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We sit down and talk the burden and calling of children’s ministry with Daniel and Marilyn Gums known in their ministry capacity as The Goofy Gums!

After a bit of a hiatus Jaken and Victoria are back with a major update! Our baby boy, Ephraim Judah Orten is here! Let’s talk through this story and see where God is working in this story.

We are back! It’s been a busy couple of months but we are back and trying to be above average with episode 9! We talk about what’s been going on in our lives, how vacation went, and how having baby feels a lot like waiting for the rapture.

So we saw this video the other day talking about baby Koalas and had an actual spiritual revelation come out of it. I promise this is going somewhere!!

Join us as we discuss the ways that we have been taught to pray, using the Five Finger Prayer, the Lord's Prayer, and Praying Through the Tabernacle. All of these help us in understanding the importance of praying through the process, and even when we don't see or feel it the Lord is always moving.

No live stream this week so join us for a brief talk over ice cream about free will, blasphemy, and redemption. Ya know! Super casual stuff!

Join an impromptu discussion on what it’s like to obey and wait through the storm. Some singing, some Bible talk, and some life updates scattered throughout!

Join us in the car on the way home from Kentucky Youth Convention 2026. We are talking the sermons, the moves of God, the fresh words we felt, and what is coming in the process of time to come!

Join us as we talk about grief. How there are different types of grief and whether or not it hinders or strengthens your burden.

Jaken and Victoria go back over the process of their promise. Discussing miscarriage, grief, and walking into this new season with little EJ on the way. Biblically speaking Job, Naomi, and Joseph serve as our illustrations.

Listen in as Jaken and Victoria relaunch this podcast with life updates — meeting through a matchmaking service, engagement, marriage, pregnancy after loss, and the lessons they learned along the way. They explore the episode’s theme of promise versus process, the burdens that shape ministry and worship (especially with youth), and challenge listeners to answer their calling now — because faith often grows in the space between struggle and fulfillment. Also how exactly do Alexander Hamilton and the Prophet Jeremiah teach us to live with a burden?

Jaken Orten preached this sermon on Wednesday, December 10 at Sturgis Jesus Name Pentecostal Church. Listen in for a bit of a life update as well!

Jaken preaching on 11/10/24

Jaken preached a sermon today about Paul’s thorn in the flesh, and what we can do in the midst of pain in our lives. More real episodes coming soon!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Join us for a recording of a special Christmas Facebook live. A brief Christmas update, and a few brief words from the hosts of STAY and Today’s Gift (otherwise known as my parents 😉). Also I drop a few thoughts on the current discussion regarding a certain Christmas song. 🎶🎶