43 Interview with Suanne Camfield: Author | Minister to Women | Paying Attention to The Stirring

Send us Fan MailSuanne Camfield is the women’s ministry director at Christ Church of Oak Brook and the author of The Sound of a Million Dreams: Awakening to Who You are Becoming (her first book, released in March of 2017). She previously worked for Caris, a nonprofit counseling organization that supports women and children, was an assistant editor at InterVarsity Press and the blog manager for FullFill, a nonprofit focused on mobilizing women to invest their influence in the world for God's purposes. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband--who’s a pastor--and two teenage children. In this episode, Suanne shares the story of when God stirred something inside her during a “holy moment” in a coffee shop. She takes us along on the journey of what God was doing in her heart and mind while she pursued a dream of writing that she didn’t know she had before age 30. In doing so, she encourages us to focus less on what we are to do with our dreams and more on who we are to become as we follow God’s call on our lives. She is honest about the internal war--those voices that make her question what she’s doing and even who she is sometimes--and how she fights back against them. This journey with God toward her dreams has built confidence in Suanne and a growing trust in God’s faithfulness, despite her circumstances or feelings. She shares how this has helped her pursue with vigor and, at the same time, hold more loosely to her dreams. I love the way Suanne talks about dreaming. I’ve already called her a kindred spirit. And I hope you’ll feel some of that, too, as you listen. The warmth and courage and strength with which she shares her story along with true encouragement for anyone with a dream—or the hope for a dream—is a gift she’s given us through this conversation. At the end of the show I share how you can win a copy of Suanne’s book, The Sound of a Million Dreams, on Instagram if you enter before midnight Central Time on May 4, 2017.   You’ll find the show notes, links to resources mentioned and ways to connect with Suanne in the show notes, here: http://www.merrittonsa.com/podcast/43 Join the Devoted Dreamers Insiders Facebook Group.  Get your copy of the Pay Attention Worksheet to help you think through the dreams God has been brewing in your life all along. This episode is sponsored by: Amazon.com - Read eBooks using the FREE Kindle Reading App on Most Devices Subscribe on iTunes * Subscribe on Android  Leave your review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Sign up for Dream Believers. Just $49/month or $490 for the year (get 2 months free!) NEXT STEPS:Connect with Merritt: Website || Instagram || Book a CallLeave a Review: Apple Podcasts/iTunesSubscribe: on Apple Podcasts * on AndroidJoin the Dream Believers communityMORE ABOUT THE DEVOTED DREAMERS PODCAST:Produced by Jonathan R. Clauson. Theme music by Reaktor Productions. Ad music by Komiku.