The Defender Podcast

GUEST Craig Slay is a lawyer in Brandon, MS who assists clients with the concerns they face every day, from unexpected personal and family circumstances to business or government matters to general uncertainties about the best way to handle situations or conflicts. He graduated from Mississippi State with two degrees. After a brief time in corporate sales, he went to law school at the University o...

GUEST Kemonia “Mo” Brown joined Lifeline in January of 2020.  She is from Hoover, Alabama and serves on our Counseling Team as a Family Therapist. Kemonia attended Troy University and received her Bachelors in Science. She majored in Psychology with a minor in Leadership Studies. She also attended The University of Alabama at Birmingham and received a Masters in Arts in Clinical Mental Health Coun...

RESOURCES Parent Coaching is available for any parent looking to build additional strengths in parenting.  HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms.  LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES The mission of Lifeline Children’s Services is to equip the Body of Christ to manifest the gospel to vulnerable children. Our vision is for vulnera...

GUEST Chris Johnson joined Lifeline in March 2020 and serves as the National Director of Church Partnerships. He previously served as a pastor for 24 years and as the Executive Director of the Kentucky Governor’s Office of Faith and Community Based Initiatives. Chris has also served as a consultant and has been a frequent speaker at local, state, and national conferences, churches, and community g...

GUEST Jana Lombardo is the Senior Program Director of International Programs. She has been with Lifeline since 1992 after she graduated from Auburn with a bachelor’s degree in social work. She worked for six and a half years as a domestic social worker/ birthmother counselor until the birth of her first son Eli. She became a TBRI Practitioner in 2017. Jana and her husband, Luke, are also proud par...

GUESTS Karla Thrasher is the Director of International Adoption at Lifeline. She has a degree in social work from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She and her husband Jamie have three precious children, Michael, Mary Allison, and Lucy. She began working with Lifeline in 2001. She works with the international program as a crucial liaison and help for prospective parents. She serves the Chin...

GUESTS Beth Perez : Beth joined the Lifeline staff in August 2011. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Mobile in 2008 and continued her education at the University of Alabama, where she received a Master’s in Social Work in 2011. Beth is a licensed social worker and works with Lifeline’s Latin American program. She became a TBRI Practitioner in 2012. Beth has had the...

GUESTS Oscar Perez : Oscar joined the Lifeline team in February of 2018 as our Colombia Orphan Care Coordinator. He’s originally from Cartagena, Colombia but now lives in Bogota, Colombia with his lovely wife, Beth, and puppy, Cocoa Reina. Their family really enjoys being able to serve the local church as well as adoptive families as they travel to Colombia to adopt their children. In his free tim...

GUESTS Sam Collier is a pastor, speaker, writer, and host of the “A Greater Story with Sam Collier” TV show and radio podcast. He is a speaker and host at North Point Ministries, founded by Andy Stanley, and he also communicates nationally and internationally as a speaker and contributor to the ReThink Group, Orange Network, Orange Tour, Alpha International Leadership Conference, Willow Creek Glob...

Lifeline International Adoption - https://lifelinechild.org/international-adoption/ GUESTS Jana Lombardo is the Senior Program Director of International Programs. She has been with Lifeline since 1992 after she graduated from Auburn with a bachelor’s degree in social work. She worked for six and a half years as a domestic social worker/ birthmother counselor until the birth of her first son Eli. S...

Lifeline International Adoption - https://lifelinechild.org/international-adoption/ GUESTS Brooke Rowan is Lifeline’s Program manager and social worker for Haiti. Brooke began working with Lifeline in 2017. She graduated in 2015 with a BS in Psychology from UAB. During graduate school, she spent a few weeks in Uganda with Compassion International, continued on to serve as Director over a mission s...

Lifeline Counseling - lifelinechild.org/counseling GUESTS Eric Frye, President of Waynes Environmental Services Josh Caldwell, VP of International Ministry Oscar Perez, (un)adopted Latin America Coordinator HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms.  LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES The mission of Lifeline Children’s Services is...

Lifeline Counseling - lifelinechild.org/counseling R(un) for One - runforone5k.org GUEST Angela Mains, MA, LPC, Program Director of Lifeline Counseling HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms.  LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES The mission of Lifeline Children’s Services is to equip the Body of Christ to manifest the gospel to v...

