NO SHAME PODCAST WITH JOHN GROOTERS

Lynn Barrington began her career in the entertainment business in Nashville, TN, at Paragon Music. She has worked with Andre Crouch, The Winans, Michael W. Smith, Gary Chapman, Amy Grant, Twila Paris, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and many more. She co-authored the best-selling book Daddy's and Daughters, and today is working with Producer Chuck Howard on a slate of movies. For more information visit her website here.

Kimberly Rose Johnson is the 2018 Faith Hope and Love Reader's Choice winner for short contemporary novel. She's married to her college sweetheart, and lives in the Pacific Northwest. Ever since she was a young child, Kimberly has been an avid reader. That love of reading fostered a creative mind and led to her passion for writing. She especially loves romance and writes contemporary romance and romantic mystery that warms the heart and feeds the soul. For more information visit her website here.

Linda Goldfarb helps people understand themselves so that they can better understand others. And since relationships are so unavoidable in this life – we might as well do everything we can to make them as good as they can be. Through her books and assessment tools Linda helps illuminate who we are, and who we are in relationship to one another. For more information visit her website here.

As daughter of missionary parents, award-winning author and journalist Jeanette Windle grew up in the rural villages, jungles, and mountains of Colombia, now guerrilla hot zones. Her detailed research and writing are so realistic that it has prompted government agencies to question her, trying to determine if she received classified information. Currently based in Lancaster, PA, Jeanette has lived in six countries and traveled through three continents. Those experiences have birthed sixteen international intrigue novels including Veiled Freedom and Congo Dawn. For more information visit her website here.

Although physically blind, Janet Perez Eckles has been teaching thousands to see the best of life.

"Because I lost my sight at 31 and endured the murder of my youngest son, along with the acquittal of the man responsible," Janet says, "my life should've been a mess. But God gave me a message to showcase His power, His power at work to conquer fear and turn the deepest pain to a life rich with triumph and success."

This triumph sparked Janet's passion to help others overcome their own struggles. Without sight, but with insight, her inspiration fills the pages of her four books and keynote presentations. For more information visit her website here.

Ceitci Demirkova is the author of five books, an agent of change, and a force of nature. Her charisma and intellect are matched by her beauty and faith. She now leads a nonprofit known as "Changing a Generation," dedicated to helping orphans and underprivileged children in Eastern Europe and Africa. Her latest book, Motivated by the Impossible, is a #1 Amazon bestseller. For more information visit her website here.

Michael Joiner is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and filmmaker. Joiner gained exposure when he starred in Sony's The Grace Card with Oscar winner Louis Gossett, Jr. in 2011. Michael started his comedy career after performing in a talent show at his church in Valparaiso, IN in 1991. This led to performing at churches all across the nation, and later on at comedy clubs, colleges and corporate events. In the early 1990's, he began working as an actor at the community theater in Valparaiso. In early 2000, Michael moved his family to Hollywood, where he studied with Kevin Spacey's acting coach, John Swanbeck. He signed with Beverly Hills agent William Kerwin in 2003 and soon began receiving commercial and film roles. For more information visit his website here.

Russ Taff was born the fourth of five sons to a fire-breathing, Pentecostal preacher father and a Gospel-music-loving mother. He learned early on that when he sang, people responded. And over the next four decades, they continued to respond. Russ has been awarded six Grammy Awards and eighteen Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. He has been inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame an unprecedented three times – as a member of the Imperials, a member of the Gaither Vocal band, and in recognition of his solo career. Russ is the picture of a man filled with gratitude and grace. "God called me to sing when I was just a little preacher's kid in Farmersville, California," he says, "and He's still calling."

Named "The Most Influential Photographer on the Internet" by Huffington Post, Forbes, and Yahoo in 2014, Jeremy Cowart is an award-winning photographer, artist, and entrepreneur whose mission in life is to "explore the intersection of creativity and empathy." Jeremy has published four books and is a sought-after speaker, having presented at TEDx, the United Nations, and creative conferences across the country. His latest endeavor is "The Purpose Hotel," a planned global for-profit hotel chain designed to fuel the work of not-for-profit organizations. For more information, please visit Jeremy's website here.

Mark Sutcliffe made a name for himself in the board game industry. His board games have climbed all the way to number one in the world. Along the way, he found a different calling – and by the hand of Providence, met the people who could make it happen.