Feathers Podcast

In this episode, I chat with Amy L Sullivan.

Amy L. Sullivan is the author of the nonfiction chrisitan book entitled When More is Not Enough (2014) and the children’s picture book series, Gutsy Girls (fall 2015).

Amy shares regularly at AmyLSullivan.com, and she also writes for oodles of online and print publications.

In elementary school, Amy’s teachers thought she chatted with friends too much. As an adult, Amy chalks-up talking as a gift and happily engages with groups of any size.

Amy and I start the conversation talking about her hometown Asheville, NC. Amy then shares her journey of her family moving from materialistic and entitled to  generous ad service-oriented and how God led her to share in her first book When More Is Not Enough.

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Connect with Sarah on her blog AmyLSullivan.com.

Links from the Episode

• Grove Park Inn
• Biltmore Estate
• Amy’s book When More Is Not Enough (.99 for Kindle!)

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Scripture

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9

In this episode, I chat with Sarah Travis.

Sarah is a Scottish gal who moved to the US in 2012 to marry her American dream boy! She struggled through her early twenties failing to see God’s love, allowing hurt to shape and direct her paths. Having been rescued and redeemed by God’s grace and mercy, Sarah is now passionate about sharing the truths of God’s Word with the world. She has a desire to help women to study God’s Word in a way that will help them to be transformed by truth and live a life of freedom.

In this episode, Sarah and I open up the episode chatting about her Scotland and her accent. Sarah then shares the story of how she met her American husband on a missions trip, moved to America to marry him and then how God moved them from DC and then returned them back, restored with a new perspective. Each step was made in obedience with faith.

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Connect with Sarah on her blog SarahTravis.org.

Links from the Episode

• What Happens When Women Walk in Faith by Lysa TerKeurst
• Love Does by Bob Goff

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Scripture

In their hearts humans plan their course,
    but the Lord establishes their steps. Proverbs 16:9

 At the Lord’s command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp. When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a long time, the Israelites obeyed the Lord’s order and did not set out. Sometimes the cloud was over the tabernacle only a few days; at the Lord’s command they would encamp, and then at his command they would set out. Sometimes the cloud stayed only from evening till morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out. Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out. Numbers 9:18-22

The day after tomorrow, toward evening, go to the place where you hid when this trouble began, and wait by the stone Ezel. 1 Samuel 20:19

If we are faithless,
    he remains faithful,
    for he cannot disown himself. 2 Timothy 2:13

In this episode, I chat with Donna Jones.

Donna Jones is a national and international speaker who’s traveled from coast to coast and to four continents helping women find and follow God in their real, everyday lives. The author of four books, including Seek: A Woman’s Guide to Meeting God and Raising Kids with Good Manners, Donna has been featured in magazines such as Parents and Better Homes and Gardens as well as numerous radio and television shows, including an upcoming interview on Focus on the Family. Donna makes her home in southern California where she lives with her pastor hubby, JP. They have three wildly funny, passionate teenage/young adult kids who they love to pieces.

In this episode, Donna and I open up the episode chatting about her daughter’s wedding and places to visit in California.

Donna then shares the story how her and her husband needed to make a job change and struggled to see the next steps. In the midst of this her husband began facing health issues. They had to seek God diligently and then face their fears and anxiety head on to follow in God’s calling.

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Scripture

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. Hebrews 11:8

In this episode, I chat with Natalie Snapp.

Natalie Chambers Snapp is first and foremost a follower of Jesus, then wife to Jason, and mom to one spunky daughter and two spirited sons with a crazy amount of energy. Choosing to follow Jesus at 27, Natalie is passionate about sharing the grace, mercy, and truth of God’s love regardless of your track record. She lives in the Midwest with her crew and tries to keep it simple by writing about the faith found in the everyday mundane. The outpourings of her heart can be found at www.nataliesnapp.com in the fleeting moments between being a wife and mother. She is also a contributing writer for The Mothers of Boys Society, the Whatever Girls Ministry and Group Publishing. Her first book, Heart Sisters: Being the Friend You Want to Have, will be published by Abindgon Press on April 21, 2015.

In this episode, Natalie and I open up the episode chatting about family and managing the friendships of our young daughters.

Natalie then shares her testimony, including bullying she suffered in school, how she became a believer at age 27, how God placed her as a leader of MOPS  and how all of this worked together to lead to her first book Heart Sisters. Heart Sisters is for women who want to both be and have better friends. Natalie uses her own and others’ stories of successes and failures to illustrate what she has learned about girlfriend relationships.

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Connect with Natalie on her blog NatalieSnapp.com.

Links from the Episode

• Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters
• Heart Sisters
• SheSpeaks
• Priority Associates
• Campus Crusade

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Scripture

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosperyou and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

Isaiah 61

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:1-2

 

In this episode, I chat with Hannah Kallio.

