The Good Day

Carol McLeod is a best-selling author and popular speaker at women’s conferences and retreats where she teaches the Word of God with great joy and enthusiasm. She encourages and empowers women with passionate and practical biblical messages mixed with her own special brand of hope and humor and is a prolific author and loves digging for truth in the Word of God. Today, we’re talking specifically a...

Peace, we want it so badly. As our friend Cara Blondo reminds us, the peace we experience today is proportionate to the time we spend in God’s presence. Whether through teaching Bible studies, speaking to groups in person or online, or writing devotionals or other Christ-centered resources, Cara is passionate about helping women connect biblical truths to their everyday lives. Through her blog, Th...

Missy is the author of Transformed Not Conformed: Embracing a Life-Changing Approach to Spiritual Habits and is passionate about sharing honest personal stories and relatable examples from Scripture to offer a respite from society’s demands to be Pinterest perfect. Drawing from the hills and valleys of her own transformation journey, Missy paves the way for igniting (or reigniting) a love for Chri...

Nichole Suvar is an author and speaker who is passionate about striving to live an intentional life. Through years of struggling with anxiety, Nichole has found help and solace in focusing on small moments of intentional living in everyday life. She has found that even the struggle of anxiety can be a tool to help point us to our Savior and live a life that brings Him glory. Today, we're working t...

Nicole Zasowski is an author and therapist who like many knows what it’s like to live a life terrified of celebrating. After experiencing prolonged seasons of hurt and disappointment, she had become highly suspicious of joy, afraid to enjoy the good things in life for fear they would be snatched away. We're diving into her book, What If It’s Wonderful?: An Invitation to Release Your Fears, Choose...

As I was praying over this next year of our time together, the one word the Lord continually pressed upon my heart was “peace.” I believe God wants to usher us into His peace this year. We'll learn if we want peace, we must get close to the source of peace, we must enter into the presence of peace. And, that, my friend, is what season 4 of The Good Day is all about. Today, we're talking about: How...

It's that time again... time to share the stories we've read and wisdom we've gained in the last year. I continued my commitment to read at least one book a month, and now I want to share my favorites with you. Today, we're talking about: How we can cultivate curiosity and learn from the experience of others Secular stories of bunnies and even cowdogs we grew up with which we can use to strengthen...

What if I were to tell you instead of making goals and resolutions for the New Year, you simply take one or two weeks and choose one word. If faith guides you like it does me, I'd encourage you to pray about what this one word should be for you this year. In previous years, I've grown in areas of " authenticity " and been led in ways I never expected through " open " then " no ." This last year, m...

It's one of our favorite times of the year! As we prepare for the gift of Christmas, may we prepare our hearts to experience the fullness of the gift of Christ even through our secular holiday traditions. Today, we're talking about: 5 words of Scripture we overlook but have immense depth for the story of Christmas Significance of Bethlehem as the setting for Jesus’ birth 1 man we never think of at...

It's one of our favorite times of the year! As we prepare for the gift of Christmas, may we prepare our hearts to experience the fullness of the gift of Christ even through our secular holiday traditions. Today, we're talking about: Our subconscious vocation as builders - what and why we do it Impact of 1 man (never featured in a nativity scene) The parallels of the worldly kingdom and the Kingdom...

It's one of our favorite times of the year! As we prepare for the gift of Christmas, may we prepare our hearts to experience the fullness of the gift of Christ even through our secular holiday traditions. Today, we're talking about: What happens when you put 2 million pounds of ice and a love for trains together - absolutely incredible sculptures! How the message in The Polar Express can help prep...

It's one of our favorite times of the year! As we prepare for the gift of Christmas, may we prepare our hearts to experience the fullness of the gift of Christ even through our secular holiday traditions. Today, we're talking about: How the fun tradition of Elf on the Shelf can help remind us to live out the gift of Christmas Preferring one another and healthy boundaries, how these work together P...

Mabel Ninan is the multi award-winning author of Far from Home. Born and raised in Hyderabad, India, her upbringing as a Christian made her a minority, putting her at odds with the dominant culture. As host of the YouTube podcast, Immigrant Faith Stories, she shares inspiring testimonies of immigrants, refugees, missionaries, third culture kids, and those who minister in cross-cultural settings. T...

