Beautiful View
Welcome to our podcast where we encourage you to look for opportunities in your life to see a beautiful view!
This is a podcast about raising children, marriage, family, friends, community, and faith. We hope to inspire and encourage our listeners as we share our story in an engaging way.
If you have any questions or suggestions for a topic we should cover, email us at: beautifulviewpod@gmail.com.
Thank you to "The Hopeful Few" for the music on our show. Find them on Spotify or Apple. The song is titled, "I'd Go Anywhere (As Long As I'm With You)".
"Hosts Paul and Candy Sinar assert that no matter what seems to be going wrong in life, there’s always an opportunity to find a beautiful view." - The Gazette ("10 Iowa Produced Podcasts To Listen To", 10/8/24)
Winners of "Best Health/Wellness Podcast" - 2024 Iowa Podcast Awards
The Beautiful View Podcast is a production of Sinar Media Consultants LLC.
Episodes
65 episodes
A Season of Beautiful Views
This is the final episode of season 4, so we thought it would be fun for each of us to look back at our top six beautiful views from this season. The moments that stuck, the ones that surprised us, and a few that challenged us more than we expe...
Why Rest Feels So Hard
In this episode we are talking about something that sounds really simple… but something we find difficult to put into practice: rest.Why does rest feel so hard? And, how we can begin to embrace it the way it was meant to be?We are...
Living in the In-Betweens
Have you ever felt like your life is just… stuck in the middle? Like you are not where you used to be—but you are definitely not where you thought you would be by now?Maybe you’re just… waiting on what’s next?In this episode we lo...
Deconstructing Without Destroying
This is a deeper conversation. The subject might not be for everyone. But, for some of you, this is really going to resonate. We’re talking about something that’s become a big conversation in the Christian world in recent years: deconstruction....
Building a Life That Matters
In this episode we’re talking with our friend Jim — a history teacher, a young father, and someone who’s walking out his faith in a really real way. He opens up about his story, the pressure of trying to be a better husband and dad, and how God...
Rooted in Love
In this episode we reflect on 24 years of marriage and what it truly means to be rooted in love. February may be known for Valentine’s Day, but for us it’s about more than chocolate and flowers — it’s about the kind of love that has weathered r...
Dear Valentine…
In this Valentine’s episode, we’re asking each other honest questions about love, marriage, how we’ve grown—and where we’re still growing. Through laughter, reflection, and Scripture, we talk about what it really means to practice love in every...
Questions We’re Not Nervous About (But Totally Are)
In this episode, we are going to be answering a list of questions our daughter, Emily, has prepared for us. Some about who we were before we were parents, and some more recent. We aren’t nervous at all about this! These are not surface-level qu...
Looking Back, Leaning Forward
In this Season 4 premiere, we’re reflecting on how our 2025 family word, 'Abide,' became a foundation of trust and peace for us through a year of quiet growth and significant challenges. We also reveal our new anchoring word for 2026 and talk a...
Reclaiming Contentment
For many people the holiday season can make contentment harder to hold onto. Today, we’re going to discuss some ways we can reclaim contentment by focusing on meaning over materialism, gratitude over gifts, presence over perfection, and faith o...
The Power of Encouragement
We can all appreciate when someone encourages us. We’re going to talk about how receiving encouragement benefits us and how we can be better encouragers, whether it comes naturally to us or not.We are Paul & Candy. Welcome to our pod...
Unplugged
We recently took a little camping trip to Backbone State Park and Candy left her phone and laptop at home for 5 days! We’re going to share some of the observations we made and some of the things we learned by doing that.Follow
Keeping Your Marriage Fresh - Dating Your Spouse
Just because you are married, doesn’t mean you can’t still go on dates! We’ll offer some fun ideas for time with your honey, how to break out of a rut, and a little outside of the box thinking.We are Paul & Candy. Welcome...
Falling Into Fall
In this episode we are going to share some of our favorite fall traditions and memories.We are Paul & Candy. Welcome to our podcast where we look for opportunities in our lives to see a beautiful view. Sit back and relax!
Lessons From the Beach
We recently got to soak up the beauty of time spent at the beach on our annual family vacation! We are going to share some of the beautiful things we got to experience on that trip and some takeaways that we can all learn from the beach....
Hello Again!
Today, we’re going to re-introduce ourselves a little bit because we have picked up a lot of new listeners and viewers since that very first primitive episode we recorded. This is the 50th episode of the podcast!We are Paul & Candy.&...
Encouraging Uniqueness in Your Marriage
Encouraging uniqueness in marriage involves embracing individual identities while fostering a strong and unified partnership. It's about celebrating differences, respecting each other's space, and encouraging personal growth, ultimately enrichi...
Brushstrokes of Faith
Our lives are a gift that we use each day for the things that we need to get done, and the things we want to do. There are the tasks that are a part of life, and then there are the ways that we get to express our creativity - the things that ma...
Forgiven
We have all had a situation where we have had to offer forgiveness to someone or have asked someone to forgive us. We are going to discuss how to live a lifestyle of forgiveness because of the forgiveness that has been extended to each of us.
A Sense of Adventure
We certainly are not strangers to an adventure! In fact, we LOVE adventures! But, we do tend to approach them differently. In this episode, we are going to talk about what exactly it means to have a sense of adventure, share some funny stories ...
Gathering Places
In this episode we discuss the importance of community gathering spaces with Tom Olberding, owner of Textile Brewing Co. in Dyersville, Iowa, and River Ridge B...
Growing Together
This is the first episode since we celebrated our 23rd wedding anniversary on February 23rd, so we wanted to do something special to mark the occasion. We’re going to discuss some of the ways we have each changed since we first got married and ...
Love is a Verb
This episode is being released a week before Valentine's Day, and we have titled it “Love is a Verb.” Whether you are married, single, in a relationship, or “it’s complicated,” there will be something in this episode to make you laugh, and hope...