Your time is valuable. Your listening space is limited. So we cut to the chase! (...we get to the point quickly!... if you’ve ever wondered what that means 😉) with raw conversations that grapple with faith, following Jesus in a broken world, and living lives of eternal impact! Some names you’ll recognize, some you won’t. But all of them are on a common journey–striving to follow Jesus and join Him in the work He is doing in and around them. We invite you to join the conversation!
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101 - ENCORE Episode - - Susie Larson: Your Hope Needs a Comeback
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We are so grateful for Susie Larson! She has such a big heart for Jesus and sharing her God given gifts. Join the conversation today to learn more about Advent and Susie’s newest book, “Prepare Him Room.”
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100 - Ron Brown: Success By God’s Standards
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If you know Nebraska Football, you likely know the name Ron Brown. As an assistant coach with the Huskers, Ron was on the staff for three National Championship teams and numerous conference title winners. Since his arrival in Lincoln in the 1980s, he has served under six different Husker head coaches –– a testament to how coaches view the value of …
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099 - Steven Curtis Chapman: My Redeemer is Faithful & True
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In the genre of contemporary Christian music, no artist has won more awards than Steven Curtis Chapman. 59 Gospel Music Association “Dove” awards, five Grammy awards, a historic 50 No. 1 singles and recent induction into the Grand Ole Opry are evidence of a long career noted by many blessings. Over the four decades that encompass the career of this…
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098 - Katie Trent: Merry & Bright ADVENTure
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With all the excitement of Christmastime—the twinkling lights, festive sounds, and the rush of holiday preparations—it’s easy for families to lose sight of the true meaning of the season: celebrating the birth of Jesus. Katie Trent understands the challenge of balancing the joy of traditions with keeping Christ at the center. In her new book, Katie…
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097 - Rachel Wojo: Desperate Prayers
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In life’s pitch-black moments, our prayers can often resemble last-minute cries rather than first-response chats. Facing her own desperate moments, Rachel Wojo discovered that throughout the Old Testament, we find those in crisis using three-word pleas in their cries to God. That discovery brought life to her prayer journey, guiding it from frenzie…
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In 2013, Jodi Blick embarked on a journey after facing the unthinkable. After a tragic car accident claimed the life of her son and two others, Jodi experienced a depth of pain she didn’t know could even exist. Jodi is thankful today that she had done some things before the tragedy that God would ultimately use to help her face the tragedy. While t…
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095 - Alisa Childers: Responding to Destructive Deconstruction
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A movement called ‘deconstruction’ is sweeping through our churches, and it’s affecting our loved ones. It has disrupted, dismantled and destroyed the faith of so many. Former member of the early 2000s Christian ‘girl band’ ZOEgirl, Alisa Childers had her own faith deconstructed through the influence of a minister she trusted who was teaching her t…
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094 - Encore Episode - - Tara Dew: Overflowing Joy
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Whether you’re facing the ordinary, daily pressures of squaring away today’s to-do list or an unexpected season of suffering that seems to have no end, sometimes it feels like Jesus’ promise of “overflowing joy” is simply not within reach for your real life. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Author and Bible teacher Tara Dew takes us to Jesus’ wo…
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093 - Encore Episode - - Susie Larson: Wake Up To God’s Goodness
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While God does allow suffering, there’s nothing He allows that He doesn’t redeem. That’s a truth author and podcaster Susie Larson had to come to grips with when she processed her emotion over what God had allowed her to face. Disappointment comes naturally when the "good life" lets us down. Discouragement is understandable when we face life's stru…
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092 - Kristine Fischer: Don’t Get Comfortable
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Over the past six years, Kristine Fischer has become the face of bass fishing. She’s been on television, her social media following is massive and she is always a favorite to win any kayak fishing competition But, Kristine Fischer is catching more than prize-winning fish. She’s catching attention and drawing an audience that’s not necessarily famil…
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091 - Encore Episode - - Nathan Harris: Gospel Generosity
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We live in a possession and money obsessed culture where the average American has far more than they need. Yet, many of us feel incredibly insecure, and we grasp tightly to what we have and continue trying to gain more. This impacts both how we think about our God-given resources and our willingness to be generous with what God has given us to stew…
