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Feathers #014 with Wendy Hogan [Podcast] + GIVEAWAY

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In this episode, I chat with Wendy Hogan.

Wendy Hogan is a nurse, homeschooling mom and Noonday Ambassador. She, her husband and her 3 boys reside in Mobile, Alabama.  Their lives are full of legos, laughter, endless jokes, sports, & a whole lotta love.

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Wendy and I open up our conversation chatting about being moms to boys. Wendy then shares how God moved her from a life of disobedience and wakened her to the work he is doing locally and around the world through Noonday Collection.

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Connect with Wendy on Instagram.

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Here’s the featherweight cuff for the giveaway!

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Scripture

Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3

See, I am doing a new thing!
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:19

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Feathers #013 with Michelle Krieg [Podcast]

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In this episode, I chat with Michelle Krieg.

Michelle Krieg is a trained primary school teacher and art therapist from South Australia. She has been teaching over the course of 20 years and in 2010 decided to follow her God-given passion to study art therapy. After completing her study, Michelle started working as an art therapist with people who are socially marginalised due to mental illness. Her clients include elderly people who suffer from social isolation, people who are homeless and the intellectually disabled. She also runs a small private art therapy practice called Artfelt Ventures and still teaches in schools when she can. Michelle is married to James, who works full time in ministry to university students and they have 3 children aged 20, 17 and 14.

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Michelle and I open up our conversation talking all things Australian. She then shares how God moved her from being a elemetary school teacher to being trained in and practicing art therapy.

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Connect with Michelle by email: michelle@artfeltventures.com.au.

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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

Trust in the Lord and do good;
    dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Take delight in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Commit your way to the Lord;
    trust in him and he will do this:
 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,
    your vindication like the noonday sun. Psalm 37:3-6

I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. Revelation 3:8-10

Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
    and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Isaiah 58:8

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Let’s Catch Up and an Intro to Fifteen Verses for 2015 [Vlog]

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Guys, I’ve missed writing regularly here so much! I really hope you’ve been enjoying the podcasts in the time since. God has been doing a very good work in me these past few months and I wanted to catch you all up. In this video, I share why I quit writing for a few months, what I’ve been doing, and where I see things headed in the future. I hope you take a few minutes to catch up.

Let me just take a minute to encourage you just to take a few minutes to open your Bibles today and see what God might have in store for you.  Here’s Isaiah 121:-6 I read on the video:

In that day you will say:

“I will praise you, Lord.
    Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away
    and you have comforted me.
2 Surely God is my salvation;
    I will trust and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense[a];
    he has become my salvation.”
3 With joy you will draw water
    from the wells of salvation.

4 In that day you will say:

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
    make known among the nations what he has done,
    and proclaim that his name is exalted.
5 Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;
    let this be known to all the world.
6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion,
    for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.”

 

Feathers #12 with Lizzie Branch [Podcast]

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In this episode, I chat with Lizzie Branch.

Lizzie is a Board Certified Coach and has been coaching since 2006. She has a BA and MA in Psychology, and a PhD in counseling. She’s also an artist, writer, and speaker. Her art studio, Soul Graffiti, is located in beautiful downtown Clayton, NC.

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Lizzie shares how God led her to step out in faith and open up an art studio and incorporating her lifelong passion for creativity with her established life coaching career.

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Connect with Lizzie on her blog or visit her art studio Soul Graffiti.

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Scripture

The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    he enables me to tread on the heights. Habakkuk 3:19

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Feathers #011 with Karina Allen [Podcast]

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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.

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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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Connect with Karina on her blog For His Name and Renown, on Twitter or Instagram.

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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

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Feathers #010 with Amy L. Sullivan

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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.

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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.

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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

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He Loves Me No Matter What

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I LOVE HER

I walk into her bathroom and I spy some blush and lip gloss on the counter. It’s a new thing for us. It throws me back to my teen years, trying all the Wet ‘n Wild and Cover Girl, figuring out just the right shade against my pale skin, mousy brown hair and freckles. I smile when I think of those same freckles splayed across her nose and wonder if she realizes how beautiful I think they are.

I was scared of these days–this transition from little girl to woman. I dreaded them, closed my eyes and sighed when I thought of them. I think I thought some strange version of my little girl would emerge suddenly, one I wouldn’t recognize, or like. We’re only in the beginning; the wrestling has just begun. But, so far, I’m saying this stage is my favorite. She’s the same little girl and yet with so much more humor and understanding. We can look at each other and say things without a word. The years have taught us our own language.

And yet, at every stage I’ve said it’s my favorite. As it turns out, I love her no matter what.

Read more over at Jessica Hoover’s place today.

Feathers #009 with Sarah Travis [Podcast]

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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.

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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.

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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

 

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