The Collected Podcast

This week we are honored to welcome Katie Newberg back to the show! Katie is a  wedding photographer  and blogger over at her site Bungalows & Olives ! Her hope is to “add a little bit of happiness to your day and inspire you to live an enchantingly simple and genuine life!” In this episode, Katie recaps the powerful testimony that she shared in Season 3, Episode 26 of the podcast, and she goe...

This week I’m excited to bring you my conversation with Laura Swisher. I was blown away by her vulnerability as she shared the struggles that she has walked through and the ways that God has shown up in her life to bring her a life of freedom and recovery. Laura serves as Executive Director for Seeds of Hope, a nonprofit organization that provides college scholarships to bright young leaders. Tune...

This week we are honored to welcome author, podcaster, and non-profit leader, Georgette Jackson to the podcast. Georgette is the founder of Divine Rest , which provides guidance, support and housing for women who are in need of a fresh start. In this episode, Georgette shares how she walked through a heartbreaking story of loss, and found freedom, healing and joy in the midst of her grief. If you...

Welcome to Season Six!! We are so excited to start a new season in the podcast and in life. Tune in to hear an exciting (and long-awaited) life update from Jes, and a message of hope about Jehovah Jireh– God as our Provider, the One Who Sees to It. Jes shares that the very thing that God provides to fulfill our needs is not a thing at all– rather, it’s Himself. We hope you walk away from this epis...

This week we are excited to welcome Kelly Kashmer to the show! Kelly is the founder and Executive Director of NothingPink , a nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase awareness of hereditary breast and ovarian cancers and provide personalized support for individuals at high risk. In this episode, Kelly shares about her fight with breast cancer and the way that God used it to reveal a un...

We are so excited to welcome Danielle Smith to the podcast! Danielle is a breast cancer survivor, devoted wife, and a proud mother to a wonderful autistic daughter. In this episode, she shares about how to cling to God through unexpected struggle, and how to keep walking even when you grow weary. Whether you’re at the beginning of a struggle, you’ve been in it for a while, or you’ve recently walke...

This week I am so excited to welcome Kennisha Griffin to the podcast!. Kennisha is an author, and the founder and CEO of Create and Blossom Literary Studios - a book writing, publishing, and publicity firm that helps authors write their books and establish their new careers. Tune in as Kennisha opens up about leaning into God through times of suffering, and overcoming fear, reclaiming her voice, a...

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This week we are honored to welcome ShaunaBeth Paradiso to the show! ShaunaBeth is a professional singer, worship leader, song writer, author, wife, mom, and passionate follower of Jesus. In this episode, she shares the powerful testimony that inspired her book, No Weapon: My Scars, His Hands.  After being in a life-altering car accident at the age of five, ShaunBeth had a radical encounter with T...

This week we’re excited to welcome Juliana Col to the podcast! Jules and Jes met this summer while speaking at the Brave Conference in Jacksonville, FL. Jules is passionate about following Jesus, wherever He may lead! In this episode, Jules shares the life-changing lessons that she has learned about the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives. If you have ever been in a desert season, or walked throu...

This week we are honored to welcome Kaitlyn Fiedler to the podcast! Kaitlyn’s new book, What Now?: Finding Renewed Life in Christ After Loss , brings a refreshing perspective of hope and will help answer the questions of how to move forward, not just move on, when it seems there is nothing left on which to cling. When Kaitlyn was eight years old, she woke up alone in a hospital room, the victim of...

In this episode, Jes is flying solo to share a message of encouragement about Jesus walking on water (Mark 6:45-56). We will see that the disciples had an inaccurate view of Jesus, which led them to sitting in a place of fear and uncertainty in the storm. Tune in to learn how Jesus responded to the disciples and how he charted a new course of fertility and beauty for his followers. Jesus did it fo...

This week I’m so excited to welcome Christel Owoo to the podcast! Christel is a passionate confidence coach, author, mom, and women’s ministry leader. She finds great joy in empowering women and helping them embrace their identity and purpose in Christ. In this episode, Chritsel shares the powerful story of how she encountered God in Ghana and became a Christ-follower after over two decades of bei...

