Mud Stories with Jacque Watkins - Messy moments worked for our good

By Jacque Watkins interviews Lysa TerKeurst, Shauna Niequist, Michele Cushatt,

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Mud Stories with Jacque Watkins is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. Jacque interviews author types--Lysa Terkeurst, Shauna Niequist, Michele Cushatt, Shannon Ethridge, Holley Gerth, Amber C. Haines, Emily P. Freeman and many more--as well as non-author types, as they share their stories of mud and we explore how even our messiest muddy moments can be worked for our ultimate good.

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Mud Stories with Jacque Watkins - Messy moments worked for our good episodes:

02.17.2017
MS 106 Jelani Memory: Circle Disney, Unwrapping Snapchat, and Technology Tools for Moms
Jelani Memory shares the story of how he co-founded Circle Disney, how it works, and how it helps families collaborate and manage electronics and devices and screen time, which can be such a muddy place! Also? Check out this AWESOME course...
01.11.2017
MS 105 Ann Voskamp: The Broken Way {Part 2}
Ann Voskamp shares how her writing journey began, how we can be both hurt by the church and healed by the church, insight and wisdom on how to handle the critics in our lives, and inspiring conversation about Ann's habits,...
12.22.2016
MS 104 Ann Voskamp: The Broken Way {Part 1}
Ann Voskamp shares her muddy story of seeing her sister killed, and her life long struggle with fear, anxiety, perfectionism and control. She shares how meeting Jesus changed everything, how counting gifts was transformative, and how we never have to...
12.15.2016
MS 103 Jennifer Rothschild: Blindness, Doubt and Finding Hope in Any Circumstance
Jennifer Rothschild shares her story of blindness at age 15, how to handle when we doubt our faith, God's ways, or the truth of His Word, and hope and inspiration to know God's love even as we face crushing circumstances...
10.24.2016
MS 102 Edie Wadsworth: Fatherlessness, Failure, and All the Pretty Things {AND how to get Edie's book for FREE!}
From poverty and hunger to fatherlessness and failure, Edie Wadsworth shares about her first book, a spiritual memoir of her life entitiled, All the Pretty Things--the story of a Southern girl who went through fire to find her way home....
10.14.2016
MS 101 Discipline that Connects with Jim & Lynne Jackson
Parenting is so hard, especially when our well-intended messages are not very well-received by our kids, and we end up angry, frustrated, and misunderstood. Jim and Lynne Jackson share with us insight and strategy to help us make our actions...
09.29.2016
MS 100 Parenting our Kids and Connecting with Your Teen {NEW E-course!}
Jacque and her cousin Heather celebrate episode 100 with the release of her NEW e-course, Connecting with Your Teen, which is now open for enrollment through October 8th! In this episode, with laughter and transparency, Jacque and Heather talk through...
09.01.2016
MS 099 Resources to Help Make Bible Study a Daily Habit
Jacque's shares her journey of learning to read the Bible and offers insight and resources to help make Bible study a daily habit, with journaling and written guides to help us connect more deeply with God. ~Be THE FIRST to...
08.24.2016
MS 098 Jen Bricker: Born without Legs and Believing Everything is Possible
Jen Bricker shares how she was born without any legs, adopted, and became a gymnast and aerialist. She describes reunifying with her biological Moceanu family, and how through adversity and mud she believes that everything is possible. ~To be THE...
08.17.2016
MS 097 Overcoming Resistance, Fear and Procrastination to Get Things Done
Jacque shares about the challenge it is to overcome resistance, fear, and procrastination, in order to get the things done that matter most. She explores concepts from the book, The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield, and offers insight, tips...
08.10.2016
MS 096 Shauna Niequist: From Frantic and Hustle to Being Present Over Perfect
Shauna Niequist shares about choosing to be Present Over Perfect with practical advice, and helps us turn from frantic and hustle, to stillness and peace. ~To sign up for updates about Jacque's new ecourse: TEXT the words 'CONNECTWITHYOURTEEN' to 33444...
08.03.2016
MS 095 Jennifer Dukes Lee: The Happiness Dare
