Made of Clay

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Welcome to Made of Clay, a podcast by Gabby, founder of Made of Clay Clothing. We bridge the gap between looking good and doing good, exploring what it means to be a "clay jar" in a gold-plated world. Join us for the messy behind-the-scenes of a mission-driven brand, stories from Guatemala, and raw talks on 2 Corinthians 4:7.

  1. 1d ago

    028: He Prayed for a Hard Season. Two Months Later a Drunk Driving Crash Left Him Paralyzed.

    "I asked God to present me with something hard I could grow from. I just should have clarified, let's not do paralysis." Two months before a drunk driving accident broke his neck and left him paralyzed from the chest down, 26-year-old Riley Lambert prayed for a hardship that would grow his faith. In this raw and unforgettable conversation, Riley shares why he has never once blamed God, how being forced to be still finally introduced him to the Holy Spirit, and what gratitude actually looks like on the days that simply suck. In this conversation, we explore: The Prayer That Changed Everything — how asking God for a "hard situation" set the stage for the hardest and most defining season of his lifeNever Blaming God — why Riley sees his paralysis as an answer to prayer instead of a punishmentThe Gift of Being Still — finding the Holy Spirit when you can no longer distract yourself from your own thoughtsThe Midwit Trap — why we overcomplicate faith, gratitude, and life when simplicity is the whole pointThe Hard Thing Is the Right Thing — a simple filter for discernment, from reading the Word to guarding your time on social mediaYou are a jar of clay, cracked and imperfect, and that is exactly where His light gets in. Keep running the race, friends. We're praying for you. ✨ Shop the Mission: www.madeofclay247.com📸 Instagram: @madeofclay247 @rileylambert4

  2. Jul 26

    027: God Is SO Much More Than a Spot on Your Calendar

    "God is not a spot on your calendar. He is the paper on which the calendar is written." Jay Owen started his agency at 17 with $5,500 in his first year. More than two decades later it's a multimillion dollar business, and he's Chief of Ministry Staff at one of the fastest growing churches in the country. But this conversation isn't really about success. It's about what it costs, what actually lasts, and the day his wife looked at him on a hotel bed and said, "Something's gotta change." In this conversation, we explore: The work-life "blender," not balance: Why balance is the wrong goal, and how to think in rhythms and seasons instead of a 50/50 split that never works.The four people every person needs: Someone to look up to, someone looking up to you, someone beside you, and someone who believes in you when you don't believe in yourself."It's not your business to succeed": How Jay untangled his identity from his achievements and learned to steward instead of striving.Faith meets AI: The Parable of the Five Talents, the Great Commission, and where Jay draws the line between a kingdom tool and outsourcing what humans should do.The story you're telling is not your own: Why your customer is the hero, and how clarity in messaging changes everything. You are not too broken for God to use. He does His best work through the cracks. Press play, friend. We're praying for you. ABOUT THE GUEST:Jay Owen founded his marketing agency at 17 years old and has spent more than two decades helping people tell their stories with clarity, growing it from a $5,500 first year into a multimillion-dollar business. He also serves as Chief of Ministry Staff at the Church of 1122, one of the fastest-growing churches in the country. A husband of 23 years and dad of five, Jay is passionate about helping entrepreneurs build businesses that last without sacrificing their families. Learn more at jayowenlive.com. ✨ Shop the Mission: www.madeofclay247.com📸 Instagram: @madeofclay247

  3. Jul 19

    026: "We're Just Called to Love People" — Steven Bertalan on Ditching the Script and Seeing People as People

    "It's not just about the bicycle. It's the fact that you're seeing the person for who they are." Steven Bertalan has spent years behind a camera telling other people's stories. But it wasn't until he fixed his homeless neighbor's bike on his own driveway that he finally understood what the gospel actually looks like in real life. No stage. No script. No motive. Just a person choosing to see another person. In this conversation, we explore: The viral bike video and what it taught him — how a simple act of seeing someone as a person changed his own understanding of the gospelLeaving church without leaving God — what it actually looks like to step away from the building while holding on to the relationshipPerformative Christianity vs. real faith — why "saying the right things" and "doing the right things" are not the same, and how to tell the differenceThe danger of transactional mission — why a scripted prayer on a street corner might be doing more harm than a quiet cup of coffeeAsking questions as a spiritual practice — why Jesus answered so few of them directly, and what that says about how we should show up for peopleYou don't have to have it all figured out. You just have to show up. ✨ Shop the Mission: www.madeofclay247.com📸 Instagram: @madeofclay247📸 Follow Steven: @stephenberty

  4. Jul 12

    025: Maybe We're Not So Different After All

    "Your goals have to be big enough that it almost requires a higher power to achieve. If you're not aiming to that level, you're doing yourself and your faith a disservice." Lauren Williams is an international athlete, Stanford graduate, and entrepreneur who spent twenty days running and operating a coast-to-coast flag relay across fifteen states for America's 250th birthday. She came into this conversation honest, curious, and wide open about her faith journey. This is a rare conversation about what it looks like to be on the front edge of belief before you even know what you believe. In this conversation, we explore: Relay for America behind the scenes — the logistics, the sleepless nights, and what it actually takes to run 3,016 miles on a two-week buildDreaming bigger than yourself — why Wyatt Moss says your goals aren't big enough unless they require something outside of youFaith curiosity without a road map — Lauren's honest questions about where to begin and what a real relationship with God even looks likeGetting in the water up to your nose — Gabby's retelling of the Nachshon story and what it means to actually take the first stepWhat small-town America taught a Stanford grad — the warmth, community, and shared humanity Lauren found in places she'd never beenIf you've ever felt like faith was something other people had figured out, this one is for you. ✨ Shop the Mission: www.madeofclay247.com📸 Instagram: @madeofclay247 🇺🇸 Relay For America: @relayforamerica

