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Beside Every Calling
Beside Every Calling is a podcast for those married to ministry leaders who love deeply, serve faithfully, and sometimes wonder where they fit in the midst of it all.
Together, we explore what it means to form identity in Christ, cultivate a hidden space with God, and discover a ministry within the calling we live beside—where identity is formed beside the calling, not lost within it.
Through honest conversations, practical wisdom you can actually use, interviews with others living in this same…
Episodes
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 25: Would We Say YES Again?
Send us Fan Mail If we knew then what we know now… would we still say yes? Twenty-five conversations later, we’re closing Season 2 of Beside Every Calling with…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 24: The Barnabas Chair — Never Underestimate the Sidekick
Send us Fan Mail What if one of the most influential roles in ministry is the one no one sees? This week, Jill and Debbie sit down with Pastor David Goodwin…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 23: The Books We Can’t Stop Recommending
Send us Fan Mail Some books are good. And some books change something in you. In this episode of Beside Every Calling, Jill and Debbie open their bookshelves…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 22: When Your Wife Is the Pastor — The Male Ministry Spouse
Send us Fan Mail Beside Every Calling | Episode 22: When Your Wife Is the Pastor — The Male Ministry Spouse What is it like to be the ministry spouse when your…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 21: When Marriage Is Hard — Where Is the Line?
Send us Fan Mail When Ministry Marriage Is Hard... Where Is the Line? Marriage can be hard. Ministry can be hard. And when the two are woven together, the…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 20: You Are Enough. Keep Becoming.
Send us Fan Mail Beside Every Calling | Episode 20: You Are Enough. Keep Becoming. You are enough. And you’re still becoming. In this episode of Beside Every…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 19: When You Don’t Love the Assignment
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes you love God. You love your spouse. You believe in the calling. But you just don’t love the assignment. In this episode of Beside…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 18: Where’s the Line? Opposite-Sex Boundaries in Ministry
Send us Fan Mail Episode 18: Protecting Your Marriage: Boundaries With the Opposite Sex in Ministry What boundaries actually protect a marriage in ministry? In…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 17: When Comparison Creeps Into Ministry
Send us Fan Mail Beside Every Calling | Episode 17: When Comparison Creeps Into Ministry Have you ever looked at another ministry spouse, another church…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 16 | The Invisible Load Ministry Spouses Carry
Send us Fan Mail What happens when ministry becomes more than what you do and starts shaping who you are? In this episode of Beside Every Calling, Debbie and…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 15 | When God Changes Your Assignment: Lessons on Transition
Send us Fan Mail Beside Every Calling | Episode 15 When God Changes Your Assignment: Lessons From Becoming a District Superintendent Spouse What happens when…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 14 | Ministry Marriage Lessons After 36 Years
Send us Fan Mail Beside Every Calling | Episode 14: Ministry Marriage Lessons After 36 Years After more than 36 years of marriage and ministry, we've…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 13: What Has Kept Us Positive After 30+ Years of Ministry
Send us Fan Mail Beside Every Calling | Season 2, Episode 13 What Has Kept Us Positive After 30+ Years of Ministry After more than three decades in ministry…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 12: Only in Ministry: You Can't Make This Stuff Up
Send us Fan Mail Episode 12: You Won’t Believe This Happened. Episode 12: Only in Ministry: Season 1 Finale! Debbie and Jill celebrate by sharing some of the…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 11: When God Calls You To Move On
Send us Fan Mail Episode 11: Leaving Well — When God Calls You to Move On This is a space for those walking beside a calling—where identity is formed beside…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 10: When Church Relationships Hurt
Send us Fan Mail This is a space for those walking beside a calling—where identity is formed beside it, not lost within it. In this honest and deeply personal…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 09: Finding Real Friendship in Ministry Life
Send us Fan Mail This is a space for those walking beside a calling—where identity is formed beside it, not lost within it. Why is friendship in ministry life…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 8: The Loneliness No One Talks About in Ministry Life
Send us Fan Mail In this deeply personal and honest conversation, Debbie and Jill talk about something many in ministry quietly experience but rarely say out…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 7: From Staff Spouse to Lead Pastor Spouse
Send us Fan Mail Episode 7: From Staff Spouse to Lead Pastor Spouse In this honest and heartfelt conversation... Debbie and Jill are joined by Dana Hustko and…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 06: Staff Spouse Life-What No one Tells You
Send us Fan Mail Beside Every Calling | Episode 06: Staff Spouse Life — What No One Tells You 📩 Connect With Us: If this episode encouraged you, we’d love to…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 5 : Family & Ministry
Send us Fan Mail Episode 05: Family & Ministry Beside Every Calling with Debbie & Jill In this episode, we talk about the real-life tension of balancing family…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 4: Supporting a Spouse in Ministry Without Losing Yourself
Send us Fan Mail In this honest and deeply relatable conversation, Debbie and Jill reflect on the realities of being married to a ministry leader. From the…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 1: What is Beside Every Calling
Send us Fan Mail In this first episode of Beside Every Calling, we introduce ourselves and share a little of our story walking beside our husbands in ministry…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 2: Discipleship Never Ends
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2 of Beside Every Calling , we talk about discipleship across every season of life. Early in our faith we often have someone…
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Beside Every Calling | Episode 3: A Conversation with Male Ministry Spouses
Send us Fan Mail Episode 3: Male Spouses in Ministry In this meaningful conversation, Debbie and Jill sit down with Chuck Sunburg and David Nicola—two men who…