The holidays can be tough when it comes to family dynamics and lots of other things we are dealing with in life! But today, I want to encourage and challenge as we move in to this wonderful time of year! Let's go there and talk about where you are; emotionally, spiritually, physically, and mentally during the holidays. Related Links: Facebook: @CherylScruggs Facebook group: FOR Women ONLY Group Instagram: @cherylscruggs Website: Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs...
Nov 19, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 184
Julie is a wife, mother, author, teacher, and blogger. Before she married, she taught speech, drama, and English for three years in the Richardson Independent School District. After she married, she stayed home with her two children and spent time volunteering locally and at the South Texas border. Now that her kids are grown, she works intermittently for her husband, writes, and speaks about family issues. Julie and her husband have been married for 28 years and live in Dallas, Texas. After a h...
Nov 17, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 183
Kyle DiRoberts (PhD) is department chair and associate professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Arizona Christian University in Glendale, Arizona, adjunct professor at Phoenix Seminary, and director of the minister in residence and internship programs at Scottsdale Bible Church. He is married to Lolly and the father of Kaden, Oliver, and Carson. With any free time, he hangs out with his wife and kids, his favorite people, going to Michael Bublé concerts, cooking, traveling, eating good f...
Oct 28, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 182
Sarah's Story: Finding my voice. My twenties were categorized as driven and successful. My resume boasted of working for influential organizations. I was a popular communicator traveling across the globe to speak to students. And I became an author at the young age of 27. But then, I turned 30, had kids, faced some rejection and was felt like I had peaked in life. Where the twenties were driven with confidence, my thirties felt like a lonely space. Having accomplished so much in life to that poi...
Oct 14, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 181
Born prematurely, Johnny has cerebral palsy and is mostly confined to a wheelchair. He has participated for several years in numerous myTeamTriumph (mTT) 5Ks, Marathons and Triathlons being pushed by able-bodied athletes. Inspired by mTT, Johnny and his Dad began doing 5Ks, marathons and triathlons on their own. This ultimately led to Johnny setting a goal most would have thought to be impossible. He wanted to walk a mile in a race. Up to that point, his longest “walk” aided by a walker was 20 s...
Sep 30, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 180
Do Less So God Can Do More Popular speaker, Billie Jauss, shares how to make room for God in her latest book. Every believer experiences dry seasons in their lifetimes when you're doing all the right things but feel painfully disconnected from God. Bible study? Check. Volunteer ministry? Check. Daily quiet time? Check. But nothing seems to be working. While most of Billie Jauss’s adult life has been filled with the adventure and excitement of being married to a professional baseball coach, it to...
Sep 24, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 179
Erica is an award-winning author and the founder of Every Life Ministries, bringing you the truths of Scripture to transform your life. By digging deeply into God’s Word, Every Life Ministries encourages you to discover your unique purpose, accept God’s promises, and live by His power. Erica is the author of three Bible studies released by Moody Publishers: An Unexplainable Life, The Unexplainable Church , and Unexplainable Jesus: Rediscovering the God You Thought You Knew. Erica serves on the w...
Sep 16, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 178
I am so excited to have Nancy Houston with me today on Thriving Beyond Belief ! We talk about a topic that is necessary in our culture today and one that is good for our hearts. We discuss intimacy within marriage! Nancy shares her story with us and how she has gotten to where she is today. Nancy’s book Love and Sex was released in February, which is the Christian guide to healthy intimacy. She wrote the book for those 18 and older to try and help others find their pathway to healthy intimacy. S...
Sep 02, 2021•53 min
Join me this week on Thriving Beyond Belief with my guest Rachel Macy Stafford. In LIVE LOVE NOW Stafford shows readers how to become a truth-teller, encourager and guide to help young adults through the top stressors they face today—academic pressure, parental expectations, technoference, lack of purpose, isolation and the absence of effective coping skills. Stafford bravely and beautifully weaves in her own parenting struggles and breakthroughs throughout the book. She exposes a season of pers...
Aug 21, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 177
Join me this week on Thriving Beyond Belief for a solo episode! Let's talk 2020, half of 2021, struggles, joys, and thriving!! Related Links: WEBSITE: JeffandCherylScruggs.com INSTAGRAM: @CherylScruggs AMAZON: I Do Again...
