Just Nona

Send us Fan Mail How do you heal from church hurt when the very place you trusted becomes the place that rejects you? In this episode of Just Nona, I'm answering a heartfelt question from Diane, who spent five decades loving and serving the church before experiencing painful rejection. Church hurt can leave us questioning our worth, our identity, and even our calling. But the rejection of a c...

Send us Fan Mail How do you grieve someone who is still in your life, but the relationship you once hoped for no longer exists? Not because you stopped loving them. Not because you haven't forgiven them. Not because you haven't surrendered the pain to God. But because the person is still there, and the relationship is no longer what you needed, expected, or prayed it would be. And now yo...

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when someone you treated like family hurts you, and you're left wondering how to forgive them without letting them back into your life? Not because you stopped loving them. Not because you want to hold on to resentment. Not because you don't believe in forgiveness. But because the relationship was more than professional. You invested in them. You cared abo...

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when someone you trusted was secretly working against you? Not a stranger. Not an enemy. But someone you looked up to. Someone who had influence, access, experience, and the ability to support your future. In this new episode of Just Nona, Nona Jones is answering this question with insights from her new book, The Power of Petty Prayers, available tomorrow, October 1...

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when the person who hurt you is also the person in authority over you? In this new episode of Just Nona , I’m answering this question with insights from my new book, The Power of Petty Prayers . A listener named Kelleé asked how to pray for vindication, justice, and God’s defense while still making room for submission and honor when the people causing harm are in au...

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when you forgave them; but it still stings? Not because your forgiveness was fake. Not because you are bitter. Not because you did not “forgive for real.” But because forgiveness and healing are not the same thing. You can release the debt, release the anger, release the right to retaliation, and still feel the sting of what happened because forgiveness is the decis...

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when you forgave them; but you are still hurt? Not because you are bitter. Not because you are immature. Not because you did not “forgive for real.” But because they never acknowledged what they did. They never showed remorse. They never took accountability. They never tried to repair the damage. And now you are left trying to keep your heart soft while carrying pai...

Send us Fan Mail There is a particular kind of exhaustion that belongs to people who are genuinely gifted. Not the exhaustion of someone struggling to keep up. But the exhaustion of someone who keeps getting asked — because they are capable, because they show up, because the joy they carry makes people want them in the room.  And so the invitations keep coming. The boards. The committees. The volu...

Send us Fan Mail There is a particular kind of loneliness that belongs to the trial season. Not the loneliness of being unknown. But the loneliness of being known — by people who have walked with you for years — and discovering, in the moment you needed them most, that they are nowhere to be found. And then there is the silence. Not just from people. But from God. The prayers that feel like they a...

Send us Fan Mail There is a particular kind of pain that comes when you do everything right and it still falls apart. Not the pain of consequences. Not the result of a bad decision. But the pain of obedience. Of following what you genuinely believed God told you to do; and finding yourself in the hardest season of your life as a result. In this episode of Just Nona, I am answering a heart question...

Send us Fan Mail There is a grief that does not get talked about enough. Not the grief of losing someone to death. Not the grief of a dramatic betrayal. But the quieter, more confusing grief of losing someone whose season in your life simply ended. Someone you loved deeply. Someone you assumed would be there for the long haul. Someone you never imagined having to release. In this episode of Just N...

Send us Fan Mail There is a particular tension nobody prepares you for when God calls you. Not the tension of not knowing what to do. But the tension of knowing — feeling it clearly in your spirit, celebrating it in your soul — and still feeling afraid to fully step into it. Still scanning the horizon for what might go wrong. Still worrying about the people you love who might be affected by the ye...

Send us Fan Mail If you read the Bible with open eyes you will notice that most of the heroes are men, that women in the Old Testament were often defined by their ability to bear children, that polygamy was practiced by men called righteous while women were shamed for far less. In this episode of Just Nona, we talk about: The critical difference between what the Bible describes and what God endors...

Send us Fan Mail There are some questions that reveal just how much pain a person is carrying. Not because the question is wrong, but because of what it takes to finally ask it out loud. What does it mean when someone has been sitting alone with this kind of weight — wondering, in their darkest moments, not just whether life is worth living, but whether God still wants them at all? In this episode...

Send us Fan Mail There are some questions people of faith are afraid to ask out loud. Not because they do not feel them, but because they are afraid of being judged, misunderstood, or confronted with what the answer might require. One of those questions is this: Is it okay for me to divorce? In this episode of Just Nona, I am answering a heart question from Shonda, who is wrestling with what faith...

Send us Fan Mail There are some relational tensions that don't have clean answers. Not because you don't want resolution — but because the path to resolution isn't fully in your control. And if you have ever experienced a strained relationship with a parent, you know the weight that comes with it. The history. The repeated attempts. The hope that this time will be different — follow...

Send us Fan Mail You did the work. You had the hard conversation. You acknowledged the hurt. You apologized — more than once. And you meant it. But no matter what you do, it is not enough. The wound keeps coming back up. The tension keeps showing up at the table. And the relationship stays frozen in a moment that happened years ago — a moment that has now become the defining story of how this pers...

There are some relational tensions that don't have clean answers. Not because you don't want resolution — but because the path to resolution isn't fully in your control. And if you have ever experienced a strained relationship with a parent, you know the weight that comes with it. The history. The repeated attempts. The hope that this time will be different — followed by disappointm...

You're praying. You're showing up with faith. You're doing the work. And yet — disappointment keeps showing up too. Heartache. Loneliness. Unmet expectations. Emotional fatigue. And after a while, a tension begins to build. Because you want your heart to stay open and surrendered. But the hurt is real. The loneliness is real. The ache is real. And if you were honest, you might find...

There are some seasons that don't just stretch you — they strip you. Not all at once, but layer by layer. Things you built. Things you trusted. Things you thought were secure. And suddenly what once felt stable feels uncertain. What once felt full now feels empty. And somewhere in the middle of that grief, a question begins to form: How do I stay grateful when I don't feel grateful? How...

We sing about surrender. We pray about it. We say the words — "God, I give You my life" — and in those moments, we mean them. But then life starts unfolding. God begins to lead in directions we didn't expect. He asks us to release things we weren't planning to let go of. And somewhere along the way, a question starts to form: Have I really surrendered — or am I still holding so...

There are wounds that don't just hurt — they disorient you. The kind you didn't see coming. The kind that doesn't just affect what happened to you, but how you see people, how you trust, and sometimes how you see yourself. And then there's the deeper tension — not just what happened to you, but what's happening in you because of it. The anger. The temptation to shut down....

There are seasons where growth doesn't feel exciting. It feels isolating. You start thinking differently. Responding differently. Wanting different things. The conversations that used to feel normal don't fit anymore. The environments feel misaligned. And while part of you is grateful — because you know God is doing something real in you — another part of you is quietly carrying the weig...

There is a quiet pressure that builds over time. Not always from other people — but from within. A silent inventory of what your life is, and what it isn't. A comparison between where you are and where you thought you would be by now. And underneath all of it, a question many people carry but rarely say out loud: Am I behind? Did I miss my moment? In this episode of Just Nona, I'm answer...

There are questions we carry in silence — not because we don't feel them, but because we're afraid of what it means to say them out loud. Questions like: Why is this still happening? Why have I prayed for years and nothing has changed? Why does everyone else seem to be getting breakthrough while I'm still waiting? In this episode of Just Nona, I'm answering a heart question fro...