Dear Daughters

"He never leaves your side. He's always right there holding your hand. And you know what? You're gonna be awesome." ~ Tara Royer Steele

Tara Royer Steele lives in Brenham, Texas with her husband Rick and their two boys, where they make pies, cater for Royer's Roundtop Cafe, run the Pie Haven and lead camps on soul restoration through their newly launched Brave Gathering. Tara and her family just transitioned from one wonderful season to follow God in faith and join him in this big new work. I can't wait for you to hear all about it.

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"This is how change works. It's stealthy. It delicately changes you and your perspective while you're in it, and it is not until you are fully out of it that you look in the mirror and notice a difference." ~ Andrea Lucado

Andrea Lucado is a full time freelance writer, coffee drinker, and author of English Lessons: The Crooked Path of Growing Towards Faith. Andrea has had her own crooked path meandering from San Antonio, to West Texas, all the way to England, then back to Tennessee. She now lives in Austin, Texas (yay!) where she regularly contributes to She Reads Truth and Relevant Magazine, and writes online at her own website about Jesus, love, and grace.

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"You have a hardwiring from God, and it's a beautiful hardwiring. And if you can discover what that is, that points to the reason you're here." ~ Bill Hendricks

Bill Hendricks is a native Texan, Executive Director for Christian Leadership at the Hendricks Center, and President of the Giftedness Center, where he helps people understand their unique giftedness. He lives in Dallas with his wife, Lynn, and has three adult daughters. He has written over 20 books, including his latest, The Person Called You: Why You're Here, Why You Matter & What You Should Do with your Life.

I'm excited for you to get to meet him today. Here's the interview on Dear Daughters Episode 30.

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I believe that each best choice that I make will add up to the best life that I can live. ~ Esther Emery

Esther is an off-grid homestead wife, mama, and author. She lives with her husband and three children in a yurt (!!) in the forest (!!!) where they maintain a blog and You Tube channel about the simple life.

They raise goats, and bake bread, among many other amazing things. She just released her first book, What Falls From the Sky: How I Disconnected from the Internet and Reconnected with the God Who Made the Clouds, in December.

I love talking with Esther because she makes me think big about God and people and change.

I'm excited for you to get to meet her today. Here's the interview on Dear Daughters Episode 29.

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"As we're trying to find a better self, it's not a construction project, it's an excavation project. We're learning to let go of those things which are not us." ~ Kelly Flanagan

Kelly is a licensed clinical psychologist and writer whose words have appeared in The Huffington Post, Reader's Digest, Babble (Disney's parenting website), and The Today Show. He blogs regularly at UnTangled about marriage, parenting, and exploring the redemptive life. He and his wife Kelly, (so fun, right?!) and their three children live in Dixon, Illinois.

You know how I love having psychologists on the show and I'm excited for you to get to meet him today.

Here's the interview on Dear Daughters Episode 28.

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"This world is huge. It is majestic. It is worth exploring just for the sake of knowing it." ~ Tsh Oxenreider

Tsh Oxenreider is a podcaster and blogger at The Art of Simple, and has published several books including Notes from a Blue Bike and her newest, At Home in the World. Her writing has also been featured in the Washington Post, CNN, Real Simple magazine, and more.

Tsh currently lives in Georgetown, Texas with her husband and three kids where they live simply, work on their fixer upper, and eat tacos several times a week.

I'm excited for you to get to meet her today.

Here's the interview on Dear Daughters Episode 27.

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"Instead of trying to parent the way that God parents us, we get mad that God doesn't parent like we do. God allows negative things into our lives. He disciplines those that He loves. He doesn't parent like us because He knows that's an emotionally crippling way to raise a child." ~ Dr. Jimmy Myers

As a licensed professional counselor and Owner/Executive Director of The Timothy Center, Dr. Jimmy Myers focuses on helping others find God's solutions to life challenges. In the many years of ministry to teens and their families, Dr. Myers' experience has shown him that it is never too late to turn a family around. Dr. Myers has spent more than 25 years writing, ministering, and speaking nationwide on the subjects of discipleship, teenage life, and Christian parenting. He and his wife, Beth, are the parents of 3 children and their spouses, and proud grandparents to 4 grandchildren.

Jimmy is the co-author of the forthcoming, Fearless Parenting, with George Barna. I'm excited for you to get to meet him today. Here's the interview on Dear Daughters Episode 26. Subscribe in iTunes

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"Curiosity is a life raft." ~ Casey Tygrett

Have you ever thought of curiosity as a spiritual discipline? I never did until I met Casey Tygrett.

Casey is a pastor, spiritual director, and author of Becoming Curious : A Spiritual Practice of Asking Questions(coming May 2 ~ yay!). Casey lives in Rockford, Illinois with his wife and daughter where he serves as the teaching pastor at Heartland Community Church in Rockford, Illinois.

I'm excited for you to get to meet him today. Here's the interview on Dear Daughters Episode 25.

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"Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is waste time." ~ Shelly Miller

Meet Shelly, your Sabbath mentor. At least that's what Myquillyn Smith calls her. Shelly is married to H (yes, his name is one letter!), an Anglican minister who resources church planting in the UK and they are the proud parents of two children, Murielle and Harrison.

When Shelly isn't at St. Barnabas Church in Kensington, you'll find her clicking keys at a desk or walking around the city with her camera, exploring new places and meeting people.

I'm excited for you to get to meet her today and hear about her book, Rhythms of Rest.

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"God is not looking for perfect mothers to raise perfect daughters. He's looking for imperfect mothers who are raising imperfect daughters in an imperfect world … and desperately dependent on a perfect God for the results." ~ Vicki Courtney

Vicki Courtney is a wife, mother and grandmother. She is an author and ministry leader. She is also my friend. She is the kind of friend I can call to untangle questions about ministry, parenting, writing … and just about anything else. She is a woman full of wisdom and grace.

I hope you enjoy my interview with Vicki in Dear Daughters Episode 23.

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