Grow and Go with Em Tyler

This week the tables are turned and I’m in the hot seat as my fab friend Aimée Walker is asking the questions.This is one of those conversations that went way longer than planned although I have trimmed it down! We talk about what the writing process actually looked like — the 3am wake-ups, the season in 2024 when I came back to the UK and had a full-on tantrum at God in the middle of the street, and why I couldn’t have written this book ten years ago when the prophetic word was first spoken over me. We also dig right into the heart of the message: why repetition feels like failure in our faith when it’s actually how transformation takes root, and how reject, revise and return could be a gift for how you approach God.We talk about:✨ The behind-the-scenes of writing: favourite spots, routines, the craziest thing Em did to get it to the finish line✨ Why the prophetic word from 2016 couldn’t have been written then ✨ The moment God said I want you to hope again ✨ Why again feels like failure, and how to flip it into the gift it actually is✨ The difference between toxic positivity and genuinely rejecting a lie✨ What soaking in scripture actually means and how it’s different from ticking off a quiet time✨ How to start hearing God’s voice if you’ve never known what that feels like✨ The rhythm of reject, revise, return and why it’s at the end of every chapterIs there an again in your life right now that feels heavy? Something you’re having to do or believe or hope for ‘one more time’ when you’re not sure you have anything left?Leave a commentThe Power of Again releases 13th November. Pre-order your copy at powerofagain.com — and when you do, head back to the site with your order number to unlock the first chapter, the foreword, and a exclusive bonus podcasts right to your inbox.Preorder Your CopyConnect further with Em:powerofagain.com⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

Hello friends! It’s just me this week, and I am giving you an exclusive peek inside The Power of Again: Come as You Are, Grow Your Faith, and Go the Distance with Jesus — because launch day is almost here (November 13th!) and I cannot wait for this to be in your hands.In this episode I’m walking you through all four sections of the book — Begin Again, Believe Again, Grow Again, and Go Again — chapter by chapter, with a little taste of what’s inside each one. Think of it as your preview before the main event.Here’s what I cover:Begin Again✨ Refill and Refresh ✨ Repent and Resist✨ Remember and Rejoice Believe Again✨ Refuge ✨ Reward ✨ Restoration Grow Again✨ Rely ✨ Revelation ✨ Remain Go Again✨ Reset and Refocus ✨ Respond and Release ✨ ResurrectionWhich of these twelve chapters jumped out at you most?Leave a commentThe Power of Again releases 13th November. Pre-order your copy at powerofagain.com — and when you do, head back to the site with your order number to unlock the first chapter, the foreword, and a series of exclusive mini podcast interviews right to your inbox.Preorder Your CopyConnect further with Em:powerofagain.com⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

You guys! This is a special episode this week where I’m answering questions from Authentic Media about The Power of Again: Come as You Are, Grow Your Faith, and Go the Distance with Jesus.Not gonna lie, as release date gets closer and closer (November 13th in case you’d missed me chatting about it nonstop!), I CANNOT wait for you to be able to get a copy of this in your hands. In this episode I’m getting personal—about what inspired the book, why I nearly didn’t write it, and the season in 2024 when I came back to the UK from New Zealand and had a full-on tantrum at God. Yes, really. I’m talking about the message at the heart of the book, who it’s for, and why I truly believe it could change the way you walk with Jesus—not by giving you more to do, but by taking the pressure off entirely.This book is for the Christian who is doing all the right things and still running on empty. For the person who knows all the answers on a Sunday morning but somewhere along the way lost their wonder. For anyone who has whispered, or cried, I should be further along by now.Spoiler: you’re not failing. You just need again.We talk about:✨ Why I didn't write this book for the reason you might expect and what actually sparked it✨ The prophetic word in 2016 that planted a significant seed✨ Why coming back to the UK in 2024 broke me and also became the heartbeat of this message✨ What a toddler on a swing has to do with the power of again✨ Why this is absolutely not a “five-steps-to-fix-your-faith” book✨ How neuroscience and scripture are saying the same thing and why that blows my mind✨ What I hope you'll still be thinking about long after the final chapter✨ What I'm asking you to pray for meIs there an area of your faith where again feels heavy right now — where you're tired of having to keep coming back?Leave a commentThe Power of Again releases 13th November 2026. Preorder Your CopyConnect further with Em:powerofagain.com⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

