Send us a text In this episode, Amy Wright, creator of The Big Family Home blog, talks openly about the shame she has battled in her dream to write and encourage other moms on their journey. Our conversation is a reminder that God doesn’t want us to live in shame or guilt. We are called, instead, to live in freedom; it is for freedom that Christ has set you free ( Galatians 5:1). Amy and I commiserate on how easily we fall into the belief that everyone else is “doing this better than me,” whethe...
Dec 05, 2018•43 min•Season 5Ep. 103
Send us a text In this week’s episode, I confess my most recent blunder related to the podcast – in real time – and use my mistake to share some reflections on the journey God has used in my life to uncover my God-shaped dream. It isn’t a formula; our dreams don’t really work like that. My hope in sharing these steps (beyond lacking an interview and still wanting to have something to post today) is that you’ll find yourself somewhere on this continuum and gain some insight about what you might n...
Nov 28, 2018•38 min•Season 5Ep. 102
Send us a text In this week’s episode, wellness and style coach Jane Springer reminds us that God often uses the difficulties and challenges He has allowed in our lives to serve as inspiration for our dreams. In her case, it was her own health struggles that led to her desire to help other women with theirs. She teaches us the importance of learning to pay attention to what’s going on inside of you as you consider a direction for your dream. She also offers an example and a challenge on the impo...
Nov 21, 2018•46 min•Season 5Ep. 101
Send us a text Foundshop is an online vintage resale shop for affordable, sustainable and ethical clothing. Founder, Rebekah Twinem, shares in this episode what God has taught her in starting up her shop—first and foremost that her dreams are not too frivolous. You’ll learn what lights her fire about this work, especially the impact of our shopping dollars on other people and the environment. With her gentle, soft-spoken (and non-judgmental) spirit she shares her calling to consider and not just...
Nov 14, 2018•40 min•Season 5Ep. 100
Send us a text We were never meant to do this life alone. Jessica Reinhart, founder of Lumitory, joins the podcast this week to share what she’s learned on her journey to encourage others toward authentic community. Jess starts us off with her favorite personality profile tool, The Elements Assessment, and reminds us of the value in knowing ourselves and others. You’ll be inspired to uncover new ways to build community whether in the pursuit of your dream or among your immediate neighbors. In fa...
Nov 07, 2018•53 min•Season 5Ep. 99
Send us a text If fear has kept you from walking forward in your God-shaped dream, this episode will remind you that you’re not alone. This conversation with Jenni Eastin will also provide perspective on how to finally move forward even if you can’t see the finish line. In this interview, Jenni gives us the assurance that God is in control and that we can trust Him enough to surrender our dreams to Him. She shares two intimate, real-life stories that are her constant reminders of these truths an...
Oct 31, 2018•51 min•Season 5Ep. 98
Send us a text Julie Landreth has a passion for healthy and thriving relationships–especially marriages. She is a speaker and wife coach who loves sharing her passion for prayer and how to cultivate a thriving marriage. She leads a growing number of women in San Jose, CA through her weekly WifeLab curriculum: Loving Well, The Art of Praying for Your Husband . Julie and her husband are celebrating 15 years of cultivating a marriage filled with intentional love. Their secret? A date night every Fr...
Oct 24, 2018•50 min•Season 5Ep. 97
Send us a text In this week’s episode we’re talking about fear of failure, which feels ironic because even as I’m speaking on this topic, I’m wrestling with this very fear. Questions like: Am I making any sense? Is this episode even helpful? Or am I just rambling? What if my theology is off and someone calls me on it? Or, more importantly, what if something I say leads someone astray, and I can’t fix it? The practical reason I started working on this solo episode was that I didn’t have an interv...
Oct 17, 2018•33 min•Season 5Ep. 96
Send us a text Welcome to Season Five of The Devoted Dreamers Podcast! This week’s guest, Megan Sjuts, is the owner of Building 07, offering a full range of professional design services. Her mission is to simplify the design process and serve creative professionals and business owners. When she is not behind the screen designing for clients, she is teaching graphic design courses at Rogue Community College in Southern Oregon, where she lives with her husband, Elliot, their chocolate lab, Dixie, ...
Oct 10, 2018•41 min•Season 5Ep. 95
Send us a text Welcome back! I’m thrilled you’re joining me for Season Five of The Devoted Dreamers Podcast. I’m just back from maternity leave and wanted to take a few minutes to catch you up following my absence, including details on what’s to come on the podcast (like some local, Denver area, meet-up opportunities) and a preview our first episode back. The podcast will return on October 10, 2018. The first interview of the season is with Megan Sjuts of Building 07. I can’t wait for you to hea...
