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What If You Could Find Peace and Purpose Even in Life’s Hardest Chapters?

In this episode of The Collide Podcast, we meet Carolyn Troutman—an inspiring woman whose story is full of adventure, resilience, and unwavering faith. Carolyn and her husband have lived extraordinary professional lives, raised a beautiful family, and are now both navigating the realities of cancer. Despite these challenges, Carolyn radiates joy and peace, offering a powerful testimony of hope in the midst of life’s twists and turns.

Tune in for a heartfelt and uplifting conversation that will remind you of God’s presence in every season—mountaintops and valleys alike.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear

• How Carolyn cultivated faith through both joy and suffering
• Her reflections on legacy, peace, and choosing purpose in the face of cancer
• Encouragement to trust God’s plan even when the path is uncertain

Carolyn Andrews Troutman was an accomplished musician and beloved community leader with a passion for classical music, choral work, and teaching. From piano and cello lessons to starting the Whatcom Girls Chorus—which served hundreds of girls over 20 seasons—Carolyn's life was a beautiful composition of faith, creativity, and compassion. A gifted sight-reader and choir leader, Carolyn’s musical legacy and spiritual influence continue to inspire generations.

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Are you weary in the parenting department? Needing some encouragement? This is the podcast for you! Angie Soulier is the founder of Tetherpoint, which provides parent coaching and training to parents raising complex kids. She herself is married and has two kids that she flew halfway around the world to bring home. They have navigated various brands of struggle & joy, connection & disconnection. This certified parenting coach hops on the Collide podcast to share her passion, advice and wisdom in the hopes to encourage those of us who feel challenged on the parenting journey. We hope this conversation with this coach reminds you that you are not alone and not only are you not alone, but you are just who God placed in your kid's life.

Adrienne Livingston is the Director of Anti-Sex Trafficking Initiatives with WorldVenture and a Co-Developer of the Girl Empowerment Curriculum which was created for Christian communities as a sex trafficking and domestic violence prevention curriculum for middle and high school girls. She also hosts the Justice Hope Freedom Podcast that educates about the issues of sex trafficking & exploitation. Adrienne passionately shares just how close to home sex trafficking is and why we should be talking to our teens about it.

Gabriela Faria is the Founder & President of the Lisbon Project and Riverside church. She is a passionate advocate for people, social justice and equality. Gaby has decided to change the world, one step at a time, and trust us - this episode is one inspiring listen. Gabi’s story of saying yes to God's call on her life is full of adventure and partnership with God to be used in incredible ways. In this episode we talk about creating opportunities for people to be challenged beyond the status quo, to grow, and to make an impact in others lives.

Clinton and Charity Muñoz founded Restored 2 More, a ministry focused on helping couples rebuild intimacy after infidelity and helping women heal from betrayal. This ministry is the overflow of God’s healing in their own story which they powerfully share in this episode. Infidelity is a subject that brings so much pain and yet these two offer hope and freedom! We can’t wait for you to listen in.

Want to learn how to feed your family delicious meals without breaking the bank?

In this inspiring episode of the Collide Podcast, we sit down with Erin Chase to talk about living frugally and managing your kitchen with purpose. She shares her journey to becoming the queen of the $5 dinner, offering insights on meal planning, couponing, and the common ways we overspend at the grocery store. Whether you’re juggling a busy household or looking to take control of your finances, this episode will remind you that being intentional with your spending can positively impact every part of your life.

Meet Erin Chase

Erin Chase is a home chef, author, and financial-savvy cook who has built a following by teaching families to eat well for less. She is passionate about helping busy, overwhelmed home cooks save money and stay organized in the kitchen. Her story is a powerful example of how small, intentional choices can create freedom, reduce stress, and cultivate abundance in everyday life.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn

1. Why Erin is passionate about frugal living and how it benefits all areas of life
2. Tips and strategies for successful couponing and meal planning
3. The top three ways we overspend at the grocery store
4. How to make budgeting in the kitchen feel simple and achievable

How This Episode Will Encourage You

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by grocery costs or unsure how to feed your family well on a budget, this episode will equip you with practical tips and encouragement. You’ll be reminded that being intentional with your spending doesn’t just save money—it creates space, freedom, and peace in your daily life.

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What if the thing you’re trying so hard to change isn’t actually the real problem?

