Depth Podcast

Do you have one word that has turned your life upside down? Maybe your one word is cancer? Maybe it is Divorce? Infertility? Miscarriage? I believe one word can change our life forever.

This week on the podcast, we are going to talk about cancer. I am so excited to highlight Kim Harms' book, *Carried Through Cancer: 70 Days or Spiritual Strength from Cancer Fighters, Survivors, and Caregivers. It has 70 stories of women of how God has carried them through the cancer diagnosis, the treatment, the entire journey. Kim shares parts of her story and invites others to share theirs. Not every story is the same type of cancer, stage of cancer, or age of the person. I know if you or a loved one finds yourself on this hard journey, this book will encourage you and give you hope.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Kim's book, *Carried Through Cancer. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodisnowdon.com or you can click this direct link: https://kingsumo.com/g/1wg776m/carried-through-cancer-book

Important Links:

• Depth Podcast Episode 158: Suzie Eller's third time on the podcast to talk about her latest book, *Prayer Starters: Talking with God About Hard Times. One of my favorite episodes- She cries, I cry… there are just some tender, vulnerable moments and lots of wisdom from Suzie.
• Depth Podcast Episode 46: Suzie's second time on the podcast to talk about her book, *JoyKeeper: 6 Truths That Change Everything You Thought You Know about Joy. I cannot wait for you to hear the Joy Keeper vs. Joy Stealer statements.
• Depth Podcast Episode 7: Her first time on the podcast to talk about her book, *The Mended Heart. Sharing my testimony with my cracked clay pot came from this book on brokenness. Honestly, it is one of my life changing books.
• 10 Ways to Support Your Loved One Through Cancer: Another friend shared with me her heartbreaking cancer diagnosis. If you find yourself in this difficult situation, I hope this practical list of ways to support your loved one will help.

Book Recommendations:

• *Waking Up To the Goodness of God by Susie Larson
• *Watching for the Morning: 90 Devotionals for When Hope is Hard To Find by Vaneetha Risner
• *A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken

Kim Harms is a two-time breast cancer survivor and the author of Carried Through Cancer: 70 Days of Spiritual Strength from Cancer Fighters, Survivors and Caregivers, and Life Reconstructed: Navigating the World of Mastectomies and Breast Reconstruction. She has a degree in English from Iowa State University and close to three decades of professional writing experience for a wide variety of publications.

Married to Corey for almost 28 years, the two have three grown sons and an English Springer Spaniel. Kim offers support and resources for cancer fighters at kimharms.com. She can also be found on Instagram @kimharmsauthor and Facebook at KimHarmsAuthor

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!

Do you know how to help kids that are going through grief? This is a really hard question because sometimes we don't even know how to walk through grief ourselves.

So I am excited about this new resource I want to share with you today. It is a new book that is about to launch called *Helping Kids Through Grief by Sissy Goff. The subtitle is A Parent's Guide for Making Sense of Death, Processing Loss, and Finding Hope. I cannot wait to highlight this book today on the podcast and share why I think it is so important as well as some of my favorite parts.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Sissy's new book, *Helping Kids Through Grief. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodisnowdon.com or you can click this direct link: https://kingsumo.com/g/m7g0edm/helping-kids-through-grief-book-giveaway

Important Links:

• Link to Depth Podcast Episode 245 where Jodi shares her 5 Favorite Emotional Literacy Books for Kids!
• Link to Depth Podcast Episode 211 where Jodi recommends David Thomas's book, *Raising Emotionally Strong Boys.
• Link to Depth Podcast Episode 180 with Michelle Nietert on her book, *Managing Your Emojis
• Link to Depth Podcast Episode 143 with my counselor on how to process your emotions in a healthy way.
• Link to Depth Podcast Episode 26 with my kids called Family and Feelings
• Link to Depth Book- learn more about my book that I wrote about my greatest heartbreaks and how God grew my faith through my journey.

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!

Do you ever pause and reflect on how God is working in your life? Maybe you sit down and write the lessons you learned from Him? Or maybe you remember the ways He has answered your prayers?

It is so important to pause, reflect, and remember what the Lord is doing in our lives. I am excited this week to have my mentor, Kathe Wunnenberg, back on the podcast. She was visiting, so we recorded in person in my new office! Excited to share about our ministry years. My ministry year goes from August to August, so we are going to recap any updates. But more importantly, we are going to talk about pausing, sometimes pivoting, and praising the Lord! You do not want to miss the wisdom that Kathe shares.

