Grow and Go with Em Tyler

We are TWO DAYS away from launch day and I figured it might be fun to have a little story time. In this special episode I’m sharing the introduction to The Power of Again: Come as You Are, Grow Your Faith, and Go the Distance with Jesus. Yes, out loud. Yes, with footnotes. Yes, there is a leopard print boiler suit mention and Binx makes a special appearance. You’re welcome. If you like what you hear — and I really hope you do — you can pre-order the book now and then head to powerofagain.com with your order number to get the full introduction, foreword, endorsements and the entire first chapter straight to your inbox, along with some exclusive bonus interviews I recorded just for pre-orderers. But for now, settle in. Here we go, again! The Power of Again releases 13th November. Preorder Your Copy Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

This week the tables are turned and I’m in the hot seat as my fab friend Aimée Walker is asking the questions. This is one of those conversations that went way longer than planned although I have trimmed it down! We talk about what the writing process actually looked like — the 3am wake-ups, the season in 2024 when I came back to the UK and had a full-on tantrum at God in the middle of the street, and why I couldn’t have written this book ten years ago when the prophetic word was first spoken over me. We also dig right into the heart of the message: why repetition feels like failure in our faith when it’s actually how transformation takes root, and how reject, revise and return could be a gift for how you approach God. We talk about:✨ The behind-the-scenes of writing: favourite spots, routines, the craziest thing Em did to get it to the finish line✨ Why the prophetic word from 2016 couldn’t have been written then ✨ The moment God said I want you to hope again ✨ Why again feels like failure, and how to flip it into the gift it actually is✨ The difference between toxic positivity and genuinely rejecting a lie✨ What soaking in scripture actually means and how it’s different from ticking off a quiet time✨ How to start hearing God’s voice if you’ve never known what that feels like✨ The rhythm of reject, revise, return and why it’s at the end of every chapter Is there an again in your life right now that feels heavy? Something you’re having to do or believe or hope for ‘one more time’ when you’re not sure you have anything left? Leave a comment The Power of Again releases 13th November. Pre-order your copy at powerofagain.com — and when you do, head back to the site with your order number to unlock the first chapter, the foreword, and a exclusive bonus podcasts right to your inbox. Preorder Your Copy Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

Hello friends! It’s just me this week, and I am giving you an exclusive peek inside The Power of Again: Come as You Are, Grow Your Faith, and Go the Distance with Jesus — because launch day is almost here (November 13th!) and I cannot wait for this to be in your hands. In this episode I’m walking you through all four sections of the book — Begin Again, Believe Again, Grow Again, and Go Again — chapter by chapter, with a little taste of what’s inside each one. Think of it as your preview before the main event. Here’s what I cover: Begin Again ✨ Refill and Refresh ✨ Repent and Resist✨ Remember and Rejoice Believe Again ✨ Refuge ✨ Reward ✨ Restoration Grow Again ✨ Rely ✨ Revelation ✨ Remain Go Again ✨ Reset and Refocus ✨ Respond and Release ✨ Resurrection Which of these twelve chapters jumped out at you most? Leave a comment The Power of Again releases 13th November. Pre-order your copy at powerofagain.com — and when you do, head back to the site with your order number to unlock the first chapter, the foreword, and a series of exclusive mini podcast interviews right to your inbox. Preorder Your Copy Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

