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Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  I am joined with Shaunti Feldhahn.  Shaunti is a ground-breaking social researcher, best-selling author, and popular speaker – but a wife and mom first. After receiving a graduate degree from Harvard, and working on Capitol Hill and Wall Street, Shaunti now uses her analytical skill to uncover those little things that can make big differences in lives an...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined by Jodie Berndt. Jodie is the bestselling author of the Praying the Scriptures series. A speaker and Bible teacher, Jodie has been featured on programs like Focus on the Family, The 700 Club and a host of popular podcasts, and she has written articles for many news and faith outlets. She is also the mom of four grown childr...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with JJ Campbell. JJ Campbell is the host of the Along for the Ride Podcast , a weekly interactive show that helps you have more good times with your family while riding in the car together. These fun activities get everybody talking and laughing and before you know it, strengthening family bonds and making special memories...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Shellie Rushing Tomlinson. Shellie is a farmer's wife and loving grandmother of six. She fell in love with storytelling as a child when her grandmother told stories of what it was like to come to Louisiana from the hills of Appalachia and set up house in a tent with a dirt floor. And, she had a grandfather who used...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Julie Parido. Julie Parido is a Christ-follower, wife, and homeschooling mom to four wonderful, rambunctious children in a northern suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. With a Communications degree and Bible minor from Cedarville University and training in biblical counseling, she is passionate about helping children and their...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Elizabeth Laing Thompson. Elizabeth is a pastor’s wife, mother of four and author of the new book  When a Friendship Falls Apart . She has also written other amazing books like All the Feels, When God Says No , and When God Says Go .  In this episode, Elizabeth and I dive deep into friendships and when they fall apart....

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Alejandro Monteverde. Alejandro Monteverde is a Mexican filmmaker, best known for his work as a director, writer, and producer on award winning films. Alejandro’s work is known for its focus on family and faith, and he has been vocal about his Catholic beliefs. In addition to his film work, he has also been involved in...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Sam Black.  Sam Black is a renowned author and expert in the field of pornography recovery. As the Director of Recovery Education at Covenant Eyes, he brings a wealth of experience to his work, having joined the organization in 2007 after a distinguished 18-year career as an award-winning journalist.  Sam is the author...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today's episode, I am joined with Eric Swithin.  Eric Swithin is the Executive Director and Founder of The Alliance for Ending the Fatherless Epidemic. THE FATHERLESS EPIDEMIC strives to encourage viewers that the epidemic can be solved and we can present the love of God to youth in desperate need of a Godly father figure.  In today’s conversation...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Brent Dusing.  Brent Dusing created TruPlay to bring beautiful and biblically authentic entertainment to audiences worldwide. Brent is a pioneering, Harvard graduate, entrepreneur with a heart for creating games with God at the center, giving kids and parents an experience that is safe and fun! He has led an exceptiona...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Jennifer Pepito. Jennifer is the proud mom of seven children and she has been homeschooling for over twenty-five years and it’s something she’s passionate about. When Jennifer discovered that her second daughter had learning disabilities, Jennifer became an avid student of child development. After learning from innovat...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Mary DeMuth She’s been writing for 30+ years with over 45 published books, translated into five languages. She has mentored writers all this time and continues through the Rockwall Christian Writers group. Mary also pioneered a literacy agency in 2022 called Mary DeMuth Literary, where she shepherds writers towards tra...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Julie Thomas. Julie Thomas is a wife, mother of two, life coach and author. After the birth of her second son, Julie battled a severe case of postpartum depression. For years, emotions of anxiety, confusion and shame consumed her life, leading to isolation and suicidal thoughts. In her darkest hour, she felt God’s unde...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Abbie Halberstadt. Abbie is a busy full time homeschooling mom with ten kiddos and one amazing husband. Blogger and author of the book M is for Mama, Abbie is passionate about helping mamas claim their identities and find simple, doable rhythms for their days that allow them to create an environment of realistic joy an...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Tori Hope Petersen. Tori Hope Petersen is a former foster youth letting her Abba be known. She is passionate about foster care reform, adoption advocacy, vulnerable populations, and seeing the love of God change people's lives! Tori speaks across the nation sharing her powerful story, but her favorite form of art a...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Brittany Ann.  Brittany Ann is an author, speaker, and founder of EquippingGodlyWomen.com, a popular Christian-living website dedicated to helping women be “all in” in faith and family. Brittany is married to an incredible godly husband, and together they have three adorably energetic little ones. In today’s conversati...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined by Leslie Means. Leslie Means is founder and owner of the popular website Her View From Home, which features heartfelt contributor stories on motherhood, marriage, faith, and grief. She is a former news anchor, weekly columnist, and has published several short stories. She is married to a very patient man named Kyle, and to...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Steph Thurl. Steph Thurling is Executive Director of Christian Parenting and host of The Christian Parenting Podcast. Steph has her master’s in youth, family, and culture from Fuller Theological Seminary and has a background in youth and children’s ministry. She is co-author of Raising Prayerful Kids, a book that share...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Rebecca George. Rebecca is passionate about helping you discover your giftings and talents to be used for the Kingdom in big ways. Rebecca and I discuss the questions to ask as you seek to discover your calling, the value system we place on the things God calls us to do, what hinders us from doing the thing and the imp...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  Do you feel like you're spinning your wheels, chasing your tail, putting out fires all day long, and going to bed feeling exhausted and overwhelmed? If you can relate, today’s episode is for you!  Bestselling author, founder of a widely popular enterprise, top podcast host—and busy mom of six—Crystal Paine should be exhausted. Or at least overwhelmed...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined by Nicki Koziarz. Nicki Koziarz is a bestselling author of several books and Bible studies as well as a speaker with Proverbs 31 Ministries. Nicki speaks nationally at conferences, retreats and meetings and is the host of the Lessons from the Farm podcast. A Bible teacher at heart, Nicki inspires others to become the best v...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Jenny Randle and Brayden Brookshier.  Brayden and Jenny each married a sibling of the Randle family, making them brother in law and sister in law but they are also kindred spirits in the world of theology, nerding out over all things God. They geeked out over theology so much that they wrote a book together called Flas...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Rhonda Stoppe. Rhonda Stoppe is an author and speaker dedicated to helping women live life with no regrets. She has over 30 years experience as a mom, mentor, and pastor’s wife, and her most recent book is Moms Raising Sons to be Men.                                        In this episode, Rhonda and I talk about exact...

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!  In today’s episode I am joined with Billie Jauss. Billie Jauss is the wife of a professional baseball coach and mom of three young men, she is now an empty nester who is hard at work in writing and podcasting. Billie has a new book titled “Distraction Detox” which helps us recognize our own spiritual jetlag and create a plan for health and closeness with...

In today’s episode I am joined with Monica Swanson. Monica and her family live in Hawaii, where she has raised and homeschooled her four boys, three now in college and one twelve year old who loves to golf. Monica also has her own podcast, aptly named the Monica Swanson podcast, and recently published her book “Amazing Kids: Bringing Up Kids Who Love God, Like Their Family and Do the Dishes Withou...