Selective comparison is the enemy of contentment. In today’s podcast, Kevann and I talk about our own struggles with body image, life phase, and other playgrounds of...
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Kevann and I continue our personal reflections on self-acceptance and look at two more cornerstones of Biblical self-esteem. What does our autonomy and Jesus’ obedience...
In this first episode of season three on Grow on the Go, Kevann and I resume our discussion of my book 10 Smart Things Women Can Do to Build a Better Life. After a chat...
Today’s guest author, Catherine Storing, is a writing coach among many other things. Her work caught my eye because she teaches on the practice of journaling.
Meeting Ruth Chou Simons has me totally geeking out about art, words and seasons. It is kind of amazing how many things Ruth and I have in common: our love of art...
In today’s podcast, I meet fellow author Lynn Cowell to talk about her new Bible study on confidence. We chat about confidence and why that’s a topic she wanted to...
In this podcast, I host pastor, professor, and writer John Van Sloten in the studio. Together we discuss his new book Every Job a Parable which, by the way, was a heart...
Choosing to forgive someone doesn’t mean that what happened to you is okay. It means you are evicting an unwelcome tenant (pain) from your life.
Forgiveness is so terribly hard because we have a strong sense of right and wrong. We want wrongs to be righted. Learning to let someone off our hook means we need to...
We all have choices to make when we get hurt and while forgiveness isn’t the most intuitive choice, it is the only when that helps us reclaim our power and dignity.
Hanging on to money just isn’t good for us. Kevann and I look at the “curse of the lottery” and how giving, not getting is the recipe for joy. We also dig into the...
This Grow on the Go podcast finds Kevann and me discussing both the obvious and not so obvious upside and downside to giving.
When life takes a bad turn we often ask God, why? But if we know what kind of a God He is, that He is compassionate, committed and in control, we don’t really need to...
This podcast finds Kevann and me discussing how we first learned we are natural control freaks and how learning to surrender that desire to God makes life so much easier.
There are really only three or four ways we can manage our emotions and most of them are destructive. Kevann and I look these and talk about their consequences.
Kevann is back with a new last name! Together we explore why certain people or experiences trigger disproportionately strong emotions in us. Our emotions are like an...
If we fail to monitor our financial gauge, it can leak into every other area of our lives and if we don’t pay attention to our spiritual gauge we can miss the point of...
Emotional and physical energy and the consequences of no negative space in these areas like resenting people close to us for having needs and even burn out or depression.
This week, we begin a new series all about making space in our lives. Learn how taking time to nurture our spirits and relationships actually makes us more productive.
For some people teaching is far more than a job, it is a calling and a divine assignment.
Having experienced her skilled coaching in a period of my life when I felt stuck, I wanted our listeners to hear about the difference she makes, especially in the lives...
I have some difference-makers right in my own family. At long last, I introduce my husband Randy (and Kevann’s dad) to our Grow on the Go followers.
From a shy little ballerina to a warrior who fights for the physical and spiritual freedom of sexual slaves in Thailand, Kaura-lea Dueck is definitely a difference maker!
Kevann’s experience in the wrestling ring (of all places) acts as a springboard to discuss Paul’s teachings about how we handle our daily run-ins with Satan and his...
Everybody is influenced by somebody. Parents, teachers, and celebrities can be a wonderful example or a terrible warning.
In this podcast, Kevann and Donna chat about how we can apply Paul’s teaching to those who want to maintain their sexual purity today.
Life Coach, Becky Matchullis, gives us practical suggestions for making this year better than the last by giving us great questions to ask ourselves during the...
Knowing that God is with us is the beginning of all hope whether the season of life we are in is beautiful or excruciatingly painful.
Luke's perspective on Jesus interactions with women was different from the other gospel writers. You might say Luke is estrogen compatible.
Kevann and Donna talk about the humanity of Jesus and how it is truly amazing that in his 33-year lifespan, Jesus never once played the God-card.