Best BJ Sipe Podcasts (2025)

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S5 E17 - Tornado Warnings & Watchmen 11:10

3d ago11:10

11:10

Send us a text We had a tornado go through very close to us this morning, within about 5 miles, but we received no watch or warning notifications. The National Weather Service is having some updates that prevented us from being told - and I'm thankful that we are safe, but others were not so fortunate. Ezekiel is called a watchman for the house of …

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S5 E16 - Full Circle Moments 13:00

16d ago13:00

13:00

Send us a text In life, we have full circle moments when things you once did are things you find yourself doing again - but as a parent. I had that this week, from t-ball with my son to reading them Calvin & Hobbes together, we had many full circle moments. As I tucked my kids in, my son said, "Dad, I'm just like you." And he will be - he watches m…

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S5 E15 - A Fraudulent Package 12:55

23d ago12:55

12:55

Send us a text Someone kept trying to deliver a package to us that we were supposed to pay for. We had no idea what this package was. After going into the post office, it turns out it was a fraud - a fairly common scam. They post officer workers are trained in what to look for, and therefore we promptly rejected it. There are many fraudulent gospel…

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S5 E14 - PT with Jesus 10:35

1M ago10:35

10:35

Send us a text I did my leg in, and I've been doing physical therapy as a result. You can't tell I have a problem looking at the surface, but deep underneath I really messed up my hamstring area. A lot of injuries are like that - and if left unchecked, can cause a lot of problems. Internally, we all have things that perhaps others cannot see on the…

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S5 E13 - Armed Robbery 12:13

1M ago12:13

12:13

Send us a text Our local pharmacy was robbed at gunpoint yesterday. Thankfully, no one was injured and later on the suspect was aprehended. This kind of thing just doesn't happen that often here in our small town, so it took us all by surpise. It was unexpected, and many were not prepared for it. The Lord likens his return to a thief - because we w…

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S5 E12 - The Passion WOD 14:19

1M ago14:19

14:19

Send us a text This week Kylie and I participated in the Passion WOD at CrossFit. 100 double-unders. 800m 95/65# barbell carry. 100 burpees. It was designed to remind us of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. It was a hard workout, but moreso because of how emotional it was. Do we really understand just how much Jesus suffered for us? Tod…

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S5 E11 - A Screeching Rock 18:33

2M ago18:33

18:33

Send us a text A had the most horrid sound coming from my car, and after googling the car's symptoms I began to be worried it was going to be a huge fix. Turns out $40 it was something very small, literally. I guess that's the way it goes, usually the things we worry about don't ever happen. Jesus teaches us not to worry, to not be anxious. Usually…

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S5 E10 - Putting Down Roots 11:39

2M ago11:39

11:39

Send us a text We have had an incredible amount of rain from the storms, which is good considering we just planted 150 trees on the farm. That's quite the process - you have to prepare the soil, firmly ground it, and make sure it's oriented properly - pointed in the right direction. As a matter of fact, this is the exact process we must go through …

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S5 E9 - Alzheimer's & Forgiveness 11:15

2M ago11:15

11:15

Send us a text I recently had a conversation with a friend who helps to run a memory care facility. She told me that while some days are very hard for residents, the blessing of such a difficult disease is that the next day they have no memory of what happened before that made them so miserable or angry. Each day is a reset, a new day. Forgiveness …

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S5 E8 - Signs of Life 15:52

2M ago15:52

15:52

Send us a text Spring has sprung. What once was lifeless brown and dead is now starting to team with the signs of life. Trees are blossoming, birds are singing, and my spirit could not be more thrilled about it. Nature teaches us about the nature of God. We serve a God with the power to take dead things and bring them to life. He demonstrated such …

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S5 E7 - Your Remaining Balance of Time 16:20

3M ago16:20

16:20

Send us a text My son turned 5 years old today, and it seems like the last five years have just flown by. Life has a funny way of passing us by. A good friend reminded me last night that time is the only currentcy we spend without knowing our remaining balance, so use it wisely. Are we vigilant and intentional with our time? If not, we might end up…

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S5 E6 - Overnight Infections & Watching Ice Melt 18:28

3M ago18:28

18:28

Send us a text Our youngest has another double ear infection, and it came on fast. There was no warning, and suddenly she was miserable. As I held her tonight, I sat and watched my ice melt in my glass - it was slow, and it was subtle. What a contrast. We need to remember that spiritual growth and spiritual deterioration are not like an infection -…

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S5 E5 - Count It All Joy When You Face Various Snowballs 14:56

