Created For The Season: The Coaches’ Wives Ministry Podcast

Dear Friend, In this episode we are covering the second half of Mark, chapters 9-16. Farrah Sinclair is here again and we are wrapping up this action packed book of the Bible! Remember, we are simply sharing our observations about Mark, but the Lord wants to teach you things as well, so we hope you are reading along on your own! Whatever your struggles or challenges might be, I am praying for the...

Dear Friend,   In this episode, our focus is the first half of Mark, chapters 1-8. I’m excited to have Farrah Sinclair with us again! You might have “met” her in episode 34 already, but if not, you can go back and listen in to our conversation about faith, family and her life as a coach’s wife. Her husband Scott is the Director of Strength and Conditioning for the University of Georgia Football te...

Dear Friend, In our episode today we are covering the second half of Matthew, chapters 16-28. There is so much in these chapters, and be encouraged to keep reading every word for yourself! Darlene Johnson is here again and she and I will be taking a look at ONE very foundational QUESTION of Jesus and sharing some of our personal applications from our time in Matthew…we know that the Lord is teachi...

Dear Friend, As we start this project through the New Testament, we have the joy of hearing from Darlene Johnson, who has been part of Coaches’ Wives Ministry from the beginning. Her husband Craig recently retired from 40 years of coaching football at both the college and pro levels, and together they now have a business called “NJCO, LLC.” which serves as a sports and ministry business. Darlene i...

Dear Friend, Welcome to Season Four and to our new series called The Cover-to-Cover Girl Project! For the first time on this podcast and in our ministry, we are reading through the Bible cover-to-cover, covering every word that God has given us in His Word, starting with the New Testament first, then going back to the Old Testament. AND we are doing it together with 3 very special opportunities. J...

Dear Friend,   Today we are wrapping up Season 3 and getting ready for some exciting things throughout the rest of 2025 and into 2026! If you missed any of these past episodes, I encourage you to go back and listen, as we have been lifting up the name of Jesus throughout the past few months. His name, His image and His likeness have been our focus and will continue to be our focus, so in today’s e...

Hi Friends! I’m excited to share with you today my conversation with Edrina Burnette. Her husband Dan is the strength and conditioning coach for the NC State football team. In this episode we talk about faith, family, her passion for serving through sewing and the small business that has come from that- AND life as a coach's wife! I have loved hearing from our special guests these past few weeks- ...

Dear Friend, I’m excited to share my conversation with Farrah Sinclair. Her husband Scott is the Director of Strength and Conditioning for the University of Georgia Football team. They have been married for almost 22 years, and have a 20 year-old son and a 17 year-old daughter. Their football journey has taken them from GA Tech to the University of Central Florida, then to Marshall University and...

Dear Friend, In today’s episode, I just wanted to quickly share about a 3-week class we are offering called strength and conditioning for coaches’ wives. Even if you can’t join in this time around, I wanted to share the details and the heart behind this opportunity. My husband is a football coach and a strength and conditioning coach, and we’ve talked before about the importance of the weight room...

Dear Friend, The coaching life can be an emotional journey, and not just because of the highs and lows of wins and losses. It is a life often filled with intense pressure, unexpected transitions and what might appear to be unanswered prayers and unfulfilled career goals and dreams. You may be currently waiting to know if you will be moving, if there is a transition coming, if your kids will be cha...

Dear Friend, Knowing Jesus, His power, His person and His precious love for us changes everything. And to make it all possible, Jesus came to earth and took action, showing us His saving power, but also telling us things about Himself. Jesus called Himself by different titles using illustrations and examples throughout the gospels - so helpful for us as we seek to know Him more! So today we are go...

Dear Friend, The name Jesus comes from the Hebrew word Yeshua which means Yahweh saves. We know that He is THE Savior, and our only hope of eternal salvation. However, we need Jesus as the Savior of all the things in our daily lives as well! It’s easy to look to ourselves, other people and other things as “functional saviors” instead of the One who is there to rescue, deliver and save us in the mi...

