemane, the tax collector, Hannah, and JobWhy we hide our real feelings from GodWhat honest prayer actually sounds like (plus a simple "Tell God" framework)Closing challenge: five minutes of honest prayer Who This Episode Is For: The woman who's tired of performing her faith—who's said all the "right" church words out loud while feeling completely disconnected on the inside. If you've ever sat in silence wondering if God actually wants to hear how you really feel, not just the polished version, this episode is your permission slip to stop pretending. Key Scriptures: Matthew 6:5-8 (Jesus on performative prayer)Matthew 26:36-39 (Jesus in Gethsemane)Luke 18:9-14 (The Pharisee and the tax collector)1 Samuel 1:9-15 (Hannah pouring out her soul)Job (honest lament throughout) Ready to take your first soft step back?If something in this spoke to you… and you feel that quiet pull to come back to God, but you don't want to fall back into pressure, performance, or pretending… I created something really gentle for you. The Beloved Return is a 5-part private podcast designed to help you reconnect with God at your own pace—no checklists, no expectations, no pressure to have it all figured out. You don't have to know what to say.You don't have to feel ready.You don't have to clean yourself up first. If something in your heart is stirring—even faintly—that's enough. 👉 You can start listening to The Beloved Return today. Remember real faith wasn't meant to be curated–it was meant to be lived!

  5. Sep 15

    God Has Always Done This: Stories of Redemption From Scripture and Church History

    None of them had it together. And God showed up anyway. If you've ever wondered if you've gone too far—this episode is for you. Summary: In this episode, we take an honest walk through Scripture and church history to trace the thread that runs through every redemption story ever told. We spend time with Rahab, whose past wasn't erased but redeemed; Peter, who failed publicly at the worst possible moment and was restored personally by Jesus; and Augustine, who spent thirty-two years running and was finally met in a garden.Their stories have more in common with yours than you might expect.Because from Genesis to Revelation, redemption isn't the exception in God's story. It is the pattern. Included Segments: The Question Underneath the QuestionWhere the Pattern Begins — God's first act of pursuit in Genesis 3Rahab — The Woman Whose Past Wasn't ErasedPeter — The Disciple Who Failed in PublicAugustine — The Man Who Kept RunningThe Thread Connecting Them AllFor the Woman in the Middle of Her StoryThe Character Behind the Pattern — God's hesed, the love that endures forever Who This Episode Is For: The woman who carries a quiet question she rarely says out loud — Have I gone too far? Did I waste too many years? Can God really do something with this? Maybe you've been away longer than you planned. Maybe something fell apart and you're in the slow, unglamorous work of rebuilding. Maybe you're tired in the way only long seasons of waiting can produce. This one is for you — because unfinished does not mean abandoned. Key Scriptures: Genesis 3:9 — "Where are you?"Joshua 2:11 — "The Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below."Matthew 1 — Rahab in the genealogy of JesusLuke 22:61 — Jesus turned and looked directly at PeterJohn 21:15–17 — "Do you love Me?... Feed My sheep."Romans 13:13–14 — Augustine's conversion passagePsalm 136 — "His love endures forever" Ready to take your first soft step back? If something in this spoke to you… and you feel that quiet pull to come back to God, but you don't want to fall back into pressure, performance, or pretending… I created something really gentle for you. The Beloved Return is a 5-part private podcast designed to help you reconnect with God at your own pace—no checklists, no expectations, no pressure to have it all figured out. You don't have to know what to say.You don't have to feel ready.You don't have to clean yourself up first. If something in your heart is stirring—even faintly—that's enough. 👉 You can start listening to The Beloved Return today. Remember, real faith wasn't meant to be curated — it was meant to be lived!

  6. Sep 8

    God Can Handle Your Honest: Learning to Pray Through the Psalms

    Have you ever edited a prayer before you prayed it? This episode gives you full permission to stop—and shows you how, through Psalm 13. Summary:  Most of us were handed an unspoken rule about prayer: grateful prayers are faithful, but angry ones aren't. Confused ones aren't. Exhausted, when-is-this-going-to-change prayers definitely aren't. So we edit. We smooth out the raw thing and present God the acceptable version of ourselves. In this episode, Macie takes a deep walk through Psalm 13 using the Compass Study Method and makes the case that lament—bringing your pain to God instead of away from Him—is not a failure of faith. It is an act of faith. God didn't just tolerate these prayers. He put them in the Bible. That means something. Included Segments: The Edited Prayer — naming the automatic habit of filtering what we bring to God, and why it quietly turns prayer into performanceWhy Lament Matters — defining lament, the critical distinction between complaining about God vs. to Him, and why one-third of the Psalms are lamentCompass Study: Psalm 13 — a slow, verse-by-verse walk through one of Scripture's most honest prayersThe Turn Toward Trust — what David's "but I trust" actually means (and what it doesn't)How to Pray the Psalms for Yourself — a simple four-step practice for borrowing Scripture's words when you've run out of your ownWhat It Means That God Preserved These Prayers — the profound reason lament belongs in your prayer life Who This Episode is For:  This one is for the woman sitting in something hard right now—grief, prolonged waiting, unanswered prayer, spiritual dryness—who has been too afraid to say the real, unfiltered thing to God. She's been editing. She's been performing. She's been carrying the honest prayer in her chest and presenting a smoother version to God, because somewhere she absorbed the message that good Christians don't pray like that. She needs permission to stop editing. Psalm 13 is that permission. Key Scriptures: Psalm 13:1-2 — "How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?"Psalm 13:5-6 — "But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing the Lord's praise, for he has been good to me." Ready to take your first soft step back?If something in this spoke to you… and you feel that quiet pull to come back to God, but you don't want to fall back into pressure, performance, or pretending…I created something really gentle for you. The Beloved Return is a 5-part private podcast designed to help you reconnect with God at your own pace—no checklists, no expectations, no pressure to have it all figured out.You don't have to know what to say. You don't have to feel ready. You don't have to clean yourself up first.If something in your heart is stirring—even faintly—that's enough.👉 You can start listening to  The Beloved Return  today. Remember real faith wasn't meant to be curated–it was meant to be lived!

