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The Dauntless Grace Exchange21: Enneagram Type Eight with Xamayta GraverMeet Xamayta Graver, an enneagram Eight, as she talks with Megan and Deedra about growing up in a naturally affectionate Hispanic culture, how she uses her directness as a gift, and how God has grown her into more and more healing. For more information on the enneagram, visit dauntlessgrace.org.2021-03-3138 min
Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE65 Self-Harm with Megan HallMegan shares candidly about here struggle with self harm (cutting) as a teenager. She talks about how she started, why it continued and how she eventually found that healing through Jesus. Megan is also the author of the book, Catch Somewhere, which storyline also addresses self-harm.
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"Kinsley Johnson seems to have everything going well in her world. She’s starting her junior year, her best friend is by her side, and the new boy happens to...2021-03-2148 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE63 Lent: A time of Lengthening Our Desire for GodAt this point the Lenten Season is well on its way. Kai and I talk about what shaped our view of Lent and even though it is not a biblical command, it sure can be used as a time to draw closer to God. We talk about sin, repentance and shame, and how we view those can be attached to how we view Holy Week.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2021-03-0756 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE62 Honoring Friendships with Jessica and Her BFFThis is the last episode dedicated to friendships. What I loved about Jessica and Cindi's relationship was their age difference. Their friendship is a great example to us that we don't have to be peers to foster deep, loving friendships. They have a deep trust and mutual respect that was amazing to experience. We hope you enjoyed this series and that you left with tools to either improve your friendships or to start new ones.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2021-02-2856 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE64 A Cultural Lens of Lent and Holy WeekWe 3 Latinas talk about our experiences with Lent and Holy Week and how it differed for us as Latin women. Leslie and I have a Catholic background, so we grew up with a Catholic view, but even she and I, still had marked differences in how we celebrated this most sacred of times. Jessica grew up Pentecostal and her involvement with Lent was non existent and her home celebrated differently than we did. It was a great way to show that even though our roots are similar, we are not monolithic.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2021-02-2151 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE60 Part 2: Honoring Friendships with Leslie and her BFF'sIn honor of the Month of Love and Friendship, we are talking about women and friendships as adults. This episode wraps up the interview with Leslie, Margie, Monica and Jackie. You'll get to hear more about what they love about who they are as humans and what they hope for each other in the future.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2021-02-1444 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE59 Part 1: Honoring Friendships with Leslie and her BFF'sWhen February rolls around many people start thinking about Valentine's Day. In Puerto Rico we celebrate it as the Month of Love and Friendship. One of the recurring complaints I hear from women is how hard it is to make and maintain friendships as adults. In this episode we get to listen to 4 amazing women talk about there friendship and what has sustained them through the years. Leslie, Margie, Monica and Jackie have been friends for many, many moons and through the years, their friendship is stronger than ever.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2021-01-241h 13Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE57 Las Latinas: Approaching God with Realistic ExpectationsWe 3 share about how we've gone through life expecting God to align with our plans and not to present our plans to him and wait to see where he takes us. It takes tons of faith, hope and courage to ask, wait, listen and obey, especially when things don't make sense in order to walk with God.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2021-01-1758 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE56 New Year, False ExpectationsHappy New Year!
As we start this new year filled with hope for COVID to not be the center of all of our lives, like the little narcist it is, we tend to look forward to many new things. Some of us are too cynical to even think that there is any hope for something new. However, in Jesus, there is always hope. Kai and I talk about false expectations we put on God and how that hurts our faith and fractures our hope. Our with is that you walk close to God so that you...2021-01-101h 01Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE55 Kate Umbra: Hope, Love and PerseveranceWhat a fun guest, Kate was! She walks us through her childhood all the way to her current life. Having grown up with a mother with mental illness and a grandmother that was her shelter from the storms of life, she shares what she has learned from their lives, from her own mistakes and how she views herself, God and life, now.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2021-01-031h 14Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE54 Magdalena Altnau: Polish Christmas TraditionsMagdalena was our guest in episode 12 and I had her come back to share her Christmas Traditions as a Pole that was raised in Canada and now resides in Texas with her American husband and children. We end up discovering some similarities in our cultures and I totally enjoyed learning about hers.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2020-12-271h 25Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverBonus Christmas EveMerry Christmas to you all! May the miracle of Jesus' birth shine a light on all those tender places that this year 2020 has created. May you find hope, comfort and his eternal peace when you meet with Him.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2020-12-2414 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE53 Las Latinas and Christmas TraditionsEven though Leslie, Jessica and I are Puerto Rican, well, Leslie is half Puerto Rican and half Dominican, our traditions were not the same. We remember the similarities and share the differences. Since I am the only one that has actually lived in Puerto Rico, I was able to experience the full Christmas experience from childhood to adulthood. Jessica may have lost her Puerto Rican card after saying she doesn't like Bacardi. Also, you must listen in and hear all about my Christmas Branch. Totally not a Latin tradition, just me being funny!
