Jacque Watkins

finding grace through the mud

MS 043 Kitty Hurdle: Workaholism, Unexplained Infertility and Adoption

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Welcome to episode 043 of Mud Stories! Mud Stories 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 Kitty Hurdle—a missionary, momma to two, and wife to her husband Joel, who […]

MS 020 Lysa TerKeurst: Abortion, Failure, and Finding The Best Yes

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Welcome to episode 020 of Mud Stories! Mud Stories 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 Lysa TerKeurst, the founder and President of Proverbs 31 Ministries, and the New […]

MS 016 Natalie Snapp: Addiction, Abortion & Finding God {Part 1}

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Welcome to episode 016 of Mud Stories! Mud Stories 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 my friend,  Natalie Snapp—a follower of Jesus, wife to Jason, and mom […]

MS 004: Holley Gerth on Infertility, Redemption, and How to Hold On to Hope

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Welcome to episode 004 of Mud Stories! Mud Stories 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 to Holley Gerth, co-founder of the beautiful online community (in)courage.me, the best-selling author of […]

Grief: The Power of our Silent Presence

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She arrived mid-morning on the first day of a new month, nineteen weeks pregnant and bleeding. And I volunteered to take care of her. She needed somebody to be willing. And I knew what to do because I’d done it so many times before. We sped her to ultrasound. And then, the radiologist called. He […]

When You Wonder if There is Purpose in Pain

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She loses her job this week and walks away with one less key on her ring and a feeling of loss in her heart. It happens so fast. Abrupt, sudden, and unexpected. Everything becomes ordinary all at once, and none of it is easy at all. After years of giving with grace and mentoring with […]

I Can Still Remember, and I Give Thanks

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I can still remember as I sat on the couch that day, tears streaming in an unrelenting flow and I will never forget that day in May…the very day that would have been my 9th wedding anniversary of my previous marriage. Me having been divorced…and now remarried. Me experiencing, that day, the first of my […]