Jennifer Dukes Lee shares all things happiness, including how we all long to be happy, why we should even care about trying to be happy, what keeps us from true happiness, and tips and tools to help us identify our...
07.28.2016
MS 094 Alaska, Glaciers, and Deciding What Influences Our Lives
Jacque shares about her recent trip to Alaska, what she's learning from glaciers, some ideas from Ephesians chapter one, and encouragement about memorizing scripture. She challenges us to be still and purposefully evaluate and decide what we will allow to have...
06.29.2016
MS 093 Jay and Katherine Wolf: The Beauty and Promise that Hope Heals
Jay and Katherine Wolf share about Katherine's brain stem stroke in 2008, the adversity and suffering that followed, and the hope we can all have as we embrace the truth that hope heals, no matter our story. ~To sign up...
06.15.2016
MS 092 Christa Black Gifford: A Heart Made Whole, Turning Your Unhealed Pain into Your Greatest Strength
Christa Black Gifford shares her journey through her unhealed pain--pain which included a past of sexual abuse, eating disorders, alcohol, relationships, and the full term delivery and subsequent passing of her second baby, Goldie, born with anenchephaly. Christa knows we all...
06.01.2016
MS 091 Matt Bays: Finding God in the Ruins
Matt Bays shares about the abuse and incest he faced as a child, his alcoholism while he served as a worship leader, and his path to recovery as he wrestled with questions like where is God, is He with me,...
05.19.2016
MS 090 Anger, Adjusting Our Expectations, and Extending Grace
Often we get frustrated and angry in our relationships, and especially in our parenting, when our expectations are not met. Jacque explores the some of the possible roots of our anger, how to pause, evaluate, and identify our expectations. She...
05.11.2016
MS 089 Doris Lew: Dialysis, Waiting and Trusting that God is Good
Doris Lew shares her journey through chronic kidney disease and daily dialysis as a wife, mother, and teacher. She describes her experience of waiting, and how multiple organ donors fell through. Doris encourages us that our circumstances never define God's love...
05.04.2016
MS 088 Katie Orr: Depression, Grief, and Studying the Bible
Katie Orr shares about her depression, grief after the sudden loss of her young brother, and her FOCUSed15 method for us to learn to love to study the Bible. SUBSCRIBE/Review->SUBSCRIBE/Leave Review HERE Show Notes Page --> HERE ***Giving away THREE of Katie's books!*** To ENTER to WIN a book: 1. "Like"...
05.02.2016
{PRESHOW} Katie Orr
A fun PRESHOW conversation with Katie Orr, where we talk about food and hot pots in China, Italian food, skinny dipping, Yeti mugs, Bill Bright, spiritual makeup, scripture memory, being "fine", and our gratitude for the significance of God's mercy and grace. SUBSCRIBE/Review->SUBSCRIBE/Leave Review...
04.27.2016
MS 087 Feeling Afraid and Not Enough
There are times in life we are afraid--afraid we will miss God's will--afraid to take the next step, move toward our goal, accomplish that achievement, or believe we can do whatever it is we're dreaming about or believing for. We feel like we...
04.20.2016
MS 086 Kaitlyn Bouchillon: Broken Friendship, Health Crisis and Trusting in the in Between
Kaitlyn Bouchillon shares about broken friendship, a brain tumor, singleness, and living in the in between--trusting Jesus Even If Not. Even if He doesn't restore our circumstance in the way we want Him to. SUBSCRIBE/Review->SUBSCRIBE/Leave Review HERE Sign up for Coaching with...
04.18.2016
{PRESHOW} Kaitlyn Bouchillon
A fun and poignant PRESHOW conversation with Kaitlyn Bouchillon, where we talk about everything from curried goat, double-jointedness, Monday Jars, sweet potato chips, and why every one of our stories matters more than we know. SUBSCRIBE/Review->SUBSCRIBE/Leave Review HERE Join Facebook group --> Mud...
04.13.2016
MS 085 Kristen Jenson: Good Pictures, Bad Pictures - How to Porn Proof Our Kids
Kristen Jenson not only shares about the near drowning of her 18 month old son and the nine years she cared for him before his passing, but through her children's picture book (Good Pictures, Bad Pictures) she shares her passionate commitment...
04.06.2016
MS 084 Lauren Chandler: Finding God's Steadfast Love in the Storm
