Charge Up Your Faith

Ever feel completely unprepared and unequipped to handle what life throws at you? Susan Davidson of Ruth 2:16 Girl felt exactly that way when she got the devastating news that her husband had Multiple Sclerosis. While she grew up in the church, it was only when she faced this daunting…

Expectations… we all have them of ourselves, right? Whether they are minor or major, when reality falls short of our expectations we can get overwhelmed and feel like a failure. Writer of My Jars of Clay (https://myjarsofclay.home.blog/)and mom to 2 kiddos, Amber Palmer shares her testimony about what she expected…

A powerful story about discovering who Jesus actually is, Tabitha Yates of The Redeemed Mama (https://www.theredeemedmama.com)opens up about her struggles with mental health, being hurt by her church, multiple suicide attempts, and deep depression. After being locked in a psychiatric hospital, she turned to the Jesus that she thought she…

How do we find community? Twyla Franz from The Uncommon Normal (https://theuncommonnormal.com/)is here to talk about what we can do to build authentic relationships with our neighbors and embrace neighborhood missional living. She’ll share what that means and the great impact it can have on our life, our faith and…

It’s my fault. My faith isn’t strong enough. Ever say that to yourself? Mom of 2, former pediatric nurse and blogger of This Bread Will Rise, (https://www.thisbreadwillrise.com/)Lauren Larson shares her journey with self-blame and the realizations she’s had about her faith walk as she navigates her baby’s medical diagnosis of…

Is your faith founded on the promises of God or the perception of what those promises mean? Mom of 3 and author of Tears and Tossings - Hope in the Waves of Life, Sarah Walton dives into this question as she recounts her story of hardship which continue today. From…

Are you taking on the role of God in your kids’ lives? Writer and mom to 3, Jessica Mathisen joins me to talk about the “savior mentality” that we can be prone to take on in motherhood and what we can do to step back so that God can do…

Detours - sometimes they’re fun, a lot of times they’re not. Just like a literal road detour, an unexpected circumstance or situation in our life can take us down a path that we didn't choose. So when we find ourselves there, how do we journey it well? Author and mom…

God is with us during our dark seasons, but does He prepare us for them too? Mom of 3 and founder of Praying Through ministries (https://www.prayingthroughministries.org/), Jessika Sanders shares how her obedience to God’s calling prepared her for one of the greatest battles in her life when her newborn son…

When we talk about hope, what does that actually mean? I usually have a mom friend with me who shares the powerful ways in which God showed up during a really difficult season in her life, but this week I really wanted to take a moment to reflect on the…

A journey about finding God again, Melissa Neeb, mother of 2 and blogger of Faith in the Mess with Melissa Neeb and Never Empty Nest, shares her story of how God delivered peace, protection and hope through an unexpected pregnancy and her husband’s alcohol and drug addiction. You’ll hear how…

Any of these sound familiar? I’m not good enough, she’s better than me, what I do doesn’t matter, I’m a failure… A daughter of an associate pastor of two mega churches in Dallas, Julie Plagens of Mom Remade recounts her inner struggles with self-worth and value that started as a…

A tough and honest testimony about a struggle with faith, Sarah Lango of Grace Filled Growth joins me to talk about her journey after her young daughter was diagnosed with a lifelong, debilitating form of epilepsy. She gets real about her wrestle with God, how she ultimately chose to trust…

Founder of A Heart Full of Hope, graphic designer and mom of two, Jennifer Toscano joins me to talk about her journey battling depression and how she found a God who left the ninety nine to go rescue her. Depression is something a lot of us have faced or could…

On the show today we’re talking about relentlessly pursuing God and finding incredible hope and purpose from pain. Tricia Roos, author of When Wishes Change, shares how she continually fought to trust in God throughout her journey with her beautiful little girl, Annabelle, who had Trisomy 18. Against experts’ advice…

I’m thrilled to welcome Jamie Erickson to the show today. Host of the Mom to Mom podcast, founder of the Unlikely Homeschool and mom to 5 kiddos, Jamie joins me to share all the ways God showed up over and over again when her 12-year-old daughter had a sudden heart…

In the past several days I can't help but think about the moms who are going through the absolutely terrifying events happening in Ukraine. She must be feeling so scared and hopeless. So I want to take a moment for us to come together as moms and lift her up.…

Founder of the TEND method to studying God’s Word and mom of two boys, Mariel Davenport shares what happened in her and her unstable marriage when she decided to stop being consumed with unfounded doubt and suspicion of what her husband might be doing. She stopped trying to control and…

Christian life coach and mom of three Megan Estrem found herself losing control of everything happening around her after a culmination of events that involved losing her job, delivering her baby at 32 weeks only to then have her newborn swiftly taken to another hospital right after birth, and dealing…

Happy Valentine’s Day, ladies! In today’s episode we’re talking about hard marriages. Creator and author of Fruitfully Living, wife to a retired marine and mom of two, Luisa Rodriguez is here to share her personal journey of restoring a broken marriage. After ten years, Luisa felt like it was over.…

What happens when you get angry at God? Julie Jensen, author of Journaling Is For You and contributing writer for HerViewFromHome shares her raw journey with God as she asked him to stop sending her babies she doesn't get to hold after miscarrying 5 times. Through her tears of frustration…

Co-founder of The Showbread Table, Ana Nunez experienced six heartbreaking miscarriages before she saw the promise of God fulfilled, but not in the way she was expecting. Through each heartbreak, she held on tightly to the Word and trusted in God as a promise keeper while fighting against her mind…

Mom of three and professional mental health therapist Rachel Hansberger felt the clear love of God as a child living with an alcoholic father she barely knew after her mother was killed. She shares how her 9 year old young heart felt prompted to go to church by herself and…

After being robbed at gunpoint, mom of four and military wife Anna Lacy plunged into a case of PTSD and was consumed by fear and anxiety. For an entire year, she significantly struggled to get through each day as she came face to face with the true test of her…