The Prepare Podcast

Welcome back for our new series: "Freedom in Christ"! In this new series, we will explore what freedom in Christ really looks like in a practical way. I’ll be joined by some incredible women who have walked the road of fear, comparison, envy, shame, perfectionism, and bitterness, and how they have overcome these things through Christ. 

To start off our series, I welcome Lt. Ceci Dinardi to talk about "Freedom from Comparison." I hope you enjoy this episode!

Welcome back to the Prepare Podcast and our new series for 2026: "Hearing God's Voice in Every-day Life". 

To begin our series, I welcome Lt. Melissa Bledsoe to the podcast. Lt. Melissa and her husband Mario are Salvation Army officers stationed at The Salvation Army in Benton Harbor, MI. She is a busy wife,  mother, and pastor who loves to take the every-day, mundane life moments and turn them into "holy moments". 

So from wherever you are listening, I hope that you will take a minute as you listen and allow God to speak to you.

I hope you enjoy this episode with my friend, Melissa.

Welcome back to the Prepare Podcast! As we wrap up our series on “How Bible Study Has Impacted My Life” and also this year, I’d like to welcome Carla Lindsey to our last podcast of 2025.

Carla is the Women’s Ministries Social Media and Resources Specialist for The Salvation Army New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa Territory. You will love listening to her share her personal testimony of how God led her to Bible study through a particular trial which helped her find a deeper understanding of scripture and a deeper relationship with God.

I hope you enjoy this conversation with my new friend, Carla!

Follow her on Facebook and Instagram: @SalvationArmyWM

Welcome back to The Prepare Podcast! We are finishing up our series on how Bible study changes lives but on this episode we are first going to talk World Missions! I'm happy to have Kristin Caddy, Viki Payton, and Stephanie Marinelli from The Salvation Army Central Territory World Missions Department. 

It's not too early to think about ways you can help with missions this holiday season. One way is to "Share Your Christmas Joy"! Click the link below to learn more.

I hope you enjoy this episode.

Here are direct links to their website and to follow them on social media:

Social Media: @SA World Missions

Website: https://centralmissions.org

SHARE YOUR CHRISTMAS JOY: https://centralmissions.org/christmasjoy/ 

Welcome back for part two of my conversation with Sarah Micula! You are going to love hearing her beautiful testimony of God's faithfulness and provision as she has walked with Him through every step along her journey, "We will keep doing what God has asked us to do until He tells us to stop."

I hope you enjoy this episode.

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Welcome back! Here to celebrate our 10 year anniversary and to kick off our new series "How Bible Study Changed My Life", I welcome Sarah Micula back to the podcast! Sarah began this podcast ministry ten years ago and she is here to take us down memory lane as we discuss her favorite episodes and those which had the most impact on her life. I hope you enjoy part one of my conversation with Sarah.

Welcome back to the Prepare Podcast! Happy New Year 2025! On this episode I will share with you some exciting news and tell you our new series coming up for this new year. Stay tuned!

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Welcome back for Episode 90 in our series on Journeys of Faith. This episode was recorded a few months ago and features Sheena Marquis. Sheena was a special guest speaker and vocalist during the Abide Conference. Today, Sheena talks to us as a wife and mother who has been through the adoption process and testifies about God's goodness in her faith journey.

I hope you enjoy this conversation with my friend Sheena.

Welcome back to the Prepare Podcast! Today's episode is a re-release in preparation for the ABIDE Conference. Listen as Captain Kelly Hanton shares her experience with the ConnectUp Prayer Ministry, which will be offered during ABIDE. Those who have been to a prayer session know as I do that it is LIFE CHANGING. Click the link below for more information about ConnectUp.

ConnectUp

Sign up for a session at ABIDE here.

Welcome back to the Prepare Podcast! We are continuing our series called “Journeys of Faith” featuring testimonies from women of faith.

On this episode I welcome Major Michele Harms. Major Michele is a wife, mother, friend, and officer in the Salvation Army. She currently serves at Divisional Headquarters in the Midland Division as Women's Ministries Secretary along with a host of other things!

Managing all of those "hats" of ministry along with caring for her family, Michele found herself empty with nothing left. Listen as she shares from her heart where she was and where she is now by the power of God's love and grace.

I hope you enjoy this episode!