Leaving the Shallows

Welcome back! Today w e are continuing on with our conversation today about the Holy Spirit. If you have missed any of the episodes in this series you will definitely want to go back and listen! So, I have a question for you-have you ever been confused by the Gifts of the Holy Spirit? Have you ever wondered what they are? Were you taught that these gifts were only for those that lived a long time...

Welcome back to the Truth: Freedom Conversations Podcast with Heather and Jackie! Join us today as we continue on with our conversation about the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit enables us to bear fruit. This fruit can only come from our relationship and time spent with Jesus. We can’t obtain this fruit on our own or strive to make it happen fast. Fruit grows over time in the right conditions. The mo...

We are so excited to kick off the New Year and our second year as a podcast!  We are starting this year with a series of conversations about the Holy Spirit. Our heart’s are to encourage and equip you on your walk with Jesus. J oin Jackie and Heather today as they begin with a conversation of laying a foundation around who the Holy Spirit is and what is His purpose. If you feel confused about the...

We are so excited to share the end of our first year of the Truth:Freedom Conversations Podcast Episode with you today!  We sat down with Jackie’s Father, Wayne Boersma- who is a Pastor in Canada. He has a special message for us to hear before we head into the New Year. The New Year typically brings about a reset so to speak. We often evaluate our year and see what we can add to the next year to m...

Join us today on the Truth:Freedom Conversations Podcast as Heather and Jackie sit down with the ladies from The Ruth Experience. Have you ever struggled with adult friendships? Do you find yourself shying away from pursuing friends because of past experiences? Have you ever wondered what a seasonal friend is? Relationships are the most important thing to God, so friendship with God and others rea...

Have you ever found yourself faced with opposition when you were doing what God asked you to do? Did it cause you to want to stop moving forward? In this episode, we look at Nehemiah chapter 4. This chapter in the Bible teaches us how to move forward in progress despite opposition. Any time God asks us to build something, we can know without a shadow of doubt that the enemy will send opposition to...

In this week’s episode, we sat down with Christina Campos and Nadia Bradley to discuss the topic of transitions. Everyone goes through transitions. Some big and some small. But we can’t escape the changes that come our way. There is a tension that comes with transitions. The key is how well we navigate them.  God likes to work in the middle of transitions to take us where He wants us to be. This r...

Today we are beginning a series from the book of Nehemiah. There is so much wisdom to apply to our lives from this Old Testament book.  Join Jackie and Heather as we sit down and have a conversation around the concept of pausing. What does this mean to pause and wait on God? How do we take steps in our everyday lives to live in the pause. Why is it important to pause and wait on God? Nehemiah did...

In this week’s episode we sat down with Christie Morrow of EDG Coffee. She is the VP of sales and a Q coffee grader. We are so excited for you to hear her story of how God called her to partner with Nicaragua, Mountain Gateway Missionaries, and coffee. She shares her story of how God interrupted her life and the amazing work He is doing in the beautiful coffee farm God had showed her in a dream. ...

In this week’s episode Jackie and Heather discuss the topic of homeschooling. Are you a long-time homeschooler? First year homeschooler? Just thinking about homeschooling? Then you don’t want to miss this episode. We get honest and open about the daily grind of homeschooling as we share our hearts with the ups and downs. Maybe homeschooling isn’t just about teaching your kids at home. Maybe God ha...

In this week's episode, we sat down with one of our Truth:Freedom Writers and had a conversation about the time she heard the audible voice of God. Yes, God sometimes speaks to people audibly! Holly Whitehurst shares her testimony about how she began to really hear from God during one of her most painful moments. If you have ever found yourself in the midst of a painful divorce then you don’t...

Do you wish that you heard God more often and more clearly? Do you often wonder why other people hear from God and you don't? Do you wonder if God is even speaking to you?  If you answered yes to the questions above, we know you will be encouraged and equipped to hear God more in your life through this week's episode. Join us this week as Jackie has a conversation with Pastor Wayne Boers...

In this week's episode we are continuing our conversation about the different ways in which God speaks to us. This week's conversation is going to be focusing on how God can speak to us through our friends or even through random people we have never met! In this episode, Heather and Jackie will be joined by their good friend Paula. They will each be talking about how God has often prompt...

In today’s episode of the The Truth:Freedom Conversations Podcast we sit down with our friend Evelyn. We are continuing on in our series of Hearing God’s Voice. We explore the concept of journaling as a means of hearing from God. Are you a journaler? Maybe it is something you have thought about but haven’t fully understood how to get started.  Words are important to God as a means of how He commun...

We are so excited today to introduce our new series about hearing God’s voice. Did you know that God speaks to us in many different ways? God speaks to us through His scriptures, through other Christians, dreams/visions, signs/wonders, and even audibly. This is often classified in 4 categories: hearers, knowers, feelers, and seers. Join us over the next few weeks as we explore these different ways...

In this week’s episode we sit down with Madie Hessler, who is one of our Truth:Freedom Ministry contributors. This is our final episode in our identity series-we so hope you have enjoyed it. Our conversation with Madie was so encouraging to us and we know it will bless you too. Madie shares how she traded her identity in worldly pursuits, especially in men, for who God said she was instead. She sh...

Did you know that part of your inheritance as a child of God means you are to exercise the authority of Jesus in your life and sphere of influence? The Bible tells us that we are seated in heaven with Christ-He is the head and we are the body. Satan is a defeated enemy and we are to enforce this victory in our lives. We have authority as we pray and partner with Jesus to bring His will to earth. I...

Welcome to Episode 3 of our Identity Series. We couldn’t have an identity series without taking the time to address our feminine attributes. God tells us that we are made in His image-both male and female. He called it good. So, why then is there so much competition between the sexes? And even amongst our fellow women? If God created both and said it wasn’t good for us to be alone-then we need to...

Welcome to Episode 2 of our Identity Series. This week, join Jackie and Heather as they have a conversation around the topic of “Who’s Words Have Been Defining You?”. They will explore questions such as, “Have we believed who God says we are?” or have we believed what the enemy has accused us of? They will also share their personal stories about the lies that they have had to overcome that were sp...

Welcome to Episode 1 of our series on Identity. At some point we are all faced with the question of who am I? Join Heather and Jackie this week as they begin to have conversations surrounding this question. This week they will be talking about what it means to be a new creation in Christ. The foundation of understanding our identity as a child of God starts the moment we become born again in Jesus...

In this week's episode, we will be interviewing author Pamela Steele! This is our final episode for our faith series and our interview with Pamela is nothing but encouraging. Her story of keeping her faith in the midst of leaving an abusive marriage with three small children and all the trials that came with that, is truly inspiring.  Though we know not everyone has gone through exactly what...

Has God said to you recently that it's "go time"? Are you scared out of your mind to start stepping into this thing that you know God is asking you to step into? If this is you, you are not alone! In this episode, Heather and Jackie are going to be talking about the many obstacles we face when we are about to take that first step when God says it's time. Whether it's fear,...

What do you do when you have a dream God has given you but He hasn't opened the door for you to step into it? These seasons which we often call the "waiting seasons" are some of the hardest seasons of our lives! In this episode, Jackie and Heather will be talking about how they have personally lived through these seasons and how they had the faith to keep going and not let go of the...

Has God ever asked you to lay something down that was very dear to your heart? When God does ask you to lay something down, how do you keep your faith in God? How do you not lose hope? In this epside, we will be having a conversation about what it looks like when God asks us to lay something down and how to work through those times. We will also tell our personal stories of times in our lives wher...