  5. Jul 5

    024: "I Was Drinking on My Way to Bible Study" — Robert Knoll on Anxiety, Sobriety, and What Surrender Actually Looks Like

    "I was showing up to church hungover. I had accepted Jesus, so why was I still anxious? And then I hit a prayer walk, weeping, and told God — if I have to keep feeling like this, I don't know if I can keep going." Robert Knoll grew up Catholic, wore a cross his whole life, and thought being a good person was enough. Then a breakup in Pittsburgh took him out. What followed was a year of crippling anxiety, alcohol as a coping mechanism, and a lukewarm faith that wasn't actually changing anything. It wasn't until full surrender on a prayer walk that everything shifted. In this conversation, we explore: Identity crisis — why Robert's sense of self collapsed when his relationship did, and what Hebrews 13:8 gave him that the world never couldAnxiety without sugarcoating — from childhood hypochondria to bedridden panic during COVID, and what it actually looks like to hand it to GodLukewarm faith and drinking through it — the first year of his walk, still getting drunk, and the moment he finally surrendered alcohol after 17 months soberShame vs. repentance — the difference between Judas and Peter, and why how you respond to sin matters more than the sin itselfStacking little wins — why discipline at 5 AM when no one's watching is how real transformation happensYou are not too far gone. You are not too broken. And you do not have to have it all figured out before you come home. Connect with Robert:Instagram: @lifetalkswithrobTikTok: @faithfueledrobertLinktree: linktr.ee/FaithFueledRobert ✨ Shop the Mission: www.madeofclay247.com📸 Instagram: @madeofclay247

  6. Jun 28

    023: Federal Prison, Half a Million People, and the Business He Finally Gave to God

    "I don't want to stand in front of Christ and say, God, you gave me this tool called AI and I buried it out of fear." Jonathan Mast built a community of over 500,000 people teaching them to use AI as an amplifier of the gifts God already gave them. But before the audience, the business, and the mission, there was a federal prison sentence, a rock-bottom surrender, and a two-by-four from God. This conversation is raw, real, and deeply convicting for anyone trying to walk out their faith in a world obsessed with metrics. In this conversation, we explore: Prison, surrender, and meeting God in the last place you expected — Jonathan's testimony and the moment everything shiftedThe Parable of the Talents and AI — why he refuses to bury a tool God put in his hands"With Thanksgiving" — how two words from Philippians 4:6-7 changed his entire perspective inside a federal prisonWhy fear is the enemy of discernment — what he wishes every Christian understood about artificial intelligenceAmplifying what God already gave you — the difference between chasing success and stewarding your platform for the KingdomYou are a jar of clay. Cracked, imperfect, and exactly who God wants to use. ✨ Shop the Mission: www.madeofclay247.com📸 Instagram: @madeofclay247 🤖 Learn more about Jonathan: www.whitebeardstrategies.com

  7. Jun 21

    From Survival Mode to Discernment: How Karen Hite Found Her Gift and You Can Too

    "You survived all of the worst days that you thought were the worst day of your life. That means there's purpose, and there's more to do." Karen Hite has built businesses, hosted events, and led a mastermind, but the season that changed everything was the one where she admitted out loud that she didn't know what she was doing. This episode is about what happens when you stop trying to fill someone else's shoes and start developing the gifts God actually gave you. In this conversation, we explore: Survival mode and the cost of getting good at the wrong things - why excelling at skills that aren't natural to you can quietly drain you dryThe discernment that changed her direction - how a Bible passage, a video, and a hard conversation in one week led Karen to build her spiritual gifts assessmentFirst-world meets third-world marriage - building a life and business with someone whose default is dream big when yours is stay stableWhy failure isn't real - reframing failed experiences as curriculum God is using to prepare youThe Friday date night rule and the 1-to-10 framework - two pieces of advice that protect both her marriage and her business partnershipYou are a jar of clay. The cracks are where the light gets through. ✨ Shop the Mission: www.madeofclay247.com📸 Instagram: @madeofclay247 📚 Spiritual Gifts Test: www.whatsmygift.com

  8. Jun 15

    Your Good Intentions and the Worst Person Alive Are Closer Than You Think

    "Jesus is so far away from us (perfection), and my good intentions and his terrible intentions are way, way closer than what it looks like to be perfect." JC Hite built a 350-person agency surrounded by stupid money, then walked away from all of it two months before his daughter was born. But this conversation isn't really about business. It's about the idols we still defend, the anxiety scripture quietly healed, and the gap between us and Jesus being smaller than we pretend. In this conversation, we explore: The idols the world rewards: Why grind, guilt, and gluttony hide in plain sight when alcohol and the "heavy" sins are already goneHealing in the walking: How JC stopped panic attacks not in a hospital but by pressing play on scripture and just walkingThe wrong phone number for God: Trading a rulebook religion for a relationship you actually hear fromHeart posture over performance: Whether God sees our intent more than our actions, and what that means for the way we liveThe whiteboard and the gap: Zooming out until the best person you know and the worst look almost identical next to JesusLeading like Jesus: Why the man who knew every answer chose to ask 300 questions insteadYou're a jar of clay. The cracks are where the light gets out. Keep going. ✨ Shop the Mission: www.madeofclay247.com📸 Instagram: @madeofclay247 @jc.hite

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Welcome to Made of Clay, a podcast by Gabby, founder of Made of Clay Clothing. We bridge the gap between looking good and doing good, exploring what it means to be a "clay jar" in a gold-plated world. Join us for the messy behind-the-scenes of a mission-driven brand, stories from Guatemala, and raw talks on 2 Corinthians 4:7.

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  • Creator
    @madeofclay247
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    28
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