What does the research actually tell us about discipling young adults and Gen Z and what can the church do differently?In this episode of Grow and Go with Em Tyler, I sit down with the Revd Dr Gemma Foster, newly appointed Archdeacon of Bournemouth, mum of three and researcher who spent ten years exploring the discipleship of young adults aged 18–29 in the Church of England.Rather than starting with the question, “Why are young adults leaving the church?”, Gemma’s research asks a different question: what is actually helping young adults grow in faith?We talk about young adult discipleship, biblical literacy, vocation, community, spiritual formation and the future of the church and discover some surprisingly hopeful findings about what is happening among a generation often described through the lens of decline.We talk about:✨ Why young adults aren’t the problem and what the research actually shows✨ What a “discipleship habitus” is and why it matters more than any five-point plan✨ Why the Bible is the unexpected front door for a new generation coming to faith✨ How your church’s biblical literacy might be more important than you think✨ What the most effective generation to invest in young adults actually is (and it might surprise you)✨ Why vocation isn’t about having it all figured out ✨ How to be the kind of community that helps people grow, not just show upIs there a young adult in your world right now (at church, in your family, in your neighbourhood) who might just need someone to ask them a good question this week? Leave a commentWe are living in a moment of genuine spiritual movement in this nation. This conversation will help you know what to do with it.Connect further with Em:powerofagain.com⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

What if everything you’ve ever done, everything that’s ever been done to you, and every season you’ve walked through that felt like it disqualified you . . . what if none of it takes you out of the grace of God?This week I sit down with Stasi Eldredge—New York Times bestselling author, co-founder of Wild at Heart, teacher, speaker, and someone whose books have sold nearly three million copies and changed women’s lives all over the world. Her latest book, The Ladder of Love, is out now and it is such a beautiful invitation: not to do more, not to perform better, but to actually know God. Stasi is so honest in this conversation and in the book about the things that keep us from receiving what we already possess. Shame. Hurt. Wrong theology absorbed along the way. She shares her own story with vulnerability in such a way to lead others to freedom. If you have ‘little ears’ around, this may be a conversation best saved for later when you can listen alone.We talk about:✨ What the ladder metaphor is and why it starts with the firm foundation of who we are in Christ✨ The difference between knowing facts about God and knowing him by experience✨ Why shame is an enemy and what it does to our relationship with God✨ Stasi’s own story and why she shares the parts of it she’d find easiest to hide✨ Why emotional healing and spiritual growth need to happen together✨ How to get back into alignment with the true father heart of God when your theology has been shaped by wounds✨ The rung on the ladder Stasi was least familiar with — and what it taught her about JesusIs there a way of knowing God — a rung on the ladder — that feels far away or out of reach for you right now? Leave a commentThe Ladder of Love by Stasi Eldredge is out now. Go and get yourself a copy — this one is worth it.Connect further with Stasi:Facebook | Instagram | Wild at HeartConnect further with Em:powerofagain.com⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠Coming Up!October 8, 20267.30-9pm BSTLive OnlineGrab a Ticket hereHave you ever wondered . . .“Was that really God or just my own thoughts?”Most Christians long to hear God’s voice but aren’t sure how to recognize it with confidence.The good news is that God is not trying to hide from His children.Jesus promised that His sheep would know His voice and the Holy Spirit continues to guide, comfort, convict, and lead us today.Join author, speaker, and Kingdom Life Coach Megan Nilsen for an interactive 90-minute Grow + Go masterclass where you’ll discover a practical, Scripture-centred process for discerning God’s voice through Beautiful Exchange Journaling.Together we’ll learn how to:• Quiet internal and external noise• Recognize the difference between God’s voice, your own thoughts, and fear• Anchor every prompting in Scripture• Practice listening prayer without striving• Experience Beautiful Exchange Journaling in real time• Leave with a repeatable process you can continue using in your daily walk with JesusWhether you’re making an important decision or simply longing for a deeper relationship with God, this experience will help you cultivate greater confidence in recognizing the gentle leading of the Holy Spirit.Secure your spot here. Men and Women welcome. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

What if the most significant mission field you have isn’t somewhere you have to go — it’s somewhere you already are?We live in a world that is more connected than ever and lonelier than ever. And somewhere in the gap between those two things, I think the church (collectively and individually) has a role to play. This week Pastor Ian Simkins is on the Grow and Go with Em Tyler Podcast — pastor, writer, husband, dad, and author of the brand new Every Table an Altar: Reclaiming Connection in a World of Division, Distraction, and Loneliness. Ian has spent over twenty years in pastoral ministry, and what keeps coming up — in his church, in his community, in conversations with people who look like they have it all together — is loneliness. Deep, chronic, surprising loneliness. And he’s convinced that the table is one of God’s most underrated answers to it.We talk about why Jesus sat at far more tables than he ever flipped, what it means for your table to become an altar, and what it looks like to show up for the people already in your life with genuine, unhurried presence. We also talk about what it takes to keep growing personally when your relationship with Jesus is also your job — and Ian shares some of the simple, countercultural practices that are keeping him grounded.We talk about:✨ The loneliness epidemic✨ How Jesus used the table to reorder power, welcome outsiders, and bring the kingdom close✨ Why you don’t need the gift of hospitality, a beautiful home, or a photo-ready charcuterie board✨ The difference between entertaining and biblical hospitality (and why it matters)✨ One simple prayer that could change how you see every ordinary interaction✨ Why the presence of your phone — even face down — is doing more damage than you realise✨ What it looks like to be truly present with the people already in your life✨ How to keep growing with Jesus when ministry is also your professionIs there one table in your life — literal or metaphorical — where you could show up with a little more kingdom imagination this week? Leave a comment below, or simply reply. I’d love to hear.Is there one table in your life — literal or metaphorical — where you could show up with a little more kingdom imagination this week? Leave a comment below, or simply reply. I’d love to hear.Leave a commentConnect further with Ian:Website | Instagram | Every Table an AltarConnect further with Em:powerofagain.com⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook | Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

