A Woman’s Heart with Lisa Granger

Lori Altebaumer: God Can Use Dreams In Unexpected Ways

Do you ever wonder how God will use your dreams? How can all the pieces fit together? We can have a dream in our heart, but if we don’t step out and put legs on those dreams, it may never happen. When Lori Altebaumer’s husband said “do what brings you joy”, she started writing and hasn’t looked back. She is passionate about letting women know they have a place in God’s story and when they get their hearts in line with how God sees them, they are powerful beyond measure.Lori is a multi-published author who describes herself as a wandering soul with a home keeping heart. Her debut novel, A Firm Place to Stand, was recognized as a 2020 AWSA Golden Scrolls Awards winner as well as being a finalist for Best First Novel and Best Romantic Suspense in the Selah Awards and Director’s Choice Award at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference in 2021. She enjoys engaging with all facets of the writing industry and people who are passionate about the craft of writing. A life-long Texan, she loves her Texas roots, things that make her laugh, and the company of family and friends.Connect with Lori on social media or her website: https://lorialtebaumer.com/ Keep in touch www.lisagranger.com

Barbara Britton: Fascinating Stories We Can Still Learn From

Summer Reading Series! Have you ever thought the Bible was boring? The Bible isn’t just a collection of do’s and don’ts, it has some amazing and exciting stories about real people with lessons that can still speak to us today. Our guest, Barbara Britton knows about stories in the Bible and stories from today that we can all learn from. We talk about her latest book, Escape to Whispering Creek, as well as her journey from Sunday School teacher to multi-published author of Biblical fiction and contemporary fiction. We also talked about the lessons God can teach us through stories and along life’s journey.Barbara M. Britton lives in Southeast, Wisconsin and loves the snow—when it accumulates under three inches. Barbara writes award-winning Christian romantic adventures for teens and adults from Bible Times to present-day USA. She has a nutrition degree from Baylor University but loves to dip healthy strawberries in chocolate. You can find out more about Barbara and her books on her website www.barbarambritton.com .For the complete reading list: https://www.lisagranger.com/summer-reading

Tessa Afshar: Anchor Your Soul and Quiet Your Heart

Summer Reading Series! Have you ever felt overwhelmed by anxiety or paralyzed by fear? Our guest, Tessa Afshar, is well acquainted with those feelings. She battled anxiety for years and now shares how you can also find rest in the One who loves you most. We talk about her personal story of how she came to know of Jesus and then how she grew to love Him.
Tessa Afshar’s award-winning novels have been on Publishers Weekly and CBA bestseller lists and have been translated into 12 languages. Winner of the ECPA Bronze Milestone award, the Christy, the INSPY, and the ECPA Christian Book Award for her Bible study, The Way Home, Tessa holds a Master of Divinity from Yale, where she served as co-chair of the Evangelical Fellowship for one year. Born in the Middle East to a nominally Muslim family, Tessa converted to Christianity in her twenties. She is a devoted wife, a mediocre gardener, and an enthusiastic cook of biblical recipes.
Connect with Tessa: https://tessaafshar.com/ For the complete
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Gabrielle Meyer: What Happens When Our Dreams Shape Our Heart

Summer Reading Series! Ever have a dream that takes longer than you expected? God can use the dreams that He places inside us to shape our hearts and bless others in unexpected ways. Gabrielle Meyer had a love of reading and history that turned into storytelling of her own.  She kept going despite rejection and criticism with some encouragement from special people in her life.
Gabrielle Meyer lives on the banks of the Upper Mississippi River with her husband and four children. As an employee of the Minnesota Historical Society, she fell in love with the rich history of her state and enjoys writing historical and contemporary novels inspired by real people, places, and events. The river is a constant source of inspiration for Gabrielle, and if you look closely, you will find a river in each of her stories. When Gabrielle is not writing, you might find her homeschooling her children, cheering them on at sporting and theatrical events, or hosting a gathering at her home with family and friends.
 
Connect with Gabrielle at https://gabriellemeyer.com/
 
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Brenda Yoder: Unlock Resilience with Simple Forgotten Principles

Summer Reading Series! Have you ever felt like this world is so complicated that it has you tangled up? For all of our modern conveniences, life doesn’t seem to be any easier. The number of mental health issues has skyrocketed in the last several years causing us to wonder what has happened. Maybe there are some principles that our forefathers knew that we can learn from. Brenda Yoder has lived in Amish country for years and noticed some things about the community and living on a farm that we can learn for a more peaceful life. She shares what she has learned from her latest book Uncomplicated: Secret Skills for a Compelling Life and her own experiences in life and her career in the schools.
Brenda L. Yoder is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, school counselor, speaker, and author. She’s authored Fledge: Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your Mind, Balance, Busyness & Not Doing It All, and most recently Uncomplicated: Secret Skills for a Compelling Life. She’s the co-host of the Midlife Mom Podcast and Midlife Mom Facebook Community. She is a wife, mom of four adult children and 2 daughters-in-law, and three beautiful grandsons. She loves gardening and creating beautiful spaces. Brenda specializes in faith, life, and family beyond the storybook image.
Connect with Brenda: www.brendayoder.com
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Dawn Barton: The Exciting Life After Mid-Life

