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Saving Grayson: A Conversation with Chris Fabry
November 21, 2023 14:28 - 32 minutes - 21 MBChris Fabry is the host of Chris Fabry Live and a five-time Christy Award winner. His latest novel is Saving Grayson. Listen in as Josh and Chris talk about the book. The Conversation | Chris [...] The post Saving Grayson: A Conversation with Chris Fabry appeared first on Life Is Story.
The Ballot and the Bible: A Conversation with Kaitlyn Schiess
August 20, 2023 15:29 - 49 minutes - 33.2 MBThe Conversation This transcript excerpt has been lightly edited for clarity and conciseness. Josh Olds: Give me your elevator pitch for this book. What’s it about? Why should people read it? Kaitlyn Schiess: Yeah, so [...] The post The Ballot and the Bible: A Conversation with Kaitlyn Schiess appeared first on Life Is Story.
The Libyan Diversion: A Conversation with Joel Rosenberg
June 01, 2023 22:01 - 44 minutes - 28.8 MBJoel Rosenberg is back! After a year without a new Marcus Ryker novel, Rosenberg return with The Libyan Diversion. It’s Marcus Ryker’s fifth adventure and the third time we’ve had Joel on the podcast program. [...] The post The Libyan Diversion: A Conversation with Joel Rosenberg appeared first on Life Is Story.
Dead Sea Conspiracy: A Conversation with Jerry Jenkins
August 23, 2022 21:26 - 35 minutes - 22.8 MBIt’s been over a decade since the Left Behind series concluded, but #1 NYT bestselling author Jerry Jenkins has continued to write, with his latest—Dead Sea Conspiracy—being the sequel to his 2018 novel, Dead Sea [...] The post Dead Sea Conspiracy: A Conversation with Jerry Jenkins appeared first on Life Is Story.
The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water: A Conversation with Erin Bartels
January 26, 2022 23:10 - 38 minutes - 25.9 MBWith the opening lines of The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water, I knew it was a book I needed to read in one sitting. It’s themes of how story shapes us, and how we [...] The post The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water: A Conversation with Erin Bartels appeared first on Life Is Story.
The Lady’s Mine: A Conversation with Francine Rivers
January 01, 2022 18:53 - 28 minutes - 18.3 MBIt’s been four years since Francine Rivers last released a novel and thirty years since her enduring classic, Redeeming Love. Now, in the space of two months, Rivers is releasing a novel—The Lady’s Mine—and seeing [...] The post The Lady’s Mine: A Conversation with Francine Rivers appeared first on Life Is Story.
Nature of Small Birds: A Conversation with Susie Finkbeiner
July 09, 2021 15:35 - 45 minutes - 19.8 MBSusie Finkbeiner is a Life is Story favorite! A few months ago, we had the opportunity to sit down with her and talk about The Nature of Small Birds. It’s a beautiful, relational story told [...] The post Nature of Small Birds: A Conversation with Susie Finkbeiner appeared first on Life Is Story.
The Sunlit Lands: A Conversation with Matt Mikalatos
June 08, 2021 16:34 - 1 hour - 31.9 MBIn 2018, Matt Mikalatos released book one of his fantasy trilogy The Sunlit Lands. Imagine, if you will, that C.S. Lewis was writing to teenagers instead of elementary schoolchildren and you’ll have a pretty good [...] The post The Sunlit Lands: A Conversation with Matt Mikalatos appeared first on Life Is Story.
A Piece of the Moon: A Conversation with Chris Fabry
April 20, 2021 14:49 - 44 minutes - 20.2 MBChris Fabry had his start in small-town radio and years later—now with his own nationally syndicated show and dozens of bestselling novels—he’s returning that nostalgic past in A Piece of the Moon. After reading the [...] The post A Piece of the Moon: A Conversation with Chris Fabry appeared first on Life Is Story.
A Gentle Tyranny: A Conversation with Jess Corban
April 07, 2021 05:00 - 32 minutes - 19.8 MBWith the YA dystopian market so crowded, it can be difficult to find authors whose voice is truly their own. Everybody wants to be the next Hunger Games or Divergent that they fail to give [...] The post A Gentle Tyranny: A Conversation with Jess Corban appeared first on Life Is Story.
Rendezvous with God: A Conversation with Bill Myers
March 29, 2021 19:13 - 31 minutes - 13.3 MBIf you grew up in the church, you probably know the name Bill Myers. Bill’s been a creator of Christian media for decades, fiction and non-fiction, for children and adults. You might know him from [...] The post Rendezvous with God: A Conversation with Bill Myers appeared first on Life Is Story.
