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Send a text The Barna Group of research recently published a study citing that 56% of pastors they polled have considered quitting full-time ministry due to “the immense stress of the job”.  The pressure is stacking on so many leaders who are battling all kinds of personal struggles such as anxiety, depression, mental, emotional, and spiritual fatigue, all the while trying to lead other followers...

Send a text While most ministers and leaders typically feel adequately resourced and equipped to disciple their local churches and ministries, many feel ill-equipped to disciple their own children. In fact, some ministers find it extremely challenging to intentionally lead their own families in prayer. In today's conversation, host Bridgette Tomlin and her guest Brittany Rust discuss the urge...

Send a text Dictionary.com defines hospitality as “generous and friendly treatment of visitors and guests or hospitable treatment.” But what does God's Word say about it? Throughout Scripture, you won't see the word “hospitality” but a handful of times. But the ministry of hospitality is woven in and out of Biblical encounters--through the local body of believers, in the home, and betwee...

Send a text Today we welcome back to the podcast our favorite women’s ministries expert Kelli Ferguson for the third time this year. [Take a listen to her first two conversations with us about ministry to women>>links below]. In Episode 37 host Bridgette Tomlin and guest Kelli talked in broader circles about the necessity of women’s ministries in the 21st century. Then in Episode 43, the duo...

Send a text In this episode we welcome author and worship clinician Holly Knight to discuss her first book, Stubborn Obedience . The book details the arduous journey their family undertook as an act of obedience to God's clear directive to adopt not one, but two babies from the country of Uganda. You'll discover your own personal challenges in stubborn obedience to the assignment God has...

Send a text As a culture, we are being bombarded with so many dooms’ day theories and predictions, some predicting the likes of a Depression-era level of economic and social hit in the coming months. And while that may be something that many in the past few generations have yet to experience, it’s not something new. In this conversation our guest Tom Greene brings a measure of hope to our listener...

Send a text One of the perpetual frustrations that lingers throughout all of time is the challenge of remaining true to ourselves while also understanding, shaping, and trusting the generation just a few paces behind us. Today’s focus is something that every single leader—male and female—should be leaning into should he or she desire to continue to lead effectively. How do we effectively mentor th...

Send a text Stepping past the norm for Let's Talk with Sanctuary, host Bridgette Tomlin takes this episode to deliver a timely message that she strongly felt prompted to share--one that made her feel uncomfortable in the receiving and, undoubtedly, in the delivery. And while she assures the listener "this may never happen again", Bridgette couldn't help but obey the Holy Spirit...

Send a text Today we welcome special guest Kelli Ferguson back to the podcast as we roll out Part Two of our four-part series this year on Ministry to Women. [If you haven't had a chance to listen to Part One, don't miss out! Check out Episode 37 ] In this episode host Bridgette Tomlin and her guest Kelli dig just a little deeper to discover why connection is so important to women, how t...

Send a text We know that just because something is hard, it doesn’t mean you aren’t assigned by God to do it. But how do you know if something is hard er because the grace God provided for that season has been removed? Today's guest is husband to Let's Talk's host Bridgette Tomlin, Chresten Tomlin. Through this episode, Chresten and Bridgette endeavor to share a conversation they&ap...

Send a text In S2 | Ep 15 , our guest Jon Purkey ( Nexus KC ) shared this statement, which is echoing through a variety of issues confronting our culture right now, especially about identity: “People are trying to invent truth. You can’t create Truth. You just discover it.” Currently we see a blinking red light around the issue of identity, whether that be sexual identity, vocational identity, spi...

Send a text The term ‘influencer’ carries positive and negative vibes with it. But what was considered optional for the local church just a few years ago has nearly become a requirement in maintaining community in the midst of a worldwide pandemic! We saw so many who had yet to create an online presence for their church or ministry become painfully, and urgently, aware that the circumstances surro...

Send a text When you consider the pivot in sports, like basketball, the player’s foot is grounded, but he’s shifting with the other foot, looking for an alternate route to accomplish the same objective–which is to make a goal, put that ball through the net, bypassing the obstacle or other team’s player that looms in the way. As we consider the past few years, we see those who took the opportunity...