It is exciting to be celebrating the 7th year anniversary of the podcast as well as the 4th birthday of the book. I have some previous special episodes to share as well as the first two interviews with Kathe on the podcast- see below.

Important Links:

• Depth Podcast Episode 53: I want to share a link to my first conversation with Kathe on the Depth Podcast back in 2020. We talk about her book: *Hopelifter and * *Grieving the Child I Never Knew.
• Depth Podcast Episode145: This is Kathe's second time on the Podcast where we share about how God connected us. I just love His perfect timing as well as his fingerprints all over how our relationship began. I cannot wait for you to hear the wisdom from my mentor and hear how God's connections are powerful.
• Depth Podcast Episode 203: Embrace Your Roles. I recorded this episode back in 2024 when life was changing, and I was embracing a new role. My mentor, Kathe said to me, "Sometimes you need to step back in one role, so you can step up in another." I share more about this on this episode.

Other fun episodes celebrating milestones in my ministry

• Episode 1 (Welcome and Introduction to the podcast– 2019)
• Episode 47 (1 year Podcast Anniversary– Special Behind the Scenes Episode– 2020)
• Episode 100 and 101 (Celebrating 100 episodes Part 1 & Part 2 with clips from my most favorite moments- 2021)
• Episode 146 (Behind the Scenes of the book & 3 year anniversary of the podcast- 2022)
• Episode 147 (Reading Chapter 1 of the Depth Book)
• Episode 148 (Going in Depth About Depth)
• Episode 192 (Happy 1st birthday of the book, Depth)
• Episode 200 (A special episode about God's Faithfulness in my life– Meet David- 2023)
• Episode 216 (How to Respond to the Pauses of Life)
• Episode 240 (Special Interview with My Husband About My Updated and Revised Version of my Book, Depth

Book Recommendations:

• *Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby
• *Breath as Prayer by Jennifer Tucker (Check out Depth Podcast Episode 215 to hear more about this book.)

Kathe Wunnenberg is the founder and president of Hopelifters Unlimited. She is a speaker, writer, leader, and connector known for her ability to offer creative solutions for real life problems. The author of *Hopelifter, *Grieving the Loss of a Loved One, and *Grieving the Child I Never Knew, Kathe lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her family.

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!

How would you describe your home? When you walk through the front door, do you have peace? Is it cozy? Is there clutter?

I am excited to have Myquillyn Smith on the podcast to share with us her new book, *House Hushing: The Simple Method to Declutter and Decorate for a More Peaceful Home. It is so fun to have her on the podcast. She is also know as "The Nester" and Cozy Minimalist. I cannot wait for her to share her four steps to hushing your home as well as why this is so important to eliminate this extra noise and silent to-do list that happens when you walk into your house. You do not want to miss the truth that Myquillyn shares!

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Myquillyn's book: *House Hushing. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodisnowdon.com or you can click this direct link: https://kingsumo.com/g/3od2x9m/house-hushing-book-giveaway

Myquillyn Smith, also known as "The Nester," is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of *Welcome Home, Cozy Minimalist Home, and House Rules. For the past 18 years, she has been encouraging women to embrace their space--imperfections and all--and make it their own. Her home in North Carolina has been featured in Better Homes & Gardens, Ladies' Home Journal, and Cottages & Bungalows. She's never met a home she didn't love. Find her online at TheNester.com and on Instagram @TheNester.

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!

Are you living in casual proximity to Jesus or are you reaching for Him with desperation?

I know this sounds like a very deep question that I am asking, but I am so excited because it came from a book that we are going to discuss today: *A Story Worth Living by Amy Loflin. She highlights the story of the woman in the Bible who suffers 12 years of bleeding. I love that this woman reached for Jesus in desperation and that was Amy's challenge: Are we just living close to Jesus or are we reaching for Him? We are going to dive deep into this story today in a Bible Shoes style episode, and I cannot wait for you to hear the wisdom from Amy.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Amy's book, *A Story Worth Living. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodisnowdon.com or you can click this direct link: https://kingsumo.com/g/107x7r3/a-story-worth-living-giveaway

Other Bible Shoes Episodes on the Depth Podcast

• Depth Podcast Episode 161: Bible Shoes on Elijah
• Depth Podcast Episode 166: Bible Shoes on the Samaritan Woman by the Well
• Depth Podcast Episode170: Bible Shoes on Holy Week
• Depth Podcast Episode 179: Rahab- Cinched
• Depth Podcast Episode 238: Moses- How Do you Want to Be Remembered?