Here is the recipe...2020-12-201h 26Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE52 Christmas Traditions with KaiKai shares her childhood Christmas memories and super funny stories. There is a lot of laughing and talking about food.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2020-12-1347 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE51 Attitude of GratitudeBecky is another of my internet friends, turned into a true friend. I have always been drawn to how positive she is, despite the fact that her life has been full of plot twists, self-inflicted trepidatious detours and hardship, her faith has never waivered and she takes life on with an attitude of gratitude.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2020-11-2200 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE49 Las Latinas and GratitudeLeslie, Jessica and I talk about how we handle praising God in the middle of hard times, even when we can't thank Him in the middle of the storms.2020-11-1500 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverBONUS: Marriage Through RecoveryAuthor, Kara Alberico, tells us what she has learned about being married to, and choosing to stay married to a drug addict. She tells us how she learned how to put up healthy boundaries and allow her husband to deal with natural consequences of his decisions. Her decision definitely affected her and her children directly, even to the point of driving a wedge between her oldest and her parents. Kara has now earned a bachelors in Criminal Justice and Human Services and hopes to help other families that are affected by drug addiction.
Find a link...2020-11-0800 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE48 Thanksgiving: The Good and The BadHow do you handle thanking God for the good and the bad? I don't handle it very graciously and I sure could use a change of heart. In this episode I share a story about a different perspective on being grateful for it all and especially when we are in the middle of the hard times. I share a few scriptures on Thanksgiving, but focus primarily on Philippians 4:4-8.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2020-10-1800 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE46 Las Latinas Talking About Our SeasonsWe springboard from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8...There is a time and season for EVERYTHING! We talk about how we handle difficult seasons, or how we don't handle them depending on our spiritual maturity. There are times we miss the changes in season because they are subtle. The irony of waiting for the shoe to drop when we find ourselves in good seasons. We even discuss how sometimes we go through seasons of absolute brokenness and it isn't even for our benefit but for the benefit of someone else. Jesus did that for us, didn't he? Share on the socials, share...2020-10-1100 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE45: SeasonsIt's October! It's crisp and cool outside. Leaves are changing color and it's pumpkin spice season for a lot of people. As children of God, what do seasons mean for us? Psalm 1:1-6 talks about people being like trees that produce fruit in its season. What happens with us when it's not the season to produce fruit? We will be discussing this and much more this month.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2020-10-0400 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE44 Childhood Sexual Abuse and ComparisonPatti is very transparent about the abuse she endured as a child. While, we don't focus solely on comparison, pay attention on the language she uses throughout the episode. Even though she didn't live from an overt WHY ME, because by saying that, it would imply that it would be OK for someone else to endure it. The WHY ME's are more of an internalized message of one's worth in the view of God. There are so many ways we compare ourselves to others and it isn't always the material or superficial. A lot of times it has to...2020-09-2748 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE43 On being Latinas and ComparisonLeslie, Jessica and I get more personal about comparison. We talk about how our culture influenced how we compare ourselves to others. We share about how we struggle and what we do or want to do to keep comparison as an occasional struggle. We share scriptures and Jessica mentions Nicki Koziarz" book, Why Her. I don't know about you, but when a book keeps popping up in conversations with different people, I would say we should pay attention. You will find the link below!
Why Her, by Nicki Koziarz https://www.amazon.com/Why-Her-Truths-Measuring-Falling-ebook/dp/B079G9...2020-09-201h 04Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverE42 ComparisonKai Pineda and I talk about comparison and if I were to summarize the episode, I would boil it down to when Kai said this: "It isn't about who you are, but where you are." We don't promise you a secret formula for fighting against comparison, but we do know that God knew what our struggles would be and made sure we would have the tools we need to fight effectively.
