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Send us Fan Mail We have Joey Young on the podcast this week, and trust me you do not want to miss this one. Joey is our International Missions Pastor at North Monroe, so he spends much of his time traveling with his wife Lori Young to multiple countries a year. What you may not know is that Joey didn’t always do international missions. Today Joey shares his story of always serving in the church,...

Send us Fan Mail This week I got the honor to interview Tom Pryde, a pastor and the founder of Psalm 82 Initiative which is a ministry built on victim advocacy. Tom’s extensive wisdom and experience in this ministry has led him to organize his teaching into 4 specific patterns that are present in every abusive relationship as well as how those may show up. We also talk today about how we can all h...

Send us Fan Mail Thank y'all for letting us take a month to commemorate the book and so many much needed topics of motherhood, but today we are back to your favorite Saltworks stories and we have a wonderful guest for you. Becky Flemister is on the podcast today, and Becky shares with us her story of really falling in love with reading Scripture. What her journey looked like and helpful tools...

Send us Fan Mail It’s the fourth and final week of March Motherhood Madness, where we have discussed topics from the book with a different host each week. To close out the month, we have Dr. Emily Jones on the podcast! Today, Emily and I talk about the repentance and repair that happens when we fail. We also distinguish between what is failing and what’s simply being human– something mom guilt oft...

Send us Fan Mail It’s week three of March Motherhood Madness! Last week we talked all about grace, compassion, and mom guilt. This week, your favorite co-host, Lindsay Stagg, is actually hosting, and I was very surprised with the topics and chapters she picked. Today, we are diving into the questions: can moms have fun? Can moms have rest? And most importantly, why is it that we struggle with thes...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to the Saltworks Podcast! Last week on launch day we covered all the behind the scenes of my new book, You’re Still a Good Mom: Motherhood Surrendered to the One Who Never Fails (Even When You Feel You Have). The rest of this month, however, we’ll be having different surprise hosts to dive into the topics written in the book– we’re lovingly calling it March Motherhood...

Send us Fan Mail GUYS! Today is LAUNCH DAY for You’re Still a Good Mom: Motherhood Surrendered to the One WHo Never Fails (Even When You Feel You Have). I cannot believe the day is here, and so to commemorate this occasion, I am actually not hosting. My husband Andrew is host today and we are having a conversation that is honestly just real and vulnerable about the behind the scenes of this book....

Send us Fan Mail Friends, this episode is nothing short of life-giving. I have been so excited to share it with you. On the podcast today we have Kirby Johnson who is a licensed counselor and all around wise woman. As she shares with us her story of growing up with a transactional view of faith, we talk about overcoming legalism, letting go of shame, how to love and still set boundaries, and waiti...

Send us Fan Mail Oh my goodness, this episode. Lydia Walker is on the podcast today, and her story is a powerful testament to the goodness of God. From His faithfulness to keep pursuing us even when we choose to go astray to His providence in His plans for us– Lydia’s story brings hope in it all. If you don’t know Lydia, she is an open book about things that she’s walked, because she truly believe...

Send us Fan Mail We’re doing something BRAND NEW today! While I usually wear the hat of ‘host’ here on the Saltworks, I also occasionally get the honor to speak at women’s events. Today, for the first time, I get to share with you a recording from the Abide in the Word Conference 2025. When we are in Christ, our salvation is firmly secured in Him. However, Jesus didn’t just come to bring eternal l...

Send us Fan Mail Today marks the 80th episode for the Saltworks!! Misty Halley is on the podcast today, and it is just a beautiful story. Misty shares about her childhood that led her into a pattern of deep people-pleasing and the road she’s walked of overcoming that with the Lord. Misty also shares with us about some earlier dynamics in their marriage and how EMDR  therapy changed their relations...

Send us Fan Mail It’s been a minute since we have had a topic Tuesday with your favorite co-host! Lindsay Stagg is back on the podcast today and we are diving into a topic that we tend to want to avoid: forgiveness. It’s a convicting topic as we all have things all the time we are working through forgiving. Whether it’s on a small scale with those we love most, a betrayal, or forgiving what feels...

