Welcome to season 9 of the StoryTellers Live podcast! 👏🏻 We are so excited to kick off another year full of faith-filled stories highlighting God's unlimited power, trustworthy sovereignty, overwhelming goodness, and unconditional love. And, as tradition holds, we are thrilled to launch this season with the story that was shared at our 2025 "Stories of Hope" fundraising luncheon.

Kelley Brown, founding member of the StoryTellers Live ministry and current Board Member, shares her journey of searching for significance and meaning in all the wrong places, only to come away disheartened and disappointed. After chasing accomplishments and achievements and striving for beauty and influence, the Lord gently spoke to Kelley about real significance being found in the simple act of surrendering.

FUN FACT: If you love the StoryTellers Live podcast, you have Kelley to thank, as she is the one who began this arm of the ministry years ago!

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VERSE OF THE WEEK:

"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship." Romans 12:1

CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK:

Where are you finding your significance? True significance comes from faithfulness in the small moments.

Listen to our Season 8 recap episode!

Learn more about our Sustain the Stories Campaign and how to become a Story Champion by a recurring donation or simply give once in honor of Kelley and our past storytellers!!

Become a Patreon Insider to access bonus content~ including a "Story Within The Story" episode with Kelley. She will share with Katie her involvement with Proverbs 31 Ministries, her and her husband's experience with adoption, and much more!

Download a phone background of the weekly verse HERE (click the link and hold down on the photo to save to your phone)

Register for our Finding God in the Details: A Guide to Discerning His Voice and Discovering Your Story workshop being offered in-person on September 10th, 9:30 AM -12:00 PM CST

Shop for our When God Shows Up Bible Study series

Check out all of our live speaking engagement opportunities on our website.

Sign up to receive StoryTellers Live's weekly newsletter for updates and details on our live gatherings AND our Sustain the Stories Campaign!

On the StoryTellers Live podcast, everyday women share personal stories of the hope found in Jesus Christ. From stories about sorrow and suffering to redemption and joy, these real life encounters with the Lord reveal what God can do when we trust Him with the details of our lives.

Listen in each Wednesday and the first Mondays of the month, and get ready for your faith to increase, for freedom in Christ to be found, and for your perspective to be shifted towards eternity!

SEASON 8 RECAP: A Year of Incredible Favor

8/13/25

Today on the podcast we have a unique episode for you as the StoryTellers Live ministry wraps up its eighth season of sharing stories of the hope found in Jesus!

Listen in as hosts Robyn Kown, Katie Dunn, and Lindy Walker celebrate all the Lord has done in the ministry this past year and share specific clips from storytellers this season who have spoken directly into their lives.

This special reflection episode will encourage you to praise the Lord for all the ways in which He is using the power of simple life stories to speak His truths into our lives and remind you that He is in the midst of writing your story, as well.

REMINDER: Per tradition, the StoryTellers Live podcast will be silent for the next two weeks as the ministry positions itself for a time of prayer. We would be honored if you would join us in petitioning the Lord for His blessing and favor upon the ministry for this upcoming ninth season. Look for a brand new story September 3rd!

Links:

The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom Hinds' Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard

Give to StoryTellers Live in honor of all of our Season 8 storytellers!!

Become a Patreon Insider to access bonus content~ including a "Continue the Conversation" interview with Libby House, podcast manager and Patreon administrative lead.

Register for our Finding God in the Details: A Guide to Discerning His Voice and Discovering Your Story workshop being offered in-person on September 10th; 9:30 AM -12:00 PM CST. Shop for our When God Shows Up Bible Study series

Check out all of our live speaking engagement opportunities on our website

Sign up to receive StoryTellers Live's weekly newsletter for updates!

If you can believe it, today, we are wrapping up season 8!

Next week, you will hear a wrap-up episode from our hosts, Robyn, Katie, and Lindy, as they discuss all that God did throughout this past year and what is in store for Season 9, which will begin on September 3rd.

Today, We have a repost from Lisa Fischer, who originally shared her story on September 11, 2024 (episode 285).

Are you curious about your faith? Lisa, who shared at our Fairhope, Alabama community, will encourage you to ask all the questions. Listen as she shares a hard but happy retelling of finding the Lord—in none other than a college biology class.

