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Let's Talk with Sanctuary

118 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratings

Let's Talk with Sanctuary is a podcast for women, specifically women in ministry. It's our firm belief at Sanctuary that isolation is the Number One tool that the enemy is using to take down women in leadership. Through this platform it is Sanctuary's endeavor to open the conversation with off-limits topics, share some love, laughter, and encouragement, and inspire more authentic conversation among ministry wives. ​Let's talk.

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Let's Talk Episode 44 | Finish the Race

June 17, 2022 12:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. Stepping past the norm for Let's Talk with Sanctuary, host Bridgette Tomlin takes this episode to deliver a timely message that she strongly felt prompted to share--one that made her feel uncomfortable in the receiving and, undoubtedly, in the delivery. And while she assures the listener "this may never happen again", Bridgette couldn't help but obey the Holy Spirit's prompting, pouring her heart out to the listener and urging each follower of Jesus Christ to finish ...

Let's Talk Episode 43 | Ministry to Women, Part 2

June 03, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. Today we welcome special guest Kelli Ferguson back to the podcast as we roll out Part Two of our four-part series this year on Ministry to Women. [If you haven't had a chance to listen to Part One, don't miss out! Check out Episode 37] In this episode host Bridgette Tomlin and her guest Kelli dig just a little deeper to discover why connection is so important to women, how to lead your women's ministries toward it, and what the pitfalls are along the way. As Kelli re...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep19 | Ministry to Women, Part 2

June 03, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MB

Today we welcome special guest Kelli Ferguson back to the podcast as we roll out Part Two of our four-part series this year on Ministry to Women. [If you haven't had a chance to listen to Part One, don't miss out! Check out S2 Ep13] In this episode host Bridgette Tomlin and her guest Kelli dig just a little deeper to discover why connection is so important to women, how to lead your women's ministries toward it, and what the pitfalls are along the way. As Kelli reminds us, "We can’t wait unt...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep18 | Grace for Each Season

May 20, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MB

We know that just because something is hard, it doesn’t mean you aren’t assigned by God to do it. But how do you know if something is harder because the grace God provided for that season has been removed? Today's guest is husband to Let's Talk's host Bridgette Tomlin, Chresten Tomlin. Through this episode, Chresten and Bridgette endeavor to share a conversation they've been having throughout 24 years of marriage and ministry during various seasons. They share behind-the-scenes details of hi...

Let's Talk Episode 42 | Grace for Each Season

May 20, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. We know that just because something is hard, it doesn’t mean you aren’t assigned by God to do it. But how do you know if something is harder because the grace God provided for that season has been removed? Today's guest is husband to Let's Talk's host Bridgette Tomlin, Chresten Tomlin. Through this episode, Chresten and Bridgette endeavor to share a conversation they've been having throughout 24 years of marriage and ministry during various seasons. They share behind...

Let's Talk Episode 41 | Identity Grounded in Truth

May 06, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. In S2 | Ep 15, our guest Jon Purkey (Nexus KC) shared this statement, which is echoing through a variety of issues confronting our culture right now, especially about identity: “People are trying to invent truth. You can’t create Truth. You just discover it.” Currently we see a blinking red light around the issue of identity, whether that be sexual identity, vocational identity, spiritual identity. In today's episode we welcome guest Susan Vandenheuvel (She Rises MN)...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep17 | Identity Grounded in Truth

May 06, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MB

In S2 | Ep 15, our guest Jon Purkey (Nexus KC) shared this statement, which is echoing through a variety of issues confronting our culture right now, especially about identity: “People are trying to invent truth. You can’t create Truth. You just discover it.” Currently we see a blinking red light around the issue of identity, whether that be sexual identity, vocational identity, spiritual identity. In today's episode we welcome guest Susan Vandenheuvel (She Rises MN) to offer some insight on...