Every new year, we make lists of everything we want to change—our bodies, habits, homes, spending, schedules, relationships—but what if we’re trying to solve the wrong problems? In this solo episode, Collide founder Willow Weston challenges us to look beneath our surface-level resolutions and ask what’s really happening in our hearts. Through Jesus’ encounter with Nicodemus and God’s promise in Ezekiel to replace hearts of stone with hearts of flesh, Willow reminds us that real transformation doesn’t begin with trying harder; it begins when we allow Jesus to collide with the deeper places of our lives. Instead of covering pain, insecurity, loneliness, anxiety, or brokenness with temporary fixes, Jesus invites us to open every room of our hearts and let Him do what we cannot do for ourselves: make what has become old, hardened, and broken new again.

Willow Weston is the founder and director of Collide and host of The Collide Podcast. Through her teaching and leadership, Willow invites women to authentically collide with Jesus in the real, messy, painful, and beautiful places of their lives and allow Him to bring healing and transformation.

In this solo conversation, Willow gets personal about our desire to fix ourselves and challenges us to trade surface-level solutions for the deeper work Jesus wants to do in our hearts.

• When you’re trying to change a behavior: Look deeper. What appears to be the problem may actually be the way you’re coping with a deeper hurt, longing, fear, or insecurity.
• When you’re focused on changing the outside: Remember that God starts with the inside. Scripture reminds us that while people look at outward appearances, God looks at the heart.
• When you’re frustrated that you can’t change yourself: Stop believing it all depends on you. Willow reminds us that ultimately, God is the One who makes us new and restores what has become broken.
• When your heart feels hardened: Don’t lose hope. Ezekiel’s valley of dry bones reminds us that God can breathe life into places that seem completely dead.
• When you know something isn’t right: Get honest about the condition of your heart. Recognizing where you’ve become bitter, calloused, fearful, hopeless, or distant can be the beginning of allowing God to heal it.
• When you’ve invited Jesus into only part of your life: Open another door. Willow compares our hearts to houses where we sometimes allow God into the living room while keeping Him out of the bedroom, office, relationships, finances, parenting, or other private spaces.
• When you want a fresh start: Ask God for something deeper than a new habit. Pray with the psalmist: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

How This Episode Will Encourage You:

Jesus wants to collide with the deepest parts of your story—not just change your habits, but bring healing to what has become broken, hardened, or hopeless. The God who made your heart wants to meet you there and make it new.

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We are thrilled to interview Elizabeth Boyle, who is an incredible people-gatherer, story-teller, and intention-setter. We loved this convo from season one so much we are bringing it back for your 2022! Elizabeth speaks with passion and enthusiasm about the beauty and practicality intentions can provide in our life and our faith. It can be so easy to have big dreams, yet settle for small lives, distracted by the apathy and stress of everyday life. This week on the podcast we discuss ways to accomplish your goals and set intentions that spark joy and light up our lives with purpose.

What if the people who annoy you the most are the ones who teach you the most about Jesus?

In this thought-provoking episode of the Collide Podcast, Collide’s Director, Willow Weston, shares a personal and unexpected holiday story about her new friends, Holly and Grace. With honesty and heart, Willow reflects on how two people—who initially rubbed her the wrong way—ended up revealing something profound about grace, humility, and the true heart of Jesus. Whether you're navigating challenging relationships or struggling to see Christ in the everyday, this short episode will remind you that Jesus often shows up in the people we least expect.

Willow is the founder and director of Collide, a women's ministry passionate about seeing people experience Jesus in the midst of real life. She is a speaker, writer, and leader who shares with vulnerability and humor, often drawing from her own messy, beautiful journey. Willow is passionate about creating spaces where people can collide with the transformative love of Christ.

• Why the people who challenge you can actually shape you
• How God uses ordinary moments to reveal extraordinary truths
• What it looks like to find Jesus beyond religious expectations
• How choosing grace over judgment can radically change your relationships

If you’ve ever felt irritated by the people around you or found yourself judging others too quickly, this episode will gently challenge and encourage you. You’ll be reminded that Jesus meets us not just in church or Scripture, but in the difficult, funny, and humbling relationships of our everyday lives.

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Tune in and spend some time with Pastor Bob Marvel as he shares his thoughts on the Immanuel, God with us. Bob has walked with Jesus, studied Jesus and taught about Jesus most of his life. Be blessed as he not only breaks down misconceptions around God being with us, but He invites us into new ways of understanding and experiencing God in our midst.

Mentioned Resources:

The North Face of God by Ken Gire

The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Laurence