You guys! This is a special episode this week where I’m answering questions from Authentic Media about The Power of Again: Come as You Are, Grow Your Faith, and Go the Distance with Jesus. Not gonna lie, as release date gets closer and closer (November 13th in case you’d missed me chatting about it nonstop!), I CANNOT wait for you to be able to get a copy of this in your hands. In this episode I’m getting personal—about what inspired the book, why I nearly didn’t write it, and the season in 2024 when I came back to the UK from New Zealand and had a full-on tantrum at God. Yes, really. I’m talking about the message at the heart of the book, who it’s for, and why I truly believe it could change the way you walk with Jesus—not by giving you more to do, but by taking the pressure off entirely. This book is for the Christian who is doing all the right things and still running on empty. For the person who knows all the answers on a Sunday morning but somewhere along the way lost their wonder. For anyone who has whispered, or cried, I should be further along by now. Spoiler: you’re not failing. You just need again. We talk about: ✨ Why I didn't write this book for the reason you might expect and what actually sparked it✨ The prophetic word in 2016 that planted a significant seed✨ Why coming back to the UK in 2024 broke me and also became the heartbeat of this message✨ What a toddler on a swing has to do with the power of again✨ Why this is absolutely not a “five-steps-to-fix-your-faith” book✨ How neuroscience and scripture are saying the same thing and why that blows my mind✨ What I hope you'll still be thinking about long after the final chapter✨ What I'm asking you to pray for me Is there an area of your faith where again feels heavy right now — where you're tired of having to keep coming back? Leave a comment The Power of Again releases 13th November 2026. Preorder Your Copy Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

What does the research actually tell us about discipling young adults and Gen Z and what can the church do differently? In this episode of Grow and Go with Em Tyler, I sit down with the Revd Dr Gemma Foster, newly appointed Archdeacon of Bournemouth, mum of three and researcher who spent ten years exploring the discipleship of young adults aged 18–29 in the Church of England. Rather than starting with the question, “Why are young adults leaving the church?”, Gemma’s research asks a different question: what is actually helping young adults grow in faith? We talk about young adult discipleship, biblical literacy, vocation, community, spiritual formation and the future of the church and discover some surprisingly hopeful findings about what is happening among a generation often described through the lens of decline. We talk about: ✨ Why young adults aren’t the problem and what the research actually shows✨ What a “discipleship habitus” is and why it matters more than any five-point plan✨ Why the Bible is the unexpected front door for a new generation coming to faith✨ How your church’s biblical literacy might be more important than you think✨ What the most effective generation to invest in young adults actually is (and it might surprise you)✨ Why vocation isn’t about having it all figured out ✨ How to be the kind of community that helps people grow, not just show up Is there a young adult in your world right now (at church, in your family, in your neighbourhood) who might just need someone to ask them a good question this week? Leave a comment We are living in a moment of genuine spiritual movement in this nation. This conversation will help you know what to do with it. Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

What if everything you’ve ever done, everything that’s ever been done to you, and every season you’ve walked through that felt like it disqualified you . . . what if none of it takes you out of the grace of God? This week I sit down with Stasi Eldredge—New York Times bestselling author, co-founder of Wild at Heart, teacher, speaker, and someone whose books have sold nearly three million copies and changed women’s lives all over the world. Her latest book, The Ladder of Love, is out now and it is such a beautiful invitation: not to do more, not to perform better, but to actually know God. Stasi is so honest in this conversation and in the book about the things that keep us from receiving what we already possess. Shame. Hurt. Wrong theology absorbed along the way. She shares her own story with vulnerability in such a way to lead others to freedom. If you have ‘little ears’ around, this may be a conversation best saved for later when you can listen alone. We talk about: ✨ What the ladder metaphor is and why it starts with the firm foundation of who we are in Christ✨ The difference between knowing facts about God and knowing him by experience✨ Why shame is an enemy and what it does to our relationship with God✨ Stasi’s own story and why she shares the parts of it she’d find easiest to hide✨ Why emotional healing and spiritual growth need to happen together✨ How to get back into alignment with the true father heart of God when your theology has been shaped by wounds✨ The rung on the ladder Stasi was least familiar with — and what it taught her about Jesus Is there a way of knowing God — a rung on the ladder — that feels far away or out of reach for you right now? Leave a comment The Ladder of Love by Stasi Eldredge is out now. Go and get yourself a copy — this one is worth it. Connect further with Stasi: Facebook | Instagram | Wild at Heart Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ Coming Up! October 8, 20267.30-9pm BSTLive Online Grab a Ticket here Have you ever wondered . . . “Was that really God or just my own thoughts?” Most Christians long to hear God’s voice but aren’t sure how to recognize it with confidence. The good news is that God is not trying to hide from His children. Jesus promised that His sheep would know His voice and the Holy Spirit continues to guide, comfort, convict, and lead us today. Join author, speaker, and Kingdom Life Coach Megan Nilsen for an interactive 90-minute Grow + Go masterclass where you’ll discover a practical, Scripture-centred process for discerning God’s voice through Beautiful Exchange Journaling. Together we’ll learn how to: • Quiet internal and external noise• Recognize the difference between God’s voice, your own thoughts, and fear• Anchor every prompting in Scripture• Practice listening prayer without striving• Experience Beautiful Exchange Journaling in real time• Leave with a repeatable process you can continue using in your daily walk with Jesus Whether you’re making an important decision or simply longing for a deeper relationship with God, this experience will help you cultivate greater confidence in recognizing the gentle leading of the Holy Spirit. Secure your spot here. Men and Women welcome. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

