Connections with Mike Thom and Colleen Houde

Life had been good to Karen and Bob Krech. They had travelled the world as overseas teachers. They were blessed with a strong marriage, a nice house, great jobs, and a happy, healthy two-year-old son. Was God a part of their lives? Some. But He was about to reenter in a very big way through a very small baby. Their daughter, Faith was born weighing 450 grams. Four grams less than a pound. A true m...

Life had been good to Karen and Bob Krech. They had travelled the world as overseas teachers. They were blessed with a strong marriage, a nice house, great jobs, and a happy, healthy two-year-old son. Was God a part of their lives? Some. But He was about to reenter in a very big way through a very small baby. Their daughter, Faith was born weighing 450 grams. Four grams less than a pound. A true m...

Love Your Story is a must read for anyone who wants to truly understand what it means to be a champion in God’s eyes and how true champions are created.  Linda Olson is the go-to story expert who helps authors, speakers and entrepreneurs impact millions with their stories. She is a TEDx speaker, multiple bestselling author and founder of Wealth Through Stories. Her mission is “To Impact a Million...

FIRST15, which offers daily, online and printed 15-minute devotionals that are easy to understand and relatable to everyday life has released a new book – Emmanuel. Perfect reading for the Christmas season, Emmanuel features 29 days of devotionals to help participants create a deeper understanding of and more intimate relationship with Jesus. Today on Connections we are joined by FIRST15 CEO and C...

A woman of faith, courage, tenacity and love, Sylvia Anthony firmly believes that the “golden years” are a time to get busy. As the founder and president of Sylvia’s Haven, a shelter for women and children near Boston, she has helped transform over 1,100 lives in the past three decades. Sylvia refers to her organization as her “magnificent obsession.” Life hasn’t always been easy for Sylvia, but s...

A woman of faith, courage, tenacity and love, Sylvia Anthony firmly believes that the “golden years” are a time to get busy. As the founder and president of Sylvia’s Haven, a shelter for women and children near Boston, she has helped transform over 1,100 lives in the past three decades. Sylvia refers to her organization as her “magnificent obsession.” Life hasn’t always been easy for Sylvia, but s...

Darrell Dunham was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. Although he still considers himself to be a native Alaskan, after he started going to college in the "lower 48" when he was 18 years old, he never went back to Alaska except to visit. Darrell became a Christian in 1977 after he had graduated from law school and obtained an advanced degree in law from Harvard University Law School. He has rem...

Adoptive parents often discover that opening their hearts to adoption was the easy part. It’s the emotional journey after the surrender to the idea of adoption that leads to the hard seasons of testing. In Hope When It’s Hard, author Jennifer Phillips beautifully weaves together elements of her personal adoption journey with Scripture and encouraging words that will feed the soul of an adoptive pa...

Larry O’Donnell’s business career includes such titles as Chairman, President and CEO, but he’s probably best known as the first Undercover Boss from CBS’ hit TV premier Waste Management episode. A popular speaker, leadership consultant, and ministry leader, he holds a Master’s in Biblical and Theological Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary and leads businessmen and women around the world thr...

On July 31, 1999, life as she knew it stopped for Hedy Wiebe. While she and a friend were driving on a Manitoba highway, a van ran a stop sign, and they hit the passenger side of the van head-on with enough force to send them rolling. Sitting in the passenger seat, Hedy suffered extreme trauma to both her body and her mind. Her injuries included broken ribs and ankles, abdominal trauma, tendon and...

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