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finding grace through the mud

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MS 103 Jennifer Rothschild: Blindness, Doubt and Finding Hope in Any Circumstance

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 103 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 Jennifer Rothschild, a singer, songwriter, speaker, bible study teacher and author of over a dozen […]

MS 099 Resources to Help Make Bible Study a Daily Habit

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 099 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. To be the FIRST to be notified of the release of my (soon coming) NEW E-course: Text the […]

MS 088 Katie Orr: Depression, Unexpected Grief and Studying the Bible

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 088 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. I’m currently accepting a limited number of COACHING clients! If you are: finding yourself in an in between place alone […]

MS 070 Elizabeth Foss: Advent, Family Dynamics, and Tips for Managing Holiday Stress and Grief

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 070 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 Elizabeth Foss, wife to Mike and mom to nine children–ages seven to twenty seven–who […]

MS 049 Susie Larson: Finding Your Sacred Yes Through Hard Times

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 049 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 Susie Larson, a radio host with her own daily live talk show, […]

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 […]

When You Need to Know How to Read Through the Bible

by Jacque Watkins

It wasn’t until I was thirty-eight years old, that I read through the Bible for the very first time. Even though I grew up in the church, attended a private Christian university, and served as the wife of a pastor for several years. I can’t tell you how many years I spent, opening my Bible to Genesis […]

What I Learned {September 2013}

by Jacque Watkins

At the end of every month, Emily Freeman shares what she’s learned, and she hosts a link-up on her blog where everyone can meet and share what they’ve learned too. And I’m joining her today! So here, in no particular order, are 10 things I learned in September… 1. God’s goodness and mercy hunts us down. As I […]

When You Doubt God is Here {Letters from God}

by Jacque Watkins

I am here. And I see. I see the discouragement that seeps in through the cracks of your doubt. The times you question whether you’re able to be used by Me at all. I see how your tired head bends in the dark and longs for more hours in each day. How you stay up in […]

Give Thanks to the Lord for He is Good

by Jacque Watkins

Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. He. is. good. Do you believe He is? Even through the job loss The cancer fight The care of an aging parent Or the care of a special needs child? Do you believe He is good? Even through the loneliness and despair of isolation The tension […]

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