Hear Where You Belong

About Hear Where You Belong

Embark on an inspirational journey with guests from diverse backgrounds, sharing stories of triumph, resilience, and faith, reiterating the common human longing for belonging. From dreamers to doers, believers to seekers, uncover the extraordinary in ordinary moments and the purpose within every life. Open your heart, mind, and ears to resonate with stories reminding you of your significance, belonging, and purpose. Welcome home to 'Hear Where You Belong'.

Publisher

Dea Irby, THE Belonging Strategist

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jul 2024

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

115 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   "God Told Me He Was Stumping Me — So Christ Could Grow Up More Fully" | Ep. 113 with Jason Tatlock

   He preached open-air in Turkey as a teenager — wearing a letterman jacket that said "Jesus is Alive" on the back — and thought he might get arrested. Then grad school happened. And for a season, he couldn't even sing a hymn with meaning. In Episode 113 of Hear Where You Belong Podcast, host Dea Irby sits down with Jason Tatlock — professor of history, ordained minister, author, and co-founder of King on a Hill Ministries with his wife Krista. Their mission: shepherding the shepherds — building discipleship networks for pastors and leaders around the world in Uganda, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Singapore, Bangladesh, and beyond. Jason opens up about the intellectual crisis of faith that hit him in grad school — and how his wife Krista stood by him even when she didn't sign up for it. The debilitating anxiety that left him unable to drive, work, teach, or go to the grocery store alone — and the two men who stepped into the mess with him and changed everything. The moment God told him He was stumping him — cutting him down so the tender root of Christ could grow up more fully. And what happened right after the hardest season ended: the ministry exploded globally. He also shares miraculous stories from his recent trip to Pakistan and India — a woman freed from years of chronic pain in an instant, a man's eyes cleared during prayer, a cyst that disappeared overnight — and what Acts 4:33 means to him now in a way it never did before. His devotional With: More Than a Word — a 31-day Word in the Word series — is available on Amazon and through Wipf and Stock publishers. A free study guide and free Zoom small group sessions are available at makespaceforgod.org. Parting word: We've got to be with Him — so we can be poured out for other people. 💛 #HearWhereYouBelong, #YouBelong, #JasonTatlock, #WithMoreThanAWord, #KingOnAHillMinistries, #ShepherdingTheShepherds, #MakeSpaceForGod, #GodIsStumpingYou, #TenderRootOfChrist, #Acts433, #GreatPowerGreatGrace, #FaithCrisis, #AnxietyAndFaith, #DeepMaleCommunity, #NewEpisode, #ChristianPodcast, #GlobalMinistry, #BelongingInChrist, #WordInTheWord, #WithGod

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   "Jesus, If You're Real I Give You 6 Months — and Boom, I Was Sober" | Ep. 112 with David W. Ebel

   He walked into church drunk, high, and on his way to his fifth suicide attempt. He raised his hand for Jesus because he was too obliterated to put it back down. And the moment he prayed — boom. Instantly sober for the first time in three years. That was 1973. And David W. Ebel has never stopped since. In Episode 112 of Hear Where You Belong Podcast, host Dea Irby sits down with David — Christian life coach, pastor, evangelist, author, chaplain, grief and trauma counselor, disaster responder, photographer, Salvation Army officer, church planter, and the first Christian master clown recognized by Ringling Brothers professionals in the history of the world. Yes. You read that right. David opens up about growing up with birth defects and chronic pain — bullied, depressed, alcoholic, suicidal — before Barbara the candle shop girl flirted him into church on a Tuesday night in Detroit. He shares the moment a youth pastor supernaturally knew his name, his birth defects, his hemorrhaging ulcer, and his plan to kill himself that Saturday — and said God did not want him to die. He talks about 12 years on the road with the Kids Celebration Circus — 49 youth camps, global ministry, 100 conversions on a New Jersey boardwalk including four rabbis and two Sikh leaders — before his birth defects finally forced him off the road. And the 28,000 square feet of debt-free space God built through a man who had never built anything more than Lincoln Logs. His slogan is the one I want ringing in your ears: God did not send His second cousin Louis to the cross. He sent His best. How dare we offer less? And his parting word — straight from Romans 12:1-2 — is the one that has been his compass for fifty years of faithful, fearless, full-throttle ministry. The greatest distance in the world? Twenty million miles — and seven inches. From the head to the heart. Find David at GodSaysYesPodcast.com — and download his book When the Doctors Say No, God Says Yes FREE when you join his mailing list. 💛 #HearWhereYouBelong, #YouBelong, #DavidWEbel, #WhenTheDoctorsSayNo, #GodSaysYes, #GodSaysYesPodcast, #FirstChristianMasterClown, #RinglingBrothers, #HowDareWeOfferLess, #Romans12, #BornToBeRestored, #RenewRestoreRebuild, #SalvationArmy, #ChristianLifeCoach, #NewEpisode, #ChristianPodcast, #NeverTooFarGone, #FromHeadToHeart, #KidsCelebrationCircus, #BelongingMatters

3. 

   22 Sept 2026

   "She Started Drinking at 14 to Numb the Hurt — 30 Years Later Her Dad Went to Get Her" | Ep. 111 with Robert Ruesch

   She started drinking at 14 to numb the hurt. Thirty years later — her dad went to get her. In Episode 111 of Hear Where You Belong Podcast, host Dea Irby sits down with Robert Ruesch — author, writer, husband, and father whose family has walked through more than three decades of addiction, heartbreak, hope, and ultimately recovery. His award-winning book The Long Road Home: A Family's Journey Through Addiction is available on Amazon now. Robert opens up about the prayer he prayed on a Monday night in tears — and the letter from his high school sweetheart that arrived on Friday after twenty-five years apart. The midnight phone call telling him Jennifer had stopped breathing — and the four doses of Narcan that brought her back. The code messages, the garbage bags, the two squad cars outside the house in San Antonio the morning they finally brought her home. Teaching his forty-eight-year-old daughter to drive. And the periodontist who restored her smile for a fraction of the expected cost. She just wanted her smile back. His favorite quote from Hemingway — anybody can write, all you have to do is open a vein and bleed — explains everything about how he finally wrote the book God told him to write. And his parting word is the one that will carry every parent, every family member, and every person who has ever loved someone through addiction: Never give up hope. Never. Prayer is the most powerful thing in the world. There is always a long road home. 💛 📚 Find The Long Road Home on Amazon 🌐 Find Robert at his author page #HearWhereYouBelong, #YouBelong, #RobertRuesch, #TheLongRoadHome, #NeverGiveUpHope, #AddictionRecovery, #FamiliesOfAddicts, #SheJustWantedHerSmileBack, #YMCAoftheRockies, #JimIrwinApollo15, #PrayerChangesThings, #ForgivenessIsNotPoison, #HighSchoolSweethearts, #GodIsTheAuthor, #NewEpisode, #ChristianPodcast, #HopeForFamilies, #LongRoadHome, #NeverStopPraying, #FaithAndRecovery

Who has been a guest on Hear Where You Belong

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• Wendy Folsom
• Robert Wolf
• Gina Economopoulos
• Anoo Tree Brod
• Gabriel Kaam

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100

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Quality

95

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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