Lauren Chandler, wife, mom, singer, songwriter, and author, shares about finding God's steadfast love in our desert places, when we feel weighed down by chains, when we are in the aftermath of our own folly, or when are in the...
04.04.2016
{PRESHOW} Lauren Chandler
A light-hearted, fun and candid PRESHOW conversation with Lauren Chandler, where we talk about everything from chicharones, the Napa Valley, axis deer, Christy Nockels, Zum Frankincense and Myrrh, horses, and not being ashamed of having struggles. SUBSCRIBE/Review->SUBSCRIBE/Leave Review HERE Join Facebook group...
03.23.2016
MS 083 Thad Watkins: Relationships, Regret and Redemption
In this episode, Jacque's husband, Thad, talks with her about small muddy things we face and also the deeper, thicker mud we go through, including the challenges of ministry life, the lack of communication and unmet needs that can lead to...
03.21.2016
{PRESHOW} Thad Watkins: New Music, New Schedule and Ten Questions
A pre-show episode with Jacque's husband, Thad, including new music, a new schedule, and ten get-to-know-you questions for Thad to answer. SUBSCRIBE/Review--> SUBSCRIBE/Leave Review HERE Join Facebook group --> Mud Stories Gathering HERE
03.14.2016
MS 082 Handling Comparison, Jealousy, Envy and Discontentment
Comparison, jealousy, and discontentment are such a struggle. Jacque shares her own experience as well as thoughts, scripture, and encouragement to help us heal. SUBSCRIBE/Review--> SUBSCRIBE/Leave Review HERE Leave a voicemail question--> HERE Join Facebook group --> Mud Stories Gathering HERE Snapchat Tutorial by Cliff Ravenscraft qBible Website
03.05.2016
MS 081 The Challenge of Forgiving Ourselves
Accepting God's forgiveness can be easier than forgiving ourselves. Jacque shares thoughts, scripture, and encouragement to help us handle the challenge of forgiving our own selves. SUBSCRIBE/Review--> SUBSCRIBE/Leave Review HERE Join Facebook group --> Mud Stories Gathering HERE Free PDF: Jacque's favorite resources for Finding...
02.25.2016
MS 080 Terri Roberts: Tragedy, Grief, the Amish and the Power of Forgiveness
Nine years ago, Terri Roberts' oldest son walked into an Amish schoolhouse and killed five young girls before taking his own life. Terri shares insight and wisdom for the moments we meet unexpected tragedy in life, how to surrender anger and choose...
02.19.2016
MS 079 Alan & Leslie Chambers: Closing Exodus and the Ex-Gay Movement--Embracing Grace and Loving Well
Part two with Alan Chambers, and his wife Leslie, who share their very public story of Alan's leadership of Exodus International, his struggle with same sex attraction, and their journey together from fear to grace and learning to love well, no...
02.11.2016
MS 078 Alan & Leslie Chambers: Same Sex Attraction and the Journey From Fear to Grace
Alan Chambers, and his wife Leslie, share their very public story of Alan's leadership of Exodus International, his struggle with same sex attraction, and their journey together from fear to grace and learning to love well, no matter the cost. SUBSCRIBE...
02.04.2016
MS 077 Elisa Pulliam: From Anger to Forgiveness ~ Life Transformation and How to Meet the New You
Elisa Pulliam shares her story of abuse, anger, and forgiveness, and walks alongside us to facilitate life transformation with her new book, Meet the New You. SUBSCRIBE or Leave Rating/Review--> SUBSCRIBE HERE Enter to win Elisa's book--> Leave a comment HERE Take the SURVEY--> HERE Join...
01.27.2016
MS 076 Alli Worthington: Trusting God, Making Decisions and Breaking Busy in our Lives
Alli Worthington shares her muddy story of surrender and saying yes to God, even when we don't understand, and helps us learn how to sort through our busyness to make decisions, to trust God even when it's hard, and to...
01.20.2016
MS 075 Jamie Ivey: The Happy Hour ~ Failure, Forgiveness, and God's Amazing Grace
Host of the podcast, The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey, Jamie shares her mud story of promiscuity, pregnancy, and pain, about God's amazing grace, as well as adoption and the mud of motherhood..including links to some things we're LOVING right...
01.08.2016
MS 074 Marla Cilley: The Fly Lady, God Breezes, Baby Steps and Loving Yourself
Marla Cilley, known as The Fly Lady, shares her story of following the "God Breezes" in her life, naming her FlyLady.net a ministry, more habits we can develop for the months of the year, and encouragement and inspiration as we take baby...
