Interview with Heather Joel [22:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (4)

Phil Joel (of Newsboys fame) and his wife, Heather, have been working in the children’s ministry in their church for the past six years. They have recently launched a new ministry for families, DeliberateKids, to help aid parents in teaching their kids about the Lord.

I recently had the chance to chat with Heather about DeliberateKids, being a mom and what it’s like to be married to one of Christian music’s biggest stars. Click the player above to listen in! Read the rest of this entry »

 

 Interview with Margaret McSweeney [27:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (22)

Margaret lives with her husband and two daughters in a Chicago suburb. Her book, A Mother’s Heart Knows was published by Thomas Nelson in 2005. Go Back and Be Happy, a co-authored book will be published by Lion Hudson in July 2008.

Margaret has been featured on Greg Wheatly’s “Prime Time America,” TLN’s “Aspiring Women,” and LeSea’s “The Harvest Show.” Margaret writes freelance articles for The Daily Herald, the largest suburban Chicago newspaper. Notable interviews include Wolfgang Puck, Thomas Kinkade, Susan Branch and Dr. John Gottman. Margaret also wrote a feature article for crosswalk.com.

With a master’s degree in international business, Margaret became a vice president in the corporate finance division of a New York City bank and worked there from 1986-1993. Supporting charitable causes is important to Margaret. For the past five years, she has served on the board of directors for WINGS, an organization that helps abused women and their children get a new start in life.

 

 Interview With William P. Young [30:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (32)

A few other bloggers and I got together yesterday for a wonderful interview with William P. Young, author of the New York Times Bestseller, The Shack.

About the Book:
Mackenzie Allen Philips’ youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend.

Against his better judgment he arrives as the shack on a wintry afternoon and walk back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack’s world forever.

In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant The Shack wrestles with the timeless question, Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain? The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You’ll want everyone you know to read this book.
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 Interview with Kevin Wayne Johnson [12:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (28)

With the fundamental belief that God uses “ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things”, Kevin Wayne Johnson lives to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. Using literary talents and teachings God’s Word, Johnson strives to enlarge Christ’s body of believers.

Johnson is the eldest son of Ernest and the late Adele Johnson, raised in Richmond, Virginia. He attended and graduated from the Richmond Public School system and Virginia Commonwealth University earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/ Management, with a minor in Economics and a Finance concentration.

He is the author of the nine-book series entitled Give God the Glory!, a contributing author to two additional books, the recipient of twelve (12) literary/media awards, including 2007 Christian Publisher of the Year and 2006 Gospel Publisher of the Year at Book Expo America, African-American Pavilion. Kevin has hosted talk shows - Give God the Glory! - on the Voice America Internet Talk Radio Network and Black TV On-Line during the 2004 - 2007 seasons, reaching 300,000+ viewers per month. In 2008, his show transitions to www.SpreadingTheLightNetwork.com, where he continues to share the Word of God and interviewing diverse guests that discuss how and why they Give God the Glory!.

 

 Interview with Kay Strom [22:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (54)

Kay loves to write, and she loves to share what she writes about. Guess you’d call her a natural-born communicator! Author of 34 books and numerous magazine articles, Kay’s work has appeared in many compilations and book clubs, and around the world in many languages. She has recently completed the scripts for two movies and is hard at work on a historical biography and a historical novel trilogy.

In addition to her writing, Kay is an articulate, personable, and dynamic speaker, sought after for keynote presentations and special events around the country.

Also, Kay and her husband Dan Kline – co-authors of two books on marriage and couples’ relationships – offer retreats and workshops together.

 

 Interview with Jane Evans [28:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (45)

When Jane Evans found herself pregnant at 40 years of age, she wasn’t sure she could do it all again. The mother of two teenage boys at the time, and wife of a pastor, Evans’ life was already busy beyond compare. Yet despite her fear and uncertainty, she felt God’s presence and knew He had a plan for this new season of her life. Her new book, Raising Children Without Going Insane, was born out of those experiences.

Evans and her husband, Ashley are the senior pastors of Paradise Community Church in Adelaide, Australia. Their congregation numbers over 6500 people. They have three sons, now ages nineteen, seventeen and four. In her “free” time, Evans travels the world speaking and teaching and she is also on the board of directors for Compassion Australia.
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 Interview with Ginger Millermon [19:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (60)

Ginger Millermon is a gifted songwriter, vocalist, author, women’s speaker, and worship leader ministering to thousands in churches, women’s conferences, and pro-life events across the country.

Ginger has been a “top 40″ songwriter and recording artist for several years and has just released her fourth album.

Ginger has recently had two “top 10″ singles. “Your Majesty is Everywhere” reached #6 on CRW INSPO charts and “Speak Peace” reached to #9 on the charts.

Ginger’s testimony has been chronicled in her book, “Grace Thus Far,” and will be featured this spring on “The Harvest Show”(LeSea TV), Familynet Television, Daystar Television, and plans are being made for the 700 Club.

Ginger has also been featured on national radio programs such as ‘Focus on the Family’, ‘Moody Broadcasting Network’, and ‘American Family Radio.’

 

 Interview with Elizabeth Hagen [28:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (93)

Whether you’re an individual stuck in clutter, or a business leader looking for a way to energize your team, Elizabeth Hagen works wonders. Elizabeth’s energy, passion, humor, and can-do attitude will show you how to see the solution, not the mess. Elizabeth’s 1:1 consulting, team workshops, and famed Organize with Confidence seminars have helped thousands of people just like you go from overwhelmed to action.

 

 Interview with Janine Jarosek [19:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (110)

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 Interview with Dr. Henry Could [16:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (104)

Listen in as Dr. Could shares with Jill about his newest book, The Secret Things of God.

About the Book:

A positive, Christian alternative to Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret, this book reveals twenty age-old secrets of God some of which have been true since before Creation and others that were revealed 2000 years ago when the Creator of the Universe became one of us.
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