Dressed in Splendeur

Welcome back to another episode of the Dressed in Splendeur podcast! This week, Candace Kade--author of the "Hybrid" series--joins us today with our host, Lydia Summer, and we deep-dive into the world of the "Naturals" and "Enhanced". Candace shares with Lydia about how her time in China has influenced her world building for this series, how Urban's lack of belonging between two worlds heavily mir...

What do you do when you have no idea what tomorrow brings? Our guest, Isaac Einhell, may not have the answer you want to hear, but he does share some incredible encouragement that may help remind you Whose hands you're in. Isaac moved across the country to Nashville when God closed every door for him to find a job back home in California.  After connecting with the local church, finding a wonderfu...

Hospitality. What does that look like? Who is it for? Who is called to be hospitable? Kenzie, Bella and Lydia do a deep dive into the heart of hospitality for you and hopefully answer your questions on what biblical hospitality looks like. Kenzie and Bella are friends who met in college and bonded over their love for Magnolia Journal, which then lead to their heart for showing hospitality to those...

On today's episode, we have special guest Megan Schaulis, author of The Susa Chronicles. A futuristic dystopian retelling of the book of Esther from the Bible, Megan finishes her chronicles with her last installment, Proclaimer, which comes out on April 8! Megan and our host, Lydia Summer, sit down to discuss her books as a whole, what readers can anticipate for her next book, how she started writ...

As a heads up, you'll notice that this episode we have some major technical difficulties! We apologize for the poor quality, but we hope the topic of conversation will more than make up for it. For best quality of sound, listen with headphones. Today we have our host, Lydia Summer, sitting down with her friend, Lauren Fisackerly! What seemed like fate in their meeting, Lauren and Lydia bonded over...

Welcome back to another episode of  Dressed in Splendeur! We have the wonderful privilege to sit down with floral design entrepreneur, Michaela Mantarian today! Living and serving the Chicagoland area, Michaela has been designing and arranging florals for weddings and events since 2017. But that wasn't always a dream of her heart to run a floral design business. What started off with her desire to...

Welcome back to another episode of Dressed in Splendeur! In our first season we introduced you to a few of our team members from our parent company-- SPLENDEUR Magazine . This week, we're introducing a newer member to the team, Kyra Wolfe! Kyra is our In-House poet at SPLENDEUR Magazine , and we are absolutely thrilled to have her! She shares beautiful truths of God through her poetry and it is a...

Welcome back to another season of Dressed in Splendeur! It's been too long since we've last released an episode, and there are reasons for that. Our host, Lydia Summer, sits down to share an update on her life, the fears she still has to overcome, and shares briefly what will come in this new season. Lydia also sits down to talk with us about the topic of our conversation today: being a Light in t...

This week, we have first time author, David Sunde on the show! Our host, Lydia Summer sits down with David to talk about his debut book, Small-Batch Disciplemaking , and how we can learn to make disciples like Jesus did when we walked and lived life with His disciples here on earth. David talks about the different rhythms we can incorporate in discipleship, or as he likes to say "apprenticeship",...

This week, we have the extreme privilege of interviewing the "Deborah Woman" from our current Spring Issue of SPLENDEUR Magazine, Marla Jo Hollis. Each issue, SPLENDEUR highlights a woman who exemplifies traits of a godly, bold woman of faith, and Marla was a clear choice to feature! Marla is a woman with many hats, but it all comes down to following God's calling on her life through how He made h...

Welcome back to another episode of Dressed in Splendeur ! It's been a little quiet lately on the pod, but we are back with quite a doozy of an episode to bring us back to the rhythms of sharing episodes that will encourage you to learn how be dressed in grander splendor than the wildflowers of the field (Luke 12:27). This week we have singer/songwriter, McKenna Parr, joining us to talk about her u...

Merry Christmas everyone! This week we have the wonderful Bookstagram influencer, Cicely V Ford, on the show! Cicely, or Cici to her friends, shares about her journey in organically creating a 50k+ followers Instagram account where she promoted her favorite books; how she grew closer in her relationship with Jesus; and how, in doing so, her focus on her Instagram page turned more into a place wher...

