The Scattered Seeds Podcast
by Hosts Nate Devlin and Tom O'Boyle and Producer Kate Kuzko
We are the Scattered Seeds Podcast: Where Every Life Has a Story. Join Hosts Tom O'Boyle and Nate Devlin and Producer Kate Kuzko as we explore testimonies featuring stories of how the Lord can orchestrate lives. You're listening to the Scattered Seeds Podcast, Where Every life Has a Story
Episodes
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Episode 140 - Rick Martin
Send us Fan Mail Is it ever too late to find the Lord. Is anyone ever too old, too lost, too set in their ways? Those who know scripture know the answer, and it is at the heart of today’s episode Our guest today, Mr. Rick Martin, came on the show to share the story of his father and the miracle...
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Episode 139 - Hanifa Nakiryowa
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes the greatest stories come from the darkest moments. Acid attacks are one of the cruelest forms of torture in our modern era. It does a near irreversible harm to the victim, and results in years of surgeries and repairs. That’s how today’s story starts. But that isn’t…
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Episode 138 - Nadine Michalak
Send us Fan Mail What do you do when your idyllic life falls around you? How do you face the end of a marriage when you never thought that was an option? And how can you take the lessons learned in the fire and help the next generation be better equipped to face the trials of life? Nadine…
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Episode 137 - Andrew Randall
Send us Fan Mail What do you do when you find out that in order to stand up for the word of God you have to walk away from the denomination you’ve known and served all your life. What do you do when you have to leave the brick and mortar of a church building behind to preserve the church within....
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Episode 136 - Josh Kail
Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest comes from an auspicious family, not least of all on this podcast. State representative Josh Kail is the son of Karyn Kail from Episode 3, as well as the cousin of the late Brandon Kail from episode 7 and the younger brother of Zach Kail from episode 115. Josh grew…
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Episode 135 Jaryd Boyer Conclusion
Send us Fan Mail Last time on our show we had Jaryd Boyer and his story of living life wild on the streets. It was a story of drugs, guns and even a stint in jail. But when we left the story Jaryd was at a turning point. God had gotten a hold of him, and every facet of his life was changing.…
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Episode 134: Jaryd Boyer
Send us Fan Mail Drugs, Guns, and living a life outside of the will of God, that’s how our story today starts. Jaryd Boyer has had an interesting life, it's mapped out on nearly every visible surface of his skin. By the time he was 13 he was out of the house and running drugs on the street. His...
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Episode 133 - Joel Salatin
Send us Fan Mail It isn’t often that we are able to have guests come back on our show, so today’s interview is a treat. Originally the guest of our 55th episode, Joel Salatin is still the owner of Polyface Farms, a chemical free, common sense farm located in Virginia. More recently he has been at...
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Episode 132 - Doug Smith
Send us Fan Mail From dealing drugs to feeding hundreds, today’s guest has gone from being a bad influence to someone whom the Lord is using to reach others daily. Doug Smith is currently the Assistant Executive Director of Pittsburghs Light of Life mission, working with past guests Jerrel…
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Episode 131: Matt Robles
Send us Fan Mail Matt Robles is an elder, recruiter, father, and on occasion a pulpit supply pastor. He lives a life dedicated to finding the opportunities to serve God in the day to day. His story doesn’t speak to one or two major moments of service, but rather what is possible with slow, steady...
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Episode 130: Brandon Mullet
Send us Fan Mail Today’s story comes from a corner of Christianity that we haven’t touched on yet. Brandon Mullet is a music teacher and choir director as part of the Faith Builders Education Programs, a Mennonite Christian school with both an K-12 as well as a 2 year secondary education track.…
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Episode 129 - Vladimir Snurenco
Send us Fan Mail Today’s story is one that spans the globe as we follow our guest out of Moldova in the former USSR all the way to Grand Rapids Michigan. Vladimir Snurenco is an economist and scholar born as the USSR melted back into countries like his native Moldova. He has taught and studied...
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Episode 128: Reverend Joshua C. Robertson
Send us Fan Mail Today’s story is how a problem from the past can inform hope for the future. Reverend Joshua C. Robertson was a child that the school system failed. Having been passed through year after year based on athletic prowess, Joshua entered college with a second grade reading level. It...
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Episode 127 - Kenny Erb
Send us Fan Mail Hands on, Heads up, Hearts open, that’s one of the motto’s of Kenny Erb’s physical therapy practice. And it means that to help people heal from injury and pain you have to treat more than the muscles and sinews that are damaged. You must help their minds and hearts heal as well....
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Episode 126 - Dr. T. David Gordon
Send us Fan Mail It isn’t often that we have a guest return to the show, but having just passed our fifth anniversary its fitting to bring back one of the firsts. Dr. T. David Gordon is a recently retired Grove City College professor, theologian and author with a new book to discuss entitled…
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Episode 125 - Michael Geer
Send us Fan Mail The family is the basic building block of society. It stands as one of the three pillars of our culture, along with the church and the government. But in recent years, the family has increasingly come under attack. Which is where the PA Family, and our guest today, President...
