Altered Stories Show

In this special Mother's Day 2022 episode, I interview guests, Blythe Daniel and her mother, Dr. Helen McIntosh. Blythe is an author, literary agent, and marketer. She has written for Proverbs 31 Ministries, Focus on the Family, Ann Voskamp, and Christian Retailing. She lives in Colorado with her husband and children. Dr. Helen Mcintosh is an author, counselor, speaker, and educator. Her work has appeared in GuidePosts, ParentLife, and HomeLife magazines. She resides in Georgia with her husband and they have two children and five grandchildren. In our authentic conversation, Blythe and Helen share their God story of their relationship, Helen's difficult relationship with her mother that God helped her mend, and words of encouragement to mothers and daughters who need healing in their relationship. They also share great relationship nuggets from their book, Mended: Restoring the Hearts of Mothers and Daughters and their new book: I Love You, Mom!

In this episode, I interview a special guest, Mabel Ninan. Mabel is a writer, author of "Far From Home," host of the YouTube podcast "Immigrant Faith Stories," and a lover of books, tea, and zumba. She lives in northern California with her husband, son, and Maltese dog. Mabel was born and raised in the minority Christian community in India. She moved to the US in 2008 shortly after getting married. Her family has called ten different places across two continents and seven cities home. In our authentic conversation, Mabel shares her powerful God story of how God used her experience of moving to the US and feeling like a foreigner and homeless to draw her closer to him and bring her focus into an eternal one. This experience also inspired her to write her book and start her podcast ministry. Mabel also shares scriptures from the Bible that ministered to her to encourage others who are struggling with their identity and purpose to live their lives with an eternal perspective.

In this episode, I interview a special guest, Mabel Ninan. Mabel is a writer, author of "Far From Home," host of the YouTube podcast "Immigrant Faith Stories," and a lover of books, tea, and zumba. She lives in Northern California with her husband, son, and Maltese dog. Mabel was born and raised in the minority Christian community in India. She moved to the US in 2008 shortly after getting married. Her family has called ten different places across two continents and seven cities home. In our authentic conversation, Mabel shares her powerful God story of how God used her experience of moving to the US and feeling like a foreigner and homeless to draw her closer to him and bring her focus into an eternal one. This experience also inspired her to write her book and start her podcast ministry. Mabel also shares scriptures from the Bible that ministered to her to encourage others who are struggling with their identity and purpose to live their lives with an eternal perspective.

You can catch the full episode on Apri 25.

In this episode, I interview special guest, Sandy Kirkham. Sandy is an author that uses her voice to help victims of clergy abuse and also serves on the board of Council against Child Abuse. She is a wife, mother of two grown children, two beautiful granddaughters, and two dogs. In our authentic conversation, Sandy shares her "Comforted To Be A Comfort" God story and how God comforted her as a victim of clergy sexual, emotional, and physical abuse as a teenager. She also shares how this abuse left her broken with a shattered faith and ultimate shame of being blamed and forced her from the church she loved. She goes on to share how she sought justice and how God ultimately healed her to be a comfort to others. To encourage victims of abuse from spiritual leaders who are struggling with wounds of brokenness, she shares ministering words from 2 Corinthians 1:4.

In this episode, I interview special guest, Sandy Kirkham. Sandy is an author that uses her voice to help victims of clergy abuse and also serves on the board of Council against Child Abuse. She is a wife, mother of two grown children, has two beautiful granddaughters, and two dogs. In our authentic conversation, Sandy shares her "Comforted To Be A Comfort" God story and how God comforted her as a victim of clergy sexual, emotional, and physical abuse as a teenager.

You can hear the whole episode on April 11th.

In this episode, I interview a special kingdom rockstar guest, Sarah Geringer from Missouri. Sarah is a gifted author, speaker, writer, artist, podcaster, mom of 3, and dog mama. She also enjoys reading, painting, baking, gardening, going for walks with her dog, and playing the flute. In our authentic conversation, Sarah shares her "Finding Peace in God's Word" God story that brought her through her healing journey as a child of divorce. She also shares how God healed her as she integrated His word into her life to gain peace and healing from past verbal and emotional abuse. In addition, Sarah shares her story of salvation and how God has been helping her go through a painful divorce.

In our next episode, I interview a special kingdom rockstar guest, Sarah Geringer from Missouri. Sarah shares her "Finding Peace in God's Word" God story that brought her through her healing journey as a child of divorce. She also shares how she has learned to integrate God's Word into her life to gain peace.

You can hear the whole episode on Monday, March 28th.

In this episode, I interview a special guest, Dawn Amsden Stark. Dawn is an author, change agent, storyteller, and promise seeker. She is a philanthropy manager for Operation Blessing (CBN) and the founder of {Re}purposed Lives, a social business supporting justice ministries. She lives in Florida with her husband of 36 years and five children.

(You can hear the whole episode on March 7th.)

In this episode, I interview a special guest, Crystal Freie. Crystal is the founder and CEO of C. Freie International, LLC and is a dynamic and inspiring empowerment coach and speaker that helps women of faith eliminate their limiting beliefs, embrace change, and transform their lives growing closer to God. She is also an author, former corporate executive, wife of almost 20 years, and mother of two sons.

In our authentic conversation, Crystal shares her "Daily Bread" God Story of transformation from her corporate executive position to working in full-time ministry and how God told her it was time to leave.

She shares how God blessed her obedience and how her dependence on God has grown. In addition, she shares what it means to lose your identity to the roles in life and the impact that has on your happiness. She also shares scriptures of encouragement to help those who may be questioning their decision to walk in their calling.