Make Life Matter with Angela Donadio: Recent Episodes
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Join Bible teacher and author Angela Donadio for compelling conversations with leading voices that will inspire you to discover miracles in life’s messy moments and ground your worth in the Word instead of the narrative of the world. Filled with insights from her vast ministry experience and adventures, this is the go-to podcast for anyone who wants to make their life matter no matter what. Connect with Angela and learn more about the resources she offers at www.angeladonadio.com.
This episode is a celebration and heartfelt farewell as we wrap up the Make Life Matter podcast. In this deeply personal conversation, Angela reflects on the unexpected journey of the show and the immense gratitude she feels for each listener who has joined her. Angela shares that she never planned to start a podcast, but it has been a tremendous gift in her life, filling her with purpose and connection through every story and interview. As she releases this season of life, she looks forward to what God has in store for 2025 and beyond, with excitement for the new dreams and directions He’s unveiling.
Tune in for a final message of gratitude, encouragement, and hope, as Angela celebrates each listener’s impact and reminds us all that, with God, we are never without purpose.
Do you ever struggle to believe in God’s promises, especially when there seems to be a delay? Shannon Popkin invites us to be shaped by God’s promises in the waiting in, Shaped by God's Promises: Lessons from Sarah on Fear and Faith? This six-week Bible study explores the life of Sarah in Genesis 12-21 and offers helpful commentary, practical illustrations, moving stories, and heart-searching questions—From the platform, page, and podcast mic, my passion is to invite women to open their Bibles, drink deeply of God's story and live like it's true. My books include Control Girl, Comparison Girl, and Comparison Girl for Teens and I host the Live Like It's True Bible podcast.
Do you often feel stuck battling the same fears, temptations, lies, and doubts, wondering if you’ll ever overcome them? Does it seem as if you’re in that battle alone? Author Judy Dunagan has been there. In The Loudest Roar, you’ll marvel at the power, majesty, and authority of our Lord Jesus and learn how to stand in the unshakable victory He’s already won for you.
It’s fall, and some of us are experiencing empty nest. Some parents cryand others celebrate. You may face crazy emotions—good and bad, happy and sad, and everything in between. None of these emotions are wrong. Edie Melson shows you how to turn to God for help with Soul Care When the Nest is Empty. Edie Melson has walked through the empty nest season several times and in several ways—from sending a son off to war at 18, to sending another off on a round-the-world mountain climbing trek. With each situation, she’s been quick to share how God is faithful in all ways and at all times.
Your prayers may be desperate, but you don’t have to be. In life’s darkest moments, Christians often wonder if their prayers only bounce back from the ceiling. When desperation strikes, is it possible to exchange panicked pleas for powerful peace? Author Rachel Wojo answers this question in her new book, Desperate Prayers: Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life’s Darkest Moments.
Rachel Wojo is an inspirational author, public speaker, and podcaster known for her popular blog, rachelwojo.com. Through her biblical approach and personal life experiences, Rachel empowers women to discover strength and hope in everyday situations. Despite enduring the loss of her mother, adult special needs daughter, and father, Rachel remains resilient. She has authored the uplifting book, One More Step: Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up, and is about to release her new work, Desperate Prayers: Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life's Darkest Moments Rachel is crazy in love with her husband, Matt, and cherishes her motherhood with six children on earth and two in heaven. Desperateprayers.com
How do we stop the cycle of comparison, especially for teenage girls? Lee Nienhaus, co-author of Comparison Girl, helps us identify the lies holding us hostage to comparison and live in freedom. Lee Nienhuis is an author, speaker, and Bible teacher whose love for the Lord and the Word is contagious. With a heart for Inductive Bible Study and missions, she speaks domestically and abroad communicating a dynamic vision for the next generation and biblical literacy. Lee’s books, Brave Moms, Brave Kids and Counter-Cultural Parenting, and teen curriculums are a clear call to wholehearted Christ-following.
While it’s important to be uncompromising when we communicate the truth, Scripture also calls us to speak the truth with love. But in a world that seems as hostile as ever, how do we do that? How do we stand firmly in what we believe and build rock solid and loving relationships when we differ on the essentials? On things of eternal significance? Lindsey Medenwaldt, (MA, JD, MPA) author of Bridge Building Apologetics–How to Get Along Even When we Disagree-is the Director of Ministry Operations at Mama Bear Apologetics and helps us preserve relationships in a polarized culture.
Like so many, Julie Sunne found herself asking how she could trust God for good when everything looked so wrong. As difficult personal circumstances of miscarriage and disability began to sow seeds of doubt and fear, she found hope in exploring the attributes of God. Through her book, "Sometimes I Forget," Julie invites Christians into a journey of intimate connection with God amid life's challenges, Julie helps us to build trust in God, understand the power of prayer, and find hope even in despair.
The world is a scary place. Focusing on the mess can paralyze us with fear. Grace Fox wants us to live courageously and freely, and one way we can do this is by anchoring our souls in the truth of who God is. In her new book, “Names of God: Living Unafraid,” Grace, a career missionary and Bible teacher, inspires hope, courage and transformation through God’s Word...with a dash of adventure. gracefox.com.
Do you want to share your God-story with greater confidence? Do you want to embrace evangelism with enthusiasm rather than obligation? Babbie Mason is a global faith leader, two-time Dove Award-winner, Grammy-nominated recording artist and songwriter, Bible teacher and host of the television show, Babbie’s House. Babbie continues her mission of evangelism with her new book, inspired by one of her chart-topping singles-Each One Reach One: Everyday Ways You Can Shine God’s Light (Reflecting Matthew 5:16). Babbie helps us to lift the light of the gospel higher than ever before and find our own unique style of talking about Jesus.
“How do we create and strengthen Christ-centered community as women in a culture that is increasingly more divisive and driven by comparison?” No matter what God calls us to in life, we were never called to do it alone. Ministry, and life, can be lonely. But it doesn’t have to stay that way. Angela shares three key insights from her recent panel discussion at Speak Up. If you’re an established female Christian communicator, join us at the Communicators’ Collective Retreat, soul care for the sisterhood. www.Communicatorscollective.org
Amber Cullum is the host of the top ranked Grace Enough podcast. She is a youth coordinator at her church and a leading voice among communicators. She helps us embrace practices of sabbath, gratitude so we can experience a deeper relationship with Christ and more meaningful relationships with others. Graceenoughpodcast.com
Before founding ARMS, Abuse Recovery Ministry Services, Stacey Womack said all the wrong things to a family member who was in an abusive relationship. Stacey brings over two decades of experience supporting domestic violence survivors and promoting change for those who have chosen controlling or abusive behavior. In her new book, On the Frontlines of Abuse: Strategies for the Faith Community, she helps us avoid her mistakes.
She explains the types and indicators of abuse, language we should use and not use when speaking with survivors, and courageous steps for both victims and abusers. Abuserecovery.org
There are more female professionals in the workforce than ever. But working women are also time-starved, stressed, and tired. And they often feel alone in their professional struggles. If you're trying to do a million things at once and feel like you're not doing any of them well, you're not alone. Mentor and longtime corporate leader Peggy Bodde views work as sacred and has invested her life in showing women how to thrive in the workplace. In Sacred Work, Peggy provides an invaluable and practical resource that answers all your leadership challenges and questions. Discover how to:
- Overcome Imposter Syndrome
- Manage Workplace Conflict
- Leading through Change
What would it look like if women truly embraced God’s purpose for their lives? A sought-after international speaker and Christian minister, Kim Maas empowers women to step boldly into their roles of leadership in the kingdom. The author of the brand new book, “Finding Our Muchness,” Kim helps us to:
- Discover how women in Scripture give us confidence in God’s purpose for us
- Understand the pivotal role women play in the kingdom today
- Identify the lie that keeps us from walking in God’s call on our lives
How do we guard the ministry God has entrusted to us? How do we choose community over competition? I sit down with Laura Acuna to talk about soul care, sisterhood, and the Communicators’ Collective Retreat. Laura Acuna is a speaker, author, Bible teacher, podcast host and co-founder of Sisters in Faith Ministries. She is the author of Still Becoming and a life coach, as well as a really good friend. I founded the Communicators’ Collective retreat to gather women who serve as national or international leaders and professional Christian communicators. If this describes you, retreat with us November 18-20 in Myrtle Beach and register at communicatorscollective.org. You can make an impact in the lives of these women by donating to the Sisterhood Scholarship.
Men fill an important role as fathers, husbands, and friends. How can we best honor them and express what they mean to us? What do we do if we have a difficult relationship with our father? In this episode, three generations offer their unique perspective through their new book, I Love You, Dad!: Words To Honor and Humor You.” 14-year-old William Daniel, his mother Blythe Daniel, and grandmother Helen McIntosh, offer a source of inspiration for fathers through relatable stories, witty jokes, and reflective prompts. You’ll be encouraged and the man in your life will be empowered to make his life matter in every way.
If the burden of life feels too heavy to handle, maybe you’re carrying something you were never meant to carry alone. Joël Malm is the founder of Summit Leaders where he uses outdoor adventure and leadership coaching to help people find their calling and pursue a vision for their lives. His expeditions have taken him around the world to places like Mt. Kilimanjaro, Grand Canyon and Machu Picchu. He has traveled in over seventy countries on six continents and speaks three languages. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and an M.S. in Counseling. Joel helps us identify why we carry too much, implement boundaries and balance, and understand how to prioritize what matters most.
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Give yourself permission to slow down. Jodi H. Grubbs is a slow-living advocate, the podcast host of Our Island in the City, and author of the new book, Live Slowly – A Gentle Invitation to Exhale. In this episode, Jodi offers slow-living shifts and ways to care for your soul by creating a path away from burnout and toward restoration.
Jodi and I talk about the necessity for rest and relationships. I founded the Communicators’ Collective Retreat to champion women who serve as national or international ministry leaders and professional Christian communicators. If this describes you, retreat with us! Discover soul care for the sisterhood at communicatorscollective.org
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Tis the season of graduations and celebrations! Yet, sometimes, unexpected emotions creep in with change. Today I’m sharing a devotion from “Astounded,” Letters from a Lonely Laundry Basket and giving three keys to help encourage you when something shifts your normal.
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Rahab’s story is the stuff of Hollywood movies and romance novels. Once you’ve heard the perspective from Shadia Hrichi on Rahab, you’ll never read this Bible story the same way again. Shadia is a passionate Bible teacher and awarded-winning author who loves to see lives transformed by the power of God’s Word. You’ll be captivated by her powerful personal testimony and God’s heart for redemption revealed in her new Bible study on Rahab. Shadia helps us discover three life-changing truths:
- How Rahab’s story shows the power of daring faith
- How Rahab’s story reveals the heartbeat of the Bible and God’s passionate pursuit of His Bride
- How Rahab’s story is our story
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Do you ever feel unsure of God’s call on your life or unsettled by what you see around you? Few people understand these emotions more than Priscilla. I recently walked in her shoes through Greece and Turkey, and I’m sharing one of the most impactful moments here today.
We’ll discover…
How Priscilla encourages us to love without limits and embrace God’s call on our lives.
How this story makes all the difference in a passage from Scripture that’s often misunderstood
5 Key questions to ask to protect God’s call on your life
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Jennifer Rothschild became blind at age fifteen and now helps others live beyond limits. Jennifer is a nationally known author, speaker and Bible study teacher who has written 17 books, including the bestsellers “Lessons I Learned in the Dark,” and Me, Myself and Lies”. She recently released her 7th video-based Bible study, “Take Courage: A Study of Haggai.” She’s also host of the 4:13 Podcast with Jennifer Rothschild. She and I talk about navigating our feelings in seasons of disappointment and living an abundant life in Christ no matter what the circumstances.
At the age of thirteen, Serena Dyksen was raped, pregnant, and taken to an abortion clinic that would later make national news because the abortionist hoarded 2411 babies in this clinic. Abortion was supposed to be the answer after Serena’s trauma, but instead, it tore her family apart and nearly destroyed her life. At the lowest point with drugs and alcohol, Serena had an encounter that changed everything. She Found His Grace is a story of healing for anyone who has experienced abortion. It is also a call to action for the church. There is hope, love, and forgiveness after abortion. April is abortion recovery awareness month. Reach out for classes and resources at Shefoundhisgrace.org
A fractured family, broken dreams, and hard parenting days left Melinda Patrick reeling in doubt and despair. God revealed she had been living in reaction to the circumstances around her and not living in response to Him. Melinda champions and equips Christian parents of LGBTQ identified children to love well, not compromise the Word of God, and faith in prayer. She is the host of The Bridge Between Us Podcast and author of the upcoming book, The Daring Rescue. In this episode we talk about:
- Listening and loving
- Knowing our role vs. God’s role
- The power of waiting
Mandy Hood is co-founder and executive director of The Connection, a community-based women’s ministry, and author of the resource, Let’s Get Together. Mandy shares the story of how God used an introvert like her to step out of her comfort zone and follow God. A self-titled “unlikely difference maker,” she reminds us that God can use us, too, when we dare to say yes!
Each month I’ll take you behind the scenes of ministry, adventures, things I’m loving, and insights God’s downloading. March is all about:
Finding the strength of sisterhood
Living in the power of surrender
Answering to call to be a bridge
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Can you imagine what might change if we truly lived captivated by God’s love? Nonda Houston is passionate about encouraging, empowering and equipping women to know Jesus and make Him known. She serves as the National Women’s Director for the Assemblies of God and authored the brand new release, “Captivated.”
Victoria Riollano, mom of 8, knows it’s not easy raising faithful kids in the world today. She is a university professor, co-pastor and author of Warrior Mother: Equipping Your Heart to Fight for Your Families Faith. We talk about:
- Developing a war plan for your family
- Modeling your faith
- Encouragement for the weary mom
Learn more about Victoria at victoryspeaks.org.
Each month I’ll take you behind the scenes of ministry, adventures, things I’m loving, and insights God’s downloading. February is all about:
Leaving behind loneliness and taking the first step to friendship
Leading across generational lines and learning from my Dad
Letting go of unhealthy expectations
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In Loving Samaritans, pastor Terry Crist demonstrates how it's possible to live a life of radical inclusivity without compromising one's beliefs or the truth of the Gospel. He has a TH.M. and a D.Min. and has a business certificate in nonprofit management from Harvard Business School. An avid outdoorsman and gifted communicator, he has adventured and preached the gospel in 65 nations. Terry and Judith have three married sons and three grandchildren. They live in Phoenix, Arizona.
Imagine writing love letters to the man in the future whom you will one day marry but have yet to meet. Cally Logan is the author of two books, Hang in There, Girl and Dear Future Husband. In this Valentine’s Day episode, Cally talks about embracing singleness, waiting for God’s best, and celebrating God’s plans for you right now.
Like so many of us, Bible study mentor Sarah Frazer found herself saying, "God, this wasn't part of the plan. I didn't sign up for this.” Through the life of Moses and personal experience, Sarah speaks directly to the Christian whose story shift has left them feeling uncertain and disappointed. She helps us cling to God's presence and promises that and shares tools and encouragement for Bible study and prayer study on her website and on Instagram at @sarah_e_frazer.
Each month I’ll take you behind the scenes of ministry, adventures, things I’m loving, and insights God’s downloading. January is all about:
- courageous instead of contentious conversations
- celebrating progress over perfection
- Bible reading challenges and my favorite life hack
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In the face of unthinkable circumstances, Noree Bowbeer’s uncommon courage gave the gift of life to her son, Christian Johnson. January is Sanctity of Life Month, and I wanted to bring a conversation filled not simply with statistics, but with the unforgettable story of a mother and a son. This tender topic is not only close to God’s heart and to mine, but to anyone who needs to experience the grace and hope of a God who redeems our stories. Christian is the CEO of IMGNLife Ministries empowering women to make life-affirming choices. https://imgnlife.org/events/sanctity-of-human-life
Is unbridled freedom dividing America? Bobby Albert is a three-time author, leadership coach, and speaker who is passionate about the heart condition of America and the level of spiritual warfare. His most recent book, Freedom Paradox offers timely solutions to reunite our fragmented nation. ValuesDrivenCulture.com
How can 2024 bring an explosion of flavor to your spiritual taste buds? Stephanie Rousselle’s hope-filled story as a former atheist to founder of Gospel Spice Ministries, is unforgettable. She helps us to start this year by trusting the goodness of God. www.gospelspice.com
If you want to thrive instead of strive in your marriage in 2024, this episode is for you! Christa Hardin, MA is a relationship expert, author, and podcast host. We talk about practical ways we can better understand and support each other.
Today I’m sitting down with Brock Heasley, the writer and director of the brand-new film from Angel Studios - The Shift. We talk about this unique science fiction- romance inspired by the book of Job and Brock’s own story of faith, hope in grief, and staying true to your calling. Tickets at angel.com
Are you concerned about raising children and grandchildren in today’s cultural climate? How can prayer release heaven on earth? Sharon Jaynes helps us know how to use the words of Scripture to prayer powerfully and purposefully over our children. Sharon Jaynes, an international speaker and the bestselling author of twenty-five books with nearly one million sold, is a powerful voice in the global faith community.
How do we hold onto our faith through pain and suffering? Dr. Michelle Bengtson is a hope concierge! Whether as a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist, host of the award-winning podcast Your Hope-Filled Perspective, or the author of several award-winning books, her passion is to share hope and encouragement with others. Her newest release is The Hem of His Garment: Reaching Out to God When Pain Overwhelms. DrMichelleB.com
Julie Seals left her life as a drug addict and dealer behind and now inspires and challenges people from all walks of life to encounter, know, and live for Jesus. The author of All My Hope – A Prisoner No More, she co-founded Her Hope Recovery Ministry in 2022. Julie is married to prison chaplain, Mike Seals.
