On today’s show, Tara chats with her buddy, Miss Virginia Senior and Miss Senior America, Patsy Hockaday! Patsy talks about the beauty pageant circuit and the ladies discuss the recent I-95 disaster…as well as a heart-warming story that resulted in the midst of the chaos. Tara knows the secret that turns a good meal into a great meal and the ladies discuss wounds, people pleasing, and alcoholism. Also in this show… Masterpieces, searching for ways to fill the void, and witnessing in bars. Also, catch Read More
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Talking Grace, Collaboration, and Words of the Year with The Ruth Experience
In today’s show, Tara welcomes Kristen Demery, Kenra Roehl, and Julie Fisk of The Ruth Experience. The ladies discuss Christmas light shows, family traditions and just how these three awesome women found the name The Ruth Experience. They chat about early story inspiration (Little House, Anne of Green Gables, Nancy Drew, and Mary McCracken), along with what it’s like to collaborate on writing projects. Also in this show… Raising kids to be kind, vulnerability, understanding grace, and words of the year. Links: www.theruthexperience.com www.TaraJohnsonStories.com The Read More
Episode 6: Colorful Pasts and Messy Stories…Hanging Out with Shadia Hrichi!
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 Read More
War and Atheists: The Riveting Story of O Holy Night
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.
Episode 3: Silver Strands and “Even Ifs” with Crystal Caudill
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 Read More
The Problem with Being Nice: the 30 Day Drop the Gossip Challenge
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about avoidance. Trying to avoid the chocolate calling for me in the pantry. Avoiding too much screen time. Germs. Crowds. The scale. Overextending. Traffic. Snakes and spiders. The news. Avoiding staying up too late because I just can’t seem to put the book down. What I’ve slowly come to realize is most of these are physical aggravators. Oh, indulgence in any of them can affect my emotions, possibly even harm me. Yet while we tend to focus on external Read More
What “Euphoria” Really Means
I was getting a bit bored, driving through soggy rice fields on my way to a prison in Arkansas, preparing to speak to inmates on a drizzly Sunday morning. Maybe it was the lack of scenery that made me notice it. Maybe it’s because it was the only building around for miles other than a few silos. But when I saw the building perched on the side of the road, I shook my head. There in big, bold print, a sign advertised: Euphoria. Now, if this Read More
Monday Prayers on Fear
Monday Prayer for July 5, 2021
I’m asking our Father to give you joy, peace, and strength for this day. You are loved! ~Tara
The Glove
A glove lay on the table, its yarn soft and clean. It was proud of its red hue, striped with black and white. No knots marred its design. It was perfect. One day, a boy slid his fingers into the little glove. What a surprise! The little glove could move and wiggle, each one of its fingers working together . It flew high and dipped low. It could curl in on itself or stretch as wide as could be. What movement! What power! The little Read More