01.01.2016
MS 073 Marla Cilley: CHAOS, New Habits and Fly Lady Wisdom
Marla Cilley, known as The Fly Lady, shares her personal story of divorce, remarriage, homelessness, chaos, and messiness and offers habits to help us clean and organize our homes and hearts throughout the coming year. Subscribe or Leave a Rating or Review HERE
12.23.2015
MS 072 Liz Curtis Higgs: Grace, Mud and The Women of Christmas
Liz Curtis Higgs shares her personal mud story, how to find God amidst your mud and adversity, and she shares about her resources including stories about Ruth, Bathsheba, and The Women of Christmas--Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna. Subscribe or Leave a Rating or Review HERE
12.17.2015
MS 071 Liz Curtis Higgs: Maturity, Faith, Writing, and Being Still
Liz Curtis Higgs shares the beginning of her personal mud story, offers encouragement and hope as we mature in age and faith, shares insight about her writing process and Bible time routines, and encourages us to find time to be...
12.09.2015
MS 070 Elizabeth Foss: Advent, Family Dynamics, and Tips for Managing Holiday Stress and Grief
Advent, Christmas, and the holidays in general are a time of busyness and stress. Elizabeth Foss shares tips and inspiration in navigating the grief and myriad of mud we often face in this season. Elizabeth's ebook: Comfort & Joy: Living the Liturgy...
11.27.2015
MS 069 The Watkins Kids: Facing Mud and Giving Thanks
Jacque Watkins, the host of The Mud Stories Podcast, talks with her four youngest kids about the hardship of facing our mud, the challenge it is to give thanks, and they even share some knock knock jokes too! It's a...
11.20.2015
MS 068 Courtney Westlake: Finding Beauty in our Differences and God in our Unexpected Adversity
Courtney Westlake shares the unexpected adversity of her daughter's diagnosis of harlequin ichthyosis, insights into grieving "normal", how suffering drives us to God, and how we can learn to see beauty in our differences, allowing our faith to grow through hard...
11.12.2015
MS 067 Seth Haines: Doubt, Pain, Addiction and Coming Clean
For Seth Haines, doubt led to pain, and pain to addiction, and yet Seth's process of coming clean is really a journey for us all, as we learn to face our pain, find it's source, and forgive again and again--all...
11.05.2015
MS 066 Fawn Weaver: How to Have an Argument Free Marriage
An argument free relationship doesn't have to be just a dream, but Fawn Weaver believes can be possible for us all. Fawn shares her personal mud story, as well as insight and wisdom to help us create argument-free relationships. The Happy...
10.29.2015
MS 065 Shannon Ethridge: Sexual Confidence, Freedom, Healing and Fulfillment
Shannon Ethridge helps us unpack the obstacles that keep us from sexual freedom and healing in marriage, and helps us move toward fulfillment and sexual confidence. Shannon shares how to move from "Good girls DON'T" to "Good girls DO", strategies...
10.22.2015
MS 064 Tray & Melody Lovvorn: Divorce, Grace, Remarriage and Redemption
Part 2 of a 2-part episode with Tray and Melody Lovvorn from the Undone Redone Podcast, talking about their discovery of real grace, humility that was cultivated in the years of they were divorce, their process of reconciliation, remarriage to...
10.15.2015
MS 063 Tray & Melody Lovvorn: Porn Addiction, Betrayal and The Destructive Paradigm of Performing and Pretending
Tray & Melody Lovvorn, from the Undone Redone podcast, share Part One of their Two-Part story, including porn addiction, performing, mask-wearing, betrayal, a 6-year divorce, and then remarrying one another in 2008. Undone Redone Podcast Life Beyond Betrayal-30 day course for women Embark-4...
10.08.2015
MS 062 Amy J. Bennett: The Power of Thoughts, Entanglement and an Emotional Affair
Amy J. Bennet shares her mud of an emotional affair, the power of our thoughts, and her path out of the entanglement and how her grief led her to God. She also shares how the process happened, the steps she...
10.01.2015
MS 061: My Mud Story and 31 Days of What You Should Know Before An Affair
Jacque Watkins, host of this podcast, shares her personal mud story in the aftermath of an affair, divorce and remarriage, and introduces a 31-day series on her blog about what she learned and what you should know before an affair. Jacque's Written Story Jacque's...