This week, Lydia Summer sits down with painter and all-around creative, Leah Stugan. Leah has been honing in her painting skills over the course of her life and she uses her talent to worship God and encourage the masses through live painting. As a recent Nasvhille transplant from Arizona, Leah hopes to continue to bring her live painting to different events around the city in hopes to share more...

Welcome back to another episode! This week, our host, Lydia Summer, sits down with someone that's a blast from her past! Cortney Smith, a registered dietician an owner of Sage, comes on the show to talk about how her desire to make healthy treats for her and her family turned into a business. She shares how and why Sage started, why she sold her treats recipes to another, her vision for Sage movin...

We are back from our short hiatus and we hope you're ready for some exciting conversations to come! Starting with the wonderful Meggan Wood, founder of Lily Jade. Our host, Lydia Summer, sits down with Meggan and chats about how the Lord orchestrated for her and her husband to take a huge risk and start a new business which would help bring beauty and functionality to diaper bags. What was thought...

This week, we have Katherine Briggs (or Katie) on the show to talk about her first published book, and the first of her duology,  The Eternity Gate . Filled with magic, wonder, loyal friendships, quests, monsters, and so much more, this is the perfect book for our friends who love to read YA Fantasy books! Katie has been writing and creating worlds for many years, and she always makes sure to inco...

Who here has ever felt shame when attending a purity conference? Or felt embarrassed ever talking about sex, no matter who the conversation is with? This week we have the author of Talking Back to Purity Culture, Rachel Joy Welcher to discuss just how toxic and unbiblical the purity culture movement was when it first started. Rachel and our host, Lydia Summer, discuss how this movement put a lot o...

This week we have the wonderful author, Natasha Smith on the show today. Natasha is no stranger to grief and she has beautiful wisdom and advice to give to others experiencing grief on how to cling to God during those times. She also shares some tips for the friends who may not know what to do when someone they know is grieving. Sometimes the best thing to do is just to sit with them. We hope you'...

This week's episode we have Kashawn Watson bringing a word for our listeners! Kashawn is the founder of Say Grace and Company, but she does so much more than that! She has her own podcast and is a wonderful encourager for small business owners. Our host, Lydia Summer asks Kashawn how and why she started Say Grace and Company, and the conversation just flows wherever the Holy Spirit lead. We think...

Another Friday, another episode! Today on the show we have Ryanne Molinari, a pianist, organist, worship leader, writer, and hopeful author of her book, "Fruitful Worship". Ryanne sits down with our host, Lydia Summer, to talk about how worship should incorporate the fruits of the spirit in our worship leading and how we write music for the Church. This one is for any type of worship leader, from...

This week we have the beautiful and talented Jacquelyn Owens on the show! Jacquelyn is a singer/songwriter, born and raised, yet newly transferred to Nashville. Jacquelyn joins our host, Lydia Summer, to talk about her recent move and to discuss how her move had nothing to do with pursuing fame through singing or songwriting. Jacquelyn's heart in whatever she does is purely motivated by her love f...

Reading and watching mainstream news can be discouraging at times. The mudslinging comments, the uncertainty of whether or not you can trust what's being shared...Thankfully there's a newsletter called The Pour Over  that shares politically neutral, Christ-first, news. Founder of The Pour Over newsletter, Jason Woodruff, joins us to discuss where the idea of TPO came from and his heart in wanting...

Welcome to the premiere of our second season of the Dressed in Splendeur podcast! We are thrilled to continue creating content for our listeners through this platform and we have some exciting guests joining us this season. Joining us for our second season premiere episode, we have author, speaker and social media expert, Ashley Morgan Jackson talking about her first and newly published book Tired...

End of Season One It's hard to believe, but we have completed our first season of our Dressed in Splendeur podcast! We're so thankful for all of our listeners and followers, and we can't wait to see how this podcast will grow NEXT season! In this episode, our host, Lydia Summer, sits down and shares some updates of what y'all can expect from the SPLENDEUR franchise. What new changes will be coming...

We are continuing our New Life series with SPLENDEUR Magazine's "A Cuppa With Jesus" devotional writer, Courtney Selvidge. Courtney sits down with host, Lydia Summer, to share her new life testimony in Christ and opens up about how letting go of control is always something she will wrestle with in laying down at the foot of the cross. She shares how her career path has changed, but she has peace k...