Sabbath & Rest: How To Sabbath Audaciously (An Interview with Hern Shung)
Release Date: 04/03/2025
Does Following God Make Me the Enemy's Target? (An Interview with Cameron Walcott)
Dream Brave
Does following God put a target on your back for the enemy? When Pastor Cameron Walcott obeyed God and moved his family across the world to plant a church, tragedy struck. Just days before their launch, his 13-year-old son Caleb died in his sleep. After the previous episode with Ps. Cameron about losing Caleb, Dr. Wai Jia was haunted by deeper questions about spiritual warfare. So Ps. Cameron came back for another conversation. Here we wrestle with: How to discern if setbacks are spiritual warfare or God saying “no” Why the safest place is still in God’s will, not in playing it small...
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Life After Losing My 13-Year Old Son (An Interview with Cameron Walcott)
Dream Brave
What do you do when tragedy strikes while you’re walking in obedience? When your faith is real, your prayers are sincere—and still, your world falls apart? In this deeply moving episode of Dream Brave, Dr. Wai Jia sat down with Pastor Cameron Walcott, who lost his firstborn son, Caleb—days before his 14th birthday. Caleb was a vibrant young boy, full of joy and purpose. He was also the page boy at Wai Jia's wedding. His life, and loss, left an indelible mark on all who knew him. But it was watching Cameron's unwavering hope in the midst of unimaginable grief that changed Wai Jia forever....
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Unstacking the Grief of Transitions (An Interview with Lauren Wells)
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What if the way we raise our kids today could spare them from the pain we’re experiencing today from our childhoods? In this tender, powerful episode of Dream Brave, Dr. Wai Jia speaks with Lauren Wells, founder of TCK Training, an industry leader in intersectional preventive care training and education to help Third Culture Kids thrive. Lauren shares not just as a childhood trauma expert, but as someone who lived it as a missionary kid navigating transition, adventure and unresolved grief. We talk about: 💬 How hidden losses in childhood can silently stack 💬 Why repair matters more...
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What You Find in the Dark (An Interview with Aubrey Sampson)
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So many of us associate darkness with death and pain. But what if I told you, that though darkness is gloom, it is also a womb? That if you walk through grief, you will find a garden? In this episode, Dr. Wai Jia interviews author and pastor Aubrey Sampson, who’s not only lived through but has written a number of books on grief, lament and joy. Aubrey has lived through autoimmune disease, being a mother to a baby who had to go through spinal cord surgery, and the loss of her best friend, among other griefs. In her latest book, “What We Find in the Dark” she offers raw, real, and...
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How God Promotes Us Through Pain and Perplexity (An Interview with Bob Sorge)
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What do you do when life never goes back to normal? When a routine surgery left Bob Sorge with a lifelong vocal injury, everything changed. Once a powerful speaker and worship leader, he suddenly couldn’t do the work he loved or live life the way he had planned. In this vulnerable conversation, Bob shares his journey through decades of chronic pain, unanswered questions, and the transformation that God orchestrates through suffering. This story will move you, ground you, and remind you that even when life doesn’t go back to normal, it can still move forward. Bob’s voice may be faint and...
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What Cancer Couldn't Kill: The Long Way Home (An Interview with Marianne Tan)
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What if the worst news of your life becomes the turning point for your greatest healing? Diagnosed with cancer at just 27, Marianne had no family support, no insurance, and a past full of pain. But what followed was a flood of miracles—reconciliation, redemption, and a peace she never imagined. In this raw and honest episode, Marianne opens up about growing up in dysfunction, her battle with cancer, how faith reframed her suffering, and the miraculous reunion with her estranged father—who, without her knowing, had just returned to Christ. We talk about trauma, cancer, breaking up,...
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Can You Just Sit With Me? (An Interview with Natasha Smith)
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In this powerful episode, Dr. Wai Jia sits down with Natasha Smith, grief educator and author of Can You Just Sit With Me? Healthy Grieving for the Losses of Life, to explore what it means to grieve well. Natasha has experienced multiple heartbreaking losses—miscarriage, stillbirth, divorce, giving up her first baby for adoption, the loss of her two older sisters and dad to cancer, the murder of her nephew, and the loss of a prestigious engineering career to homeschool her 4 kids. Through it all, she discovered that every loss deserves space and grace to grieve. Together, Dr. Wai Jia...
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Half a Donut and a Whole Lot of Faith: My MIL’s Legacy of Resilience (An Interview with Susanna Tam)
Dream Brave
What do you do when your child is diagnosed with terminal cancer in a new country...and you can only afford to share half a donut for lunch? When Dr. Wai Jia's mother-in-law Susanna immigrated from Hong Kong to Canada, she had no idea her 10-year-old son (now Dr. Wai Jia's husband) would be diagnosed with liver cancer…or that he’d survive a transplant, complete an Ironman, and later raise a family in Africa. In this deeply moving episode, Susanna shares in her disarmingly light and joyful way: Her journey from street kid to resilient matriarch Why she never pitied herself, even during the...
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Treasures in the Dark
Dream Brave
What if your darkest seasons weren’t detours, but sacred spaces where God meets you most deeply? In this opening episode of Season 2 called "Treasures of Darkness," Dr. Wai Jia Tam shares raw and vulnerable reflections from her personal journey through physical pain, emotional exhaustion, and spiritual wrestling. From ICU beds to unexpected encounters in the wild, she explores the profound truth that God does not abandon us in the dark—and that often, it’s in the valleys that He reveals His deepest treasures of hope. This season, Wai Jia also sits down with a series of extraordinary...
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Sabbath & Rest: How To Sabbath Audaciously (An Interview with Hern Shung)
Dream Brave
Have you felt worn out or breathless in trying to pursue your goals? Have you ever wished you could just go away with Jesus and find rest for your soul? Does Sabbath seem like an impossibility? If those are the questions you've asked, you’ll enjoy this episode. In this episode, Dr. Wai Jia sat down with Ang Hern Shung, Pastoral Overseer at Trinity Methodist Church in Singapore, who talks candidly about his burnout and what he learnt from his recent Sabbatical. Links: Order your copy of DREAM BRAVE at your favorite retailer here:
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In this episode, Dr. Wai Jia sat down with Ang Hern Shung, Pastoral Overseer at Trinity Methodist Church in Singapore, who talks candidly about his burnout and what he learnt from his recent Sabbatical.
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Order your copy of DREAM BRAVE at your favorite retailer here: www.kitedreams.org/dreambrave