Terry Feix serves as a Pastor at Crossings Community Church as well as the co-host of the So We Speak podcast. His background in Mathematics and Biblical Languages as well as Information Technology and Executive Sales, though not a typical path for a pastor, God has used to prepare Him uniquely for it. He has a passion to help The Bible come alive for people. Today, we're talking about: Our differ...

Christy Boleware is a speaker, Founder & President of Fearless Unite as well as the author of Nervous Breakthrough. After enduring a severe panic and anxiety disorder in 2011, she learned her superwoman tendencies and constant striving for success made her powerless to combat the beast of panic and anxiety. In her own words, "my superwoman cape strangled me." Today, we're talking about: From a...

Todd Isberner and Wendie Pett are a husband and wife duo, and co-hosts of the podcast: Your Biggest Breakthrough. With a Master of Divinity, Todd authored What Every Man Needs to Know: How to Master Faith, Family, Fitness and Finance. Wendie teaches the balance of mind, body and spirit through her Visibly Fit™ wellness program. She also serves as a naturopathic doctor, wife, mother, author, speake...

Rebecca George is the author of Do the Thing: Gospel-Centered Goals, Gumption, and Grace for the Go-Getter Girl as well as the host of the Radical Radiance podcast and founder of Radical Radiance®. Her greatest joy in life is discipling others to pursue their passions in a way that builds the Kingdom. Today, we're talking about: What to do when we feel "stuck" and fatigued by the laundry list of e...

Amy Elaine is the author of Becoming a Victory Girl. She is an inspirational speaker, former radio show host, gifted Bible teacher, and host of the The Grace Frontier Podcast . Her ministry is devoted to helping women with heart-shattered lives become whole again in Christ. Today, we're talking about: All things southern like pecan pie and fried okra What to do when chaos ensues in the form of dia...

Melanie Redd is the author of Just Rest: A 90-Day Devotional Journal. As a speaker and active blogger, Melanie uses all her resources including social media as an opportunity to encourage. Her topics center around hope, home and health. Today, we're talking about: Gaining hard-won wisdom from Peanuts cartoons Simply telling ourselves not to worry doesn't work very well, but declaring truth over ou...

As the author of Crushing Insecurity , Dr. Kim Allen is sharing how we can identify and overcome the voice of insecurity so we can more fully step into the purpose God has for us. With her doctorate in Theology and professional background, she has served in IT, Education, and Spiritual Leadership. Her passion is developing and presenting curricula and also mentoring women who need technical skills...

Misty Phillip is a speaker and the author of the award-winning #1 Amazon New Release Bible Study, The Struggle is Real: But so is God. As founder of Spark Media , she helps equips Christian Communicators and podcasters and also serves as host of the By His Grace Podcast ranked in the top 1.5 percent of all podcasts. Today, we are talking about: When the struggle is REAL and we wonder: Can God real...

I carry stress the same way I carry groceries - all in the same load. Thinking I'm a skilled waitress, I'll balance this plate of stress like this, top it with this bowl of worry and this fork of anxiety and this spoon of grief - all just-so. Except it doesn't end just-so. It ends with me feeling overwhelmed. If you feel overwhelmed by life's circumstances right now, tune into this episode. Today,...

As The Good Day turns THREE (3 whole years, can you believe it?!), the biggest change is... there's a new face around here! So, I figured it's time you meet 'Dubya, aka Will! To help lead us through some reflection of our last two years, our good friend and a featured writer for our Summer in the Psalms series is joining us - Mr. Luke Helms. Today, we're talking about: Dating - what it looked like...

One of our biggest dilemmas: life pulls us in a million and one directions. How do overcome this trap of distraction? Lisa Torres is sharing her reflection of Psalm 19 with us to help us do just that. Lisa is a motivational speaker, certified wellness coach as well as former international nonprofit fundraiser. She recently launched her executive coaching business where she helps staff of growing n...

What do we do when we feel evil has won? We need a safe haven - where can we go? In sharing her reflection of Psalm 12 with us, Nikki Evanson is reminding us God is our protector. A Christian writer, Nikki's mission is to help and equip Christian women to live for Jesus by following Matthew 22:37-39. She is a wife and mother to two beautiful children. Today, we're talking about: Careless words and...