The Power of Writing it Down: A Conversation with Allison Fallon
March 08, 2021 19:12 - 42 minutes - 20 MBWe here at Life is Story believe that…well…that life is Story—everyone’s story matters, is worth being told, and worth knowing. Everyone has a story, but very few ever put that story on paper and in words. [...] The post The Power of Writing it Down: A Conversation with Allison Fallon appeared first on Life Is Story.
Turn Your Season Around: A Conversation with Darryl Strawberry
January 12, 2021 06:00 - 31 minutes - 13.8 MBFrom 1983 to 1999, Darryl Strawberry wowed crowds with his flashy style, sound fundamentals, and electric play. But all the success belied a deep struggle in his personal life, which begin to push through into [...] The post Turn Your Season Around: A Conversation with Darryl Strawberry appeared first on Life Is Story.
Everywhere to Hide: A Conversation with Siri Mitchell
October 11, 2020 18:14 - 36 minutes - 16.3 MBNot many authors can successfully make the switch from writing historical romance to contemporary thriller and—if I can be brutally honest—I wasn’t sure how Siri Mitchell would do. A lot of this was based in [...] The post Everywhere to Hide: A Conversation with Siri Mitchell appeared first on Life Is Story.
Two Reasons to Run: A Conversation with Colleen Coble
September 12, 2020 03:07 - 28 minutes - 13.5 MBI’ve been diving into a lot of non-fiction recently, with the terrible side effect of not having as much time for fiction. It’d been a while since my last Christian fiction novel when I picked [...] The post Two Reasons to Run: A Conversation with Colleen Coble appeared first on Life Is Story.
In Search of Identity: A Conversation with Rachelle Dekker
August 28, 2020 05:00 - 44 minutes - 20.6 MBRachelle Dekker has jumped from genre to genre throughout her writing career, but her work thematically seems to always come back to question of identity and humanity. I called Rachelle to talk about her upcoming [...] The post In Search of Identity: A Conversation with Rachelle Dekker appeared first on Life Is Story.
The Myth of the American Dream: A Conversation with D.L. Mayfield
July 27, 2020 16:17 - 53 minutes - 31.1 MBI picked this book up based on the title and nothing else. I had long been disillusioned with the American Dream, even as I still harbored a secret desire for it. My social and political [...] The post The Myth of the American Dream: A Conversation with D.L. Mayfield appeared first on Life Is Story.
Daughter of Rome: A Conversation with Tessa Afshar
July 21, 2020 15:08 - 30 minutes - 16.3 MBBiblical fiction is a difficult genre. There are so many expectations, limitations, and interpretations that an author must carefully weave through—all while imaginatively going “beyond the text” to bring the story to life. In recent [...] The post Daughter of Rome: A Conversation with Tessa Afshar appeared first on Life Is Story.
Tales of Goldstone Wood Remembered: A Conversation with Sylvia Mercedes/Anne Elisabeth Stengl
July 10, 2020 22:53 - 57 minutes - 27.6 MBWhen Life is Story relaunched, we did so from scratch. As the site has grown (over 15k visitors this month!), I’ve started to work on reformatting or republishing our years of archives. Almost immediately, I [...] The post Tales of Goldstone Wood Remembered: A Conversation with Sylvia Mercedes/Anne Elisabeth Stengl appeared first on Life Is Story.
Stories That Bind Us: A Conversation with Susie Finkbeiner
June 24, 2020 22:22 - 30 minutes - 15.5 MBThere’s great power in a good story. Stories bring us together, help us find common ground, take us on a common journey. In Stories That Bind Us, Susie Finkbeiner weaves a compelling relational narrative about [...] The post Stories That Bind Us: A Conversation with Susie Finkbeiner appeared first on Life Is Story.
Life Essentials Interactive Study Bible: A Conversation with Gene Getz
June 19, 2020 15:24 - 32 minutes - 17.4 MBIf you’ve ever gone searching for a new Bible, you know that the process can be overwhelming. Not only do you have dozens of English language translations to choose from, but there’s also dozens of [...] The post Life Essentials Interactive Study Bible: A Conversation with Gene Getz appeared first on Life Is Story.
When Did We Start Forgetting God? – A Conversation with Mark Galli
June 12, 2020 22:44 - 53 minutes - 28.2 MBI figured getting an interview with Mark Galli was a long shot. Galli had just retired from his position at Christianity Today, going out with a scathing indictment of the Trump administration that landed him [...] The post When Did We Start Forgetting God? – A Conversation with Mark Galli appeared first on Life Is Story.