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As a coach and mentor to hundreds of pastors, Chris Sonksen has a front-row seat to watch churches that were once in trouble and in danger of closing their doors start to thrive through coaching and by applying one or two ideas that could cause a church to...boom. Sonksen is the founder of Church Boom, where he helps pastors and churches achieve th…
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089 - Wes Hampton: The Gaither Legacy
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In the world of Gospel Music, few groups are more well-known and loved than the Gaither Vocal Band. A group that, for more than four decades, has toured the world, bringing the Gospel to audiences through amazing harmonies. The list of men who have comprised the Gaither Vocal Band reads like a “Who’s Who” among the gospel music industry’s best-love…
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088 - Encore Episode - - Jason Young: Don’t Burn Out, Burn Bright
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Pastors and ministry leaders are some of the hardest-working people in the world--and they have a high rate of burnout to prove it. Leaders that aren't operating at peak efficiency and, also taking care of themselves, are setting themselves up for a crash. The reality is, few in ministry feel they have the time to take a sabbatical or tend to their…
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087 - Brady Boyd: Unity Takes Effort
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Church is a place for meaningful connection—a like-minded community which worships, prays, and participates together for the singular purpose of glorifying God. If King David’s words from Psalm 133:1 are to be believed –– “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” –– unity can exist. Attaining and maintaining this isn’t…
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086 - Encore Episode - - Bryan Clark: God’s NOT Like That
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Many of us long for the abundant life Jesus promised, but instead we feel stagnant and frustrated in our faith. More of us cultivate our view of God from our family of origin than from the pages of the Bible—and a faulty view of God will always be a barrier to a satisfying spiritual life. Bryan Clark has served in pastoral ministry in Nebraska for …
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085 - David Tucker: Tech-Savvy Parenting
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The fact that you’re about to press play on this podcast says you’re aware of technology and some of its benefits. However, technology also has a darkside, especially for our children. Tech is directly responsible for increased teenage anxiety and depression, exposure to explicit material, online predators, screen addiction, and more. Along comes D…
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084 - Babbie Mason: Each One Reach One
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Many of us want to talk about our faith with others, but we feel unprepared and uncomfortable. Babbie Mason knows that feeling. Feeling convicted of how little she was sharing her own faith, this popular singer and songwriter asked Jesus to help her change her ways. Out of that journey came a book that shares the title of one of her most well-known…
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083 - We The Kingdom: Family & Forgiveness
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With a blend of worship, vulnerability, and grit, the sound of We The Kingdom is birthed out of decades of musical influences and a shared difficult experience that brought them together as a band. Made up mostly of the Cash family, the band members had been involved behind-the-scenes in songs that have been sung around the world. That is until the…
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082 - Lisa Anderson: Preparing for Caregiving
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Lisa Anderson is accustomed to taking on a variety of challenging assignments with deadlines and late nights.However, when she took on the unexpected role of being a caregiver for her mom who was battling dementia, it was the hardest — yet most rewarding — role of her life. Lisa never anticipated how the Lord was writing a story of hope and inspira…
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081 - Tim Muehlhoff: End the Stalemate
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When was the last time you had a real and meaningful conversation? Especially with someone who holds a worldview that differs from yours? Differences of opinion have always been part of life. For decades, spouses, family members, co-workers, and neighbors have had spirited conversations about politics, social issues, religion, current events, and e…
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080 - Shaunti Feldhahn: The Kindness Challenge
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Think of your toughest relationship. Think of a relationship that is good but could be great. Think of a group of people that drives you nuts. You want to show more kindness and generosity, but sometimes you’re just tired, stretched, and frustrated. Besides, would small actions make that big a difference? Shaunti Feldhahn says, “Yes!” This social r…
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079 - Encore Episode - - Mary DeMuth: Parenting Adult Children
