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The Gill Athletics Track and Field Connections PodcastThe Gill Athletics Track and Field Connections Podcast#292: Tonja Buford-Bailey-TBBTCšŸŽ™ļø Season 6 Premiere with Tonja Buford-Bailey! šŸƒā€ā™€ļøšŸ… Welcome back to Season 6 of the podcast! šŸŽ‰ We're kicking things off with an absolute legend in track and field—Tonja Buford-Bailey! 🌟 Tonja is the owner, founder, and head coach of the TBB Track Club, coaching elite athletes like Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas šŸ„‡ and appearing in both seasons of the Netflix series SPRINT. šŸ“ŗāœØ In this episode, Tonja shares: Her journey from 3-time Olympian to coaching the world’s best athletes. šŸŒšŸ‘Ÿ Behind-the-scenes insights from her time on SPRINT. šŸŽ¬ The importance of work ethic beyond th...2025-01-061h 53From The Front LinesFrom The Front LinesCOVID-19 And Racism: The Black Community Fights On Two Front LinesEpisode 37 explores how a pandemic is not the same for everyone and where race intersects with public health. Three audio post cards from Gainesville residents about being black during a time of protests and a pandemic (02:00). Anthony Montalto talks with Tonja Smith, Deputy Chief of the Tallahassee Police Department and President of the North Florida Chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (10:01). Taylor Levesque speaks with black business owners in Gainesville about the messages they plan to spread throughout the community during this time of unrest and uncertainty (16:26). Camron Lunn listened to leadership and professors from Florida’s...2020-06-1200 minThe Final Straw RadioThe Final Straw RadioTwo Voices From MPLS: Medic and AbolitionistTwo Voices From MPLS: Medic and Abolitionist On this episode, we’re featuring two voices from Minneapolis, the epicenter of mass demonstrations and uprising following the police murder of #GeorgeFloyd. First up, you’ll hear from Jacquie, a professional medic living in Minneapolis. Jacquie talks about the impacts of corona virus on Black and Brown communities around the city, some of what she saw in the early days of the protests and the feelings expressed to her about the killing of George Floyd and the problem of police in our racist society. You can find a project of t...2020-06-011h 27RainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Closing RemarksTonja exhorts you to keep the faith and know that your labor to speak the Word of God over your child(ren) is not in vain. The LORD leads you to get in the Word and speak it and live it, and then He rewards you for all of that! Your child(ren) will ALWAYS benefit from you speaking the Word over them! For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing he...2019-07-1002 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Parental ResponsibilityAs I used to tell my daughter (now 22 and about to graduate from college), kids have parents for a reason--because they need them to provide for them, teach them, and be examples to them on how to live right (which to me, of course, means following the Word of God. The LORD has much to say in His Word about how to raise children!).  YOU ARE DOING A VERY IMPORTANT JOB in raising your child(ren)! Here are a few points on this.  For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, an...2019-07-0904 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Destiny - Ephesians 4:15The root of our child(ren) fulfilling their destiny is to know and believe the love of God and us parents for them. Ephesians is an excellent book full of verses about Destiny. And when you speak the Truth over your children, that will help them learn to value and live the Truth--which is the purpose of Destiny! For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clatyon Taylor ...2019-07-0901 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Destiny - Worksheets and VersesHere are many verses on Destiny to teach your children. Speaking the Word over and to them WILL help shape their Destiny for their best and God's glory! For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clatyon Taylor --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0902 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Destiny On PurposeDestiny--the Destiny the LORD has for each of us--does not just happen. It has to be understood and guided on purpose. Here is wisdom from the Word and verses on Destiny to speak over your child(ren) to continue to shape their destinies for Christ! For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clatyon Taylor --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0907 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: The Destiny of Your Kids Depends on YouIn large part, at least, whether your child(ren) follow God or not depends on you.  This intro to Destiny is a wake-up call for what could happen when parents don't follow God and teach their child(ren) to do the same. For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clatyon Taylo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0902 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Wisdom Part IIIf we did everything in the Wisdom of God, we'd rarely make a mistake! By focusing on God's Word, we are walking in His Wisdom.  For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clatyon Taylor --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0900 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Wisdom Part 1With the Wisdom of God, we can do anything and succeed, for He alone knows all things. These verses on Wisdom will strengthen your faith and help impart wisdom to your child(ren) as you speak them over your precious ones. First, they will be receiving the wisdom of speaking the Word, and as the Word works in them, they will display His wisdom in other ways.  For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.co...2019-07-0902 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: More Verses on WorshipAll right you God chasers! Here are more verses on Worship to teach your kids and yourself! You can never get too much of the Word of God! For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clatyon Taylor --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0905 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Worship Worksheet VersesWhen we truly worship the LORD, we are changed. Here are verses on worship that you can speak over your child(ren) to teach them and yourself about a deeper relationship with the One Who created us all! For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clatyon Taylor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0905 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Worship - HiphilHiphil is a Hebrew word that means, "Flashing forth light." That is what happens when we speak the Word of God--Light goes out of our mouths into our child(ren)'s life, and into the atmosphere, to help create their future in Christ! For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clayton Taylor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0801 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Next is WorshipThere are more verses in the Word of God on worship than most other subjects. Loving the Word and speaking it over your child(ren) is a form of highest worship to the LORD, and will help your precious ones learn to worship the LORD.  