Amazing Grace Talk

Imagine you meet the man or woman of your dreams.  You date for several months then decide to get married. Yet on your honeymoon you quickly realize something is terribly wrong...and the thought crosses your mind: "Did I make a huge mistake!" Host Erika Seamayer-Williamson invites Pastor Becky Hennesy into the studio to discuss the topic of marriage. Why do so many marriages struggle to...

Ever met someone whose life story has so many twists and turns that it seems almost too incredible to believe? Barbara Walker would qualify to be in that exclusive club. Host Erika Seamayer-Williamson sits down with Barbara to talk all things about overcoming enormous challenges. They met several years ago at their church while serving/volunteering. It's clear Barbara, who spent years in law...

This is part 2 of a conversation where host Erika  Seamayer-Williamson turns the mic around on her own podcast producer Rob Price as they discuss the details of God's amazing grace found in the blood covenant of Jesus Christ. Rob shared how he accepted Christ as his Savior at an early age...and was filled with the Holy Spirit as a teenager, yet it wasn't until his early 20s when his life...

Host Erika  Seamayer-Williamson turns the mic around on her own podcast producer Rob Price as they discuss the details of God's amazing grace found in the blood covenant of Jesus Christ. Rob shared how he accepted Christ as his Savior at an early age...and was filled with the Holy Spirit as a teenager, yet it wasn't until his early 20s when his life took a radical shift. That transformat...

Donna Banks-Smith shares a sobering and honest conversation with host Erika Seamayer-Williamson about her personal struggle with crippling addictions. One surface, it appeared her primary vice was alcohol, but there was more...it was the empty social life and the pointless barhopping that added to her misery on "the morning after" each night out on the town. Driven to redirect her own li...

Host Erika  Seamayer-Williamson catches up with Rachel Richie, a college student from Midlothian who survived a near fatal auto accident on January 1, 2020. Rachel suffered 14 broken bones and a traumatic brain injury.  She also broke multiple bones in her face and she says, "luckily, a year later, you cannot even tell!" Through months of painful rehabilitation Rachel has made a 100% rec...

Host Erika Seamayer-Williamson invites her adult daughter Erika Laine to share a traumatic event that took place when she was 21 years old and over 1,100 miles from home. Erika Laine was attending Black Hills State University just 15 miles away from Sturgis, South Dakota where she graduated high school a couple of years prior.   Her mother,  Erika married her 5th grade boyfriend Erik Williamson an...

Alopecia. Sounds like a beach resort town or a fancy Italian dish. But as host Erika Seamayer-Williamson learns in this episode, alopecia is neither. Rather, it's a medical condition that occurs when the immune system attacks hair follicles, and may be brought on by severe stress. Imagine you're 15, captain of your high school drill team, with a beautiful head full of blonde wavy hair......

Jen is a Supervising Certified CARE Instructor and Certified Raindrop Technique Specialist through the Center for Aromatherapy Research and Education (CARE).  She has a biology/chemistry educational background and have known she was called to healing since she was 12. With aspirations to be a doctor, she pursued a pre-med degree at Texas A&M. The Lord shut the door on that endeavor when she me...

Tracy Doyle's addiction to alcohol almost destroyed her life. But she overcame its crippling power by the grace of God....and her gut-wrenching story is topic of this episode as host Erika Seamayer-Williamson sits down with Tracy to retrace her steps to freedom in Christ. Erika has known Tracy since 2000 where they met working at a production company in Dallas.  Tracy was a producer and Erika...

Host Erika Seamayer-Williamson invites her adult daughter Erika Laine as well as her daughter's former youth pastor Kevin Batista back on the show. This podcast is a very personal look inside Erika and her daughter Erika Laine's lives through the ups and downs of some tough years after divorce rocked their family. They share how the power of God's love and faithfulness were the pill...

Host Erika Seamayer-Williamson invites her adult daughter Erika Laine as well as her daughter's former youth pastor Kevin Batista onto the show. They dish about adolescence and the importance of keeping kids connected to church during those critical formative years. Kevin was Erika Laine's youth pastor for several years at Fellowship Church under the leadership of Ed Young, Jr. He curren...

Host Erika Seamayer-Williamson invites her good friend and occasional co-host Robin Raetzman back into the studio. They discuss Erika's journey from being a strong believer in Jesus Christ, to walking into her destiny and true calling on her life.  Moving back to Texas after finding peace and serenity living in the Black Hills of South Dakota wasn't easy, but it was a choice that was nec...

Ever wonder if God really listens to your prayers? How did Bible characters get God's full attention in prayer? Do prayers have expiration dates? Host Erika Seamayer-Williamson had three friends swing by the Amazing Grace Talk Podcast studio to talk about prayer and how to respond when prayers seem linger without a response from God. Her three panelists on the podcast are: 1. Shelley Goad: a...

Host Erika Seamayer-Williamson invites life-long best friend Shelley Goad to the Amazing Grace Talk Podcast. They dish on all things concerning crippling addictions and how desperation played a key role her deliverance.  Erika shares why she chose Shelley to be a guest on the show. "From addiction to redemption is truly what describes Shelley's life. In all the years of knowing her I nev...

In this episode of Amazing Grace Talk, host Erika Seamayer-Williamson sits down with good friend Kathryn Yarbrough. Their conversation takes listeners on a riveting journey into Kathryn's traumatic childhood and young adult life...and how she found freedom from the spiritual darkness that had control over her life for decades. Until age 5, Kathryn was an orphan who spent time in and out of fo...

As a police officer for nearly 25 years, Alvin Sims was charged to enforce "law & order" and help keep the peace in Duncanville, Texas. He was highly decorated and equally respected by his peers who also wore the badge. But his personal life was anything but peaceful and in order...Until Jesus revealed Himself to Alvin in a radical encounter just moments before he would have pulled t...

Is it possible to forgive the corporate sin of other Christians who worship alongside you at church? At a church where you served for 15 years on the pastoral staff?... Even when you committed no discretion or moral failure?... In Amazing Grace Talk's first international interview, host Erika Seamayer-Williamson sits down with a very special couple who are transplanted Texans...from Brazil. T...

David Broussard is a man of many talents. He's experienced three diverse careers in one life--each with its own amazing story of God's touch on his life. Host Erika Seamayer-Williamson sits down with David to explore his transformation from rock band member to hair stylist to jeweled steel artist. In the middle of that journey David encountered the power of God that radically changed his...

On New Year’s Day 2017, Anna Slayton experienced a mother’s worst nightmare. While working an overtime shift as a nurse, Anna received a phone call and was told her 2-year-old son had just drowned.  Host Erika Seamayer-Williamson talk with Anna about overcoming unspeakable tragedy and how an encounter with God literally saved her own life from a suicide attempt. Today Anna walks with a poise and a...

Host Erika Seamayer-Williamson kicks off the first full podcast of Amazing Grace Talk with a revealing conversation alongside her good friend Robin Raetzman. Erika shares her story of being set free from a toxic co-dependent marriage full of chaos, alcoholism, drug use, fear, and shame. After 16 years of being a single mom, Erika was still stuck in her past and gripped with the paralyzing power of...

Meet Erika Seamayer-Williamson! She's the founder of Amazing Grace Retreats- -Christ-centered getaways and workshops designed to help women find clarity in the midst of confusion, overcome personal struggles, and discover their true calling as believers in Jesus. Erika has personally experienced a journey from the dark places of abuse, pain and shame to true healing, peace and freedom in Chri...