What if the most significant mission field you have isn’t somewhere you have to go — it’s somewhere you already are? We live in a world that is more connected than ever and lonelier than ever. And somewhere in the gap between those two things, I think the church (collectively and individually) has a role to play. This week Pastor Ian Simkins is on the Grow and Go with Em Tyler Podcast — pastor, writer, husband, dad, and author of the brand new Every Table an Altar: Reclaiming Connection in a World of Division, Distraction, and Loneliness. Ian has spent over twenty years in pastoral ministry, and what keeps coming up — in his church, in his community, in conversations with people who look like they have it all together — is loneliness. Deep, chronic, surprising loneliness. And he’s convinced that the table is one of God’s most underrated answers to it. We talk about why Jesus sat at far more tables than he ever flipped, what it means for your table to become an altar, and what it looks like to show up for the people already in your life with genuine, unhurried presence. We also talk about what it takes to keep growing personally when your relationship with Jesus is also your job — and Ian shares some of the simple, countercultural practices that are keeping him grounded. We talk about: ✨ The loneliness epidemic✨ How Jesus used the table to reorder power, welcome outsiders, and bring the kingdom close✨ Why you don’t need the gift of hospitality, a beautiful home, or a photo-ready charcuterie board✨ The difference between entertaining and biblical hospitality (and why it matters)✨ One simple prayer that could change how you see every ordinary interaction✨ Why the presence of your phone — even face down — is doing more damage than you realise✨ What it looks like to be truly present with the people already in your life✨ How to keep growing with Jesus when ministry is also your profession Is there one table in your life — literal or metaphorical — where you could show up with a little more kingdom imagination this week? Leave a comment below, or simply reply. I’d love to hear. Is there one table in your life — literal or metaphorical — where you could show up with a little more kingdom imagination this week? Leave a comment below, or simply reply. I’d love to hear. Leave a comment Connect further with Ian: Website | Instagram | Every Table an Altar Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

Most of us have prayed a version of this prayer: God, if you want me to do this, just make it obvious. Send a sign. Make it clear. And then we wait. And wait. And wonder if we’re the only one who can’t seem to hear him. This week I sit down with Megan Nilsen — life coach, author, podcaster and seminary student — and she has oodles of wisdom to share. In the most generous and practical way possible, she gently dismantles the idea that hearing God’s voice is reserved for a special few, and helps us understand why we might be missing it and how to start paying better attention. Megan also shares the story of how God led her and her husband to adopt two children from Ethiopia — a journey full of fear, surrender, idols she didn’t know she had, and one date in her journal that gave her chills. It’s one of those stories you don’t forget. We talk about: ✨ Why most of us are waiting for God to speak when he’s already speaking ✨ How to build your discernment muscle — practically and biblically ✨ What adoption taught Megan about control, fear, and the love of God ✨ Why good and godly things can quietly become the idols that undo us ✨ How to navigate seasons of transition without getting stuck in lament ✨ What life coaching actually is — and how it’s different from counselling, mentoring, and spiritual direction ✨ Why humility isn’t weakness — it’s the whole game Is there an area of your life right now where you’re waiting for God to make things obvious when in fact he might be inviting you to take a step? Leave a comment Coming Up! October 8, 20267.30-9pm BSTLive Online Grab a Ticket here Have you ever wondered . . . “Was that really God or just my own thoughts?” Most Christians long to hear God’s voice but aren’t sure how to recognize it with confidence. The good news is that God is not trying to hide from His children. Jesus promised that His sheep would know His voice and the Holy Spirit continues to guide, comfort, convict, and lead us today. Join author, speaker, and Kingdom Life Coach Megan Nilsen for an interactive 90-minute Grow + Go masterclass where you’ll discover a practical, Scripture-centred process for discerning God’s voice through Beautiful Exchange Journaling. Together we’ll learn how to: • Quiet internal and external noise• Recognize the difference between God’s voice, your own thoughts, and fear• Anchor every prompting in Scripture• Practice listening prayer without striving• Experience Beautiful Exchange Journaling in real time• Leave with a repeatable process you can continue using in your daily walk with Jesus Whether you’re making an important decision or simply longing for a deeper relationship with God, this experience will help you cultivate greater confidence in recognizing the gentle leading of the Holy Spirit. Secure your spot here. Men and Women welcome. Connect further with Megan: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Podcast | Book | Freebies Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

