Category: Get Your Spirit in Shape

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In this special episode from General Conference, I get to chat with Hannah Foust, a 14-year-old United Methodist in Indiana. Hanna felt God calling her to do something to help those in Burkina Faso without clean water. She didn’t wait until she was older, she got started right away. To date, she has raised enough money for three wells and inspired 13 more. That means that approximately 16,000 people have clean water because of Hannah’s work. I got to chat with her after she spoke on the floor of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church.

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Have you ever thought of using Facebook in your spiritual life? The Rev. R. Scott Miller, a United Methodist pastor in Ohio and the founder of TeKnowPreach, shares some ideas about how we can use social media to grow spiritually, and to share the story of our faith journeys when we post.

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Whitney Simpson, a United Methodist spiritual director, stopped by the studio for a conversation about finding and creating sacred spaces in our everyday lives. Simpson shares some great, practical tips for enriching our spiritual journeys and deepening our relationship with Jesus by finding those special spaces to be with God.

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It was great to talk with Kara Oliver and Jenny Youngman, two authors and moms who want to help all of us start times of devotions in our families. With lots of joy and laughter, Youngman and Oliver tell stories of what has worked and what they learned through trial and error. They also share wonderful ideas you could start doing today, even in your busy family.

While beginning family devotions will not turn your family into a Norman Rockwell painting, it is a great way to share your faith, and to connect deeply to God and one another.

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I was pleased to have the opportunity to talk to author and self-proclaimed “bad Quaker,” J. Brent Bill. When we examine our lives, most of us can confess that we are bad at being good, as Bill does in his new book, Life Lessons from a Bad Quaker: A Humble Stumble toward Simplicity and Grace.

Several weeks into New Year’s resolutions we have broken or forgotten, it is good to be reminded of the grace and love of Jesus, even when we fall short.

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