Many women carry the pain of insecurity and loneliness. In She’s Not Your Enemy, popular blogger and podcast host Jenn Schultz helps us know how to combat the lies of our real enemy and see ourselves the way God sees us.
Steve Jamison grew up fishing the treacherous waters off the coast of Alaska, which was both thrilling and full of adventure. It was in the thick of these adventures when he heard the voice of God for the first time, calling him into ministry, and realized there’s no greater thrill than discovering God’s calling on your life. Through his new book, The Most Valuable Catch: Risking It All For What Matters the Most, pastor of Eastridge Church in Seattle, Washington, Steve Jamison, helps us know how to hear God’s voice and find our purpose.
Without sugarcoating or ignoring the darkness of our world, former national sportscaster and speaker Rachel Joy Baribeau shows us how to chase, find, and keep the joy in life—especially when it’s hard-won—in her new book, Relentless Joy: Finding Freedom, Passion, and Happiness (Even When You Have to Fight for It), Rachel talks candidly about the difference between isolation and solitude, the importance of reconciliation for joy, and how she overcame challenges with mental health to fight for relentless joy.
What is your “thing”? Surely there is a better way to view it than through a lens of striving and worldly achievement. Rebecca George is the founder of Radical Radiance, a podcast community where listeners are equipped to blend what they love with the Jesus who makes them shine. In her new book, Do the Thing: Gospel-Centered Goals, Gumption, and Grace for the Go-Getter Girl, Rebecca helps us see our gifts and talents from a gospel-centered perspective, prioritize goals related to our calling, and overcome negative thought patterns.
What does it mean to be blessed? Are Christians entitled to happiness, fulfillment, and perfect peace? Amanda Held Opelt is a songwriter, speaker, and writer, and in her new book, Holy Unhappiness: God, Goodness, and the Myth of the Blessed Life, she explores these questions, challenges false teaching, and helps us reimagine what the “blessed” life can be like if we release some of our expectations and seek God in places we never thought to look.
How do we continue to live our lives with purpose when things don’t look the way we thought they should? Grace Wabuke Klein fled persecution in Uganda as a young child and later walked through a long, winter season and learned to wait on God. In Flourish: Finding Purpose in the Unknown and Unexpected Seasons of Life, Grace shares her heart’s desire for us to recognize the hand of God in our lives and trust Him in the process.
Brad Minns not only grew up deaf in a hearing world but did the impossible in the 1985 Deaf World Games. The new film, Never Give Up, shares Brad’s inspirational true story and encourages us to push past any barrier to make our lives matter. In today’s episode, Brad shares unforgettable stories about his life and faith. September is Deaf Awareness Month, and you can watch the film at nevergiveupfilm.com.
Tired of the dieting roller coaster? Laura Acuña understands. She lived the cycle of shame and defeat for almost 50 years ... until the Lord set her free. Still Becoming is a 31-day devotional journal that takes you on a sacred journey where you’ll discover true freedom and that healing and peace have nothing to do with a number on the scale. Laura is a speaker, author, Bible teacher, podcast and host and co-founder of Sisters in Faith Ministries.
Some of us feel like donkeys in a world that celebrates racehorses—the shiny and flashy success stories that make us question our own worth and abilities. But life isn’t about competing for gold medals. It’s about discovering our mettle—understanding our unique strengths and using them to mine all the gold that’s already within us. Rachel Anne Ridge is an author, professional artist, and motivational speaker. A certified life coach, Rachel works with individuals and organizations to discover their creative gold through hands-on workshops, retreats, and coaching. Rachel is a mom to three adult children, and Nana to five grandchildren. Learn more at rachelanneridge.com.
Are you ready to say goodbye to what holds you back? Wife, mom, Author and TV show host Krissy Nelson helps us shatter walls so we can truly believe what God says about us.Through her resources and shows, Created for the Impossible and JUST JESUS, and her community, Lifeline, Krissy speaks hope into hearts and life into dry bones.This episode will help you stop overthinking, silence insecurity, and learn the pace of peace.
How do we develop resilience to live, love, and finish well? Pam Farrel is an international speaker and author of 58 books including bestselling Men are like Waffles, Women are like Spaghetti and co-author of the awarding, bestselling Discovering the Bible, creative bible experience series. The Farrels have been married 42 years and make their home on a live aboard boat docked in Southern California. You can connect with Pam on her website at https://www.love-wise.com/
Christina shares her powerful personal story and helps us implement healthy discipleship practices to grow deeper in our walk with Christ and develop longevity for the long haul. Christina co-pastors Overflow City Church with her husband Paul and she is passionate about teaching, discipleship, and seeing women empowered to step into the fullness of who God has called them to be. She is a faith-based premarital counselor who is committed to seeing couples build healthy, Christ-centered marriages.
As a pastor and ministry leader for decades, Chris Swain knew that discipleship happens when we spend intentional time with our children and lead them spiritually. He started writing a book on the topic but unexpectedly passed away before he could finish. Knowing this was Chris’ passion, his wife Melissa took the reins and finished Write It On Their Hearts: Practical Help for Discipling Your Kids. Melissa Swain spent nearly 23 years as a pastor’s wife and is a mom, homeschool teacher, writer, and editor.
Angela sits down with Don Johnson of Filter of Hope to talk about her amazing missions’ trip with them to Costa Rica and how we can be involved providing clean water and the love of Christ around the world. We believe no one should have to live without clean water and everyone deserves the right to know Christ personally. By meeting a family’s greatest physical need, you can earn the right to discuss their greatest spiritual need. Change lives by purchasing a portable water filter at filterofhope.org and travel with Angela and her husband, Dale, to Costa Rica July 29-August 5 – details at rolva.org/events.
After years training polo horses and working as a flight attendant, hairdresser and bartender, Lisa Boucher reconstructed her life and settled in as a registered nurse. For the past twenty-seven years, she's worked with hundreds of women to help them overcome alcoholism, live better lives and become better parents. The award-winning author of six books, she is the mother of twin sons and lives in Ohio with her husband.
There comes a time when every child steps into adulthood and begins making their own choices. So, how can today’s parents continue to guide their adult children, even if they disagree with their kids’ decisions? Mary DeMuth, international speaker, podcaster, and beloved author of over 40 books, answers this question in her new book, Love, Pray, Listen: Parenting Your Wayward Adult Kids with Joy. Mary offers parents an invitation for spiritual growth and a path towards fulfilling relationships with their adult children. In this episode she shares:
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What to do when our kids make choices that don’t align with our values
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Three tools to reconnect with our adult kids
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How to create a home adult kids want to come back to.
Twenty-one years of love and commitment is the sign of a great relationship by most standards. But twenty-one years of love and commitment, separated by America’s most violent maximum-security prison while raising six boys as a single mom and relentlessly advocating against a system designed to keep her husband in prison, can only be described as radical love. Sibil Fox and Robert Richardson are a New Orleans based couple who endured 21 years as an incarcerated family and whose story is told in the acclaimed, award-winning documentary TIME. Together they have six sons and continue their advocacy for incarcerated families.
Connect with Fox & Rob Online:
Website: https://www.foxandrob.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foxandrob/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foxandrob/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@foxandrob
What if this year could bring your greatest adventure? You’re invited to join Tabitha Deller on the adventure of drawing near to God. Tabitha is an author, Bible teacher, wife and homeschool mom to four. She is passionate about helping others read and live God’s Word.
Many Christians believe theology is overwhelming and intimidating, leaving their education to Sunday morning sermons. Former Hollywood Emmy®-award-winning editor and co-host of the top ranked podcast Shut the Should Up, Jenny Randle, and academic theologian, pastor Brayden Brookshier, say Christians are missing out if they leave theology to pastors and scholars. Their new book, Flash Theology A Visual Guide to Knowing and Enjoying God More, makes theology accessible and offers stunning visuals. This conversation helps us stop feeling intimidated by theology and live awakened to truth and known by God.
What if the unexpected delays and detours in your life are not random? Carmen Horne, the author of Grace Maps: Our Journey Guided by God's Grace is a wife, mom, and Board Certified Advanced Christian Life Coach and speaker who uses her gifts to support women. Think of her as our hope coach this year, helping us connect God’s consistent presence to our journey. Carmenhorne.com
Many Christians believe that the Bible is the Word of God, but never actually read it. Or they may read bits and pieces, one verse or passage at a time, but struggle to apply it to their daily lives. What if we could change that this year? In her new book, The 40-Day Feast: Taste and See The Goodness of God’s Word, author Wendy Speake has a fresh twist on her popular 40- day sugar and social media fasts. We will discover the transforming power bound up in our Bible, learn to apply its truths to our daily life, and awaken a deep hunger for more of God and less of the things that don't satisfy. Learn more at www.wendyspeake.com.
What is the path to a life of abundance and blessing isn’t what we expected? We all want the blessed life, but we often search for it in the wrong places. Author and Pastor Alex Seeley explores surprising principles that flip our thinking so we can live in abundant life in the upside down kingdom of God. Alex and her husband Henry pastor The Belonging Co in Nashville Tennessee.
After saying yes every day, to every ask, to every need, to every responsibility, and to everyone, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt reached her breaking point. Externally, she was successful: An anesthesiologist. Wife. Mother. Tenured professor. Sister. Friend - the “yes woman” to anything and everything. Exhausted, overcommitted, and empty, she decided, out of necessity, to radically change her approach to everyday life. Dr. Sasha shares insights from her new book, Brave Boundaries: Strategies to Say No, Stand Strong, and Take Control of Your Time to help us move from simply surviving to thriving.
Ever wonder if God is good when life is not? Angela sits down with her hero – her father, Rev. Hubert Morris, the co-author of their brand-new book, “Brave Enough to Believe – How the Life of Doubting Thomas Answers Our Hard Questions.” Together they bring 80 years of ministry experience to flip the script on the life of Thomas. In this episode, they take you behind the scenes to hear what led them to write the book and take you through highlights of four encounters between Thomas and Jesus. You’ll hear the moment that surprised them both and miracles of ways God is already using the book. Order your copy available anywhere January 17th! Links and free download “7 Days to Overcome Doubt” at angeladonadio.com.
Are you ready to step out of your comfort zone and into your calling in 2023? You will love this conversation with Mary Snyder! Mary is a speaker, coach, podcast host, event and tour producer with over 20 years of experience. Mary’s weekly podcast, Take the Stage, is one of the places you’ll find her sharing insights and tips of speaking. She is also the founder of Activate Your Speaking Career - a digital course that equips a speaker to go from overwhelmed and intimidated to confident and equipped.
What’s holding you back? The risk? The unknown? The unwillingness to shake up the comfortable status quo? Whatever it is, if you’re not in God’s best place, you’re missing out on something great. The Lord is calling you into a Promised Land. But it’s going to take some faith steps to get there. Jenn Hand wants you to be able to say to God, “My yes is on the table.” Jenn Hand is the Executive Director of Coming Alive Ministries and holds a Master’s degree in trauma counseling. She travels the world inviting people to come alive in Christ! www.comingaliveministries.com
Although we may not know what the future holds, Dr. Robert Morgan helps to demystify end time events and the book of Revelation through his comprehensive, yet easy-to-understand, The 50 Final Events in World History: The Bible’s Last Words on Earth’s Final Days. Robert J. Morgan is a veteran pastor, best-selling author of 35 books, and the loving homemaker and caregiver for his late wife of 43 years, Katrina. Lean in for this insightful conversation on what’s to come.
The Christmas season, filled with hope and celebration, also invites us to reflect and lament. For those who have lost a baby through miscarriage or stillbirth, a subsequent pregnancy can be a time filled with anxiety, fear, and doubt. Today on the podcast, Jenny Albers shares her story of not only experiencing one pregnancy loss but two. She shares candidly about the struggles women face and helps us know how to:
- Navigate friends and family who mean well but don’t understand,
- Celebrate a new pregnancy even while grieving a loss
- Trust that joy will come in the morning, even if.
Connect with Jenny at jennyalbers.com.
The spiritual battle is real; you’re not imagining it. Susie Larson is a bestselling author, national speaker, and host of the popular radio show Susie Larson Live. This episode, based on her new book, Strong in Battle: Why the Humble Will Prevail will help overcome the obstacles you face in this life. She shares her powerful story and encourages us to trust God for victory.
Season 5 is sponsored by AGTS. Find out more at agts.edu.
Do you feel too busy to pray? Then you’re invited to find REST in God’s loving presence. Today’s guest, Asheritah Ciuciu offers you a respite from your spiritual to-do list in her book, Prayers of Rest: 365 Prompts to Hear God’s Voice.
Asheritah Ciuciu is a bestselling author, national speaker, and host of the Prayers of REST podcast. She is the founder of One Thing Alone Ministries, an online ministry that helps women all over the world find joy in Jesus through creative and consistent time in God’s word. Asheritah grew up in Romania as a missionary kid and studied English and Women’s Ministry at Cedarville University. She is married to her high school sweetheart and together they raise their three spunky kids in NE Ohio. www.asheritah.com
Season 5 sponsored by agts.edu
How do we exchange hurt for hope? Sheryl Giesbrecht Turner author of the new book, Unraveling the Lie-Knot, understands all too well the sense of entanglement, disappointment, and frustration that comes when dealing with pain and loss. As a recovered drug addict, stage-four cancer survivor, and former widow, Sheryl fought anxiety, depression, and despair for years before understanding her identity in Christ.
Sheryl helps us know how to:
- Untangle knots of deception
- Discover the lies behind fears
- Dispel depression and defeat the effects of trauma.
Season 5 is sponsored by agts.edu.
Author and New York Times best-selling ghostwriter Kyle Duncan spent three weeks in Poland and western Ukraine earlier this year to capture and compile true stories into Hope for Ukraine. He interviewed those who had fled the war, aided workers and volunteers, and conducted numerous interviews with Ukrainians who remain in the country to give voice to those affected by Russia's February 24 invasion. He shares his own story of adopting Cory Jhenya, from Mariupol, Ukraine, and powerful, first-hand accounts of miracles on the front lines. Kyle is a 35-year publishing veteran who has worked with scores of bestselling authors.
Season 5 is sponsored by AGTS. Visit agts.edu.
Author and New York Times best-selling ghostwriter Kyle Duncan spent three weeks in Poland and western Ukraine earlier this year to capture and compile true stories into Hope for Ukraine. He interviewed those who had fled the war, aided workers and volunteers, and conducted numerous interviews with Ukrainians who remain in the country to give voice to those affected by Russia's February 24 invasion. He shares his own story of adopting Cory Jhenya, from Mariupol, Ukraine, and powerful, first-hand accounts of miracles on the front lines. Kyle is a 35-year publishing veteran who has worked with scores of bestselling authors.
Season 5 is sponsored by AGTS. Visit agts.edu.
Alisa Childers’ story may be your own or that of someone you love. Or perhaps you’ve encountered the ideas of progressive Christianity in your everyday life, and you aren’t sure how to respond. In a culture of endless questions. You need solid answers. As a leading apologist and author of the best-seller Another Gospel: A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity, A much-needed voice in today’s generation. Alisa helps us understand progressive Christianity, deconstruction, and the non-negotiables of faith in Jesus Christ.
She is a wife, a mom, an author, a blogger, and a speaker. She was a member of the award-winning CCM recording group ZOEgirl and is a popular speaker at apologetics and Christian worldview conferences. You can connect with Alisa online at alisachilders.com.
Season 5 is sponsored by AGTS and Evangel University. If God is calling you to take your ministry to the next level, visit agts.edu/mlm to learn how the experienced scholars at AGTS can equip and empower you for your Christ-centered service. Connect with Angela at www.angeladonadio.com.
Alisa Childers’ story may be your own or that of someone you love. Or perhaps you’ve encountered the ideas of progressive Christianity in your everyday life, and you aren’t sure how to respond. In a culture of endless questions. You need solid answers. As a leading apologist and author of the best-seller Another Gospel: A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity, A much-needed voice in today’s generation. Alisa helps us understand progressive Christianity, deconstruction, and the non-negotiables of faith in Jesus Christ.
She is a wife, a mom, an author, a blogger, and a speaker. She was a member of the award-winning CCM recording group ZOEgirl and is a popular speaker at apologetics and Christian worldview conferences. You can connect with Alisa online at alisachilders.com.
Season 5 is sponsored by AGTS and Evangel University. If God is calling you to take your ministry to the next level, visit agts.edu/mlm to learn how the experienced scholars at AGTS can equip and empower you for your Christ-centered service. Connect with Angela at www.angeladonadio.com.
You’re invited to join Jen Ludwig and gather around the Advent wreath donning her kitchen table. Learn how embracing Advent helps us to slow down and step away from stress, trade worry for God’s peace, and choose joy. Jen holds degrees from Pepperdine and UCLA, serves as a worship leader and songwriter, passionate Jesus-follower, wife and mother of two teens. This episode is full of hope and practical tips to celebrate Christmas. You can follow Jen during the holiday season on Instagram at @embracingadvent. https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/28742-embracing-advent-hold-on-to-hope
Season 5 is sponsored by AGTS and Evangel University. If God is calling you to take your ministry to the next level, visit agts.edu/mlm to learn how the experienced scholars at AGTS can equip and empower you for your Christ-centered service. Connect with Angela at www.angeladonadio.com.