Oct 03, 2018•19 min
Send us a text How has the “broken mindset” kept you from all that God created you to be? Or from the dreams He created you to pursue for His Kingdom? If you’ve been with us for the last two episodes of On-Air Coaching between me, life coach Cynthia Culver, and Devoted Dreamers listener Lois Martin, maybe you’ve begun to consider your answers to these two questions. Or, if you’ve started working through the homework (by the way, you’ll find it here , with additional info here and here about how ...
Jul 25, 2018•52 min
Send us a text Have you ever wondered what God might do with the passions He’s put in your heart? Ponder this question with me, life coach Cynthia Culver, and Devoted Dreamers listener Lois Martin in this second of three bonus On-Air Coaching calls. In this episode, Cynthia’s questions focus on the DIRECTION component of coaching. You’ll hear us cover some topics that maybe you’ve been wrestling with too: The deep passion in your heart that feels God-given The fear that you might pursue that pas...
Jul 18, 2018•44 min
Send us a text We talk a lot around here about trying things out, taking baby steps, and figuring out where God is leading you by just doing something (instead of nothing). Several months ago, I was talking with my friend Cynthia Culver (Ep. 37) about the possibility of testing out an On-Air Coaching session with a listener. We put the word out that we were going to give this a try, found a willing volunteer, and just went for it. This bonus episode is the result! It’s the first of three session...
Jul 11, 2018•47 min
Send us a text While I'm on maternity leave for the summer, I've prepared a few mini-episodes, each covering a specific topic related to pursuing your God-shaped dream. Special guest Heather Conklin and I talk in this one about how letting your dream lie fallow can be a good thing for both you and your dream. She shares how this practice is utilized in farming to allow fields to rest and regain nutrients and how she’s interpreting it for taking a break from The Practical Minimalist Podcast for t...
Jun 27, 2018•15 min
Send us a text God created you with a purpose. I’m not just saying that. He says it in His word. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (Eph. 2:10) I’m sharing this short “mini-sode” to tell the story about the baby steps that led me to my God-shaped dream of podcasting. My hope in these 15 minutes is to encourage you in taking your own baby steps toward your dream. Listen for a list of baby step suggestio...
Jun 20, 2018•15 min
Send us a text When my interview for Episode 94 fell through a few weeks ago, I decided to do a season-closing solo episode talking about what I’ve learned in the last two years of podcasting. It seemed fitting as I just celebrated my second podcasting anniversary on June 1st and am about to take an extended leave from the show following the birth of our second child in mid-June. In this episode, I share what God’s been teaching me over the last two years of podcasting. However, these lessons ar...
Jun 06, 2018•28 min•Season 4Ep. 94
Send us a text Crystal Woodman Miller lives in Morrison Colorado with her husband Pete and three children Lucca, Malachi and Josephine. She is the author of Marked for Life: Choosing Hope and Discovering Purpose After Earth-Shattering Tragedy (NavPress). She is an international speaker on issues of faith and hope in the midst of suffering. Crystal survived the shootings at Columbine High School in 1999, and shares candidly of her own journey of hardship, faith and hope so that it may encourage o...
May 30, 2018•56 min•Season 4Ep. 93
Send us a text Hunter Beless believes God has called her to seek after those He has awakened to guide them back to their Heavenly Father. She passionately exercises this God-given design through her roles as a wife, mama, podcast host, and writer. Though they stumble often, she and her husband Brooks, strive to display God's covenant-keeping love through their marriage and oneness. They have two little girls, Hadley Grace (3) and Davy Kathryn (1) and currently reside in Fort Campbell, KY where B...
May 23, 2018•56 min•Season 4Ep. 92
Send us a text Teresa Swanstrom Anderson's house is bursting at the seams with the loves of her life - her husband and six children (four of whom were born in Ethiopia). In her "spare" time, she writes, speaks about motherhood, adoption, and following your passions, runs her popular blog , hosts gorgeous dinner parties, trains for half marathons, and infuses beauty into every corner of her Denver home. She believes in celebrating the everyday and instilling the love of God and others in her chil...
May 16, 2018•50 min•Season 4Ep. 91
Send us a text Bailey T. Hurley is a speaker, writer and online shop owner who invites women to creatively build rooted community in their corners of the world. Her dream is to see women rooting themselves in the creative love of God so they can creatively love others. Bailey resides in Denver with her husband, Tim, and their toddler son, Hunter. In this episode, Bailey and I talk a lot about friendship – the good and the challenging. You’ll learn what it looks like to invest and grow intentiona...
May 09, 2018•54 min•Season 4Ep. 90
Send us a text Kristi Hayes is the Founder and CEO of Be Strong Story, a business spreading the message from a simple lunch box note that her husband wrote to their son: Be Strong. Protect the Weak. Love Everyone.TM Now, this is not only the tagline for their business, it’s become an action statement for their family as they work with homeless and others who need a second chance. Kristi’s greatest desire is to influence and inspire families to go into the vulnerable places and serve others. She’...