Dear Friend, As we continue our series, talking about identity in Christ and being all about the name of Jesus, I wanted to share with you a testimony that is very special and personal to me. Our son Andrew recently shared his story at the school where my husband coaches, and today’s episode is an audio recording of that night. What has happened in Andrew’s life is something that only the Lord can...

Dear Friend, Once you start looking for references to name, image and likeness in the Bible, you will literally see them everywhere. It is very clear that names are important to God, in fact, calling things by name is God’s idea- He even named the stars! (Psalm 147:4) However, in the greatness of who He is, it’s easy to forget how personal He is as well. So if you are feeling overlooked, overwhelm...

Dear Friend, In our world today, NIL, social media and other cultural shifts have made it more challenging to be a coaching family. Most of us got into the profession with a love of the game, a love for the athletes, and a desire to help them to succeed both on and off the field. That can still happen, and it is happening! I know God is using you and your coach even if you don’t always see it! But...

Dear Friend, I can’t believe that we are already wrapping-up Season 2! I am so thankful for our guests this season and the opportunity we’ve had to go through the book of Ephesians together! I will be sharing a little today about what’s upcoming for Coaches’ Wives Ministry. I will also be sharing some of what I’ve been walking through personally these past few years since we launched as a ministry...

Dear Friend, I’m sure your husband has coached those athletes who have the “it” factor. You can’t really explain it, but they can rise above challenges and accomplish things on the field or court, on the mat or even in the weight room that go beyond normal athletic ability. As we talk about the armor of God in Ephesians 6 today, we need to remember that as Christians, we too can have that “it” fac...

Dear Friend, If you have been married more than a day, you’ve probably realized that your husband is not perfect- and neither are you! Marriage brings out the best and the worst in us and it matures us in Christ in a way that no other relationship can do. We do face unique challenges in our marriages as coaches’ wives (henceforth terms like single parent and football widow), but when we remember t...

Dear Friend, In today’s episode, we are looking at standing firm in unity. We know the importance of this for teamwork, marriage, family and church, but what actually is biblical unity? The definition of unity is, “being together or at one with someone or something,” and as we will see in Ephesians 4 the goal is not just unity in and off itself, but unity around what is right and true- all for God...

Dear Friend, In today’s episode, we are looking at Ephesians 3 and standing firm in God’s power. I love how Paul begins the chapter reflecting on his own weaknesses and salvation story! “To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ…” Ephesians 3:8 Paul lived in such humility, calling himself the least of all...

Dear Friend, It’s easy to say that we are saved by grace, but we still might be stuck in the cycle of performance in our everyday lives! In Ephesians 2, we see not only how the Lord brings us from death to life by His grace through faith for salvation, but that the grace continues on as we walk out the plans He has for us. God wants us to EXPERIENCE His grace in our daily lives, because we truly c...

Dear Friend, We may not always feel "blessed" to be coaches' wives, because it's not easy and we do face many unique challenges! However, God wants us to see beyond the struggles and to not only KNOW our blessings, but to EXPERIENCE them in the midst of all the craziness and instability of the coaching lifestyle. Today we are kicking off our study STANDING FIRM, going through the book of Ephesians...

Dear Friend, Today is the second part of a conversation with Kira Cardwell- mom, coach’s wife and life coach. I encourage you to go back and listen to part one of our conversation from last week if you haven’t already! In this episode, we are continuing the theme of living from pain to purpose and connection and we'll be talking about grief and transition in the coaching journey. I know that this...

Dear Friend, Today’s episode is the first part of a conversation with Kira Cardwell. She and her husband have 3 kids, he currently coaches the offensive line at the University of Cincinnati, and she herself is a life coach. So in this episode, we will hear more of her story as a coach’s wife, how pain led to living out her purpose and the key word in the middle of it all is CONNECTION. So get read...

Dear Friend, In today’s episode, we get to have a conversation with Melinda Wolford, a seasoned football coach’s wife whose husband currently coaches at the University of Kentucky. However, her childhood began on the mission field in Africa, and she has experienced many painful challenges throughout her lifetime. Yet in the midst of it all, the Lord has given her clear eyes and a full heart, and t...