Most of us have prayed a version of this prayer: God, if you want me to do this, just make it obvious. Send a sign. Make it clear. And then we wait. And wait. And wonder if we’re the only one who can’t seem to hear him.This week I sit down with Megan Nilsen — life coach, author, podcaster and seminary student — and she has oodles of wisdom to share. In the most generous and practical way possible, she gently dismantles the idea that hearing God’s voice is reserved for a special few, and helps us understand why we might be missing it and how to start paying better attention.Megan also shares the story of how God led her and her husband to adopt two children from Ethiopia — a journey full of fear, surrender, idols she didn’t know she had, and one date in her journal that gave her chills. It’s one of those stories you don’t forget.We talk about: ✨ Why most of us are waiting for God to speak when he’s already speaking ✨ How to build your discernment muscle — practically and biblically ✨ What adoption taught Megan about control, fear, and the love of God ✨ Why good and godly things can quietly become the idols that undo us ✨ How to navigate seasons of transition without getting stuck in lament ✨ What life coaching actually is — and how it’s different from counselling, mentoring, and spiritual direction ✨ Why humility isn’t weakness — it’s the whole gameIs there an area of your life right now where you’re waiting for God to make things obvious when in fact he might be inviting you to take a step?Leave a commentComing Up!October 8, 20267.30-9pm BSTLive OnlineGrab a Ticket hereHave you ever wondered . . .“Was that really God or just my own thoughts?”Most Christians long to hear God’s voice but aren’t sure how to recognize it with confidence.The good news is that God is not trying to hide from His children.Jesus promised that His sheep would know His voice and the Holy Spirit continues to guide, comfort, convict, and lead us today.Join author, speaker, and Kingdom Life Coach Megan Nilsen for an interactive 90-minute Grow + Go masterclass where you’ll discover a practical, Scripture-centred process for discerning God’s voice through Beautiful Exchange Journaling.Together we’ll learn how to:• Quiet internal and external noise• Recognize the difference between God’s voice, your own thoughts, and fear• Anchor every prompting in Scripture• Practice listening prayer without striving• Experience Beautiful Exchange Journaling in real time• Leave with a repeatable process you can continue using in your daily walk with JesusWhether you’re making an important decision or simply longing for a deeper relationship with God, this experience will help you cultivate greater confidence in recognizing the gentle leading of the Holy Spirit.Secure your spot here. Men and Women welcome.Connect further with Megan:Website | Instagram | Facebook | Podcast | Book | Freebies Connect further with Em:powerofagain.com⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook |  Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

Emma Fowle grew up in London’s East End, the daughter of a four-time world champion powerlifter whose steroid addiction spiralled into cocaine and amphetamines, and then into something that blew her whole family apart. Emma is the deputy editor of Premier Christianity, the UK’s largest Christian magazine, as well as an author, broadcaster, and speaker. Her debut memoir, All the Times You Were Not There (SPCK), tells her story of finding faith in the depths of family betrayal.We cover a lot of ground in this conversation. We talk about what it’s like to discover faith right at the moment your world falls apart, and why Emma didn’t experience the crisis of God, why are you doing this to me? that you might expect. We talk about:✨ How God placed people and provision in Emma’s life literally weeks before everything fell apart✨ What the church can look like at its best ✨ The messy, non-linear reality of forgiving someone who keeps breaking your trust✨ Why forgiveness and reconciliation are two different things✨ What it took for her dad to change (and what real repentance actually looks like)✨ The thing Emma didn’t expect people to keep asking her ✨ How unresolved pain from our past can shape our presentHave you ever seen God’s kindness and provision in the middle of a season that to outside eyes looked like he had deserted you?Leave a commentConnect further with Emma:Website | InstagramConnect further with Em:powerofagain.com⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook |  Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠One-off DonationComing Up!October 8, 20267.30-9pm BSTLive OnlineGrab a Ticket hereHave you ever wondered . . .“Was that really God or just my own thoughts?”Most Christians long to hear God’s voice but aren’t sure how to recognize it with confidence.The good news is that God is not trying to hide from His children.Jesus promised that His sheep would know His voice and the Holy Spirit continues to guide, comfort, convict, and lead us today.Join author, speaker, and Kingdom Life Coach Megan Nilsen for an interactive 90-minute Grow + Go masterclass where you’ll discover a practical, Scripture-centred process for discerning God’s voice through Beautiful Exchange Journaling.Together we’ll learn how to:• Quiet internal and external noise• Recognize the difference between God’s voice, your own thoughts, and fear• Anchor every prompting in Scripture• Practice listening prayer without striving• Experience Beautiful Exchange Journaling in real time• Leave with a repeatable process you can continue using in your daily walk with JesusWhether you’re making an important decision or simply longing for a deeper relationship with God, this experience will help you cultivate greater confidence in recognizing the gentle leading of the Holy Spirit.Secure your spot here. Men and Women welcome. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

