From Bitter to Better

This week’s Beyond Sunday podcast features Michael Shearon, Josh Hensley, Evan Ryan, and special guest Keion Brown—a ministry resident journeying through several ministry areas at New Work. Things kick off with a hilarious round of Family Feud: Bitter Edition, where the crew discovers what families argue about most and what pet peeves drive people crazy at home (spoiler: wet socks and thermostat wars hit close to home).

 

From laughter, the team moves into a deep and transparent discussion on bitterness—how it takes root, poisons relationships, and is only broken through genuine forgiveness. Evan unpacks his sermon from Genesis and the story of Joseph, showing how “bitterness is generational,” “bitterness grows when we keep score,” and “forgiveness breaks the cycle.” Together they wrestle with what true forgiveness looks like, the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation, and how God often uses pain and delay to prepare us for purpose. The episode closes with an honest listener question about unanswered prayer and some powerful reminders that “a no is not a no—it’s loving redirection.”

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