This story of curiosity and conversion starts with Lisa's Jewish beginnings, and includes a childhood touched by tremendous trauma: alcoholism, addiction, divorce, and loss.

In her dysfunctional family and dysfunctional life, Lisa longed to be known. Yet when she met Jesus, she discovered her name was written in the Lamb's Book of Life, and being known by Him was all she needed.

In this episode, you will learn:

- God is always pursuing you and longs for you to have a relationship with Him.

- You are intimately known by God. (Psalm 139)

- As a child of God, your sin is on the cross and behind you, and there is nothing you can do to separate yourself from the love of Christ!

Links:

Give to StoryTellers Live in honor of Lisa and our past storytellers!!

Become a Patreon Insider to access bonus content.

Register for our Finding God in the Details: A Guide to Discerning His Voice and Discovering Your Story workshop being offered in-person on September 10th, 9:30 AM -12:00 PM CS.T Shop for our When God Shows Up Bible Study series.

Check out all of our live speaking engagement opportunities on our website.

Sign up to receive StoryTellers Live's weekly newsletter for updates and details on our live gatherings.

There are countless verses in the Bible reminding us that God alone is the great Provider, able to meet our needs even in the most unexpected circumstances. Olga Kukushkina, who shared her story at our Homewood, Alabama live gathering a few months ago, encourages us to rest in the truth of these verses as well as the sustaining love of our Heavenly Father, who sees all and is in all.

Be amazed as Olga recounts the details in which God miraculously made a way for her and her family to come to America after Russian tanks and troops took over her hometown in Kherson, Ukraine. This story is a beautiful illustration depicting the hands and feet of Christ working through His people to bring peace and comfort in the reality of war and chaos.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

- There is a time for everything… A time for war and a time for peace. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)

- God's presence is found in the details of your life

- God's love is high and wide and long and deep… He will never stop loving you.

Links:

Learn more about (and give to!) Ukraine Children's Aid Fund

Give to StoryTellers Live in honor of Olga and our past Season 8 storytellers!!

Become a Patreon Insider to access bonus content~ including a Q & A with Olga from the Homewood community live gathering.

Register for our Finding God in the Details: A Guide to Discerning His Voice and Discovering Your Story workshop being offered in-person on September 10th, 9:30 AM -12:00 PM CST Shop for our When God Shows Up Bible Study series.

Check out all of our live speaking engagement opportunities on our website

Sign up to receive StoryTellers Live's weekly newsletter for updates and details on our live gatherings starting back up in the Fall

Being called by God to do something you feel ill-equipped to do can be somewhat of a frightening place to be. That is where Katie Lassiter, our storyteller from our Montgomery, Alabama community group, found herself when her husband approached her about becoming a foster family.

Katie was adamant she could not do it as she didn't think she was mentally strong enough. But, as you will see in her story, when God calls you to something, He will equip you with the strength and the resources you need.

What are you being called to today? Katie's story is going to encourage you to take a step towards that calling even if you feel unprepared because the Lord will indeed empower you.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

- God's plan is always better than your plan.

- If you feel God is calling you to something, just take one step and let Him lead.

- God's grace is sufficient for you in your weakness. (2 Cor. 12:9)

Links:

Give to StoryTellers Live in honor of Katie and our past storytellers!!

Become a Patreon Insider to access bonus content~ including an interview with Robyn Kown. This is the third and final episode of our "Meet the Hosts" series on Patreon!

Register for our Finding God in the Details: A Guide to Discerning His Voice and Discovering Your Story workshop being offered in-person on September 10th; 9:30 AM -12:00 PM CST Shop for our When God Shows Up Bible Study series

Check out all of our live speaking engagement opportunities on our website

Sign up to receive StoryTellers Live's weekly newsletter for updates and details on our live gatherings starting back up in the Fall

When the unexpected circumstances of life catch us by surprise, it's easy to morph into "go-mode" - an analogy today's storyteller knows all too well.

Allyson Mouron, from our community group in Mountain Brook, Alabama, shares her journey of faith and trust in Jesus as she struggled with infertility and then the sudden loss of both her father and her best friend. Through brokenness, hardship, and pain, Allyson reminds us the importance of learning to let go of control and find rest in surrendering to the One Who controls it all.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN:

- The safest and easiest place to be is a place of surrender.

