Tangible Talks

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata introduce the topic of spiritual warfare and delve into the origination of the forces of darkness. At the top of the episode, Reata asks Jana to share her current understanding of the enemy and dark forces. Afterwards, Reata delves deep into some of her findings/research on the origin of dark forces and the fall of Satan. She elaborates on t...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata wrap up their discussion on difficult relationships and conclude the Heart series; emphasizing that when dealing with difficult relationships we must remember to use wisdom, seek truth, be loving, and show grace. They recap their thoughts on the book of Jonah and Jana touches on how different books touch individuals uniquely depending on whe...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata discuss the topic of difficult relationships and identifying what's in the heart of others. Based on examples in scripture, there isn't a one size fits all solution for dealing with difficult relationships. We see that portrayed in the Gospel, in how Jesus interacts differently with others depending on the scenario and person he en...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata explore a hard and unbelieving heart. Reata recaps the meaning in scripture behind God "hardening" Pharaoh's heart and the difference between divine intervention, a predetermined life, and free-will. Additionally, Reata explains the meaning and characteristics of someone with a "hard" heart. They discuss another exam...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata delve into a discussion about a prideful and judging heart. In the opening they mention verses that reveal God's truth about pride and having a prideful heart. Jana shares her current issues with judging strangers by their behavior, which leads into a conversation about the importance of recognizing moments of self-righteousness and jud...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata contrast the works of the flesh with the fruits of the spirit. Opening with scripture from Galatians, they discuss the importance of knowing God's word in order to utilize these fruits to overcome the desiress of the flesh in your daily life. Reata recaps Psalm 51 (the ending verse Jana referenced in the previous episode) providing cont...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata dive deep into a discussion about a pure heart. They open with examining the definition of "pure" and contemplate seeing God in everyday life. Reata shares a story illustrating how good attracts good and how evil finds evil. Further demonstrating how what is in your heart will ultimately impact how you see and interact with the wor...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata discuss the repercussions and antidote for a jealous and envious heart. They begin their conversation reflecting on the first tangible illustration in scripture of jealousy in the story of Cain and Abel. Cain let the jealousy in his heart consume and dominate his actions. This leads into discourse on how a jealous heart can negatively impact...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata open their new series discussing matters of the heart . The word heart appears almost 1000 times and scripture and is used more than any other word to describe the inner self. Reata shares some of the adjectives used to describe the state of the heart in scripture, including: Pure of heart Evil heart Deceptive Heart Hard heart Unrepentant he...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata reflect over their quarter 2 podcast series, "Wisdom" and "The Gospels" mentioning their favorite tangible takeaways that they are applying in their daily lives. They both highlight how these two studies unintentionally flowed by learning about principles/practices throughout wisdom literature and then seeing these princi...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata conclude the Gospels series with their favorite tangible takeaways from the book of Luke. They start off by revisiting the warning Jesus gives his disciples about the yeast of the Pharisees with Luke 12:1 explaining how the "leaven of the Pharisees" is hypocrisy, illustrating how scripture often answers itself in different passages...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata share a little bit about their individual backgrounds and their niece/aunt relationship. Jana touches on how her cross country moves and early marriage helped to shape her outlook, and Reata elaborates on how her childhood and estranged relationship with her parents impacted her personally. They also recall some of their favorite memories to...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata discuss some of their favorite tangible takeaways from the book of Luke. They open with a brief introduction about Luke, including some background information about the author, such as his Gentile heritage and his physician occupation. Reata shares the parable of the prodigal son and highlights the symbolism of the two Israels that this stor...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata wrap-up their favorite tangible takeaways from the book of Mark. They discuss an overarching theme of trusting in God with where you are and how often it isn't the "where" so much as the "who" that is God's purpose for your life. Additionally, they converse about using personal gifts to give back to others. Reat...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata share their favorite tangible takeaways from the book of Mark. Reata shares some of Mark's history, as well as some additional facts traditionally believed regarding his background. Jana relates the parable of the mustard seed (in Mark Chapter 4) to her life and how it inspires her to overcome feelings of being unqualified or unworthy t...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata continue their discussion on their favorite takeaways from the book of Matthew. Jana shares her second favorite takeaway, Matthew 22:36-40 (The Greatest Commandment). During their discussion on this topic, Jana shares an excerpt from her marriage devotional bible, as well as explaining how she strives to apply this commandment in her marriag...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata discuss their favorite verses and tangible takeaways from the Book of Matthew. Reata shares how Matthew Chapter 15 makes her use scripture as a mirror to see what is in her heart, as well as how our speech is a reflection of what is in our heart. Jana shares how Matthew Chapter 6 helps her overcome struggles with being a natural saver and to...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode Jana and Reata discuss their favorite verses and tangible takeaways from the Book of John. Reata shares a story about experiencing John chapter 3 in her life when God used her passion for researching the Bible to help bring a seeking student to Jesus. They also discuss Jesus' first miracle and how the Bible implies that Mary already knew that Jesus cou...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Jana and Reata dive into a new series titled, The Gospels . In this episode, they define the term "Gospels" and identify the four books that comprise the Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John . Throughout the conversation Jana and Reata provide a summary of each of the books, highlight the intended audiences, as well as some of the authors'...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, Jana and Reata reflect on their favorite tangible takeaways from the previous two series, "Change" and "Be Ready". During this discussion they mention verses and quotes that are meaningful in their everyday lives and help inspire spiritual growth. Reata also shares a personal experience with trusting in God and using "what was in h...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode dives into the parable of the sower; exploring the symbolism and tangible lessons we can learn from Jesus' teaching on the four types of seeds that represent individuals and their varying degree of faith and acceptance of God's word. While discussing the four types of seeds, we explore topics such as knowing what you should do, but not doing it; proc...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Reata and Jana discuss the importance of being ready or being prepared. Additionally, they expand their reach and explore the significant role that being ready has in the lives of others. During this episode, Reata and Jana converse about biblical examples where God prepares others through someone else. For example, Abraham taught his children the ways of...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, we embark into a new series topic, "Be Ready". During this episode, we discuss why we chose this topic and its significance in preparing one to live out God's purpose for their life. Additionally, we explore examples of biblical preparedness in scripture  and how they relate to tangible life lessons in our daily lives. Biblical examples ment...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is the concluding discussion of our series on CHANGE . In today's conversation we explore how the Hebrews, under Moses’ leadership, were led to change, in order to be set free from slavery. This story and these scriptures are an analogy that helps us to see and believe that God will set us free from those things that hold us prisoner. What is in you that holds yo...

Send us Fan Mail Today's podcast continues our journey with Moses, and discusses how God walks with Moses and the Israelites on their exodus out of Egypt and into the desert. During this episode, we focus on Exodus chapters 5-12 exploring  topics, such as the Israelite's mindset and reactions to the plagues, as well as Pharaoh's hardening heart. We also touch on Moses' insecuri...