Let's Talk Episode 40 | The Social Media Influencer

April 22, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. The term ‘influencer’ carries positive and negative vibes with it. But what was considered optional for the local church just a few years ago has nearly become a requirement in maintaining community in the midst of a worldwide pandemic! We saw so many who had yet to create an online presence for their church or ministry become painfully, and urgently, aware that the circumstances surrounding Covid-19 were not going to quickly evaporate. In today's episode we acknowl...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep16 | The Social Media Influencer

April 22, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MB

The term ‘influencer’ carries positive and negative vibes with it. But what was considered optional for the local church just a few years ago has nearly become a requirement in maintaining community in the midst of a worldwide pandemic! We saw so many who had yet to create an online presence for their church or ministry become painfully, and urgently, aware that the circumstances surrounding Covid-19 were not going to quickly evaporate. In today's episode we acknowledge the need to be inter...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep15 | The Power of the Pivot

April 08, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MB

When you consider the pivot in sports, like basketball, the player’s foot is grounded, but he’s shifting with the other foot, looking for an alternate route to accomplish the same objective–which is to make a goal, put that ball through the net, bypassing the obstacle or other team’s player that looms in the way. As we consider the past few years, we see those who took the opportunity to pivot and recalibrate around the variety of obstacles presented to us worldwide have managed to do more...

Let's Talk Episode 39 | The Power of the Pivot

April 08, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. When you consider the pivot in sports, like basketball, the player’s foot is grounded, but he’s shifting with the other foot, looking for an alternate route to accomplish the same objective–which is to make a goal, put that ball through the net, bypassing the obstacle or other team’s player that looms in the way. As we consider the past few years, we see those who took the opportunity to pivot and recalibrate around the variety of obstacles presented to us worldwid...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep14 | Abortion Recovery

March 18, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MB

In S2 | Episode 14 of Let's Talk with Sanctuary, host Bridgette Tomlin and her guest Kelli Ferguson spoke openly about the highs and lows of women’s ministries. Women are such a vibrant part of the local church and are used by God to accomplish so many incredible things for His Cause. Today we tackle an issue that affects 1 in 3 women in our nation and that is the issue of abortion recovery. Not only is this important for you to learn more about as a leader of others, but this may be somethi...

Let's Talk Episode 38 | Abortion Recovery

March 18, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. In S2 | Episode 14 of Let's Talk with Sanctuary, host Bridgette Tomlin and her guest Kelli Ferguson spoke openly about the highs and lows of women’s ministries. Women are such a vibrant part of the local church and are used by God to accomplish so many incredible things for His Cause. Today we tackle an issue that affects 1 in 3 women in our nation and that is the issue of abortion recovery. Not only is this important for you to learn more about as a leader of others...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep13 | Ministry to Women

March 04, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MB

When it comes to women’s ministries—cultivating spiritual growth and fostering healthy, authentic connection—what does that look like in 2022? Are women’s ministries as necessary today in the local Church as they were 50, 60, 70 years ago? Why? And if so, what should they look like? Today we welcome special guest Kelli Ferguson to help host Bridgette Tomlin tackle these questions and so much more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Let's Talk Episode 37 | Ministry to Women

March 04, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MB

Send us a Text Message. When it comes to women’s ministries—cultivating spiritual growth and fostering healthy, authentic connection—what does that look like in 2022? Are women’s ministries as necessary today in the local Church as they were 50, 60, 70 years ago? Why? And if so, what should they look like? Today we welcome special guest Kelli Ferguson to help host Bridgette Tomlin tackle these questions and so much more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------...

Let's Talk Episode 36 | Married to Strength + Weakness

February 18, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. For many women who are married to the minister, there must be intentional effort in striking a balance between the strengths and weaknesses of the driven leader husband. The temptation is to compare ourselves, our talents, our gifts with our husbands. Today's guest Ashley Simmons shares openly about her own experiences of being married to a talented, strong, and driven husband and what she's learned through more than two decades of ministry life. How do you keep from...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep12 | Married to Strength + Weakness

February 18, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MB

For many women who are married to the minister, there must be intentional effort in striking a balance between the strengths and weaknesses of the driven leader husband. The temptation is to compare ourselves, our talents, our gifts with our husbands. Today's guest Ashley Simmons shares openly about her own experiences of being married to a talented, strong, and driven husband and what she's learned through more than two decades of ministry life. How do you keep from comparing? And even more...

