Yours is the Story

Diane Hwang comes back to the podcast to share the tough story of how she almost died delivering her beautiful daughter. While this season was extremely traumatic and challenging on all sides with a newborn and being in the ICU, God still shined through. There were many little miracles Diane was able to see in God's timing, the right doctors and special moments where she now is living life, and life abundantly in God's goodness.

We loved getting to sit down with the brilliant and inspiring Diane Hwang to learn about Blue Hero Project, a non-profit supporting local law enforcement. The journey God has led both Diane and her husband on to join law enforcement and show the love to Jesus throughout many cities is inspiring. https://www.blueheroproject.org/

We have 3 time National Champion of North Carolina Woman’s Soccer team Amy Benthin on the podcast today. She shares her story of competing at the highest level and how God has lead her on an adventurous life. Through different roles, seasons and careers, Amy has been a lifelong learner surrendered to God and uses the great gifts He gave her to help draw out the best in athletes and clients through her coaching business. Listen close to this episode, there is so much wisdom and life changing nuggets in this episode.Visit Amy's website at: https://mytrueyoucoach.com/connect

Jill and Julia have this mini episode so share some thoughts on gratitude, remembering and looking back and what God's done. Capturing His work in your life whether through journaling or being on a podcase (and yes, we want to hear your story!) is so valuable to remember what He's done.

Jill and Julia catch up for a chat about their whirlwind past few weeks and God's blessings through it all. From Rylie's birthday presents that truly are from Him, to Jill's amazing new position, to admiring fine art featuring a fireman, it's clear that God is in the details, big and small!

Join us as we welcome back Kirstin Burke to the podcast, where she shares her journey through an incredibly challenging season of grief. Despite facing multiple friends in life-or-death medical situations and experiencing the loss of several loved ones, Kirstin maintained a kingdom mindset, recognizing that her prayers were answered in unexpected ways. Her perspective on navigating tough times and grief is both inspiring and uplifting. Plus, we share some laughs about how God provided home workout DVD sets during this period. Tune in to hear more from the wonderful Kirstin Burke!

In this week's episode, we have the lovely and wise Kirstin Burke with us sharing an incredible story of how God really paved a way for her with her education. From barely having an elementary education, not only did she get into college but graduated top of her class. If you want to be wowed with us, tune into this story!

Michael Monroe is back with another episode sharing multiple stories about God's goodness in His life. From getting healed in LA Fitness to making some critical business decisions when signing with a record label, God was there in every detail and moment. Stream Michael's new album "Some Things I've Been Learning About God" at the links below: https://bio.to/MichaelMonroe?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAab6C1pu23pTMdTCJNeBXno6ebAd_TPLyk1ah06psTu1PrY14T6f0URC4oQ_aem_LKMFYmcIWY695jNtPN0Lpg

The witty and wise Michael Monroe sat down with us to chat about his new album "Some Things I've Been Learning About God: Disc 1". The album is full of thought provoking questions and beautiful melodies all glorifying God. Listen to the story of how this album came to be and stream on all platforms (link below)!https://bio.to/MichaelMonroe?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAab6C1pu23pTMdTCJNeBXno6ebAd_TPLyk1ah06psTu1PrY14T6f0URC4oQ_aem_LKMFYmcIWY695jNtPN0Lpg

Another miraculous story with Taia Stefoglo sharing a story how she got absolutely sick (like in a Turkey refugee hospital sick, we've all been there right?). Not only did God heal her, He wiped her memory of being sick so she could make it to her next destination. Truly only something He could do and knew exactly what she needed in that moment.

Taia continues her inspiring story sharing some absolutely wild stories of her time living in Turkey and helping refugees. From not speaking the language, to mishaps with the Turkish police, to having God temporarily gift her the language of Arabic, He so loved and covered Taia during her time in Turkey.

The hilarious and courageous Taia Stefoglo joins the podcast to share about her amazing story of getting to start missions at a young age and how she never imagined she'd end up in Turkey, and yet through His plan that only could be written by God, Taia gets to go to Turkey.

