Anchored by the Sword

Today's guest is Destiny Pickens, whom I met online and absolutely adore! We talk about how her battle with Tourette's helped to fuel her passion in helping women find and live out what God is calling them to do! She has a coaching membership opening for enrollment today until the 12th of November. Click the website link below to sign up! Enjoy this episode and share it with your friends!  Bio: De...

Welcome to Season 8!!  To start us off is my conversation with Anastasia Corbin, a fellow Buckeye (former in her case) and an advocate for bringing intentionality back into families! Using her experience of feeling rejected and lost, she has changed the narrative in her own life and the lives of those around her by discovering that God's opinion is the only one that matters. She encourages everyon...

This is the Mulligan week!  On Tuesday, we had Tanya Christiansen and today we have Rick Eldridge, who co-wrote the screenplay and produced the film. I love this conversation with Rick because he truly appears to wear his heart on his sleeve. He talks about how he sold his company that was on a backlot of Universal Studios to now making amazing faith based movies, like The Mulligan and First Respo...

I am so excited to introduce you to my new friend, Tanya Christiansen. She is a wife, mother and actress, who loves to do projects that are encouraging, uplifting and leave people feeling renewed and challenged. We talk about her movie, The Mulligan, which is all about receiving second chances. I loved this movie and highly recommend it to each of you! Enjoy this conversation and then go give her...

Becky Leach is today's guest on the podcast and it is a powerful one. She talks about surviving abuse and about how therapy is definitely a good thing for all of us at some point in our lives. No matter what your story is, you will find strength and encouragement listening to her story. She is such an amazing woman and artist, click the link below to go and check her out and to order her book, The...

This conversation with Sandi Savage is so good! She gets very honest and vulnerable about her past and about how God revealed Himself to her when she needed Him the most. I know this conversation will encourage each of you to go after what God is calling you to do, but also to rest with Him. Her encouragement to each one of us is that we can do anything for a season. She has demonstrated this thro...

Today's guest is someone I have been online friends with for many years, but finally got to meet her in person in March of this year at the NRB conference. Micah Hanson is such a beautiful person inside and out, who has been in the trenches covered in dirt and has fought to the other side with God at the helm. Once you hear her story, you will understand why I say that. She has battled from co-dep...

Amy Elaine is joining me this week on the podcast and I promise you it is so good! Her raw vulnerability about how she had to deal with specific sins in her life will meet each of you where you are at! Her encouragement is palpable and she wants each person to learn how to walk in the freedom and the grace given to us by our loving God!  Her book is part of the huge fall giveaway I am doing over o...

I am so grateful for online communities like the Spark network because I get to meet amazing people like today's guest, Rachael Adams. She is so encouraging and I know that you will be inspired by the words she speaks. She reminds each of us that: "A significant life is simpler than you think. Your are already significant because of who you are and that everything little thing you do can go a long...

On today's podcast, I am excited to introduce you to my amazing friend, Nicole Jacobsmeyer. We have been online friends for awhile and finally got to meet "in person" via zoom. We go there! When I say there, I mean everything from faith under fire, mental health, suicidal thoughts, cancer and so much more. She is a beautiful person inside and out and you will leave this conversation feeling so enc...

Today's guest, Jennifer Hand and I had such an amazing conversation about fear and what is holding you back from doing what God has called you to do. She gives us so many different points to consider in our own walk with God and the adventure we are on in this life. I absolutely loved this conversation and was equally challenged in my way of thinking and processing my walk as well. She is such a b...

This conversation with Tricia Zody is such an important one to have anytime, but especially now during Suicide Awareness month. We talk about her life with her husband and about how she had to discover what it was like to continue living after he was gone. Since the tragic death of her husband, she has been learning to put the pieces of her life back together by leaning on the love and hope of Chr...

