Unshaken

🎙️ Episode 20: Who Is My Neighbor? – It’s Who You’re Hoping It’s Not

What if the person God is asking you to love... is the one you’re secretly hoping He’ll overlook?

This episode started with a meme—and turned into a conviction. Kristy and Tony talk honestly about the people we draw lines around: the ones who mock us, overlook our kids, cut us off in traffic, or vote in ways we can’t stomach. It’s raw, reflective, and rooted in liv...

🎙️ Episode 19: Small Victories Matter More Than You Think – The Sacred Power of Tiny Wins

What if the progress you’re overlooking is exactly what God wants to celebrate?

In this episode, Tony and Kristy dive into the quiet moments of progress that often go unnoticed, but carry more spiritual weight than we realize. From one-bag cleanups to sticker charts to Zechariah 4:10, this is a conversation about honoring the journey, not just ...

🎙️ Episode 18: Overcoming Fear – How to Trust God When the World Feels Unsafe

What do you do when fear shows up before you can catch your breath?

In this honest, grounded episode, Tony and Kristy open up about the kind of fear that doesn’t always look like panic, but still weighs heavy. From everyday overwhelm to deep spiritual anxiety, they unpack the moments when the world feels unsafe and trusting God doesn’t come easy.

They don’t...

🎙️ Episode 17: Sacred Rhythms for Chaotic Days

What if the secret to surviving your days isn’t more coffee, but a rhythm built on grace?

In this episode, Kristy and Tony share what real-life routines look like in a home shaped by disability, caregiving, and constant change. From forgotten keys and airport pat-downs to “lunches of snacks” and iPhone calendars, this isn’t a list of tips, it’s a conversation full of laughter, grace, an...

🎙️ Episode 16: Holding Both – Wrestling with Healing, Acceptance, and the Faith That Carries Us

What do you do when healing doesn’t come, and acceptance still feels out of reach?

In this episode, Tony and Kristy open up about grief, disability, unanswered prayer, and the quiet places where faith is formed. From a deeply personal story of miscarriage to growing up with cerebral palsy, they share how God has met them in the tension, n...

🎙️ Episode 15: You’re Not Behind – What We’ve Learned About Life and Faith

What does faithfulness look like when you’re tired? When you’re unsure? When life hasn’t followed the timeline you thought it would?

In this episode, we slow down and reflect on some of the biggest life lessons we’ve learned so far—about love, obedience, community, calling, and God’s timing. It’s not a highlight reel. It’s a window into what shaped us.

We talk...

🎙️ Episode 14: The Courage to Try New Things – Trusting God When Obedience Feels Risky

Trusting God sounds simple—until obedience asks for something that feels impossible to let go.

In this episode, Kristy shares a powerful story from her sociology classroom about farmers who refuse life-changing improvements—not because they don’t want better, but because the risk feels too dangerous. That story becomes the foundation for a convers...

🎙️ Episode 13: Cheerleading Is an Action Sport – How to Stay Up When Your Person Is Down

What do you do when your person is not okay—and nothing you say seems to help? How do you stay present, grounded, and hopeful when the weight keeps falling on you?

In this episode, Tony and Kristy open up about the quiet, exhausting work of carrying each other through hard seasons—especially when one of you is shut down or running on empty. Whet...

🎙️ Episode 12: Stop Planning and Start Doing – Authenticity Beats Polish

Are you stuck in the planning phase? Overthinking every detail, trying to get everything perfect before you move forward?

In this solo episode, Tony opens up about a last-minute shift in plans, a surprise moment at a disability family retreat, and the lesson God keeps pressing on his heart: ministry is not about being polished—it’s about being present. Through ...

🎙️ Episode 11: Your Grandmother’s Prayers Are Still Protecting You – Why Titus 2 Still Matters

There’s a kind of strength that doesn’t get shared on social media. The kind that’s passed from woman to woman—in kitchens, in quiet prayers, in the way you fold a towel or speak a name in intercession.

In this episode, Kristy reflects on the women who shaped her—some family, some chosen—and the legacy they passed on without even realizing...

🎙️ Episode 10: The Power of Yet – Growth Mindset & Grace

Sometimes we get stuck in “I can’t.” We look at our marriage, our kids, our faith—or even our own body—and feel the weight of everything we aren’t. But what if the truth isn’t that we can’t… just that we can’t yet?

In this episode, we unpack what it means to hold a growth mindset that’s rooted in grace—not hustle, not pressure. Just grace. Through stories from our own marr...

🎙️ Episode 9: After 22 – The Fight for Dignity Doesn’t Stop

What happens when the services run out, but the needs don’t?

In this episode, Tony sits down with longtime community partner Jackie, founder of Angels Bridging Gaps. Together, they talk about what happens when a young adult with a disability turns 22—and the school support ends. From inaccessible waitlists to broken funding models, Jackie shares hard-earned wisdom on what f...

🎙️ Episode 8: Presume Competence – A Word for Anyone Who’s Ever Been Underestimated

What if the person you thought didn’t understand—actually did?
What if they were listening the whole time, just waiting for you to believe they could?

In this deeply personal solo episode, Kristy shares what it means to truly presume competence—especially in students who don’t speak the way we expect. As the director of her school, she could have...

🎙️ Episode 7: Are You Worthy of the One You’re Praying For?

What if the question isn’t just who you’re praying for—but who you’re becoming in the process?

In this raw and reflective solo episode, Tony opens up about the hard lessons he’s learned as a husband, a leader, and a man called to love with Christ-like care. From dating mistakes to spiritual growth, he unpacks Ephesians 5:21–33—not as a lecture, but as a confession and a cha...

🎙️ Episode 6: John 9 – Born for More

What if the very things you see as mistakes, accidents, or disadvantages… are the very things God crafted on purpose?

In this deeply personal solo episode, Tony shares his testimony of being born prematurely, growing up with cerebral palsy, and battling feelings of being an accident. Through his encounter with John 9, everything changed. What started as pain, anger, and misunderstanding was refra...

🎙️ Episode 5: Marriage, Disability & the Weight We Carry – Real Talk on Burnout, Support, and Love That Holds

What does love look like when life gets heavy?

In this honest and deeply relatable conversation, Tony and Kristy open up about caregiver burnout, emotional strain, and what it means to support one another in a marriage where disability is part of daily life. From invisible burdens and unspoken resentment to practical log...

🎙️ Episode 4: Resilience – Pushing Past the Fear

What if the only thing standing between you and what God is calling you to do… is fear?

In this solo episode, Tony shares the behind-the-scenes story of launching Unshaken—not out of hype, but out of quiet obedience. From a challenge to write 50 episode topics (that turned into 100) to late nights, research, and the decision to stay audio-only, this is a raw look at what resilience re...

🎙️ Episode 3: Finding Hope When You Feel Overlooked

What if the thing you’ve been begging someone to notice… has already been seen by God?

In this episode, Tony and Kristy open up about what it feels like to be overlooked—at school, at work, in relationships, even in the church. From Tony’s story of being dismissed on sight at a job interview to Kristy’s reflections on invisible disability and quiet rejection, this conversation is h...

🎙️ Episode 2: Marriage & Disability – Our Tapestry

What happens when disability intersects with marriage—not just once, but daily?

What does love look like when it carries laundry baskets, crutches, and unspoken fears?

In this honest, heartfelt conversation, Tony and Kristy open up about the real dynamics of life together—navigating disability, spiritual leadership, and grace under pressure. From socks and back pain to long-dista...