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Episode 124 - Dr. Uri Brito
Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is a faith journey that starts in Brazil and ends in a thriving congregation in Pensacola, Florida. Uri Brito has been senior pastor of Providence Church in Pensacola for 16 years, which is Presbyterian in affiliation. Uri did his graduate and doctoral work in...
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Episode 123 - Ron Laffey
Send us Fan Mail Today’s story takes us from a life addiction and crime, through the valley of despair and onward to the heights of the joys of loving and serving the Lord. Ron Laffey is 35 years clean from Narcotics, and his purpose now is letting others know that they don’t have to be stuck in…
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Episode 122 Hannah and Wes Seo
Send us Fan Mail In our culture its almost frowned upon to get Married in college. Our young adults are told that it’s a time to explore themselves, and their options as far as partners are concerned, rather than settling down so soon. But today’s guests wanted to do things God’s way, and so…
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Episode 121 - Peter Chace
Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is well known to many of our listeners through Beverly Heights as well as the Coalition for Christian Outreach, or CCO at Duquesne University. He is a father of 5, the leader of next generations ministries at the church, and sometimes he even portrays Larry the...
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Episode 120 - Bill Burns
Send us Fan Mail A tough, hardworking, man with a 3rd grade reading level who was known to be quick to a fight, a drink or a new daring stunt, and a man used by God to speak to people across the world about the Lord. These two seem like different characters being introduced in a story. And in a…
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Episode 119 - Sally Burke
Send us Fan Mail Prayer is a powerful gift and an awesome responsibility. The apostles saw prayer as one of their most important duties in their service to the Lord and to His church. The Psalms are full of songs of prayer. And today’s story centers on the importance of prayer, particularly in…
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Episode 118 - Jeffrey Tedford
Send us Fan Mail Music is a universal language. It spans cultures and eras and has the power to bring people together or divide them. It is a thing of beauty and a gift that echoes creation. And music is also at the heart of today’s episode. Jeffrey Tedford has lived a life that revolves around...
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Episode 117 - Danielle Black
Send us Fan Mail There are many ways to praise the Lord. On the show we’ve heard from musicians and vocalists and composers, and today we are adding our first dancer. Danielle Black has been dancing since she was a child. And as she grew older the Lord led her to combine her passion for dancing,...
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Episode 116 - Elizabeth Rodriguez
Send us Fan Mail We have had heard many stories of individuals sent to various parts of the globe on our podcast. We’ve had guests who lived in Ethiopia, Thailand, Slovenia and Spain. And guests who traveled here from India, Uganda and Iran. All showing the wondrous plan of God and the many…
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Episode 115 - Reverend Zachary Kail
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes we share stories of the kind of faith that follows a call across the sea. Sometimes we share stories of steady faithfulness of quieter lives of service. And today we are sharing a story with ties to both. Reverend Zachary Kail has been a presbyterian pastor for a church...
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Episode 114 - Scott Sander
Send us Fan Mail Storytelling is an artform that has been passed down through generations. For thousands of years the stories were shared through the spoken word, and then the written word. And in the last hundred years we’ve also begun to tell stories through the medium of film. Today’s guest is...
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Episode 113 - David Caldwell
Send us Fan Mail Throughout the lifetime of our show we have covered many hard topics. From death and dying, to illness and injury. And we have heard about despair and triumph. But perhaps never quite so clearly as we have on today’ show. David Caldwell is a longtime friend of both Tom and Nate.…
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Episode 112 - Paul McNulty
Send us Fan Mail Since our show began over four years ago, we have had many notable Grovers as guests — that’s Grove City College alumni for those not in the know. And today’s guest exemplifies the same pattern of a life in service to Christ and others that we have come to expect from our Grove...
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Episode 111 - Steve and Melissa Lamie
Send us Fan Mail For over a quarter of a century Steve and Melissa Lamie have been a fixture on the athletic fields of Grove City College. Mr. and Mrs. Coach head the men’s basketball and women’s soccer teams respectively and together they have been building a culture of Christian living in their...
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Episode 110 - Bruce Bickel
Send us Fan Mail From starting the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at the Naval Academy, to starting a bible study in Pittsburgh that has been helping Christian businessmen and women grow in grace and truth for years , Today’s guest has spent nearly 8 decades in service to the Lord. Bruce Bickel...
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Episode 109 - The Hoaglands
Send us Fan Mail A man in California, and a woman in Amsterdam are both called to the same city in Thailand. They meet, become friends, and eventually get married. And the story doesn’t end there. Chris and Esther Hoagland are today’s guests. Still missionaries to the same area in Thailand they…
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Episode 108 - Joseph Loconte
Send us Fan Mail There are stories that whose enduring messages of hope, renewal, and redemption transcend time and space. Stories like Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and Lewis’s the Chronicles of Narnia. And today’s guest is an expert on both men and the times and battles that shaped them into the...