Cancer touches everyone and yet churches are often under-equipped. How can cancer be a blessing? How do we best minister to cancer patients and caregivers? A cancer survivor himself, Rev. Percy McCray Jr. has spent more than 20 years ministering to cancer patients and their caregivers at Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA). He now serves as the Director of Faith-Based Programs at CTCA® and provides leadership to the pastoral care staff at all five CTCA hospitals. In addition, Rev. McCray oversees Our Journey of Hope®, a nationwide cancer care ministry training and support program. Ourjourneyofhope.com
Season 5 is sponsored by AGTS and Evangel University. If God is calling you to take your ministry to the next level, visit agts.edu/mlm to learn how the experienced scholars at AGTS can equip and empower you for your Christ-centered service. Connect with Angela at www.angeladonadio.com.
Crystal Martin serves as the National Director of the Assemblies of God Network of Women Ministers-a professional organization mobilizing women to fulfill their ministry call. She is passionate about advocating for, collaborating with, and training women ministers, and also coordinates Chi Alpha’s cross-cultural initiatives as the director of Chi Alpha Missions. Crystal shares:
- Some of the challenges women in ministry face today.
- Encouragement for any woman praying about a call to ministry.
- What God is doing in the lives of students and global missions around the world.
Season 5 is sponsored by AGTS and Evangel University. If God is calling you totake your ministry to the next level, visitagts.edu/mlm to learn how the experienced scholars at AGTS can equip and empower you for your Christ-centered service. Connect with Angela at www.angeladonadio.com.
Heated arguments between keyboard warriors, “unfriending” family or friends who believe differently than us, and wars on the international stage—our world is full of conflict. Dr. Oletha Barnett believes God created diversity far beyond race and that He designed diversity, which can often lead to conflict, to grow us, and give us opportunities to practice biblical principles. Through that, we can find unity. Dr. Oletha Barnett is a theologian, lawyer, and conflict resolution specialist who has directed the conflict resolution ministry at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, TX for decades.
Season 5 is sponsored by AGTS and Evangel University. If God is calling you to take your ministry to the next level, visit agts.edu/mlm to learn how the experienced scholars at AGTS can equip and empower you for your Christ-centered service. Connect with Angela at www.angeladonadio.com.
Get ready for real-life talk about all the things Christians aren’t sure we’re supposed to say and why they matter to God. Blake Guichet is a safe space to talk about hard things. Today’s episode is a much-needed candid conversation for anyone who is tired of hustling and never feeling enough and longing to truly embrace grace. Blake helps us know how to take a bold stand for Christ in today’s contentious culture. “When you don’t let the Bible tell you who God is and therefore who you are, someone or something else will.”
Season 5 is sponsored by AGTS and Evangel University. If God is calling you to take your ministry to the next level, visit agts.edu to learn how the experienced scholars at AGTS can equip and empower you for your Christ-centered service. Connect with Angela at www.angeladonadio.com.
Whether you’re leading a church, a business, or your family, it starts with leading yourself well. Jenni Catron is a leadership coach, author, and speaker with a passion to cultivate healthy leaders to lead thriving corporations. Founder and CEO of The 4Sight Group with 20 years’ experience in corporate and non-profit organizations, Jenni is here to help us know how to:
- Understand and flourish in our God-designed leadership style.
- Manage and even embrace tension to lead well even through seasons of uncertainty and confusion.
- Cast fresh vision for ourselves especially if we feel stuck.
- Navigate working or serving under an uninspiring or fearful leader.
Jenni can befound on social media at @jennicatron and at www.get4sight.com.
Season 5 is sponsored by AGTS and Evangel University. If God is calling you to take your ministry to the next level, visit agts.edu/mlm to learn how the experienced scholars at AGTS can equip and empower you for your Christ-centered service. Connect with Angela at www.angeladonadio.com.
What do you do when parenting breaks your heart? Carol Kent knows what it’s like to discover a life of unshakable faith in unthinkable circumstances. Carol Kent is a bestselling author of over twenty-five books, international speaker, and the executive director of the Speak Up Conference. She and her husband, Gene, have founded the nonprofit organization Speak Up for Hope, which benefits inmates and their families.
Carol shares her powerful story and helps us:
- Make hope-filled choices during crisis.
- Understand the value of community.
- Relinquish control and trust God with our children and circumstances.
Connect with Carol at www.CarolKent.org
Season 5 is sponsored by AGTS and Evangel University. If God is calling you totake your ministry to the next level, visit agts.edu/mlm to learn how the experienced scholars at AGTS can equip and empower you for your Christ-centered service. Connect with Angela at www.angeladonadio.com.
What is your “something?” Angie Grant teaches us that not everyone is called to foster and adopt, but we can all do something. Angie is a mom, a pastor’s wife, an educator, and a certified health coach. She is an advocate for foster kids and families, a mom to four, including three biological and one through the gift of adoption, and serves as the Executive Director of Cloverhill Christian Academy on staff at Cloverhill Church where her husband, Stan, is lead pastor.
Angie helps us bring our healthiest self to the table, so we can engage in kingdom purpose, identify and overcome fear, and embrace our “something.” Find out how you or your church can become involved in fostering and adoption at agrant@cloverhill.academy.
Season 5 is sponsored by AGTS and Evangel University. If God is calling you to take your ministry to the next level, visit agts.edu/mlm to learn how the experienced scholars at AGTS can equip and empower you for your Christ-centered service. Connect with Angela at www.angeladonadio.com.
Monica Swanson has served millions of parents through encouragement and guidance to know what matters most when raising sons. A homeschool mom of four boys, she is the author of Boy Mom and the host of the Boy Mom Podcast. Her popular website offers blogs and tips for parenting and healthy living. This episode is for anyone raising or mentoring the next generation of men who want to:
- develop trust from a young age and parent with grace
- know how to set healthy boundaries and appropriate freedoms in today’s culture
- steward their identity and passions and affirm their significance
Season 5 is sponsored by AGTS and Evangel University. If God is calling you to take your ministry to the next level, visit agts.edu/mlm to learn how the experienced scholars at AGTS can equip and empower you for your Christ-centered service. Connect with Angela atwww.angeladonadio.com.
Molly DeFrank helps families reset and intentionally unhook from technology. She is a stay-at-home mom and foster mom to six kids ages twelve and under and the founder of the online Digital Detox, where she helps free families from their addictions to devices.
This episode is for parents who:
- are tired of their children being grumpy, distracted, disobedient and dependent on tech
- want to prioritize family time by removing the temptation and distraction of technology
- don’t know how to unhook their family from technology and are fearful of the outcome
Season 5 is sponsored by AGTS and Evangel University. If God is calling you to take your ministry to the next level, visit agts.edu to learn how the experienced scholars at AGTS can equip and empower you for your Christ-centered service. Connect with Angela at www.angeladonadio.com.
While the Make Life Matter podcast is on a summer break, enjoy this repost of one of my favorite episodes!
Like many who’ve weathered the storms of life, author and licensed marriage and family therapist Nicole Zasowski lived her life terrified of celebrating. After experiencing prolonged seasons of hurt and disappointment, she had become highly suspicious of joy, afraid to enjoy the good things in life for fear they would be snatched away. But in her new book, What If It’s Wonderful?: An Invitation to Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate, Nicole shares how she chose to pursue a life of anticipation and invites readers to join her on the quest to release fear that hinders our delight, savor the joy of our present life, and find our God-given courage to celebrate. www.nicolezasowski.com
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After 9 years of being involved in the fitness industry and human services, Tony Nuñez now serves in full-time ministry as the Student Pastor at River of Life Church. In the same month he was offered the position, he was diagnosed with ALS, Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Tony and his wife Cori have been married since August of 2013 and they have three beautiful girls together. Cori, a full-time wedding photographer; serves alongside him with the students. While ALS continues to add physical limitations to Tony and has deteriorated his body; Tony and Cori know God is faithful and has a purpose in all things and are pressing forward through this diagnosis to serve the students and further the gospel at all costs.
While the Make Life Matter podcast is on a summer break, enjoy this repost of one of my favorite episodes!
“We don’t need more willpower. We need more Spirit power.” When it comes to the third person of the Trinity, many Christians’ views are murky at best. The Holy Spirit has been misunderstood, marginalized, and even maligned. But what if a relationship with the Holy Spirit is the missing link to a fulfilling spiritual life?
Jeannie Cunnion, a pastor’s kid and life-long Jesus follower who became a Christian at the age of eight, found herself knee-deep in questions that led her to discover more about the Holy Spirit and become fully reliant on Him for the answers. In Don’t Miss Out: Daring to Believe Life Is Better with the Holy Spirit, Jeannie takes us on her journey to re-discover God’s love through a better understanding of the Holy Spirit, unveiling 30 benefits of being in relationship with God’s divine presence.
While the Make Life Matter podcast is on a summer break, enjoy this repost of one of my favorite episodes!
“Fair doesn’t live here but Jesus does.” Sheila Walsh is a bestselling author who’s sold almost six million books. She served as the co-host of a national television program and a core speaker on the wildly popular Women of Faith touring event with millions attending. But what most don’t know is that when Sheila was 5 years old, her father suffered a brain thrombosis that changed him from a fun, kind dad to an angry, unpredictable, abusive stranger, who would spit in her face and pull her hair out - he eventually committed suicide. Even as a successful tv host, author and speaker, Sheila battled clinical depression and at her lowest point spent a month in a psychiatric hospital for suicidal thoughts and depression. In her new book, Holding On When You Want to Let Go, Sheila talks openly about how the global pandemic magnified and exacerbated her struggles, and how she continues to hold on to hope each day.
While the Make Life Matter podcast is on a summer break, enjoy this repost of one of my favorite episodes!
Jennifer Rothschild became blind at age fifteen and now helps others live beyond limits. Jennifer is a nationally known author, speaker and Bible study teacher who has written 17 books, including the bestsellers “Lessons I Learned in the Dark,” and Me, Myself and Lies”. She recently released her 7th video-based Bible study, “Take Courage: A Study of Haggai.” She’s also the host of the 4:13 Podcast with Jennifer Rothschild.
Jennifer has been featured on Good Morning America, The Dr. Phil Show, and The Today Show. She is the founder of Fresh Grounded Faith events and the online leadership library, womensministry.net, for women serving in the local church. She and her husband, whom she affectionately calls “her very own Dr. Phil,” have two sons, a delightful daughter-in-law, and two perfect grandsons, Tripp and Lawson. Jennifer is a C.S. Lewis junkie who enjoys strong coffee, dark chocolate, great conversation, international travel, and audiobooks.
While the Make Life Matter podcast is on a summer break, enjoy this repost of one of my favorite episodes!
Dr. Steve Greene is Charisma Media Group's publisher and executive vice president. After receiving his Ph.D. in marketing, Dr. Greene worked for various large corporations and owned several businesses. Previously, he served as dean of the College of Business and as professor of marketing at Oral Roberts University. Dr. Greene founded Bixby Community Church and served as senior pastor for ten years. In 2015, Dr. Greene started the Charisma Podcast Network (CPN) with 5 shows. As of January 2021, CPN hosts 194 shows and has had over 52 million downloads. His show “Greenelines” averages 400K downloads monthly. Dr. Greene has been married to Anette for forty-seven years. They have two children and three grandchildren.
While the Make Life Matter podcast is on a summer break, enjoy this repost of one of my favorite episodes!
Dr. Steve Greene is Charisma Media Group's publisher and executive vice president. After receiving his Ph.D. in marketing, Dr. Greene worked for various large corporations and owned several businesses. Previously, he served as dean of the College of Business and as professor of marketing at Oral Roberts University. Dr. Greene founded Bixby Community Church and served as senior pastor for ten years. In 2015, Dr. Greene started the Charisma Podcast Network (CPN) with 5 shows. As of January 2021, CPN hosts 194 shows and has had over 52 million downloads. His show “Greenelines” averages 400K downloads monthly. Dr. Greene has been married to Anette for forty-seven years. They have two children and three grandchildren.
While the Make Life Matter podcast is on a summer break, enjoy this repost of one of my favorite episodes!
Abby Johnson is the Founder and Director of And Then There Were None. Abby worked for Planned Parenthood for eight years, working her way up through the ranks to become the clinic director in Bryan, Texas. She was Planned Parenthood's Employee of the Year in 2008 but she walked away from her job after witnessing the abortion of a 13-week-old fetus during an ultrasound-guided abortion. She left Planned Parenthood and instantly became a national news headline for her defection, which led to a pro-life speaking career. In 2012, she founded And Then There Were None, the only ministry in the nation that helps abortion workers leave their jobs and find new ones out of the industry. To date, she has helped over 600 abortion workers quit. She also founded ProLove Ministries and LoveLine in the fall of 2019. Her bestselling book, Unplanned, was made into a feature film that debuted in theaters nationwide March 2019 under the same name and she is the host of the podcast Politely Rude. She and her husband, Doug, have eight children.
While the Make Life Matter podcast is on a summer break, enjoy this repost of one of my favorite episodes!
Manouchka Charles is a speaker, worship leader and Pastor who is passionate to share the word of God with people of all ages and backgrounds. Originally from Brooklyn, NY, Manouchka is now a part of the Pastoral Staff at VOUS Church in Miami, FL, reaching the culture by “valuing what God values.” Thriving as a single woman in ministry, this community has made her faith and leadership grow as well as push her to who God has called her to be. In 2018, Manouchka was involved in a horrific car accident that put her life at risk. Faith, and those around her, helped Manouchka get through this difficult season of her life. Through her testimony, she is an encouragement and a great impact to the lives of people around the world.
While the Make Life Matter podcast is on a summer break, enjoy this repost of one of my favorite episodes!
God knew you before you were born. He created you on purpose, and with purpose. Angela Donadio shares a timely and poignant message of truth, healing, and hope, for anyone living in the shadow of abortion, and for those seeking a Biblical perspective on the sanctity of life. God is not neutral nor is He silent when it comes to the silent cry of the unborn. God stands on the side of life – and as His followers, so should we.
In this very special episode honoring our military, veterans, and fallen heroes, I sit down with one of my personal heroes - Dave Roever. Dave is a Vietnam veteran who served his country with honor, and received many service medals, including the Purple Heart. He is most grateful for the honor of serving God. He helps us to move past bitterness, embrace life, and maintain a sense of humor even in adversity. In over 50 years of full-time ministry, he has shared Jesus Christ with millions of people, seeing them transformed by the Word of God. This very special episode honors our military, veterans, and fallen heroes. We are grateful. You can partner with Dave to change the life of a veteran at www.helpavet.com.
Author and Speaker Tracy Mitchell is here to help us know how to step out of the shadows and into God-confidence, stop top letting betrayal steal our dreams, and awaken courage in others. As one of the nation’s leading Bible teachers and conference speakers, Tracey Mitchell holds a doctorate in theology and travels 40 plus weeks a year speaking to diverse and cross-cultural groups. Whether speaking to men, women corporate CEO's or the homeless, Tracey's love and passion for re-writing the lives of the brokenhearted make her messages relevant and empowering.
JT Jester shares his incredible story of how he overcame what seemed like insurmountable medical odds to make life matter as an adventure enthusiast who encourages us to embrace challenge, find our tribe, and live by the motto that there are no bad days – only hard ones. By the time JT was three years old, he had spent 250 days in the hospital and endured sixteen major surgeries before he was sixteen. JT is the author of multiple books including No Bad Days and a motivational speaker who relays the power of kindness and perseverance.
Drug overdoses have reached record highs and opioids are involved in 60%. As a former addict and patient at S2L, Pastor Adam Comer gives much-needed hope to both those struggling with any form of addiction as well as the people who love them. The Forgotten Pandemic is a short but compelling documentary that sheds light on how opioid addiction has quietly become a pandemic in the United States. It also offers stories of hope and freedom through Christ-centered recovery.
See the film at www.theforgottenpandemic.com; www.s2l.net
www.s2lrecovery.org; Life After Addiction Podcast and s2l studio on Youtube.
Is it possible to fearlessly, sincerely, and intentionally pursue a life in Christ as a modern young woman? Cally Logan is a fresh voice of encouragement for women longing to navigate today’s challenges with authentic faith. Her debut book, Hang in There, Girl, offers a candid conversation about relationships, waiting well, and knowing who you are in Christ. This episode is for young women, moms, sisters, and dads who need the courage to look past society’s pressures and look to the Word. Cally holds a BA Degree from Regent University and works with High School girls. Instagram.com/CallyLogan | Twitter/CallyLogan | TikTok/Cally_Logan
Our hearts and minds are reeling this week here in the United States after the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde Texas. What do we do when our expectations are shattered? This short devotion encourages our fragile hearts and reminds us that we can truly experience hope in heartache. For more information on Angela Donadio: FREE resources, Join Angela’s Online Community, Find her Angela’s books, albums, and links all in one place!
https://www.angeladonadio.com
What do you do when you’re suddenly navigating a life you didn't sign up for? Lisa Appelo understands deeply. She's experienced the raw emotions and uncertainty that come when everything falls apart. Lisa went to bed married and woke up a widow and single mom to seven children. A former litigating attorney, Lisa is a speaker, writer and Bible teacher who inspires women to cultivate faith in life’s storms. Lean in for our conversation about her story and her new book, Life Can Be Good Again, will help us
· find your footing when circumstances bring massive change;
· process hard emotions with God, who welcomes them;
· overcome paralyzing fear with three scriptural steps; and
· anchor your faith when your hope seems threadbare.
www.lisaappelo.com/lifecanbegoodagain
How well do you know the Holy Spirit? How real is He in your everyday life? Becky Thompson, bestselling author and creator of the Midnight Mom Devotional community gathering more than one million moms in nightly prayer, invites us into a closer relationship with the Holy Spirit. In her new book, God So Close, she scripturally unpacks who He is and how He moves in and through the life of a believer.
