Episode 154 - Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Your Questions & Our Vision

Thankful for so much! In this final episode of 2025, Laura and I sit down to reflect on the year that’s been for Outside of Sunday. Neither of us expected this to be so emotional! We share some of the podcast stats and milestones from the year, talk honestly about the highs and the hard moments, and give a bit of behind-the-scenes insight into what it actually looks like to run this ministry day to day.

We also answer your listener questions – from how the podcast is funded and how guests or topics are chosen, to dream guests, merch plans, and whether the Outside of Sunday magazine is still happening (yes!).

Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed to the podcast this year!! The listeners, the guests, and the behind the scenes legends. But most of all, all thanks and glory to our good God.

See you in 2026, Outsiders!

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0:00 – Coming up
0:56 – Welcome to our final episode of 2025
3:03 – 2025 podcast stats
4:42 – Milestones for Outside of Sunday in 2025
6:23 – Announcing the Outside of Sunday magazine
8:38 – Laura’s “no social media” summer
11:55 – Listener question: Have you ever shared your testimony?
14:56 – How can we be praying for this ministry?
16:23 – What merch is coming for the podcast?
18:23 – Laura’s highlight of Outside of Sunday in 2025
19:41 – Christa’s highlight of 2025
21:17 – Is the magazine still happening?
22:29 – How is the podcast funded?
32:04 – How do you decide which topics or guests to feature?
33:22 – What has been your favourite episode?
33:53 – Dream guest for the podcast
35:05 – An average day for Christa working on the podcast
37:17 – Dreams for the podcast
45:29 – Did you already have all the gear?
46:16 – Creating the trust and clearing up confusion around funding
46:30 – The hardest thing about having a podcast
49:51 – Laura asks Christa: How do you live your faith outside of Sunday?
52:33 – How does Laura live her faith outside of Sunday?