4M ago14:56

14:56

Send us a text We got a big snow dump again, and the kids wanted to go outside and play in it. This was the best kind of snow, the kind that packs tight so you can make snowballs and snowmen. The kids asked me to teach them how, and I explained you have to apply pressure and press the snow in your hands - that's what makes it stronger. Life works t…

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S5 E4 - I Don't Even Miss It Anymore 16:05

4M ago16:05

16:05

Send us a text Kylie and I have been doing a healthy living challenge, and at the start it was very tough - especially what felt like a very restrictive diet. But the longer we've done it, the better we've felt. I've started to realize how poor my diet was before, and it wasn't the way I was designed to eat. Our new way of life is freeing - and I d…

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S5 E3 - Be A Bee 13:52

4M ago13:52

13:52

Send us a text Bee's a pretty incredible. The female honeybee is capable of stinging a predator or what she considers dangerous, but not to protect herself - to protect the colony. Her act is self-sacrificing and selfless. She lays down her life for others. That is the nature of love. It puts the needs of others first. That is the kind of love Jesu…

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S5 E2 - A Time To Die 19:26

4M ago19:26

19:26

Send us a text My grandmother a few days ago was put on hospice care, and I called to tell her goodbye just the other night. In Christ, we don't grieve as those who have no hope. She has fought the good fight, she has finished the race, she's kept the faith. Death is a part of life, and we will all face it. But for Christians, death is a release fr…

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S5 E1 - More Than A Table 17:17

5M ago17:17

17:17

Send us a text I noticed a table at our local Chick-Fil-A I had never noticed before. It said the following, "This table was built by artisans from A Better Way Ministries. The materials used were salvaged from unwanted and abandoned homes. The hands that built it belong to a person who also once felt unwanted and abandoned. Love, compassion, and g…

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S4 E31 - A Discliplined, Daily, Lifelong Choice 21:46

5M ago21:46

21:46

Send us a text Happy New Year Everyone! Are you ready to change? If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you. Make the right choice. Being a disciple isn't a New Year resolution. It is a discliplined choice that you make all year long for the rest of your life. Is it time? #SetYourMindAbovePodcast…

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S4 E30 - Just Playing With The Box 11:01

5M ago11:01

11:01

Send us a text It happens every year with young children. You get them the things on their wishlist for Christmas, but then later on Christmas morning, you find them not playing with the gift - but the box it came in. We are not unlike children. God designed this world and the things he has made to direct us back to the real gift, himself. Unfortun…

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S4 E29 - Treasure These Moments In Your Heart 12:15

6M ago12:15

12:15

Send us a text Having three young children, especially around the Holidays, can be very chaoitic. But while that's true, I need to remember how quickly this stage flies by - and how much I will miss it. I only get one chance to impact my children, how will I use this time? Even Mary, the mother of Jesus, took moments to take in his upbringing and t…

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S4 E28 - The Richest Man In Town 18:13

6M ago18:13

18:13

Send us a text "It's A Wonderful Life" is my alltime favorite Christmas movie, and among my favorite movies period. The story climaxes with two expressions concerning George Baily - one a note written by his guardian angel Clarence, "No man is a failure who has friends." The second, a toast from his kid brother Harry, "To my big brother George, the…

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S4 E27 - Stop Pouring Oatmilk On Jesus 13:55

6M ago13:55

13:55

Send us a text I recently started drinking Mushroom Coffee, and it is as bad as you can imagine. It's hard to swallow. I thought about just quiting, but I decided to try and doctor it up with oatmilk and honey and found that is much more enjoyable. I don't taste the rougher things anymore. Sadly, many people treat Jesus this way. They don't like hi…

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S4 E26 - Aspire To Be Humble 9:45

7M ago9:45

9:45

Send us a text I was at Starbucks the other day when this lady came in wearing a shirt that made me do a double take. It said, "Not aspiring to be humble." Wow...it's one thing to be proud out of ignorance. It's another to be proud by choice. Without humility, we cannot love. Without humility, we cannot be transformed. Without humility, we are enem…

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S4 E25 - What Lies Beneath the Couch 10:31

7M ago10:31

10:31

Send us a text Have you ever cleaned underneath your couch? You never know what you might find under there. On the surface your sofa looks clean, but when you dig a little deeper and pull it back - there are all kinds of things hiding beneath the surface. If we are not careful, this is the way that we can be spiritually in our lives. On the surface…

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S4 E24 - The Church Needs Reading Buddies 12:28

7M ago12:28

12:28

Send us a text I started a program called "Reading Buddy" with a local elementary student. It turns out, he is a wonderful reader that just lacks confidence. With some encouragement, he has already grown tremendously, but more than that, we have grown close to each other. This is exactly the kind of relationship Paul & Timothy would have, and the k…

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S4 E23 - Sometimes the Worst Brings Out the Best 9:00

8M ago9:00

9:00

Send us a text Hurricanes have devastated Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee. You absolutely hate to see the destruction and hardship caused to others by these storms. Our prayers go out to all those suffering. But even in the midst of so much loss, there has been so much good in response. Christians have banded together to serve others and hel…

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S4 E22 - We Need Some Perspective 11:12

8M ago11:12

11:12

Send us a text Hurricane Helene came through and did some damage to our area, but absolutely nothing compared to other areas of the country. At first, our kids were pretty upset about no power and no tv/internet. But once they learned that that other people were losing their entire homes and communites, that was no longer important. They needed som…

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S4 E21 - God Doesn't Get Overstimulated 12:00

9M ago12:00

12:00

Send us a text When you become a parent, it's easy to get overstimulated by the end of the day. Constantly being asked questions, touched, etc. Same goes for teachers, btw. I saw a video where a kindergarten teacher was asked a question or had her name said by students to get her attention 627 times! What keeps them from burnout? Why do they do it?…

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S4 E20 - Pride, Sickness & Sin 11:23

9M ago11:23

11:23

Send us a text This past week, everyone in my family came down with Covid one by one. Everyone, that is, except me. We seemed to be on the upswing, and I prided myself in thinking I had some kind of super immune system to not get sick. I spoke a little too soon, because by the time everyone else had recovered, I was sick. Pride comes before a fall.…

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S4 E19 - Birds, Unity, & the Body of Christ 10:05

9M ago10:05

10:05

Send us a text Mumuration is an amazing spectacle where birds move in what to the naked eye looks like complete unity. They are capable of doing this because of keen senses that allow them to anticipate the movements of the rest of the flock, and they do not merely look to the bird next to them for cues - but they are in tune with a great number of…

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S4 E18 - Why Did I Do That? 10:45

10M ago10:45

10:45

Send us a text We are creatures of habit aren't we? I found myself mindlessly doing a few things this week that made no sense - but I did them anyways simply because I was in the habit of doing them. It was monotonous - harmless, but clearly old habits die hard. Well, while these are harmless - if our worship becomes so routine that it is mindless …

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S4 E17 - Bringing God's Children Home 10:47

10M ago10:47

10:47

Send us a text Welcome back after an extended break from the podcast! It is crazy to think that in just a few short weeks our oldest two kids will be going to school for the first time. It's a big change. But bigger ones will come in the future, because it is our goal to prepare them to leave. While they will always be welcome in our home, we know …

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S4 E16 - Guest Episode - Daniel Schoenholz 8:57

10M ago8:57

8:57

Send us a text I know I've been gone for quite a while, and I will have an explination soon Lord willing. But in the meantime, my intern for the summer has jumped in to give you some content in the meantime! Welcome to the podcast Daniel Schoenholz. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

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S4 E15 - If Anyone Is In Christ, They Are A Potato Rock 10:15

11M ago10:15

10:15

Send us a text I took my young intern over to the Forks on Friday to help my uncle Kerry out on his property for just a little while, and in the meantime he got a tour of the land. The tour took us to the creek bed, where we found agate, coral, and my personal favorite - geodes. Geodes look like big potato rocks, but when you crack them open, there…

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S4 E14 - Simon Says 13:38

12M ago13:38

13:38

Send us a text Our summer intern Daniel was teaching the very young children last night, and they needed to get their wiggles out. So, he decided to start up a brief game of Simon Says in order to accomplish that. The kids enjoyed playing along, trying not to get tripped up and only moving when "Simon Said" to. The name of the game in our Christian…

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S4 E13 - The Wasp & The Boot 10:15

12M ago10:15

10:15

Send us a text We were all outside eating when a wasp flew into our sons rainboots that we leave outside. When I went to hose it out and take care of the wasp, I was shocked to be met with not just one wasp but several more as well as a nest. I'm so glad we caught it when we did, otherwise my son would have run outside to play one of these rainy da…

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S4 E12 - The Struggle To Walk, The Joy To Watch 16:08

1y ago16:08

16:08

Send us a text Our youngest, Finley, is 20 months and still not walking. She has struggled a lot, and after seeing an occupational therapist they have confirmed what we were seeing - that she has a prominent left side weakness. So, it's gonna take some work. But something special happened this week that's never happened before: she stood up on her …

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S4 E11 - Not Everything Is A Competition 13:14

1y ago13:14

13:14

Send us a text I was checking out at CVS Monday and the fellow checking out next to me had his machine in sync with my machine. It felt like a race and we joked about it. In the end I won! Nothing, of course, I won nothing. But I started thinking about how many things in our culture we have turned into a competition. But guess, what? Everything isn…

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S4 E10 - Who Are Your Friends When You Die? 11:33

1y ago11:33

11:33

Send us a text Our dear friends and family who just moved to the area have two cemeteries on their property. The gravestones are nearly 200 years old, overgrown, neglected, and forgotten. The lives of these folks have long since been forgotten, and it brings the light the following reality: we will all be the same way too. We will be forgotten by e…

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S4 E9 - A Messed-Up Spine & Doing My Homework 12:12

1y ago12:12

12:12

Send us a text Your spine is supposed to have a 35 degree bend at the top and base, but mine is 15 and 12. While going over my x-rays with my chiropractor, I asked him what the plan was. He told me it depends a whole lot more on me than it does on him. If I'm not doing my work at home with PT and implementing the things he's equipped me to do, and …

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S4 E8 - Leaving Obstacles In The Road 12:04

1y ago12:04

12:04

Send us a text On my way home from Georgetown, KY the other night, I ran into a bit of trouble...literally. My trip was going off without a hitch, until there was one...literally. Someone had dropped a hitch with a massive drill bit being used as a pin on it in the middle of the road, and didn't see it in time with it being so dark and I hit it. Sh…

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S4 E7 - A Drawing for Jesus 14:01

1y ago14:01

14:01

Send us a text My son went flying past me with a piece of paper he looked proud of. When I asked him what he had there, he said it was a drawing for Jesus that he planned to give to him when he saw him in heaven. Doesn't that just melt your heart? It's not about the picture (which was amazing by the way, it was a bunch of crowns) - it's about the h…

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S4 E6 - It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a TRAMPOLINE! 11:10

1y ago11:10

11:10

Send us a text We bought our son who just turned 4 a trampoline for his birthday! It wasn't that hard to put together, but it didn't come with anchors. So, we ordered some online. I delayed putting them on because of how busy our week was, thinking I would just do it this upcoming weekend. Well, I wasn't anticipating a huge thunderstorm last night …

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S4 E5 - Just Watch the Birds 10:44

1y ago10:44

10:44

Send us a text My youngest daughter loves watching the birds, so my inlaws purchased us a clear birdhouse that mounts to our window for her to watch them eat and nest. As the kids waited for a bird to arrive, they asked what would happen if we ran out of seeds. I told them God would feed them like he does every day, and they responded, "Just like y…

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S4 E4 - The Sound of Silence 13:01

1+ y ago13:01

13:01

Send us a text I came home for lunch expecting to hear my children greet me at the door, but had forgotten they were on a play date. So I sat there eaching lunch in silence, which is very rare. You would think I would enjoy it, but actually, I missed them. Sure our house is chaotic more often than not, but it's where we all belong: together. In the…

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S4 E3 - Seeing Something for the Thousandth Time for the First Time 9:39

1+ y ago9:39

9:39

Send us a text I was driving around Danville with a friend who had never been to my little town before when he said, "Danville: quite simply the nicest town." I asked why he said that, and he pointed to the water tower. Friends, I have driven past this tower a thousand times and never seen that. He noticed it after seeing it once with fresh eyes. T…

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S4 E2 - Kids Shows (guest staring Satan) 11:10

1+ y ago11:10

11:10

Send us a text Children's television programs are not what they used to be more often than not. Rather than promoting what is good and right, imorrality and godlessness are promoted and packaged as something that is "good" in the form of a cartoon. If we're not careful, we'll teach our children to accept the lies of Satan because they were packaged…

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S4 E1 - Modify To Your Level 11:11

1+ y ago11:11

11:11

Send us a text Welcome back after an extended break to the new Season 4 of the Set Your Mind Above Podcast! Over the new year, I started working out again because I really needed to. Actually, I joined CrossFit - and I realized just how out of shape I am. But thankfully, I'm not expected to keep up with everyone who has been there for years. I'm ju…

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S3 E38 - It's My Pleasure 9:27

1+ y ago9:27

9:27

Send us a text After five years of living without, Danville finally has it's very own free standing Chick-Fil-A! We are so excited and have been already like, 5 times lol. During the grand opening, one of the workers was serving us and when we thanked her she said, "My pleasure! I keep forgetting to say that." It's part of their script to respond w…

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S3 E37 - Nothing Is Lost If You Know Where It Is 11:00

1+ y ago11:00

11:00

Send us a text We're back after a delay for a few weeks - and that occured with the passing of my grandmother Jackie Sipe, who we called Gigi. Her funeral was beautiful, and I was thankful to get to be a part of it. After the funeral, one of the women from the church told me something special after someone had expressed their sympathy for my loss. …

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