Rendered Podcast with Emily Walters

In this episode, Emily sits down with author and pastor Tom Harrigan — the very person whose sermon gave her the final push to launch this podcast. Tom shares his journey from Long Island to Kentucky and three decades of ministry, then opens up about the childhood wounds beneath it: a father who left when he was three, and years spent managing his anger, insecurity, and defensiveness instead of healing them. That journey became his first book, The Gift of Falling Down, built around a picture God gave him fifteen years ago — three concentric circles showing how our behaviors flow from our beliefs, and our beliefs from the "because" moments of our lives. Together he and Emily talk about naming the pain, the slow and holy work of real change, and the truth at the heart of it all: God meets us in the pit not with condemnation, but with grace. As Tom puts it — there's grace for the pit and hope for the climb.The Gift of Falling Down is available in paperback and Kindle on Amazon.

In this episode, Emily welcomes her friend Blaire Gammon for an honest conversation about obedience and "doing it afraid." Blaire shares her testimony — from a childhood of chaos and foster care, to the little country church that introduced her to the gospel, to the Walk to Emmaus where she finally understood that God loved her. Now a Christian counselor and pastor's wife, she opens up about being called to share her story with women, and the fear and inferiority that come with stepping into a public calling. A tender, encouraging episode for anyone sensing a call they feel unqualified to answer — and a reminder that clarity comes from obedience, and we're only ever asked to take the first step.

In this short solo episode, Emily shares a quiet lesson the Lord drew out of an unexpected place: a cardinal's nest tucked in the boxwood bush outside her living room window. Watching the mama and daddy birds tend their eggs — and one baby bird finally grow strong enough to perch on the edge of the nest — she reflects on the two years she spent carrying the word "Rendered" before this podcast ever launched. What she once held with guilt and fear, she now sees as a holy season of gestation: a time to rest, receive, and be nourished by the Father before taking flight. A gentle word of encouragement for anyone holding a God-given dream that isn't quite ready to hatch — drawing on Ephesians 2:10 and the truth that some seasons are simply for being loved.

In the first interview episode of Rendered, Emily sits down with her dear friend of fifteen years, Cindy Hudson — a thirty-year Mary Kay director and recent widow with a gift for leaving everyone she meets feeling more full of life. Together they walk through the story of Elijah in 1 Kings 17 — the brook Cherith, the ravens, and the widow of Zarephath with her last handful of flour — and explore what Cindy calls "Elijah'n it": staying obedient in a season of drought. They talk honestly about lament, grief, and waiting on the Lord when provision looks nothing like we expected, and land on a freeing truth: the biggest work often happens in the hidden places, and the God who fed Elijah is the same God meeting us today.

Welcome to Rendered, a life fully given to the Lord. In this debut episode, host Emily Walters walks through a brief introduction to her life and family - along with insight into her relationship with the Lord and the conversations that He is leading her to facilitate.