The Jess Connolly Podcast

Gals, we are so excited to share this week’s episode with you. We sat down with the incredible, beautiful Ginny Owens for a conversation on mission and how to carry hope even when our story turns out differently than we hoped. You probably know Ginny already as she is a woman on mission, using even her brokenness to tell of God’s glory. She’s a singer, songwriter, author, teacher, and advocate. Sh...

If you have ever wondered if your mission actually matters, if it is actually worth it, then friend, this is the episode for you. We sat down with our friend Sharon , and her wisdom and encouragement was the exact gift we needed to hear. If you don’t already know Sharon Hodde Miller , we’re thrilled to introduce you to her. She’s a teaching pastor, an author, a church planter, a wife, and a mom. A...

Are you a woman on mission, wearing a few different hats? This episode is for you. We sat down with our friend Trillia to talk about motherhood, mission, and life lately. We’re also talking about being a mother on mission, adjusting to the needs of her children. Whether you’re a mother or not, we pray this episode will encourage you today. Trillia is a wife, a mom, an author, and a speaker. We tal...

In honor of our 100th episode, we’re looking back and dreaming forward. Our conversations here might have looked different over our first 100 episodes, but our hope and prayer is no less anchored: encouraging and equipping you for the good of others and the glory of God. Join us in this special episode as we think about our first 100, answer some of your incredible questions, and vision cast for o...

When our friend Taylor released her first book, she just knew we had to talk to her on the podcast. Taylor is bright and brave, and she trusts God with what is good and what is hard. We just know that her story of hope and healing will leave you encouraged. Taylor Schumann is a wife, a mom, an author, and an activist. She’s the author of an incredible new book, When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Eno...

This week on the Go + Tell Gals Podcast, we’re sharing this conversation with our friend, Bethny Ricks . What happens when your mission shifts? How do you follow Him well into the new spaces He’s calling you to? Bethny is exactly the friend we want to talk to about this. Bethny is a mother, a woman of prayer, and an encourager. She’s a former business executive, and now, she writes and speaks , us...

Calling all hair stylists, baristas, college students, and women using what they’ve got, whether you’re in vocational ministry or not: THIS CONVERSATION IS FOR YOU. When our friend Cassandra Speer was in Charleston, we sat down together to record a conversation for the podcast and we are pumped to share this episode with you today. Cass is a woman on mission, using exactly what she’s been given fo...

How do we embrace our own stories, even when they’re full of brokenness? How can we find God in the fractured spaces? How do you remember and retell the goodness of God? And how do we lament with fellow believers that are also walking through brokenness?  We sat down with one of our favorite gals, Ellie Holcomb , to talk through this, and friends, this was one of our favorite conversations ev...

When we ended this interview, we already could not wait to share this episode with you. If you are tired and weary today, this episode is a soft place to land. We’re sitting down with our friend Ruth Chou Simons , and we know that she will speak life into you today. Ruth is a wife and a mom to 6 boys. She is also an author, an artist, an entrepreneur, a speaker, and the founder of GraceLaced . In...

As we head into this summer, we want to equip you with some tools to help you keep running on mission while also setting helpful expectations during this season. In this episode, we’re letting you in on all of our tendencies and how we are shifting to find God well during these months where the pace has shifted. Whether it’s stepping away from social media for a few days (or weeks), establishing p...

Today’s episode is a bit of a different episode. While we typically host other women running on mission on the podcast, today, our very own Jess Connolly is reading us a chapter of her brand new book, Breaking Free From Body Shame . Listen in for Chapter 3: Renaming What The World Has Labeled Less Than. Breaking Free From Body Shame is available for preorder now - the physical copy or the audioboo...

We are jumping right in with this episode. We’re talking about everything from doubt and unbelief to making a home to Church hurt to using your words to creativity to holiness. We sat down with our friend and one of your most-requested guests, Jackie Hill Perry , to discuss her upcoming book and soak up some of her incredible wisdom. We finished this conversation and just said wow because we were...

