Recalibrated

Jennifer Dukes Lee is the author of several books, including the forthcoming title Growing Slow, which releases May 11. She loves to write, embarrass her kids, and listen to 80's music.

"Jesus saved my life once upon a time, and then he kept doing it every single day since then," she writes on her website. "That’s why I am here: because of grace. I want to testify to his faithfulness and to make his great name known."

Her new book is all about cutting out the busy to embrace to rest. She and Mallory talk about the value of rest of doing things slow as well as what Scripture says about it.

"Jesus was never in a hurry," she says. "He never communicated an ethic of 'go big or go home.' He loves women. He empowers women, but it was not a 'Girl Boss' message."

You can learn more about Jennifer and pre-order Growing Slow at jenniferdukeslee.com/growingslow.

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Mandy DiMarzo is a passionate athlete and creator of an intense full body workout called BURN. She coaches others to embrace their inner athlete and has built her platform around the motto "Choosing Your Strong."

One of the key messages from this conversation is that "strong is beautiful." To be the best version of yourself doesn’t involve deprivation, but rather abundance — abundance of nourishment, abundance of hard work, and abundance of self-love.

Mandy’s journey naturally continues with a mission and passion to be a positive influencer and promote health and wellness. She connects and empowers others to step into their STRONG. This conversation focuses on fitness, dieting, and embracing a healthy lifestyle.

"Every day we get to start and choose what our day looks like," she said. "What better way than the first choice of the day is a healthy, beautiful one."

You can connect with her at mandydimarzo.com.

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Lily Cottrell is a worship singer, student, creator, and lover of music, fashion, flowers and people. She's the daughter of worship singer Travis Cottrell and has started on a career of her own.

She's in school at Lipscomb University in Nashville.

In this conversation she talks with Mallory about the challenges of following Jesus in a social media world, being authentic with her faith, using her creativity for the Kingdom, and what her future life plans are.

You can connect with on Instagram at @lilykatecottrell

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Natalie Stewart is a mother to Nora and Kaia, owner of Charlotte Lately, and wife to former NFL running back Jonathan Stewart.

In this conversation, she and Mallory discuss the life of being married to a professional athlete, finding purpose in vocation, how to fight against struggles with identity, and creating a family culture with your children.

She talks about how she broke free of the identity struggle, something she said can be challenging for wives of athletes who put their career on pause due to their husband's schedule as an athlete.

Some helpful tips from this conversation:

Be open. Be vulnerable. Be available. Find a friendship, regardless of the length of time it holds, in every season.

If you desire to get plugged into the Charlotte community, connect with Natalie directly at [email protected].

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Toria Moore is a child of God, mama to an angel, and wife to NFL player Chris Moore. 

In this conversation, she talks with Mallory about suffering and trusting in God through seasons of suffering. 

"For someone who is fearful, I would say...I kind of cling to, 'it's already written,'" she said. "We know that as believers, but I think we need a constant reminder."

If you desire to connect with Toria because of a similar story please email: [email protected]

Recalibrated is part of the Sports Spectrum Podcast Network. For more stories on sports and faith, check out SportsSpectrum.com.

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Shannan Martin, known for her popular blog Shannan Martin Writes, is a speaker and writer who found her voice in the country and her story in the city. She and her jail-chaplain husband Cory have four funny children who came to them across oceans and rivers. They enjoy neighborhood life in Goshen, Indiana, a place they fall more in love with every year.

She is the author of "The Ministry of Ordinary Places: Waking Up to God's Goodness Around You." The book and this conversation focus on what it means to be a neighbor and how we can love those around us well.

"The call to love as a neighbor: it's not a job as much as it is an invitation," she said.

You can connect with her on Instagram @shannanwrites.

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Lauren Chandler is an author, wife, and mother and she serves as the lead teaching pastor at The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas. She's the wife of prominent author and pastor Matt Chandler.

She just released With Us in the Wilderness — Bible Study Book: A Study of Numbers in February and is also the author of Steadfast Love: A Study of Psalm 107.

She's passionate about teaching and Bible reading building disciplines. This conversation is all about navigating through the wilderness and how God remains with us in the wildnerness.

Three points she makes in this conversation are:

-God ordains the wilderness.

-God is with us in the wilderness.

-Even in our rebellion God never removed his presence from us.

You can connect with Lauren and check out more of her work at laurenchandler.com.

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Elizabeth Woodson is a bible teacher, writer, and speaker who is passionate about communicating the rich theological truths of Scripture. She loves helping people internalize their faith and connect it practically to everyday life.

She works as the Institute Classes and Curriculum Director at The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas where she also teaches classes on the Bible, theology, and spiritual formation.

In this conversation, Mallory talks with Elizabeth about studying Scripture, teaching Scripture, prayer, discipleship, and much more.

"I study the Bible to teach it, then I study the Bible for myself," Woodson says.

She also offered up three spiritual disciplines to help with your relationship with God: Read your Bible, pray, and live out your faith in community with other people.

You can connect with her at elizabethwoodson.org or on Instagram and Twitter @missjazzyliz.

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Jeni Kitna and Angie Forsett are wives of former NFL players who are deeply devoted to the path of one-on-one discipleship and Biblical literacy.

Jeni is married to former NFL quarterback Jon Kitna and Angie is married to former NFL running back Justin Forsett. 

Angie played college volleyball at the University of California. She also played professionally in Puerto Rico and was invited to join the U.S. National Team and play in the 2012 Olympics.

Jeni was previously an educator.

This is a great conversation about discipleship, our need for it, and what a discipleship community looks like, especially during a pandemic.

"The pandemic forced me to desire discipleship," Angie says in this conversation.

Discipleship can be challenging, but it is necessary in our walk with Jesus.

"It scares me, it stretches me, but I love it," Jeni says.

Both women now live in Dallas with their families.

For any women interested in learning more about discipleship, you can contact Jeni or Angie via email:

-Jeni Kitna — [email protected]

-Angie Forsett — [email protected]

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Tyler Staton is the lead pastor of Oaks Church in Brooklyn and author of Searching for Enough: The High-Wire Walk Between Doubt and Faith, which released on March 2.

His passion is a community that is unexplainable apart from the love and power of God.

In this conversation he talks about the dichotomy of doubt and faith and how waiting on God produces perseverance. 

"I think that God is not in a rush to resolve all of our confusion, all of our pain, all of our hardship, all of our angst," he said. "Because perseverance really does have a work to finish in the human soul, and if God short-circuits that process every time, we miss out on maturity, we miss out on intimacy."

He also offers a theological approach to doubt by studying the life of Thomas and how that's practical to us today.

"Henri Nouwen uses this phrase 'wounded healers,' and I think that's the story of every apostle," he said. "It's the place that their deepest wound becomes the place of deepest fruitfulness in their life."

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