Emma Fowle grew up in London’s East End, the daughter of a four-time world champion powerlifter whose steroid addiction spiralled into cocaine and amphetamines, and then into something that blew her whole family apart. Emma is the deputy editor of Premier Christianity, the UK’s largest Christian magazine, as well as an author, broadcaster, and speaker. Her debut memoir, All the Times You Were Not There (SPCK), tells her story of finding faith in the depths of family betrayal. We cover a lot of ground in this conversation. We talk about what it’s like to discover faith right at the moment your world falls apart, and why Emma didn’t experience the crisis of God, why are you doing this to me? that you might expect. We talk about: ✨ How God placed people and provision in Emma’s life literally weeks before everything fell apart✨ What the church can look like at its best ✨ The messy, non-linear reality of forgiving someone who keeps breaking your trust✨ Why forgiveness and reconciliation are two different things✨ What it took for her dad to change (and what real repentance actually looks like)✨ The thing Emma didn’t expect people to keep asking her ✨ How unresolved pain from our past can shape our present Have you ever seen God’s kindness and provision in the middle of a season that to outside eyes looked like he had deserted you? Leave a comment Connect further with Emma: Website | Instagram Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ One-off Donation Coming Up! October 8, 20267.30-9pm BSTLive Online Grab a Ticket here Have you ever wondered . . . “Was that really God or just my own thoughts?” Most Christians long to hear God’s voice but aren’t sure how to recognize it with confidence. The good news is that God is not trying to hide from His children. Jesus promised that His sheep would know His voice and the Holy Spirit continues to guide, comfort, convict, and lead us today. Join author, speaker, and Kingdom Life Coach Megan Nilsen for an interactive 90-minute Grow + Go masterclass where you’ll discover a practical, Scripture-centred process for discerning God’s voice through Beautiful Exchange Journaling. Together we’ll learn how to: • Quiet internal and external noise• Recognize the difference between God’s voice, your own thoughts, and fear• Anchor every prompting in Scripture• Practice listening prayer without striving• Experience Beautiful Exchange Journaling in real time• Leave with a repeatable process you can continue using in your daily walk with Jesus Whether you’re making an important decision or simply longing for a deeper relationship with God, this experience will help you cultivate greater confidence in recognizing the gentle leading of the Holy Spirit. Secure your spot here. Men and Women welcome. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

This week I sit down with Kat Wordsworth — author of Let’s Talk About Doubt and passionate advocate for making doubt a more accepted and less feared conversation in Christian culture. Kat spent nearly two decades hiding her questions, convinced she was the only one, sure that something was wrong with her. She wasn’t, and there wasn’t. And if you’ve ever felt that way, this episode is for you. We talk about what it’s like to grow up in the church, look around at everyone else seemingly on fire for Jesus, and wonder why your experience looks so different. We talk about shame, isolation, comparison and why bringing doubt into the light might be the bravest and most faith-building thing you ever do. We talk about: ✨ Why doubt and faith are not opposites and what the opposite of faith actually is ✨ How Jesus responded to doubt in Scripture (it’s not what you’d expect) ✨ What to say — and what not to say — when someone opens up to you about their doubts ✨ Why isolating your doubt makes it so much more powerful than it needs to be ✨ How to find anchor points for faith even when feelings aren’t cooperating ✨ What it looks like to make your faith genuinely your own Have you ever felt shame around doubt — and what helped you most in that season? Leave a comment Connect further with Kat: https://www.instagram.com/about_doubt Connect further with Em: ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