For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clayton Taylor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0805 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: God's Love is the ThingGod is Love (I John 4:8) and His Word is His Love Letter to us! We are loving our kids supremely when we speak the Word of God over and to them!  For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clayton Taylor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0801 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Faith WorksheetsMore specific instruction on how easy it is to choose Scriptures and get going in speaking the Word to transform your child(ren)'s life--and your own! For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clayton Taylor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0802 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: FaIth Part IVMore faith-building teaching, for "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." (Romans 10:17, NKJV)     For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clayton Taylor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0802 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Faith Part IIIRomans 8:31 and more are focus verses to help build your faith--and your child(ren)'s!  For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clayton Taylor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0803 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Faith Part IIMore reasons why you should build your faith--and how to do it.  For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clayton Taylor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0808 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Faith - Introduction to the ScripturesThis section focuses on the act of trusting God, and how to strengthen that trust--by speaking the Word of God.  There are many more verses that could apply, but here are several Scriptures to get you started.  For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clayton Taylor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0803 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: First Things FirstAs Tonja has learned and lives, when you put God's Word first, the rewards are eternal. When you speak the Word over and to your child(ren) and teach them the importance of following the Word, you will reap beyond your dreams and their lives will be much more stable, successful, and satisfied!  For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clayton Taylor.  --- Send in a...2019-07-0814 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: God's Guidance Part IIMore quick help for you to powerfully impact your child(ren)'s life! For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clayton Taylor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0806 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: God's Guidance To Help You Part IHere are many examples to get you started speaking the Word of God over your child(ren) to shape their destinies! For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clayton Taylor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0800 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: How to Use This Book to Help Your Kids Part 1Tonja encourages you and gives you many tips to help you speak the Word and shape your kids for Christ!    For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clayton Taylor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0802 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Why You Should Do This Part IIMore about the ease and power of speaking the Word over your child(ren)'s life to shape them for God!  For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clayton Taylor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0802 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Why You Should Do This Part IYour words are more powerful than you know. By speaking the Word of the Living God over them, you purposely shape their future for Christ.  Tonja explains how easy it is to do this, and why.  For free excerpts from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child’s Future With Words, and other articles, books, music, videos, and more, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  Editing help by Clayton Taylor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0802 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Be Faithful in Prayer - Part IIMore wisdom from Tonja and Miss T, the author's (then 10-year-old) daughter, about the power of speaking the Word as prayer. Editing by Clayton Taylor.  For a free excerpt from LEGACY and more about the power of the Word, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com, or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-07-0803 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Be Faithful in PrayerFrom LEGACY: Crafting Your Child's Future With Words, by Tonja K. Taylor.  With the help of delightful (then 10-year-old) Miss T, who exhorts us to "Be faithful in Prayer!" we get a new understanding that Prayer is very powerful--especially when we pray God's Word back to Him. Edited by Tonja's amazing husband, Clayton Taylor.  For a more information and free excerpts from LEGACY, go to www.RiverRainCreative.com!  Or write Power@RiverRainCreative.com for a free PDF of LEGACY: Crafting Your Child's Future With Words.  --- Send in a...2019-07-0801 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: Crafting Your Child's Future With Words_IntroThe battle is ancient, and not small. Your children will be forced to fight. Are they armed? In this introduction to Tonja's book published in 2007, she shares Scriptures and exhorts listeners about the power of speaking the Word of God over one's child(ren) to shape their lives for good.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-06-2303 minRainWaterRainWaterP.O.W.E.R.* Girl Book One Chapter TwoIn chapter two "Special Guests" of The Adventures of Princess Pearl, P.O.W.E.R.* (*Purposeful Operations With Eternal Rewards) Girl! Book One, Pearl catches her bratty little brother making a mess in the bathtub, and helps her mom set the table for dinner guests, who turn out to be delightful new friends!   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-06-2008 minRainWaterRainWaterP.O.W.E.R.