Through Becky’s gift of relating the Holy Spirit in an accessible way, she helps us understand how to live awakened to the Spirit:
Why is there so much hesitancy surrounding a relationship with the Holy Spirit?
How well do we hear the Spirit’s voice in our everyday lives?
What are the gifts available to believers through the Holy Spirit?
She lives in Oklahoma with her husband, Jared, and their three children and can be found at www.beckythompson.com.
In this very special episode, I sit down with filmmaker Tracy Robinson to talk about the award-winning documentary The Matter of Life.The leading human rights issue of our day, one million babies die by abortion in the United States every year. At this critical point in our nation’s history, The Matter of Lifeis an examination of the fundamental question regarding abortion in such a time as this:Are the unborn one of us?In theatres May 16 and 17 –Tickets at www.matteroflife.org. Find a pregnancy resource center near you at www.optionline.org. SHOWNOTES The Make Life Matter Podcast is now on the Charisma Plus App! When you sign up for the FREE app using my personal link, you help support this show and bring encouragement to listeners in more than 130 countries! https://play.charismaplusapp.com/subscribe?code=AngelaD For more information on Angela Donadio: FREE resources, Join Angela’s Online Community, Find her Angela’s books, albums, and links all in one place! https://www.angeladonadio.com LISTEN to the Make Life Matter Podcast: https://www.angeladonadio.com/podcast WATCH Episodes and Clips: https://www.youtube.com/user/AngelaDonadio CONNECT: Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/AngelaDonadioVOV/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/angeladonadio/ Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-donadio-58019338 INVITE Angelatospeak: https://www.angeladonadio.com/contact
Danny Ray is one of the world’s premiere illusionists and has amazed thousands of audiences worldwide. Married more than twenty-five years to Kimberly, he now wants to help others unlock the secrets for a magical marriage. Using illusions and practical advice, Danny helps us know:
How to write new scripts in our marriage.
How to play the hand we were dealt and win every hand.
The one secret we can all learn for a great marriage.
From churches and youth events to appearances on national television and The Magic Castle, audiences everywhere are amazed by his sleight of hand. Yet, he is far more than entertainment. Danny Ray brings powerful and transforming messages of the gospel. www.dannyraymagic.com. Be sure to WATCH this episode to see two amazing illusions!
Discover the extraordinary work Doree Donaldson is doing around the world through Convoy Women to champion and empower moms and partner with River of Life during the month of May as a special Mother’s Day campaign and “change her story.” www.rolva.org/women Doree Donaldson and her husband, Hal, founded Convoy of Hope which has served and shared the love of Jesus with over 193 million people. Doree serves as Vice President of Convoy:Women, rallying the support of women across America to bring help and hope to families in need. Find out more about Convoy Women at www.convoyofhope.org/women
How can you celebrate and thank the mom in your life for all she does? The one who has loved you as a mom or is the mom of your children deserves to know how valuable she is. This special Mother’s Day episode brings us the mother-daughter duo, literary agent and marketer Blythe Daniel and counselor and educator Dr. Helen McIntosh. In this their second book, a gift book/devotional, I Love You, Mom! Cherished Word Gifts from My Heart to Yours, they join together to celebrate all things mom. They share: Why affirmation is missing for moms.
Encouragement for those who had a difficult relationship with his or her mother.
What does it mean for a mom to be a blessing giver?
An overwhelming majority of Americans feel defeated and alone, struggling in our current times of crisis and uncertainty. My guest today puts language to it – soul fatigue. Author, speaker, pastor, and theologian Dominic Done offers us a much-needed vision of hope in his new book, “Your Longing Has a Name.” showing us who God says we already are: created, loved, and called by him to live out his dreams for our lives. Lean in for this insightful conversation on how our souls were made to flourish! Dominic helps us understand:
What can we do when our souls feel weary?
What is our shadow side and how can God redeem it?
How can we stay rooted in life’s disruptions?
Connect with Dominic Done, Founder of Pursuing Faith at www.pursuingfaith.org
Beth Jones is a Bible teacher, pastor and author who is passionate about helping new and seasoned Christians connect the Bible dots. The author of over 20 books including the popular Getting a Grip on the Basicsseries and Reinvent – Start Fresh and Love Life, Beth is here to help us navigate change and necessary reinvention:
What is the “gap” and how can we see it as an opportunity?
How do we paint the walls of our minds with God’s Word?
What are key steps to reinvent our lives?
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Millions upon millions of women are struggling like never before with their mental health. Shame, perfectionism, body issues, control…we’re believing lies about the limitations placed on our lives. And these lies are choking away our joy. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is a board-certified internal medicine physician, author and popular speaker who shares biblical truths to help heal the body, mind and spirit. Her brand-new book, Set Free to Live Free, shows us how to break free from the seven specific mental ties holding us hostage. www.ichoosemybestlife.com
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No matter where we are from, our stories are what truly connect us. Jane Herlong, Sirius XM Southern Humorist, speaker, and recording artist brings 50 unique stories to her new book, Sweet Tea Secrets from the Deep-Fried South.
She brings joy and humor to today’s episode and helps us to see:
How laughter is a hug from God.
How to live like a tea bag – seasoned, steeped and steamed.
The value of being a storyteller and a story-listener.
A former Miss America contestant, Jane criss‐crosses the country sharing sweet tea wisdom and Southern-fried humor. Connect with her at www.janeherlong.com
A startling 70% of Americans are overweight. After 10 years of marriage and five pregnancies, Amber Lia, a former college athlete and recreational bodybuilder, found herself to be one of them. She embarked on a journey to reclaim her health, one unhealthy pattern at a time and is now a Certified Health Coach and author of the brand-new book, Food Triggers.
Amber is here to help us:
Understand our “why.”
Identify internal and external triggers.
Know how to win the ultimate food fight by exchanging unhealthy patterns with God-honoring habits.
Start your health journey with Amber at www.amberlia.com
Sioni Rodriguez is active in the fight against human trafficking and all other human rights violations. She is a committed advocate for women who have been sexually assaulted or victims of domestic violence and a chaplain working closely with the incarcerated. The author of Three Times Sold and Rebuilding what was Destroyed, she shares her powerful personal story of survival, faith, and forgiveness, to now use her voice to champion others.
Norah Senkaba Birungi is resiliency embodied. The youngest of six children born to a Ugandan mother and Rwandan father, she felt her life had no value or purpose after her father was killed in the war and the family was left in abject poverty. Everything changed when she was sponsored through Compassion International. Now a college graduate, wife and mother, her riveting story reminds us to make our lives matter no matter what we face. You can change a life of a child in Ghana, West Africa, when you partner with me and Compassion International: Text VOICE to 83393, or visit www.angeladonadio.com.
What do we do when God’s plan isn’t my plan? Amber Albee-Swenson is a wife, mother, speaker, and the author of 4 books including “Chosen for More.” My new fearless friend shares how we can come to God just as we are and find ourselves in the pages of Scripture. An avid traveler, she also helps us know how to incorporate the needs of our family into traveling for work or ministry?
Like many who’ve weathered the storms of life, author and licensed marriage and family therapist Nicole Zasowski lived her life terrified of celebrating. After experiencing prolonged seasons of hurt and disappointment, she had become highly suspicious of joy, afraid to enjoy the good things in life for fear they would be snatched away. But in her new book, What If It’s Wonderful?: An Invitation to Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate, Nicole shares how she chose to pursue a life of anticipation and invites readers to join her on the quest to release fear that hinders our delight, savor the joy of our present life, and find our God-given courage to celebrate. www.nicolezasowski.com
Supernatural success starts with faith. LaVondilyn San Kitts challenges us to remember that when we stay in the secret place, God will guide us in the marketplace. Affectionately referred to as That FIA “Faith is Action” Coach, LaVondilyn has been coaching entrepreneurs of faith for over 15 years. She is the author of 6 books and host of the FIA Good Morning podcast. She reveals the #1 lie that entrepreneurs of faith believe that’s keeping them from seeing supernatural success in their lives and businesses. www.thatfiacoach.com
Despite the real-world challenges, we all face, the biggest obstacle we will ever have to overcome is your own mind. Billie Jauss is here to help us leave our emotional barriers behind so we can find peace and purpose. She’s a speaker, author, and host of the Start Small, Believe Big Podcast. Lean in for this much-needed conversation from her brand-new book, Distraction Detox: Release Emotional Barriers, Restructure Priorities, Realize God's Best.
The leading cause of death in the United States for 18-44 years old is overdose. Dana Brown was miraculously saved from a life of addiction, prostitution, homelessness, and jail. As the founder of Zoe Freedom Center, Dana devotes her life to helping others find freedom from addiction. God has filled her life with restored relationships, an amazing husband and 5 children; 3 of whom are adopted. www.zoefreedomcenter.org
It started with a century-old letter from her great-great-grandmother that challenged her to think more purposefully about what kind of spiritual legacy she was building for her children and grandchildren. The letter also eventually led to a beautiful devotional book about spiritual legacy, “Heirloom: Living a Legacy of Faith.” Kathy Howard is a treasure hunter, searching for cherished stories of faith that still impact hearts.
How do we turn panic into praise? Becky Harling understands what it’s like to feel stuck and what it takes to overcome those obstacles. As a survivor of both breast cancer and childhood sexual abuse, praise was the key that unlocked kingdom purpose in her life. Now, the author of 11 books and Bible studies and certified life coach with the John Maxwell Team, she helps those looking to move beyond their personal obstacles to live life intentionally with purpose and passion.
How can women embrace their purpose today? As a first-generation follower of Christ, Liz DeFrain loves helping women experience everything God desires for them. She is an ordained minister and the Women’s Director for the PennDel Network of the A/G.
Why is friendship at times so complicated? Andi Andrew is here today to help us do away with the drama and create authentic connection. Andi is the author of She Is Free, Fake or Follower, and her newest book, Friendship–It's Complicated. She is also the founding Pastor of Liberty Church, a multisite church she pioneered with her husband Paul in 2010. She is the founder of She is Free, a movement that exists to engage and equip women to encounter God and expand the Kingdom in their spheres of influence.
Can we really find hope after heartache? Kellie Haddock is a singer, songwriter, wife and mom. A former widow, Kellie has lived through tragedy and found hope and joy on the other side. Her music draws from real-life stories of beauty, heartache, hope and the celebration of life and reminds us that no matter what life brings, love will have the last word and hope is possible.
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Few people can help us shift into the new like Dr. Naomi Dowdy. If there is one word to describe her, it’s “pioneer.” She started as a missionary in the Marshall Islands and became the first woman senior pastor of a Singapore church, back when women pastors (of any kind) were unheard of. She has founded several organizations of global impact, and she is still pioneering and mentoring leaders today.
Evangelist Adam Field will fire you up to live with radical faith. Originally from Ireland, he founded Comission to ignite a passion for evangelism in local churches across the United States. He is fearless in his mission to see people encounter the love of God and be drawn into relationship with Jesus Christ. www.comission.com
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Let’s overcome negative emotions and operate in authority. Award-winning filmmaker Daniel Kooman is here to help us shift our atmosphere and impact those around us and our relationship with God. Daniel has traveled to more than thirty countries to tell stories that challenge and inspire. In his new book and TV Series, “Breath of Life – Three Breaths that Shaped Humanity,” Daniel shares the creation story in a distinctive and inspiring way by highlighting the three unique breaths from God and how they have affected us. breathoflifemedia.com
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“Rest is an invitation to reset the strained sinews of our soul. As we embrace rest, we make peace with the sacred space of less.” This 4-part Series from Angela’s Devotional “Astounded” will help us grow in grace, prayer, hope, and rhythm for the new year. Get 52 encouraging devotions with “Astounded – Encountering God in Everyday Moments” book and journal for only $10 at www.angeladonadio.com.
As the grandson of Billy Graham and son of Franklin Graham, Will Graham knows what it takes to live as a legacy leader. Under the banner of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, William Franklin Graham IV (Will), has shared the hope of Jesus with more than one million people across six continents since beginning his evangelistic ministry in 2006. He shares some of his most meaningful moments with his grandfather and a challenge to us in 2022.
“An unopened Bible is a sign of an overextended life.” This 4-part Series from Angela’s Devotional “Astounded” will help us grow in grace, prayer, hope, and rhythm for the new year. Get 52 encouraging devotions with “Astounded – Encountering God in Everyday Moments” book and journal for only $10 at www.angeladonadio.com.
Thirsty for personal and spiritual revival this year? Get ready to live a limitless life with Dr. Jamie Morgan, the author of “Thirsty: A 31-Day Journey to Personal Revival,” host of the top-ranked “FireStarter Podcast,” senior pastor, and leader of Trailblazer Mentoring Network for women in ministry. Learn more at jamiemorgan.com.
“Prayer should be our first defense, not our last resort.” This 4-part Series from Angela’s Devotional “Astounded” will help us grow in grace, prayer, hope, and rhythm for the new year. Get 52 encouraging devotions with “Astounded – Encountering God in Everyday Moments” book and journal for only $10 at www.angeladonadio.com.
Are you ready to SHIFT your strategy and progress into purpose? Today’s guest, Dr. Elisa Lashell Harney, is a global speaker, marketing and business strategist, author and Founder of the Purpose Positioning Institute. Dr. E uses information, instruction and impartation to help today's leaders increase their presence, platform, performance and profit. Dr. E will share her S.H.I.F.T. Strategy, her personal methodology that she uses to help herself and others to get out of Park, Reverse and Neutral to shift into Drive.
“Practice the grace erase by rubbing mistakes out instead of rubbing them in.” This 4-part Series from Angela’s Devotional “Astounded” will help us grow in grace, prayer, hope, and rhythm for the new year. Get 52 encouraging devotions with “Astounded – Encountering God in Everyday Moments” book and journal for only $10 at www.angeladonadio.com.
In our first episode of Season 4 and 2022, Mark Batterson is here to help us know how to “Win the Day.” This is the jump start you need to go after God-sized goals and develop new powerful habits to help you stress less and accomplish more. Mark Batterson is the lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. – one church with multiple locations. Pastor Mark holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Regent University and is the New York Times best-selling author of twenty books including, The Circle Maker, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, and the book we’re talking about today – Win the Day. He and his wife, Lora have three children and live on Capitol Hill
Ready for a reset for 2022? Born in exotic British Guyana, Sharon Bolan went on to have a career as a fashion model and had a life-changing encounter with God and His Word following an extensive, mysterious illness. Now she’s an evangelist and author who will encourage you to experience power in your prayer life and fight for a life of extraordinary freedom.
What would it look like to live God’s best in the new year? Dr. Kristi Lemley is a speaker, author, podcast host, and counselor. Kristi is a sought-after speaker and the author of two books, Transformed: Live God’s Best and ABLAZE: Prepare Your Heart for Revival. She helps us to move forward after what feels like failure, heal from woundedness, and experience the power of a transformed life.
On a trip to the Holy Land, my Christmas gift came early one year in a little town called Bethlehem. Beauty is still found in the most unexpected places. It was here that God gave the greatest gift – grace intersected humanity. Journey with me through this devotional from “Astounded” to the place Jesus was born – the moment that changed everything. Purchase “Astounded – Encountering God in Everyday Moments” at angeladonadio.com.
In 2014, Marina Hofman and her husband, suffered a near-fatal car crash. Now, they are walking miracles that testify that with God, all things are possible. Today, Marina is sharing her powerful story of overcoming life-threatening trauma and encouraging us how we can overcome challenges in our own lives. She is a PhD and university professor, award-winning Bible scholar, and the author of Women in the Bible Small Group Bible Study that helps us personally connect with courage of women in the Bible.
Friend, what if we reframe that word, “unpredictable?”What if - instead of seeing it as a obstacle - we embrace it as an opportunity? What if we welcome unpredictable moments not with dread, but with wide-eyed wonder? Sometimes our undone moments are God’s intended miracles. Perhaps nowhere is this more true than in Mary and Joseph, the central characters in the Christmas story. Unexpected. Uninvited., Undone. Yet exactly what God intended.
If you sit with today’s guest more than a few minutes, it’s highly likely that she will pray for you and speak encouragement over you. Author and speaker Christy Christopher knows what it’s like to live in the miraculous. She shares real-life stories from her latest book, Incredible Intervention to help us grow in expectancy and passion in our prayer life and give us key takeaways of the mindset of a giant slayer. www.christyachristopher.com
Best-selling author Michelle Medlock Adams is celebrating the release of her newest children’s book, Dachshund Through the Snow, just in time to gift for Christmas! In this short episode, Michelle helps us know how to talk to our kids about the true meaning of Christmas and give us meaningful ideas to connect with our kids during the holidays. Purchase a copy for the child in your life at www.michellemedlockadams.com.
Girls dream of their wedding day. For Terry Gobanga, hers turned into a nightmare that shifted the trajectory of her life. The Founder and President of Kara Olmurani, her passion to see sexual victims given a safe space to heal and be allowed to dream again comes from her own story as a survivor of sexual violence. Her autobiography, “Crawling out of Darkness,” captures her life’s journey from the dungeons of despair to a life full of promise. A graduate in Bible and Theology from East Africa University, Terry is a sought-after speaker, winner of multiple awards honoring women, a marital coach with her husband, and grateful mother to two beautiful girls. Once you hear her story, you will never be the same.
