The Truly Co Podcast

In this interview, Lindsay chats with Heidi Rausch, the first female youth pastor at Cedar Valley Church, about what to do when facing an unexpected crisis. Heidi is a wife, mother, and full-time youth pastor, as well as an entrepreneur.

At just 26 years old and becoming a new mom, Heidi was faced with the reality of losing her eyesight after being diagnosed with Punctate Inner Choridopathy (PIC), a rare disease with no treatment. Heidi shares her journey through discovering her diagnosis, the frustrations of losing independence and wrestling with trusting God through this unexpected, life-altering situation.

Heidi shares: "I have never faced something so hard where my world stopped. The hardest part is realizing that even though my world was standing still, everyone elses' was still going. I'm still living with this today. Some of my vision was restored, but God is still good even if I don't receive healing."

"I was determined that although this reality is devastating, I wanted to go through this suffering with Jesus. I can rest with a little bit of joy and peace because my pain has purpose when I choose to walk alongside Christ. There are many things I can still do despite my circumstances."

"We aren't guaranteed an easy solution for our problems, but we can choose to put our trust in God amid our pain."

Colossians 3:2 "Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things." (NIV)

Find Heidi on Instagram: @heidinrausch

Get an inside scoop into The Truly Co’s team culture and a sneak peek at what’s coming up for Truly in 2021. In this episode, we’re chatting with Brianna Gray, Truly’s Editorial Content Director. Learn more about Truly’s history and how our internal team helps bring each magazine issue to life.

Brianna works with magazine writers to make the words even better than they already are. Her goal is to help writers and encourage readers to grow in their curiosity and faith journey. Ultimately, we want to help our readers grow in their faith and understand the heart of God.

Lindsay May is the founder of The Truly Co and publisher of Truly magazine. In this introduction episode, Lindsay shares the heart behind Truly and what you can expect in the episodes we share on the podcast. Our heart behind Truly is to provide encouragement and share Biblical truth to our readers and listeners.

We believe that because we are empowered by God’s Holy Spirit, we have the ability to use our creative gifts and talents in a visually impactful way to draw readers into articles and visual content that will ultimately point people back to Jesus.

Truly's founding verse is Philippians 4:8:

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

This verse is the heart of everything we share. In a world overwhelmed with anxiety, hopelessness, discouragement, and depression, our hope is that Truly points to the source of ultimate peace, Jesus, and engages in the wrestle of how our faith and life are lived out in everyday moments. We want to explore and dwell on things that point to Life through authentic, relatable content.

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