Maggie Rojas spent years asking God to fix her. It took her husband to point out that she might not actually want to get better yet.

Maggie was saved at eleven but spent much of the next decade believing her problems weren’t dramatic enough to bother God with. Then Blaise told her, “I think you don’t want to get better, and I think you need to ask God to help you want to.”

What she did with that is the heart of this conversation.

Maggie fronts the Nashville Christian metalcore band Magdalene Rose. Blaise plays drums for her and for Seventh Day Slumber, whose frontman is his father. Their debut album, The Heart That Bloomed After Death, was released in 2025 after three years of work.

They talk honestly about insecurity, depression, an eating disorder and Maggie’s difficult experience coming off medication during a tour when she couldn’t reach her doctor. She doesn’t give us a tidy ending.

Stay through the end as Kate prays over Maggie and Blaise.

WATCH AND DISCOVER

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Hosted by Bill Branstetter of Out of the Depths and Kate Nardone of Rock of Ages on AscendFM.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Who is Magdalene Rose?
2:16 Maggie’s testimony: Do you want to heal?
12:15 The lie underneath it—and love she didn’t have to earn
15:57 The master’s in crisis counseling—and why she earned it
18:37 Kate on vulnerability, shame and being seen
22:31 Why sharing your testimony matters
22:41 How Maggie and Blaise met: a washer, a dryer and a favor
27:52 Blaise on earning the drum chair in his dad’s band
32:28 Maggie on starting at five and playing her first show at eleven
36:34 Lightning round
43:35 How to pray for Maggie and Blaise
45:15 Closing prayer

FOLLOW

Magdalene Rose:
https://officialmagdalenerose.com

Bill Branstetter:
https://www.instagram.com/outofthedepthsmusic/

Kate Nardone:
https://www.instagram.com/radiohostkatehartnardone/

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