Seeing Jesus from the East: A Conversation with Abdu Murray
May 20, 2020 06:45 - 33 minutes - 19.3 MBThe world of Scripture is vastly different than my life here in the 21st century western world. As I’ve spent my life digging into Scripture, I’ve learned that a key to interpreting it well is [...] The post Seeing Jesus from the East: A Conversation with Abdu Murray appeared first on Life Is Story.
The Edge of Everywhen: A Conversation with A.S. Mackey
May 12, 2020 19:48 - 40 minutes - 29.3 MBMiddle-grade fiction isn’t exactly my top genre, but when I saw the cover of The Edge of Everywhen, I mentally put it in my “possibilities” pile. Just a few days afterward, the book’s publicist reached out [...] The post The Edge of Everywhen: A Conversation with A.S. Mackey appeared first on Life Is Story.
The Lost Books: Looking Back with Kaci Hill
May 11, 2020 05:01 - 39 minutes - 28 MBIn 2010, Ted Dekker closed out The Lost Books in a stunning fashion, returning for a two-book salvo that picks up where the initial four-book set (Chosen, Infidel, Renegade, and Chaos) left off. These final [...] The post The Lost Books: Looking Back with Kaci Hill appeared first on Life Is Story.
The Books of Mortals: Looking Back with Tosca Lee
May 09, 2020 05:01 - 56 minutes - 27.7 MBBlast back in time to 2010 when Ted Dekker promised to give readers another trilogy in the vein of the Circle—but with a Tosca Lee twist. The Books of Mortals (Forbidden, Mortal, and Sovereign) take [...] The post The Books of Mortals: Looking Back with Tosca Lee appeared first on Life Is Story.
The Best We’ve Been: A Conversation with Beth Vogt
May 04, 2020 05:01 - 37 minutes - 13.8 MBI don’t typically read women’s fiction. I am, after all, a thirty-year-old man. I’m not the target demographic. And yet, when the publisher contacted me to ask if I’d consider reading Beth Vogt’s The Best [...] The post The Best We’ve Been: A Conversation with Beth Vogt appeared first on Life Is Story.
VeggieTales & Dead Sea Squirrels | A Conversation with Mike Nawrocki
March 31, 2020 01:31 - 34 minutes - 18.6 MBJoin Mike Nawrocki (co-creator of VeggieTales) and Josh Olds as they sit down for a discussion of Nawrocki’s new and upcoming projects, from the latest books in the Dead Sea Squirrels to brand new VeggieTales [...] The post VeggieTales & Dead Sea Squirrels | A Conversation with Mike Nawrocki appeared first on Life Is Story.
Gravitas, Monastic Rhythms, and Leadership: A Conversation with Jerome Daley
March 19, 2020 18:36 - 40 minutes - 20.6 MBWhat do you think of when you hear the term “monastic rhythm”? Is it all chanting in Latin, burlap robes, and communal living in the medieval times? Or is there something from the Benedictines we [...] The post Gravitas, Monastic Rhythms, and Leadership: A Conversation with Jerome Daley appeared first on Life Is Story.
The Insanity of Sacrifice: A Conversation with Nik Ripken
February 26, 2020 21:08 - 49 minutes - 36.5 MBMost devotionals tend toward encouragement or self-improvement. They’re simple, light-hearted reads perfect for the beginning of the day. The Insanity of Sacrifice takes that tried and tested formula and turns it upside down. This isn’t [...] The post The Insanity of Sacrifice: A Conversation with Nik Ripken appeared first on Life Is Story.
The New Testament in its World: A Conversation with Michael Bird
November 25, 2019 14:00 - 34 minutes - 25.9 MBThe best way to describe The New Testament in its World is massive. It’s one of those volumes that literally stands on its own, a compendium of a lifetime of research. But it’s also accessible—not [...] The post The New Testament in its World: A Conversation with Michael Bird appeared first on Life Is Story.
Amish Vampires in Space: An Interview with Kerry Nietz
November 18, 2019 19:49 - 29 minutes - 14.5 MBIf there was an award for oddest genre mashup, the Peril in Plain Space series just might take the top award. Following in the vein of books like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer or Pride and [...] The post Amish Vampires in Space: An Interview with Kerry Nietz appeared first on Life Is Story.
Debt-Free Degree: A Conversation with Anthony Oneal
October 21, 2019 05:15 - 24 minutes - 19 MBIt took a whole recession to keep me from student loan debt. I was a middle-class kid from a small town who never really thought much about college. You go, you pay as much as [...] The post Debt-Free Degree: A Conversation with Anthony Oneal appeared first on Life Is Story.
