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Restory Show Resurrect: Jules Woodson

Restory Show Resurrect: Jules Woodson

Although I've stopped production of the Restory Show, from time to time I will bring you interviews as God brings amazing people and their stories my way. Today's bonus episode features one of those exceptional people and stories--sexual abuse victim advocate Jules...

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Restory: The Final Episode

Restory: The Final Episode

Today is the final episode of the Restory Show. Cue sadness! For many reasons, I felt like this season of interview podcasting has come to an end for me, particularly since the great majority of the stories were ones I personally vetted, and I felt like I could no...

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Jordan Fontenot

Jordan Fontenot

Jordan Fontenot is a friend and the son of one of my closest friends who died a few years ago. I wrote about Twilla here. Today Jordan talks about his own spiritual journey, how his mom's diagnosis intersected that, and how he ultimately made peace with God through it...

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Crystal Stine

Crystal Stine

Crystal Stine is an amazing person with a vivacious personality and a heartfelt relationship with Jesus. She is honest, dedicated, and infectious (in a good way). She recently released a book: Holy Hustle: Embracing a Work-Hard, Rest-Well Life. Today we talk about...

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Kim Case

Kim Case

Kim Case is an incredible person I had the privilege of meeting in Missouri in the Spring. She endured one of the most horrific assaults as a young woman, and has spent her life speaking on behalf of victims. Please do yourself a favor and check out her website. Watch...

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Marilyn Weisenburg

Marilyn Weisenburg

Marilyn Weisenburg is a mom, a youth worker, and an artist who has an incredibly difficult story to tell about grief. It's detailed more in her well-written memoir: [Tweet "Hear a mom's story of walking through the loss of her son in Iraq."] As in all my episodes, I...

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Kimberly Dewberry

Kimberly Dewberry

Kimberly Dewberry is a blogger who writes about the importance of recovery. She shares an amazing story of connecting (again) with her father, which is the subject of her latest book: [Tweet "Hear @Dewberry_author share an incredible story of re-connection with a long...

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Jodie Niznik

Jodie Niznik

Jodie Niznik is an executive pastor at Irving Bible Church. She and I have been friends since I spoke at their women's retreat a few years ago. We try to meet about twice a year over Mexican food to discuss our ministries, dreams, and theology. She's smart,...

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Brandon Vestal

Brandon Vestal

Brandon Vestal is a dear friend of ours. He accompanied Patrick and me (with his wife Vonda, who was also on the Restory show and spoke at the Restory Conference) to Montreal on a mission trip. He's been a youth pastor, and now he's a coach and teacher. He is the...

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Laura Husband

Laura Husband

Laura Husband is a vocalist and speaker who lives in the Houston area. Fifteen years ago, she lost her father, Colonel Rick Husband, when the space shuttle Columbia crashed sixteen minutes prior to its intended landing. Laura takes us back to that moment with...

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Norma Brumbaugh

Norma Brumbaugh

Norma Brumbaugh has weathered a lot of storms, including an unwanted divorce, finding herself single after several years of marriage. She has learned a lot about Jesus in that heartache. She talked about this book during the episode, The Meeting Place. [Tweet "Hear...

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Osheta Moore

Osheta Moore

Osheta Moore is an amazing woman with a beautiful story. In this episode she talks about making peace (shalom!) with her African American heritage, and she offers all of us hope as we struggle with shame, fear, and finding peace in a peace-broken world. She talked...

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