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As a parent, your role changes drastically after your kids grow up… at least, it should. Too many of us have faced heartache and strained relationships when our children choose difficult--even seemingly wrong--paths. In, Love, Pray, Listen: Parenting Your Wayward Adult Children with Joy, Mary DeMuth shares a gracious, practical resource for navigat…
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078 - Bruce Bruinsma: Future Funded Ministry, a Retirement Reformation
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48 million Christ followers will approach retirement age over the next two decades. Most have no real plan for impact in their retirement years. Unfortunately, too many Christ-followers have embraced the world’s retirement plan: it’s all downhill, then you die, so jam as much leisure as you can into those years. In, The Retirement Reformation Bruce…
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077 - Amber Albee Swenson: Trusting God When Life Hurts
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When life hurts, you need more than bubbly inspiration. To get through life’s storms, you need a God who meets you in the blurry confusion of heartache and carries you through to the other side. In her book, You Can Trust God When Life Hurts, Amber Albee Swenson helps you see how you can find faith when things don’t make sense, adopt a hope-filled …
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076 - Encore Episode - - Katie Trent: Tackling Parenting Problems While Baking Sweet Treats
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In her latest book, Recipes for a Sweet Child: Creative Bible-based Activities to Help Your Family Thrive, author Katie Trent combines her counseling and ministry expertise with her own parenting experiences to provide you with a creative guide to work past challenging childhood issues in a winsome way. Searching for answers to help turn your child…
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075 - Brant Hansen: The (Young) Men We Need
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The world needs young men to grow up into real men. But with young men receiving so many conflicting messages about what it means to be a man, they find it hard to know what masculinity looks like when men are at their absolute best. Brant Hansen paints a refreshingly specific, compelling picture of what men are designed to be in a world of cultura…
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We were created to work, and our work provides unique meaning and purpose in our lives. Yet today, we are living in a crisis of apathy and ignorance regarding work’s theological and existential nature. David Bahnsen believes our understanding of work and its role in our lives is deeply flawed—we are unmoored from what he calls “created purpose". It…
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073 - Encore Episode - - Matt Bell: Teaching Kids Truth About Finances
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Cultivating within kids a heart for generosity and wise habits around earning, saving, investing, and spending money will impact every aspect of their lives—their relationship with Jesus, their future marriage, their ability to make a difference with their lives, and much more. Matt Bell shares stories, motivation, and the guidance you need to help…
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Whether you’re facing the ordinary, daily pressures of squaring away today’s to-do list or an unexpected season of suffering that seems to have no end, sometimes it feels like Jesus’ promise of “overflowing joy” is simply not within reach for your real life. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Author and Bible teacher Tara Dew takes us to Jesus’ wo…
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071 - Encore Episode - - Kathy Koch: Parent Differently
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Do you want well-behaved kids? Or, kids with good character? Ideally, both. How do we get there? Too often, parents misguidedly prioritize behavior. Behavior modification does not guarantee g ood character qualities. In her latest book, Parent Differently, Kathy Koch says it’s character that influences decisions. It shows up in our speech, actions …
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070 - Rend Collective’s Chris Llewellyn: Hallelujah Anyway
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Taking on the moniker “Purveyors of Good News,” Rend Collective is a band that seeks to be authentic while delivering the Gospel in a simple old-fashioned manner. Amid so much heaviness consuming events of today’s world, Rend Collective is sharing good news as a response to that brokenness. The five-member group identifies as a worship band with no…
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069 - Nathan Harris: Gospel Generosity
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We live in a possession and money obsessed culture where the average American has far more than they need. Yet, many of us feel incredibly insecure, and we grasp tightly to what we have and continue trying to gain more. This impacts both how we think about our God-given resources and our willingness to be generous with what God has given us to stew…
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068 - Brant Hansen: Life Is Hard, God Is Good. Let’s Dance!
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Brant Hansen is convinced that, regardless of circumstances, you can have a deep sense of well-being. Not only is it possible, it’s promised to all who follow Jesus. Our guest doesn't claim to follow a success plan. He just keeps simply showing up and taking Jesus very seriously. And by taking Jesus seriously in all of life, Brant has become more j…
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067 - Rick Beckwith: What If It’s All True?
