The Muddy Cross
The Muddy Cross is a faith-based podcast that looks at all that’s wrong with the world through the lens of God’s redemptive truth. With honest stories and scripture, we explore the raw journey of following Christ through life’s mess and finding hope along the way.
Episodes
50 episodes
Giving Back To You
You've listened to 10 weeks about following Jesus... but has anything actually changed?It's easy to consume Christian content. It's much harder to slow down, reflect, and let it transform the way we live.In this episode of ...
What Comes Next?
What if the season that feels most uncertain is the one God is using to prepare you?When a chapter closes and you don't know what comes next, it's easy to feel stuck, forgotten, or unsure of your purpose. But throughout Scripture, some o...
Do You Have Value?
What happens when everything you used to define yourself is taken away?In this deeply personal episode, Dee shares his journey through losing a business, battling illness, and wrestling with feelings of worth and identity. Together, Dee ...
What If Your Greatest Purpose Comes Last?
A mighty tree spends its life growing, serving, and sheltering others, unaware that it has been created for a purpose far greater than it could ever imagine. Through seasons of growth, loss, suffering, and waiting, this story explo...
When You're Tired Of Carrying Everything
When you’re used to being the strong one, eventually the weight gets heavy.In Episode 47 of The Muddy Cross Podcast, we talk about emotional exhaustion, pressure, control, surrender, and learning to stop carrying things God never asked u...
When God Feels Distant
After one of the hardest podcast recordings we’ve ever had… it’s finally here.This episode almost didn’t happen. Delays, broken microphones, rushing around, storage issues, low battery, switching cameras mid-recording, honestly, everythi...
Falling into Sin
In this episode we talk honestly about sin — not as theory, but as something we all wrestle with in daily life. We explore why we often repeat the same patterns, what Scripture says about the human heart, and how that affects prayer and repenta...
Have we actually changed… or just become more religious?
In this episode, Dee and Jodie dive into a challenging but honest conversation about the difference between looking Christian and actually being transformed from the inside out. It’s easy to fall into routines, follow the “right” habit...
Courage in the Journey with Owen Burton
elcome back to The Muddy Cross — a faith-based podcast where real stories meet real grace.In this powerful episode, I sit down with Owen as he opens up about his journey before coming to God. From experimenting with drugs to gro...
Living Your Faith Daily - Episode 10
Faith isn’t a checklist - it’s a lifestyle.In this final episode, we talk about moving from knowing your faith to actually living it through small, daily choices. With reflections on James 1:22–25 and Matthew 7:24–27, this episode is all...
Trusting God - Episode 9
In this episode of the podcast, we talk about what it truly means to trust God, even when life feels uncertain, overwhelming, or out of your control. Through honest conversation and personal experiences, we explore how faith grows in the waitin...
Good Friday Special
On this Special Good Friday episode, we pause our usual series to reflect on one of the most significant moments in history—the crucifixion of Jesus—and the powerful words He spoke from the cross.“When they came to the place called the S...
Saved By Grace - Episode 8
What if someone who once persecuted Christians became one of the greatest apostles in history?In this episode of The Muddy Cross, we explore the story of Saul, later known as Pauland the power of radical grace. A life transfor...
Who Are You Now?
Have you ever felt like your past still defines you? Even while following Jesus? In this episode, Dee and Jodie unpack what it really means to be a new creation in Christ. Looking at Peter’s restoration in John 21, we explo...
Beyond the what . . . into the why - Episode 6 - Why the Bible Feels Hard and How It Speaks to You
Episode 6: Why the Bible Feels Hard and How It Speaks to YouWhy does the Bible feel confusing sometimes?Despite being written over 1,500 years, by multiple authors and cultures, the Bible tells one consistent story —...
Episode 5 - Beyond The What… Into The Why
Episode 5 – Beyond The What… Into The Why How to Pray When You Don’t Know What to SayHave you ever sat down to pray and had no words?In this episode of The Muddy Cross, Dee and Jodie explore one of the mos...
What if you’re loved before you change? - Episode 4 - Beyond The What... Into The Why
What if you’re loved before you change?In Episode 4 of The Muddy Cross, we unpack Luke 15 and the story often called The Prodigal Son — but this isn’t just about one lost son. It’s about two. And it’s about us.
Beyond the what . . . into the why - Episode 3 - Why God Wants Relationship, Not Performance | The Muddy Cross Podcast
Do you ever feel like faith comes with a checklist? In this episode of The Muddy Cross, Dee and Jodie explore the story of Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38–42) and the ...
Beyond the what . . . into the why - Episode 2 - "Who Is Jesus… Really? (The Woman at the Well Explained)
Who is Jesus really? In John 4, the story of the Woman at the Well reveals more than a miracle — it reveals His heart.In Episode 2 of The Muddy Cross, we move beyond surface-level belief and ask a deeper question:Who a...
Beyond the what . . . into the why - Episode 1 - "I believe in Jesus... now whtat?"
Believing in Jesus is often the beginning - but few people really talk about what comes next.In this episode, Dee and Jodie explore the early moments of faith, when belief is real but certainty isn't. Using the documented enco...
The Muddy Cross - Grace in the Storm
Have you ever loved Jesus but still felt like you were drowning? Praying, trusting, and trying to do the right things — yet the storm feels louder than His voice?In this episode, we reflect on Peter walking on water in Matthe...
The Muddy Cross - Stewardship
Whatever if everything you have, money, time, dreams, even your children, belongs to God? In this episode we explore how living as a steward, not the owner, transforms your business, finances, family and daily choices.If this...
The Muddy Cross - Fellowship LOTR
Faith isn't meant to be walked alone. Just like the 'Fellowship of the Ring', God calls us to walk together - supporting, encouraging and growing in Him.In this episode we explore: - What true bibical fellowship looks like