* Girl! Book One Chapter OneThis episode of *Purposeful Operations With Eternal Rewards Includes the prequel ("I Wanna Be a Princess") plus an inspirational poem, the P.O.W.E.R.* Princess Creed, and the full version of chapter one. ENJOY!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-06-1816 minRainWaterRainWaterThe P.O.W.E.R.* Princess Creed"P.O.W.E.R." stands for "Purposeful Operations With Eternal Rewards" --and that is exactly what true P.O.W.E.R. is. In this excerpt from The Adventures of Princess Pearl, P.O.W.E.R. Girl! Book One, author Tonja K. Taylor reads her P.O.W.E.R.* Princess Creed. Are you a true Princess of P.O.W.E.R.*? Listen and find out! Copyright 2016 by Tonja K. Taylor, River Rain Creative Arts.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-06-0603 minRainWaterRainWaterEspiritu Espanol - Spiritual SpanishHere are a few Spanish phrases you can learn, to draw you closer to El Senor, the LORD.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-06-0402 minRainWaterRainWaterRRCA Spirit-Song - Psalm 126:3!The LORD has done great things for us and we are filled with joy! When you have so much joy you have to sing, then do it! :D  (After years of being convinced that I "couldn't sing," I finally understood that, if I can speak, of COURSE I can sing! The LORD, our sweet Daddy God, LOVES us to release our child-like faith and just BE FREE to praise and worship HIm! And, with the US being a free country and us having so many excellent tools at our disposal (THANK YOU, ANCHOR FM!), then let's GO! (Some...2019-05-0900 minRainWaterRainWaterHebrew Blessing for YouTonja speaks a short blessing from the 13th chapter of Hebrews.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-05-0900 minRainWaterRainWaterOn RighteousnessWhat does "being right with God" mean? Simply this: Having faith in Jesus Christ the Son of God to forgive us and cleanse us of all wrongs, and live within us to empower us to be Believers that show His Love to the world. That's it--not by doing enough good things, nor by NOT doing things against Him. Sound too good to be true? It's called GRACE!  Ephesians 2:8-9  (ESV) :  For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result...2019-05-0938 minRainWaterRainWaterHow to Be HappyBeing happy is actually a choice, and developing relationship with our loving God Who sent His Son Jesus to die and rise again (John 3:16)  so that we may live amazing, abundant lives (John 10:10), is the key to true satisfaction and success in life. Choose HIm!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-05-0902 minRainWaterRainWaterYour Words Are Power!The gift of speech God has given us is the most powerful took we have--other than our faith in Him and what He can do!  This is a short reminder of the importance of being aware of the power of our words, for good or bad. Updated from LEGACY: Crafting Your Child's Future With Words.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-05-0901 minRainWaterRainWaterFear, You Don't Exist!This nightmare turned into a dream! Fear is nothing unless we let it control us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-05-0701 minRainWaterRainWaterThe Proverbs 31 Woman - Part IIMore quick tips on how to be a woman that brings glory to God.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-05-0709 minRainWaterRainWaterThe Proverbs 31 Woman - Part 1This famous Biblical woman is a composite of women. No wonder we can't be her! But with God's help, we can work toward being more like her, and thus, more like the LORD.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-05-0701 minRainWaterRainWaterBe God-Conscious With the WordUsually, when we focus on ourselves or circumstances, we are not happy. We may even be down or worse, depressed. But focusing on God--Who is all good and loves you so very much, and Who is the answer to every problem--will give you hope, strength, and joy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2019-05-0711 minRain WaterRain WaterMy Brother the KingAn 11-year-old girl tells of her exciting experiences of life with her brother, the King. 2019-04-2220 minRain WaterRain WaterCome boldlyThe LORD of Heaven and earth is the good, faithful, generous Daddy of all who have received Jesus Christ as their Savior. HE truly IS awesome, and omnipotent and all-knowing--and He loves us anyway, forever. Any trusting child comes boldly to their Father, so why should we do less with our loving God? Here's a quick encouragement about that. 2019-04-2201 minRain WaterRain WaterThe King's HorseThree horses--the best of the elite--are chosen to compete to see which one will be honored to carry the King. This is the tale of their competition, and what they learn in the process. 2019-04-2209 minRain WaterRain WaterThe Butterfly and the MimosaA little butterfly is frustrated because she does not understand her purpose. She takes advice from her friend, Mimosa, who tells her to talk to Elohim--the One Who created her. On her journey to visit Him, she encounters a little girl in a wheelchair--and finally discovers why she was born.  By the way,  This was written years ago, before a book of a similar name came out!   2019-04-2208 minRain WaterRain WaterMarriage Matters - 1 through 6Covenant marriage is work, but so worth it! Clayton and Tonja share the first six tips that have worked for them: Praying together; taking Communion; listening to each other; not giving advice; worshiping the LORD together; and laughing, especially at private jokes. 2019-04-2204 minRain WaterRain WaterOur Fish StoryThis is a humorous true tale of our homeschool adventures with a Siamese Fighting Fish named Prince and how we were sharpened spiritually. 2019-04-2203 minRain WaterRain WaterDonkeys to DestinyObeying in small things can lead to huge things--as Saul discovered when he obeyed to look for his dad's donkeys. His obedience led to him becoming king!2019-04-2209 minRain WaterRain WaterCovenant With the WordGod means what He says--something very precious in this world in which contracts are so easily broken, and even marriage covenants. But God is the LORD and never changes! He tells us when we bring His Word to Him in the right way, with faith that He hears us and is helping us and wants to answer our prayers, that He listens and goes to work on our behalf. He is faithful! Tonja shares examples of how faith has worked in her family--by asking the LORD and then thanking Him. He is a good, good Father!2019-04-2218 minRainWaterRainWaterEpisode 3Latest episode of Rainwater --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2018-11-2404 minRainWaterRainWaterLEGACY: First Things FirstThis introduction to Tonja's book, LEGACY: Crafting Your Child's Future With Words, will help you understand the privilege and power of speaking the Word of God over your children to shape their lives for Christ! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainwater/message2018-11-2015 min