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Story School takes an understanding of God’s story plus an understanding of your own story to produce change for your life and the world.

Nothing brings us more joy than to cheer you on to what you’re made for! Get unstuck. Be propelled forward. To learn more about Story School and register for courses and coaching, check it out here.

We had such a great time at our At the Table Live Virtual Event that we are making the audio available to you, our listeners.

We held a conversation on the topic of race. We invited a previous guest, Sheila Arnold, professional storyteller who uses the power of story to talk about difficult topics. We also invited a previous guest, Irene Rollins. She and her husband pastor I5 City Church. They have been helping pastor our nation during the racial unrest we have been experiencing in our country. Listen in and allow your heart to grow in empathy and your thinking to be impacted forever.

She’s been a schoolteacher, a comedian and a radio talk show host. Today she’s John’s wife, Lilly and Amos’s mama and a lifestyle blogger who inspires women to walk with purpose and for a purpose. Pour yourself a diet coke (Molly’s fav) and get ready to meet today's fun-loving guest, Molly Stillman from StillBeingMolly.com

 

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“If God can change me, he can change anyone. And even when God changes you, you’re still you. Just the important stuff changes.” That’s how Molly is Still Being Molly.

 

With a strong trailblazing mother whose memoirs were the inspiration for the TV show "China Beach," Molly learned what it meant to love people. After watching her mom suffer and then losing her, she was mad at God. But she never stopped writing and what started out small grew into her sharing everything from stories about her kids and mascara to highlighting ethical businesses. She always had a goal to make people laugh, but in Christ, her purpose is to show people what joy looks like.

“Just because I’m a Christian doesn’t mean I’m boring!”

 

More about Molly's mom  and China Beach

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After eight years into the church plant she and her husband had started, Geri had had enough. Exhausted, she blurted out, “I quit.” If you can’t keep pretending everything is fine when you know it’s not, today’s story is for you. Meet Geri Scazzero: teacher, speaker, author and co-founder of the global ministry, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality.

 

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Our whole lives, we are told not to be quitters. Geri changes that perspective. She shares with us a number of things we NEED to quit from her book, “The Emotionally Healthy Woman: Eight Things You Have to Quit to Change Your Life.” Quit the things that keep you from experiencing the fullness of what the Gospel brings. Instead, focus on knowing your truth and being authentic. Educate yourself about yourself. 

 

The Emotionally Healthy Woman and other books by Geri are here

 

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“If you’re not in reality, then you’re not in spirituality.”

She’s a self-taught artist and illustrator from Minnesota who spends her days creating art filled with children, color and encouragement. Meet Jena Holliday and her beautiful business, Spoonful of Faith.

 

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Painting pictures, literally and figuratively. That is what Jena does. Using the gifts that God blessed her with, she is able to empower women and businesses to share their stories through her art. She believes that everyone has gifts that God wants to use for His kingdom, and once she made the decision to walk with Jesus, He revealed what hers was and how to use it.

Her advice? “Encourage yourself to not hide your story.” You never know – not only could your path be revealed, you could be the key to unlocking something for someone else."

 

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Alma Ruth is originally from Monterrey, Mexico, a lover of people from different cultures and languages and a recent legal immigrant to the United States. Today she resides with her two special needs boys in McAllen, TX, working and serving among asylum seekers and international communities at the Mexico-Texas border.

 

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The Lord began preparing Alma as a child. For the past ten years, her love of Jesus has guided her in her Love Mercy ministry by visiting refugee women in camps on the Texas/Mexico border, but not in an attempt to save them from their physical circumstances. Her focus is simple. It’s personal. She listens to their stories in order to know these women relationally, prays with and over them by name, and most importantly reminds them of their dignity as people and as children of God.

"Practicing compassion, empathy and mercy will change us all." For Alma, “That is the difference between charity and ministry.”

 

Email [email protected] for ways to help this growing ministry.

 

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For over 20 years she and her husband Chris have been leading and loving Strong Tower Bible Church, a multicultural church in Nashville, Tennessee. She’s is a bridge builder, speaker and writer who knows the power and beauty of racial awareness.

Dorena Williamson takes every opportunity she can to talk about God’s diverse kingdom. Add a chair to the table, friends, and lean in to Dorena’s children’s book, ColorFull. It’s for adults, too!

 

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Awareness and agitation, empathy and lamenting, persevering and humility—all are needed for America to press forward into justice for all. To illustrate how God directed her on a path that got her third children’s book published when it was most needed, Dorena quotes Proverbs 16:9, “In their hearts, humans plan their course, but the LORD established their steps.”

And could God’s timing be any more perfect? "Be colorful, not colorblind." Dorena encourages, “We are all one, but we are not the same!”

 

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She’s a playwright, youth advocate, ordained Baptist minister and Co-Director of Diversity at The Hill School in Pottstown, PA. Get ready, Story tribe, you’re going to adore today’s guest, Khristi Lauren Adams.

Brooklyn-born, Jersey-raised and the author of Parable of the Brown Girl, a book that demonstrates how God uses the narratives we most often ignore to teach us the important lessons in life, say hello to Khristi Adams!

 

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Khristi’s story is a picture of how one person can use all of what God has given to reach people on a personal level. From being born in a homogenous area of Brooklyn to being thrust into the unfamiliar suburbs and experiencing for the first time what it looks like to be treated as an outsider, Khristi's life was anything but stagnant. She took root in her church, grew to become a youth advocate and eventually wrote a book that captured the experiences of the young girls she mentored and counseled. This collection of stories will give you a picture of altered paths, all because someone took the time to ask the “why.”

As Khristi said, “We all have a part to play.”

 

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She grew up with dirt bikes, four wheelers and an innovative dad who loved adventure and a good side hustle. In her late teens, with her world shaken, she purposely reset the direction her life was moving.

Pull up a chair and listen in to Michelle Baxter’s story of chasing dreams and living out adventures.

 

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She’s a Mount Vernon Research Fellow who lives in Hampton, VA. Meet Sheila Arnold, a professional storyteller, teaching artist and historical consultant who helps audiences, teachers, and museums find a story and share it.

Lean in today to hear history come alive!

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