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For former QVC Spokesperson, author, speaker, and host of the So What? Why It Matters podcast, Nancy Hicks, this year, the holiday season will be especially hard. It’s the first holiday season without her oldest son, David, who passed away in May this year after a courageous battle with colon cancer. For the past several years, Nancy has spent her time teaching around the world, inspiring people to live fully alive. Now she’s inviting them to live fully alive in the midst of great pain as she shares openly and vulnerably about her own journey through grief and death.
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Karina Negron is a Puerto Rican Ph.D. scientist, a mom of two boys, a pastor’s wife, a worship leader, and a creative individual who loves Jesus and her family more than anything in this world. She is the Founder of Created for Delight and my fearless friend!
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What do you do when Christianity hasn’t lived up to your expectations? Pediatric ER Doctor Lina Abujamra felt this same disappointment and shares her powerful story in her most recent book, Fractured Faith: Finding Your Way Back to God in an Age of Deconstruction. As a popular Bible teacher, podcaster, and Founder of Living With Power Ministries, she connects biblical answers to everyday life. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, she ministers to singles through her Moody Radio show, Today’s Single Christian, and is engaged in providing medical care and humanitarian help to Syrian refugees and others in disaster areas in the Middle East.
She has been a Bible Study Teacher in the Rappahanock Regional Jail since 2008 and became a chaplain in 2013 through Christ in Action. She attended the Christian Sisters Transition Program since 2012 and began the monthly meetings, “It’s All About You” designed to encourage and strengthen every woman to know how valued they are in the kingdom of God. She collaborated to write Ready, Set, Release which was brought into the Jail. Get involved this holiday season!
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Pro-life advocate Kelly Lester, the Director of Outreach and Government Engagement for And Then There Were None and Pro-Love Ministries, is a testament to how God can redeem every part of a painful story. Kelly shares honestly about being raped as a teen, several abortions, drug dealing, and even working in the clinic where she had her first abortion. But beauty triumphs from the ashes. Now a wife and mother of six children, Kelly loves to share her story to give hope to the most desperate situations.
What a difference our world would be if our lives were filled with deposits of gratitude instead of withdrawals of gripes. Does gratitude matter to Jesus? Celebrating this month of thanksgiving, find out what Luke 17 has to say and hear helpful tips to express gratitude in today’s short encouraging devotion from Angela’s devotional, “Astounded.”
Growing up as a Chinese-American daughter of a mail-order bride and a busboy working in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Bonnie Gray never felt like she belonged. As an adult, Gray overcame mental health issues, panic attacks, anxiety and depression stemming from childhood trauma, sexual assault and PTSD. In her most personal book yet, Sweet Like Jasmine: Finding Identity in a Culture of Loneliness, author, soul care expert and host of Breathe: The Stress Less Podcast, Gray empowers women to make peace with their past, deal with toxic relationships, and build a new story of faith and joy in their families, marriages, friendships and relationship with God.
After 9 years of being involved in the fitness industry and human services, Tony Nuñez now serves in full-time ministry as the Student Pastor at River of Life Church. In the same month he was offered the position, he was diagnosed with ALS, Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Tony and his wife Cori have been married since August of 2013 and they have three beautiful girls together. Cori, a full-time wedding photographer; serves alongside him with the students. While ALS continues to add physical limitations to Tony and has deteriorated his body; Tony and Cori know God is faithful and has a purpose in all things and are pressing forward through this diagnosis to serve the students and further the gospel at all costs.
“Never choose a permanent solution for a temporary problem.” After the tragic loss of her teenage son to suicide in 2013, Keri Spring has played an active role in suicide and bullying prevention. Keri is a passionate, energetic leader tasked with delivering a message of hope and purpose to everyone needing encouragement through their circumstances. Learn how to navigate the pain of bullying in our culture and trust God’s greater plan.
Loss does not need to define or destroy you. Melissa Eadie is an LA-trained Makeup and Special Fx artist. She is also a two-time cancer survivor and above knee amputee—all before her 20’s. She believes ashes can be redeemed into a beautiful story and is passionate about helping those dealing with great loss to process grief and find healing. Her debut book, HELD. is more than just a memoir – it is the comfort our weary soul has been searching for.
Known as a change strategist, self-professed “Latina on Fire for Jesus” Rosalinda Rivera is on the front lines bringing healing to hurting people. Her passion for kingdom purpose is evident in everything she does. She was the youngest entrepreneur to open a retail business in the national mall and developed a model of social enterprise to sustain the non-profit, New Life for Youth, by creating successful businesses while training thousands of young people in job skills and leadership. An author and powerhouse speaker, Rosalinda is recognized from the White House to the local community for her leading-edge pioneering of social enterprises sustain non-profits.
“My husband isn’t my enemy; he’s my person. Remember the kind of marriage you want in the end.” I want As a millennial, Zandy Hicks has a passion to see her generation understand God’s design for marriage and have a strong marriage that lasts. As the host of the Bold, Brave and Daring Podcast, she shares boldly about how we can live in today’s world with confidence and grace.
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What would change if we fully expected God to show up in our lives and circumstances? Sharon Swanepoel encourages us to live in the deep end of faith and experience the miraculous in our lives. She is an award-winning recording artist, an anti-bullying activist, and the founder of Hashtag Inc. She built the Seek and Save orphan care center in South Africa founding the Seek and Save Project, providing gospel books and a message of hope to children around the globe. They have seen nearly 200,000 children receive salvation through Seek and Save. Originally from South Africa, Sharon is an ordained spiritual leader who serves in ministry with her husband in the US.
It might surprise you to hear one of the greatest needs of survivors of human trafficking. After living and traveling around the world, Nicole Robyn now teaches and trains up young women to reach their God-given potential and started a freedom business making bridal accessories in 2011. In 2019 she opened Freedom Society, a tea-room and gift shop in Fredericksburg VA, with her daughter and husband. Her passion is living her life abandoned to the will and purpose of God and building collaborative networks that can work together to see greater freedom for many. Nicole and I discuss how we can use our purchasing power and partner locally and globally to fulfil God’s heart for justice.
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What if we could end modern-day slavery in our lifetime? That is the vision of Brigette Metcalf, Founder of Sealed.Life an organization committed to love, value, restore and reclaim lives impacted by human trafficking. Brigette has dedicated 30 years to full-time ministry, experiencing a spiritual awakening when the effects of sex trafficking hit too close to home. Brigette and her husband now serve from Thailand where she and her team build relationships, teach English, and minister practical needs in the red-light district of Bangkok. The Virtual World Sealed Conferences takes place October 16 in 155 cities in 22 countries.
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During the pandemic, anxiety levels sky-rocketed among children. After watching her students struggle in the shut-down, she authored “Emmy’s Big Change” to help students navigate change, process anxiety and inspire hope. Denise has spent 23 years in elementary education, nine of those as a first-grade teacher. This valuable resource from Angela’s fearless friend Denise is ideal for schools, parents, children, and churches.
Have you dreamed about doing something but don’t know where to start? Jenny Randle is an Emmy-award winning editor, author, speaker, and the co-host of the chart-topping podcast, Shut the Should Up with Candace Payne. She went on a journey to discover what it really means to live on purpose. In her new book, Dream Come True, you’ll discover how God pours passion and vision into your life, and you’ll find practical answers to that all-important question, “What do I do next?” Dreams do come true when you partner with God to make them a reality. www.jennyrandle.com
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“We don’t need more willpower. We need more Spirit power.” When it comes to the third person of the Trinity, many Christians’ views are murky at best. The Holy Spirit has been misunderstood, marginalized, and even maligned. But what if a relationship with the Holy Spirit is the missing link to a fulfilling spiritual life?
Jeannie Cunnion, a pastor’s kid and life-long Jesus follower who became a Christian at the age of eight, found herself knee-deep in questions that led her to discover more about the Holy Spirit and become fully reliant on Him for the answers. In Don’t Miss Out: Daring to Believe Life Is Better with the Holy Spirit, Jeannie takes us on her journey to re-discover God’s love through a better understanding of the Holy Spirit, unveiling 30 benefits of being in relationship with God’s divine presence.
Rahab let grace tear off the labels she had worn. She refused to allow anything to diminish her value to the kingdom of God. No matter what we have done, or what has been done to us, nothing can keep God from using us. God will use the worst of circumstances to bring out the best in us
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Stefanie Chappell knew what it felt like to walk onto a university campus without hope. Stefanie grew up in a loving, yet unchurched family, and had plans for a successful career in law. As a university student, she encountered the grace and truth of Christ for the first time in her life. Stefanie was a few months away from entering law school when the Lord redirected her path to campus ministry. Now, she invests her life into university students through Chi Alpha Ministries. What is worth investing our life into? We talk about how the kingdom of God advances through relationships and how we can best mentor and become the leader God has called us to be.
“Fair doesn’t live here but Jesus does.” Sheila Walsh is a bestselling author who’s sold almost six million books. She served as the co-host of a national television program and a core speaker on the wildly popular Women of Faith touring event with millions attending. But what most don’t know is that when Sheila was 5 years old, her father suffered a brain thrombosis that changed him from a fun, kind dad to an angry, unpredictable, abusive stranger, who would spit in her face and pull her hair out - he eventually committed suicide. Even as a successful tv host, author and speaker, Sheila battled clinical depression and at her lowest point spent a month in a psychiatric hospital for suicidal thoughts and depression. In her new book, Holding On When You Want to Let Go, Sheila talks openly about how the global pandemic magnified and exacerbated her struggles, and how she continues to hold on to hope each day.
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Rahab’s life points us to grace. Grace is the undoing of something old and the unfolding of something new. It is the awareness that God picks us up out of the rubble and leads us to safety. It is the realization that God longs to save us, redeem us, and use us. It is the promise that we will no longer remain paralyzed by our past, but we will walk fearlessly into all that lies ahead.
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Lisa Potter is a passionate leader of women who lead, a grace downloader, and a generational bridge builder living out her passions through speaking, writing, worship, and mentoring the next generation of female leaders. She is the author of The Collective Journey, an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God, and the executive director for Potomac Ministry Network Women Who Lead. Lisa and I sit down to talk about soul care through seasons of loss and transition, and how we can flourish in life and leadership.
Bestselling author, podcast host and national speaker Rebekah Lyons spent years battling fear, anxiety and panic until she found freedom in surrendering her yes to God. From moving to New York City with young children to adopting a child with Down syndrome from China, Rebekah realized that saying yes to who God says you are in Him, even in the small, ordinary moments of life, can create renewed spiritual vitality.
In her new devotional, A Surrendered Yes: 52 Devotions to Let Go and Live Free, Rebekah offers us 52 reflections that will move us from striving and fear into freedom, joy and rest. She shares her own personal rescue journey of healing from anxiety and fear to finding renewed freedom in daily rhythms, and encourages us to engage our bravest self, knowing that God sustains and upholds us.
Welcome back to Fearless Fridays! It wasn’t enough for Rahab to make a promise; she had to put her faith on display for all to see. She fearlessly followed their directions to a T. When we choose to say “yes” to the kindness of God, He pulls us out of our Jericho places that try to drag us toward destruction. And it’s a “yes” that’s more than a word: it’s a life that demonstrates real faith. Disobedience tries to derail our destiny, one choice at a time. But obedience opens the door to opportunity when we give faith space to breathe.
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No matter how good we look to others, the nagging voice of self-doubt is hard to shake. Perhaps no one understood this more than Moses. Today, award-winning author Erica Wiggenhorn encourages us to rest in God’s identity and sufficiency with her brand-new book, Letting God Be Enough: Why Striving Keeps You Stuck and How Surrender Sets You Free. Are we enough? No – but our God certainly is.
“God anoints and appoints but usability is up to you.” In a world riddled by hard things how can life be good? When bestselling author and Bible teacher Lisa Whittle lost her beloved father in 2017, she found herself wondering the same question and beginning her journey of the hard good. Now, some five years later, in her new book, The Hard Good: Showing Up for God to Work in You When All You Want to Do is Shut Down, Lisa combines the lessons she learned with counsel from Scripture to share a poignant and practical roadmap that helps us find spiritual growth and discover our unique role in God’s perfect plan.
Welcome back to Fearless Fridays! Today, we meet Rahab. I’m so challenged by her courage. It’s much easier to just blend in with the crowd than to stand up for what is right. Let’s get to know this amazing woman who stood out – and dared to do extraordinary things - because of her faith. She ached for a life without shame, without stigma, and without shackles. And her riveting story reminds us that our past doesn’t have to paralyze our future.
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The Malone family appeared to have it all. Kevin Malone was the GM, General Manager, of Major League Baseball teams and Marilyn was supermom while Kevin focused on work. Then suddenly, life imploded. Shawn, their valedictorian son, had a hidden secret that would plunge their family into the depths of despair. Lean in for this powerful story of undeniable grace as we talk about the film, The Shawn Miracle, and Kevin’s work to aggressively tackle human trafficking here in the US and abroad.
“I wasn’t looking for God, but He was looking for me.” Susanne Cox watched her parents become destroyed by alcohol, anger, and a home filled with abuse. By the time Susanne was 13 years old, she was already in her first drug treatment center and a full-blown alcoholic. By the time she was 23, she was a cocaine addict whose life had spiraled out of control. Now, she is an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God, Founder of Legacy of Purpose, and served as a missionary to Southern Asia before marrying Pastor Ron Cox of Kingwood Church in Alabama. Susanne serves on the Speaker Bureau for Project Rescue and partners with their mission to rescue and restore victims of sexual exploitation through the love and power of God. Her riveting story will encourage you that God brings Beauty for Ashes.
We might just be surprised to hear what the women of the Bible have to say about the complex cultural issues we are dealing with today. We can find our fearless as we explore the way their calling influences ours. Too often, we let challenges build barriers that keep us from fearless living. Instead, let’s use them to build bridges that carry us to our greatest impact. From Fearless: Ordinary Women of the Bible who Dared to do Extraordinary Things by Angela Donadio www.angeladonadio.com
Music: Finding Tranquility by Angela Donadio
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“We don’t need to be held captive to our thoughts; instead. we can capture our thoughts.” How do we do that when in today’s chaotic world it seems that no one can avoid toxic thoughts, depression or anxiety. World-renowned neuroscientist and best-selling author, Dr. Caroline Leaf shares from her brand-new book, “Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess,” that we shouldn't settle into this mental mess as if it's just our new normal. There's hope and help available to us to recognize warning signals, remove labels and lies, and shape our thoughts through the Word of God and key steps for mind management. www.drleaf.com
“Faith comes in and puts a comma where the facts had an exclamation mark.” Jan Aldridge was born with a rare birth defect and offered a corrective surgery with one catch: she would never speak again. She was miraculously healed at the age of seventeen, and her powerful story will leave you awestruck at the goodness of God. Jan will have you crying one minute and laughing the next, but you'll get the message - the message of Jesus Christ. As an anointed, sought-after speaker, she has a now word for a generation that is desperate for real answers, and we talk about what God is saying to us today. www.janaldridge.org
Ordinary moments become extraordinary when our obedience intersects with God’s provision. We learn how to flex our faith muscles by saying yes to God in small decisions. Then, when we’re faced with a giant “ask,” we’re ready because we’ve consistently developed trust. God does His best work when we let go and get out of the way. This tale of two daughters shows us how to trust God for divine provision, protection, and divine opportunities. From Fearless: Ordinary Women of the Bible who Dared to do Extraordinary Things by Angela Donadio www.angeladonadio.com
Music: Finding Tranquility by Angela Donadio
Her marriage to a professional baseball player, struggles with severe food bondage, and a father who was a quadriplegic brought Gari Meacham to a crisp realization: her prayer life and her beliefs needed to match. She brings passion and authenticity to everything she touches: her 8 books, her documentary film God Loves Broken, her podcast, and The Vine, her organization that helps vulnerable children and women in Uganda. Gari’s refreshing honesty will lead you to a life of gutsy faith and help you know how to turn problems and heartaches into intimacy with God. www.garimeacham.com
Thank you for 100 Episodes! Join Angela and special guest Keri Spring to celebrate this exciting milestone celebrating 70,000 downloads in 130 countries! Find out YOUR Fan Favorites as we countdown the Top 20 most-listened to episodes!
We’re tempted to place our hope in so many things. People. Bank accounts. Promotions. A different spouse. A healthier body. But if we tether our trust to anything but God, we will find ourselves sorely disappointed. Fearless faith relies on God to make a way. No matter how insurmountable the odds seem against us, God can preserve our hope. When the future seemed grave, Jochebed made a critical choice that still speaks to us today.
From Fearless: Ordinary Women of the Bible who Dared to do Extraordinary Things by Angela Donadio
Music: Finding Tranquility by Angela Donadio
Only four months after losing her mother to breast cancer, Ginny Dent Brant found out she herself was fighting aggressive cancer. She has walked the halls of power of Washington D.C., mission fields around the world, and the unexpected journey of cancer. The author of a new book, Unleash Your God-Given Healing - 8 Steps to Prevent and Survive Cancer, Ginny will share how she got through it, what she learned from it, and some key steps we can all take to boost our immune system and make life matter.
Welcome to the Make Life Matter Podcast! Today I’m sitting down with the extraordinary Michelle McKinney Hammond. As a single woman who has excelled in ministry and the marketplace, she the best-selling author of over 40 books, selling over 2 million copies, and Emmy-Award winning cohost of the talk show Aspiring Women. Her LOVE U. Masterclass on relationships starts a new semester on September 13. A guiding voice for many, she recently stated, “What is your view on marriage? Are you driven by a desire for marriage? Is it a desire you have or does the desire have you?” Whether you are single or married, Michelle shares how we can live in wholeness and experience divine inspiration for a victorious attitude. We’ll discover what it means to be loved by God and love like God.
