Faith for Real

Paul is one of the most important people in the New Testament, but before he became the apostle we know, he was Saul of Tarsus—a man actively persecuting the earliest Christians.

In Part 1, we’re going back to the beginning and following Paul’s story chronologically: his background, his education, his persecution of Christians, the road to Damascus, and the first years after his conversion.

This is Paul’s stor...

Most of us know Paul. He wrote a huge chunk of the New Testament, went on missionary journeys, planted churches… we know Paul.

But I realized pretty quickly while researching this episode that I knew almost nothing about Saul.

So for Part One, we’re going all the way back. Where was he born? How was he both Jewish AND a Roman citizen? What did it mean that he was a Pharisee? And how does this guy go from being so against...

I used to listen to true crime constantly—Crime Junkie, documentaries, unsolved cases, murder trials, all of it. Then one day I didn't want to anymore. But stopping made me wonder: should Christians listen to true crime at all?

In this episode of Faith for Real, I'm looking at true crime and Christianity through the questions that changed how I consume it. We talk about the Netflix Jeffrey Dahmer series and Rita Isbell, the Un...

I can have a closet full of clothes and still think I need clothes. I can have cabinets full of kitchen appliances and find another one that's supposed to make dinner easier. I can be perfectly happy with what I own, right up until I see the better version.

Why doesn't having enough stop us from wanting more?

I started with that question and ended up somewhere I didn't expect. First I looked at planned obsolescence, Keeping Up with t...

Pharaoh, Saul, Judas, David, and Peter all confessed the same sin. Only two actually repented, find out what separates them.

Have you ever confessed the same sin to God so many times you've lost count, and secretly wondered if any of it was even real? That's the question I went looking for an answer to here. I studied five guys in the Bible who all got caught in their sin and had to figure out what to do next — four of...

What if the thing you keep trying to manage is actually something God is asking you to trust Him with?

In this episode, Katrina talks about motherhood, marriage, control, co-parenting, and learning to make room for what God is building in your home. Through the story of one small moment between her husband and son, she reflects on how easy it is for a mom to confuse helping with managing — especially when she is used to carryi...

Self-care is not always candles, quiet mornings, or a clean calendar. Sometimes it is eating before you keep going, sleeping before you collapse, asking for help, moving your body because it needs strength, or telling the truth about your limits before your family has to live with the version of you that is left.

In this episode, Katrina talks about grief, chronic illness, motherhood, POTS, exhaustion, and learning that caring for t...

In this episode, Katrina shares the story of her seven-year-old asking whether we will know each other in heaven — and the panic, honesty, and searching that followed. This conversation is for the Christian mom who wants to raise her children in faith but still feels like she is learning too.

Through 1 Corinthians 13, James 1, and Deuteronomy 6, this episode talks about heaven, wisdom, family discipleship, and why saying &ldqu...

What do you do when your faith is growing, but your marriage still feels spiritually distant?

In this episode, Katrina talks about spiritual intimacy in marriage, humility, and what it looks like when a Christian wife wants to walk with her husband in faith but does not know how to close the distance. She shares the story of sitting beside Keaton at church after an argument, feeling miles apart, while both of them were quietly askin...

Have you ever sat in a Bible study, church group, or conversation with other Christian women and felt like everyone else knew something you somehow missed?

In this episode, Katrina talks about spiritual comparison, feeling behind in your faith, not knowing how to pray, and the shame that can make you want to stay quiet instead of keep showing up. She shares what it felt like to be a newer believer surrounded by women who seemed flue...

Some mornings fall apart before you even get downstairs. In this episode of Made For This, Katrina talks about the kind of morning where the quiet time gets missed, the kids need everything, the coffee gets cold, and guilt starts talking before the day has really begun.

Through Psalm 46, Mark 1, and Matthew 11, this episode looks at what Scripture says when life is loud, prayer feels interrupted, and you feel behind with God before ...