Have you ever found yourself reacting to someone you love — your child, your spouse, a close friend — and thought, where did that come from? Why do I keep doing this? Chances are, it didn’t start with you. This week I sit down with Gina Birkemeier — trauma therapist, counselor educator, PhD candidate, and author of Generations Deep: Unmasking Inherited Dysfunction and Trauma to Rewrite Our Stories Through Faith and Therapy. Gina is one of those people who manages to hold the clinical and the personal and the deeply spiritual all in one breath, and she does so with warmth, honesty, and hard-won lived authority. We talk about: ✨ Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance ✨ Why the things that trigger us most are usually the people closest to us✨ The difference between big T and little T trauma and why we dismiss the little ones at our peril✨ What spiritual bypassing looks like in the church and why it keeps people stuck✨ Why going to therapy is an act of faith, not a failure of it✨ How to love someone who is bleeding on you from wounds they haven’t healed✨ What to do if you feel like it’s too late and you’ve already broken the cycle in the wrong direction✨ Why the estrangement culture worries Gina deeply Is there a pattern in your family — a way of relating, a belief about yourself, a repeated story — that you’ve always wondered where it came from? Leave a comment Connect further with Gina: Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | Substack | Website Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ Coming Up! October 8, 20267.30-9pm BSTLive Online Grab a Ticket here Have you ever wondered . . . “Was that really God or just my own thoughts?” Most Christians long to hear God’s voice but aren’t sure how to recognize it with confidence. The good news is that God is not trying to hide from His children. Jesus promised that His sheep would know His voice and the Holy Spirit continues to guide, comfort, convict, and lead us today. Join author, speaker, and Kingdom Life Coach Megan Nilsen for an interactive 90-minute Grow + Go masterclass where you’ll discover a practical, Scripture-centred process for discerning God’s voice through Beautiful Exchange Journaling. Together we’ll learn how to: • Quiet internal and external noise• Recognize the difference between God’s voice, your own thoughts, and fear• Anchor every prompting in Scripture• Practice listening prayer without striving• Experience Beautiful Exchange Journaling in real time• Leave with a repeatable process you can continue using in your daily walk with Jesus Whether you’re making an important decision or simply longing for a deeper relationship with God, this experience will help you cultivate greater confidence in recognizing the gentle leading of the Holy Spirit. Secure your spot here. Men and Women welcome. One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

Most miracle stories come packaged with ‘fancy faith’: big, bold, mountain-moving faith. The person prayed, believed, stood on the word, and God showed up. Hallelujah! And don’t get me wrong, those stories are fabulous, but they can also feel totally out of reach if that’s not your experience. This story is different. Lucy is a mum of two boys from Nottinghamshire who, in November 2024, was facing major surgery following a scan that showed cancer on her ovary and her liver. The medical team were so certain of what they would find that they warned her the surgery could be a long road, and to begin planning what would happen to her boys if it was. She didn’t expect healing. She doubted, questioned, wrestled with God, all alongside years of finding faith complicated (through divorce, through working in church safeguarding and seeing its darkest corners, through a long season of feeling like she didn’t belong in a church building). And then the results came back. And the doctors had no explanation. What makes this conversation so remarkable isn’t just the miracle. It’s the honesty around it. Lucy didn’t believe it. She asked them to retest. She asked why me? And even now she’s still figuring out how to process it. We talk about: ✨ What it looked like to face a cancer diagnosis with complicated faith and no easy answers✨ What worship and gratitude can look like in hard seasons✨ The prayer spoken over her by a stranger who didn’t know her name and the video that proved it happened before the operation✨ What it means to receive a miracle you didn’t dare believe in✨ How this experience changed what Lucy thinks actually matters✨ Why even a miracle doesn’t make the intentional choices easier and why we have to keep returning again and again (powerofagain.com) Is there something you’ve been praying for (or struggling to even let yourself pray for) that feels too big or too unlikely? Leave a comment Connect further with Em: powerofagain.com ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