Friends - you are in for a LIFE-GIVING conversation with this episode. Whether you’re the CEO, the barista, the hairstylist, the blogger, or the grad school student, this conversation with our friend Carlos Whittaker (the second male to ever be on the podcast!) will equip and encourage you to use your gifts right where you’re at. Carlos is an author, speaker, and “hope dealer”, using his gifts to...

Friends! Since we recently relaunched the podcast with a brand new cohost ( Kennesha! ) and a brand new producer ( Brenna! ), we wanted to host an Ask Us Anything episode so that you could get to know our team a bit more. You - our listeners - submitted questions, and we loved getting to answer them! In this episode, we’re talking about mission in the “ordinary” days. We’re talking boundaries with...

For this week’s episode, our friend and the incredible worship leader Melodie Malone joined us for a conversation on mission, creativity, and living a life of one long, obedient response . Melodie is a worship leader at Passion City Church. She’s passionate about the Bible and about listening to the Holy Spirit. She believes that God has a great invitation for all of us: to not just find Him in th...

We sat down with our friend Danielle Coke ( @ohhappydani ), and friends, you are in for such an encouraging and equipping conversation. We've been counting down the days until we could share this episode with you. Dani is a digital art creator with a heart for loving our neighbors. She’s going after reconciliation, and she’s burdened for educating us well in the anti-racism conversation. She’s pas...

You can’t turn on the news without seeing injustice. You can't scroll social media without hearing about injustice. How do women of mission respond to injustice? What do we do? How do we use what we’ve got for the good of others and the glory of God, all the while knowing that we are placed exactly where we’re supposed to be so that we can respond to injustice right now? In this conversation with...

Today, we’re sitting down with our friend + actual powerhouse, Toni Collier. Toni is a pastor, a wife, a storyteller, and the founder of Broken Crayons Still Color . She’s using her story for the good of others and the glory of God, and she’s passionate about women not letting their brokenness hold them back. Yes and amen. In this episode, we’re talking about church hurt, accountability, and the p...

What does mission mean? What does the Go + Tell Gals team mean when we talk about “mission”? If it’s not being a missionary or serving specifically in ministry, what does it mean? In this episode, we’re diving into how we define mission and what a woman running on mission looks like. Listen in as on this encouraging conversation with Jess + Kennesha. ____________ What does mission look like for yo...

FRIENDS. We are back, and we are so excited about it! Last summer when the world got really loud, we got quiet. We paused to hear God and ask for clarity on our next moves. Then towards the end of 2020, we started dreaming up our podcast relaunch and we really focused in on our why: why does the podcast matter, and why should we keep going? And when we answered these questions, we were led right t...

This episode is the last of our COVID Confessions series, where we talk with different women on mission about what life looks like right now, in the middle of a pandemic - what has changed, what they've learned, and what they'll take with them. Ainsley Britain is a youth minister, wife, and author who has felt the effects of this season just like we all have. She and Jess talk about adjusting to l...

We set out to introduce you to Jenn Jett Barrett on the podcast last year, but technology sabotaged the interview - and we now think it was all for the better. In the latest COVID Confessions interview, Jenn shares deep and meaningful truth about defending one another's dreams, not quitting, and trusting God through it all - because nothing can hold back His plans for our lives (not even a worldwi...

We’re continuing on in our COVID Confessions series, hearing from mission-minded women whose lives have been affected over the past months – just like all of ours have been. Author, Bible teacher, mom, and leader Chrystal Evans Hurst is sharing what she’s learned in this season, and it feels like a deep breath. No matter what life looks like right now, may Chrystal’s encouragement be a soft place...

We're in a series called COVID Confessions, in which women from all walks of life are sharing what they're learning during this unprecedented time we all find ourselves in, and how they're finding a new normal and healing in the midst of it. Joining us in this episode is Paula Faris , a mother, author, and former news correspondent. She shares what it was like when God called her out of her dream...

Ariana Rivera joins us for the fourth segment of our COVID confessions series. In this power-packed episode, she's sharing what life on mission has looked like over the past few months and what she'll take with her out of this season - and she drops so much wisdom about what is true about God, now and always.