Living Out Loud with Alley and Amanda

April Rodgers is the published author of  Made to Shine: 90 Devotions to Enjoy and Reflect God’s Light . After losing her brother in a tragic car accident, April held on to her faith in God and allowed Him to turn her darkness into light. Now she lives to encourage others to shine in their everyday lives by speaking at conferences and shining God’s light on her YouTube channel titled “The Ref...

Jessica-Lauren Newby wears many hats but she considers her roles as a wife, mother, and disciple of Jesus to be the highest of honors. She hails from her hometown of Tuscaloosa, AL. Having studied at both the University of Alabama and Auburn University, she now lives in Oxford, MS and she still says Roll Tide! During her career as a Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist she has pioneered nutrition ser...

Dr. Matthew Turvey serves as a psychologist for Chick-fil-A, Inc. In this role he advocates and encourages for the overall emotional, relational, spiritual, and mental flourishing of the company’s franchisees. Prior to this role, he spent more than a decade in marriage ministry. Matt has been married to his beautiful wife Nicole for over 25 years. Together they have four children ranging in age fr...

Jeremy Freeman is the lead pastor of First Baptist Church in Newcastle, Oklahoma. He was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, but attended college at Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU). He met his wife, Emily, at OBU, and they have been married for twenty three years. They have seven children: Brittany is a senior at OBU, Caleb recently graduated from Rose State College, Clayton is...

Amanda is originally from Kingwood, Texas. She graduated from Texas A&M University in 2009, receiving a bachelors in interdisciplinary studies. Upon graduating, she taught kindergarten at Brazos Christian School, a private Christian school near A&M. A teaching colleague introduced her to her future husband, Mike, who was the volunteer assistant baseball coach at Texas A&M. In the summe...

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Alecia Bryant taught high school for 16 years but just recently transitioned to writing at Lifeway Christian Resources in the Student Ministry division. She is honored to help spread the Gospel throughout the world. She serves alongside her husband, Chris, the Discipleship Pastor in their church. Alecia has a passion for discipling women and equipping them to fulfill every longing in Christ. She l...

Korie Robertson is a New York Times best-selling author, star of A&E’s Duck Dynasty and most recently At Home with the Robertson’s on Facebook Watch. She works in the family business Duck Commander, and is co-owner of Tread Lively Productions working to produce more hopeful, faith and family friendly entertainment through podcasting, film and reality and scripted television. Korie is passionat...

Kristy Bridgers is a wife, mother, real estate agent and community advocate. She and her family have resided in Oxford, Mississippi since 2005. Kristy is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and has taught in the Mississippi Public School system. She is married to David Bridgers and she and her husband have three children, Alli, Sara Caroline and Winn.  She is one of the founders...

Kylie White has been married to her husband John for 18 years. Together they have 4 children in elementary, middle and high school. Together they are also brand ambassadors for their family business, Chick-fil-A. Kylie serves in many supporting roles in philanthropy and family governance for the family and business. Kylie serves on the Board of directors for CARE for AIDS and travels often to Keny...

Rachel is the founder of Restored Home, a new ministry for abandoned wives and the Church who wants to love her well. She is a missionary in Scotland and works as a women's ministry director at a church she helped plant in Glasgow in 2013. She spends her days discipling women, writing, teaching bible studies and creating content and resources for abandoned women and the church. Most importantly, s...

Christina believes the Lord uniquely designed her for one key purpose: to invite people into a life of meaningful service. Founding a faith-based service organization at the University of Georgia, Serving Others Unconditional Love (SOUL), Christina encourages college students to live out an active faith through service. Her calling now translates into her full-time role at Lifeshape, a nonprofit m...

Join us Wednesday, March 24th from 7-9pm at Lost Dog Coffee for a LIVE podcast as our friend, Ashley Freeman, shares her story.  Free Admission and Giveaways! Bring money for a dessert and coffee from the Dog.  Grab your friends and join us!

Mary Patton Murphy is a junior at Ole Miss from Jackson, MS. During her time at Ole Miss, she has been a member of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy, Chi Omega Sorority, and Reformed University Fellowship. In her free time, Mary Patton enjoys reading a good memoir, playing the violin, going on walks with friends, or working on her podcast Be Lo...

Hayden Walker is a Bible teacher who is passionate about making Scripture accessible for people. She received her Master of Divinity degree at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. Hayden has served on staff at churches in Arkansas and Alabama, and currently works for the Robert Smith Jr. Preaching Institute and is a contributing author in the forthcoming book,  Triumph from Tragedy...

Terri Earls is a wife, mom and Co-founder of  Marriage DNA and Vow to Laugh. She was born in the 'village" of Carson,VA on her family’s 100 year old farm. She enjoys researching her family’s history and spending time with her husband, Comedian Jason Earls and their six children, Aaron,Alexandria,Alicia,Andrew,Achim(a-keem) and Aniyah. She has had the pleasure of living from coast to coas...

Jill Dasher is the author of the brand new book SHALLOW, drowning in the shallow end of people’s approval. She is a blogger and Christian speaker who is passionate about sharing the freedom that exists when you refuse to live in hiding & freely submit all of your fears, flaws, & failures to the God who made you. She resides in the mountains of NC with her husband and five children. Questio...

Brooke is the cofounder of Million Praying Moms, and author of 5 books, including her latest, Praying Mom: Making Prayer the First and Best Response to Motherhood. She’s a wife and mom to two teenage boys who make their home in the mountains of Appalachia, calling southwestern Virginia home. Brooke loves IG best, so come hang out with her and share daily life by visiting her website here. Visit he...

I love algebra. And I love to cook. If you follow the steps in algebra, you get the right answer. If you follow the recipe for chocolate cake, the result is chocolate cake. I like when a + b = c. My childhood was filled with a lot of love and a lot of Bible stories.  We were in church every Sunday, and I soaked in the stories of Joseph, Sarah, and Moses.  I wanted to do life correct...

With the ability to connect to people of any age group, culture, or background, evangelist Ken Freeman lives with a passion to bring people to know Christ and to make a deeper, more intimate, commitment to Him. Ken has been blessed with a beautiful wife, Debbie, two beautiful children, and eight beautiful grandchildren.  He has a passion for his ministry and he’s had an enormous amount of opp...

Bri Swann is a Christian social media influencer. Her rawness and vulnerability about healing is echoed in everything she creates in a wide range of avenues including song writing, spoken word poetry, viral TikToks and her new romance novel, April Showers. Her boldness to speak loudly about the Lord’s closeness to the broken hearted has inspired many and continues to reach millions of people acros...

Tune in as Rachel & Karen share about how God has lead them to create a bible study!  Fathers House What if we told you that you didn’t have to wait to experience life in your Father’s House?  We want to invite you to join us for what we believe is the most unique bible study available in years. Hundreds of women have taken the journey with us to Father’s House, the path to the place...

Sam McManus is a current seminary student who is passionate about helping men pursue what matters most. As a single guy serving other single guys, Sam enjoys speaking to men’s struggles through his podcast, blogs, and online course. After graduating with a business degree from Auburn University, he now lives in Louisville, Kentucky. Since his own season of singleness is allowing him to be more ava...

Erin Kunkle is the co-founder of MAVEN ( www.maventruth.com ). She is a speaker and co-host of the MAVEN parent podcast. She also is the co-host of The Strong Women Podcast through the Colson Center. She has spoken to parents, mom’s groups, homeschooling groups and at women’s events. In addition, Erin runs the entire Kunkle household, as a master chef, nurse, referee, counselor and laundry connois...

Dawn Ammons, a 20+ year senior casino executive who moved from Las Vegas to Brandon, MS in 2013, debuted her