On this episode of Qavah, Mary’s family is forced to practice a religion they don’t believe, her husband is arrested and she finds herself with an unplanned pregnancy.

On this episode of Qavah, we explore life from a refugee's perspective. From persecution in Iran, to dealing with the United Nations and finally landing in Dallas, Mary shares her life story of hardship and overcoming.

On this episode of Qavah, we explore life for Dr. Ron Taylor from a small town in Texas to serving in the the army during the Viet Nam war and becoming an educator.

His grandmother's prayers sustained him "I’ve been praying all night about you and she said God told me this morning that you’re going to be OK"

On this episode of Qavah, we explore life for Dr. Ron Taylor from a small town in Texas to serving in the the army during the Viet Nam war.

Madonna, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Lil Wayne, Becky G, Flo Rida. It seems impossible to go anywhere in the United States without hearing these giants of modern music. They’re on the radio, in every mall and every restaurant. And today we get to hear the story of the man who wrote hits for all of these stars.

On this episode of Qavah, we explore the reality of bullying and the impact it has. We visit with Adam Wallace who shares his story about overcoming the wounds of bullying that stemmed from growing up with scarring on his face and a fluency disorder. According to the American Speech Language Hearing Association Stuttering, the most common fluency disorder, is an interruption in the flow of speaking characterized by repetitions (sounds, syllables, words, phrases), sound prolongations, blocks, interjections, and revisions, which may affect the rate and rhythm of speech

It’s always a joy to speak with an artist. They think so deeply. Sometimes, though, that can be a problem for the person with the deep thoughts.

Our guest today is John DeFoore, a musician in Mineola, Texas, who shared with us last time that his thoughts used to get him in trouble.

Coming of age in the 1960s in London, John DeFoore had to make sense of a crazy world.

He did that through music.

On this episode of Qavah, we learn where John’s love for music comes from, how he launched his career, and what it was like to be a musician in the turbulent 1960s, as the world began to change forever.

On this episode of Qavah, we visit with Emmy Award winning independent filmmaker, Jerod Couch. Jerod shares about his life, beginning with homelessness and ending with a current hit series on Amazon Prime.