As I wrap up this season, I share two important points I learned about the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit this year.

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Episode 49: Moving Forward in Faith

If you come from a religious, rules based church experience but long for something more, this episode is for you. My best friend and host of The Practice Room Podcast and I discuss moving forward in our faith post-pandemic.

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Episode 48: Yield to Holy Spirit

All nine of the Holy Spirit gifts are listed in 1 Corinthians 12. Churches that pick and choose which gifts are valid are wrong.

My point isn’t to create a division in the church but to release us from the fear of the more supernatural gifts. I believe God wants to activate these gifts in us to help other people know Him.

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Episode 46: Is God Bringing a Spiritual Awakening?

Is God bringing about a spiritual awakening? I explore this topic with Pastor Keith-alan Hinson of Purpose Place LA.

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Episode 45: Do Gifts of the Holy Spirit Still Exist?

Did the Holy Spirit gifts such as speaking in tongues, healing, and prophecy end with the first century church or is God still using these gifts today? I discuss this controversial topic with Pastor Maral Hinson of Purpose Place LA.

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Episode 43 Does God still do miracles?

My recent trip to Malawi, Africa left a strong impression on me. An impression that’s been hard to express in words. When I came home, I was so happy to see my husband, pet my dogs, and hug my grandbaby. I was grateful I could turn the water faucet as cold or as hot as I wanted. I could grab an ice-cold sparkling water out of my fridge, enjoy unlimited WIFI, and watch what I wanted on demand. But there was an emptiness I couldn’t shake. I missed the people I’d met in Malawi, but it was something deeper. I realized I missed God.

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Episode 41: My spiritual journey

Well, loved ones, I’ve been on quite a journey! I don’t know if the term Christian deconstruction adequately describes it but over the past couple of years, I’ve examined my beliefs to determine what I really believe and why. In this podcast, I give you a peek behind the curtain of my process that I’d like to think, has matured and strengthened my faith and relationship with God.

Episode 39: Breaking the Cycle of Sexual Exploitation

David Peterka, Founder and Executive Director of When the Saints, a trauma safe home in Malawi for girls who've been rescued from sexual exploitation, joins me on Episode 39 of The All Gifts Podcast.

Listen to learn how God broke the cycle of pornography addiction and the objectification of women in his life and how this led to the gift of rehabilitation. Not just for the girls impacted by sexual exploitation in Malawi but for their oppressors as well. A fascinating and inspiring story!

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Episode 37: When Finding the Gifts is Hard

The All Gifts Podcast is about processing through pain and finding the gifts but some pain is hard to process. I don’t have it all figured out but there are some fundamental truths that I know for sure. Listen for more.

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Episode 34: What is Identity?

Why is identity so important? In this episode I contrast two very different places we can look to for our sense of identity. One leads us down a path of despair. The other, a hope and a future.

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Episode 33: Breaking the Cycle of Silence

Whether you're a war veteran or abuse survivor, staying silent keeps us from the very thing that could aide our healing and recovery, connection to others. It can also create generational cycles of managing pain through dysfunctional or maladaptive means. Here I talk with author Peyton Garland about how the message “Silence is Strength” gets passed down through generations. Let's break those cycles!

Spiritual Identity Part 3 of 3: Don’t Get Religious on Me

This is the third episode in a three-part series called Spiritual Identity that explores deconstruction and inclusivity. Not everyone who listens to The All Gifts Podcast is a Christian. I hope to make it a welcoming space for anyone. So, in the spirit of inclusivity, in this episode, I demystify and define some common Christian religious terminology and concepts.

Spiritual Identity Part 2 of 3: Recovery Time

Did you know that our journey with God has stages? And did you know that along that journey there are times of intense doubt where you question everything you once were taught and believed? If you are in that stage right now, what if I told you there is nothing wrong with you? That what you are going through is not only perfectly normal but that it’s also really, really good?

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How can we evolve spiritually?

Episode 17 of the All Gifts Podcast, I’m joined by guest Molly LaCroix who obtained her master’s in marriage and family therapy at a seminary and writes about the intersection of faith and well-being. In this episode, she shares about being diagnosed with breast cancer in April of 2020 and how she relied on a spiritual practice she developed to deal with this in the middle of the pandemic.

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Chronic Illness, Pain, and Anxiety

In Episode 15 of The All Gifts Podcast, I talk with Mary Kate Brown, a writer and homeschool mom of three little girls about her journey with the autoimmune illness Crohn’s Disease. Through the nine months it took to diagnose this inflammatory bowel disease, the birth of her third child, dealing with insurance, hospitalizations and eventually, major surgery, Mary Kate suffered.

When she was at the height of her physical suffering, Mary Kate became aware that she was also battling emotional wounds. She discovered that her inner life was affecting her physical body. God used her condition to unearth unhealed areas of her life and put her on a path of spiritual, emotional, and physical healing.

How to Find Purpose in Your Pain

When I wrote All Gifts, my memoir, I realized that everything that had happened in my life, even the hard and the painful, had been a gift. In my blog and in The All Gifts Podcast I explore this concept further. How do some people not only face insurmountable challenges also look back at those challenges with gratitude?

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What is the point of forgiveness?

In this episode of The All Gifts Podcast artist influencer, wife and mother, Chantel Deniese joins me to discuss how forgiveness unlocks deeper levels of healing, creativity, and freedom in our lives.

Why Forgiveness?

We have justifiable reasons to be angry, offended, or hurt. Maybe we’ve been betrayed, abused, or let down by people we trusted. . .

How do you control your anger?

In this episode, I talk to my youngest son, Evan, about anger. His wisdom belies his twenty-three years. You’ll want to listen and learn how he went from explosive anger to gifts of love and grace. As the conversation evolves, you might discover, as I did, how anger has been a gift in your life.

How to Redefine Failure

In Episode 7 of The All Gifts Podcast, How to Redefine Failure, I have a conversation with my twenty-nine-year-old son Jarelle Dampier about things we’ve perceived as failures in our lives but which looking back, we can now see as gifts.