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Mud Stories with Jacque Watkins - Messy moments worked for our good episodes:

MS 106 Jelani Memory: Circle Disney, Unwrapping Snapchat, and Technology Tools for Moms

MS 105 Ann Voskamp: The Broken Way {Part 2}

MS 104 Ann Voskamp: The Broken Way {Part 1}

MS 103 Jennifer Rothschild: Blindness, Doubt and Finding Hope in Any Circumstance

MS 102 Edie Wadsworth: Fatherlessness, Failure, and All the Pretty Things {AND how to get Edie's book for FREE!}

MS 101 Discipline that Connects with Jim & Lynne Jackson

MS 100 Parenting our Kids and Connecting with Your Teen {NEW E-course!}

MS 099 Resources to Help Make Bible Study a Daily Habit

MS 098 Jen Bricker: Born without Legs and Believing Everything is Possible

MS 097 Overcoming Resistance, Fear and Procrastination to Get Things Done

MS 096 Shauna Niequist: From Frantic and Hustle to Being Present Over Perfect

MS 095 Jennifer Dukes Lee: The Happiness Dare

MS 094 Alaska, Glaciers, and Deciding What Influences Our Lives

MS 093 Jay and Katherine Wolf: The Beauty and Promise that Hope Heals

MS 092 Christa Black Gifford: A Heart Made Whole, Turning Your Unhealed Pain into Your Greatest Strength

MS 091 Matt Bays: Finding God in the Ruins

MS 090 Anger, Adjusting Our Expectations, and Extending Grace

MS 089 Doris Lew: Dialysis, Waiting and Trusting that God is Good

MS 088 Katie Orr: Depression, Grief, and Studying the Bible

{PRESHOW} Katie Orr

MS 087 Feeling Afraid and Not Enough

MS 086 Kaitlyn Bouchillon: Broken Friendship, Health Crisis and Trusting in the in Between

{PRESHOW} Kaitlyn Bouchillon

MS 085 Kristen Jenson: Good Pictures, Bad Pictures - How to Porn Proof Our Kids

MS 084 Lauren Chandler: Finding God's Steadfast Love in the Storm

{PRESHOW} Lauren Chandler

MS 083 Thad Watkins: Relationships, Regret and Redemption

{PRESHOW} Thad Watkins: New Music, New Schedule and Ten Questions

MS 082 Handling Comparison, Jealousy, Envy and Discontentment

MS 081 The Challenge of Forgiving Ourselves

MS 080 Terri Roberts: Tragedy, Grief, the Amish and the Power of Forgiveness

MS 079 Alan & Leslie Chambers: Closing Exodus and the Ex-Gay Movement--Embracing Grace and Loving Well

MS 078 Alan & Leslie Chambers: Same Sex Attraction and the Journey From Fear to Grace

MS 077 Elisa Pulliam: From Anger to Forgiveness ~ Life Transformation and How to Meet the New You

MS 076 Alli Worthington: Trusting God, Making Decisions and Breaking Busy in our Lives

MS 075 Jamie Ivey: The Happy Hour ~ Failure, Forgiveness, and God's Amazing Grace

MS 074 Marla Cilley: The Fly Lady, God Breezes, Baby Steps and Loving Yourself

MS 073 Marla Cilley: CHAOS, New Habits and Fly Lady Wisdom

MS 072 Liz Curtis Higgs: Grace, Mud and The Women of Christmas

MS 071 Liz Curtis Higgs: Maturity, Faith, Writing, and Being Still

MS 070 Elizabeth Foss: Advent, Family Dynamics, and Tips for Managing Holiday Stress and Grief

MS 069 The Watkins Kids: Facing Mud and Giving Thanks

MS 068 Courtney Westlake: Finding Beauty in our Differences and God in our Unexpected Adversity

MS 067 Seth Haines: Doubt, Pain, Addiction and Coming Clean

MS 066 Fawn Weaver: How to Have an Argument Free Marriage

MS 065 Shannon Ethridge: Sexual Confidence, Freedom, Healing and Fulfillment

MS 064 Tray & Melody Lovvorn: Divorce, Grace, Remarriage and Redemption

MS 063 Tray & Melody Lovvorn: Porn Addiction, Betrayal and The Destructive Paradigm of Performing and Pretending

MS 062 Amy J. Bennett: The Power of Thoughts, Entanglement and an Emotional Affair

MS 061: My Mud Story and 31 Days of What You Should Know Before An Affair

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