Listen and subscribe!   Today, I'm chatting with Bible teacher and speaker Shadia Hrichi!   Shadia and I talk about being raised with conflicting beliefs, witnessing truth faith, and worshiping with inmates. We discuss freedom from lies and messy stories from the Bible, like Hagar, the demon-possessed man, and Tamar.   Also in this episode...   Answers to big questions like "What can God redeem?" and "Who is God?", I share about the day when my daughter learned about "the deacon-possessed man", and we discuss what happens when we try to make God in our own images.   Links:  …

A very special episode is rolling your way from This is my Story...Tara is delighted to be talking with one of her writing mentors Allen Arnold! In today's show, Allen and Tara discuss the problem with personality tests, fighting for a calm Christmas, story deaths, and interruptions. Allen talks about the orphan realm versus walking with God, and how he learned the hard way not to take advice from a fortune cookie. Also in this show, Ransomed Hearts, the problem with doing more, what to do when your heart is exhausted, and the best way to drink salsa. Links: www.withallen.com…

Join me in episode #4 to hear the story of how "O Holy Night" came to be. Only God could use an atheist, a Jew and two of the bloodiest wars in the world to bring His message of joy and peace to a broken world.

Check out the latest installment of This is My Story! https://blubrry.com/thisismystorywithtarajohnson/83281318/episode-3-silver-strands-and-even-ifs-with-crystal-caudill/ On today's show, Tara and Crystal chat about messy families, the power of not being perfect, plastic Christianity and balking heroes of faith. Crystal shares how escaping PE class led her to Christ. The ladies talk about classics, Christian fiction, wild research, and Crystal's new release Counterfeit Love. Also on this show... Silver strands, Bearing Precious Seed and what God teaches us when we say "even if". Links: www.crystalcaudill.com Bearing Precious Seed- www.bpsmilford.org Pre-order Crystal's upcoming novel here: Counterfeit Love: Caudill, Crystal: 9780825447402: Amazon.com: Books

For years, my kids and I have begged my husband to put up outdoor Christmas lights. For twenty plus years he has refused. He knows it’ll be a pain. He fears it will damage the house. I personally think he’s afraid it will look like the Griswold residence and doesn’t want the hassle. Finally, last year he conceded and bought thousands of lights after the post-Christmas sales hit the stores. During the passing of the year, he forgot all about those lights tucked away in the closet…but I didn’t. When I reminded him about the lights, he groaned but reluctantly…

  Once upon a time, there lived a poor girl named Anna. Anna’s only talent was weaving. She lived with her mother in Salzburg, Austria until, on one fateful day, she met a soldier named Mohr who was stationed in her town. As their friendship grew, she fell in love with the dashing man, and felt nothing but joy when she learned she was carrying his baby. Little Joseph was born on December 11, 1792, but her elation soon turned to heartbreak when her only love, the father of her child, abandoned them both to an unknown future. Ann had…