Anchored by the Sword

This week is such an important week in the life of Christians around the world. It is called Holy Week and it covers from Palm Sunday until Resurrection Sunday. I was going to put out an episode talking about it, but in praying about it, I believe this episode is the one that needed to come out! My friend, Susie Larson, talks about how despite dealing with Lyme's disease and so many other trials i...

This is one I have been so excited for you to hear! My friend, Rebecca George, is such an encourager and a champion for women! Her new book, Do The Thing: Gospel-Centered Goals, Gumption and Grace for the Go-Getter Girl, comes out next Tuesday (April 4th) and is all about women learning and walking in the calling God has placed on their lives. I believe so much in this message that I contributed t...

Today's interview with Amy Joob is so good! She is someone I became fast friends with after meeting at the NRB conference in March 2022. She is so relatable and unafraid to share what God has done in her and her family's lives. She encourages each one of us to keep our focus on God and He will bring us through any trial or storm that we face. So enjoy this episode and share it with anyone who need...

Today's conversation with my new friend, Brittany Estes is encouraging from beginning to end! Her new book, Flip the Script is officially out today! We talk about all the things from how we can take control of the narrative in our mind by turning to God to how she got pink hair. Out of everything we talked about, the most important thing for her is to remember that each one of us has the power to...

I met today's guest, Tara Sun, at the Christian Ministry Conference back in October of 2021 and knew we would be friends! I also have been waiting for the right time to have her on the podcast! You are all in for a treat as you hear about the twists and turns God has walked her through to become the woman she is today. Her new (and first) book, Surrender Your Story, releases today! After you liste...

This brief episode is a celebration of the 2 year anniversary of this podcast! I share some of the statistics as of the day this is recorded and share some of the highlights of the past 2 years.  Also I share about what is to come!  Thank you for being along for the ride and for seeing what comes next! Top 10 Episodes: Gail's Freedom Story: https://anchor.fm/anchoredbythesword/episodes/Gails-Freed...

This week, my friend Rachael Gilbert is on the podcast. We discuss how body image issues can develop and how to combat the lies in our heads with the truth in God's Word. In her new book, Image Restored, she uses a blueprint to work towards freedom. We discuss the significance of the blueprint idea and how it is just like building a new house from the foundation up. This conversation will encourag...

Today's guest, Leigh Mackenzie, and I have so much in common! Not only do we both love traveling and have 2 dogs, but we have also been through trauma and therapy.  She describes how therapy helped her discover and then begin the process of healing from things in her past she had no recollection of besides some flashes in her memory.  We discuss how four words changed the trajectory of her life an...

This conversation with Lori Ann Wood is such an important one for everyone, but especially for women. Lori is a survivor of heart failure. She talks about how she didn't think any of the symptoms she had up to 10 years prior would be heart disease because she had no family history. We talk about doubt and how she learned that "I didn't want the answers; I wanted to know it was ok to ask the questi...

Today's conversation with Hannah Schermerhorn was such a joy!  She has such a kind heart and really wants everyone to understand how singleness is not something negative or to be looked down upon. She talks about how many examples of single people there are in the Bible and how God called them because He loved them, just as He does with all of us.  This conversation is one that is important for ma...

Today's interview with Laura Krokos is a great conversation about how we can trust and love God even when the world is crazy.  In her Bible study, You Are Unshaken, she talks about different situations that tested her faith and how she learned to stand firm on God and His Word. We talk about everything from her journey to getting this study published to the Chosen. Enjoy this conversation and go o...

I loved meeting and talking with Jessica Harris. I am so glad that her publisher, Baker Books, reached out to me about her new book called, Quenched. It is about Jessica's struggle with pornography and how God brought healing through a women's meeting at college. This is a topic that more women are beginning to be more open about, including myself, and it is so needed in this time we are living in...

Holley Gerth was one of the first people I thought about interviewing for this podcast. When she agreed to come on, I am not going to lie and say that I was a little excited...or a lot! During our conversation, I learned even more about her than I knew from reading her books. She is a very dedicated wife, mama and Nana to her 2 grandchildren. She is also an introvert with a love of people and word...

