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Join my friend, author Sarah Mae, and me as we talk about her newest book, “The Complicated Heart.” If you have ever struggled to let go of painful relationship and walk in freedom, this is one show you won’t want to miss.

Sarah Mae is the author of several books, including Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe (with Sally Clarkson). She writes and speaks to encourage women to keep on and begin again.  She resides in Lancaster County, PA with her husband and her three children. Her next book, The Complicated Heart, comes out in 2019.

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It seems that it’s popular in the culture today to embrace a posture of victimization. We’re victims because of the circumstances of our birth, our financial background, our race or our gender. Many people are angry over things that happened generations ago—and rather than embrace a posture of gratefulness for what God has done, they embrace an identity that’s wrapped up in victimization. Men and women of God—this is not who you are in Christ! God says you are more than conquerers through Christ Jesus! Join me today as I talk about how to move from victim to victory! God has good things for you, starting with freedom from your past and power for the future.

Ephesians 1:19-22

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If you’re like me, you let your kids browse the library books and pick out what they want to take home, without giving it much thought.  It’s the library!  But listen, Mom, we’re learning we can’t do that anymore.  It’s time to #getoffthebench and get involved in what’s happening, because the children’s section isn’t a safe place for our kids.  Let’s talk about why and what we can do.

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There is a difference between endurance, forbearance, and perseverance. One implies joy and a whole life experience that is so much more than passively surviving. Let’s discuss which one we are created for!

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Traditional church attendance is a huge part of the Christian family life.  Should I go to a church with whom I disagree?  What is okay to disagree with?  Is youth group necessary for my teens?  And by the way, how am I currently feeling about Target?  These are good questions, and certainly worth discussing!  Join us, and we’ll talk about these issues and how we determine the answer!

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Family secrets are obviously secrets because they are difficult situations, but leaving difficulties in the dark is one of the worst things we can do. I talk with my guest today about how we can get those secrets out in the open and begin to heal.

 Beth K. Vogt is a nonfiction author and editor who said she’d never write fiction. She’s the wife of an Air Force family physician (now in solo practice) who said she’d never marry a doctor—or anyone in the military. She’s a mom of four who said she’d never have kids. Now Beth believes God’s best often waits behind the doors marked “Never.” A women’s fiction novelist, Beth’s first novel for Tyndale House Publishers,

Things I Never Told You, releases May 2018.

Beth is a 2016 Christy Award winner, a 2016 ACFW Carol Award winner, and a 2015 RITA® finalist. Her 2014 novel, Somebody Like You, was one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2014. A November Bride was part of the Year of Wedding series by Zondervan. Having authored nine contemporary romance novels or novellas, Beth believes there’s more to happily-ever-after than the fairy tales tell us.

An established magazine writer and former editor of the leadership magazine for MOPS International, Beth blogs for Novel Rocket and also enjoys speaking to writers’ groups and mentoring other writers. She lives in Colorado with her husband, Rob, who has adjusted to discussing the lives of imaginary people, and their youngest daughter, Christa, who loves to play volleyball and enjoys writing her own stories. Connect with Beth here.