Open Pages Podcast

Is it a state of mind? Conviction – it happens to all of us. You can be in a conversation with someone, watching a movie or attending church and listening to a sermon, and it happens. Are they talking about me? Are they referencing something in my life? Are you carrying shame that you need… More

Are you fully present and embracing life? Are you fully surrendered? Are your actions saying different? Join me to see how we can live a fully surrendered life and embrace what God has in store for us. Please check out my books under my pen name Michele Sfakianos on Amazon. More

Do you have unforgiveness lurking? Here we are a few days from 2026. What are you looking forward to in the new year? What do you want to leave behind in 2025? I believe we should all leave unforgiveness in 2025. What about you? Please join me in learning how to leave unforgiveness behind, and… More

When bad things happen… When bad things happen to us most ask “why me?” I’m asking you to think about asking “why not me?” There are several questions that we need to ask ourselves when things happen. Please join me to learn more about these questions. I hope you will check out my books on… More

One of the hardest things in life can be forgiving the actions of another person. Have you had to forgive someone? Did you truly forgive them, or just go through the motions? Join me to talk about forgiveness and why it is so important. Please check out my books on Amazon here. More

Psalm 23:3 reminds us that “He restores my soul”. This is the only biblical passage that contains this phrase. Our soul is the deepest part of us. Do you need restoration? Are you tired, weary, or anxious? Would you like to have a peace that overwhelms you? Join me in learning ways to have our… More

Remember back in 2020 (during Covid) when everyone was in pursuit of God? Five years later, the world is back to craziness. In 2020, we had a spiritual awakening. It was beautiful, but then the dust settled and here we are again. With the assassination of Charlie Kirk, we once again find ourselves in a… More

Life is full of disappointments. In the last two podcasts I talked about life’s journey. Well, along the journey of life there will be disappointments. How do you handle disappointment? Join me to learn ways to deal with life’s disappointments and how to turn these into victories that will empower you on your life’s journey.… More

Life is a journey made to be taken one day at a time. Life can be a constant stream of major crises for many people, but not all. Has your faith gone cold in the busy, hectic thing called life? Join me to learn some basic principles on how to deal with the journey –… More

Life is a journey. It has a starting point, a middle and an ending point. Some end their journey, in our opinion, too soon and others have a longer existence. How do we handle the journey all depends on many factors. Join me as we walk through our journeys and I will give you ways… More