How do we rebuild our lives after our hopes and dreams fall apart? Whether it’s the loss of a job, a loved one, a relationship, or even our faith, when the sun comes up the next morning, how do we find our way? 

 

After several miscarriages and the sudden death of her husband, author Dawn Sanders opened her Bible and discovered buried treasure in Genesis 1 about how God can bring new beginnings and create fresh starts. If you’ve felt broken, stuck, or you’re struggling today, join Dawn and Barb for this episode and find hope again!

 

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When Your World Ends: God's Creative Process for Rebuilding a Life

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Dawn M. Sanders (MDiv, Bethel Seminary) is a Bible teacher, author, and associate minister at First Baptist Church of Glenarden International (FBCGI), where she serves as the director of the sermon-based life groups ministry. Her passion is expository teaching and sharing that combines her deep scholarship with practical application to help women rebuild their lives. Her debut book, When Your World Ends: God’s Creative Process for Rebuilding a Life, offers hope and guidance for those facing life’s most challenging seasons.

Raising a girl in today’s world to follow Jesus is possible! However, if you are a mother, grandmother, auntie, pastor’s wife, or small group leader, you need a brand new set of tools to train your beautiful young women in today’s culture. 

 

Join Barb and her friends Shannon Popkin and Lee Nienhuis, authors of Teen Comparison Girl, for a brand new conversation equipping you to raise confident, strong Jesus-loving girls in a world that is going after them harder than ever with destructive lies. Make sure that you share this episode with your Christian friends raising daughters!

 

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Comparison Girl for Teens: Thriving Beyong Measure in a World That Compares

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From the platform, page, and podcast mic, Shannon Popkin invited you to open your Bible, drink deeply of God's story, and live like it's true. Shannon's other books include Control Girl, Comparison Girl, and Shaped by God's Promises. Shannon also hosts the Live Like It's True Bible podcast and has been featured on Revive Our Hearts, FamilyLife Today, The Gospel Coalition, and Proverbs 31.   

Lee Nienhuis is an author, speaker, and passionate Bible teacher whose love for the Lord and the Word is contagious. Lee serves as a Communications Specialist, ministry coach, and consultant for many churches and non-profit organizations. With a heart for Inductive Bible Study and missions, she speaks domestically and abroad communicating a dynamic vision for the next generation and biblical literacy.  Lee’s books, Brave Moms, Brave Kids: A Battle Plan for Raising Heroes and Counter-Cultural Parenting are a clarion call for parents who are looking to raise whole hearted Christ followers in this generation. 

 

 

Social media can be the most amazing mission field if you know how to leverage it. Instead of being discouraged by its negativity and destructiveness, join Barb and social media expert Becky Robinson to learn how to make social media a tool for ministry. Becky shares 4 inspiring commitments that you can apply to your social media platform. As a result, you may discover how to become the light of Jesus in our online world.

 

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Reach: Create the Biggest Possible Audience for Your Message, Book, or Cause

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Becky Robinson is the Founder and CEO of Weaving Influence, a full-service digital marketing agency specializing in digital and integrated marketing services and public relations for authors, business leaders, coaches, trainers, speakers, and thought leaders. Since launching over a decade ago, the firm has provided a wide range of services to help clients launch more than 250 books, enabling authors to build their brands, acquire more business customers, and increase book sales.

Becky hosts the Book Marketing Action Podcast, where she shares actionable advice to help authors achieve their goals to reach more readers and enhance their brand.

In April 2022, Becky published her first book with Berrett-Koehler Publishers titled, “Reach: Create the Biggest Possible Audience for Your Message, Book, or Cause,” which takes an in-depth look at what it takes to achieve the greatest possible influence, provides valuable advice for targeting key audiences, offers a variety of practical steps for cutting through the noise, shares best practices for cultivating community, and reveals effective strategies for growing an online presence.

Let’s jump in to a great conversation about prayer! Join Barb and her friend, author and spiritual director Liz Ditty, as they talk about her new 6-week Bible study, Hear My Prayer: Learning from the Faith of Elijah. In this episode, Liz helps us to ditch the perfectionism and truly be honest with God about the hurt and hardship we are facing. Whether you are a prayer warrior or you have constant problems remembering to pray, we invite you to join us for this faith-transforming conversation and powerful reminder that God hears your prayers. 

 

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Liz Ditty is a spiritual director, author, preacher, and teacher currently guiding transformative prayer retreats at Mount Hermon Conference Center, nestled in the coastal redwoods of California. A Silicon Valley native and Western Seminary graduate, Liz’s central purpose in all she writes and teaches is to gently draw attention to God's presence in our actual—often challenging—lives. Alongside her supportive husband, two children, and spirited dog, Liz finds joy in sparking connection and community with all her people.

Sometimes, our lives get shaken up. For many of us, we experience a devastating “lifequake”. This is the term that bestselling author, Tracie Miles, created to describe those catastrophic life events that leave us shaken, stuck or questioning God’s love for us. 

In this episode, Tracie and Barb talk about her new book God’s Got You: Embracing New Beginnings with Courage and Confidence. Tracie shares her story of finding herself completely knocked off of her feet and shares the steps on how she found the courage and the confidence to trust God in her new season. Make sure to share this episode with your friends who are going through it!

