Goodbye For Now

A tender goodbye can carry a surprising amount of hope.

We’re pressing pause on the Jesus Fix It podcast to follow where God is leading and to steward our time and support wisely. Spirit FM is in a season of change, with new roles and responsibilities that deserve our best attention. As a listener-supported community, we take seriously the call to invest resources where they serve most people, most days.

We share openly about the practical side—why download numbers matter for sustainability—and the spiritual side—how discernment, prayer, and peace guided our decision. Rather than a hard stop, this is a careful pivot. The good news: every episode from the past five years stays live. That means you can revisit your favorite conversations about faith, real life, joy, and struggle, or share a timely episode with a friend who needs encouragement. Think of the archive as a library you can enter anytime.

We also map out how to stay connected. You can hear us daily on Spirit FM for the same honest voices, plus music and real-time encouragement. And if short reflections fit your rhythm, Jess’s Daily Devotion offers practical, hope-filled messages you can carry into your day. Whether the show returns or remains a beloved archive, the heart remains the same: helping people meet Jesus in the middle of everyday life. 

If this conversation encouraged you, subscribe to the feed so you don’t miss any updates, share your favorite episode with a friend, and leave a review to help others find hope. We’re grateful for every listen and every prayer—see you on Spirit FM and in your daily devotions.

Chapters

• 0:02 Welcome And Show Vibe
• 0:36 Holiday Songs And A Hint Of Goodbye
• 1:58 The Announcement: Final Episode
• 2:46 Why We’re Pausing: Changes And Stewardship
• 4:31 What’s Next: Where To Find Us
• 5:20 Not Forever: Archive And Hope
• 6:00 A Warm Farewell And Final CTA

Transcript

SPEAKER_04: 0:02

Hey, welcome back or welcome to the Jesus Fix It Podcast, the show where we talk about life, the ups, the downs, a little pop culture, and everything in between.

SPEAKER_03: 0:12

I'm Jess. And I'm Steph. Every other week we dive into the things we're asking Jesus to fix. And let's be real, there's a lot. You can always count on us to keep it real.

SPEAKER_04: 0:23

Share some laughs with us, and maybe a few tears as we tackle the big and small stuff with faith and honesty. So grab your coffee and let's get into it.

SPEAKER_05: 0:36

So this is Christmas. Oh, that's a song. So this is Christmas. Wherever you are. Something, something, something. You're not very far. I don't know. I'll I'll make it up, but yeah. I know, I love that song.

SPEAKER_04: 0:54

It's peaceful yet sad, I think. Okay. Oh, well, we have a couple of other songs to sing to you that are also a little sad. All right. What about um so we go to the end of the road? Or is it did we come to the end of the road? Oh well, this might be. Okay. Um, I never know the words to songs. Right. I sing what I hear. That's the rule. Okay, what about bye bye?

SPEAKER_05: 1:33

Um, no, no, and you do the dance. I'm doing the dance. Yep, exactly. Okay.

SPEAKER_04: 1:41

Um, what's another bye-bye song? Um gosh. Um are y'all noticing a theme here, though? This is so hard for us to. Oh, you know what? We're just gonna have to rip the band-aid off. Y'all, the reason we're singing these sad bye-bye songs is because this is the last episode of the Jesus Fix It podcast.

SPEAKER_05: 2:10

Don't you forget about me. Oh, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't you forget about me. Or you or us. Aww.

SPEAKER_04: 2:24

Now that we have been singing, they probably want it to be the last episode.

SPEAKER_05: 2:31

If you're still hanging with us, thank you.

SPEAKER_04: 2:40

Okay, but okay, so we're just gonna keep it real. We've always kept it real with you. So let us just explain. We have a lot of changes coming to Spirit FM already. Just in case you don't listen to Spirit FM and you just listen to the Jesus Fix It podcast. Um, first of all, why don't you listen to Spirit FM Radio?

SPEAKER_05: 3:00

The app, check us out online. Yeah, because you're Alexa.

SPEAKER_04: 3:05

Yeah, this doesn't have to be the end of listening and hanging out with Jess and Steph. You can listen and hang out with us every single day. Hello, we're your buddies, we're your friends. We know the majority of you listen to Spirit FM who listen to the podcast. Um, but at the radio station, where you can listen to us every day. Yes, did I say that already? Okay, we have a lot of changes happening. Um, this is a really busy season for us. I'm getting a new co-host, hopefully praying about that. Um, so in this busy season, God is just calling our attention to some different things. And Jesus fix it has to be put on the back burner. And our downloads really aren't where they need to be in order to sustain the podcast.

SPEAKER_02: 4:02

Right. You know, as a listener-supported, community-supported station, the podcast is part of that. And it's just one of those things we want to be very wise about the finances that God has entrusted the station with through you. And so, in doing that, the back burner right now is the one that's burning up. It doesn't make sense. It made perfect sense, but it works. Because we're putting the because Jesus Fix It is going on the back burner.

SPEAKER_04: 4:31

Yes. However, all episodes will remain published. If you want to go back and listen to some episodes, if you want to share Jesus Fix It with your friends, your family, please keep downloading, please listening, please keep listening. And if there are some episodes you haven't gotten around to listening to, they will be available. Uh, the podcast has been around for five years. So there are tons of episodes for you to go back and listen to. Um, and who knows what the future holds. Who knows what God is gonna continue to do through Jesus Fix It? We're not saying this is the end forever. It's just on pause for right now. God is calling us to something else, to do some other things. And right now, this is just the end of the road for the moment. But we so love hanging out with you. This has been a passion of ours. We so look forward to this time. Yeah. But right now, God is calling our time someplace else. And friends are friends forever.

SPEAKER_05: 5:37

And she's the Lord's the Lord of them.

SPEAKER_04: 5:40

I think they don't want to hear us sing anymore.

SPEAKER_05: 5:42

And a friend will be. Okay, she's saying, Nana, keep doing it. She's gonna, okay, you're doing it. Because the time will not end. Why do I not remember the lyrics to that song? I think God is telling you to stop. Fair.

SPEAKER_04: 5:59

Yeah. Is this a good place to say goodbye for real? For now. I love that. Goodbye for now. You know where to find us.

SPEAKER_00: 6:12

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