Fear and anxiety are not necessarily signs of weak faith — they are often honest responses to living in a world that is uncertain and out of our control. In this episode, Pattie Krohn and Paige Payne get honest about their own experiences with anxiety, welcome a guest who shares their personal story, and explore what it looks like to walk alongside someone caught in fear's grip — without fixing, without rushing, and without shame.

"When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy." — Psalm 94:19

In this episode:

• What fear and anxiety actually feel like — and why they're not the same thing
• Pattie and Paige share from their own experiences of anxiety
• A guest shares their personal story of living with anxiety and what helped
• What God says to the anxious — and why it's not "just stop"
• Practical ways to walk alongside someone in fear without trying to fix them

Resources mentioned:

• The Anxiety Opportunity: How Worry Is the Doorway to Your Best Self by Curtis Change — available wherever books are sold
• Running Scared: Fear, Anxiety and the God who Cares by Edward T. Welch — available wherever books are sold
• 3Crosses Church Care Page & Care Sheets for additional resources
• Philippians 4:5–6; Psalm 94:18–19; Psalm 145:18; Matthew 6:25–34; Philippians 4:19; Mark 14:32–36 (Garden of Gethsemane) — biblegateway.com

For further support:

If you are suffering from fear or anxiety, you don't have to carry it alone. Consider reaching out to a trusted friend, pastor, licensed counselor and/or physician. If anxiety is severe or persistent, widening the circle of care is not a failure of faith — it's wisdom.

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No one escapes suffering — and, yet, if we are honest, we are surprised when it happens to us. In this opening episode, Pattie Krohn and Paige Payne share from their own broken places: a child's devastating diagnosis, years of recurrent pregnancy loss, and the long, dark seasons that followed. They explore what it means to receive care in the middle of real pain, what it looks like to offer it to others, and why showing up — without answers, without fixing — is itself a form of holy work.

"The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit." — Psalm 34:18

In this episode:

• Pattie and Paige share personally from their own experiences of suffering
• What helped most — and what didn't — when others walked alongside them
• Practical ways to show up for someone in pain when you don't know what to say
• How God meets us in broken places — and uses our suffering to shape us for others

Resources mentioned:

• Sermon: “The Birth and Death of Suffering,” Tyler Staton, Bridgetown Church, Portland https://vimeo.com/685974243
• Article: “Exalting Pain? Ignoring Pain? What Do We Do with Suffering?” Edward T. Welch https://www.ccef.org/jbc-article/exalting-pain-ignoring-pain-what-do-we-do-with-suffering/
• God’s Grace in Your Suffering by David Powlison — available wherever books are sold
• Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Timothy Keller — available wherever books are sold
• Suffering and the Heart of God, Diane Langberg — available wherever books are sold
• 3Crosses Church Care Page & Care Sheets for additional resources.
• Psalm 34:18; Psalm 46; Job 19:25; 2 Corinthians 1:3–4; Romans 8:26 — biblegateway.com

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• If this episode resonated, share it with someone and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — it helps more people find the show.