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What if it’s all true? What if the Bible truly is the words of God written down by the hands of men? What if Jesus was more than just a good teacher but actually the Son of God – what might that mean to you and me personally? Rick Beckwith has served with Young Life for more than 40 years. In his new book, What If It’s All True?, our guest explores…
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When JJ Weeks was a teenager, someone recognized he had some serious vocal talent. It was a talent that he learned God could use to share His love and grace through song. Though he never learned to play an instrument, he still formed the JJ Weeks Band in 2001. While today he’s a solo artist, God still has JJ Weeks on mission, singing Gospel truth. …
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065 - Darren Mulligan: Where the JOY Is
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Darren Mulligan is a single-minded Irishman who writes rock n’ roll anthems and intimate earthly psalms for messy, broken people. Our guest is the frontman for We Are Messengers, a band whose stated goal is to engage culture in conversation about the goodness of God. It shows up in their songs that address some of the hardest things we feel as huma…
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064 - Del Tackett: God’s Call to Engage the World Around Us
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Through The Truth Project, Focus on the Family’s Del Tackett helped millions of viewers learn how to “be transformed by the renewing of your mind” by looking at life through a Biblical perspective. Now, through The Engagement Project, our guest is ready to help you take the next step –– to engage the world around you. Not in the way we’ve been doin…
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063 - Dan Brenton: Marriage is Worth the Fight
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All too often, couples bail from their marriages before they reach the sweet spot. The enemy of your soul loves to steal, kill and destroy, and he will whisper lies to try and tear apart your marriage. As presenters at the Family Life Weekend to Remember Marriage Conference, Pastor Dan Brenton and his wife Julie have been helping couples for nearly…
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062 - Susie Larson: Wake Up To God’s Goodness
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While God does allow suffering, there’s nothing He allows that He doesn’t redeem. That’s a truth author and podcaster Susie Larson had to come to grips with when she processed her emotion over what God had allowed her to face. Disappointment comes naturally when the "good life" lets us down. Discouragement is understandable when we face life's stru…
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061 - Encore Episode - - Michele Cushatt: A Faith That Will Not Fail
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Although there are moments of beauty and goodness, more often than not, life is marked by fear, struggle, disappointment, and loss. And we don’t know what to do with it. We try to find hope and security in various people and places–but each proves unworthy of our trust. We need more. Something–or Someone–who won’t fail us when our world falls apart…
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060 - Carol McLeod: Transformed by God’s Word
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Let’s be honest, many of us have a LOT of excuses for not digging into the Word of God. We’re busy. We’re distracted. We don’t feel like it. We don’t understand it. Prolific author, podcaster, and Bible teacher Carol McLeod says, “Enough with the excuses!” Our guest believes the only true path to transformation is actually reading your Bible…even w…
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059 - Sharon Jaynes –– Pray for Your Kids from Head-to-Toe
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Prayer is a parent’s greatest superpower! Our responsibilities as parents can feel overwhelming, especially when it comes to prayer. How do we know what to say? How can we truly pray for our kids rather than fall into a spiral of worry? Sharon Jaynes is a Bible teacher to women and a writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries. Her unique prayer guide for mo…
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058 - Shaunti Feldhahn - Nix The Negativity
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Suspicion. Grumbling. Sarcasm. These are just a few of the ways that negativity rears its ugly head and causes us to do and say things that damage our closest relationships. Whether we think the worst about a decision our spouse made, we refuse to see any good that can come out of an uncomfortable situation, or we let our mouths hurl a playful quip…
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057 - Encore Episode - - Asheritah Ciuciu: One Thing Alone
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Growing up in a missionary family in Romania, Asheritah CiuCiu began to have her life transformed as she learned to immerse herself in the Word of God. As a teenager with nothing but time on her hands, Asheritah would often spend hours reading her Bible and singing worship music. After being married and starting a family, free time was no longer a …
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056 - Mary DeMuth: Parenting Adult Children
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As a parent, your role changes drastically after your kids grow up… at least, it should. Too many of us have faced heartache and strained relationships when our children choose difficult--even seemingly wrong--paths. In, Love, Pray, Listen: Parenting Your Wayward Adult Children with Joy, Mary DeMuth shares a gracious, practical resource for navigat…
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055 - Kathy Koch: Parent Differently
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Do you want well-behaved kids? Or, kids with good character? Ideally, both. How do we get there? Too often, parents misguidedly prioritize behavior. Behavior modification does not guarantee good character qualities. In her latest book, Parent Differently, Kathy Koch says it’s character that influences decisions. It shows up in our speech, actions, …
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054 - Encore Episode -- Greg Smalley: Why Are All the Lights On?
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So much of the trouble we can find in marriage points back to not communicating our expectations. In his 30+ years of marriage, Greg Smalley has learned from that mistake more than a few times.
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053 - Sarah Molitor –– Well Said: Why Our Words Matter
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Words matter. Our words matter. In her new book, Well Said*, mom of seven and popular blogger Sarah Molitor explains why those words matter so much. Sarah shares how to make the most of our words and why doing so can change our lives. Through her own personal life stories, Sarah offers practical tips that are grounded in Biblical truth and convey G…
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The world first got acquainted with Colton Dixon during season 11 of American Idol. In the eleven years since his top seven finish, he’s become well known for hit songs like, “More of You”, “Through All of It”, and more recently “Build a Boat”. A big change came to Colton’s life in August of 2020 when he and his wife Annie welcomed twin daughters i…
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