- Rest and peace are found in refocusing your mind.

- You are called to only do two things - love God and love others.

Links:

Want to hear more from Allyson about her infertility?

Give to StoryTellers Live in honor of Allyson and our past storytellers!!

Become a Patreon Insider to access bonus content ~ including an interview with Katie Dunn. This is the second bonus episode of our "Meet the Hosts" series on Patreon!

Register for our Finding God in the Details: A Guide to Discerning His Voice and Discovering Your Story workshop being offered in-person on September 10th, 9:30 AM -12:00 PM CST. Shop for our When God Shows Up Bible Study series.

Check out all of our live speaking engagement opportunities on our website.

Sign up to receive StoryTellers Live's weekly newsletter for updates and details on our live gatherings!

All of us desire to follow God's calling on our lives - living on purpose and for purpose. However, the world and its enticements can leave us searching for fulfillment in all the wrong places.

Today's storyteller, Morgan Tyner, from our community group in Fairhope, Alabama, shares her journey of following what she thought was God's plan for her life as a social media influencer, only to find herself full of anxiety, fear, and numbness. It was in her loneliness that God met Morgan through the simple act of breathing and led her in a totally different direction and purpose in life. This story will leave you longing to inhale the Lord's presence and exhale the noise of the world.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN:

- Your life is more about the legacy you leave than the happiness you experience.

- God's calling on your life can change, but He never does.

- The simple act of breathing mimics the name of God.

Links:

Give to StoryTellers Live in honor of Morgan and our past storytellers!!

Become a Patreon Insider to access bonus content~ including an interview with Lindy Walker. This is the first bonus episode of our "Meet the Hosts" series on Patreon!

Register for our Finding God in the Details workshop being offered in-person on September 10th; 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM CST.

Shop for our When God Shows Up Bible Study series

Check out all of our live speaking engagement opportunities on our website

Sign up to receive StoryTellers Live's weekly newsletter for updates and details on our live gatherings, one-on-one coaching opportunities and more!

Sometimes, the path God calls you to is full of twists and turns.

Allison Holt, from our Trussville, Alabama, community group, shares her journey as a professional dancer and how God led her in an entirely different direction. Her story will challenge you to trust in God's timing in ALL aspects of your life because His best is always your best.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN:

Until you find Jesus, you will always chase something to fulfill you.

Obedience to God's calling can be a challenging path to take.

Sometimes, you have to hit rock bottom in order for God to give you a firm place to stand.

Links:

Give to StoryTellers Live in honor of Allison and our past storytellers!

Become a Patreon Insider to access bonus content.

Register for our Finding God in the Details: A Guide to Discerning workshop being offered online on July 8th, 9:30-11:30 AM CST, and in-person on August 20th, 10:00-12:45 PM CST.

Shop for our When God Shows Up Bible Study series.

Check out all of our live speaking engagement opportunities on our website.

Sign up to receive StoryTellers Live's weekly newsletter for updates and details on our live gatherings

"God whispers in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world." - C.S. Lewis.

Jackie Newell, from our community group in Tupelo, Mississippi, grew up in church and knew from an early age that Jesus was her Savior. However, it wasn't until she experienced devastating tragedy and loss that God became real to her as she immersed herself in Scripture and was faced with the fact that she either believed God's Word or she didn't. Jackie's unwavering faith in a Father Who shines brightest in our darkest places will encourage you to look for God's presence and see life from an eternal perspective.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN:

- It is important to remember in the darkest moments of life what you believed in the light.

- In tragedy, you can either wallow in your loss or believe God has something for your future.

- God did not give you a spirit of fear - He has called you to a life of freedom!

Links:

Listen to a similar story: Ep. 270- Lauren: "Peeling My Shame Away"

Give to StoryTellers Live in honor of Jackie and our past storytellers.

Become a Patreon Insider to access bonus content.

Register for our Finding God in the Details: A Guide to Discerning His Voice and Discovering Your Story workshop being offered online on July 8th, 9:30-11:30 AM CST, and in-person on August 20th, 10:00-12:45 PM CST. Shop for our When God Shows Up Bible Study series.

Check out all of our live speaking engagement opportunities on our website.

Sign up to receive StoryTellers Live's weekly newsletter for updates and details on our live gatherings