 

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  Tracie Miles is the bestselling author of seven books, director of COMPEL Pro Writers Training at Proverbs 31 Ministries, and the founder of the Living Unbroken Divorce Recovery program. She has three grown children, a son and daughter in law, and lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Does figuring out what to feed your family stress you out? Would you like to have the tools to plan ahead, save money and still enjoy a time of rest with your family one day a week? 

 

Join Barb and her longtime friend and treasured mentor, best-selling author Kathi Lipp, as they discuss her newest book Sabbath Soup: Weekly Menus and Rhythms to Make Space for a Day of Rest. In this episode you will learn Kathi’s hottest tips for meal planning and preparation as well as receive a free downloadable worksheet for lunch and dinner ideas when you preorder your copy of the book!

 

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  Kathi Lipp is a Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of 20 books, including The Accidental Homesteader, Clutter Free, and The Husband Project; she has had articles published in national media, including Woman’s World as part of their “Ask the Experts” feature, Today’s Christian Woman, Proverbs 31 Ministries, Crosswalk.com, Discipleship Journal and many others. She is a busy conference and retreat speaker, currently speaking each year to thousands of women throughout the United States. Kathi and her husband, Roger, live in California and are the parents of four young adults.

Abuse can often happen gradually and discreetly, leaving victims wondering if what they are experiencing is truly an issue. 

Join Barb and special guests Tricia Lott Williford and Jana Richardson, as they share candidly about abuse, manipulation, freedom, and the path to safety. If you or someone you know is suffering from abuse, this is a crucial conversation. In this episode, Tricia reminds us that one of the enemy's tactics is to make us believe that our trauma is either too big or too small to mention. Please don't let your suffering remain a secret. Freedom is possible, and it is possible for you. 

Note: We experienced some slight audio issues towards the end as a lawnmower outside tried to join our conversation. Our apologies for the disruption. :)

 

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Tricia Lott Williford has written fifteen books in the last thirteen years. She has authored six titles under her own name and nine titles as a ghostwriter in collaboration with other authors, including a gold medalist, an Emmy award-winning journalist, and a candidate for President of the United States. Her work has appeared on the New York Times Bestseller list, and she has written with Penguin Random House, St. Martin's Press, LifeWay, Tyndale, and NavPress. Tricia championed The Pen and The Page, a weekend writing retreat attended by hundreds of adults; she co-hosts the popular podcast Let's Talk Soon; and during the school year, she teaches fourth grade at an elementary school near Denver. Tricia's newest book is called You Are Safe Now: A Survivor's Guide to Listening to Your Gut, Healing from Abuse, and Living in Freedom.   Jana Richardson, MA, LPC, EMDR,  is an experienced therapist in the Denver area with expertise in counseling victims of trauma, grief, and addiction.

This powerful conversation aired back in February and you all loved it, so we are bringing it back for this special Labor Day episode!

 

Join Barb and Grace Wabuke Klein, author of Flourish: Finding Purpose in the Unknown and Unexpected Seasons of Life, for a conversation on how to trust God’s grace and goodness when we’re not sure what’s happening in our lives. Grace will explain the four seasons of life and how to hold on to hope and believe God for His best in your life.

 

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Grace Wabuke Klein and her husband Phil lead focus412, a ministry that helps churches grow. Through this ministry, they have worked with some of the largest and most influential churches across the country. Grace was born in Uganda during the tyrannical reign of Idi Amin, and her family fled to the United States and settled in Minnesota. Grace has a bachelor’s degree in U.S. History from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned a Master’s in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. She was on the pastoral leadership team at Faith Church in West Covina, California. For more than 15 years, she had the honor of empowering thousands in their leadership and spiritual growth. Grace and her husband have been married for over five years and reside in Birmingham, Alabama.

Relationships are tough, even when two people truly love God and one another. In this week's conversation, join Barb and certified life coach Lisa Allen for a conversation on how to foster healthy relationships that celebrate differences and complement rather than complicating our lives. 

Tune in for the final part of our Stronger than Stress Series!

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Lisa Allen has a passion for and connection to women. She has been featured as a keynote speaker at Proverbs 31 Ministries’ annual She Speaks Conference, the She Laughs Conferences, and various Women’s Ministry keynotes and conferences. Lisa has offered her insights for Charlotte Today Show as a contributor. She has also been a contributing writer for the She Laughs Newsletter, WomensMinistry.net, Proverbs 31 Ministries’ COMPEL Writers Training, and more.

Her experience as a Board-Certified Life Coach has uniquely influenced her style. She is as comfortable delivering passionate keynotes that leave her audience with a sense of calling and confidence as she is to facilitating training workshops for ministry and staff leadership teams.

Lisa is obsessed with personality assessments and enjoys the certifications she’s received for Team Coaching, DISC Personality Profile, Enneagram Coach and Gallup StrengthsFinders.

Lisa loves fashion and can be found spending her free time watching the latest trends, colors and styles. She also loves pilates. She has logged close to 900 classes since 2017. She’s not a “workout” kind of gal and used to joke that her favorite part of any workout is leaving. But, since she has gotten strong and healthy, she wanted to help others do the same. In August of 2022, she became a certified IMX Pilates instructor. You can catch her any given day enjoying or leading a Pilates workout.

When we get stuck in daily cycles of stress it can feel like this is just the way that things will always be! But what if it was possible to stop the spiral and take practical steps towards breaking the seemingly neverending cycle of stress? Listen in to today's episode as Barb provides an easy framework for moving from a place of stress to a place of rest. 

 

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