In the final episode of Season 7, Justin and Trish close out 2025 with one of their favorite annual conversations: reflecting on the year that’s ending and preparing intentionally for the year ahead.

This episode is equal parts honest, hilarious, and deeply vulnerable as they unpack the real stories, real struggles, and real growth that shaped their year—personally, spiritually, and relationally.

Justin shares why fulfilled is the word that best captures his 2025, the surprising journey back to seminary, running a half marathon, and rediscovering purpose after seasons of disorientation and loss. Trish opens up about her word for the year—roller coaster—and what it was like to experience grief, joy, transition, and pressure all in rapid succession.

Together they dive into:

• Why fulfillment is different from contentment
• How grief, transition, and healing shaped their choices
• Why they ditched resolutions years ago—and what they do instead
• The power of setting goals rooted in identity rather than shame

If you’re entering the new year feeling hopeful, hesitant, exhausted, overwhelmed, or ready for change—this episode will help you breathe, reflect, and take your next step with intention.

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In this tender and hope-filled episode, Justin and Trish sit down with Kara Stout—writer, wife, and new adoptive mom living in Los Angeles—to talk about what it looks like to pursue an untroubled heart in a world that feels anything but calm.

Kara shares honestly about walking through an artery dissection, financial struggle, infertility, the loss of both parents (including her mom’s cancer journey), and an adoption that fell through—before God brought their daughter Nora into their family. Out of that deep well of suffering and God’s faithfulness came her new devotional, The Untroubled Heart: Calming Anxiety and Finding God’s Purpose.

If you’re overwhelmed by the news cycle, carrying quiet grief, or waiting on God to move in a situation that feels stuck, this conversation will remind you that you can bring all of it to Him—and that waiting on God is not passive.

• Why our souls feel so overwhelmed in the age of constant news and notifications—and how to set healthy boundaries around what we consume

• The tension of “both/and”: holding real grief and real faith at the same time without canceling either one out

• How Kara watched her mom model joy and trust in Jesus in the middle of suffering—and how that shaped Kara’s view of eternity

• Walking through seven years of infertility, a failed adoption, and the surprising ways God’s timing later made sense

• The beauty and complexity of open adoption and the story of meeting Nora’s birth mom on Kara and her husband’s wedding anniversary

• Why waiting on God is not passive—and how to actively seek His heart instead of just His answers

• The heart behind 30 days of morning and evening devotionals, and why “bookending” your day with God matters

• How nature, beauty, and creation have become one of the primary ways Kara experiences God’s presence

• Kara's Book: The Untroubled Heart: Calming Anxiety and Finding God’s Purpose by Kara Stout

In this heart-to-heart conversation, Justin and Trish sit down with author and podcaster Rachael Adams (The Love Offering Podcast) to talk about what it really means to live loved by God in the middle of real life—busy schedules, insecurity, comparison, and all.

Rachael shares the simple but profound church-pew moment that changed everything for her, how God used loneliness and small acts of obedience to shape her calling, and why it’s so hard for us to love ourselves even when we know all the “right answers.” If you’ve ever felt too insignificant, too broken, or too behind for God to use you, this episode will breathe hope into your soul.

• How a simple “love offering” envelope in a church pew became a personal invitation from God

• Why quiet, unseen obedience (Bible study groups, serving at church, showing up for people) matters more than we think

• The difference between feeling unworthy and what God actually says is true about us

• Comparison, social media, and why every generation is battling the same old lie in a louder way

• Practical ways to bring God into your everyday when life feels too full for a “perfect quiet time”

• Why it’s often easier to believe God loves other people than to believe He deeply loves you

• A powerful, specific prayer Rachael prays over anyone who struggles to believe they are loved and seen by God

• Rachael’s Books
  • A Little Goes a Long Way
  • Everyday Prayers for Love

• Podcast
  • The Love Offering Podcast with Rachael Adams