Link to purchase Kai's book, Dear Church
Link for the book, Why Her, by Nicki Koziarz
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This episode is sponsored...2020-09-131h 06Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverS3 - E41: Podcast Changes and ComparisonBrand new season and with that comes changes to the format of the podcast. During this episode I give you details about the changes you can expect and the "WHY". After that, I lay the foundation for the topic for the month of September. We will be talking about comparison. How struggling with it is common, but why indulging in it is sin. The rest of the month we will address how it ruins relationships, with yourself and others, and we will give you tangible tools to combat it. In this episode we draw from Philippians 2:1-11, Romans 3:23 and...2020-09-0613 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverLatinas Talking About RacismJessica, Leslie and I talk about our experience and views about racism. We talked about our Black roots, as Puerto Ricans (Leslie is half Dominican, as well), and the role we play as Christians and supporting the Black community to be seen as having equal value to all of us. They too, are made in the image of God. 2020-06-111h 01Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverGod is for You: Psalm 56:9This was supposed to be last week's episode, but with the murder of George Floyd, I had to take some time to lament and mourn. This chapter as a whole was a bit too much to talk about in a way that I could share Truth with you. I hope I was able to do that today. 2020-06-0908 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverGod is Just: John 8:2-11In this next installment of Summer of Truth, I talk about God not being fair, but most definitely just. I use the story of the woman caught in adultery to dig into this truth. 2020-05-2707 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverGod is Forgiving: Deuteronomy 34: 5-6Summer of Truth starts with talking about how God shows us he is forgiving through his relationship with Moses. We will read Deut 34:1-72020-05-2006 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver"Take Two" #40 Alexis Goring: Stories and Songs of FaithYou never know which things your parents make you do as a child that will pave the way toward what God has waiting for you. Alexis' mom wanted her children to journal daily about their days at school. Little did she know how that this would lead Alexis on a path to becoming a published author. Her new devotional, " Stories and Songs of Faith", is a compilation of her experiences, scriptures and songs that are sure to be a useful tool for anyone.
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorAlexisAGoring/
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Find We...2020-05-1546 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#39 Rape: When God Doesn't Protect YouMy dear friend Holly speaks about her life after she was raped by a man she knew. She chose to try to ignore it and move on with life, but she only found full peace and healing when she sought help and allowed God to show her who she was in Him.
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http://hollybirdswords.blogspot.com/2020-05-061h 13Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#38 Final Episode: Jesus Was Quarantined, TooThis is the final episode in these series. I wrap up by talking about authority and how Jesus spoke to the devil with authority and what that might mean for you and me.2020-04-3010 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#37 Part 3: Jesus Was Quarantined , TooWe cover verses 8-10 of Matthew 4. Jesus continues to fight the devil with scriptures and we read the scripture in its context in Deuteronomy. I also share from personal experience how using scripture got me through a really hard time in my life. 2020-04-1729 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#36 Part 2: Jesus Was Quarantined, TooIn part 2 we dig into more scriptures in order to help equip is in times of temptation. Which questions to ask God when we are feeling defeated and we cover more Truths in order to fight the enemy when he whispers lies. We cover Matthew 4: 5-7.2020-04-0832 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#35 Part 1: Jesus Was Quarantined, TooIn this episode we will dive into Matthew 4:1-4, we will explore how Satan crafts his way into our minds and finds the kinks in our armor to plant seeds of doubt and how Jesus fights Satan's half truths with scripture. 2020-03-2922 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverJesus Was Quarantined, Too: Bible Study SeriesIn this episode I introduce you to a mini bible study series I felt in my heart would help us to anchor ourselves in Truth. With so much noise from outside sources, even the bleating from the sheep can block out God's voice. Join me in focusing on Jesus and what He says, so that we can walk in faith through these trying times. We will be working from Matthew 4:1-11. Can't wait!2020-03-2505 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#33 Part 2 Who Invited Jesus to the Super Bowl Halftime Show?In part 2, we dive into the spiritual ramifications of going to social media to voice our disgust about people/situations that make us uncomfortable or are in fact sinful. We dig into scripture and discuss what we believe is the way to draw people into a relationship with Jesus.
Get to know my guests:
Jessica Collazo is the customer experience manager at Proverbs 31 Ministries who lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband, Jerry, two sons and dog, Sawyer. Prior to working at Proverbs 31 Ministries, Jessica has over 10 years of experience working in women’s ministry, marriage ministry and outreach.