May 02, 2018•51 min•Season 4Ep. 89
Send us a text Jessica Mathisen hails from Marietta, Georgia, and graduated from the University of Georgia in 2010 with a degree in Early Childhood Education. After graduation, she moved to Chihuahua, Mexico, where she taught elementary grades at a mission school. Upon returning to Athens, she taught for another four years in the public school system and at Downtown Academy. Jessica and Rory met on eHarmony in 2014, and unbeknownst to them, they both attended Watkinsville First Baptist Church, w...
Apr 25, 2018•52 min•Season 4Ep. 88
Send us a text Blythe Scott has a passion is to see Christ’s purposes furthered on this earth and to help mobilize and equip the Church to join Him in the “renewal of all things,” further redemption, and advocate for the vulnerable through politics and policy. Over the years, this passion has become focused on the intersection of faith and politics, and Blythe has spent much of her professional and personal life working in this arena. Her passion also led her to co-found Denver City Forum in the...
Apr 18, 2018•56 min•Season 4Ep. 87
Send us a text Wendy Bohling is a speaker, thought leader and business consultant on leveraging the financial rewards of a gender equality and inclusive leadership. CEO of Corporate Cowgirl Up and author of the bestselling book “Cowgirl Up: A Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Corporate Frontier,” she has more than 30 years’ experience as an executive in the corporate saddle at some of the top telecom Fortune 100 companies and healthcare IT startups. Later this month, Wendy and her team of speakers...
Apr 11, 2018•46 min•Season 4Ep. 86
Send us a text Heather Holleman, PhD, is a speaker, college instructor, and writer who loves helping women connect with Jesus and delight in studying the Bible for themselves. She is the author of Seated with Christ , Guarded by Christ and Included in Christ. Her new book, Chosen for Christ , will be released fall 2018 from Moody Publishers. Heather teaches advanced writing at Penn State and has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching and mentorship during her career. She also serves...
Apr 04, 2018•56 min•Season 4Ep. 85
Send us a text Elizabeth Grace Saunders is an internationally recognized expert on effective time management and the founder of Real Life E Time Coaching and Speaking. Her company partners with individuals on the journey from feeling guilty, overwhelmed and frustrated to feeling peaceful, confident and accomplished. She has been featured on CBS, ABC, NBC, and FOX. She contributes to Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company. Her third book, Divine Time Management , and The Divine Time Ma...
Mar 28, 2018•49 min•Season 4Ep. 84
Send us a text Kasey Shuler is an author and Revelation Wellness Personal Trainer. Her two Bible studies include “Love Beyond Looks: A 5-Week Bible Study on Body Image” and “Rest and Rise: Be Refreshed In Your Work.” Starting with the Word, her mission is to encourage others to know Christ and awaken life through movement and prayer. She enjoys swapping ideas with her husband and creating stories with her daughter in Athens, Georgia. In this interview, Kasey talks about how we should pay attenti...
Mar 21, 2018•50 min•Season 4Ep. 83
Send us a text Sarah Beth Marr is the author of Dreaming with God – A Bold Call to Step Out and Follow God’s Lead. Sarah Beth danced professionally for more than fifteen years as a ballerina and now encourages women in the dance of life and faith through her writing, speaking at MOPS International groups and women’s events, and teaching the Word. Sarah Beth and her husband, Brian, have three sons and live in Dallas, Texas. In this interview, Sarah Beth talks about her experience of dreaming with...
Mar 14, 2018•54 min•Season 4Ep. 82
Send us a text In the margins of parenting a 17, 14, and 11-year old, Beth Bruno directs a non-profit aimed at preventing domestic minor sex trafficking and regularly speaks to students, law enforcement, educators and community groups around the topic of sexual exploitation. Her first book, A Voice Becoming: A Yearlong Mother-Daughter Journey into Passionate, Purposed Living (FaithWords), released on January 16, 2018. Beth is a proud member of Redbud Writer's Guild, a regular contributor for Red...
Mar 07, 2018•56 min•Season 4Ep. 81
Send us a text Halley Mastrolonardo of Wild Grace Collective is a wife, soon-to-be mom, faith and lifestyle blogger, and lettering creative. She loves to share her faith and the Gospel through writing and creativity. Her dream is to encourage other women in their journey and remind them of their worth and value by speaking of God’s love and grace. As she prepares to meet their first child, she shares the best advice she’s received thus far: to know your season of life. That certainly applies to ...
Feb 28, 2018•58 min•Season 4Ep. 80
