Be the Brave Ones

Send us a Message Who is God? That is a BIG question! In this series, we're looking at some of the names of God to help answer it. Throughout the Bible we see person after person finding security, confidence and courage to become all God made them to be, not in who they were but in who God was and still is.  Today, we talk with author Cally Logan about God being known by the name Jehovah Jire...

Send us a Message Who is God? That is a BIG question! In this series, we'll be looking at some of the names of God to help answer it. Throughout the Bible we see person after person finding security, confidence and courage to become all God made them to be, not in who they were but in who God is. We think He wants to show us that He desires to do for us what He did for them and that we can fi...

Send us a Message We're continuing in our "Child of God" series, talking about identity and belonging! We want to encourage you in your own walk with Jesus while equipping you to help the girls in your life answer two questions they are hard-wired to ask: "Who am I?" and "Where do I belong?" Today, Mandie and Delaney close out the series talking with children&apo...

Send us a Message We're continuing in our "Child of God" series, talking about identity and belonging! We want to encourage you in your own walk with Jesus while equipping you to help the girls in your life answer two questions they are hard-wired to ask: "Who am I?" and "Where do I belong?" Today, Mandie talks with young adult author Kari Deneal. She is a wife a...

Send us a Message We're continuing in our "Child of God" series talking about identity and belonging! We want to encourage you in your own walk with Jesus while equipping you to help the girls in your life answer two questions they are hard-wired to ask: "Who am I?" and "Where do I belong?" In this episode, we talk with author and women's ministry director,...

Send us a Message Hey everybody! We're back with a brand new series called "Child of God,"  For the next four episodes, we'll be talking about identity and belonging! We want to encourage you in your own walk with Jesus while equipping you to help the girls in your life answer two questions they are hard-wired to ask: "Who am I" and "Where do I belong?" We a...

Send us a Message We are wrapping up the Jesus = Friend series with a super fun conversation talking with a dynamic duo, Sheri Still and Trinity Hamilton. Sheri and Trinity exemplify the kind of mentor/mentee relationships we talk about here on the podcast and at Brave Girls Gather. You guys are going to love these two! We talk about how a friendship with Jesus helps us identify and be a true frie...

Send us a Message We're continuing in our Jesus = Friend series, talking about how Jesus is the friend we need when earthly friendship hurts! We're so excited to bring you this third episode with writer, speaker, and brand mentor Rachel G Scott. As a girl mom (and boy mom, too), Rachel brings practical examples of what it's looked like for her to navigate difficulty in friendship an...

Send us a Message We're continuing in our Jesus = Friend series, talking about what it means to have a friend in Jesus! We're so excited to bring you this second episode!  We talk with mother-daughter duo, Christy and Leelyn Mazer about what it looks like to be a friend of God. We roundtable scripture and bring our personal experiences and perspectives.  We wanted Christy and Leelyn to j...

Send us a Message When you think of God, the first word that comes to mind might not be “friend.” But this is the word Jesus uses in John 15:15, when he tells His followers, “No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends , for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.” In this series, we're talking...

Send us a Message We are continuing in our "Hey God" series! Life can be complicated; prayer doesn’t have to be. Through this series, we want to take the intimidation out of prayer and invite you and the girls in your life into a more vibrant prayer life. We’ve been talking with women of different ages and life stages about the 5 aspects of prayer: Adoration, Thanksgiving, Confession, Pe...

Send us a Message We are continuing in our "Hey God" series! Life can be complicated; prayer doesn’t have to be. Through this series, we want to take the intimidation out of prayer and invite you and the girls in your life into a more vibrant prayer life. We’ve been talking with women of different ages and life stages about the 5 aspects of prayer: Adoration, Thanksgiving, Confession, Pe...

Send us a Message We are continuing in our "Hey God" series! Life can be complicated; prayer doesn’t have to be. Through this series, we want to take the intimidation out of prayer and invite you and the girls in your life into a more vibrant prayer life. We’ve been talking with women of different ages and life stages about the 5 aspects of prayer: Adoration, Thanksgiving, Confession, Pe...

