Amanda Hood lives in Orange, CA and works as a Case Manager and Benefits Specialist for a homeless outreach services agency. She grew up in a small town in Louisiana, and we talk about what that was like and how her worldview has changed as her exposure to diversity expanded. Amanda gives us some great insights … Continue reading Amanda Hood (Episode 18)
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Zach Scott (Episode 17)
CONTENT WARNING: Suicidal ideation Zach Scott recently moved from Arkansas to Las Vegas, NV with his husband. He is the Head of Sales and Customer Success for The Dental A Team, a dental consulting company whose main goal is to increase profits, improve systems, and better everyone's involved in dental practices. On this episode, we talk … Continue reading Zach Scott (Episode 17)
Not surprised…
I talked to so many friends today who all said the same thing: I’m not at all surprised. This is business as usual in this country. I had to contrast that with my own emotional response. I broke down in tears right in the vet’s office. It’s not that I was surprised. I wasn’t. In … Continue reading Not surprised…
The Inefficiency of Love: Maintaining Humility and Curiosity as White Allies (Bonus Episode)
After episode 14, we received quite a bit of feedback, most of it positive, but some of it was critical. The main complaint we got was that we should not have addressed Critical Race Theory without a Black person on the panel. In this episode, Jamie Corbin and April discuss how they responded to the … Continue reading The Inefficiency of Love: Maintaining Humility and Curiosity as White Allies (Bonus Episode)
Honoring Educators in a Pandemic (Episode 13)
On this episode, I have three of the best educators in the state of Idaho and, without any hint of hyperbole, the country. We spoke about what it's really been like in schools over the last 19 months, how teachers are coping and rising above, and what we can do as community members to support … Continue reading Honoring Educators in a Pandemic (Episode 13)
Kate King (Episode 11)
Kate King lives in a suburb just outside of Minneapolis with her husband of 12 years where she has been homeschooling her three kids ages 10, 9 and 6. She has spent the last couple of years writing about the unraveling of the Christianity she always called home, and now hopes to share her stories … Continue reading Kate King (Episode 11)
Katya Baxter (Episode 8)
CONTENT WARNING: Eating disorders Katya Baxter is originally from St. Petersburg, Russia. When she was 16, she hopped on the plane, by herself, and flew over to Boise, Idaho to visit a friend. But instead of a two-week long trip, God had something else in store for her. She ended up staying in Boise and going to … Continue reading Katya Baxter (Episode 8)
Caleb Stanton (Episode 7)
Caleb Stanton is a caffeine-dependent husband and father of two young children. Even though he loves his job, he'd rather spend his days at the beach, strumming a guitar and pondering the human experience. When he's not looking for his keys, you might find Caleb writing a story he'll never post or composing a song … Continue reading Caleb Stanton (Episode 7)
Bekah Bowman (Episode 6)
Bekah Bowman is a coach's wife, a special needs mom, speaker, and author of Can't Steal My Joy. She is passionate about bridging the gap between churches and families with disabilities. On this episode, she shares her story raising two sons with terminal illnesses, how joy and grief can coexist, and her vision for how … Continue reading Bekah Bowman (Episode 6)
Jamie Corbin (Episode 5)
Jamie Corbin is an educator and storyteller who has been navigating whiteness and non-whiteness her entire life thanks to her own interracial adoption at birth and her interracial marriage to her best friend, Kelvin, in 2011. She is raising her three Afro-Latina daughters to change the world with love, by first loving themselves deeply and … Continue reading Jamie Corbin (Episode 5)
April Kolman 