  7. Sep 1

    How to Hide God's Word in Your Heart Without Turning It Into Homework

    Scripture memorization—you've started it, quit it, and felt guilty about it. This episode untangles all of that and offers a gentler, truer way back. Summary: Almost every Christian has a complicated relationship with Scripture memorization. The verse cards in the drawer. The app you downloaded and abandoned. The guilt that shows up every time you think about it. In this episode, Macie gets honest about why we keep quitting—and it's not a memory problem or a discipline problem. It's a performance problem. She unpacks what Psalm 119:11 is actually saying, why hiding God's Word in your heart is about treasure, not achievement, and walks through four genuinely practical, grace-rooted methods for carrying Scripture with you in real life. No apps required. No 30-day streak. Just honest, imperfect faithfulness—and a reminder that forgetting is not failure. Included Segments: Opening Confession — the relatable story of quitting Scripture memorization and why it's not a character flawWhy So Many of Us Quit — naming hidden spiritual perfectionism as the real culpritThe Real Purpose — three things Scripture memory actually does: protection, formation, and anchoringThe Invest Pillar — what it means to "give God's Word a place to live in you" within the LIVE frameworkFour Grace-Rooted Methods — one verse per week, the sticky note method, habit stacking, and praying the verseWhat to Do When You Forget Everything — forgetting is part of learning, not evidence of failureThe Beauty of Imperfect Faithfulness — why returning again matters more than performing perfectly Who This Episode is For: This one is for the woman who has started and stopped Scripture memorization so many times she's lost count—and who now carries a quiet story that she's just "not wired for this." She loves God. She wants His Word close. But somewhere along the way the practice got tangled up with her worth, and it's easier to avoid it than to feel like she's failing again. She needs permission to start embarrassingly small and a reminder that the goal was never impressive performance—it was always just staying close to the God who spoke these words. Key Scriptures: Psalm 119:11 — "I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you."Psalm 46:10 — "Be still and know that I am God." Ready to take your first soft step back? If something in this spoke to you… and you feel that quiet pull to come back to God, but you don't want to fall back into pressure, performance, or pretending…I created something really gentle for you. The Beloved Return is a 5-part private podcast designed to help you reconnect with God at your own pace—no checklists, no expectations, no pressure to have it all figured out.You don't have to know what to say. You don't have to feel ready. You don't have to clean yourself up first.If something in your heart is stirring—even faintly—that's enough.👉 You can start listening to The Beloved Return today.Remember real faith wasn't meant to be curated–it was meant to be lived!

  8. Aug 25

    Free Indeed: What the Bible Actually Says About Spiritual Freedom

    Freedom is a word we use constantly—but do we know what it actually means? This episode digs into what the Bible says you were truly set free for. Summary:We talk about freedom all the time in Christian circles—but most of us have experienced two versions of it that both leave us empty. In this episode, Macie names the Freedom Paradox: the exhausting cycle of legalism, rebellion, and the "new legalism"; nobody warned you about. Then she takes a deep dive into Galatians 5:1 and John 8:31-36 using the Compass Study Method to unpack what Jesus actually meant when He said you will be free indeed—and why it is so much better, and so much more specific, than anything we've settled for. Included Segments: The Freedom Question — what most of us picture when we hear the word and why it falls shortThe Freedom Paradox — tracing the three-stage cycle from legalism to rebellion to new legalismCompass Study: Galatians 5:1 — freedom was not a bonus feature; it was the purpose of Christ's workCompass Study: John 8:31-36 — the truth that sets you free is not a what. It's a Who.What Freedom Isn't — four things that get mislabeled as freedom (and why they're still bondage)What Freedom Is For — love, relationship, honesty, and transformation Who This Episode is For: This one is for the woman who has been on both ends of the spectrum—the one who burned out trying to perform her way to God's approval, and the one who thought walking away would finally make her feel free, only to find herself carrying a different set of chains. She's tired of striving. She wants something real. And she's ready to hear that freedom was never just about getting out from under something—it was always about being restored to something far better. Key Scriptures: Galatians 5:1 — "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."Galatians 5:13— "You were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love."John 8:31-32, 36— You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free… So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed."Ready to take your first soft step back? If something in this spoke to you… and you feel that quiet pull to come back to God, but you don't want to fall back into pressure, performance, or pretending…I created something really gentle for you.The Beloved Return is a 5-part private podcast designed to help you reconnect with God at your own pace—no checklists, no expectations, no pressure to have it all figured out.You don't have to know what to say. You don't have to feel ready. You don't have to clean yourself up first.If something in your heart is stirring—even faintly—that's enough.👉 You can start listening to The Beloved Return today.Remember real faith wasn't meant to be curated–it was meant to be lived!

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The LIVE Unfiltered Podcast Beyond the Filter. Beneath the Surface. Into the Light. Real faith. Real life. No performance. Hosted by Macie of Live 1:8 Ministries, this podcast helps millennial Christian women trade exhaustion and guilt for authentic connection with God. Each episode brings her honest reflections and blog posts to life—meeting you right where you are with grace, truth, and hope.

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