Coffee Chats with Diane Nix

This is Part 3 of 5 Smooth Stones entitled "The Stone of Confidence."

This is Part 2 of 5 Smooth Stones entitled "The Stone of Contentment."

 For the next several weeks, Diane has teamed up with Leighann McCoy and Jacque Garner to discuss spiritual warfare and the weapons we have to fight it.  Our hope and prayer is that you will join us. The battle is real. But we have some weapons we can use to fight! So armor up  (Ephesians 6:10-20) ! We will meet you in our podcasts and learn how to stand together! Diane: "Join us for this special...

In this episode of Coffee Chats, Diane meets up with a good friend, Rhonda Kelley, who knows a lot about the importance of rest during ministry. Rhonda is a natural go-getter who learned how to discipline her life in a way that allowed her to pursue her dreams for ministry while balancing family and ministry. Grab your favorite mug, fill it with something hot, and press play to hear Rhonda's story...

In this episode of Coffee Chats, Diane opens up about some of the early struggles she faced while trying to have children. She details what she decided to do when the doctors told her that she was incapable of having children. Would she decide to accept the doctor's report or keep believing that God would grant her children? Grab your favorite mug, fill it with something hot and listen to find out...

In this episode of Coffee Chats, Diane reaches out to her good friend, Mary Cox, to talk about how her marriage began and what it takes to trust God to keep your marriage thriving while raising Godly children. Grab your favorite mug, fill it with something hot and get ready for an inspiring story about God's faithfulness in Mary's life.

In this episode of Coffee Chats, Diane has a raw conversation with a close friend, Lenora Grayson, about the hardships that life and marriage bring especially when you are forced with the decision to forgive your significant other. Grab your favorite mug, fill it with something hot and get ready for an inspiring story about forgiveness, restoration, and undoubted hope. This is Lenora's Story. Leno...

Diane decided to take time out of her busy schedule today and encourage ladies to gain a fresh perspective on the goodness of God in the midst of whatever situation they're facing headed toward Mother's Day Weekend.

Marriage alone is hard enough as it is. So is the ministry. What would you do if you had to do both together at the same time? Kim Hardy guests this episode of Coffee Chats to tell her story of how she came into Marriage and Ministry and didn't ask God to do both of them together. Grab a cup of coffee with Diane and listen to how Kim's story unfolds in Part 2.

Marriage alone is hard enough as it is. So is the ministry. What would you do if you had to do both together at the same time? Kim Hardy guests this episode of Coffee Chats to tell her story of how she came into Marriage and Ministry and didn't ask God to do both of them together. Grab a cup of coffee with Diane and listen to how Kim's story unfolds.

Susie Hawkins lives in Dallas and has been actively involved in ministry as a pastor's wife, teacher and volunteer. A noted author, Susie holds a Master of Arts in Christian Leadership and a Master of Arts in Theology from Criswell College. Her writing appears on the  Engage blog at Bible.org . Additionally, Susie has contributed to various publications, such as  Voices Behind the Veil  and the  W...

Diane sits down with some close friends, Ryan and Ashlie Cook, to ask them about the hurdles of marriage that they have faced in their 18 years together.

In our Christmas Episode, "What I Want for Christmas", Diane does a fireside chat about the importance of keeping Christmas as normal as possible within an extremely abnormal year. Grab a cup of coffee and join us!

As the restrictions from the 2020 pandemic seem to be loosening up, a lot of ministries are far from going "back to normal." Diane contacts a good friend, Diane Strack, to see how she has dealt with loneliness in her ministry and how she has remained in faith during the Pandemic. For over 35 years, Diane Strack has created, facilitated, and spoken at women’s and youth ministries across the nation....

Susie Hawkins lives in Dallas and has been actively involved in ministry as a pastor's wife, teacher and volunteer. A noted author, Susie holds a Master of Arts in Christian Leadership and a Master of Arts in Theology from Criswell College. Her writing appears on the  Engage blog at Bible.org . Additionally, Susie has contributed to various publications, such as  Voices Behind the Veil  and the  W...

In Episode Seven of Coffee Chats, Diane reflects on the importance of Thanksgiving in our personal lives especially when life is not going the way we want. Whether you are driving to relatives homes for a Thanksgiving meal or going about with your day to day tasks, take a moment throughout this episode and give God thanks for the life that He has given you.

In Episode 6 of Coffee Chats Season 2, Diane makes a new friendship with Author and Speaker, Shauna Pilgreen. Shauna shares her story about what it means to her to "Live Sent" by God. Grab a cup of coffee and join them today. Raised in a ministry home in the rural parts of south Georgia, Shauna Pilgreen now finds herself immersed daily in the reality of doing life in a global city. She and her hus...

With us rounding the corner on 2020, Diane has been compelled to work even harder to bring encouragement to pastor's wives because of one topic that keeps showing up in conversation with other pastor's wives which today's guest, Rachel Lovingood, talks about: Conflict. Rachel is an author and speaker. Her ministry is primarily to women’s groups and to ministry wives. She and her husband have been...

In episode 4 of Coffee Chats, Diane is about to celebrate an important milestone in her life as she faces the reality of the importance of finishing the race well. Join Diane on this fireside chat episode as she reflects on what it really means to "finish well." If you would like to connect with her or Contagious Joy then go to www.contagiousjoy4him.com and sign up the for the weekly newsletter an...

In Episode Three of Coffee Chats, Diane gains insight on what it was like for today's guest, Marshelle Wilburn, to raise five kids while serving in the ministry along side her husband. Marshelle Jackson Wilburn, is a California native, born in sunny Southern California and raised in the fog and hills of the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a wife, mother of five, inspirational speaker, author, inter...

In Episode 2 of Coffee Chats, Mrs. Diane calls Donna Avant, an old friend from her past, to not only reminisce about the "good ole days" of supporting their husbands through seminary, but to hear her story about her and her husband's journey that they took to become who they are today. It's her story of hope. Donna Avant is the wife of Dr. John Avant. John and Donna serve with Life Action Ministry...

In the Season 2 opener of Coffee Chats, Diane opens up about her personal struggle with addiction years ago that stemmed from a self-fulfilling prophecy she made regarding someone very close to her. Join her as she reveals how her life changed and what to expect in this upcoming season of Coffee Chats.

In the season finale of Coffee Chats, Diane speaks with her good friend, Courtney Moore, about how she balances being a ministry wife at her church and the president of her own company. Here's just a few things to know about our special guest. Courtney Moore is the founder and president of Women & Work . A former IMB missionary and classical educator, Courtney writes content for LifeWay Christ...

In Episode 17 of Coffee Chats, Diane asks a simple question that she has been asked numerous times: Do I have to have a seminary degree to be a ministry wife? She reached out to her good friend Tara Dew to answer it. Here's a little info about Tara. I have loved Jesus for as long as I can remember. I was blessed to be raised in a Christian home by godly parents, and grew up going to church wheneve...

Have you ever wondered how different your life would have been if you could have been mentored for ministry early on? Maybe you came into ministry later on in life and now you have a lot of questions? Today, Diane talks with one of her good friends and mentor to a lot of pastor's wives, Ruth Ripkin . Ruth and her husband, Nik are mission veterans of 35 years with the International Mission Board, S...