We're back! Did you miss us? Jill and Julia catch up on all things holidays, podcast run-in's, Taylor Swift and more. We have an exciting announcement to share as well! Drumroll please...... you'll have to listen to the episode to hear the exciting announcement! Also we really want to hear from you any stories or topics you want to hear on the podcast! We'll have a few polls but please reach out with any ideas or feedback at [email protected] or reach out to us on Instagram. We're excited to be back with new stories this year!

This week we're retelling Patrice Wasill's incredible faith adventure to seek the land God shared would be the right place for her. As God always does, His promises about this land were fulfilled even down to the trees. Check out episode 50 first to hear part one of this incredible story!

Julia and Jill chat this week about moments of having boldness and sharing more of their faith. God is so unbelievably good and we want to seize every moment to share about his goodness.

This week we have Jason Michalski back on the podcast sharing stories about how following Jesus brought him to some incredible places. By following Jesus, Jason got to see some incredible miracles in Africa with Reinhard Bonnke at the crusades and continues to experiences God's goodness at The Follow which he leads with his wife Rachael.

We're resharing our inspiring conversation with Rachael Michalski to talk about A Generosity Project, which is a non-profit fighting cancer with generosity. If you would like to know more or have it in your heart to donate to families fighting cancer, check out their website or Instagram page. https://www.agenerosityproject.org/

It's a Jill and Julia catch-up episode talking about their favorite worship songs (and the one's that give them the ick) as well as catching up on both their recent travels which had unexpected disasters which ended up being majorly avoided in the long run thanks to God's grace and covering.

Kailie Gonzales returns to the podcast to share a sweet story about meeting Jesus while making cookies. Check out "June & Joy Cookie Co" to see her incredible cookie page!

Jason Michalski comes back to the podcast to share about his wild stories about how God once again did the miraculous, not even in moments where they were expected. God can move and care for others far beyond what even we think he can do!

This episode has one of our favorite stories every from one of our favorite humans ever - Jason Michalski shares a wild story about years of listening to Jesus and being faithful in the mundane. Turns out, Jesus always has a plan and sometimes even has an MTV film crew show up in Poland. Here this amazing story now!

The most lovely Kailie Gonzales returns to the podcast to share about a miracle blessings, from her car breaking down to praying for a girl at church and seeing God's faithfulness answering prayers.

Sam Johnson, Julia’s perfect match hope on there podcast to share advise on choosing a spouse on their 5th wedding anniversary! Tons of great wisdom and laughs in today’s episode.

A great conversation with the legendary Filmore Bouldes. He and his wife Caitlin moved to Seattle a year ago to launch One Church and God has been so faithful and attentive to every detail to this incredible community. Check out episode 73 now!

Jill and Julia reunite once gain to chat through some of the little ways God has lined up perfect moments and answered prayers for them over the past few weeks. He's in every detail and blessing.

Resharing Staley’s incredible story of His hand in her amazing season in the Army and how God directed every step and brought Staley to this place for such a time as this. If you’re curious if God cares about your career or has a perfect place for you, listen to this episode! 

Reposting this incredible story from the world renowned Wes Dunn sharing God provided a miracle building for The House, a church Wes leads in Los Angeles. God was so intentional in how he lined up this building for this specific church, including having an unbelievable family tie to the building. To hear the full story, check out episode 35 to hear the amazing story of how the church started!

We're resharing the incredible story of Sydney Kell and Chosen Kids YouTube channel. God has completely blessed The Chosen Kids and through a simple obedient yes. For all our listeners looking for incredible kids content, this is your new show on repeat!

We're retelling the story with the work renowned Julia Damazio about the story of God's strength starting a church through a painful season. Rose Church in Portland, Oregon was God's plan and through every detail worked to create this incredible faith community.

Gabrielle Chavez joins the podcast to share her story about a very rough few years with lots of loss and battling through tough times. While going through so much grief was incredibly difficult, Gabby has such a special perspective on life, being quick to forgive and seeing Jesus' faithfulness through tragedy.