Aug 12, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 176
This week on Thriving Beyond Belief, we have a special episode with Jeff and myself with Aaron and Jamie Ivey, co-authors of Complement: The Surprising Beauty of Choosing Together Over Separate in Marriage. Related Links: WEBSITE: AaronandJamieIvey.com INSTAGRAM: @jamieivey AMAZON: Complement: The Surprising Beauty of Choosing Together Over Separate in Marriage...
Aug 05, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 175
In 2009, Lara Casey —PowerSheets® creator, best-selling author, and mom to three—wrote a blog post ("How to Make Things Happen") in an attempt to answer the many emails she received asking, "how do you do it all?" The blog post received a flurry of responses, resonating with hundreds of people. It sparked a movement that turned into the Making Things Happen Conference a decade ago, where she continues to lead attendees through our proven process to uncover what truly matters to them and do somet...
Jul 22, 2021•36 min
This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Paul David Tripp ! Dr. Paul David Tripp is a pastor, event speaker, and a best-selling and award-winning author. With more than 30 books and video series on Christian living, Paul’s driving passion is to connect the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. Experience The Marriage Of Your Dreams Paul Tripp will encourage you with what the Bible has to say about marriage: No matter how long you have been married, you must continually rea...
Jul 15, 2021•55 min
Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Tod Jacobs and Peter Lynn from Not a Partnership ! About the Authors: Tod Jacobs Tod Jacobs is Director of the David Robinson Institute for Jewish Heritage in Jerusalem, which he co-founded in 2005. Prior to his current role teaching and counseling his students and alumni, he enjoyed a distinguished career on Wall Street as one of the leading authorities on the telecommunications industry globally. As a managing director at JP Morgan and before that a...
Jul 08, 2021•50 min
Darryl Strawberry is described as a baseball legend by many who have been dazzled by the dynamics of his game. His many accomplishments in the major leagues include four World Series titles, eight All-Star Game appearances, and a nomination to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004. He has earned the legendary nicknames and phrases of one of the most feared homerun hitters in the game of baseball: Straw’s Sweet Swing, Strawberry’s Field Forever, and The Legendary Straw Man! Though Darryl was...
Jul 01, 2021•41 min
Welcome back everyone! Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast is our guest, Kat Harris! In Sexless in the City: A Sometimes Sassy, Sometimes Painful, Always Honest Look at Dating, Desire, and Sex The popular podcast host and founder of The Refined Woman shares how she researched, wrestled, and discovered a God who wasn’t afraid or ashamed of sex and desire. Realizing countless women were dying to ask the same questions she was—and to get answers from a female who had actually walked the wal...
Jun 16, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 174
Welcome back everyone! Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast is our guest, Jarrett Stephens! A message of hope for an anxious day: God never changes. He is still here and ready to transform our lives. What we must ask is if we are ready to respond to him. In these turbulent times, many wonder where God is…and why he doesn’t seem to be intervening. Sure, he performed miracles in the Bible, but what about now? What about us? In The Always God: He Hasn’t Changed and You Are Not Forgotten (Jun...
Jun 03, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 173
Welcome back everyone! Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast is our guest, Todd & Brooke Tilghman! So often we hear “Just keep your eye on the prize!” and “focus on the ‘big picture!’" Todd and Brooke Tilghman offer this counter-cultural advice: look for the small things, not the big things––relish each and every small step/moment. When Todd Tilghman, pastor of two decades and father of eight from Meridian, Mississippi, auditioned for NBC’s The Voice, he counted it as a win simply to s...
May 26, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 172
Welcome back everyone! Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast is our guest, Abby Turner! Before the pandemic led to social gatherings being literally outlawed, the deck was already stacked against the everyday hostess who wanted to practice the discipline of hospitality in her home. A five-course meal? A beautifully curated tablescape? A hand-engraved invitation? A less-than-sparkling-clean home? Real or imagined, lofty prerequisites for entertaining have scared many away from inviting othe...
May 19, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 171
Welcome back everyone! Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast is our guest, Gary Thomas! Gary’s publisher is updating three of his marriage and dating bestsellers – A Lifelong Love: Discovering How Intimacy with God Breathes Passion Into Your Marriage , Sacred Search: What if It’s Not about Who You Marry, but Why? and 9 Essential Conversations Before You Say I Do – all releasing April 1. Topics include: I’ve been quarantined in this house with my spouse for the past year and the spark is GO...
