Friend to Friend: Hope for your Heart and Help from His Word

Episode 27 | Rachel Wyatt joins me to share the lessons God has taught her since moving to Tanzania, Africa with her husband Jerry. She shares how cross-cultural living has given her a new perspective in many areas of life and I in turn gained a new perspective of how to better support and pray for missionary wives abroad. Streams in the Desert Check us Out: Facebook Instagram Webpage Media Direct...

Episode 26 | Kim Tarr joins me to share her story of losing her husband to cancer only four months after his diagnosis. Kim's journey of grief continues but so does her story of faith in an always faithful God. Faith can often be misplaced in things or people, but you'll hear in today's conversation of a faith that is full and blessed because our God is still good, even and always in grief and los...

Episode 25 | Carolyn Santilli joins me to share her story of overcoming her addiction to heroine. She shares what finally prompted her to seek help and how God's people lovingly guided her to Christ and His Word. A Place of No Grace by Dr. Paul Kingsbury RU Recovery Ministries RU Recovery Schools of Discipleship Check us Out: Facebook Instagram Webpage Media Director: Jennifer Beil Social Media Co...

Brooke Williams joins me to share how God has taught her to trust Him with change, trials and the future! Resource: Gems 4 Christ Check us Out: Facebook Instagram Webpage Media Director: Jennifer Beil Social Media Coordinator: Mindy Tingson Logo Design: Jamie Hurst

Episode 23| Shelly Hamilton joins me to share how her family has been touched by cancer, mental illness, in the form of dementia and schizophrenia, and suicide - the loss of their son, Jonathan. Shelly has known deep suffering and seen her Saviour in the midst, so that she can confidently say, "God is only, always good!" Majesty Music Leading In The Gospel Podcast: Emotional Health Series Suicide:...

Join the Friend to Friend team as we share how God is meeting us each in our own deepest needs - speaking truth from His Word to our hearts. God desires for each of us to be both physically and spiritually well! In a time when both secular and humanistic thinking threaten to drown us in depression, fear and anxiety, it is imperative, as Christians, that we guard our easily deceived hearts with tru...

This Bonus Episode is the second of two LIVE Bible studies that I taught on fb during the time we were unable to meet in person. I invited listeners to join myself and the ladies of Solid Rock Baptist Church for our monthly Bible study. In this episode, I share lies that Queen Esther may have been tempted to believe. Lies that we too could fall prey to if we are not careful to guard our hearts and...

This LIVE Bible Study is the first of two that I shared on FB during the "shelter at home" order, due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was during this time that I, along with my husband who pastors, wanted to ensure that we were staying spiritually connected, although socially distanced. I invited podcast listeners to join me and the ladies of SRBC for our monthly Bible study online. In case you mi...

Join me, your host, Jessica Smallwood and the podcast team as we look back at how the podcast began and share how God has used the podcast in our lives and the lives of listeners. We praise God together at how the podcast is being used to reach women around the world and in our local communities. Listen in for exciting news about future episodes online and in person! It has been a great adventure...

Episode 21 | Motherhood: God's Greenhouse For Growth. Join me and 5 other guests as we share how motherhood has been a greenhouse of growth - a place of fruit and thorns, sowing and reaping, purging and cutting back. And for what purpose? To be grown in His likeness - our Shepherd and Savior, the Master Gardener, for in leading our children we become students led by His hand. Friends, in sharing t...

Bonus Episode | Jennifer Beil, my close friend and the Media Director at the Friend to Friend Podcast, shares how God has taught her to see her daughter's diagnosis, Aicardi Syndrome, through the eyes of her Ever-Faithful, Loving Heavenly Father.  Check us Out: Facebook Instagram Webpage Media Director: Jennifer Beil  Logo Design: Jamie Hurst

Episode 20 | "Special Needs for a Special Purpose" Join me and my guests as they share how God has met them in the darkest of times, even silently questioning, "What did I do to deserve this? What did I do wrong?". My guests share how God has in turn whispered words of love and has displayed His mighty works in their own lives and the lives of others touched by their children with special needs. J...

