In the second part of our conversation, Crystal shares how you can learn more about Journey to Heal and bring hope and healing to women in your community or church. What would it look like for every church to have a plan to help women who have been through sexual trauma and abuse? How can we walk with our friends and family and begin the journey of healing? We hope you will find a moment to hear more from Crystal and be encouraged to take steps of courage in your own life.

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Healing from deep wounds takes courage, and sometimes God uses our most painful experiences to help others find their way toward healing.

In this first episode of a two-part interview, Gretchen and Jennifer find a moment with their friend, Crystal Sutherland. After experiencing childhood sexual abuse and walking through years of healing and recovery as an adult, Crystal sensed the Lord prompting her to write a book to serve others who have experienced similar trauma.

Although she faced self-doubt and feelings of overwhelm at times, Crystal continued to receive confirmation and encouragement from those around her. Through prayer, the support of others, and the faithfulness of God, she found the courage to bring the Journey to Heal curriculum to completion, including securing a publisher for her book. Her nonprofit ministry, also called Journey to Heal, will celebrate its tenth anniversary within a month of this episode’s release.

We hope you will find a moment to listen to Crystal’s story. Her honesty and vulnerability offer a powerful testament to the freedom that comes from living with courage, no matter the cost.

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What does it really mean to have courage when God leads you into a new season? What role does discernment play as we prepare to take a leap of faith? How can we be certain of our calling when it involves risks and possibly a great cost to us and even our family?

In this introductory episode, Gretchen and Jennifer are talking about biblical courage, what it looks like to take a step of faith when we can’t see the outcome, and why courage isn’t about having confidence in ourselves, but trusting in God.

Sometimes He prompts us to take a step…

Sometimes He uses the people around us to confirm the direction…

And sometimes we have to move forward without feeling completely ready, trusting that peace will come on the other side.

As we learn to trust Him with the unknown, we begin to recognize His faithfulness in ways we might have missed before. We hope you will find a moment to join us as we explore what it means to walk in courage, surrender the outcome, and discover what God can do with our willingness to say yes.

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We can hardly believe it! Season 3 of Find a Moment with Gretchen and Jennifer is here!

Kicking things off, our intro episode spills the tea on our new branding!

This time around, we will be talking to women who have chosen to move forward in a new season with courage…

We will be exploring the value of generational diversity…

And of course, we can’t resist a follow-up parenting series! (we will definitely be saying the quiet part out loud again)

Our lives rarely look exactly like we have imagined or planned, and yet we are still called to live faithful and fruitful lives.

We’re all navigating the space between ideals and everyday life, and we are committed to sharing our conversations along the way of our own journeys.

No matter what season of life you find yourself, you’ll hear encouragement and wisdom in each episode.

We hope you’ll find a moment to join us!

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What do spanking, suffering, and art have in common? Those are just some of the topics Gretchen and Jennifer explored during season two recap of Find A Moment. During this episode, we reflect on some of the difficult ideas, beautiful stories, and plenty of fun moments we encountered along the way.

Our second season included a series on grief and suffering, we explored artistic expression and beauty with artists from different generations, and we bravely tackled some important questions related to parenting, including myths and hot-button topics such as spanking. We also explored the changes in liturgical seasons and then wrapped up with our Summer Book Club.

It was a season full of honest questions, thoughtful conversations, and learning how to navigate the space between our ideals and everyday life. Whether you are a longtime listener or new to the show, we hope you’ll find a moment to join us as we look back at Season Two!

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In part two of our nonfiction book club discussion, Gretchen and Jennifer finish working through Try Softer by Aundi Kolber. The second half of the book takes the conversation deeper into emotions, relationships, our inner critic, and self-compassion.

As we walk through the remaining chapters, we share personal stories and talk about what it looks like to take some of these ideals and actually live them out in everyday life. Because, as we all know, what sounds realistic in a book can be a little harder to practice as we navigate family, work, ministry, and community relationships.

We hope you'll find a moment to listen in with us. Whether you're working through the book yourself or simply curious about what it might look like to approach life with a little more gentleness, this conversation will bring a sense of hope and courage to your heart.

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For our nonfiction book club selection, Gretchen and Jennifer dive into the first half of Aundi Kolber's Try Softer. Each chapter presents faith-informed therapeutic wisdom, encouraging readers to become students of themselves while crafting a gentler internal narrative.

Whether through awareness of thought patterns or noticing physical sensations that accompany difficult moments, Kolber instructs us in “compassionately listening to our needs so we can move through pain--and ultimately life--with more gentleness and resilience.”

While discussing the individual chapters, quite a few personal stories are shared as well. Jennifer recounts her recent experience of applying some of the book's grounding techniques, and Gretchen offers a thoughtful reflection on her approach to the timeline exercise (recommended in the book).

Whether you're just starting the journey of processing and healing from the hard parts of life or you're getting curious about respectfully establishing boundaries, this episode will get your wheels turning towards an emotionally healthier version of yourself. We hope you'll find a moment to listen.

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Welcome back to our Summer Book Club! This is the second of four episodes in the series, and this week we’re talking with author Keelia Clarkson about our fiction pick, Chapter One Again.

Keelia shares with Gretchen and Jennifer the story behind the story, what inspired her to write the book, and some of the themes readers connect with most, including second chances, healing, hope, forgiveness, and finding the courage to begin again.

Whether you’ve already finished the book or are reading along with us, we hope this conversation gives you a deeper appreciation for the story and encourages you in your own life. We hope you’ll pull up a chair and find a moment to join the conversation!

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