Send us a Message Introducing our new series, "Hey God." Life can be complicated; prayer doesn’t have to be. It’s often in the complication of it that we shy away from it. The purpose of this series to take the intimidation out of prayer and invite you and the girls in your life into a more vibrant prayer life. In this series, we'll be talking with women of different ages and life s...

Send us a Message We are closing out this series by walking through the Lay It Down mini-Bible Study! We hope this conversation will show you how easy it is to have a meaningful conversation with the girls in your life centered around God's Word.  College student Summer Sollis joins us for this episode, along with Lauren Freeman, who serves as the outreach director for Brave Girls Gather.   W...

Send us a Message When it comes to laying things down, there are some tools that can help. Things like community, confession & counseling are our friends ! We also have a foe who seeks to take us out. Being aware of the ways the enemy can creep in is an important part of releasing the things in our life that need to go. Therapist and growth coach Keisha Polonio joins us for this conversation....

Send us a Message What about when God asks you to lay down something good in order to walk through what's ahead? It's not something we can do in our own strength. It takes faith and relying on the strength of Christ in us. If you feel like God is asking you to do something that feels incredibly hard, this episode is for you.   In this episode, we talk with Rebecca Thomas. She's the...

Send us a Message We all have that one thing that’s so hard to hand over to God entirely. We know His will and way are best, but our flesh fights against it. Sometimes surrender is a process. God’s will and way is the best thing for us; He writes the best stories when we lay down our desires at his feet. But what does that look like? We’re talking about that and more in episode two of the Lay it D...

Send us a Message We all have things in our life that we know need to go, things that weigh us down and hold us back from receiving and living out God’s best. Yet even when we know something isn’t good for us, we can still struggle to release it. How do we experience God’s strength in our weakness? In this series, we’re talking with women of different ages and life stages about what it looks like...

Send us a Message While we take a break from recording new episodes to enjoy the holiday season and prepare for 2023, we thought it would be fun to pick out some of our favorite episodes of the podcast to share with you. In this episode, Mandie talks with singer, songwriter and pastor, Kelli Brownlee. This conversation will encourage you to draw in closer to Jesus when you are experiencing hard th...

Send us a Message While we take a break from recording new episodes to enjoy the holiday season and prepare for 2023, we thought it would be fun to pick out some of our favorite episodes of the podcast to share with you. In this episode, Mandie and Delaney talk with military missionary Beth Runkle. This conversation will encourage you to reach out and connect deeper with both the younger girls and...

Send us a Message While we take a break from recording new episodes to enjoy the holiday season and prepare for 2023, we thought it would be fun to pick out some of our favorite episodes to share with you. In this episode, Mandie and Delaney talk with Gabrielle Odom, a young disciple-maker and Bible teacher who loves Jesus more than anything and wants the next generation to know Him and bravely fo...

Send us a Message While we take a break from recording new episodes to enjoy the holiday season and prepare for 2023, we thought it would be fun to pick out some of our favorite episodes to share with you. In this first episode, Mandie talks with her good friend Terri Whitaker, about being present with others, which is so important during the holiday season when most of us experience more opportun...

Send us a Message We are wrapping up the You Can Rest s eries by walking through the You Can Rest share guide, a mini-Bible study on finding and experiencing rest. We brought back University of Nevada student, Summer Sollis to join us for this conversation. We talk about rest in Jesus as a game changer! It's available to us at all times, even amid our work or in the middle of what feels like...

Send us a Message We are continuing our " You Can Rest " series with Shelbi Clark, a 27 yr old with a passion for Jesus. writing, and people. Her favorite pastime is stringing together words that remind herself and others of how human they are. She's an open book when it comes to her battle with mental health and brings us her testimony of finding rest and discovering her worth in J...