Anchored by the Sword

Today's conversation could not have come at a better time!! Keri Eichberger and I are talking about anxiety and her new book, Win Over Worry and the first time she suffered a major anxiety attack was when 9/11 happened. So many of us can relate to this even if we did not personally know anyone who died that day. Our very foundation as a country was shaken and that is when Keri realized that when o...

Today's episode with Jenn Schultz was something I knew I needed to hear while we recorded it and it is something I know will resonate with you as well! We discuss how she is a recovering people pleaser and perfectionist and how those two attributes had a negative on her relationship with God and with others for a long time. In her first published book, She's Not Your Enemy, she examines nine diffe...

Today's conversation with Michelle McKinney Hammond will both inspire and challenge you to look at your life and how you live it. Her life is the culmination of just saying yes to God and seeing what He does with it. We discuss how she came to know Christ after a devastating incident occurred and how He has carried her since to places and doing things she could have never imagined. She reminds us...

I have been looking forward to this episode with Bob Wheatley coming out! We talk about his upbringing in the church and how at 25, he was faced with the realization that although he was saying and doing the "Christian" things, he wasn't giving God his everything. When the future he had envisioned was gone, he finally found the freedom he truly needed and desired. We also spend time talking about...

Meredith Miller is today's guest on the podcast! I loved our conversation about her story out of a "follow the rules or else" relationship with God to now helping her children and others learn about how to have a personal relationship with God. We discuss the importance of allowing our children the space to ask the hard questions and guiding them in a way that brings them closer to God and not awa...

Today's episode is one that many people can relate to and many more will not talk about. Rachel Lohman is my guest today and we talk about her story of the miscarriage that occurred during her first pregnancy. Her book, Miscarried Hope, comes out next Tuesday and is available for preorder now! We talk about how she has been able to turn that tragic event into one of hope and triumph. She has devel...

As an avid sports fan, getting to talk with 2 people who were instrumental in bringing a movie to life that is all about life, faith, family and baseball is a true honor! Rickey Hill, whose story is the premise for The Hill movie, and Jeff Celentano, director of the movie, were so much fun to talk with and to learn more about. I pray that today's episode will encourage you to follow the path God h...

Today's interview is with Dr. Michelle Bengtson. We have been online friends for many years and I was so excited to finally meet her "in person" and to talk about her story. She talks about the pain and struggles her and her family have been through over the years, but at the same time talks about the hope and promises she has in God and in the life He promises. She reminds each of us that "where...

Today's guest is my new friend, Matthew Potter. His story will definitely inspire you to keep on going in whatever you are facing in your life today! From being adopted to a wonderful family as a baby to becoming one of the co-founders of Pray.com and everything in between. He reminds each of us that although the journey is difficult, to keep staying the course. I pray this episode encourages you...

Today's episode with Katy McCown will leave you both challenged and inspired! She talks about her journey of learning how to give God her "heart wounds" and her "deal with it" mentality to truly become healed and experience true freedom. She discovered how memorizing and digesting the Word of God led to her being able to prepare for when tough times came and will come in the future. Her new Bible...

This interview with my friend, Nita Whitaker was recorded over a year ago when her book, When Your Hand is in the Lion's Mouth, was released. She wrote this book about the life lessons she learned from watching her father and listening to his stories. Nita has been blessed to share stages with amazing people during her time as a singer and performer, but the one thing she remembers her dad telling...

Today's episode is one filled with hope in how God used the tragedy of the June 2021 collapse of the Surfiside Condo in Florida to bring restoration and healing to so many people. Mike Noriega shares about how he traded the pain of losing his grandmother to find the purpose God had given him to share not only her story, but the stories of survivors and those who were lost. He and I found common gr...

This conversation with my new friend, Melissa Johnson is such an important one to have. We talk about how media and other outside influences are determining our self worth and identifying who we are in every area of our lives. In her new book, Soul-Deep Beauty: Fighting For Our True Worth in a World Demanding Flawless, Melissa discusses the importance of looking to God to find our identity. She ta...

Today's interview with Carol McLeod is so powerful, encouraging and challenging for each of us. She loves God's Word with a fervency that is highly addictive! She talks about how God and His Word got her through multiple devastating pregnancy losses, depression and a cancer battle. Her joy was not dependent on her feelings or on her circumstances, but on God Himself. She talks about how important...

I love today's interview with my new friend, Rachel Baribeau! We talked about how she started out breaking glass ceilings in the sports broadcasting world, which most people don't know was an area I wanted to go into as a child! She also talks about how her struggle with mental health and suicidal ideations how changed the trajectory of her life. She now speaks to people in schools and other place...

Today's conversation with Kellie Haddock is one covered with hope, even in the midst of tragedy. She defines herself as a "hope-giver" and that shines through everything she does from music to speaking and in every other part of her life. We discuss how God is living and active and how she experienced both the valley and His blessings. She also stresses the importance of not comparing her story to...

Today's conversation with Jami Nato was such a joy and an adventure! Her book, This Must Be The Place, comes out today and it is definitely on my list of top faves! Much like her book, we manage to talk about so many different topics from growing up in purity culture to the process of deconstructing from religion to faith after facing the most difficult challenge she thought she would ever face. S...

Today's episode with my new friend, Cally Logan, covered so many different topics. We talk about her past history with depression and suicidal ideations and why she tattooed a semicolon on her wrist. We also talk about purity culture versus purity and how the definitions have both harmed and helped past and present generations. She talks about her newest book, Dear Future Husband, and how it came...

Today's episode with Christa Joy Spaeth is such a great discussion about her finding her own voice in the online ministry world. When God called her up and out, she had to discover more about who she was and who God was calling her to be; and more about God Himself. We talk about how we both came to realize what a great community the writing and speaking world can be and how she came to write her...

Today's conversation with Krissy Nelson is pure fire! We talk about her first experience with the freedom God brings at 15 years old and how he continues to bring freedom to her today. We talk about her newest book, Say Goodbye to What Holds You Back and how she combats the lies many of us have or continue to hear in our heads with the truth from God's Word. She is so encouraging and speaks some w...

On this week's episode, I am excited for you to meet my new friend, David Helling, He is the writer and director of the movie, His Only Son, which is available to rent or own digitally today. He talks about how God met him while he was overseas and how the trajectory of his life changed. He talks about his upcoming projects and what God has laid on his heart to do next and about he put that at the...

I am so excited about today's interview! I became friends with Jennifer Dukes Lee on Facebook years ago after joining the launch team for her first book, The Happiness Dare. She is a fantastic writer, mom, mentor and woman of God. We talk about her start as a news reporter and how she still sees herself as one today, just reporting the Good News! We also talk about her book that comes out today, S...

Today's conversation with Katie Westenberg is so good! I am so grateful that her and I connected because this conversation encouraged and challenged me so much! We talked about how distractions are taking us away from God and from all He has for us. We talk about ways to reconnect with God and to grow through being in His Word and asking Holy Spirit to guide us in each step. She stresses the impor...

I was so honored and excited to get to interview today's guest, Phylicia Masonheimer. She is someone who I could sit and listen as she discusses Theology all day long! We discuss everything from her struggle with pornography and erotica that started at age 12 to what version of the Bible to study from and everything in between. After you listen to this episode, go follow her on all of the socials,...

I absolutely love today's guest, Kelly Balarie. I met her when I was on her launch team for Battle Ready and have now served on three teams with her. She is fantastic and completely intense about her love of God and His Word, but also for people to recognize the redemptive power that is available for each of them! We discuss her story, including her struggle with an eating disorder and people plea...