Perhaps you feel paralyzed by a decision you’re facing, agonizing over your next move. If you’re questioning why God has you in a particular position, take your cues from these heroic women. Courage stares into the face of uncertainty and does the next, right thing. We can stand up for justice at all costs when we fear God more than man. When the world contradicts the Word, the Word has the final say. Our ordinary, everyday moments can become platforms for the miraculous when we choose obedience.
From Fearless: Ordinary Women of the Bible who Dared to do Extraordinary Things by Angela Donadio
Music: Finding Tranquility by Angela Donadio
Whether you’re a combat veteran, love someone who is, or you long to heal from pain. trauma, or PTSD, “Peace After Combat” provides a path forward. Dr. Tiffany Tajiri is a licensed and board-certified clinical psychologist, a veteran US Air Force officer, and currently the chief of the largest behavioral health clinic at Fort Bliss, Texas. One US combat veteran dies by suicide every hour. Dr. Tiffany and Angela discuss how to recognize the symptoms of trauma, healthy ways to process it, and a powerful story from her ground-breaking work with combat veterans. She also gives us a powerful tool we can use in our healing.
Dr. George Barna is often called “the most quoted person in the Christian Church today.” He founded the Barna Group, a research company that for years set the standard for understanding trends in American culture. The author of more than 50 books, including numerous award-winners and New York Times bestsellers, his recent research, The American Worldview Inventory revealed that just 6 % of U.S. adults possess a biblical worldview. In “God’s Truth or my truth,” Dr. Barna sits down with Angela to discuss the opportunities emerging from the pandemic, the “cut-and-paste” approach most Americans take to making sense of life, and how we can move the needle toward thoughtful dependence on the Bible to frame our worldview.
Welcome to the Summer Story Series! On Mondays during June and July, I’ll share some of my favorite stories from my most recent book, “Astounded – Encountering God in Everyday Moments – 52 Devotions filled with Heartfelt Stories, Humor, and Hope.” In today’s episode, God’s Makeover Miracle, we explore how a home makeover reveals the process of transformation found in James 1:4. Too often, we fight the process we don’t see the promise.
Welcome to the Summer Story Series! On Mondays during June and July, I’ll share some of my favorite stories from my most recent book, “Astounded – Encountering God in Everyday Moments – 52 Devotions filled with Heartfelt Stories, Humor and Hope.” Today’s episode, Dreams of Olympic Glory, gives us the tools we need to tackle spiritual mountains through the process of preparation.
Welcome to the Summer Story Series! On Mondays during June and July, I’ll share some of my favorite stories from my most recent book, “Astounded – Encountering God in Everyday Moments – 52 Devotions filled with Heartfelt Stories, Humor and Hope.” Today’s episode, When Your Want-to is Worn-out, walks us through John Chapter 5 to give us the cure for our weary hearts. Just as Jesus restored a broken man, He can restore a worn-out want-to.
Welcome to the Summer Story Series! On Mondays during June and July, I’ll share some of my favorite stories from my most recent book, “Astounded – Encountering God in Everyday Moments – 52 Devotions filled with Heartfelt Stories, Humor and Hope.” Today’s episode, Deliver Kindness Curbside, shows us the power of reaching for kindness and the importance of honor.
Welcome to the Summer Story Series! On Mondays during June and July, I’ll share some of my favorite stories from my most recent book, “Astounded – Encountering God in Everyday Moments – 52 Devotions filled with Heartfelt Stories, Humor and Hope.” Today’s episode, Courage for Sliding Rock Trail, takes you on an adrenaline-filled adventure through Tallulah Gorge and the truth in Psalm 18 to help us find our brave in Jesus.
Welcome to the Summer Story Series! On Mondays during June and July, I’ll share some of my favorite stories from my most recent book, “Astounded – Encountering God in Everyday Moments – 52 Devotions filled with Heartfelt Stories, Humor, and Hope.” In today’s episode, Dodge Distraction, Angela shares an unforgettable story and 3 tips to help us elude the dangers of distraction
Welcome to the Summer Story Series! On Mondays during June and July, I’ll share some of my favorite stories from my most recent book, “Astounded – Encountering God in Everyday Moments – 52 Devotions filled with Heartfelt Stories, Humor and Hope.” Today’s episode, Pint-Sized Faith, takes us on a trip to the beach to meet a little girl who helps us learn how to trust God in deeper ways.
Welcome to the Summer Story Series! On Mondays during June and July, I’ll share some of my favorite stories from my most recent book, “Astounded – Encountering God in Everyday Moments – 52 Devotions filled with Heartfelt Stories, Humor, and Hope.” Today’s episode, Take Shelter, looks at Psalm 91 and shows us how God’s shelter is a healing balm to a battled soul.
Ejaz Nabie found himself at the epicenter of a global pandemic. Radically saved out of a strict, Muslim background, Ejaz Nabie paid a heavy personal cost to follow Jesus. God uniquely prepared him to pioneer Faith Assembly in Queens New York, a dynamic, diverse church where he serves as Senior Pastor. Little did he know 34 years later that he would find himself at the epicenter of a global pandemic, wondering how to minister to a city that was dying. He founded PRAYNYC to bring together churches and pastors to impact their communities in powerful ways, and to date, over 70,000 people have joined in these prayer initiatives. He shares his riveting personal story and leadership lessons we all need to see the opportunities in times of crisis.
While pursuing her law degree, Tamryn Klintworth attended a crusade of Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke of Christ for All Nations (CfaN). She was never the same. Radically impacted, God shifted the direction of her life. Upon completing her degree, she spent a year working for CfaN before launching out under the banner of In His Name. Today, Tamyryn and her team hold mass crusades across the continent of Africa. Her powerful story and dynamic ministry will inspire you to believe God for mountain-moving assignments. She lives in Cape Town, South Africa, with her husband, André Britz.
“Covid was like a magnifying glass so we could truly see. The Church that was somehow sleeping to the needs of the orphan has been shaken awake.” Harmony Klngenmeyer is a leading voice to see the Z and Alpha Generation healed and restored. We discuss the greatest need among children today and what we can do to grow in connection and compassion with the next generation. The author of “Hear Their Voices: A Portrait of an American Foster Family,” Harmony and her husband, Scott, are the mother of three adopted boys and 17 children out of foster care. She holds her Master’s in Education and has spent almost a decade teaching in elementary and middle schools.
“You have a brick in your chest and we’re not sure you’re going to make it. Get your affairs in order.” Dr. Paula McDonald survived a life-threatening surgery for a rare tumor wrapped around her spinal cord and into her chest to face yet another large tumor that required the loss of a lung. She lives life to the fullest, encouraging others to experience wellness and understand the intersection of faith and the Bible. As the author of LIV2DAY – THEYSYNTHESIS, she holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, a master’s and Ph.D. in Theology, and speaks from authority regarding science and the Bible.
What do we do when our faith doesn’t seem to resolve our pain? Beth Murphy co-founded Rock House Center with her husband John to bring Biblical counseling programs to individuals and leaders seeking greater wellbeing and life purpose through their faith. She offers a significantly grace-filled perspective on relational and emotional struggles, helping us know God’s pathway out of how we’re feeling and experiencing life and access God’s peace. Her resources encourage us to unmute the shame and stigma attached to mental health and know what to do with our pain.
Charlotte Gambill leads Life Church alongside her husband Steve with five campuses across Europe. The author of 14 books, founder of Cherish women’s conferences and The Collective, and co-founder of the Dare To Be movement with Natalie Grant, Charlotte’s greatest joy is her husband and two children. Through a difficult season of infertility, she chose to sow seeds of life and hope into others. When the pandemic spread across the globe, we faced change in our everyday choices and unfamiliar restrictions. Yet, that season reminded Charlotte that we still have the power to choose. What started with her talking to herself on an iPhone became a gathering point for people worldwide to join in together and choose faith over fear, connection over isolation, and trust in the trials. www.charlottegambill.com.
Hal Donaldson is president of Convoy of Hope, a faith-based, nonprofit organization that leads humanitarian initiatives across the United States and around the world. The author of 30 books including “Disruptive Compassion,” Hal inspires us to work through a sense of overwhelm or apathy to give others dignity. After a tragic accident took the life of his father and seriously injured his mother, his family experienced the shame and pain of poverty and the power of kindness. In this unforgettable interview, Hal shares moments that changed his life: a haunting word from Mother Theresa, a miracle in one of his lowest seasons, and an encounter that opened heaven over Convoy of Hope. Through Convoy of Hope, families receive supplies and resources through community outreaches, international feeding programs for nearly 400,000 children a day, job training for mothers, agriculture initiatives, and disaster relief. Discover more at www.convoyofhope.org.
One of the most listened to guests of Season 1, Carol McLeod, president, and founder of Carol McLeod Ministries, is back with Rooms of a Mother’s Heart: A Sacred Call and an Eternal.With wisdom and compassion, Carol examines what it means to be a mother and offers tender encouragement to all women who accept that calling. She is the mother of five children in heaven and five children on earth, “Marmee” to her grandchildren and beloved wife of more than 40 years to Craig. Connect at www.carolmcleodministries.com.
Throughout the season of longing for her own child, Bethany Marshall authored two children’s books. “Pickles and Prayer” and the just-released, “Pineapples and Praise” creatively teach the process of seeds in prayer and how the pineapple points us to heaven. Her own story of trusting God while in the wait will help you encounter the love of God in a more profound way and receive the joy you need to walk through even the hardest times of your lives. A trauma-informed care counselor, shares ways to heal and move forward from painful circumstances. Connect with her on Instagram @bethanymarshall87 or Facebook and purchase her books on Amazon.
Known as the Mender of Hearts, Dr. Sam Kojoglanian is an interventional cardiologist and an international evangelist. He shares the 3 “W’s” of spiritual, physical, and emotional heart health: water, walk and the Word. His practical and spiritual insights will guard your heart and help you live your best life. www.beaconofhearts.org.
Discover how to break through barriers with trailblazer, Soorin Backer. The author of “Women in Jesus’ Life,” Soorin realized that despite a master’s in theology and extensive experience, she was called to shatter a glass ceiling as an Asian female Bible teacher. In this discussion of diversity, women in ministry, and the fight to ignite reformers, you’ll be inspired to step boldly into all God has called you to do. Learn more about Soorin’s nationwide radio show and resources at www.soorinbacker.com.
Sterling Harris is a former NFL Player and federal prisoner whose life was radically changed by starting and developing an intimate relationship with Jesus. Sterling is a person who tried all life had to offer and found no true peace and fulfillment until he was set on fire for Jesus. In Sterling’s new book, “How to Hear God, 10 Ways God,” you will learn to experience God’s voice with greater clarity and encounter God’s activity in your everyday life. Sterling is a devoted husband and father as well as a kingdom-minded businessman, author, and speaker. Find out more at sterlingharris.org.
Paul Daugherty and his wife, Ashley Daugherty have served as the Lead Pastors of Victory Church for the past five years. They lead full lives at the church with all its ministries as well as raising their four kids. Their creative approach during the pandemic led 39,000 people to Jesus over 30 weeks. They are passionate about people having a genuine encounter with Jesus. They have a heart to see all ages, all ethnicities, and all backgrounds empowered through the local church. Paul has completed his bachelor’s degree in Theology from Oral Roberts University and is currently working on his Master’s Degree. Paul has written several worship albums, as well as several mini books. Paul often travels internationally for missions, crusades, pastors’ conferences, and also speaks at churches to equip believers to fulfill their God-given purpose. Instagram, FB and Twitter @pauldaugherty
Jeannie Ortega Law is a chart-topping singer, speaker, media personality, journalist and actress from New York City. Her TV show, In the Mix, appears on TBN's Salsa Network and 24 Flix. She tours various venues, including churches, sharing her music and life-changing testimony. She and her husband, Renn, live in Orlando, Florida, and lead Most High King Ministries. (www.jeannieo.com)
Sandra Rohrer lived with two great mysteries: Who killed my mother and who was my biological father? Her compelling story created a passion to share the heart of God in a creative way. Her story of tragedy, joy, and overcoming heartache inspires others to seek emotional freedom and believe God can accomplish the impossible. Her love for missions and adventures has taken her around the world. Sandra resides in Iowa with her family and fluffy cockapoo. Visit her website, www.sandrarohrer.com to purchase her book, “KNOWN: A Daughter’s Search for a Killer, Her Identity, and the Heart of God,” and follow Sandra on IG @sandraroars.
Jennifer Rothschild became blind at age fifteen and now helps others live beyond limits. Jennifer is a nationally known author, speaker and Bible study teacher who has written 17 books, including the bestsellers “Lessons I Learned in the Dark,” and Me, Myself and Lies”. She recently released her 7th video-based Bible study, “Take Courage: A Study of Haggai.” She’s also the host of the 4:13 Podcast with Jennifer Rothschild.
Jennifer has been featured on Good Morning America, The Dr. Phil Show, and The Today Show. She is the founder of Fresh Grounded Faith events and the online leadership library, womensministry.net, for women serving in the local church. She and her husband, whom she affectionately calls “her very own Dr. Phil,” have two sons, a delightful daughter-in-law, and two perfect grandsons, Tripp and Lawson. Jennifer is a C.S. Lewis junkie who enjoys strong coffee, dark chocolate, great conversation, international travel, and audiobooks.
We’re celebrating 50,000 downloads in 130 countries today! Look back at some of the most impacting moments of Season 2, hear what’s coming, and learn how to join me and Carol McLeod in Israel 2022! To celebrate the launch of the audiobook I narrated of “Astounded: Encountering God in Everyday Moments,” I share one of my favorite devotions, “When a Promise is Stuck in Transit.” a short devotional from Astounded on what we do when it feels like a promise is stuck in transit.
Kenya S Ulmer is a Certified Life Coach, Speaker, and Teacher with a heart for the single parent. Her mission is to help women cut out the drama and distractions to get on the road to their destiny. Through a series of relationships, Kenya saw destructive patterns, looked deep inside, and began to concentrate on the “the one” (herself) instead of looking for “the one” (a man). Now drama-free and healed, Kenya stresses the importance of chasing Jesus and teaches women how to recognize the diversions that are designed to take them out and keep them off track. To learn more and connect with Kenya, visit her at www.singlemamawithnodrama.com
“It isn’t the power of your presentation that leads to salvation; it’s the power of the Gospel.” If you told Scott McNamara he would go from being an addict in a boy band to committing to full-time ministry and equipping people to Spirit-led evangelism he would likely not believe you but that’s exactly what Scott’s journey has been. Along the way, he has been able to connect with people and bring them to Christ with a simple method that Scott is now sharing in his new book that just released, “Jesus at the Door: Evangelism Made Easy.”
Dr. James O. Davis, president of the Global Church Network and Cutting Edge International, is considered to be the leading Christian networker of our time. The Global Church Network (formerly Billion Soul Network) has become the world’s largest pastors network, partnering with more than 2,400 ministries and 560,000 churches around the globe. A prolific author, international speaker, and expert on networking and leadership, Dr. Davis has ministered face-to-face to millions of people in more than 125 nations.
Gracía Burnham and her husband, Martin served with New Tribes Mission in the Philippines for seventeen years. Martin was a jungle pilot delivering mail, supplies, and encouragement to other missionaries. He also transported sick and injured patients to medical facilities. Gracia supported him whenever he was in the air by maintaining radio contact and home-schooling their three children. On May 27, 2001, while celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary at Dos Palmas Resort off Palawan Island, rebels from the Abu Sayyaf Group seized the Burnhams and several other guests of the resort and took them as hostages to Basilan Island. In the ensuing 376 days of captivity they endured incredible hardship and emotional fatigue. On June 7, 2002, Martin was killed in a firefight between the Philippine military and the Abu Sayyaf Group. Gracia was wounded in the leg but was freed.
Gracia now resides in Rose Hill, Kansas. She is the author of the book In the Presence of My Enemies, which gives a gripping account of their year of terror in the Philippine jungle. In her second book, To Fly Again, Gracia reflects on the lessons and spiritual truths learned while in the jungle. She is a popular and engaging speaker in high demand at churches, colleges, and conferences across the United States. She is also the Founder and Director of The Martin & Gracia Burnham Foundation. Connect with her at www.graciaburnham.org.
Staci Wallace (www.staciwallace.com) has been a successful businesswoman, entrepreneur and thought leader for over 30 years. She is an accomplished author, motivational speaker and media host, and the founder of EMwomen (Empowering Women). Staci, her husband, Larry, and their two children live in Frisco, Texas.
Dr. Steve Greene is Charisma Media Group's publisher and executive vice president. After receiving his Ph.D. in marketing, Dr. Greene worked for various large corporations and owned several businesses. Previously, he served as dean of the College of Business and as professor of marketing at Oral Roberts University. Dr. Greene founded Bixby Community Church and served as senior pastor for ten years. In 2015, Dr. Greene started the Charisma Podcast Network (CPN) with 5 shows. As of January 2021, CPN hosts 194 shows and has had over 52 million downloads. His show “Greenelines” averages 400K downloads monthly. Dr. Greene has been married to Anette for forty-seven years. They have two children and three grandchildren.
