What does it look like to keep reaching for God when life feels anything but steady?

In this episode of More to Share, Dina sits down with Toni Collier who is an author, speaker, founder of Broken Crayons, and host of Unshakable Moxie on Our Daily Bread, for a deeply honest conversation about faith, hard seasons, and what it means to keep clinging to the Lord when you feel like you have nothing left.

Toni shares her powerful story of brokenness, redemption, divorce, motherhood, ministry, and learning that God doesn't abandon us in the trenches. Together, Dina and Toni talk about why women need to see each other's stories, how sharing our struggles can become a lifeline for someone else, and why hope doesn't mean pretending everything is okay.

They also talk about the importance of remembering looking back at what God has already brought us through when we're tempted to believe we won't make it through what's in front of us.

And, because this is More to Share, there's plenty of real-life conversation too including the snacks Toni hides from her kids.

In this episode:

• Finding God in the middle of painful and complicated seasons
• Why the “in-between” matters
• Holding onto hope when life doesn't make sense
• The power of women sharing their stories with one another
• Why we need to see faith lived out in real life
• Using gratitude to remember what God has already done
• Learning to “come up higher” and see the good within difficult seasons
• Toni's Unshakable Moxie journey
• And, of course, Toni's hidden pantry snacks

This week's word to meditate on:

GRATITUDE

“Lord, show me where I can be grateful.”

Because sometimes clinging to God starts with remembering what He has already carried us through.

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Instagram Handle: @tonijcollier

Website: https://www.tonijcollier.com/

Show: https://www.odbm.org/en/campaigns/unshakable-moxie

Books: Don’t Try This Alone https://www.tonijcollier.com/booksanddevos

Podcast: Still Coloring https://www.tonijcollier.com/podcast

What if the ordinary moments of your day are actually the moments that matter most?

In this episode of More to Share, Dina sits down with author, artist, entrepreneur, and mom of six Ruth Chou Simons to talk about her beautiful new book, This Moment Matters. Together, they explore finding God’s grace in the everyday from making salsa and welcoming people into your home to parenting, creativity, fashion, and learning to live in the presence of God.

Ruth shares encouragement for the woman who feels like she doesn’t have enough time, margin, or capacity to pursue what God has placed on her heart. Her reminder? Don’t discredit the small things. Start right where you are with what you already have.

This is a conversation about purpose, contentment, faithfulness, and choosing to see each day not as something we have to get through, but as something we get to live.

And yes… there’s a little “emotional support chocolate” and a salsa recipe involved, too!

Get Ruth's Book This Moment Matters HERE

Follow Ruth : @ruthchousimons

RUTHS WEBSITE

Your small, faithful moments matter more than you think. If you’ve ever felt like your gifts are too little, too ordinary, or too hidden Dina Deleasa

Hi friends, my name is Dina Deleasa Gonsar, and this is the More to Share podcast. You may be sitting in carpool line in between conference calls, or maybe you're even washing a bottle out at round 5 30 a.m. looking out into the darkness, wondering what has happened to my life. Whatever the case is, I want to meet you right where you are at.

This new podcast is not only going to give you new recipes, but it's going to introduce you to conversations with other women who have been in various seasons of their life and how God has used those seasons and them as well. Also, my heart behind this podcast is to encourage you to realize that you have more to share, that God has a purpose.