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Episode 22 – Waiting on God to Answer
This episode is so timely. Everyone has seasons where we wonder if God is listening and will answer our prayers. But what do we do during those times? How do we handle the waiting?My guest Ann Swindell shares her experience of waiting on God to answer her prayer. She shares her story and alongside it, the biblical story of the woman with the issue of blood.Ann talks about how to have “Hope for when God doesn’t give you what you want” as she tells a little about the book she’s written Still Waiting.You can follow Ann on Instagram or Facebook. Her website featuring her writing courses are https://www.annswindell.com/writing-services/. Here’s where…
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Episode 21 – Serving Our Military Families
My guest on this episode is Rhonda Berdinner. Rhonda’s husband served in the military until he retired in 2014. She gives a great perspective and answers many questions about how we can be serving our military families. Some topics we cover are: *Do non-military friends understand what it’s like being in the military? *Who has the harder job, those staying to care for the family or those deployed? *How can we be good friends to those families who are military? *How do we handle those situations that we feel unsuited to deal with? Such as trauma & PTSD. You can follow Rhonda on Facebook.
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Episode 20 – Ministering to Those with Special Needs
I hope this episode challenges you as it challenged me. My guest Carolyn Campbell shares her experience and wisdom in ministering to those with special needs, whether intellectually or physically disabled. Carolyn has worked to not only reach those who are disabled with the love of Jesus but she has also served to equip and train the church to received and incorporate the disabled into our church bodies. Her words are encouraging, challenging, and thought-provoking. I pray that you will listen and be challenged to step outside your comfort zone and reach out to a people group and their families who often feel forgotten. Some of the topics we cover are:Do…
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Episode 19 – Aging Parents Part 2
This is part 2 of a conversation Kenna Heaton and I had about aging parents. This part is filled with practical advice and encouragement to those, parents and adult children, who are seeing this season of life coming closer. Kenna shares what her family did well and things they didn’t do so well so that we can glean wisdom from her experience. Let this be a spark to the beginning of conversations that we need to be having.
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Episode 18 – Aging Parents -Part 1
In this episode, Kenna Heaton shares her story of walking through Alzheimers with her mom. Her story is raw and real and with it, Kenna brings wisdom, grace, and encouragement. This is part one of two episodes we recorded. The conversation about aging and the care required needs to happen before the time comes to implement it. Waiting too long makes helping aging parents, far more difficult. The hope in this podcast is to spur each of us on to graciously speaking out regardless if we are the adult child or the aging parent and opening the doors of communication. Kenna gives tips based on her experience and lessons learned in the…
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Episode 17 – Grieving Well
Today’s episode is one that everyone needs to hear! We don’t hear enough about grieving, how to do it nor how to help others we know who are grieving. My guest Tiffany Coughran shares her wealth of wisdom that has come from both personal experiences and from years as a chaplain to the dying. She uses her wisdom to help us understand what we can be doing during grief and how to grieve well. A few of the topics we cover are:What is grief?Do I need to know about grief even if I am not grieving?Is it scriptural to grieve?Healthy and unhealthy ways to grieve.How can help those who are…
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Episode 16 – A Mama’s Heart for Adoption
Friends, you won’t want to miss this episode. It is relevant to you whether you are considering adoption or know someone who has adopted. My guest, Michelle Walsh, has adopted 2 children and has learned to trust God in the process, learning a great amount of wisdom along the journey. She shares that wisdom and the raw truth about the joy and struggles that come with adoption.Topics covered are:How to navigate adoption. How to handle negative criticism when people find out your adopting.What can you be doing while praying about adoption, waiting for a child, and after you have a child placed with you?How the church can support and encourage…
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Episode 15 – Healthy Singleness
In this episode, Abby Rasbach and I chat about singleness and the church. It’s a timely and important conversation. In our conversation we cover; Should we focus on singles being/getting married? Is it scriptural?Does the church encourage singleness or create a less-than mentality?What can we do to love/encourage singles well?Are there painful words or phrases that we say to singles?As the single, how can surrender and trust change your perspective?Key Verse: Provers 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.Follow Abby on Facebook or Instagram.
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Episode 14 – Mentoring
My special guest in this episode is Cindy Hatley. Cindy has been a mentor of mine for nearly 3 years. She has mentored many ladies and is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to mentoring and being mentored. In this episode we talk about; Is mentoring important and scriptural? Who needs a mentor? What does mentoring look like? How do I find a mentor? How can I prepare to mentor someone? Key Verse: Titus2:3-5
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He Never Wavered
What do a lost, promiscuous, hopeless teenager and a drug addict living for the party, never thinking of the future have in common? Nothing, but being loved by the Father. That may sound like the start of a bad joke. But the reality is, Brett and I had nothing in common when we met and married. When we met in 1993, both of us were living lives for ourselves solely. Living for the pleasure that each day held with no thought about consequences. We were both running from God, thumbing our noses at the Creator of the Universe, letting Him know that we were going to do it our own…