May 12, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 170
Welcome back everyone! Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast is our guest, Amy Downs! Amy was a self-described lazy, college dropout. On April 19, 1995, she was working as a credit card loan officer at the Federal Employees Credit Union located in the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City when she found herself buried alive, upside down, in the basement of a nine-story building. With 168 people killed and more than half of her colleagues dying from the deadliest act of domestic...
May 05, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 169
Welcome back everyone! Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast is our guest, Hannah Brencher! Hannah Brencher is a writer, TED Speaker, and mental health advocate with a heart for building leaders. She is the author of two best-selling books- “If You Find This Letter” and her latest book, “Come Matter Here.” Her forthcoming book "Fighting Forward" will be available in bookstores everywhere on January 5, 2020. Related Links: WEBSITE: HannahBrencherCreative.com INSTAGRAM: @hannahbrencher TWITT...
Apr 28, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 168
Today on Thriving Beyond Belief, we have Debra Fileta! According to Fileta, people tend to assume they’re okay—until they’re not. Becoming healthy is an ongoing process that requires stopping, digging deep and asking the hard questions. In her new book, Fileta challenges readers to get real with who they are and how they’re doing spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically so they can recognize where they need growth and healing. Readers will learn to... Understand and express emotions in...
Apr 23, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 167
Today on Thriving Beyond Belief, we have Crystal Paine! Crystal Paine had it all together—a happy marriage, three healthy children, national bestselling books, a wildly successful business, and a mortgage-free home—until suddenly, she didn’t. Her world turned upside down the day she learned her child was not only being expelled for bullying others, but was also depressed and suicidal. Sitting in an emergency room with her husband and child, her world crumbling around her, Crystal hit her all-tim...
Apr 14, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 166
Today on Thriving Beyond Belief, we have Kelsey Chapman! Let's talk mentoring and mentorship! Meet Kelsey Chapman Kelsey Chapman is an author, podcaster and personal cheerleader to women building their dream life and business. When she first launched her own brand in 2015, she felt all the overwhelming feelings, too. It was scary to take such a huge leap and commit to showing up for a dream she didn’t know would pan out. People are CRAVING investment! Don’t we all just want someone to step in, h...
Apr 08, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 165
Today on Thriving Beyond Belief, we have Tara-Leigh Cobble! Despite an early introduction to Christianity, Tara wasted years coasting on the second-hand information she learned from others. In 2008, through the gentle encouragement of a friend, she read all the way through the Bible for the first time. It awakened a recognition of her need to have others walking closely alongside her in my pursuit of God -- people to hold her accountable for scripture memory and Bible reading and all the things ...
Mar 31, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 164
Today on Thriving Beyond Belief, we have Richard Lui! Seven years ago, Richard Lui walked into his supervisor’s office at NBC’s 30 Rock headquarters, prepared to give up his dream news anchor job. Having just learned of his father’s Alzheimer’s, the journalist wanted to be with him during his important last years, even if it meant setting aside his career. Lui reduced his work hours and joined 53 million Americans in becoming a family caregiver. Enough About Me is inspired by that decision to li...
Mar 25, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 163
Today on Thriving Beyond Belief, we have Noelle Mering! She an author and the Arts and Culture editor for Theology of Home. She studied philosophy and theatre at Westmont College in California and did graduate work in philosophy at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. Noelle and her husband live in Southern California with their six children. Related Links: WEBSITE: noellemering.com INSTAGRAM: @noellemering TWITTER: @noellem AMAZON: Theology of Home II: The Spiritual Art of Homemaking...
Mar 17, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 162
The sting of rejection is one of those bitter parts of life that we can’t fully escape. Whether it happened in grade school or last week, rejection can leave deep scars that affect our relationships, our self-worth, and our identities for years to come. But instead of letting it weigh us down as we drown in despair, what if we used it to catapult us into profound healing, growth, and a deeper sense of love of self? Popular dating coach and host of The Heart of Dating podcast Kait Warman has reck...
Mar 10, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 161
Jessica Procini is an Emotional Eating Healer and the founder of Escape From Emotional Eating®. She is on a mission to help others use food as fuel rather than a way to cope, soothe or escape their busy, stressful life. She consciously created and specifically designed Escape From Emotional Eating from over a decade of research and her own emotional eating journey because Overeaters Anonymous didn’t resonate and therapy wasn’t enough when it came to getting help to fully end her fight with food....
Mar 05, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 160
