Kindled Podcast | Truth and Grace, Boldly

Just what is it about this message of You-First theology and Hustle-harder self-helpism that is hitting so opportunely in this cultural moment? What is compelling women to devour and double-tap this worldview and fueling its presence in bible studies and book clubs across the country? In this episode, I chat with Anne Kennedy about the theology of Rachel Hollis. We examine Rachel’s theology (the n...

From realizing persistent stomach aches Scarlet had as a young child were actually anxiety, she’s had a long road with fear and panic. Scarlet shares how she learned to hold the gospel up to her fears and realized that though she can’t fix herself or protect herself, Jesus walked into this broken, sad, scary place to rescue, love, and cast out her—and your—fear. We talk about how Jesus doesn’t off...

It seems like every other day, there is a new cultural lie knocking at our doorstep. Our kids now have access to more information than ever before, including objections to Christianity and the existence of God. Hillary Morgan Ferrer is the founder and Mama-Bear-in-Chief of Mama Bear Apologetics, She feels a burden for providing accessible apologetics resources for busy moms. Shownotes at www.kindl...

In this episode with Jeanette Tapley, we're talking friendship and solopreneurship and where they intersect. We discuss: How our family members are not always our biggest fans, and that's ok. How we often can feel misunderstood or unseen in our work because we don't have a typical corporate job. How working at home as a mom can be one of the loneliest jobs in the world. How we can have honest, DTR...

Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler are everyone's favorite sister-in-law duo that redirect our hearts and minds to the truth of the gospel hope we have in our everyday moments of motherhood.  Many are hard, most are mundane. But there is no shortage of hope and beauty to be found when we apply the truth of scripture to these ordinary days and moments. Today Emily and Laura are sharing their own everyda...

Feelings can be complicated, and often we as adults have a harder time identifying what we're feeling than our kids do.  Christi and I chat about how we can provide our children with emotional safety, which the research says is the most important element for children to develop emotionally in a healthy environment.  Emotional safety is not woo-woo or abstract. It simply means that your emotions ar...

Boldness in our faith is not reserved for the super-spiritual OR the uber-secular. Today I'm chatting with Samantha Royer, founder of She is Bold, about how she is learning that bold obedience is possible regardless of the circumstances or environment we find ourselves in. Samantha left a lucrative career in marketing to follow as assignment God placed in her heart, and she's letting us in behind...

Our world is filled with fake facades, form the unrealistic filters on social media to the "holier than thou" personas seen in certain hypocritical believers. To combat the fake trends, a new trend has emerged--one that fights the facade with transparency and vulnerability. But is the "god" of brokenness, realness and honesty left us with a glorification of "Messy Christianity?" Are we elevating b...

The world promises recognition and promotion if we "hustle harder," but what has that mantra actually done for us? If our relationships are being sacrificed on the altar of our passions, businesses, and ministries—there has to be a healthier way. Malinda Fuller and I chat about what obedience over hustle looks like in a world that glorifies the grind. Shownotes at KindledPodcast.com Sponsors: Prep...

We all have dreams. Whether recognized or verbalized or even understood by our hearts, we have desires, hope, aspirations and fears.  Today I'm chatting with Merritt Onsa, host of the Devoted Dreamers podcast, about her God-shaped dream and how it has looked different, especially in this season of mothering, from what she originally thought. Full shownotes at KindledPodcast.com Sponsor: The Mompre...

Social Media. Two words that strike an emotion in each of us. Sometimes it's obsession, sometimes dread, depression, encouragement, hope or not-enough-ness. But what if you could stop riding the wave of looking for how to feel based on your feed and realize that this little tool can be used for the Kingdom and for your growth? Lindsey Falls and I are chatting today about the wonder of social media...

I confess: I hate the term self-care. Always have, probably always will.  But Jaime McLaughlin helped me see that I'm not alone: she ALSO dislikes this term because it's been completely taken over by commercialism that tells us we just need one more manicure, one more massage, one more vegan, super sparkly bath bomb - to be happy. Jaime is here to call BS on all that and to help women see what lie...

