The Conversation | From the Background to the Forefront: Kresha Lane on Faith, Purpose & Answering God’s Call

What can happen when you stop allowing fear to keep you in the background and begin stepping into the purpose God has placed on your life? On this episode of The Conversation on The Write Team Podcast, host David Weaver reconnects with longtime friend and former colleague Kresha Lane for a conversation about education, faith, prayer, mentorship, writing, and discovering the calling behind your life experiences. A Marshall, Texas native and longtime educator, Lane has spent much of her career working with at-risk students and young people facing difficult circumstances. Her passion is deeply personal, shaped in part by watching her own brother overcome struggles as a young man and by her belief that every child deserves someone willing to invest in them. Today, that calling is expanding well beyond the classroom. Lane discusses the creation of Baby Sisters’ Haven, a nonprofit designed to mentor and support at-risk youth; her vision for reconnecting churches, schools, families, and communities; and the need for ordinary adults to realize they already possess experiences and wisdom that can change a young person's life. She also shares the story behind her 31-day devotional, From the Background to the Forefront of God’s Will, which grew from personal prayer journals and her own struggle to become more confident in publicly sharing her faith. Throughout the conversation, Lane returns to one powerful idea: much of what God has accomplished in her life began with one small step of obedience at a time. From education and mentorship to writing, prayer picnics, nonprofit work, and a growing desire to serve her hometown of Marshall, Lane's story is a testimony to what can happen when faith becomes action. #TheConversation #TheWriteTeamPodcast #KreshaLane #Faith #Purpose #ChristianPodcast #ChristianLeadership #Prayer #Mentorship #Education #AtRiskYouth #MarshallTexas #EastTexas #Testimony #FaithInAction The Write Team Podcast is a production of Write Team Services, LLC. *This episode of The Conversation on The Write Team Podcast is brought to you by Stiles Electric of East Texas.