Wilder Whispers Podcast
Wilder Whispers is a reflective Christian podcast about learning to hear God speak in the ordinary moments of everyday life.
Through honest, personal stories from host Shā (Sharon) Wooden - a bug clinging to a windshield in a storm, a pair of Converse shoes arriving at just the right moment, the thunder of forty-foot Hawaiian waves or the quiet rhythm of shoveling snow - each episode uncovers a gentle truth about God, about life, or about ourselves.
Inspired by Elijah's encounter with God in the still small voice, Wilder Whispers reminds us that the Lord is still speaking today-not only through sermons or quiet times, but through the small unnoticed moments woven throughout our days.
These short, reflective episodes invite you to slow down, listen closely, and discover how God can transform the mundane into the miraculous and the secular into sacred.
If you've ever wondered whether God still speaks today, Wilder Whispers will help you begin noticing His voice in your own wild and ordinary days.
Episodes
17 episodes
Surrender | Learning to Trust Him Again
Sometimes peace doesn’t come when life makes sense.Sometimes it comes when we finally place what we can’t control into the hands of God.Episode SummaryIn this episode of Wilder Whispers, Shā shares a deeply personal ...
Know Him More Deeply | Learning to Know God Personally
Knowing about God can fill the mind.Knowing God personally changes a life.Episode SummaryIn this episode of Wilder Whispers, Shā shares a simple moment from a rainy night at a Chicago White Sox game that bec...
Seek Until You Find Him | Learning to Know Him Again
In this episode of Wilder Whispers, Shā shares the story of a hike in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge and the search for an unmarked path that led beneath a natural rock arch.What began as a simple hike became a quiet reminder of a d...
Behold His Beauty | Learning to Love Him Again
What happens when the wonder we once felt for God quietly fades?Sometimes the fire of first love isn’t gone—it’s simply waiting to be rekindled when we behold His beauty again.Episode SummaryIn this episode of Wi...
First Love: Fan the Flames Again
Sometimes our love for God doesn’t disappear—it simply grows quiet beneath the ashes of a busy life.In this first episode of the Shaped in the Secret Place series, Shā shares a simple moment beside a wood-burning stove that beca...
Season 2 Trailer: Shaped in the Secret Place
What happens after we hear God's voice?Episode SummarySeason 1 of Wilder Whispers was about learning to listen.Season 2 is about what happens next.In this new season, we explore the quiet work of God - how He ...
Don't Settle In The Wilderness
Episode 10 — Don’t Settle in the WildernessEveryone will face wilderness seasons in life.But the wilderness doesn’t have to become wandering.Episode SummaryIn the Season 1 finale of Wilde...
When I AM Speaks
Episode 9 — When I AM SpeaksMoses didn’t meet God at the burning bush by accident.For forty years he lived in the wilderness of Midian, tending sheep and walking the same desert terrain day after day. What looked like obscu...
Unexpected Places
Episode 8 – Unexpected PlacesSome of the most significant seasons of our lives don’t look spiritual at all.They look like disruption.Loss.Detours we didn’t plan.But when we look at the life o...
Naked and Afraid
Naked and Afraid — Genesis 3Genesis 3 is often called “the fall,” but it is more than a story about disobedience.It is the first moment humanity experienced fear.The first time shame entered the human hear...
Stay Close To The Reef
What do you do when the darkness feels close?On a dive in Curaçao, I experienced a kind of darkness that was unsettling — disorienting — the kind that makes you instinctively reach for something steady.The divemaster’s instruction...
Letting Jesus Heal What We Thought Was Permanent
What if the things we’ve learned to live around were never meant to stay?In this episode of Wilder Whispers, Shā reflects on an ordinary winter morning in the Midwest—and the quiet truth God revealed through it. What began as sh...
Big Waves, Bigger God
In this episode of Wilder Whispers, Shā shares a moment when awe was stirred by something breathtaking—and then gently challenged. Through the story of Hawaii’s legendary big waves, the contrast of a devastating tsunami, and God...
If It Matters To You
Show Notes:In this episode of Wilder Whispers, Shā reflects on a small, unexpected moment that revealed a big truth about God’s heart.Through a simple story about a delayed Christmas gift, this episode explores what it mean...
Out of Your Element
In this episode of Wilder Whispers, Shā shares a simple but powerful story about feeling stretched beyond her limits—and the quiet truth God revealed through it.Using the image of a small insect clinging to a windshield during a storm, t...
The Gentle Whisper: Discovering God's Voice in Everyday Moments
Welcome to the premiere episode of Wilder Whispers, where host Sharon Wooden invites you to hear God’s gentle voice in the ordinary rhythms of life. Drawing from personal stories, including the birth of her grandson Wilder and a heartfelt song ...