"Your post-partum body isn't as good."  "You should feel guilty for working as a mom."  "My success as a mom is dependent on how my children turn out." "You are enough all on your own." Have you believed one of these lies? I certainly have. In today's episode, I chat with Rebekah Hargraves about the lies we as women and mothers often believe. Rebekah shares with us what she has learned about 2 Cor...

What does “social justice” mean as we hear it today in culture? What does it encompass and include and how is it defined? What is justice as we see it in the Bible and who is responsible for its execution and implementation? These are just a few of the questions I posed to the Darrell Harrison and Virgil Walker, the hosts of the Just Thinking podcast. I was honored that Darrell and Virgil agreed t...

Tune in as I talk with Stefanie Gass, the host of the Mompreneur Mastermind podcast, and she shares her story.  It's one that started out in network marketing, where she became a top 1% network marketer and had achieved all of the income, 17K months, trips, recognition... but was still missing something. She wasn't doing what she was truly passionate about. When she transitioned into educating fem...

God is our Redeemer. He Redeems us from our most broken places and sets us high upon the rock. So what does that look like when he takes even a broken and distorted childhood and blesses you and hundreds and hundreds of others though it? It looks like Brooke Robinson's story. Brooke is the founder of BTribalFit, a community of women who support each other in online workouts and accountability.  Sh...

Motherhood is full of changing seasons. Things we used to rely on for sanity, strength, identity and purpose get ripped from our tightly gripped fingers by the grace of God. We are early in a pregnancy and can no longer work out the way we used to. Our time is not our own and meal planning the healthy choices we used to delight in has become a burden. We are overwhelmed by a difficult season or ci...

Today I'm so excited to share an interview with a woman I look up to so much, Cheryl Scruggs. Cheryl and her husband Jeff have a nonprofit called Hope for Marriages where they support couples in reconciling their marriages and they also co-wrote “I Do Again.” Cheryl and Jeff spent 10 together in a disappointing marriage, only to get divorced and stay separated for 7 years. Theirs is one of unbelie...

I got chills listening to this episode after it was recorded.  Michelle brings the TRUTH to us today through admonition to follow our one leader rather than being obsessed with becoming leaders. How we need to also be taught before teaching.  She is the founder of She Works His Way, an organization that helps women learn in their life and work how to give God the glory & make Jesus our hero.

In a culture that can belittle womanhood on the one hand—making it irrelevant—and glorify it on the other—making it everything—it’s hard to know what it really means to be a woman. But when we understand womanhood through the lens of Scripture, we see that we need a bigger category for what God has called “woman.” Abigail Dodds brings beautiful and freeing truth to us straight from God's word to u...

This episode is for those of us that tend to fall into the ditches of apathy and anxiety on the road to lasting and sustainable wholesome living. Maybe I'm just talking to myself here, but for me, the struggle is real. Often times we as mamas struggle with a balance between apathy and anxiety when it comes to our health. Bethany helps women discover what it means to live a life centered in rest an...

This episode is the KICK in your faith/business pants you've been needing! Listen in as we chat about how she has the audacity to charge what she's worth, how she grew from a service business to a 6-revenue stream business that helped her husband retire from his corporate job and how she's continuing to be a "Yes Girl" for God. She's a powerhouse of energy and business know-how and I learned so mu...

With instagram, facebook and Twitter in our fingertips, we both find ourselves having influence and receiving influence from all manner of individuals who believe all manner of things.  Slap the label "Christian" and the words "Jesus" up next to what is posted and said and shared, and you have a recipe for either total awesomeness or total disaster. How are you discerning what you are consuming on...

The economy of God and grace is upside-down and backwards, and that's pretty much what I'm talking about in this episode with three ladies, known as "The Ruth Experience." We chat about how living generously actually doesn't empty us when we stand on the promises of God to be for us everything we need. Sponsors: PrepDish - 2 week free trial at PrepDish.com/KINDLED Crew & Co: 10% OFF with coupon co...

What if parenting wasn't just an opportunity to course correct or provide behavior modification? What if it was a chance to mirror the gospel by acting to save someone from error or evil. That is the meaning of "Redemptive" and it is actually the model Christ calls us to as parents.  Kristen will challenge you and help you see all the opportunities you have to teach a different - and more importan...