"Fear: My Friend, My Foe," Join me on the Friend to Friend Podcast, as my guest, Gina Iglesias, shares her story of facing the premature birth of her third son, Parker, at 27 weeks. Fear can easily become our greatest enemy distracting us from our Savior, our true source of help and peace, or fear can draw us to Him! Hear how today's guest learned to confidently say, "Fear is my friend, helping me...

"Home Is Where the Heart Is", a feel-good phrase for sure, but a phrase that gives me food for thought. If home is where the heart is then I must ask, "Where is my heart?" the Bible says that out of the heart is the issues of life, therefore I must guard my heart. "From what", you ask? From anything or anyone that would seek to take the place of my Savior. Today, my guest Missy Shook, shares how G...

Bonus Episode | Today, March the 8th, women across the world will recognize International Women's Day. A day largely devoted to promoting women's rights and equality.   I am thankful for the right to vote, respect for women in the workplace and the ability to be heard. But I'm also careful to recognize that lies can be wrapped in truth and what some see as good intentions to bring about change can...

 My guest, Tara Beil, shares how God met her in the hard place of waiting and about the lessons learned during this time that she now deems most valuable. Tara refers to this season of waiting as a "pressure cooker" of life that brought truth to the surface. It was while in this waiting room that she also found herself in the company of anxiety and depression. Anxiety disorders are the most common...

On today's episode, "Loving and Learning: Celebrating 58 Years of Marriage," you'll hear the story of how a marriage can be both faithful and fruitful. Marriage can far exceed our limited expectations even in a world full of heartbreak, rising divorce and often unclear pictures of God's plan for marriage. My guests have a marriage that shines brightly and not because of two perfect people who said...

Part 2: So often the month of February, can lend itself to celebrating love or grieving the loss of it.   Join me, as my guest, Amy Vassak, shares her story of loss and how God has used her loss to teach her the greatest lessons of mercy, justice, forgiveness and grace. Whether listeners are grieving the loss of a loved one or grieving over a broken relationship, it's my prayer that today's episod...

 So often the month of February, can lend itself to celebrating love or grieving the loss of it.   Join me, as my guest, Amy Vassak, shares her story of loss and how God has used her loss to teach her the greatest lessons of mercy, justice, forgiveness and grace. Whether listeners are grieving the loss of a loved one or grieving over a broken relationship, it's my prayer that today's episode will...

Available today on the Friend to Friend Podcast: Episode 14, Allowing Your Past to Strengthen Your Future. Home. A word that for many provokes thoughts of peace, comfort and love. An institution created by God and for God to be seen in our relationships with one another. And yet we know that since the first home in Adam's Garden, sin wreaked havoc and heartache that only continues to perpetuate to...

As a new year approaches, I often find myself "spring cleaning" in January. It's "out with the old and in with the new", as I put away Christmas decor and look for new ways to organize new toys that have been added to our home. As I do this though, I see another place in need of attention. A deeper need of my heart that if left unchecked can become a place of chaos and a cluttered mess. A new year...

If your home is anything like mine, music plays a big role, not only at Christmas but all throughout the year. Music is such a powerful tool with the ability to set the spirit of an environment and even change the attitude of one's heart. I've asked my guests today to share with us the story of how their ministry began, how they navigate choices as a team and also how many of their songs were born...

  Join me, your host, Jessica Smallwood and our media director at Friend to Friend, Jennifer Beil, as we share 12 Days of Christmas: A Few of Our Favorite Things. In this episode, we'll share this year's favorite prayer promises, Bible verses and how we've learned to keep our families focused on Christ in our homes at Christmas time.   We share lots of favorites from food and music to kid quotes a...

I've invited Wendy Burks back to the podcast to share more phenomenal stories of women who chose faith over fear. Women who chose to be victorious rather than a victim! Today, you'll hear the story of Rosa Parks - a woman who knew the strength of meekness, that actions truly do speak louder than words. Also of Sarah Edwards - a wife, mother and a Pastor's wife. A woman who found God in dark days o...

The Holiday Season is upon us! Thanksgiving! Christmas! It's the most wonderful time of the year…or is it really? Many can attest to the fact that our expectations for picturesque Thanksgiving meals or "White Christmas" Celebrations are often met with the all too familiar enemy of sin. An abrupt reminder that we are all sinful people living in a fallen world. Sinful people, trying to engage in mea...