Stand for Orphans - standfororphans.org R(un) for One - runforone5k.org GUEST The Rick & Bubba Show - https://www.rickandbubba.com/ HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms.  LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES The mission of Lifeline Children’s Services is to equip the Body of Christ to manifest the gospel to vulnerable childr...

Lifeline Pregnancy Counseling - pregnant.lifelinechild.org GUEST Deanna Jewell, Senior Director of Health & Client Services at The Pregnancy Network Deanna has a Bachelor’s Degree in Ministry to Women from Moody Bible Institute and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Ministry to Women from Southeastern Theological Seminary. Deanna loves training and equipping staff and volunteers to empo...

R(un) for One - runforone5k.org GUEST Michael Edwards, (un)adopted Program Director Tarun Manogarom Dr. Neil Anderson, Founder of Freedom in Christ Ministries HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms.  LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES The mission of Lifeline Children’s Services is to equip the Body of Christ to manifest the gosp...

Parent Coaching - lifelinechild.org/parentcoaching GUESTS Karla Thrasher, Director of International Adoption at Lifeline Lauren McAfee - Lauren Green McAfee is a speaker, writer, connector and coffee enthusiast with a heart to engage others in the Bible. While pursuing her graduate degrees in pastoral counseling and theology, Lauren worked at Museum of the Bible from its founding days, until its o...

Stand for Orphans - standfororphans.org GUESTS Alton Hardy, Pastor and Founder of Urban Hope Community Church  Eric Saunders, Campus Pastor at the McLean Bible Church Arlington Campus Quinton Dial, former NFL Defensive Lineman HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms.  LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES The mission of Lifeline Chi...

Join our COVID-19 response - lifelinechild.org/respond Journey Magazine - lifelinechild.org/alumni lifeline@lifelinechild.org milestones@lifelienchild.org GUESTS Alex Sam - Everett Mission Daniel Ponraj - Shubh Sandesh Foundation HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms.  LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES The mission of Lifeline...

Lifeline Store - https://store.lifelinechild.org/ GUESTS Thomas Beavers, Pastor at New Rising Star Church in Birmingham, AL Sharri Black, Casework Supervisor at Lifeline Claire Davis, adoptive mother and Director of Domestic Casework Supervision at Lifeline Chris Johnson, adoptive father and National Director of Church Partnerships at Lifeline Amelia Johnson, daughter of Chris Johnson HOST Herbie...

R(un) for One - runforone5k.org Bridge Educational Services - lifelinechild.org/bridge GUESTS Ann Maura Hinton, Educational Specialist at Lifeline Children's Services - annmaura.hinton@lifelinechild.org Rick Morton, VP of Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms.  LIFELINE CHILDREN'...

Altar84 Global Orphan Care Network - lifelinechild.org/altar84 GUEST Dr. Heather Quagliana is an associate professor of psychology at Lee University in Cleveland, TN.  Quagliana, a Lee alum, joined Lee’s faculty in 2008. She teaches courses such as Childhood Disorders and Intervention Strategies, Child Development, Personality Theory, and Community Psychology. Prior to Lee, she taught at Community...

$500 International Scholarship - lifelinechild.org/scholarship Foster Care -  https://lifelinechild.org/family-restoration/ GUEST Jennifer Travis, LICSW, TBRI Practitioner , Foster Care Program Director at Lifeline Cara Loy, LMSW, Foster Care Social Worker at Lifeline HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms.  LIFELINE CHILD...

Altar84 - Global Orphan Care Network -  https://lifelinechild.org/gocn/ GUEST Raphael Kajjubi is the pastor of King Jesus Church in Busega, Uganda. He and his wife, Alan, began their ministry with the vision to make Christ known in a prominently Muslim community. They found that the deaf and blind were one of the most under-served populations in the community. In partnership with Lifeline’s (un)ad...

$500 International Adoption Scholarship - lifelinechild.org/scholarship HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms.  LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES The mission of Lifeline Children’s Services is to equip the Body of Christ to manifest the gospel to vulnerable children. Our vision is for vulnerable children and their communities...