Jill's better half David Ivanov joins the podcast on their anniversary weekend to share their story of how they met. From crossfit, to a trolley, God lead Jill and David on a journey of finding their identity in Him, and ended up meeting through God's big adventure through them.

The most incredible Denise Stinnette joined the podcast today to share her story about her daughter Nikki Stinnette who tragically passed at a young age. While we'll never understand why bad things like this happen, Nikki's life had a purpose and made a lasting impact on many others. God was so faithful to Denise and continuously has brought healing through His goodness and attentiveness to Denise.

We're resharing one of our episodes from the truly most special Rachael Michalski where she shares the story of how the simple heart of worship created some incredible moments right in her living room.

Julia Johnson lead a missions trip to Costa Rica with 8 high school students. In this episode we got to hear the details about what God did on this missions trip and how they were able to help save a family's life.

The Kraker's and Ivanov's are back sharing stories about asking God for big things and sharing about his faithfulness. They also chatted about what the Kraker's are up to now with the Kraker Kompound, People on Purpose and more!

It's a full house on the podcast today with Jill's family on the podcast sharing stories about when they put their trust in God and asked big and God came through.

Julia and Jill chat about how God once again brought blessings into their lives by answering their prayers quicker than they could have imagined. From new jobs to new bikes and surprise trips, God loves to give good gifts to His kids.

In this episode we continue our conversation with Sydney Johnson and she shares a wild story of God's faithfulness and how she prayed so specifically for something that truly is a fully circle moment. We also got to chat with Sydney about her upcoming trip to Africa and her heart for the people she is about to meet.

This week the sweetest Sydney Johnson shares about those small nudges from God to do (or not do) what she expected and creating amazing moments that could only be orchestrated by Him. From listening to God, she's now plugged into the community to Living Stream Church in Jacksonville, Florida.

Millie Voigtlander comes back to the podcast share about the incredible Adoration House, a house of prayer in the heart of Seattle. The have a miracle story about their incredible facility with every detail intentionally designed with Christ in mind.

The lovely and wise Millie Voigtlander shares her incredible story about how a vision from God about moving to Seattle became a reality through ways that only could have been from His perfect plan.

In honor of Mother’s Day, we’re resharing Kailie’s amazing story of moving to Arkansas and becoming a first time mom. God was faithful in every detail of this big adventure and bringing baby Jude into the world.

Sarah Emerson joins the podcast once again to share about experience God before she was saved through dancing for the Sonics. We also talked about Christian dating and allowing God to have His way in today's dating scene.

We have the brilliant songwriter Sarah Emerson on the podcast to share about how God used her to write a beautiful song with a large impact, What Joy (Psalm 146). We were so inspired by Sarah's story seeing how God has a gift for her to write songs and to show up for us even in hard moments.

Julia and Jill chat about how God has used unexpected trips in the South to see Him in a new way. Julia got an unexpected opportunity to go to The Grove Conference to see Him speak in a new way. Jill recalls a story of how God showed small blessings visiting Vou Church in Miami with unexpected meetings with strangers. https://www.thegroveonline.com/

If you thought part one of this story was good, just you wait until this episode! Patrice Wasill returns to the podcast to share her incredible faith adventure to seek the land God shared would be the right place for her. As God always does, His promises about this land were fulfilled even down to the trees.

It's our 50th episode and you're in for a treat! Patrice Wasill joins us on the podcast to talk about how God lead her through a physical and spiritual deep clean that would lead to a big adventure!

Julia jumps on the podcast to share stories about how her daughter Rylie Johnson has changed her life for the better and how she's seen more of God in her life through two years with Rylie.

Jill Ivanov shares her story of how she was healed of something doctors or experts were not able to help her with, but one moment with Jesus brought healing to her body.

This week we're resharing the story of Sam Johnson going to a life changing lunch that has not only changed his life, but so many others who have listened!