Book Recommendations:

• *Invitation to Solitude and Silence by Ruth Haley Barton
• *Jesus: A Pilgrimage by James Martin

Amy Loflin is a speaker, life coach, co-founder of Echo Joy Collective, and author of *A Story Worth Living. With a background in counseling and over a decade in church leadership, her work helps women move past fear, perfectionism, and self-doubt to embrace lives of confidence, clarity, and purpose. Known for her warmth, humor, and honesty, Amy connects with everyday women in powerful, relatable ways. Her passion is to equip women to walk in freedom—and remember that wholeness, purpose, and Jesus are always within reach. She would love for you to reach out to her on Instagram.

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!

Do you struggle with complaining? If you asked me a couple months ago, I would have said no, but recently our church did a study on the book of Numbers, and the Israelites are always complaining in this book of the Bible. Our Pastor has done two messages on complaining (link are below), and I now realize that I have a complaining problem. So instead of recommending a book like I usually do, today, I am going to recommend a book of the Bible: Numbers.

I am also going to encourage you to join me in a Contentment Challenge to combat the complaining. You cannot complain and be grateful at the same time! It is awesome how God led me to Melissa Spoelstra's Contentment Project through another author, Barb Roose's Loaves and Fishes email series. I share all about this on the podcast episode this week!

So, I want to invite you to listen, grab a bracelet and join me in practicing contentment and gratitude instead of complaining and grumbling.

Important Links:

Mariners Church Series on Numbers:

• First message: The Not-Little Sin of Complaining - Eric Geiger | Mariners Church
• Second message: The Cure for Our Rebellion - Eric Geiger | Mariners Church

Both Barb and Melissa have been guests on the Depth Podcast so I want to share links to their podcast episodes:

• Depth Podcast Episode 121 with Melissa Spoelstra about her Bible Study, *The Names of God.
• Depth Podcast Episode 218 with Barb Roose about her book, *Stronger than Stress.

Melissa's 7- Day Contentment Project

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!

Do you want to be flourishing? Not just surviving your life but thriving.

I have the greatest book to recommend to you. It is Christine Caine's newest book, *The Faith To Flourish. The subtitle is God's design for a rooted, resilient, and fruitful life. Right away you can see why I love this book—it is talking about growing deep roots in your faith. You know I love when books talk about trees and this book focuses on the olive tree. I learned so much from Christine and cannot wait to share it with you.

Depth Podcast Episode links and Book Recommendations to Grow your Roots Deep:

• *Depth: Growing Through Heartbreak to Strength by Jodi Snowdon. What if your greatest heartbreak catapults you to your greatest growth?
• Depth Podcast Episode 234: Do You Want To Be Deeply Rooted was recorded just earlier this year and goes into great detail about the books I recommend above about deep roots! I also share how to practically grow your roots deeper in your faith. I highly recommend this episode.
• *Thrive by Mark Hall (the cover of this book captivated me and began my journey to discover depth!)
• *Detours by Tony Evans (an amazing book about the life of Joseph and how he grew deep roots in his faith through detours)
• Depth Podcast Episode 114: I talk with Banning Liebscher about his book, *Rooted: The Hidden Places Where God Wants to Develop You. He says that God wants to grow you on the inside before he ever grows you on the outside. This hidden growth is so important.
• Depth Podcast Episode 115: I share practically how to grow deeper roots!
• Depth Podcast Episode 210 with Angie Baughman on the 5 Step Bible Study Method.

Link to Mariners Church Reel on the two graphics- one graphic with God part of your life and one graphic with God at the center of the life.

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!

Are you in the middle of grief? Or do you know someone who is? Maybe you or your friend are walking through something hard and you wish you had something that could help. I have a resource that I would like to share with you.

My friend, Lisa Appelo, wrote a book called *God of Comfort. It is a devotional journal for the grieving heart. Each devotional is on a different character attribute of God. This is the book I wish I had when I was going through my grief. You definitely want to hear the words of wisdom from Lisa!