Send a text In S2 | Episode 14 of Let's Talk with Sanctuary , host Bridgette Tomlin and her guest Kelli Ferguson spoke openly about the highs and lows of women’s ministries. Women are such a vibrant part of the local church and are used by God to accomplish so many incredible things for His Cause. Today we tackle an issue that affects 1 in 3 women in our nation and that is the issue of aborti...

Send a text When it comes to women’s ministries—cultivating spiritual growth and fostering healthy, authentic connection—what does that look like in 2022? Are women’s ministries as necessary today in the local Church as they were 50, 60, 70 years ago? Why? And if so, what should they look like? Today we welcome special guest Kelli Ferguson to help host Bridgette Tomlin tackle these questions and s...

Send a text For many women who are married to the minister, there must be intentional effort in striking a balance between the strengths and weaknesses of the driven leader husband. The temptation is to compare ourselves, our talents, our gifts with our husbands. Today's guest Ashley Simmons shares openly about her own experiences of being married to a talented, strong, and driven husband and...

Send a text Waiting. Nobody likes to wait. But there are beautiful things to discover in the waiting if we will wait with purpose. Today's guest Christa Smith, author of Singled Out in a Couples World , brings us a fresh reminder of the lessons she discovered while waiting to meet and marry her husband Sean at age 39. Her vantage point will encourage the listener in the waiting, whether she&a...

Send a text Today we are going to talk about taking the first step in an area of our culture that has been widely overlooked by the Church at large in the US, and most likely, worldwide. And that is in the area of reaching and supporting the child welfare community of our nation’s cities. Even if you have the urge to scroll on by now because it’s “one more thing”, receive the challenge to take a l...

Send a text Have you endured tragedy or trauma? Are you struggling to have hope for great things in this new year? Today’s guest Miriam Neff has walked through her own challenging journey of loss and comes to us to offer the vantage point of her perspective through the belief in new beginnings. As we begin this new year, we must dig a little deeper than new year’s resolutions to lose weight, walk...

Send a text Satan, our adversary, is seeking—and always has sought—to take out those in spiritual leadership. Satan hates the family. He hates the marriage—especially those founded upon the Word of God because the family is a living picture to the world of God’s plan of salvation.  Today we welcome our guest Lynn Marie Cherry to take this conversation to a new level. Lynn and her husband David hav...

Send a text Today, as we come into this holiday season after a long and somewhat trying year, we are taking time to talk about how to pastor your family well. Many of our listeners serve in some form of leadership capacity, whether that be in ministry or otherwise. And often leaders have a tendency to give their best to the people group or business they lead, but are uncertain or even unaware of t...

Send a text Authentic connection is sort of the buzz phrase we continually use at Sanctuary as it is at the heart of everything we are trying to do, promote, and cultivate. And we emphasize “authentic” because it’s such a rare find. As women in ministry and leadership, it is vital that we discover, but also, facilitate for others, authentic connection and friendship. Today we welcome returning gue...

Send a text Disappointments and delays have been a part of the human experience from the very beginning of creation. Scripture is laced with some of the most historical encounters that seemed to be loaded with one delay or disappointment after another. But these past several months seem to have shoved disappointment and delay into our faces! Regardless of what level you’ve faced disappointment or...

Send a text October is Ministers Appreciation Month and, as we often do here at Let’s Talk , we want to highlight solutions to dilemmas that are specific to the ministry family. Raising the preacher’s kids is definitely, at times, one of those dilemmas! Today our guest Casey Gibbons is joining us to school us from her own experience in raising not one, not two, but SIX preacher’s kids, elementary...

Send a text Women in ministry make a significant impact on the world as they selflessly and sacrificially serve the Kingdom of God. When you look throughout Scripture you’ll see—much of God’s plan has been fulfilled through the hands of women! Today we welcome one of those amazing servants to the podcast. We welcome Susanne Cox as she shares her incredible life story, a year of miracles, and the p...