The word “supernatural” makes a lot of Christians nervous. I get it. It’s been misused, misunderstood, and in some corners of the church, badly abused. But here’s the thing — the life Jesus lived was, by any measure, wildly supernatural. And he told us to eagerly desire the gifts he left us. So what are we actually missing out on? This week I sit down with Lauren Crook, senior leader of Kingdom Living Ministries. I met Lauren when she led a prophecy training day for a team at work, and I watched her ground every single moment of it in love, scripture, and the gentlest possible invitation to step out in faith. We talk about what prophecy actually is and what it isn’t. We talk about why Lauren is convinced that God is speaking to you right now and why the problem isn’t him going quiet, it’s us not knowing what we’re tuned in to. And we talk about what it looks like to move from doing things for God to actually knowing him which, as Lauren points out, are not the same thing at all. We talk about: ✨ Why the word “supernatural” scares so many Christians✨ What prophecy is, what it isn’t, and why Paul says we should eagerly desire it✨ How true biblical prophecy should always strengthen, encourage and comfort and what to do if yours didn’t✨ The difference between doing things for God and actually knowing him✨ Practical ways to build intimacy with God when five minutes feels like a lot✨ How to hear God’s voice ✨ Why love is the non-negotiable foundation of any prophetic gift✨ What “what if you’re right?” could change for you Looking back has there been a moment where you think God might have been speaking to you but you didn’t recognise it at the time? Leave a comment If you’ve ever been curious about the gifts of the Spirit but felt too nervous, too unqualified, or just not sure it’s for you then this episode is a gentle, grounded, genuinely exciting invitation in. Connect further with Lauren: Kingdom Living Ministries | KLM Instagram | Email | Upcoming Events Connect further with Em: ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

What if grace isn’t something you earn and . . . it never was? And what do you do when the God you’ve trusted for decades leads you into your deepest season of loss? This week on the Grow + Go with Em Tyler podcast, I sit down with Kimberly Stuart — author, podcast host, and speaker — to talk about grace that actually sets you free, praying honestly when life falls apart, and what it means to keep growing and going when you’re barely keeping it together. Kim is the author of Star for Jesus and Other Jobs I Quit: Rediscovering the Grace that Sets Us Free, and she brings all the warmth, humour, and hard-won wisdom you’d hope for. Here’s what you’ll take away from this episode: ✨ Why so many believers accidentally slip into performing for God ✨ How to stop talking at God and start talking with him ✨ The grief that changes everything and what “everything belongs” really means ✨ What Hagar and Jesus on the cross have to say to anyone who feels unseen or alone ✨ Why grace will not play with your own effort Where do you most feel the pull to perform for God rather than simply be with him? Leave a comment Connect further with Kim: Website | Instagram | For Real with Kimberly Stuart Podcast Connect further with Em: ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

What if the problem with discipleship isn’t that we’re not trying hard enough but that we’ve been thinking about it completely wrong? This is Jessica Cruickshank’s second visit to Grow + Go, and to be honest, I’d have her back every single week and not be sad about it. Jessie holds a master’s from Harvard in mind, brain and education, and she has co-written the newly released Becoming Good News: Reimagining Discipleship Through Identity, Story and Science with Julia Schmalz. What she brings to the table is unique. A brilliant mind, a deep love for Jesus, and the ability to connect neuroscience and theology in a way that genuinely sets people free. We cover a lot of ground in this conversation. We talk about why the good news is a story we live, not merely a nugget of information we hand to other people. We get into how our brains are wired to learn (and why sitting passively in a pew won’t cut it). We talk about fear . . . where it comes from, how it spreads without us realising, and what it’s doing to our children. And we talk about what it actually looks and feels like to hear from God. One absolute belter from Jessie: “If our life doesn’t demonstrate it, we don’t know it.” Eeesh! We talk about: ✨ Why discipleship was never meant to be about information✨ The two types of long-term memory and why one of forgets everything you learn at church ✨ How false narratives get wired into us and how God rewires them through experience ✨ Why we are only born with two fears, and how every other fear is learned by mirroring the people around us ✨ How to practically hear from God, including what to do when you’re not sure it’s him ✨ Why shame shuts your soul down and what Jesus actually wants to do with your doubts and your mess Is there something you know in your head about God that your life hasn’t quite caught up to yet? Leave a comment If you’ve ever felt like you should be further along by now, or wondered why knowing the right things still doesn’t seem to change the deep stuff — this conversation is going to help. Give it a listen. Connect further with Jessie: Becoming Good News | Instagram Connect further with Em: ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

