The Seacoast Podcast: Things You Won't Hear On Sunday

On September 21, 1989, Hurricane Hugo barreled toward Charleston as a powerful Category 4 storm. Just after midnight, the eye passed directly over the Peninsula and slammed the coast with sustained winds of 135 mph with a storm surge as high as 20 feet in some areas. The damage to the city was estimated to be $7 billion, making it, at the time, the costliest hurricane in U.S. history. It remains one of the defining nights in Charle...

On this episode, host Joey Svendsen sits down with Andi Andrew to discuss how the past year has been life-changing for her and her family. When God asked Andi to ruthlessly let go of her full schedule of traveling, speaking, and ministry—a lifestyle that earned a significant amount of her family’s income—she found freedom from her unhealthy attachments to the world. She became completely dependent on God and learn...

Pastor Brian Zahnd sits down with host Joey Svendsen and podcast regular Jack Hoey, to talk about heaven and how the concept of an eternal kingdom should inform a Christian’s perspective on life. With his newest book, "Unseen Existence: Of Heaven, Earth, and the Divine Mystery in All Things."as the context of the conversation, Brian asserts that many Christians and churches today have disenchanted souls because of their losin...

Pastor and counselor Chip Judd returns with Jeff Leinberger, Ciarrah Lindsay, Lynne Story, and Joey Svendsen, continuing last week's conversation on Shades of Grace: Seeing People Through the Eyes of Jesus, Starting With Yourself.

This week: self-love. What it actually looks like to love yourself, why it feels awkward even to try, and how ultimate surrender to God's sovereignty is really self-acceptance — easier said than done...

Pastor and counselor Chip Judd joins Bri McLeod, Lynne Stroy, and Joey Svendsen to talk about his new mini book, Shades of Grace: Seeing People Through the Eyes of Jesus, Starting With Yourself.

Using the book as a jumping-off point, Chip breaks down what actually makes each of us who we are — and makes the case, backed by real science, that a lot of our weaknesses and struggles aren't fully our fault. That gives us solid grou...

Jack, Joey, and Lynne catch up on their summers, and each drops listeners one "tid-bit" of spiritual wisdom. Joey's summer included a bear encounter and getting chased twice by large dogs. Also up for discussion: is good customer service dying? Is boredom a thing of the past — and is that a bad thing? They dig into some surprising stats on how parents' obsession with keeping kids "safe" might be quietly hurting their mental h...

In this special 9-week series, listeners will hear from three different groups—GenX paired with Millennials, Gen Z, and Boomers with a mix of the Silent Generation. Their conversations cover a variety of topics including technology, unity in the Church, racism, and parenting. Grouped by similar ages, these 12 individuals share their unique views, opinions, and convictions based on their generational upbringing and views of th...

In this special 9-week series, listeners will hear from three different groups—GenX paired with Millennials, Gen Z, and Boomers with a mix of the Silent Generation. Their conversations cover a variety of topics including technology, unity in the Church, racism, and parenting. Grouped by similar ages, these 12 individuals share their unique views, opinions, and convictions based on their generational upbringing and views of th...

In this special 9-week series, listeners will hear from three different groups—GenX paired with Millennials, Gen Z, and Boomers with a mix of the Silent Generation. Their conversations cover a variety of topics including technology, unity in the Church, racism, and parenting. Grouped by similar ages, these 12 individuals share their unique views, opinions, and convictions based on their generational upbringing and views of th...

In this special 9-week series, listeners will hear from three different groups—GenX paired with Millennials, Gen Z, and Boomers with a mix of the Silent Generation. Their conversations cover a variety of topics including technology, unity in the Church, racism, and parenting. Grouped by similar ages, these 12 individuals share their unique views, opinions, and convictions based on their generational upbringing and views of th...

In this special 9-week series, listeners will hear from three different groups—GenX paired with Millennials, Gen Z, and Boomers with a mix of the Silent Generation. Their conversations cover a variety of topics including technology, unity in the Church, racism, and parenting. Grouped by similar ages, these 12 individuals share their unique views, opinions, and convictions based on their generational upbringing and views of th...

In this special 9-week series, listeners will hear from three different groups—GenX paired with Millennials, Gen Z, and Boomers with a mix of the Silent Generation. Their conversations cover a variety of topics including technology, unity in the Church, racism, and parenting. Grouped by similar ages, these 12 individuals share their unique views, opinions, and convictions based on their generational upbringing and views of th...

In this special 9-week series, listeners will hear from three different groups—GenX paired with Millennials, Gen Z, and Boomers with a mix of the Silent Generation. Their conversations cover a variety of topics including technology, unity in the Church, racism, and parenting. Grouped by similar ages, these 12 individuals share their unique views, opinions, and convictions based on their generational upbringing and views of th...

In this special 9-week series, listeners will hear from three different groups—GenX paired with Millennials, Gen Z, and Boomers with a mix of the Silent Generation. Their conversations cover a variety of topics including technology, unity in the Church, racism, and parenting. Grouped by similar ages, these 12 individuals share their unique views, opinions, and convictions based on their generational upbringing and views of th...

In this special 9-week series, listeners will hear from three different groups—GenX paired with Millennials, Gen Z, and Boomers with a mix of the Silent Generation. Their conversations cover a variety of topics including technology, unity in the Church, racism, and parenting. Grouped by similar ages, these 12 individuals share their unique views, opinions, and convictions based on their generational upbringing and views of th...

This episode includes many light-hearted topics like fast food restaurant history, popular names through the decades, and whether one should return to a store that undercharged a purchase. Half-way through, we’ll change gears to discuss deeper topics, like how much grace is due to the older generation who were raised in a culture of racism. 

Three new voices join the podcast: Hayes Herlong shares about being born and rais...

[This episode originally aired on August 20th of 2024]

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Seacoast Church was started in 1988 by Pastor Greg and Debbie Surratt who moved from Illinois to Charleston, SC in 1987 with their four kids, Jason, Josh, Jessica, and Jenny. Early on, their family endured life-threatening hardship—two of the kids surviving a massive car wreck and their oldest daughter, Jessica, surviving an extremely close-call in a...

Dr. Angie De Meistre, a therapist at the Seacoast Counseling Center,alongside hosts Jill Forbes, Lynne Stroy, and Joey Svendsen, discusses women’s views on body image, cultural standards of beauty, and how the internet magnifies these challenges. 

Dr. Angie shares what she believes are four of the most significant challenges women face in 2026, the factors that fuel young women's poor body image, and how she counsels wome...

In this 200th episode, Joey takes fellow hosts Jack, Lynne, and Tomelex on a trip down memory lane with a collection of the most memorable moments of the last 100 episodes. Launched in the summer of 2022, the Seacoast Podcast has brought four years of inspiring stories, learning from others, and laughing together. Along the way, the four hosts discuss whether political correctness has robbed society of smile-inducing, healthy humor...