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Lisa's new book, *God of Comfort. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodisnowdon.com or you can click this direct link: https://kingsumo.com/g/19wgvpm/god-of-comfort-giveaway

It is fun to have Lisa back on my Podcast! If you missed my first conversation with Lisa about her book, *Countdown to Christmas, please check out Episode 12 on the Depth podcast. I love what she shares about this advent book as well as what she shares about grief.

Lisa was on my podcast a second time to highlight her book, *Life Can Be Good Again: Putting Your World Back Together After It All Falls Apart. I love that she shares that God took the broken pieces of her life and as she entrusted them to God, He reshaped what was shattered. There is so much hope and encouragement in this episode, and I cannot wait for you to learn from her.

Link to Hope in Grief website: a space for those grieving to find Gospel Hope.

Book Recommendations:

• *Hinds Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard
• *No More Faking Fine by Esther Fleece Allen
• *Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop (Listen to Depth Podcast Episode 219 to learn more about lament.)

Lisa Appelo is a speaker and multi-book author of *Life Can Be Good Again: Putting Your World Back Together After It All Falls Apart. and the new devotional, *God of Comfort, which releases in June. Her ministry began after she suddenly became a widow and single mom to her 7 children, who were 4 to 19 years old. As God walked her through grief, He gave her a new compassion to help others find hope in grief and deepen their faith in life's storms.

She's been featured at LIFE Today, Cornerstone Television Network, Insight for Living, Ann Voskamp, Proverbs 31 Ministries, and Risen Motherhood. A former litigating attorney, Lisa writes at LisaAppelo.com, is a leader with the national organization Never Alone Widows, and serves on the Executive Team of COMPEL, part of Proverbs 31 Ministries. If she's not writing or taking long walks, she's probably hanging with her 15 grandlittles.

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!

Do you enjoy a good love story? I know I do! If I am completely honest, I am a sucker for the Hallmark Channel. I think many of us would admit that we want a happily ever after. We want someone to desire to be with us and love us unconditionally.

Back in summer of 2017, I read a book called The Story; it is a chronological version of the Bible in one long story. I read it at the same time as I read, The Heart of the Story by Randy Frazee. Did you know that the Bible could be looked at as one good Love Story? No, it is not cheesy like the Hallmark Channel; instead, it is about a God who desires a relationship with you. He loves you so much that the entire book is about His love story of redemption.

I highly recommend reading these books-- it would be a great summer read! I remember in 2017 it took me the whole summer, but it was well worth the time! I hope and pray that these books make the Bible come alive for you again and give you a fresh new perspective on the Bible.

• Depth Podcast Episode 115: I share practically how to grow deeper roots and more ways to study God's Word
• Depth Podcast Episode 210 with Angie Baughman on the 5 Step Bible Study Method-- an amazing way to dive deeper into the Bible!

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!

Does your motherhood journey look different than you planned? Maybe you have struggled to get pregnant. Perhaps like me, you walked through a loss during your pregnancy. Or maybe you have had difficulties after your baby was born.

Becoming a mother is not always the way we hope it would be which is why I started this special mom series around Mother's Day to help you know you are not alone.

This week on the podcast, Carol McLeod will share about her five pregnancy losses and how God still gave her strength to keep trying and how to find joy in the middle of our heartbreak.

She also wrote a book called Rooms of a Mother's Heart: A Sacred Call and an Eternal Purpose and we are going to dive deeper into the truth she shares about motherhood. I know you are going to learn so much from Carol.

Lastly, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Carol's book: *Rooms of a Mother's Heart. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodisnowdon.com or you can click this direct link: https://kingsumo.com/g/3q5jlv3/rooms-of-a-mothers-heart-giveaway

Book Recommendations:

• *A Time for Remembering by Ruth Bell Graham
• *Keep a Quiet Heart by Elisabeth Elliot

Carol McLeod is a best-selling author, popular speaker, and noted podcaster who teaches women to cultivate joy in all seasons of life with the life-changing Word of God. "I'm just a girl who is head over heels in love with Jesus ... who is passionately addicted to His Word ... and who finds all the joy I need in time spent in His presence."

Her popular "The Significant Women Podcast with Carol McLeod" is ranked in the top 10% of all podcasts globally, and her YouVersion devotionals have been downloaded over 4 million times. Her book, Meanwhile: Meeting God in the Wait, a Bible study on the life of Joseph, has become the cornerstone of a flourishing prison ministry with strategic partnerships in multiple states. Learn more about Carol McLeod at carolmcleodministries.com.

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!