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Hey friends, and welcome to the Truth Speaks podcast! I started this podcast because I believe that one of the best and most powerful things we can do is share life and conversations with others about the big things, about the hard things, & about the important things, and from this belief is where Truth Speaks was born. My desire is to cultivate intentional conversations with people in all kinds of different spaces, and I’m incredibly grateful you’re here to join us!
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Gina Hanna is a world-shaker and I couldn’t be more stoked to be chatting with her today!! Gina is the founder of Beauty for Ashes, a prison ministry that serves incarcerated women here in Missouri. I’ve been working with the Beauty for Ashes program for the last three years and it’s truly been one of the best things I’ve ever been apart of. Today …
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Today's episode is FIRE!! I'm chatting with my friend, Jenna Barbosa, who is an incredible speaker, teacher, and newly published AUTHOR!! Her book Tenacious Grace releases this spring, and y'all are not going to want to miss it. Jenna and I chatted about emotional eating - the WHY behind it and asking ourselves hard questions, navigating singleness…
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Y'all are in for a treat today, because my dear friend Charissa Wong is sharing so much of her heart and SO much wisdom!! Charissa dives deep into her and her husband's journey into foster care & adoption, and I can't even begin to tell you how much this girl inspires and encourages me. I'm so grateful that Charissa was willing to share such a pers…
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Hey friends!! We are back with season TWO of the Truth Speaks podcast and I couldn't be more excited!! We are kicking things off with my sweet friend, Lindsey, and I can't wait for y'all to get to know her. Lindsey was so incredibly gracious & vulnerable to share her story, and I think it's going to push you to love Jesus and people so much more. W…
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Today’s episode is near and dear to my heart because I am chatting with none other than my sweet mom, Tracy Smith. She’s a wife, mom to four, owns a lavender farm (come on now!) and is all around one of the coolest people I know. Tracy has been a highly requested guest around here for good reason - because if you’ve met her, you’ll know she’s genui…
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Today on the podcast is my sweet friend Jena Miller - and I can't wait to share the story of how we connected! Jena is such a light and we're chatting about her life in campus ministry, how college led her to God, what it looks like to pursue intentionality with people & rest, the enneagram, and just about everything in between! Jena has a heart of…
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Friends, today’s episode is dear to my heart because I’m chatting with my amazing friend Anna Robbins. Anna is a wife & wedding photographer in a darling little Alabama town, and today we are talking all about friendship which I am SO stoked about. Anna is fiercely passionate about Jesus and people, and her intentionality with others is a huge reas…
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Y'all, today's episode is SO fun! I'm chatting with my friend Ty and goodness, we just had the best conversation. We chat about Ty's story, what it looks like to navigate hard & unknown decisions, his new life adventure as he heads overseas for two years, and of course - prison ministry. Because what's a podcast episode without talking about prison…
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Today on the podcast is my sweet friend Deborah Crawford. We are chatting about her story, and getting honest as Deborah shares some of the highs and lows of her incredible journey. She is currently involved with ministry called The Sparrow's Nest that focuses on providing hope, help, & healing to teen moms and their babies, and I loved hearing her…
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Okay y’all - I hope you are ready for this! I am so stoked to have my friend Jayne Patton on the podcast this week!! Jayne and I were random acquaintances a little less than three years ago, and now we have the absolute joy of teaching a bible study together at a maximum security women’s prison every Monday. Today we are sharing the story of how we…
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Today we are chatting with my friend Rachelle Chase - a wife, bio & adoptive mom to three boys, & foster momma with one of the most fierce and genuine hearts that I know. Rachelle and I chat about how her and her husband began fostering, how she cultivates an incredible relationship with her teenage boys, and what it looks like to live disciplined …
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Get ready for a good one, y'all! Today I am chatting with my dear friend Emily Holmes; a wedding photographer in Memphis, Tennessee, newlywed, and mom to a little boy that is due any day now! Emily shares her story of how the Lord began to open her eyes to racial tension and injustice in our country and what it looked like as a believer to get in t…
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Today on the podcast I’m chatting with my friend Olivia Alnes about her life in Fargo, North Dakota as a youth pastor’s wife and ministry co-founder of Well Water Fargo that loves on women in strip clubs. I absolutely adored our conversation as we talked about how her eyes were opened to this need, why time & faithfulness in ministry is so vital, a…
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Hey friends, and welcome to the very first episode of Truth Speaks! For episode #1 my guest is my dear friend Courtney Longnecker. Courtney is a wife, momma to a darling toddler, wedding photographer, and ministry leader of Still Ministry; a ministry focused on loving families who are struggling with infertility and pregnancy loss. We dive deep int…
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