Debra L. Butterfield

Reading Between the Lines

Religion EN ↓ 28 episodes

Reading Between the Lines is more than a podcast—it’s a conversation between friends. Hosted by author and editor Debra Butterfield, each episode offers real talk about life’s hardest moments, healing, and finding hope again. Whether Deb’s reflecting on her own journey through trauma, faith, and resilience—or unpacking the deeper themes hidden in her fiction—she brings honesty, wisdom, and hard-won perspective to the mic. No fluff. Just real stories, grounded faith, and practical tools to help you move forward. Deb is a survivor, a believer, and a storyteller. Her first book, Carried by Grace,...

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Debra L. Butterfield

Episodes

Staying in Faith: Navigating Doubt and Building Unshakeable Fait 29.04.2025 37:39

In this heartfelt conversation, hosts Debra Butterfield and Jodie O'Brien explore the universal struggle with doubt in one's faith journey. They share personal stories of facing life's challenges—from family crises to professional disappointments—and discuss practical tools for maintaining faith during difficult times. Listeners will learn the importance of making deliberate choices about their re...

Letting the Walls Fall: Faith, Fiction, and Finding Healing 17.04.2025 26:30

In this heartfelt conversation, Jodie O’Brien sits down with author Debra Butterfield to talk about her Her Inheritance fiction series—and the personal stories that shaped it. Debra opens up about writing from lived experience, what forgiveness really means, and how God used her characters to speak back into her own life. They explore the emotional core of her protagonist, Sally Clark, a woman nav...

Carried by Grace: A Mother’s Story of Faith, Abuse, and Healing 02.04.2025 35:41

In this powerful first episode of Reading Between the Lines, host Jodie O’Brien sits down with author and editor Debra Butterfield to talk about the story behind her first book, Carried by Grace—a raw, personal account of the abuse her daughter endured and the faith that carried them both through the darkest season of their lives. Deb shares what it was like to face the unthinkable: betrayal from...