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 v

Restory: The Final Episode

Jul 2nd, 2018 34m 2s

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

Jordan Fontenot

Jun 25th, 2018 30m 46s

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 p

Crystal Stine

1 Jun 18th, 2018 35m 15s

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.

Kim Case

Jun 11th, 2018 40m 46s

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 chec

Marilyn Weisenburg

Jun 4th, 2018 32m 51s

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

Kimberly Dewberry

May 28th, 2018 33m 17s

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 r

Jodie Niznik

May 21st, 2018 38m 10s

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.

Brandon Vestal

May 14th, 2018 36m 38s

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

Laura Husband

May 7th, 2018 43m 38s

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 t

Norma Brumbaugh

Apr 30th, 2018 27m 11s

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 Meetin

Osheta Moore

Apr 23rd, 2018 36m 45s

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-brok

Elizabeth Oates

Apr 16th, 2018 33m 10s

Elizabeth Oates is pretty much my twin. She and I share similar stories, but what struck me most was how we both have learned to cope with dysfunctional families. We have both decided to WORK HARD AT ALL THE THINGS. This works for a while until

Tyler Braun

Apr 9th, 2018 35m 15s

Tyler Braun is a pastor and thinker who recently came forward with his story during the #metoo movement. I love how he circles back around to theology and a rigorous view of the gospel, even as he deals with the aftermath of abuse from a youth

Denise Pass

Apr 2nd, 2018 34m 40s

Denise Pass is a woman who has walked through horrific trials, but has found God to be faithful. One of the most difficult stories I know is when a parent discovers their child has been sexually assaulted–but in her case it came from her now ex

Sarah Beth Marr

Mar 26th, 2018 29m 11s

Sarah Beth Marr is an author and speaker who shares openly about her journey toward pursuing God-breathed dreams, particularly after one crashed and burned. She has a big heart, and her adventure of trust will encourage you. Here’s the book she

Heather Creekmore

Mar 19th, 2018 42m 31s

Heather Creekmore is an author and speaker who shares openly about her own struggle with body image from an early age, revisiting it again and again until she found her ultimate worth in Jesus Christ. Here’s the book she spoke about in today’s

Asheritah Ciuciu

1 Mar 12th, 2018 34m 49s

Asheritah Ciuciu is an author and speaker who shares openly about her own struggle with food and finding satisfaction in Jesus alone. It starts with several mouthfuls of cake, morphs into orthorexia and ends in giving everything to Jesus. I kno

Lacy Williams

Mar 5th, 2018

Lacy Williams is an author and entrepreneur who has a beautiful story of trust today to share with us. She is not only a cowboy novelist from Oklahoma, she also has a sweet family who walked into an adventure last year. Here’s one of her latest

Jeanne Damoff

Feb 26th, 2018 47m 7s

Jeanne Damoff is one of my favorite people! I’m humbled she shared her story with us–a story of profound grief and amazing joy. When her eldest son drowned, and then revived, she walked a painful pathway of recovery and eventual peace. She chro

Laura Leigh Majernik

Feb 19th, 2018 36m 13s

Laura Leigh Majernik is a sports writer and an investigative reporter who is writing about what happened in the Baylor sexual assault scandal. I’m so grateful she shared her story with us–an investigation that led to her realizing she still had

Susan May Warren

Feb 12th, 2018 38m 27s

Susan May Warren is an amazing person, and I’m so grateful she shared her story with us. She is a novelist of so many books, and she is also a former missionary to Russia. Her story will help you realize that God is real, and He answers prayers

Fun Episode

Feb 5th, 2018 13m 36s

We will resume the regular Restory Show next week with a very special guest. I can’t wait for you to meet her. Her story has intrigue and danger! But this week, I have something really cool to share with you. This episode is short and sweet, an

Heather Dixon

Jan 22nd, 2018 37m 42s

Heather Dixon is an amazing person, and I’m so grateful I had the chance to interview her. She suffers from an incurable disease: Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and yet has an amazing perspective on life. Here’s her Bible Study: [“So inspired

Bonnie Bolander

Jan 15th, 2018 44m 52s

Bonnie Bolander is a dear woman who I had the privilege of meeting at one of my writing intensives. She has an infectious smile and a story that defies that smile. I don’t want to give away what you’ll hear, but it involves a painful parental s