Only For A Season

Only For A Season Only for a Season Podcast
Exploring faith, family & life’s changing seasons. Inspired by Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 there’s a time for everything.

Encouragement & hope for every heart.

08/28/2026

Some things we inherit are worth far more than money.

In this episode, I share the story of a set of Lifetime cookware that belonged to my mom, pots and pans she used for decades to prepare meals for our family. After she passed away, they became ours.

Every time Ruth or I use them, they bring back memories of Mom, her kitchen, her hands preparing meals, and the care she put into even the ordinary things.

But this story is about more than cookware. It’s about family, tradition, the passing of responsibility from one generation to the next, and the quiet ways love continues long after someone is gone.

It also made me think about Ruth and the role she now carries as the matriarch of our family, continuing the hospitality and family traditions my mom once held so closely.

Sometimes the things that last a lifetime are the things we never realized we were passing down.

This episode is called Lifetime: An Heirloom of Love.

Listen to full Episode: https://apple.co/4c9IJzu

08/12/2026

How many real friends do you have?

I know a lot of people through church, cycling, and different seasons of life, but when I really thought about the men I would call close friends, the number was very small.

Maybe two.

This episode of Only for a Season is about friendship between men, the difference between acquaintances and true friends, and why one or two people you can truly trust may be more valuable than a large circle.

One thought really stayed with me:
A true friend doesn’t look into your cup to see if you have more than they do. They look to see if you have enough.

That’s a treasure.

Listen to Who’s Looking Into Your Cup?
On Spotify, Amazon and Apple Podcast
https://onlyforaseason.com

True friendship is becoming harder to find.A real friend celebrates your victories as if they were their own and stands ...
08/02/2026

True friendship is becoming harder to find.

A real friend celebrates your victories as if they were their own and stands beside you when life is difficult.

If God has blessed you with someone like that, don’t take them for granted. Hold onto them. Pray for them. And strive to be that kind of friend to others.

“Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.”
Romans 12:15

We all need a friend like that. More importantly, let’s strive to be one.

There was a season in my life when fear took over.It led to anxiety, panic attacks, depression, sleepless nights, and a ...
07/26/2026

There was a season in my life when fear took over.

It led to anxiety, panic attacks, depression, sleepless nights, and a time when I could no longer think clearly or even do my job.

Recently, I shared this personal testimony with a small group of men, and I decided to release that talk as a podcast episode.

In When Fear Took Over, I share how God met me in that storm through prayer, through my wife Ruth, and through people He placed in my path, including a mailman who became a lifelong friend.

The storm did not end right away, but God helped me see that He had never left me.

My prayer is that this episode reaches someone who is walking through a difficult season and reminds them that they do not have to face it alone.

Listen to When Fear Took Over on Only For A Season.

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07/01/2026

In this episode of Only for a Season, I’m joined by Luis Martinez, a Minister and Elder at House of Praise, who has been married for nearly 50 years and has officiated weddings.

Together, we talk about marriage from a Christian biblical view, what it means to enter a covenant before God, why couples should not take this lightly, and what the traditional marriage vows really mean.

This episode is especially for couples preparing for marriage, seriously dating, engaged, or anyone who wants to better understand the sacred promise being made when two people say, “I do.”

𝗟𝘂𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗺𝗮𝗻

Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Podcasts.
https://onlyforaseason.com

06/21/2026

This Father’s Day episode is a heartfelt tribute to two men who helped shape our family through faith, love, prayer, and quiet strength: my father and my father-in-law, Luis Gabriel Sr.

I share memories of their lives, their illness, their example, and the legacy they left behind. For anyone missing their father this Father’s Day, or still blessed to have him here, I pray this episode encourages you to remember, reach out, and be thankful for the season God gave you with him.

Listen now at https://onlyforaseason.com

Also available on Apple and Spotify Podcasts

05/29/2026

𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗿.

The original episode was longer, but after listening again, I realized the real story was her perspective. For years, Ruth and I knew how it felt as grandparents to have grandchildren living far away, but this conversation helped me understand how it felt from the grandchild’s side too.

It’s about love, distance, missed moments, staying connected, and the importance of being intentional with family.

You can listen to this episode of 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Podcasts.

https://onlyforaseason.net





As far back as I can remember, there was a small plaque hanging on the kitchen wall of my childhood home on West 43rd St...
05/22/2026

As far back as I can remember, there was a small plaque hanging on the kitchen wall of my childhood home on West 43rd Street in Cleveland.

It said, “𝗔𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱.”

At the time, I didn’t fully understand how powerful those words were. But now, at 66 years old, I realize my parents didn’t just hang that plaque on the wall. They lived it.

I saw them pray. I saw them read their Bible. I saw them make church and faith part of our home.
This episode is my encouragement to young parents, and also to older parents who may have a son or daughter who has drifted from the Lord.

Don’t lose faith. The seeds planted in love, prayer, and truth are never wasted.

New episode of 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻.
Listen on Apple, Spotify and Amazon Podcast
https://onlyforaseason.net





Mother’s Day is more than flowers and one day of recognition.This episode is personal.I’m taking time to honor my wife R...
05/09/2026

Mother’s Day is more than flowers and one day of recognition.

This episode is personal.

I’m taking time to honor my wife Ruth, and our daughters Jennifer and Michele, and reflect on what they’ve carried for our family over the years.

And for the men listening, this is a reminder. Don’t wait to say what should be said today.

Listen to “The Women Who Hold Our Family Together” now on Spotify, Apple, and Amazon.
https://onlyforaseason.com

04/25/2026

Sometimes we hold on to a season God has already moved us out of.

Not because we need to…
but because it’s familiar.

Growth often feels like loss at first.

But forward is where He’s leading.





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