When Anne Dawson's marriage ended in divorce, she found life as she knew it had unraveled in every way imaginable. In the process of healing, Anne allowed God to redefine who she was in Him and what He has called her too. Throughout her sharing, you'll hear things Anne did during the hardest parts and ways God spoke to her. These days you'll find Anne in Nashville with team of people who go into the community to love others through conversations, prayer, and food. Enjoy!
Resources mentioned:
Girls with Swords by Lisa Bevere
Undaunted by Christine Caine
Scripture mentioned:
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In this episode, I was privileged to have my friend and author, Paul Angone, share his story with me. After graduating from college, Paul walked through a season of wrestling with what life looked like as a 20-something in the process of growing up. God has used Paul's pain in that wrestling to be turned into the purpose He has called Paul to. For the last decade, Paul has been writing and speaking to and for the Millennial generation as they walk through their own journeys of "what now?". With humor, wisdom, and profound insight, throughout our conversation Paul reflected on his experience of that season and encouragement for anyone walking through their own season of wrestling and uncertainty. Enjoy!
You can find Paul at:
or his Twitter account @paulangone.
Paul's books:
All Groan Up : Searching for Self, Faith, and Freaking Job!
Other Resources Mentioned:
Band of Brothers tv series
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Prodigal Son Bible story (Luke 15:11-31)
Walk the Line movie
Man's Search for Meaning book by Victor Frankl
Isaiah 55:8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord.
I was honored to interview my friend, Denny Flanagan, for this week's episode. I've known Denny since high school and it was a privilege to get to hear his story and God's working in his life as he walked through waves of grief you'll hear during our time talking together.
Denny experienced his first wave of grief after a hamstring injury interrupted a promising football trajectory for college ball. He wrestled with the loss of a dream and his identity in God while his leg was healing. Soon after graduating from him college, his beloved dad was diagnosed and passed away from bladder cancer. With the grief needing to get out, Denny turned to God and to music to find the words to express the deep heartache of loss. One of Denny's songs is "A Song for Dad" that he wrote from that place of pain. Another more recent loss of a miscarriage of his fourth child solidified how God uses music as a part of Denny's healing process for pain and putting words to song as a form of expression for both himself and others. An in that realization Denny found a calling he wasn't given credit to as a place of deep gladness for himself and meeting a deep hunger for others.
I think you'll really enjoy this episode of hearing Denny share his story. I know I was blessed in talking with him!
Things mentioned in the show:
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 (NIV)
"The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet." - Frederick Buechner
Where to listen/read some of Denny's works:
The Royal Mountain blog