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Episode 107 - Amber and Garr Baker
Send us Fan Mail Large families are a rarity these days. People now consider two children a handful let alone three or four. So what would compel a couple to have 10 children and counting? Courage and faith that the Lord has a plan and that he will provide. Amber and Garr Baker are expecting…
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Episode 106 - Farshid Rezaee
Send us Fan Mail How far would you go to be able to freely worship the Lord? The next town? Another country? How about the other side of the world? That’s how far today’s guest had to travel. Farshid Rezaee was born to a Muslim family in Iran. His first encounter with Jesus was a publication of…
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Episode 105 - Stuart McAllister
Send us Fan Mail How does a bouncer with a reputation for fast cars and a fast temper become an international Christian apologist? That’s the story we’re bringing you on today’s episode. Stuart McAllister has been serving the Lord across the world. He was behind the iron curtain before the fall…
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Episode 104 - Marilyn Meek and Micki Cantine
Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode marks the fourth anniversary of our show and what better way to celebrate than with a guest we’ve been hoping to interview since the very beginning. And what’s better than one guest? Two of course. Mother and daughter Marilyn Meek and Micki Cantine have been at…
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Episode 103 - Ken and Carolyn Muckle
Send us Fan Mail 20 years is a long time to wait for a foreign mission field to blossom. Especially for two Pittsburghers who had never lived further than the next state over. What does it take to wait for the Lord to work? Patience and perseverance grown through years and years of prayer. This…
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Episode 102 - Dr. David Hoganson
Send us Fan Mail Imagine having to hand your child to a surgeon for open heart surgery at only 16 months old? Now imagine that same child growing up to help countless other infants heal from the same affliction years later. That’s the story we’re bringing to you today. Dr. David Hoganson was born...
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Episode 101 - John Stahl-Wert
Send us Fan Mail What qualities make a good leader? That’s the question at the center of today’s episode. John Stahl-Wert (not to be confused with the Pittsburgh Steeler) has spent the last few decades helping leaders of business, non-profits, and nations learn to be the best they can for their...
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Episode 100 - Tom O'Boyle
Send us Fan Mail The 100th episode is a major milestone in the life of any show. And today we have been blessed to have reached that milestone! And in light of such a momentous occasion we decided to interview our very own Tom O’Boyle. So join Tom, Nate and I as we discuss some of the key moments...
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Episode 99 - Keith Rothfus
Send us Fan Mail We’ve had many interesting guests on our show over the last few years. We’ve had parents, children, doctors, missionaries, an Olympian and even Miss Pennsylvania. And today we are adding a congressman. Keith Rothfus served our nation as the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania’s...
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Episode 98 - Gail and Brandon Bitar
Send us Fan Mail Over the past few years we have had the privilege of sharing many stories on our show. Some were stories told by household names, others were about lives lived in quiet spaces. But today’s show is about a man that anyone who has followed our podcast from the beginning will be...
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Episode 97 - Kevin Haley
Send us Fan Mail Adoption is a contentious topic in the world today. And for this episode we have the privilege of sharing a story about a child of adoption, who grew up to be a pastor with a unique view on the doctrine of adoption. Kevin Haley has been a United Methodist pastor for more than 40...
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Episode 96 - Victor Lee Austin
Send us Fan Mail The death of a loved one, and the grief that comes with it, is hard for the human heart to bear. It isn’t something we were created to endure, but in our fallen world it is a universal experience. For today’s guest, Victor Lee Austin, it was the death of Susan, his wife that put...
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Episode 95 - Erick Goss
Send us Fan Mail It takes a leap of faith to start your own company, especially one that offers parents a Christian alternative to the content offered by the current culture. But Erick Goss, CEO and Co-Founder of Minno, the Christian Children’s Streaming Service, knows about leaps of faith. Join...
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Episode 94 - Mark Graham
Send us Fan Mail Ancient Artifacts, archaeological digs, and a college professor, put together, that sounds like something straight out of Hollywood. And today’s guest, Dr. Mark Graham is remarkable. He teaches in the history department at Grove City College, has worked multiple summers in digs…
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Episode 93 - Jon Kolb
Send us Fan Mail What do football and faith have in common? According to today’s guest, quite a lot. Jon Kolb played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1969 to 1981 as Terry Bradshaw’s left side tackle. He was on the field for the Immaculate Reception, competed in two strongman competitions and has...
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Episode 92 - David VanDrunen
Send us Fan Mail We live in an interesting moment in time, as today’s guest states, ours is a world post Christendom and we have to learn how to navigate it. But take courage, because the Lord is still on the Throne and the early church faced similar political pressure and thrived. David…
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Episode 91 - Todd Loizes
Send us Fan Mail Numinous. It’s a word we’ve used on this show many times. It means being filled with a sense of the divine. And what can be more numinous than a life touched by the Lord. Today’s guest is Todd Loizes, a graphic designer by trade, but a follower of Christ by lifestyle. And anyone...
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We are the Scattered Seeds Podcast: Where Every Life Has a Story. Join Hosts Tom O'Boyle and Nate Devlin and Producer Kate Kuzko as we explore testimonies featuring stories of how the Lord can orchestrate lives. You're listening to the Scattered Seeds Podcast, Where Every life Has a Story
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