This week's episode with Jennifer Eikenhorst is one about a sensitive subject.  It may be difficult for some people to handle, but it is definitely a needed conversation. She talk about how a single moment can change everything about your life and the lives of other people.  About how she came face to face with a struggle that no one wants and that even more don't want to talk about. I met her thr...

Welcome to Season 9!!!!!  Also this is our 100th Episode!!!  I cannot even begin to thank each and everyone of you for tuning in this and each week to hear the redemption stories of each person on the show! I love having the opportunity to do episodes like this one, where I get to look back at the last 100 episodes, 2022 and look ahead to 2023! Ministry Verse for 2023:  Hebrews 4:12 (NKJV) Persona...

What a way to end Season 8 and start off 2023!!  Today's conversation with Wendy Speake is such a rich, inviting conversation about how to ingest and digest God's Word. She talks about how she understood salvation at a young age and then how God used different areas of her life to love and lead people. I love how passionate she is about "setting down something temporary and ordinary and feasting o...

The last 3 interview episodes have centered around how important it is to make Bible study an important part of our daily lives as a Christ follower and this is an amazing way to end 2022!!!   I have been so excited to not only sit down with Elle Cardel, but to also share her story and also the miraculous story of her beautiful daughter Selah!  Elle is a fierce warrior for God and for Bible litera...

I wanted to take some time and read a couple of passages from Scripture as we enter into Christmas weekend. I read from Isaiah 9:6-7 and Luke 2. I pray that each one of you will take time to take time to remember the real reason for this season that our Savior was born to fulfill God's plan here on Earth. He was born as the perfect Son of God, to take our sins away so we can spend eternity with Hi...

On today's podcast is a fellow Ohioan and amazing writer, speaker and woman, Amy Seiffert. We talk about a lot of things today from her son's battle with Crohn's disease to the role of women in the church and everywhere in between. I really enjoyed getting to meet her, via zoom, and truly learning lessons that I will carry through every part of my ministry and calling!  There is something in here...

This discussion with Dana Candler is so important, especially as we are rounding the corner into 2023. This is the time where everyone begins to set goals and plans how they want to start the year. She reminds each of us to keep what is first, first. That is the love of God and living that first commandment life.  Continuing to look for ways each day to grow closer to Him and to fall deeper in lov...

I learned a lot from this conversation with Steven T. Collis. I first heard about him when I received a copy of his newest book, Praying with the Enemy, from his publisher. Although I am not great with the names of the gentleman this book is based off of, their story is one that will positively influence everyone who reads it. Hearing the story of two men put into an impossible situation who help...

Today's conversation with Dominic Done is such a timely one as we are entering the seasons of Advent and Christmas.  His new book, Your Longing Has a Name, talks about soul health and what that means in every part of our lives.  One thing he says about it is, "Once we begin to understand God’s vision for the entirety of who we are, then it gives us a captivating vision of how we can move towards s...

I met Amy Brady through the Dreamers Summit that I attended a couple of years back through Horacio Printing. She is an amazing woman, who has learned how to take situations and trauma from her own life and use it to help others. She has a sympathetic and an empathetic way about her that makes people feel comfortable sharing their messes with her. Today's conversation is a great reminder of not onl...

I had the honor and privilege to meet and interview Dr. Tracy Strawberry for this episode.  She is such a beautiful person inside and out!  It was completely a God appointment for us to get to talk!  I felt so comfortable with her that I revealed something in this episode only the people in my inner circle know! There is so much wisdom and goodness springing from her story of redemption, restorati...

This conversation with Melanie Redd is so encouraging and was such a blessing to me. We attended the same conference in March of this year, but never got to speak. I am so glad that our first conversation includes all of you! She is so funny, especially when we are talking about our fur babies! She is so full of hope, love and constant encouragement that it is overflowing to all of you today!  Enj...