Send us Fan Mail We have the sweetest soul on the podcast today. Britten Lightsey is just the epitome of kindness and gentleness, but her story didn’t always feel that way. Losing her dad at a young age and then her mom at age 13, Britten found herself in deep grief for her parents and in search for a place of belonging. Fighting identity crisis and learning to cope despite grief, loss, and anger,...

Send us Fan Mail I loved my conversation with Ashley Minor, and I finally get to share it with you! Ashley and I met last January at the Abide Conference and kept contact through social media. This January– one year later– I get to share her story with you, and it is sobeautiful. Ashley grew up with lots of change from a young age, and with so many variables constantly shifting, basketball became...

Send us Fan Mail Listen, ya’ll are not ready! We are starting 2025 off with a bang. Jordy Mckaskle is on the show today, and we are diving deep into the art of surrender. As Jordy unfolds parts of his story with us, diving into failed dreams and hardships he’s walked, he teaches throughout how to be brutally honest with God– and consequently, how to allow God to be brutally honest with us. However...

Send us Fan Mail We’ve got a great show for you in our last week of 2024! My friend Martha Grace Courtright is on the podcast today sharing with us her story and much wisdom. Martha Grace is a wife, a mother, AND a doctor. Because of these many roles she has, she is the perfect person to talk to us about intentionality. Having grown up in the South, but living out of state since high school, she b...

Send us Fan Mail Join me today for a short and sweet episode as we dive in together to the Christmas story. As we look into the lives of Zechariah, Elizabeth, Joseph, Mary and the Shepherds– they each had different roles to fill. Different contributions and therefore different sacrifices. Each of them are remembered at this time of year for the things that they did– but what about the things they...

Send us Fan Mail We have a great show for you today packed with life-changing truths. You know him from the Knowing Faith podcast– Kyle Worley is on the podcast today and he brings such good news to us about our union with Christ as we discuss his book Home with God which releases February 11th!  Kyle paints for us this beautiful picture of how we as believers have belonging in Christ that cannot...

Send us Fan Mail We have a great show for you this week! Karen Neal, a mom and now a grandmother, shares her story from growing up unchurched, to deciding there was no God, to surrendering her life and working in children’s ministry for 30 years. Karen is full of wisdom and just a delight to talk to. You will hear her share about her perspective of the church as an unbeliever, a miraculous story o...

Send us Fan Mail If you know SueAnn Graeber, then you know the deeply joyful person she is. Once my second grade Sunday school teacher, and now my daughter’s, I’ve known SueAnn for a long time. She always has a smile on her face and she is a steady presence in so many people’s lives. What you may not realize is the endurance, perseverance, and faith it has taken to keep that level of joy. In her s...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Thanksgiving, Saltworks fam! We’ve got a fun episode for you this week to celebrate the holiday. Lindsay Stagg is back on the show but today as HOST and I got to play co-host. We are talking all things gratitude! What does it really mean– do we have the proper understanding of it? We talk all about the neuroscience of gratitude and how science is finding out what Scripture h...

Send us Fan Mail Andrew and I have already had some great conversations coming from things I learned in this very conversation. This week is both a continuation of my conversation with Jessika McKaskle from last week and a really powerful stand-alone message for a strong and intentional marriage. We all bring habits, biases, and oftentimes baggage into our marriage whether we realize it or not. On...

Send us Fan Mail Jessika McKaskle is on the podcast this week, and it is such a gift! If you don’t  know Jessika, she is open and honest and keeps things real. Today was no different as she shares with us her battle with control, self-sufficiency, and perfectionism. Hearing her lay it all out so boldly is such a powerful reminder for us to search our hearts on where we may be holding these very sa...

Send us Fan Mail You have asked for Terry Slawson, and we listened! Today’s conversation was my first time meeting Terry, and you guys were not lying. It is. so. good. Every minute is so needed. Terry shares how he came to know Christ, what it looked like to follow Him– even in a later call to ministry that eventually led him to begin Seeker Springs with his late wife Tammie. Terry also shares wit...

Send us Fan Mail We’ve got a great show for you this week. If you were around for Season 1, then you know and love Laura Katzenmeyer, but if you were not, you are in for a treat. She brings wisdom and peace to every room, and my goodness you’re just going to love her. We’re diving into some heavy topics, some mysterious topics, yet some very real truths. Talking about spiritual warfare can feel he...