This week I’m honored to welcome my Discipleship Pastor, Quinlan Lee! Prior to working at Forest Hill Church, Quin was a children’s book author and worked in the publishing industry. It’s safe to say that she has always had a deep love for stories! In this episode, she reminds us that no story is greater and more life-changing than The Gospel of Jesus Christ! Join us as we dive into the broken and...

This week I am excited to welcome Meg Vanderbilt to the podcast! Meg is the founder and executive director of Bit of Hope Ranch . In this episode, she shares the story of how God took her passions and turned them into a powerful ministry to reach, rescue and restore hurting children, families and horses through equine assisted therapy. Meg shares a moving testimony of the ways that she has encount...

This week we are excited to welcome pastor, author, coach, and podcaster Andy Howard to the show! Andy is an advocate for mental health awareness as he has known the heaviness of depression himself. He is passionate about fighting against the awful attack of mental health issues that are running rampant across the human race. In this episode, Andy shares a powerful testimony of walking through dep...

This week, Jes is flying solo and sharing a personal message about how she has recently experienced God as El Shaddai – God Almighty, All-Sufficient One, Protector, Unconditional Lover of Your Soul. We first see this name used in Genesis 17 when God once again appears to Abraham. If there was ever a time when someone needed a reminder that God is all-sufficient, it would be here! Join Jes as she d...

This week on the show, I am excited to welcome Brett Boner to the show! Brett is a former professional golfer and a current financial advisor. In this episode, Brett gives hope to those who feel like God is distant or not hearing their prayers. Brett also shares about an accident that he had in 2021 and the radical ways that God showed up for him and used this situation to change his perspective o...

This week I am so excited to welcome Chayil Johnson to the podcast! Chayil is the Executive Chef at Community Matters Cafe in Charlotte, NC, where the core mission is helping the men and women of the Charlotte Rescue Mission, who are battling addiction and substance abuse, by teaching life skills and then implementing them in the setting of the cafe and restaurant. In this conversation, we dive in...

This week I am honored to welcome pastor, wife, mother, teacher and mentor, Krystal Kennard to the podcast! Krystal’s welcoming, wise and gentle spirit drew me to her the moment I walked into her church last summer. Join us as we dive into a heartfelt conversation about trusting God’s timing, releasing control to The Lord, and believing that His promises are true. We wrap up this episode with a be...

This week I am excited to welcome Nicole Taylor to the podcast! Nicole is an award-winning journalist turned visionary nonprofit leader. After working in the international orphan care world for 8 years, Nicole became a foster parent. Now, as a fierce advocate for children and families within the foster care system, Nicole serves as the Executive Director of Congregations for Kids (CFK) in Charlott...

This week, I am honored to bring you my conversation with Jayma Anne Montgomery. Jayma is a Jamaican immigrant and an Army trained Internal Medicine Physician turned blogger and author. She began This Woman’s Thought Life in March of 2022 as a way to collect and process her thoughts regarding her life experiences and reframe them through the perspective of her faith. Her first book, AlieNation: Th...

This week I am so excited to welcome author, speaker podcaster, Rebecca George to the show! Rebecca is the founder of Radical Radiance ® - a podcast community where listeners are equipped to blend what they love with the Jesus who makes them shine. In this episode, Rebecca provides wisdom and encouragement for anyone who is walking through a difficult season of change, wrestling with understanding...

This week I am honored to bring you my interview with Hadley Eddings! Hadley is a wife, mother, sister, friend, and creator of the jewelry company, Messenger Co. In this episode, she opens up about the way that her adult life has been marked by tragedy, yet how she continues to choose joy and to believe that God is good and faithful through it all. Check out the latest Collected Merch! Click HERE...

This week we are excited to welcome artist, author and speaker, Marcy Gregg to the show! Marcy’s new memoir, Blank Canvas, shares a powerful story of healing and redemption when Marcy’s life changed forever due to health complications after the birth of her third child. In this interview, Marcy reminds listeners that God did not save you for your past, He saved you for a future! When you wait on G...