This week I sit down with Kat Wordsworth — author of Let’s Talk About Doubt and passionate advocate for making doubt a more accepted and less feared conversation in Christian culture. Kat spent nearly two decades hiding her questions, convinced she was the only one, sure that something was wrong with her. She wasn’t, and there wasn’t. And if you’ve ever felt that way, this episode is for you.We talk about what it’s like to grow up in the church, look around at everyone else seemingly on fire for Jesus, and wonder why your experience looks so different. We talk about shame, isolation, comparison and why bringing doubt into the light might be the bravest and most faith-building thing you ever do.We talk about: ✨ Why doubt and faith are not opposites and what the opposite of faith actually is ✨ How Jesus responded to doubt in Scripture (it’s not what you’d expect) ✨ What to say — and what not to say — when someone opens up to you about their doubts ✨ Why isolating your doubt makes it so much more powerful than it needs to be ✨ How to find anchor points for faith even when feelings aren’t cooperating ✨ What it looks like to make your faith genuinely your ownHave you ever felt shame around doubt — and what helped you most in that season?Leave a commentConnect further with Kat:https://www.instagram.com/about_doubtConnect further with Em:⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook |  Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe

Have you ever found yourself reacting to someone you love — your child, your spouse, a close friend — and thought, where did that come from? Why do I keep doing this?Chances are, it didn’t start with you.This week I sit down with Gina Birkemeier — trauma therapist, counselor educator, PhD candidate, and author of Generations Deep: Unmasking Inherited Dysfunction and Trauma to Rewrite Our Stories Through Faith and Therapy. Gina is one of those people who manages to hold the clinical and the personal and the deeply spiritual all in one breath, and she does so with warmth, honesty, and hard-won lived authority.We talk about:✨ Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance ✨ Why the things that trigger us most are usually the people closest to us✨ The difference between big T and little T trauma and why we dismiss the little ones at our peril✨ What spiritual bypassing looks like in the church and why it keeps people stuck✨ Why going to therapy is an act of faith, not a failure of it✨ How to love someone who is bleeding on you from wounds they haven’t healed✨ What to do if you feel like it’s too late and you’ve already broken the cycle in the wrong direction✨ Why the estrangement culture worries Gina deeply Is there a pattern in your family — a way of relating, a belief about yourself, a repeated story — that you’ve always wondered where it came from?Leave a commentConnect further with Gina:Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | Substack | Website Connect further with Em:powerofagain.com⁠Substack⁠ | YouTube | ⁠emtyler.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | Facebook |  Email Interested in having Em come speak at your event? ⁠Book Em today! ⁠Coming Up!October 8, 20267.30-9pm BSTLive OnlineGrab a Ticket hereHave you ever wondered . . .“Was that really God or just my own thoughts?”Most Christians long to hear God’s voice but aren’t sure how to recognize it with confidence.The good news is that God is not trying to hide from His children.Jesus promised that His sheep would know His voice and the Holy Spirit continues to guide, comfort, convict, and lead us today.Join author, speaker, and Kingdom Life Coach Megan Nilsen for an interactive 90-minute Grow + Go masterclass where you’ll discover a practical, Scripture-centred process for discerning God’s voice through Beautiful Exchange Journaling.Together we’ll learn how to:• Quiet internal and external noise• Recognize the difference between God’s voice, your own thoughts, and fear• Anchor every prompting in Scripture• Practice listening prayer without striving• Experience Beautiful Exchange Journaling in real time• Leave with a repeatable process you can continue using in your daily walk with JesusWhether you’re making an important decision or simply longing for a deeper relationship with God, this experience will help you cultivate greater confidence in recognizing the gentle leading of the Holy Spirit.Secure your spot here. Men and Women welcome.One-off Donation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emtyler.substack.com/subscribe