Jacque Watkins

finding grace through the mud

MS 046 Colleen Mitchell: Loss and Ongoing Grief

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Welcome to episode 046 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 Colleen Mitchell, wife to Greg and mother to five amazing sons here on earth, […]

If You’re Facing Loneliness and Need a Friend

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I yearn to sit with a friend—to rehash my day, laugh about the silly things, and delve into deep connection about the weighty things, but I haven’t had a best friend for a long time and it’s no one’s fault but my own. When my life fell apart in my late twenties, all my friendships […]

MS 044 Christy Beam: Chronic Illness and Miracles from Heaven

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Welcome to episode 044 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 Christy Beam, wife to Kevin, and mom to three beautiful girls–Abigail, Annabel, […]

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 040 Caryn Christensen: Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Trusting God

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Welcome to episode 040 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 Caryn Christensen, writer, music teacher, and mother to two girls. Caryn  describes herself as […]

Remembering Holy Week and Jesus’ Call to Love and Abide

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In this Holy week I’ve been pondering the events of Jesus’ last two days, and remembering. I remember how He celebrated Passover with His disciples that Thursday evening. How He ate and drank with them. How He gave thanks–the hardest eucharisteo. And then how He washed their feet. I remember how they wondered–how they were confused and didn’t understand. Why would […]