A Messy Amen welcomes you into the conversations you might not be having on Sundays. Do you ever feel like you want to get to know people more but you get the weird sense that no one can relate to your struggle? You show up to church, sing, listen to the sermon, and go home feeling forgotten, isolated, and frustrated? Here we will be sharing stories that help women of faith feel less alone. We will be honest in ways that may normally feel foreign and share how we hold on to faith and trust God in the ups and downs.
Send us Fan Mail What do you do when you have walked away, the door is shut, and you are sure there is no going back? My friend Mandy Shindorf has been teaching Zumba since 2012, and if you have ever been in her class, you know she prays over every single person in that room before the music even starts. But that joy did not come easy. After 12 years of marriage, feeling unseen and caught up in chasing the popular life, Mandy walked away from her husband. She found her way back to the Lord, a...
9 Oct 2026
A Mackinac Mission Field
Send us Fan Mail What does it look like to say yes to God when your life is already going really well? For our first ever episode outside the studio, I'm sitting on the back deck of a parsonage on Mackinac Island with Ken and Lori Straight, pastors of Mackinac Island Bible Church. Back in 2002, their kids were nine and twelve, their church back home was thriving, and they had nothing to complain about. Then a Mother's Day weekend trip to the island turned into an invitation to speak, then a c...
2 Oct 2026
Fortnite, Faith, and a Love Story Only God Could Write
Send us Fan Mail What do you do when you've prayed the same prayer so many times you're not sure anyone is listening? This week I'm sitting down with Rae Brown, a friend from church and one of the newest faces in our Bible journaling small group. Rae grew up in Parkersburg, West Virginia, in a church that fell apart right as she left for college. She spent most of her adult life church hopping and carrying a lot of church hurt. Then COVID hit one week after a hard breakup, and she spent six m...
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