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Jacque Watkins

finding grace through the mud

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MS 057 Lelia Chealey: Parenting Teens and Young Adults Through Their Mud

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 057 of Mud Stories! Mud StoriesĀ is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. In today’s episode I’m talking with Lelia Chealey, a writer, speaker, and conference director who lives in Nebraska […]

MS 055 Gary Morland: Addiction, Alcoholism, Forgiveness and Scary Hope

by Jacque Watkins

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Welcome to episode 055 of Mud Stories! Mud StoriesĀ is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. In today’s episode I’m talking with Gary Morland, writer, father to two grown daughters, and grandfather to six. […]

MS 054 Amber C. Haines: Desire, Sin, Shame and Finding God in Broken Places

by Jacque Watkins

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Welcome to episode 054 of Mud Stories! Mud StoriesĀ is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. In today’s episode I’m talking with Amber C. Haines,Ā blogger, writer, and author of her very first book entitled, […]

MS 052 Michele Cushatt: Undone by Suffering and How to Make Peace with an Unexpected Life

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 052 of Mud Stories! Mud StoriesĀ is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. In today’s episode I’m talking with Michele Cushatt, connector, speaker, writer, and author of her first book entitled […]

MS 047 Colleen Mitchell: Being Broken and Learning to See Grief As a Gift

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 047 of Mud Stories! Mud StoriesĀ is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. In today’s episode I’m continuing part two of my conversation withĀ Colleen Mitchell. If you missed part one, you […]

MS 046 Colleen Mitchell: Loss and Ongoing Grief

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 046 of Mud Stories! Mud StoriesĀ is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. In today’s episode I’m talking withĀ Colleen Mitchell,Ā wife to Greg and mother to five amazing sons here on earth, […]

MS 042 Wendy Blight: Rape, Fear, and Forgiveness and Finding Hope from Reading the Bible

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 042 of Mud Stories! Mud StoriesĀ is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. In today’s episode I’m talking with Wendy Blight—speaker, Bible study teacher, attorney, wife and mother of two–who resides […]

MS 040 Caryn Christensen: Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Trusting God

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 040 of Mud Stories! Mud StoriesĀ is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. Today I’m talking with Caryn Christensen, writer, music teacher, and mother to two girls. Caryn Ā describes herself as […]

MS 039 Caryn Christensen: From Neglect and Abuse Toward Rescue and Redemption

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 039 of Mud Stories! Mud StoriesĀ is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. Today I’m talking with Caryn Christensen, writer, music teacher, and mother to two girls. Caryn Ā describes herself as […]

MS 038 Shauna Niequist: Walking Through Mud and Learning to Savor Along the Way

by Jacque Watkins

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Welcome to episode 038 of Mud Stories! Mud StoriesĀ is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. Today I’m talking with Shauna Niequist,Ā writer, author, and speaker, who resides in Chicago with her husband Aaron, and […]

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