Summer Reading Series! Where did women get the idea that they should shrink back once they get to mid-life? We may not have the same beach body we had in our 20’s, but we have so much more to offer in wisdom and experience. During my conversation with Dawn Barton, she challenges the myth that it’s all downhill once you hit mid-life. She reminds us that we are the best we have ever been. We talk about her latest book Mid-Life Battle Cry, finances, the importance of friends, how joy can come out of tremendous pain and the transformational power in community. A multibillion-dollar direct sales company put Dawn on their Times Square billboard in the summer of 2018. In Dawn’s thirty years of sales and marketing, she has been a top producer at every company she’s worked for. Most recently, she was the #7 Sales Director in Mary Kay when she took a leap of faith and left it all to write her first book, Laughing Through the Ugly Cry. Dawn has been a public speaker for more than ten years, giving talks about cancer, joy, female empowerment, and direct sales. When she’s not encouraging other women to find joy and humor in even the most difficult of circumstances, you can find her living happily ever after in Florida, with her husband, daughter, parents, mother-in-law, two horses, four dogs, and three cats (and a partridge in a pear tree).
Connect with Dawn: https://dawnbarton.com/
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Toni Shiloh: Diversity and Perspective in Story

Summer Reading Series! Have you ever wondered how to tackle some of the world’s issues? Have you ever thought about how things could be? Stories can often provide a safe place to explore difficult topics and imagine how things could be. Toni Shiloh likes to write about topics such as fame, racial diversity, and relationships in the light of God’s love. We talk about her writing journey, her latest book A Run at Love, and some of the lessons God has taught her through her stories.
Toni Shiloh is a wife, mom, and an award-winning Christian contemporary romance author. She writes to bring God glory and to learn more about His goodness. Toni keeps her Texas roots alive by cheering for the Dallas Cowboys in a Commanders’ nation.
Connect with Toni at http://tonishiloh.com and follow her on your favorite social media platforms.
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Becky Beresford: The Truth About Some of Our Popular Lies

Summer Reading Series! Have you ever read one of those inspirational signs and been inspired for a while, but ended up exhausted? However well-meaning and partially true some of our world’s popular mantras are, they can still leave us flat. Becky Beresford believed and promoted some of our culture’s lies until she realized that true empowerment doesn’t come from ourselves, it comes from Jesus. In her book, She Believed HE Could So She Did, Becky challenges some of the most popular lies that we have believed and replaces them with Biblical truth. In this episode, Becky shares her journey of writing in a firestorm of life and the truths she uncovered.
BECKY BERESFORD lives in North Carolina and is happily outnumbered by her husband and three wonderful boys. She is an author, speaker, and coach with a master's certificate in Spiritual Formation and Discipleship from Moody Theological Seminary. Becky loves encouraging God’s daughters to embrace Christ-centered empowerment through the truth found in the gospel.
Connect with Becky at https://www.beckyberesford.com
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Pepper Basham: Writing for an Audience of One

Summer Reading Series! Ever want to escape the real world and enjoy some happily ever after? We can get dragged down by life, pulled under by discouragement and sucked into comparison so quickly. We can forget that when God places a desire and a gift in our heart, He wants us to use it, even if only for the joy of the Lord. Pepper Basham always enjoyed reading and writing, but put writing on hold to start a career and raise a family. Once she started, she had to push through the lies of not being enough to trust what God wanted her to do and write for an audience of One. Pepper Basham is an award-winning author who writes romance “peppered” with grace and humor. Writing both historical and contemporary novels, she loves to incorporate her native Appalachian culture and/or her unabashed adoration of the UK into her stories. She currently resides in the lovely mountains of Asheville, NC where she is the wife of a fantastic pastor, mom of five great kids, a speech-language pathologist, and a lover of chocolate, jazz, hats, and Jesus. Her newest novel is Loyally Luke, where a flannel-wearing man’s man finds himself living out a romcom of royal proportions. You can learn more about Pepper and her books on her website at www.pepperdbasham.com . Please share these great summer reads with a friend. You can get the summer reading list at www.lisagranger.com/summer-reading

Casey Hilty: Fundamentals of Leaving a Legacy of Faith

Summer Reading Series. Ever wonder how to pass your faith on to your kids or grandchildren? Faith is only one generation away from being extinct.  We are commanded to teach our children about God and His Word. Psalm 78:4, 7 “we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord” so they “would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.”  Casey Hilty shares 5 steps of faith, what we can learn from 8 Biblical moms and practical ideas on how to share our faith with the next generation in her book, Her Children Arise: Passing a Legacy of Faith to the Next Generation. We talk about some of those steps and the moms who lived them out, as well as the lessons Casey has learned.
Casey Hilty is a Christian speaker, artist, worship leader, and author. Using both storytelling and visual art, she is passionate about taking mothers on a journey from apathy to awe to fall in love—or back in love—with God and His Word. Casey recently jumped back into the world of teaching after being a stay-at-home mom for 14 years. She and her husband, Bo, have three school-aged kids, a gaggle of pets, and call South Louisiana home.
You can find her on Instagram and Facebook and at www.caseyhilty.com
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