Let's Talk Episode 35 | In the Waiting

February 04, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. Waiting. Nobody likes to wait. But there are beautiful things to discover in the waiting if we will wait with purpose. Today's guest Christa Smith, author of Singled Out in a Couples World, brings us a fresh reminder of the lessons she discovered while waiting to meet and marry her husband Sean at age 39. Her vantage point will encourage the listener in the waiting, whether she's waiting to meet her life's partner, waiting for a new ministry opportunity, looking for ...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep11 | In the Waiting

February 04, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

Waiting. Nobody likes to wait. But there are beautiful things to discover in the waiting if we will wait with purpose. Today's guest Christa Smith, author of Singled Out in a Couples World, brings us a fresh reminder of the lessons she discovered while waiting to meet and marry her husband Sean at age 39. Her vantage point will encourage the listener in the waiting, whether she's waiting to meet her life's partner, waiting for a new ministry opportunity, looking for the exit from a difficult...

Let's Talk Episode 34 | The Church is the Solution

January 21, 2022 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MB

Send us a Text Message. Today we are going to talk about taking the first step in an area of our culture that has been widely overlooked by the Church at large in the US, and most likely, worldwide. And that is in the area of reaching and supporting the child welfare community of our nation’s cities. Even if you have the urge to scroll on by now because it’s “one more thing”, receive the challenge to take a listen! Just hear today’s guest out because, guaranteed, there is something that eve...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep10 | The Church is the Solution

January 21, 2022 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MB

Today we are going to talk about taking the first step in an area of our culture that has been widely overlooked by the Church at large in the US, and most likely, worldwide. And that is in the area of reaching and supporting the child welfare community of our nation’s cities. Even if you have the urge to scroll on by now because it’s “one more thing”, receive the challenge to take a listen! Just hear today’s guest out because, guaranteed, there is something that every single person can do, ...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep9 | New Beginnings

January 07, 2022 03:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB

Have you endured tragedy or trauma? Are you struggling to have hope for great things in this new year? Today’s guest Miriam Neff has walked through her own challenging journey of loss and comes to us to offer the vantage point of her perspective through the belief in new beginnings. As we begin this new year, we must dig a little deeper than new year’s resolutions to lose weight, walk more, work harder, or dream bigger. Today we will discover that healing can begin in our lives and God’s pla...

Let's Talk Episode 33 | New Beginnings

January 07, 2022 03:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB

Send us a Text Message. Have you endured tragedy or trauma? Are you struggling to have hope for great things in this new year? Today’s guest Miriam Neff has walked through her own challenging journey of loss and comes to us to offer the vantage point of her perspective through the belief in new beginnings. As we begin this new year, we must dig a little deeper than new year’s resolutions to lose weight, walk more, work harder, or dream bigger. Today we will discover that healing can begin i...

Let's Talk Episode 32 | Life Beyond Betrayal

December 21, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MB

Send us a Text Message. Satan, our adversary, is seeking—and always has sought—to take out those in spiritual leadership. Satan hates the family. He hates the marriage—especially those founded upon the Word of God because the family is a living picture to the world of God’s plan of salvation.  Today we welcome our guest Lynn Marie Cherry to take this conversation to a new level. Lynn and her husband David have walked through some very difficult seasons together. Gratefully, they've both ch...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep8 | Life Beyond Betrayal