Hannah Kallio helps believers hone their ability to listen to God and to each other. In addition to being a wife and mom of five, she is a Certified Christian Coach. Hannah and her family experiment with simple, life giving ways to bring the kingdom into their daily lives. You can learn more about the life-changing power of listening at hannahkallio.org.

In this episode, Hannah and I open up about having tweens and how this interview was an answered prayer.

Hannah then shares the story of how her family was called to missions in Italy. Just days after being there they found out they couldn’t legally live or work there.  A “simple” international relocation became an unexpected adventure. They moved 20 times in seven months, and set foot in six countries. Every step of the way, they trusted God, focused on listening to God’s voice as a family and going where He was leading.

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Connect with Hannah on her blog HannahKallio.org

Links from the Episode

• Hannah’s eBook A Night and Day Difference In Your Productivity
• AirBnB.com

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Scripture

I will give you hidden treasures,
    riches stored in secret places,
so that you may know that I am the Lord,
    the God of Israel, who summons you by name. Isaiah 45:3

I will sing to the Lord,
    for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver
    he has hurled into the sea.

The Lord is my strength and my defense;
    he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him,
    my father’s God, and I will exalt him. Exodus 15:1-2

 

In this episode, I chat with Amanda White.  Amanda is a stay-at-home mom of two who blogs at ohAmanda.com and is the author of Truth in the Tinsel: An Advent Experience for Little Hands. In her former life, Amanda was a Children’s Pastor — overseeing, organizing and developing ministry for kids in nursery through middle school, but now that she is a mom, her “skills” are used up on her kids!

In this episode Amanda and I open up the episode with a chat about The Sisterhood of the Traveling Belt.

Amanda then shares the story of how she began with a desire to minister to children and had plans to become a traveling evangelist. Through a series of events, Amanda began blogging. God led her to take a leap and create an Advent eBook called Truth in the Tinsel where it found lots of success.  When she then planned the launch of her Easter eBook, she faced and overcame fears in order to be obedient in the call to publish Sense of the Resurrection, an Easter experience for the whole family.

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Links from the Episode

• Amanda’s post on The Sisterhood of the Traveling Belt
• Dakoda Motor Company
• Truth in the Tinsel
• Sense of the Resurrection
• Bodie Thoene, author
• Tricia Goyer’s interview with Bodie Thoene
• Victim of Grace by Robin Jones Gunn

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Scripture

Let this be written for a future generation,
that a people not yet created may praise the Lord Psalm 102:18

In this episode, I chat with Jessica Leigh Hoover.

Jessica Leigh Hoover is a wife, mama, writer and grace lover. Her family has a bit of wanderlust which has taken them all over the place including West Africa. Currently she is doing life in the hills of Western, North Carolina with her husband and 3 year old daughter. Her journey has been filled with loss, laughter and everything in between and she writes about it all on her blog JessicaLeighHoover.com

In this episode Jess and I open up the episode with a chat about living in Charlotte and her new house.

Jess then shares the story of how her and husband were missionaries in West Africa three years ago. They came home before their term was up because Jess was pregnant. That sent them back into the professional world. After a year and a half in Charlotte they made a big leap to return to working with their sending agency stateside. After a year of raising financial support,  Jess’s husband was offered a job in his professional field again- completely out of the blue.

It was in this decision whether to remain with the agency or return to the professional field that God asked them to trust Him, even when the decision didn’t look like the presumed faithful thing to do. Jess shares how the story unfolded and the lessons they learned along the way.

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Links from the Episode

• Their sending agency Equip International (Their tagline is Faith at Work. Love!)

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Scripture

 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
    his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    “therefore I will hope in him.”
 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
    to the soul who seeks him.

Lamentations 3:22-25

 

In this episode, I chat with Crystal Stine.

Crystal is passionate about living authentically, chasing joy, and encouraging women to savor the season God has them in. She works full-time as the Editorial & Marketing Manager at (in)courage and shares encouragement at her blog, crystalstine.me.

In this episode Crystal and I open up the episode with a chat about high school sweethearts, getting out for exercise and surviving cold weather.

Crystal then shares her blogging story and how years into it, God asked her to say no to many great opportunities that would continue to grow her platform and share the gospel.  She had to obey and trust that His plan for her was best.

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Links from the Episode

• Beth Moore’s blog
• Sophie Hudson’s blog
• God-sized Dreams
• Mothers of Daughters
• Naptime Diaries Lent Devotional
• The Declare Conference
• The Influence Conference
• Raising Generations Today
• Allume
• Hope Spoken Conference

BONUS!

If you’re at all interested in creating social media graphics, Crystal and I spent some extra time after the interview chatting graphic design and Crystal has agreed to share that as a bonus for you here.

Click play below for all Crystal’s graphic design secrets (ok, at least some of them)

If you loved that, be sure to check out Crystal’s new FREE 30 day graphic design course she’s offering in April.

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Scripture

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? Luke 9:23-25