From Podcast to Ministry: A challenge to trust God with your hopes and desires.

How God Turned a Podcast Into a Ministry: The Birth of The Secret Place Ministry

It was July 2024, and I found myself sitting in the sunroom of my grandparents’ house in Florida. I had just gotten off the phone with a friend. This friend gently but firmly called me out for living in fear—especially when it came to my health and the things God had been asking me to step into.

For the rest of my time in Florida, I brought this conversation before the Lord. I began to reflect, journal, and pray. And when I returned home to Virginia, I told God I would begin working on the next season of the Podcast. I was ready to take the next step in obedience and faith.

Delayed Obedience and a Promise to God

But weeks passed. It was now the end of August, and I hadn’t made any progress. I went before God and repented for not stewarding what He had placed in my heart. I then made God a promise: Nothing will get in the way again. I will be faithful with what You’ve given me.

This promise would soon be tested.

A quick backstory—2024 had been a year marked by waves of depression. While I had seen significant healing in the spring and summer, the first week of September hit hard. The depression came back stronger than I expected—right when I had planned to finally begin working on the podcast.

But I had made a promise to God. So I fought to keep it.

I dragged myself to a coffee shop with a heavy heart, ordered an iced vanilla latte, opened my laptop—and just sat there. Staring at the screen. Empty. Weak. Disheartened.

A Choice to Obey When It’s Hard

In that moment, I had a choice: to walk away and break my promise, or to ask the Spirit of God to speak through me even though I felt completely empty and had nothing to say.

I chose to stay.

I whispered, “God, if You want this, I need You to lead me.” I started typing—slowly—and as the words formed on the screen, tears welled in my eyes (Yes, I cried in a coffee shop). I realized that God wasn’t just giving me words for a podcast; He was birthing a deeper dependence on Him. Even in weakness, He was moving.

As I worked, I decided to create a business email. I typed in “The Secret Place Podcast.”

The Lord said: No.

I paused. Erased it. Typed it again.

Again, I heard: No.

Confused, I asked God what He was doing. And then I felt Him lead me to type: “The Secret Place Ministry.”

That one word—ministry—wrecked me. What I had seen as a casual podcast was being redefined by God as something more. This wasn’t just something to upload when I felt like it. This was something deeper.

But I wasn’t ready. I packed up my things and left the coffee shop without finalizing anything.

A Step of Faith into Ministry

Over the next week, I prayed. I wrestled. And slowly, God began to challenge me: Would I trust Him with the passions and dreams I was afraid to fully consider?

Eventually, I returned to the same coffee shop. This time, I opened my laptop, typed “The Secret Place Ministry” into the email field—and it was available.

I hit create.

That small act of obedience sealed it. The podcast became a ministry. Not because I had planned it that way, but because God had ordained it.

Since that moment, God has continued to shape me and lead me as I walk with Him in this ministry. The Secret Place Ministry is not about performance, perfection, or platform—it’s about intimacy, obedience, and daily surrender.

Everything this ministry becomes is from God alone. I’m simply His daughter, with an open heart and willing hands.

To Him be all the glory, honor, and praise—forever. Amen.

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This will remain an active ministry as long as God provides for it and continues to call me in it.