December 21, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MB

Satan, our adversary, is seeking—and always has sought—to take out those in spiritual leadership. Satan hates the family. He hates the marriage—especially those founded upon the Word of God because the family is a living picture to the world of God’s plan of salvation.  Today we welcome our guest Lynn Marie Cherry to take this conversation to a new level. Lynn and her husband David have walked through some very difficult seasons together. Gratefully, they've both chosen to make themselves v...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep7 | Pastoring Your Family

December 07, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB

Today, as we come into this holiday season after a long and somewhat trying year, we are taking time to talk about how to pastor your family well. Many of our listeners serve in some form of leadership capacity, whether that be in ministry or otherwise. And often leaders have a tendency to give their best to the people group or business they lead, but are uncertain or even unaware of the lack of leadership they provide to their own families.  _________________________________________________...

Let's Talk Episode 31 | Pastoring Your Family

December 07, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. Today, as we come into this holiday season after a long and somewhat trying year, we are taking time to talk about how to pastor your family well. Many of our listeners serve in some form of leadership capacity, whether that be in ministry or otherwise. And often leaders have a tendency to give their best to the people group or business they lead, but are uncertain or even unaware of the lack of leadership they provide to their own families.  ________________________...

Let's Talk Episode 30 | The Gift of True Friendship

November 17, 2021 03:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MB

Send us a Text Message. Authentic connection is sort of the buzz phrase we continually use at Sanctuary as it is at the heart of everything we are trying to do, promote, and cultivate. And we emphasize “authentic” because it’s such a rare find. As women in ministry and leadership, it is vital that we discover, but also, facilitate for others, authentic connection and friendship. Today we welcome returning guest Crystal Williams, a champion of authentic friendship, powerful speaker, women's ...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep6 | The Gift of True Friendship

November 17, 2021 03:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MB

Authentic connection is sort of the buzz phrase we continually use at Sanctuary as it is at the heart of everything we are trying to do, promote, and cultivate. And we emphasize “authentic” because it’s such a rare find. As women in ministry and leadership, it is vital that we discover, but also, facilitate for others, authentic connection and friendship. Today we welcome returning guest Crystal Williams, a champion of authentic friendship, powerful speaker, women's ministries leader, and re...

Let's Talk Episode 29 | Disappointments & Delays

November 03, 2021 02:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. Disappointments and delays have been a part of the human experience from the very beginning of creation. Scripture is laced with some of the most historical encounters that seemed to be loaded with one delay or disappointment after another. But these past several months seem to have shoved disappointment and delay into our faces! Regardless of what level you’ve faced disappointment or felt your hopes have been delayed, lean into today’s conversation with our guest Li...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep5 | Disappointments & Delays

November 03, 2021 02:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MB

Disappointments and delays have been a part of the human experience from the very beginning of creation. Scripture is laced with some of the most historical encounters that seemed to be loaded with one delay or disappointment after another. But these past several months seem to have shoved disappointment and delay into our faces! Regardless of what level you’ve faced disappointment or felt your hopes have been delayed, lean into today’s conversation with our guest Lisa Goins as we talk about...

Let's Talk Episode 28 | Parenting the PK

October 20, 2021 02:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MB

Send us a Text Message. October is Ministers Appreciation Month and, as we often do here at Let’s Talk, we want to highlight solutions to dilemmas that are specific to the ministry family. Raising the preacher’s kids is definitely, at times, one of those dilemmas! Today our guest Casey Gibbons is joining us to school us from her own experience in raising not one, not two, but SIX preacher’s kids, elementary age through high school! You’ll find her on Instagram @mothergood as she shares abou...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep4 | Parenting the PK

October 20, 2021 02:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MB

October is Ministers Appreciation Month and, as we often do here at Let’s Talk, we want to highlight solutions to dilemmas that are specific to the ministry family. Raising the preacher’s kids is definitely, at times, one of those dilemmas! Today our guest Casey Gibbons is joining us to school us from her own experience in raising not one, not two, but SIX preacher’s kids, elementary age through high school! You’ll find her on Instagram @mothergood as she shares about life beyond the highlig...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep3 | My Year of Miracles

October 06, 2021 02:00 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MB

Women in ministry make a significant impact on the world as they selflessly and sacrificially serve the Kingdom of God. When you look throughout Scripture you’ll see—much of God’s plan has been fulfilled through the hands of women! Today we welcome one of those amazing servants to the podcast. We welcome Susanne Cox as she shares her incredible life story, a year of miracles, and the power of what God is doing through Project Rescue around the world. -----------------------------------------...