Holly Christine Hayes is an award-winning author and Founder + CEO of Sanctuary Project, a survivor-run nonprofit community providing job training and employment to women coming out of trafficking, violence, and addiction. After working in worship and recovery ministry for Menlo Church in California and the American Church in Paris, Holly married her husband Jeff in 2016, and they now reside in Austin, Texas. In July of 2019, they welcomed their daughter, Havana, into their family. Holly has spoken in safe houses, churches, conferences and recovery communities all over the world and was recently chosen as a new Voice for Women of Faith. She has traveled the globe, sharing her radical story of salvation and coming to faith in Christ from one simple, desperate prayer and is passionate about teaching others to pray that prayer too. "God, help me."
Abby Johnson is the Founder and Director of And Then There Were None. Abby worked for Planned Parenthood for eight years, working her way up through the ranks to become the clinic director in Bryan, Texas. She was Planned Parenthood's Employee of the Year in 2008 but she walked away from her job after witnessing the abortion of a 13-week-old fetus during an ultrasound-guided abortion. She left Planned Parenthood and instantly became a national news headline for her defection, which led to a pro-life speaking career. In 2012, she founded And Then There Were None, the only ministry in the nation that helps abortion workers leave their jobs and find new ones out of the industry. To date, she has helped over 600 abortion workers quit. She also founded ProLove Ministries and LoveLine in the fall of 2019. Her bestselling book, Unplanned, was made into a feature film that debuted in theaters nationwide March 2019 under the same name and she is the host of the podcast Politely Rude. She and her husband, Doug, have eight children.
“Your marriage may be broken but you don’t have to be.” Tracie Miles is a speaker, author, and the director of Compel Training with Proverbs 31 Ministries. She has written four best-selling books and her new release, Living Unbroken: Reclaiming Your Life and Heart after Divorce. She contributes to numerous devotionals that reach millions of Christian women around the world. Tracie has three children and lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“Life shakes us up; abiding settles us down.” Through the harrowing abduction of her teenage daughter and a life devoted to ministry, Dr. Jodi Detrick has a profound understanding of the power of redemption. The author of The Settled Soul and The Jesus-Hearted Woman, Jodi is a certified personal coach and an in-demand speaker for many groups across America. Jodi, an adjunct professor at Northwest University, loves to talk to people at heart-level about things that matter most. For many years, she was a religion columnist for The Seattle Times, one of America’s leading newspapers. Jodi lives with her minister husband, Don, in the rainy Pacific Northwest where lattes are always a good idea.
Overlooked, devalued, and against impossible odds, David trusted God and defeated Goliath. The death of Goliath was the birth of David’s destiny – but it really began in the desert. No matter what giant you’re facing today or what desert you find yourself in, when you know who you are in Christ, you can trust God to defend you –just like He did for David. In this 4-part Series, Angela looks at the lives of Jesus, Elijah, David, and Ruth, and shows us how we can move from desert to destiny.
Born and raised in South Africa, entrepreneur Mimika Cooney experienced severe rejection, bullying and a broken childhood. She spent years pursuing accolades and addicted to approval in the pursuit of finding her worth, validation and confidence. Then God stepped in to heal her hurts, change her heart and awaken a passion for helping others seeking their purpose in life. Now, she seeks to empower and equip Christian leaders to unlock their personal potential and become the leaders they were born to be. Mimika is a Motivational Speaker, Author, Leadership Mentor, and the host of the “Mimika TV Podcast.”
Judged by both the church and the world, Kim Dolan Leto made her body an idol until she underwent her own body and life transformation. Now, she’s dedicated her life to teaching women to get fit and find confidence – God’s way. With 20 years in the fitness industry and a lifetime of Jesus, Kim is the author of the best-selling Christian fitness book, 10 Steps to Your Faith Inspired Transformation, F.I.T., a faith-filled inspirational speaker, and the creator of the Faith Inspired Transformation, F.I.T. workout series. She is the host of the Strong. Confident. His. Podcast and Devotional. Kim is an ESPN Fitness America Champion and proudly represented America as the only American in the top five for Fox Sports Ms. Fitness World. Her work has been featured on the 700 Club, TBN, CBN, FOX, ESPN, ABC and many more. Kim and her husband of 21 years, Bill, live in Arizona with their sweet daughter, Giavella Sophia.
What if? What if just on the other side of your disappointment is your divine destiny? If we want to discern God’s destiny, we have to look for the opportunity hidden in the hopeless situation. As we join our travel guides, Naomi and Ruth, through “The Land of Un” we’ll be emboldened to invite God into our uninvited moments. In this 4-part Series, Angela looks at the lives of Jesus, Elijah, David, and Ruth, and shows us how we can move from desert to destiny.
As the founder of both “Dance With Jesus Ministries”and “His Girls Gather,”Susan Mead has dedicated her life to helping others find calm in the chaos of life. Her goal is to equip others to be free from the drive for perfection and control. After Susan lost her youngest son, Kyle, she came to realize that even when things get broken, discarded or replaced, people matter most. It was during this season in life Dance with Jesus was written, a metaphor for discovering joy that has helped thousands discover life in the midst of their darkest moments. She holds an MBA from the University of Dallas, spent over 20 years at a high level with Johnson and Johnson, and received her Doctor of Theology Degree in 2019.
Dr. Barbara is a licensed psychologist who uses faith plus therapy methods to see women transform their baggage into a badge of honor. She safely guides women through the ashes and watches them emerge to embrace their passion and live their fullest lives, overflowing with faith and purpose. She has personally walked through those ashes herself and she’s seen what’s possible. As the Founder of the World Women’s Wholeness Summit, March 5-7, 3womensummit.com, she empowers women to walk in wholeness.
Ever prayed and hoped for something only for it to turn out nothing like you expected? In those painful moments, we can find ourselves – just like Elijah – in a desert of disappointment and discouragement. Yet, when we’re at wits end, God settles the storm to a whisper and speaks life and hope into us when we call on Him. In this 4-part Series, Angela looks at the lives of Jesus, Elijah, David, and Ruth, and shows us how we can move from desert to destiny.
In Holley Gerth’s own words, she likes humans, words, and good coffee. She knows what it’s like to fight anxiety and depression, perfectionism and insecurity, doubt and burnout. She also know what it’s like to become a kick-butt overcomer who refuses to let any of those things win, who finally discovered how to be comfortable and free in her own imperfect introvert skin. Holley is a Wall Street
Journal bestselling author, life coach, and podcaster with a Masters of Science Degree in counseling. She’s spent the last decade empowering about half a million people to realize more of their God-given potential through books like You’re Already Amazing, Fiercehearted, and The Powerful Purpose of Introverts.
Candace Payne is an author, speaker, podcast host, and a viral sensation whose Facebook Live video of trying on a Chewbacca Mask became the most-viewedFacebook Live video to date (collectively over 300 million views). Also known as“Chewbacca Mom,” she has been featured in more than 3,000 media outlets and has interviewed with major media such as “Good Morning America,” The LateLate Show James Corden,” The New York Times, and PEOPLE. Candace travels inspiring others to experience joy and embrace freedom with her infectious wit, whimsy, and wisdom. She is the author of several books and the host of the podcast, Shut the Should Up with Jenny Randle. Admittedly, Candace’s greatest joy is sharing life with her husband, two children, and ornery pugs in the great state of Texas.
Ever felt like you're in a desert season and wondered if there’s any purpose in it? Deserts are testing places that propel us to destiny when we choose obedience. In this 4-part Series, Angela looks at the lives of Jesus, Elijah, David, and Ruth, and shows us how we can move from desert to destiny. In today’s episode on the life of Jesus and His desert experience, we learn to recognize the ways we are tempted, resist temptation through Scripture, and realize God is propelling us to destiny. She also shares a sneak peek at what to expect with upcoming guests Candace Payne and Holley Gerth.
This conclusion of the Best of Season 1 3-Part Series features excerpts from conversations with Amy Carroll, Alisha Illian, and Sue Duffield. These impacting moments will help you balance a tender heart and a strong voice, ground your identity in Christ, and embrace the healing power of humor. Angela shares some of the most memorable moments of Season 1, exciting updates, and the reveal of Season 2!
Listen to full episodes:
- Episode 39 Balance a Tender Heart and a Strong Voice with Amy Carroll
- Episode 36 Discover Authentic Peace and Purpose with Alisha Illian
- Episode 30 The Healing Power of Humor with Sue Duffield
Websites:
- www.amycarroll.org
- www.alishaillian.com
- www.sueduffield.com
What does brave look like? Part 2 of the Best of Season 1 3-Part Series features excerpts from conversations with Shark-attack survivor Tiffany Johnson, Tammy Trent, Keri Cardinale, and Ray Comfort. These impacting moments will encourage you to trust God even through adversity and be bold in your walk with Christ.
Angela shares some of the most memorable moments of Season 1, exciting updates, and a sneak peek into Season 2 launching in February!
Listen to full episodes:
Episode 2 – Be an Overcomer with Tiffany Johnson
Episode 6 – Learning to Breathe Again with Tammy Trent
Episode 8 – Get Real with God with Keri Cardinale
Episode 10 – Get Out of the Comfort Zone with Ray Comfort
Websites:
www.beanovercomerministries.com
www.tammytrent.com
www.kericardinale.com
www.livingwaters.com
Angela shares some of the most memorable moments of Season 1, exciting updates, and a sneak peek into Season 2 launching in February! Part 1 of the Best of Season 1 3-Part Series features excerpts from conversations with Carol McLeod, Jessie Seneca, Manouchka Charles, and Dr. Hakeem Collins. These impacting moments will encourage you to move forward in 2021 with confidence in God no matter what. Register for the R & R Refresh and Relaunch Virtual Women’s Conference at www.refreshandrelaunch.com.
Patrick Murdock is a visionary leader and the Executive Director of The Faith and Liberty Discovery Center. The $60 million, innovative attraction, opening May of 2021, explores the relationship between faith and freedom in America from its founding through today. The Center offers a highly immersive, customized personal experience, illuminating the influence of the Bible on individuals in key historical and personal moments. Geared to people of all faiths and no faith, the Center will use unprecedented technology to demonstrate how the Bible has changed those who changed America. Find out more at www.faithandliberty.org.
Tammie Southerland is a strong voice that empowers others to live passionately for Christ. However, drugged and raped as a freshman in college, trauma shut her down and shut her up - until God intervened. She is the host of The Voice of the Burning Ones, a CPN Podcast, and the author of Permission to Burn – Breaking the Chains of Compromise from a Holy Generation. She is on staff at International House of Prayer Atlanta, a passionate lover of Jesus, a wife and mother of three. Connect with Tammie at www.tammiesoutherland.com.
Denise Pass shares rich insights from her recent, intense battle with COVID. The author of Shame Off You and a women's event speaker. Denise is a Bible teacher, worship leader, podcaster, and CCM Artist/Songwriter with her ministry, Seeing Deep Ministries. Currently pursuing an MA in Biblical Exposition from Liberty University, Denise is passionate about stopping Biblical illiteracy. A homeschool mom for 23 years, Denise and her husband enjoy family time and traveling. Connect with Denise at www.denisepass.com.
What are the secrets to longevity, stability and supernatural strength– even in seasons like 2020? My husband, Dale Donadio has served as Lead Pastor of River of Life Church, a multi-cultural, multi-generational church in Virginia, for over two decades. Growing up as a missionary’s son in some of the coldest parts of Alaska, he graduated from Evangel University with Pre-Law Degree before God redirected his steps into full-time ministry. In addition to holding a Masters of Divinity from The Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, he is an avid New York Yankees fan, and a stellar Italian cook.
Too many of us live bruised by the belief that we’re unworthy of God’s best – that we’re second. In this honest and transparent conversation, Chelsey DeMatteis shares how she let God redefine painful parts of her story – and how we can, too. A blogger and the host of the Living with Less Podcast, Chelsey is an introverted extrovert, Midwest girl who lives for the cooler weather and all things Jesus. In between daily knee-deep conversations with God, she chases their precious 20-month old son Camden around the house. Connect on IG @livingwithlesspodcast and at ChelseyDeMatteis.com and find the podcast on all major podcast platforms.
God knew you before you were born. He created you on purpose, and with purpose. Angela Donadio shares a timely and poignant message of truth, healing, and hope, for anyone living in the shadow of abortion, and for those seeking a Biblical perspective on the sanctity of life. God is not neutral nor is He silent when it comes to the silent cry of the unborn. God stands on the side of life – and as His followers, so should we.
www.angeladonadio.com
Is it possible to have both a tender heart and a strong voice, especially in a contentious culture filled with noisy extremes? Amy Carroll, speaker and writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries, shares a 4-step Biblical pattern to help us connect our hearts – and others – to the heart of God. She is the author of Breaking Up with Perfect and Exhale, and the director and coach of Next Step Coaching Services. As a woman who loves a great story and a challenging idea, co-hosting the Grit ‘n’ Grace podcast has become one of her favorite things. Join Amy at amycarroll.org or find out more about her speaker coaching services at www.nextstepcoachingservices.com.
We traded the over-scheduled lives we juggled before 2020, for over-taxed lives in a year of unprecedented uncertainty and change. Manyofusfeel tired...overwhelmed...even numb. But it doesn’t have to be that way – we can live blessed and astounded by God. In today’s episode, I share 3 keys to experience the life you’re longing for.
Donna Sparks overcame a difficult season of divorce and disappointment to become an Assemblies of God evangelist, speaker, and author of the popular books Beauty from Ashes: My Story of Grace, and No Limits: Embracing the Miraculous, and her brand-new release, The Masquerade: Deception in the Last Days. She leads a vibrant women’s jail and prison ministry and has seen God perform countless miracles. Connect with her at www.donnasparks.com.
You’ve had enough of the hustle. You’ve given up trying to meet social media’s impossible standards, and you’re done living a life ruled by busyness. But where do you go from here?
For Alisha Illian, it wasn’t until she learned to abide in God’s truth that she finally found fulfillment. In Chasing Perfect, Alisha shares how God awakened her heart to prioritize what matters to Him. Alisha lives in Kansas with her husband and three children. The founder of Women (re)Purposed, she loves equipping women with biblical truth and hope for their day-to-day struggles. Her days are a mix of ministry and motherhood, fueled by salsa, coffee, and most importantly, Jesus. Connect with Alisha at alishaillian.com or womenrepurposed.com and on social media at @alishaillian @womenrepurposed.
Some days, real life is more outrageous than fiction. But sometimes, everyday moments are God’s intended miracles. My new book, Astounded, Encountering God in Everyday Moments, is a collection of raw personal stories that show us how to keep our eyes peeled for the miracle hidden in life’s ordinary and even messy moments. In today’s episode, I share some of the topics I cover, and one of the 52 devotions filled with heartfelt stories, humor & hope. Even though life is unpredictable, God’s character is unchanging. Purchase your copy of Astounded at angeladonadio.com or anywhere books are sold!
Pamela Christian is a powerful voice with her pulse clearly on the heart of God. Her determination and resolute faith through severe financial difficulty and a brush with death through sudden cardiac arrest will inspire you to get unstuck from the impact of adversity and live as an overcomer. Pamela is an award-winning author, podcast host, keynote speaker, and blogger. An ordained minister, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity and is a leader in Apologetics. Connect with her at www.pamelachristianministries.com.
Licensed counselor Evelyn Leite survived the pain of a deeply troubled upbringing, an abusive marriage, and her own battle with alcoholism, to make peace with Jesus. She dedicated her life to helping families understand and heal from the terminal illness of alcoholism and addiction, bringing 35 years of expertise as a chemical dependency and mental health counselor. Her resources including 14 books, workshops, and video conferencing offer much-needed tools to empower others to overcome obstacles and live with restored dignity. Connect with Evelyn at Evelynleite.com.
It’s more than just a quote from Cinderella – it’s a life motto for Melissa Eadie, a small-town girl with big dreams. A gifted dancer and singer, Melissa was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and underwent chemotherapy at the tender age of 14, her 5’8” frame disintegrating to 98 pounds. With only a 1% chance of a return, cancer demanded the amputation of her leg at age 19. Now wise beyond her 28 years, she is a sought-after, LA trained make-up artist with a desire is to help others process loss, work through grief and to come out the other side stronger, not forgetting that they can still dream big even if it may seem different than they thought. Connect with her and her work on Instagram at mellybeauty.mua.
Sue Willis is an ordained minister, international speaker, author, and founder of Beyond Survival Ministries. Her curriculum, A Time to Heal Beyond Survival, offers an unparalleled international ministry bringing restoration to girls, women, and men surviving abuse. She pioneered the Redemption Home Project in India, a mission to rescue young girls before they are sold into sex trafficking. Sue and her husband, Chuck, reside in Pennsylvania, where she enjoys hosting large family gatherings with her children and grandchildren. Connect with Sue at Beyondsurvivalministries.org and Suewillislifeministries.com.
“Humor is the one magnet that reaches everybody.” Sue Duffield is a speaker/ singer/ humorist and the author of "Suebiquitous: A Humorous Travelog of an Unfiltered Saint." Her forty-six year ministry is going just as strong today, bringing her faith-filled music, humor and spirit-led message to a whole new generation of women. This Jersey girl transplant is the host of the podcast, Suebiquitous, rides a Harley, is an avid social media junkie and is foremost an advocate for abused women and children worldwide. She lives in Tennessee with her pianist-producer-husband Jeff, and online at website at www.sueduffield.com.
For twenty years, Kim Aldrich suffered from depression and despair, believing the lie that she was hopelessly and “uniquely flawed.” At her lowest point, she sought care from a doctor and counselor, gaining insight on mental illness and traction with God. Now, Kim is a sought-after writer, speaker, coach and come-alongside mentor. She helps women drink in and pour out the truth and love of Jesus in practical and relational ways. As a seasoned coffee-date discipler, her book, “DiscipleSips” encourages us to leave a Jesus legacy one latte at a time. Connect with Kim at www.kimaldrich.com.