Loved this faith-stirring conversation with Paul and Becky Harcourt about what it really looks like to live a Spirit-filled life. And, fun fact, I’m actually on site with them at the New Wine Festival this week! We talk about the journey from simply understanding God in our heads to actually walking with Him day by day, learning to hear His voice, trusting His leading, and stepping out in obedience, even when it feels uncomfortable. Paul and Becky share so openly from their own story, including experiences of healing from shame and trauma, and how the Holy Spirit has transformed not just their personal lives, but their ministry and relationships too. We also explore the beauty and challenge of long-term discipleship . . . why growth with God is often slower than we’d like, and how faith is built through small, consistent steps rather than big, dramatic moments. This episode is such an encouragement if you’re longing to hear God more clearly, grow in confidence with the Holy Spirit, or simply feel less alone in the process. We talk about: ✨ How to recognise and discern God’s voice in everyday life✨ Moving from head knowledge to a lived, Spirit-filled relationship with God✨ Finding healing from guilt, shame, and past experiences through Jesus✨ Why obedience in the small things builds lasting faith✨ The role of community in encouraging and strengthening spiritual growth✨ Understanding and embracing spiritual gifts in a healthy, grounded way✨ Trusting God in long-term discipleship and seasons that feel slow Where might God be inviting you to take a small step of obedience and what would it look like to trust His voice in that today? Leave a comment Whether you’re new to the idea of hearing God or have been walking with Him for years, this episode invites you to lean in, listen closely, and rediscover the joy of life with the Holy Spirit. Connect further with Paul: Instagram | Paul’s latest book: Spirit Filled Churches Connect further with Em: ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

This was such a rich, faith-filled conversation with Jen Becker about identity, hearing God, and what real transformation looks like when we let Jesus rewrite the stories we believe about ourselves. Jen shares her journey of identity exchange — moving from false narratives into truth — and how encounters with God, imagination, and confession have shaped her faith and freedom. We explore the power of hearing God’s voice, reinterpreting painful experiences with Him, and why community is essential in the journey of becoming who He says we are. We talk about: ✨ Why identity is the missing link in personal and spiritual transformation✨ How imagination can be a doorway to hearing God✨ The power of confession in unlocking truth and freedom✨ Reinterpreting painful experiences through God’s redemptive lens✨ Living generously and interruptibly with the Holy Spirit✨ How curiosity about God leads to transformative encounters✨ Why we become what we believe—and how Jesus reshapes that belief✨ The role of community in forming and affirming identity What story about yourself might God be inviting you to rewrite and what would it look like to receive His truth about your identity this week? Leave a comment Whether you’re exploring faith, longing for deeper encounters with God, or wrestling with old narratives, this episode invites you into a gentler, braver, more honest journey of becoming who you already are in Christ. Connect further with Jen: Instagram | Email | Website Connect further with Em: ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