Let's Talk Episode 27 | My Year of Miracles

October 06, 2021 02:00 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MB

Send us a Text Message. Women in ministry make a significant impact on the world as they selflessly and sacrificially serve the Kingdom of God. When you look throughout Scripture you’ll see—much of God’s plan has been fulfilled through the hands of women! Today we welcome one of those amazing servants to the podcast. We welcome Susanne Cox as she shares her incredible life story, a year of miracles, and the power of what God is doing through Project Rescue around the world. ----------------...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep2 | Ministry Challenges, Part Two

September 22, 2021 09:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB

Let's celebrate! Let's Talk with Sanctuary recently completed our first season of podcasting and we are excited to welcome the entire Sanctuary leadership team to the pod today. In this episode you'll hear Bridgette, Pam, Casey, and Richelle revel in the growth of Sanctuary over the past six years and then tackle Part Two of the top challenges today's ministry family is facing. [Get caught up on Season 2 Episode 1 if you missed it!] -----------------------------------------------------------...

Let's Talk Episode 26 | Ministry Challenges, Part Two

September 22, 2021 09:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB

Send us a Text Message. Let's celebrate! Let's Talk with Sanctuary recently completed our first season of podcasting and we are excited to welcome the entire Sanctuary leadership team to the pod today. In this episode you'll hear Bridgette, Pam, Casey, and Richelle revel in the growth of Sanctuary over the past six years and then tackle Part Two of the top challenges today's ministry family is facing. [Get caught up on Season 2 Episode 1 if you missed it!] ----------------------------------...

Let's Talk | S2 Ep1 | Ministry Challenges, Part One

September 08, 2021 01:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MB

Let's celebrate! Let's Talk with Sanctuary recently completed our first season of podcasting and we are excited to welcome the entire Sanctuary leadership team to the pod today. In this episode you'll hear Bridgette, Pam, Casey, and Richelle discuss their favorite episodes from Season One and then tackle the top challenges today's ministry family is facing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for a little support in the m...

LTS Season 2 | Episode 1

September 08, 2021 01:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MB

Let's celebrate! Let's Talk with Sanctuary recently completed our first season of podcasting and we are excited to welcome the entire Sanctuary leadership team to the pod today. In this episode you'll hear Bridgette, Pam, Casey, and Richelle discuss their favorite episodes from Season One and then tackle the top challenges today's ministry family is facing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for a little support in the m...

Let's Talk Episode 25 | Ministry Challenges, Part One

September 08, 2021 01:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MB

Send us a Text Message. Let's celebrate! Let's Talk with Sanctuary recently completed our first season of podcasting and we are excited to welcome the entire Sanctuary leadership team to the pod today. In this episode you'll hear Bridgette, Pam, Casey, and Richelle discuss their favorite episodes from Season One and then tackle the top challenges today's ministry family is facing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for ...

Let's Talk Episode 24 | Keeping On

August 18, 2021 02:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. What do you do when obstacles keep popping up, challenging the passion that drove you to obey God's call and plan for your life? When painful circumstances, health challenges, spiritual warfare keep hammering you, making you want to quit. Today's guest Bailey Kuert has encountered such challenges personally and ministerially and shares with us about what helps her keep going. BONUS:  Hear her heart about forming and maintaining friendships despite a busy schedule tha...

