Amy J. Bennett

In this episode, I chat with Karina Allen.

Karina Allen, a New Orleans native has made her home in Baton Rouge for the past 17 years. She is a freelance writer, editor and speaker. She is also a contributor for Incourage, Dayspring’s online devotional website for women. She is a worship leader and dancer. She spends much of her time working out, traveling, spending time with friends and ministering at Healing Place Church where she is involved in a myriad of ministries and outreaches.

Karina shares how God has called her to be faithful in community. She shares how her background gives her every reason to shy away from community and rely on herself, and yet she continues to pursue and thrive in covenant relationships.

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Links from the Episode

• Voxer

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Scripture

Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Acts 2:46-47

God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land. Psalm 68:6

 

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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Connect with Donna on her blog Donna Jones.org, Twitter or Facebook

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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