Podcast Episodes

Does grief ever go away and become completely healed? Seacoast staff members Co-Lead Pastor, Lisa Surratt, and Director of Culture and Executive Support, Keenan Shriver, sit down with host Joey Svendsen to share their stories of encountering deep grief. 

A part of the Seacoast family, Ruby Cheng, shares about the heartache she experienced after losing her mother to sickness, followed by the tragic and unexpected loss of her husband. Ruby also shares about her book "Caged Momentum: A Memoir of Goodness in Grief."

Dr. Kara Powell, co-author of Future-Focused Church: Leading Through Change, Engaging the Next Generation and Building a More Diverse Tomorrow, joins the podcast to share about her book and to discuss the current health of Seacoast Church with Joey Svendsen and Glenn Wood, Seacoast’s Director of Church Administration.

On this episode, we’re talking to Jim Wright, a fellow Seacoaster who is faithfully serving people through his leadership of a prison ministry. Jim shares how his drive to bring hope into prison environments was birthed in his heart by the Holy Spirit. He also talks with us about the work he’s doing in hard to reach places and tells a few stories of life-change for those in prison.

In his new autobiography, Son of Southtown, Sonny Sandoval reflects on over 30 years of being a Christian in a mainstream band, playing on MTV, and touring the world.

With a biblical view of God's Kingdom as the context, Pastor Brian and Joey also discuss the key to unity in the church, how a Christian holds peace in this war-torn world, what the church's role is in light of Jesus' finished work at the cross and how this plays out in Brian’s church.

Hosts Lynne Stroy and Joey Svendsen talk with author, screenwriter, and movie producer, T. Martin Bennett about his new nonfiction novel, Wounded Tiger: The Transformational True Story of the Japanese Pilot Who Led the Pearl Harbor Attack. The story highlights the pilot’s encounters with an American prisoner and a girl whose different perspectives lead the pilot to life change. Bennett shares about how he came to write this inspiring story and the three talk about the beauty only God can bring from the horrors of war.

Author, activist, and pacifist Shane Claiborne and Bible scholar and historian Marc Turnage join the podcast with their sharp disagreements concerning the war in Israel. Hosts Lynne Stroy and Joey Svendsen facilitate the conversation, as the two guests agree that the tragedy of war is a result of fallen human nature, but then turn to impassioned discourse over their strong moral differences concerning Israel’s current war.

Kicking off the podcast in 2025 with 5 different conversations, including the insight of seven Pastors, all of them giving what they find to be helpful beliefs and practices that can lead to healthier living with more peace and hope.

For the final episode of 2024, it's PART 4 of our four-part Christmas series, where Pastor Jack Hoey III and host Joey Svendsen discuss the ultimate Christmas movie classic, It's a Wonderful Life. We’ll also catch up with Lead Pastors Josh and Lisa Surratt and hold the second annual "Christmas Trivia Championship Showdown."