Web...2020-03-041h 01Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#32 Part 1 Who Invited Jesus to the Super Bowl Halftime Show?During this episode Jessica Collazo, Leslie Limardo and I, flesh out the cultural and spiritual implications the performances of Shakira and J-Lo brought to the Christian community. We discuss our Puerto Rican heritage and culture. We shed some light on the profound significance of the choreography and what people may have missed because they were too busy being offended.
Most importantly, we share our thoughts about the spiritual impact The Church had, or didn't have, based on the outrage on social media. We hope that above all else, our conversation has us looking inward and then outward with a different...2020-02-2646 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta GraverKai A. Pineda Part 2Kai and I feel the same about giving the enemy power over things that happen, but I will tell you that we kept having a ridiculous amount of technical difficulties that finally went away after we told him to be away from us! The first 2 min are tricky, but I hope you stick around for the whole episode, she's a gem!
Follow Kai at: https://www.kaipineda.com/
You can purchase her book here: https://www.amazon.com/Dear-Church-Vol-Beauty-Body/dp/0578513463
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To purchase the book follow this link: https://www.amazon.com/Dear-Church-Vol-Beauty-Body-ebook/dp/B07XXFJHXD
If you want to know more about Kai and her ministry, follow this link: https://www.kaipineda.com/
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This episode is sponsored...2020-02-151h 00Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#29 Pilgrimage: It Is Finished!On this last episode of my journey toward healing and wholeness, I give you a report on how I am doing and how I feel about going home. I thank you for walking this journey with me. Your messages and texts have meant the world to me. See you stateside!2019-05-1916 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#28 Pilgrimage: Sucky Friday, Holy Friday or Good Friday?I woke up in a MOOD today. I took to my journal and you get a front seat to my brain and I'm all sorts of salty and spicy. What's this Friday like for you? What do you call this Friday and why? What does it mean to you? I share all about this on this episode and a bit more.2019-04-1912 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#27 Pilgrimage: Gardening, Pound Cake in a Bundt Cake Mold and JesusIn this episode I update you on my experience with meditation and journaling. I am slowly but surely connecting with things that are part of my being that bring me joy and have been long forgotten and how I found Jesus, again. 2019-04-1317 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#26 Pilgrimage: Learning to be PamperedHow good are you at accepting help or just to be loved up on? I realized this week how uncomfortable I am with it. Even the word pampered makes me feel uncomfortable. Do I reject Jesus' pampering as well? Do I even realized when he is pampering me? These are questions I have asked myself and will be sitting with for a while. 2019-04-0716 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#25 Pilgrimage: Deep Calls to DeepIn this episode I summarize my "fun" with an accidental, self inflicted stabbing, earthquakes, colds and lack of sleep. I am reading Celebration of Discipline by Foster and share about a few points that I found interesting with this whole meditation thing. Meditation being the first discipline taught in the book.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2018-12-2654 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#19 Father SwapKia Stephens and I talk about wounds our earthly fathers leave us with and how, when we ignore them, they will affect our relationships with other men and with ourselves. Kia is very candid about her past and how she sought to allow our heavenly Father to heal those deep wounds. She definitely had me thinking about my own past. You can find her on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/fatherswap/ and on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fatherswap/2018-12-191h 10Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#18 Walking the (sex) TalkMy guest, Sarah West and I talk about taking the taboo out of sex. As a former youth and college counselor for crisis and pregnancy centers in Mississippi, she developed sexual health curriculum for schools and taught sexual health on college campuses. She then saw a need write a book about the topic: Walking the Talk, A Parent's Guide to Intimacy and Healthy Relationships.2018-12-121h 10Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#17 Christian Women in LeadershipGena McCown shares about her passion for training and supporting Christian women in the trenches, using their God given gifts and calling to help lead The Church.
We talk about different points of view Christians have about women leading men and we talk about the scriptures used to support or to be against it.
We talked about being good Bereans and studying the Bible for ourselves instead of following what people say like blind sheep.
There is so much more and we could have talked for hours more!
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I highly recommend her book. She candidly shares how her parenting taught her more about her value in Jesus, than how to be a parent. She had me at hello...
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Madelin Mangrum's mission at Unplugged Family's is to inspire and encourage moms and dad's to engage and connect. They are a community that will fight for their children's hearts and minds. They want to raise healthy and whole digital natives who will aspire to impact the world for good.
