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finding grace through the mud

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MS 091 Matt Bays: Finding God in the Ruins, How God Redeems Pain

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 091 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.  Coaching with Jacque: Sign up HERE   http://www.jacquewatkins.com/coaching “Like” The Mud Stories Facebook Page: Click HERE  http://www.facebook.com/jacquewatkins This week I’m […]

MS 081 The Challenge of Forgiving Ourselves

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 081 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. 1. Join our gathering place: The Mud Stories Gathering, a closed group on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/groups/mudstoriesgathering) This past week […]

MS 080 Terri Roberts: Tragedy, Grief, the Amish and the Power of Forgiveness

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 080 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. 1. Join our new gathering place: The Mud Stories Gathering, a closed group on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/groups/mudstoriesgathering) Today I’m […]

MS 075 Jamie Ivey: The Happy Hour ~ Failure, Forgiveness, and God’s Amazing Grace

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 075 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. 1. Join our new gathering place: The Mud Stories Gathering, a closed group on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/groups/mudstoriesgathering) 2. AND […]

MS 063 Tray & Melody Lovvorn: Porn Addiction, Betrayal and The Destructive Paradigm of Performing and Pretending

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 063 of Mud Stories! This is Day 15 in the series “31 Days: What You Should Know Before An Affair“ 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. Today I’m […]

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 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 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 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 Amber C. Haines, blogger, writer, and author of her very first book entitled, […]

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 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 Wendy Blight—speaker, Bible study teacher, attorney, wife and mother of two–who resides […]

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 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. Today I’m talking with Shauna Niequist, writer, author, and speaker, who resides in Chicago with her husband Aaron, and […]

In Case You’re Wondering What They Will Remember

by Jacque Watkins

We say goodbye to her just five months after her 90th birthday. And it is ever before me that life really is a vapor, a mist that is here for a time and then gone, vanishing like steam rising in the air. He plays his guitar and we lead the music and sing “It Will […]

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Hi and welcome! I'm a Grace-clinger, Mercy-lover, wife, and mom to five ... a writer, part-time labor & delivery nurse, and podcaster of Mud Stories, who believes we are so very loved, and never, ever alone! I'm so very glad you're here! Read more about me here...

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