Let's Talk Episode 23 | The Perpetual Yes

August 03, 2021 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. Saying ‘yes’ to God’s will or plan for your life requires an initial, get-your-engine-going type of yes. But it also requires a perpetual yes in the days, weeks, months, and years of that assignment’s journey. In other words, you have to keep saying ‘yes’, when circumstances push against you, driving you to say ‘no’.  Our guest today knows all about this requirement as, over a decade ago, she and her family packed up the belongings they hadn’t sold and moved across ...

Let's Talk Episode 22 | 40 Days with the Holy Spirit

July 20, 2021 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. Most biblical scholars and students of prophecy would agree:  we are on the tail-end of the prophetic timeline before the return of Jesus Christ. And yet much of the Great Commission is yet to be completed. When you look back through close of the Gospels while Jesus was still physically on earth, His ascension was preceded by what we now call the Great Commission. This led into the launch of the Early Church and the endeavor to spread the Good News to both the Jew an...

Let's Talk Episode 21 | Raising Children to Release Them

July 06, 2021 23:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. Raising children in 2021 is complicated, to say the least. Raising children in the ministry provides an additional layer of complication into the mix! Today's episode focuses primarily on the topic of parenting in the ministry but provides even more emphasis on raising children to release them into God-given destinies. How do you raise children in the ministry but not expressly for the ministry? How does a parent go about fostering an inner independence into each chi...

Let's Talk Episode 20 | Leading Your Team with Joy

June 15, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. If there’s anything we can take away from the New Testament contents about the foundation and growth of the Early Church, it is this:  unity is the breeding ground for explosive power through the Holy Spirit. God responds to unity. He responds to unity amongst believers. He responds to unity in marriages and families. He responds to unity amongst leadership teams. And if unity has ever been challenged amongst the body of Christ before, it has definitely been challeng...

Let's Talk Episode 19 | Church Planting

June 01, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. A 2014 Forbes Magazine feature named being a spiritual leader as #5 on their 9 Toughest Leadership Roles. “Being a pastor is like death by a thousand paper cuts,” says Rev. Dr. Ken Fong, senior pastor at Evergreen Baptist Church in Rosemead, California and a program director at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena.  “You’re scrutinized and criticized from top to bottom, stem to stern. You work for an invisible, perfect Boss, and you’re supposed to lead a ragtag ga...

Let's Talk Episode 18 | Anxious for Nothing

May 19, 2021 00:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. Anxiety seems to be a common denominator in the lives of most people, but especially invades the lives of those who lead in any capacity. However, most don’t acknowledge they’re dealing with anxiety, much less do anything about it. Let’s talk about how to identify the signs of anxiety and extreme stress and how to deal with it in a healthy, Biblically based manner. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Let's Talk Episode 17 | Ministry PTSD

May 05, 2021 00:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. Ministers today are suffering from what we're calling Ministry PTSD—post-traumatic stress disorder from traumatic ministerial experiences. And many of them are not self-aware enough to acknowledge that or they don’t know what the answers are to pull themselves out of the pit. Today's episode guest Pastor Mike Allard has had his own fair share of experiences in such a pit and brings to us the lessons he learned in what he deems a place of "total failure". ------------...

Let's Talk Episode 16 | The Pastor's Widow

April 20, 2021 22:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MB

Send us a Text Message. What happens when the pastor's wife becomes the pastor's widow? In many cases, she loses far more than her husband. She stands to lose her identity, her source of income, her home, her community, her people. Grab a cup of coffee or hot tea, sit back, and take in this incredible conversation with our dear friend Betty Calabrese as she recounts the amazing journey God has led her on since the untimely death of her beloved husband, Joe, 40 years ago. ------------------...

Let's Talk Episode 15 | Top Life Hacks

April 06, 2021 22:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. Let’s have a little fun together, lighten the mood, and learn a few life hacks to lighten the load! We all find ourselves in different seasons, needing more efficient solutions to new dilemmas. Today we want to hear from our Life Hack Expert Richelle Wingo as she provides a few tips for five different categories of everyday life.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richelle Wingo is a wife and mother of thre...

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