This conversation with Erica Wiggenhorn is pure fire! We talked about everything from horse riding to revival and everything in between. One of my favorite things she said was to "see our doubt as a doorway to seek more of God." Be ready to take notes in whatever way you do and share this with the people around you! Then head to her website for more encouragement and additional free resources to e...

This conversation with Andy Clapp is so powerful! He is so open about his struggles with abandonment, suicidal thoughts and attempt in 1998, and how God totally changed his life. His story of how he conquered anger and bitterness left me with my jaw dropped! His story will encourage you to keep going and to trust that God is never walking away from you. Bio: Andy Clapp is an award-winning author a...

I had such a great conversation with Craig Smith! He talks about how God used his band manager to get he and his wife to church at their lowest point and now have been married for 50 years and in relationship with God for the same duration. He is selfless and wants children to find places where they are safe and loved with the love of Christ. Bio: Author Craig Smith spent his early career using mu...

I have been friends with Alison Cook online for quite some time and have always wanted to talk with her about how she integrates faith and psychology, so when she said yes to coming on, I was ecstatic. This discussion is so important, especially because of how things are in the world today. We talk about everything from her sudden stroke to how healing from trauma can help us to become the best ve...

I met Saundra Dalton-Smith in March at the Spark/NRB conference and she is one of the sweetest people I know! She wants people to be healthy in their mind, body and soul so they can live the life God has for them. We talk about her journey from losing her mom after childbirth to becoming the woman you see today. This conversation will leave you encouraged and also able to recognize where you are i...

I had such a great time talking with Arabah Joy! Her story can be sensitive for some people to hear, but she is quick to point out the redeeming power of God and how He has used something so tragic to help and relate to others! I was so encouraged by her love of God, His Word and for sharing the story He is writing in her life.  I wanted to put this episode out this week because AJ is going to be...

Today's conversation with Brittany Ann left me encouraged to continue going after God and sharing what all He has done! She is such an amazing woman doing all of the things, but also reminds us that everything she is doing started with just one step of faith. We discuss both of her books, Fall in Love with God's Word and Follow God's Will, which comes out on October 4th. We also discuss the online...

This week's guest is a person who has had a major impact on the person you see today! I am so excited to introduce you all to Merritt Onsa. I started following her online years ago after I began listening to the Devoted Dreamers Podcast. You will definitely leave this conversation feeling encouraged and ready to take the next steps towards your God-given dream!  Bio: Merritt Onsa is a Dream Coach...

I was so excited about the opportunity to talk with Joanna Weaver! I have followed her online since she wrote her first book and was honored to talk with her about the newest one, Embracing Trust, which comes out on Tuesday August 16th. She is an encouraging woman, who wants to see people learn to discover who they are in Christ, so they can live out the purpose He has intended for them. Get ready...

Today's conversation with Sharon Hodde Miller is a great one for those of us who have control issues. Her new book, The Cost of Control, comes out next week, August 16th, I would encourage everyone to go order a copy for yourself or for someone in your life who has this struggle. She speaks with such encouragement and grace, yet also not afraid to step on a few toes. I met her several years ago th...

This interview with Kaitlin Garrison was so much fun! She is equal parts preacher and the fun younger sister. She talks about how her focus on achieving everything for God was not bringing her true freedom. Then she has a time of working alone and finally learned that it was the condition of her heart, not what she was doing that truly mattered! After you are done listening, go out and preorder he...

I am so excited to introduce you to a new friend of the podcast, Manda Carpenter. She is releasing her first book on August 9th and it is all about her going first when it comes to confession and then grace. She is not afraid to go there when it comes to what she has been through, but will also be the first to tell you about how God radically changed her heart, her mind and her life. Enjoy this ep...

Welcome to the first couple episode in ABTS podcast history! I absolutely love and adore Jorge and Kat Vazquez! They are on fire for God and want everyone to know about Him so that they can become free! There are so many great tidbits throughout this episode, so you should have something to take notes with or on! Jorge and Kat are the founders of Revolution Media Ministries and the husband/wife te...