God Made Me Unique: A Conversation with Chonda Ralston of Joni and Friends
October 14, 2019 18:22 - 27 minutes - 20.2 MBOn July 30, 1967, Joni Eareckson’s life changed forever, leading to her greatest blessings and greatest sufferings. She misjudged the shallowness of the water in the Chesapeake Bay, dove in, and was paralyzed. She was [...] The post God Made Me Unique: A Conversation with Chonda Ralston of Joni and Friends appeared first on Life Is Story.
Synapse: A Conversation with Steven James
October 07, 2019 05:01 - 25 minutes - 12.6 MB“Our minds do not work the same way as human minds; we form beliefs about the world in ways that are very different from the ways that the minds of humans form beliefs. But this [...] The post Synapse: A Conversation with Steven James appeared first on Life Is Story.
And Then I Woke Up: A Conversation with Kevin Kaiser
September 30, 2019 05:01 - 34 minutes - 12.4 MBI first met Kevin Kaiser at the Nashville Gathering in 2009, where he served as right-hand man to none other than Ted Dekker. Through the years, Kevin has forged a path through media relations and [...] The post And Then I Woke Up: A Conversation with Kevin Kaiser appeared first on Life Is Story.
The Words Between Us: A Conversation with Erin Bartels
September 23, 2019 16:55 - 23 minutes - 12.4 MBLife is story. You know that’s a key theme around here. But, more than that, life is stories. Life is an anthology collection of happenings each influenced and informed by the stories before and around. [...] The post The Words Between Us: A Conversation with Erin Bartels appeared first on Life Is Story.
A Single Light: A Conversation with Tosca Lee
September 18, 2019 04:56 - 33 minutes - 16.2 MBWynter Roth went into the bunker thinking she had stopped the apocalypse, believing that the antidote to the disease ravaging the United States would be distributed. But the world she finds when the bunker opens [...] The post A Single Light: A Conversation with Tosca Lee appeared first on Life Is Story.
I’m Just a Jackwagon: A Conversation with Comedian Tim Hawkins
September 16, 2019 09:00 - 23 minutes - 15.7 MBDiary of a Jackwagon | Tim Hawkins Somewhere in Illinois, sometime in 2015 (the exact date is lost to history), Tim Hawkins was bored on his tour bus, so he gave me a call. Or [...] The post I’m Just a Jackwagon: A Conversation with Comedian Tim Hawkins appeared first on Life Is Story.
Struggling With Grief: An Interview with Max Lucado
September 16, 2019 08:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBYou’ll Get Through This | Max Lucado Grief is universal. It touches all of us at one point or another. From the big to the small—though none of it ever seems small at the time. [...] The post Struggling With Grief: An Interview with Max Lucado appeared first on Life Is Story.
Look and Live: An Interview with Recording Artist Matt Papa
September 16, 2019 07:00 - 39 minutes - 37.2 MBLook and Live | Matt Papa A few years ago, Josh Olds caught up with author and recording artist Matt Papa to discuss the art of worship. In 2009, Matt’s album Your Kingdom Come charted [...] The post Look and Live: An Interview with Recording Artist Matt Papa appeared first on Life Is Story.
Operation: Rewrite | An Interview with Jerry Jenkins
September 16, 2019 06:00 - 27 minutes - 33.2 MBThe Last Operative | Jerry Jenkins In the first-ever Life is Story interview, Josh Olds picked up the phone to talk with 21-time NYT Bestselling Novelist, Left Behind author, and Christian Writer’s Guild owner Jerry [...] The post Operation: Rewrite | An Interview with Jerry Jenkins appeared first on Life Is Story.
Going Past the Red Rope: An Exclusive Interview with Rachelle and Ted Dekker
September 16, 2019 05:01 - 58 minutes - 29.2 MBAn Exclusive Interview with Rachelle and Ted Dekker Grace has long lived in fear. She has been in waiting: waiting to inherit the earth, waiting behind this red rope, waiting in fear that the day [...] The post Going Past the Red Rope: An Exclusive Interview with Rachelle and Ted Dekker appeared first on Life Is Story.
The Life is Story Podcast Trailer
September 02, 2019 00:15 - 3 minutes - 4.06 MBThe Life is Story Podcast After more than a month in the making, Life is Story is relaunching our acclaimed podcast, featuring interviews with your favorite authors. And we’re dropping a whole season’s worth of [...] The post The Life is Story Podcast Trailer appeared first on Life Is Story.