If you want to learn how to balance digital and social...2018-11-071h 08Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#12 Women in Social MovementsI had so much fun talking about all sort of topics, Magdalena Altnau is such a fount of knowledge and I loved discussing Russian Lit (well, she did, I don't know anything about it), Hitler/Stalan, Jesus and the adulterous woman, misogamy in the Church and Beth Moore's letter to brothers in the global church (not necessarily in that order!)2018-05-311h 26Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#11 Spousal Abuse: Healing from Invisible ScarsMy next guest, whom we'll call Remi, has my heart racing and at the edge of my chair the whole time. She is so open about her story and it is powerful! There are no names mentioned and it is in order to protect her family. She speaks some powerful truths and you do not want to miss them!
National Domestic Abuse Hotline 1-800-799-7233, you do NOT have to stay!2018-05-231h 21Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#10 Addicted No MoreBree Martin shares how she became addicted to pain killers and how it affected every area of her life. The story of how she came to Christ is such a great example of how we are to plant seeds and to trust that God takes care of everything else in His timing. Her story is absolutely beautiful!2018-05-161h 12Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#9 The Reversed Episode: Xamayta on the Hot SeatMy friend Shanda, from Episode 1, gets to be the host and I her guest. With a list of "Get to Know You Better" questions, it is very much a Seinfeld-esque type of episode. I'm looking for other listeners to be the host for future Reversed Episodes, so make sure to go to the FB page and make your wishes know. I'll be your podcast genie (pun intended!).2018-05-0945 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#8 Marriage: A Process Of Humility, Surrender and SanctificationWho says that youth is wasted on the young? This young wife and mother learned the hard way how to become the wife she was meant to be. Amanda Vargas speaks candidly about the hard spiritual work she decided to embark on when her marriage was all but over in order to save her marriage.2018-05-021h 08Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#7 Even So, JoyIn this episode, Lesa Brackbill shares candidly about how she chose to focus on gratitude when her 5 month old daughter, Victoria, was diagnosed with a terminal illness. She is now an advocate for mandatory newborn screening for Krabbe, which is lifesaving.
She has written a book, Even So, Joy: Our Journey Through Heartbreak, Hope and Triumph and you can purchase it here: https://www.amazon.com/Even-So-Joy-Journey-Heartbreak/dp/19736124292018-04-2558 minTruth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#6 Taking Off the Iron Panties**** WARNING****
This episode contains mature content and is not apt for young children. After you have listened to it, you will be able to determine if you would think it could be beneficial to use as an ice breaker to talk about sexual purity with your older children.
Sandra James is the author of the book, The Ultimate Guide to Chastity: Removing the Iron Panties. Sandra speaks candidly about her journey toward sexual purity and shares how she became free from a sexual prison.
Find her on FB: https://www.facebook.com/thesandrajames/
Link to purchase book: https://www.amazon...2018-04-181h 04Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#5 Flying SoloThis is the last installment of The Friendship Series.
My guest, JJ West, shares about the difficulties of being married to an airline pilot brings to building and maintaining friendships. The constant change in schedules has her flying solo in the parenting department a lot, which makes most of life challenging to schedule more than a month at a time, including "girl" time.
She feels like she has finally found a groove and gives us a few pointers on how to best encourage and support men/women in the same boat or plane!2018-04-111h 10Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#4 Friends You Do Life WithPart 4: Series on Friendships
My guest, Jana King, shares about her friendships throughout her life. She talks about being intentional about building friendships and what that has looked like through the decades. Even now in her 60's, she continues to build new friendships and to be a Titus 2 woman for younger women she's developed relationships with.2018-04-041h 15Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#3 Taking Off the MaskPart 3: Series on Friendships My guest, Anna LeBaron and I talk about doing the work it takes to be able to be a REAL friend. Having been raised and escaping a murderous, polygamist cult, she had a lot to unlearn in order to be her true self.2018-03-281h 12Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#2 Estranged No MorePart 2 of the Series on Friendships What happens when your world is falling apart and your best friend says something you perceive as hurtful? Join Rachel Bardgett and Rebecca Weiland as they so candidly walk us through a painful time in their lives that left them estranged. They also share how they had to be intentional about fighting to restore their friendship.2018-03-211h 01Truth Salt and Spice with Xamayta Graver#1 Series on FriendshipsLong Distance Friendships2018-03-0849 min