How do we find the spiritual bravery we need to navigate today’s challenges? Mickey Robinson and Angela talk about his life story and his new book, Supernatural Courage. As a nineteen-year-old professional skydiver, Mickey Robinson underwent a plane crash that left him with catastrophic injuries. After a near-death experience, Mickey courageously overcame multiple terminal medical complications and recovered miraculously, as documented in his memoir, Falling into Heaven. Since his second chance at life, Mickey has been a public speaker nationally and internationally, sharing words of encouragement and hope. Learn more at www.mickeyrobinson.com.
Are you tired of feeling tired? Would you like to get and stay healthy? Registered Nurse, Nutritionist, and Fitness Expert, Robbie Raugh shares how to become your own health advocate. After losing her sister to breast cancer, Robbie helps others improve and save their life by preventing and reversing disease through their dietary habits and lifestyle by incorporating the Raw Truth Recharge: 7 Truths to Health and Fitness. She is seen regularly on ABC TV with her Health and Nutrition Segments and has been featured on ESPN TV. Connect with Robbie through her radio show, podcast, and resources at www.robbieraugh.com.
In this thought-provoking and faith-provoking episode, Angela and Dr. Collins talk about critical keys to reconciliation and breakthrough, and unpack what God is saying to the church in this season. A series of God-encounters served as defining moments to lead Dr. Hakeem Collins from the prison to a prophetic ministry. A sought-after transformational leader, he is known as a revolutionary thinker with a supernatural ministry. He is the author of several books, including his latest release, 10 Prayer Secrets: Supernatural Power for Your Breakthrough. The founder of Champions International, Dr. Collins holds an earned master’s degree in Christian leadership and two honorary doctorates in philosophy and divinity. Connect with Dr. Hakeem on social media and find his resources at www.hakeemcollinsministries.com.
Are you tired of fear running your life? Learn how to conquer it and live unshackled with Kathy DeGraw, the founder and president of Kathy DeGraw Ministries, a prophetic healing and deliverance ministry releasing the love and power of God to deliver people from the bondage of the enemy. She is the author of several books, including Unshackled, and travels internationally, preaching at conferences and hosting training schools. Connect with Kathy at www.kathydegrawministries.org.
“The Boss,” Greg Wooldridge, led the Navy’s precision aerobatic team, the Blue Angels, a record three times. A physically fit and heart-healthy former Navy fighter pilot, Greg was suddenly hit by an episode of Sudden Cardiac Death. A non-believer at the time, Greg experienced God’s mercy and the blessing of yet another second chance in a life blessed with many second chances. Connect with Greg at www.Exceptionalkeynotespeakers.com
“Prayer is the best possible therapy you can have.” Sue Schlesman is a Christian author, speaker, English teacher, and pastor’s wife with a BA in Creative Writing and a Master’s in Theology & Culture. As she shares about her insightful book, Soulspeak: Praying change into unexpected places, and a traumatic personal experience, you will be encouraged to lean into God, trust His goodness, and look for “back-door” miracles. You can find her writing about life, education, family, and Jesus at www.sueschlesman.com.
Sharon Wilharm is an award-winning female filmmaker, Christian speaker, and ministry leader. Initially reluctant to step into God’s call, Sharon gave God her yes and saw Him move in the miraculous. Whatever might be holding you back, Sharon’s story will encourage you to take a leap toward your destiny. Just like the process of making a film, we see the raw footage in life, but God sees the finished product. Connect with Sharon at www.sharonwilharm.com.
As a mom of three, Ruth Coghill faced an unexpected pregnancy in her forties. Offered an abortion by her doctor, she chose life, and compiled a collection of the astounding stories of women – and men – impacted by abortion, Unborn and Untold: True Stories of Abortion and God’s Healing Grace. Ruth shares several compelling narratives from the book and God’s power to heal, redeem, and restore. She is also the author of the WOW Bible Study series, four lessons for the time-constrained woman.
The Founder of Words to Inspire - Lifelong Empowerment from God’s Word, she and her husband, Bob, have four adult children and thirteen grandchildren. They love in the Kawarthas in Ontario, Canada. Connect with her at www.wordstoinspire.ca.
As a young mom, Jessie Seneca battled Cushings Syndrome, a life-threatening disorder for many years, resulting in extensive hospital stays, multiple surgeries, and a full lung removal. She walks in God’s call as a national speaker, author, leadership trainer, and the founder of More of Him Ministries and SHE Leads leadership conference. She has a passion to help women experience God’s Word for themselves as she encourages you to move into a wholehearted lifestyle, one devoted fully to God. Visit Jessie at www.moreofhimministries.org
Kathleen Cooke stands at the intersection of marketplace and ministry, focused on redefining and effectively using Christian media strategies in the digital age. She survived a terrorist attack while in London filming a documentary in 2005. That experience, and an encounter that followed, served as a wakeup call for the way she viewed the Bible and lived her life. A media executive, producer/actress, writer, and global speaker, Kathleen Cooke is a founding partner at Cooke Media Group, and leads and inspires women involved in media and entertainment through her nonprofit, The Influence Lab. Her devotional, Hope 4 Today: Stay Connected To God In A Distracted Culture, challenges readers to engage with the Bible four or more times a week. Follow Kathleen on: Twitter: @KathleenCookeLA, Instagram: @KathleenCookeOfficial, and FB: Kathleen Cooke Official, website/blog: kathleencooke.com. or sign up for her monthly Influence Women’s Journal at: Influencelab.com/women
Manouchka Charles is a speaker, worship leader and Pastor who is passionate to share the word of God with people of all ages and backgrounds. Originally from Brooklyn, NY, Manouchka is now a part of the Pastoral Staff at VOUS Church in Miami, FL, reaching the culture by “valuing what God values.” Thriving as a single woman in ministry, this community has made her faith and leadership grow as well as push her to who God has called her to be. In 2018, Manouchka was involved in a horrific car accident that put her life at risk. Faith, and those around her, helped Manouchka get through this difficult season of her life. Through her testimony, she is an encouragement and a great impact to the lives of people around the world.
We often wonder where God is in the middle of bad situations. Theresa Mills can answer that from first-hand experience. A dynamic On-Air Radio Personality, Theresa leaned into the goodness of God and the power of praise during seasons of nearly losing her young daughter in a car accident, and the unexpected loss of her husband early in their marriage. Her journey through tragedy and brokenness led her to discover that God has a bigger purpose for our pain. Her steady resilience will inspire you to dare to believe God for your miracle.
Kim Bohn, brain tumor “thriver” and Founder & Designer of Beaded Miracles, started stringing beads as a form of occupational therapy after having brain surgery to remove a large tumor that was strangling her carotid artery and optical nerves. As Kim bravely shares her story, you’ll be inspired to invite the miracle into your situation. “He put a new song in my heart and created a ministry using beautiful beads as a reminder of His promises️.”
Everything about her background said she should fail – but God. Entrepreneur and executive Dr. Angela D. Thomas, affectionately known as “Dr. A,” overcame daunting challenges to build a successful career in healthcare. Her story, “Bullets, Babies and Boardrooms,” will unpack the power of choice and propel you to achieve your God-given dreams.
A part of Angela’s “Hometown Heroes Series,” Dr. Angela D.Thomas is a Teacher, Author, Speaker, Coach, Academic, and Community Leader. Connect with Dr. Angela Thomas through her podcast, The Balanced Executive.” Find her on social media @DrAngelaDThomas and visit her website at angeladthomas.com.
Pete DeChat is a 21st Century Job. On July 10, 2007, a Nascar plane crashed into his neighbor’s home, killing a young mother and her son, and both pilot and passenger in the plane. The fuel tank broke loose from the plane, crashed into Pete’s home, and exploded. His four-year-old daughter Gabi died, and Pete was burned on 96% of his body trying to rescue her. He was comatose for five months, during which time his then-wife left him for another life partner. Everyone said he would not live. They said he would not see. They said he would not walk. They were wrong.
A part of Angela’s “Hometown Heroes Series,” Pete DeChat is the Author of “Through the Fire: The True Story of a 21st century Job." He is married to wife, Judy and the father of Beka, who is a delight. Pete’s story has inspired thousands of people in various countries. For speaking inquiries and to purchase his book, visit Throughthefire.net or email Godbroughtmethroughthefire@gmail.com.
What does it take to influence your culture and shape a nation? Generation Z leader Christian Donadio shares game-changing ways you can position yourself for divine opportunities, affect the atmosphere around you, and become a culture carrier by working in excellence.
Christian Donadio is a 20-year-old living in Miami pursuing his Degree in Ministerial Leadership. He’s a part of VOUS Church, involved in everything from creative design, marketing, graphics to styling to stage. Under the leadership of Pastor Rich and Dawn Cherie at VOUS, he’s had the opportunity to work with Kanye West and the Sunday Service Collective. Raised in the ministry, he’s worked as a creative in a church in Toronto, Canada, traveled overseas to help build churches in Ghana, West Africa, and expanded his knowledge of history and the Bible by touring Israel. And last but not least, he’s my son.
Quadruple Amputee Cyndi Wilkens was a successful business manager and a new mom when necrotizing fasciitis (otherwise known as flesh eating disease) entered her life and altered it forever. She awoke after five weeks of battling this disease to find her hands and feet had been amputated in an effort to save her life. If you’ve ever wondered if God is really with you in trials, her incredible story will encourage you to start living in the deep end of faith and move forward into the unknown with supernatural strength.
Cyndi Desjardins Wilkens has been interviewed by major television personalities recognizing her strength in adversity. As a wife, mom, author, and speaker, Cyndi has a heart for sharing her story with transparency, bringing tears and laughter in the hopes of shining a light for others facing dark times. Cyndi resides in Ontario and has co-founded Shine On Missions which is dedicated to assisting families in crisis. Shine On, her first book, was the winner of the 2017 Women’s Journey of Faith Contest.
Through five successive miscarriages, the depression that followed, and aggressive cancer, Carol McLeod developed an addiction – to the Bible. Carol profoundly understands the challenges women face. Whether you’re a mom of littles, embracing an empty nest, or struggling with the pain of infertility, Carol’s wealth of wisdom and depth of Scripture reaches into the heart of women in every generation. You’ll be empowered to hold onto dreams during hidden years, develop uncommon courage during battles, and discover a thousand years of impact every day.
Carol McLeod is a best-selling prolific author and popular speaker at women’s conferences and retreats, where she teaches the Word of God with great joy and enthusiasm. Carol encourages and empowers women with passionate and practical biblical messages mixed with her own special brand of hope and humor. Her YouVersion devotional, “21 Days to Beat Depression” has touched nearly one million people’s lives around the world. Carol also writes a weekly blog, “Joy For the Journey” that has been named in the Top 50 Faith Blogs for Women and served as the first Women’s Chaplain at Oral Roberts University. She is a wife, mother and grandmother – and mentor to many!
Author and Apologist Ray Comfort became the lone member of his family to receive salvation at the age of 22. Gratitude for what God had done became the fuel for a high-octane life devoted to Biblical evangelism. Ray’s unapologetic commitment to the Gospel will pull you out of your comfort zone to overcome fear and share your faith when we’re compelled by love for the lost.
Ray Comfort is the Founder and CEO of Living Waters and the bestselling author of more than 90 books, including God Has a Wonderful Plan for Your Life, How to Know God Exists, and The Evidence Bible. He cohosts the award-winning television program Way of the Master, airing in every country in the world, and is an Executive Producer of “180,” “Evolution vs. God,” “Audacity,” and other films. He is married to Sue and has three grown children and hasn’t left the house without gospel tracts for decades.
Jesus’ longest recorded conversation was with an unnamed woman at a well in Samaria. She’s any of us who has ever felt less than or left out. Marginalized or mocked. Discriminated against or deemed unworthy. When she encountered Jesus, she left her water jar, and bravely shared her story so an entire community could meet Jesus. Jesus invites us to leave behind anything that’s holding us back and follow Him. When we refuse to cower to the voice of comparison, we change our culture
Angela’s 3-part series, Find Your Fearless, introduces you to ordinary women of the Bible who dared to do extraordinary things, featured in her most recent Bible study, “Fearless.”
Don’t you just love a good rescue story? After years of searching for the love she craved, Author and Worship Leader Keri Cardinale overcame a homosexual lifestyle and the loneliness of singleness through obedience and Jesus’ relentless pursuit of her heart. With bold transparency, Keri shares the steps she took that will empower us to live in truth over emotion and win any spiritual battle. She and Angela dialogue about the tough questions surrounding unhealthy sexual identity, sexual sin, and what it takes to fight temptation. No matter what the struggle, this must-listen episode will help you talk through it, love through it, and minister to it.
Keri Cardinale is a multi-faceted speaker, worship leader, author, and radio host, passionate about sharing her rescue story for God’s glory. For 15 years, Keri walked away from her faith and lived a homosexual lifestyle. She shares how life was without Christ, her reunion with Christ and how life is now as she lives for Christ alone. Keri released her first book, Swing Wide: A story about Love, Sexual Identity, and how God Redefined it All, with Bridge-Logos Publishing this year along with her debut worship album, Unveiled.
Ready to find your fearless? Abigail refused to let difficult circumstances define her. She rose above them to use what she had – her words – to make choices that changed history. Our words matter. Wisdom doesn’t just know what to say – it knows when not to say anything at all. That unhinged situation you’re facing needs your voice. And we can seize God-moments when we know the mind of God.
Angela’s 3-part series, Find Your Fearless, introduces you to ordinary women of the Bible who dared to do extraordinary things, featured in her most recent Bible study, “Fearless.”
How do we find strength when life breaks? Lean in for this unforgettable conversation with Author, Speaker, and Recording Artist, Tammy Trent, as she shares about losing her husband, Trent, in a tragic accident. Tammy’s journey of love, loss and finding hope, will inspire you to let God redeem any situation. Get ready to change your atmosphere, offload baggage, and discover the motivation for movement. She speaks to the ache in our hearts when we wonder, “How can I make this pain matter? How can I find God in the worst moments of my life when I feel numb?” This episode will help you find your bravery, step into healing, and embrace your purpose.
Tammy Trent is a gifted communicator who draws her audience close with her contagious humor and fun, energetic personality and yet, the sincerity of her heart and wisdom of life experience is woven through the very words she speaks and sings. She has reached millions around the world through her story of tragedy to triumph and says, "One of my greatest privileges on this journey of hope is to be able to remind others that we can never interpret our numbness as God's absence in our lives.’
Ready to kick fear to the curb and walk into your God-given purpose? Angela’s adventures take us to Jericho in this week’s episode, as Rahab beautifully depicts what happens when God intersects our story with grace. Angela’s 3-part series, Find Your Fearless, introduces you to ordinary women of the Bible who dared to do extraordinary things, featured in her most recent Bible study, “Fearless.”
On today’s episode, Kerri Pomarolli delves into the struggles of the modern woman tired of trying and failing to live up to Pinterest-looking, air-brushed, and insta-filtered “real life” role models telling her she’s not quite good enough. As a single mom of two girls, one born with an incurable disease, her wit and refreshing honesty will encourage you to go after your miracle.
Kerri Pomarolli is a writer, comedian, speaker, and the ultimate Proverbs 32 Woman. She tours nationwide with clean comedy at top Christian and secular venues. Kerri has been featured on The Tonight Show 29 times as well as made appearances on Comedy Central, ABC and more. Known as “Hollywood’s Favorite God Girl,” Kerri frequently shares about her faith while living in LA with her two daughters.
What would you attempt for God even if you knew you might fail? As we climb with Angela nearly 17,000 feet up Africa’s tallest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, you’ll be inspired to push past limits and challenge your limitations. Angela’s experience, including a harrowing encounter with a baboon, will encourage you to dream big, prepare for the unknown, and find God’s presence even in the darkness. Her powerful story and passion for international advocacy will motivate you to overcome obstacles and make a difference in your world.
On today’s episode, Tiffany Johnson shares her riveting story of suffering a shark attack while on vacation in the Bahamas, losing her right arm. However, what the devil meant to destroy, God has taken and shown His glory."Instead of it being my demise, it became a place where I met God in a deeper way."Her miraculous experience will inspire you to choose joyand hold on to hopewhen you’re face-to-face with the unexpected. She shares powerful ways to shift your perspective in any circumstance and discover miracles in everyday moments. Hertestimony has been shared across the nation and the world of the power of God and what it means to be an overcomer through Christ. Tiffany has been featured on The Today Show, Animal Planet, The 700 Club, The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, iHeart Radio, and many more local and online publications. She is featured as a coauthor in the bestsellingbook & devotion, Endurance: Going the Distance From the Valley to the Mountaintopand is a gifted speaker and worship leader.
Want to love the life you see? In the debut episode of “Make Life Matter,” Angela Donadio takes you behind the scenes during her near-death health crises to discover how God turns pain into purpose. Find out what God said to her in a defining moment that changed the trajectory of her life. You’ll be encouraged to trust God’s character and see His hand on your life, even in difficult seasons and look for the miracle hidden in the mess.
This episode shares an excerpt of Angela’s full testimony, available in her first Bible Study, “Finding Joy When Life is Out of Focus: A Study of Philippians for Joy-Thirsty Women,” available anywhere books are sold.
Ready to discover the miracle hidden in life’s messy moments? Join Bible study author Angela Donadio and special guests for inspiring conversations that will encourage you to overcome challenges and become a catalyst for change.