If you’ve ever looked at the children or teenagers in your life and thought I don’t even know where to start then this conversation will help. Gen Alpha are the kids born between 2010 and 2024. They are the most anxious, most hyper-connected, most AI-shaped generation in history. They grew up through a pandemic that nobody has really finished processing. They have never known a world without smartphones. And 65% of them will work in jobs that don’t yet exist yet. Don’t panic friends, but instead, let’s pay attention. This week I sit down with Dave Boden — creative pioneer, author, educator, and leader of Grace Foundation, a UK charity transforming young lives through Christian ethos education in 15 secondary schools across the country. A former pastor, Dave co-created Kleer Series, a video resource that has sparked faith conversations with thousands of young people, and he’s the author of four books including Raising Gen Alpha, Parallel Faith, Like or Follow, and What You Are Made For. He is warm, direct, and genuinely hopeful about this generation — and he has the expertise and the on-the-ground experience to back it up. We talk about what actually defines Gen Alpha, why the church is at risk of being behind on this conversation, and what it looks like to stop treating children as people to manage until they’re old enough for the ‘real thing’. We get practical on screen time, family rhythms, and how to have the conversations that actually matter. We talk about: ✨ Who Gen Alpha are and why they need a different approach than any generation before them✨ The difference between a teaching community and a learning one and why it matters ✨ Why removing social media won’t fix anything unless we create something worth showing up for✨ Practical, doable steps for building family rhythms that compete with screens✨ What to do if you feel like it’s already too late and the battle is lost✨ How Jesus entered the world of the people he came to reach and why He is the answer for all Gen Alpha needs What is one rhythm or habit you’ve built in your home or church community that genuinely helps the children and young people in your life engage? Connect further with Dave: Raising Gen Alpha | Substack Connect further with Em: ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

If you’ve ever ended a day feeling like you ran a marathon but can’t remember a single meaningful moment of it — this one is for you. We are living in a world that glorifies busy. And most of us are exhausted by it. Not just physically, but spiritually. The rushing, the scrolling, the constant noise — it creeps into the way we pray, the way we parent, the way we show up for the people we love. And somewhere underneath all of it, there’s a quiet longing for something different. Something slower. Something real. This week I sit down with Rachel Bearn — author of A Year to Slow Down: A Christian’s Guide to Embracing Handmade and Homegrown — and she makes a compelling case that the return to slow, simple, intentional living isn’t just a social media trend. It might actually be an invitation from God. We talk about: ✨ What slow living actually means — and why it’s a spiritual practice, not a lifestyle trend ✨ The difference between self-care and genuine surrender to God ✨ How to make Sabbath something you live rather than something you admire from a distance ✨ Why nature might be one of the most underrated ways to connect with God ✨ The role of breathwork and mindfulness in staying grounded in faith ✨ How to embrace your own individuality in spiritual practice rather than copying someone else’s ✨ Staying present and rooted in God when life keeps accelerating What is one small thing you already do — or would love to try — to slow down and stay present with God? Leave a comment If something in you recognised itself in those first few lines, don’t scroll past this one. Rachel is warm, wise, and refreshingly practical — and this conversation might just give you permission to finally exhale. Connect further with Rachel: Instagram | YouTube Connect further with Em: ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

I had an incredible conversation with Aaron Armstrong about exploring faith, understanding Scripture, and embracing curiosity in our spiritual journeys. Aaron shares his personal story of coming to faith, the lessons he’s learned about asking questions, and how navigating doubts can actually deepen our trust in God. We also discuss how different Bible translations can change the way we read and apply God’s Word, and the inspiration behind his new book, Faith Simplified, which helps make theology accessible and meaningful for everyday life. We talk about: ✨ Embracing questions and curiosity in your faith journey✨ How Bible translations shape understanding and application of Scripture✨ Insights from Aaron’s personal walk with God and his faith story✨ The vision behind Faith Simplified and clarifying complex theological ideas✨ How the Holy Spirit guides and empowers our spiritual growth✨ Encouragement for both new and seasoned Christians Where have you found questions or doubts in your faith leading you closer to God, and how can curiosity help deepen your understanding of Scripture? Leave a comment Whether you’re exploring faith for the first time, wrestling with questions, or seeking fresh insight into God’s Word, this episode encourages you to lean into curiosity, embrace the Holy Spirit’s guidance, and engage Scripture with clarity and confidence. Connect further with Aaron: Website | Threads | Instagram | Faith Simplified Book Connect further with Em: ⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe