How God Redeems Our Wounds: Mark & Tara Beth on Three Years of The Pastor’s Table | PT 152

What happens when the very institution that shaped your ministry turns around and wounds you?

Can God take that loss and birth something new?

In this deeply personal anniversary episode, Mark and Tara Beth look back on three years of The Pastor’s Table and the untold story of how it all began. From Mark’s unexpected firing, to the disorientation that followed, to the Spirit-led formation of this podcast, they revisit the moments of pain, clarity, calling, and redemption that shaped their ministry.

This episode is raw, honest, and full of hope for any pastor navigating disappointment, transition, or questions of identity and vocation.

🎙️ In This Episode:

• The firing that blindsided Mark — and the prayer he kept repeating
• How a season of painful disorientation birthed the Center for Theological Integrity
• The unexpected way God redeemed loss (“I already have… wait and see.”)
• Why theological integrity—not vanity metrics—remains the heartbeat of the podcast
• How the Holy Spirit compelled Tara Beth into a pastorate she never planned to take
• Wild Sunday-morning stories (fainting, wheelchairs, choking… all in one sermon!)
• What’s next for the relaunch of The Pastor’s Table

⏱️ Timestamps

00:00 – Why this anniversary episode matters

02:00 – Mark remembers the early podcast days

03:00 – “My services were no longer needed”: the firing

05:45 – Transparency, leadership, and the cost of truth-telling

07:30 – Praying through disorientation: “Lord, how will you redeem this?”

10:00 – “I already have”: the surprising answer that kept repeating

11:30 – The birth of the Center for Theological Integrity

12:45 – How Northern Seminary became home for the vision

17:20 – How suffering shaped the podcast’s heartbeat

21:00 – Tara Beth’s reluctant call to Good Shepherd

24:00 – “They needed a mom”: the Spirit’s inner leap

27:00 – When everything goes wrong mid-sermon

33:00 – Returning to theological integrity

36:00 – Daily Scripture reading and resisting vanity metrics

38:00 – What’s next for the podcast

God never wastes suffering.

Your hardest losses may become the very soil where new ministry, clarity, and courage begin to grow.