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I love Jesus, I love storytelling, I love to laugh. Join myself and some of my friends as we dish out deep thoughts on life, discipleship and hard things. We hope our friendship brings you closer to Jesus. Check out The Great Rescue at BRAVE Ministries with Amber Johns.
Episodes
19 episodes
Why female friendships can be so hard...
Amber and Gretchen discuss Why are female friendships so hard and why they are so beautiful at the same time. We crave deep connection, yet we often find ourselves tangled in comparison, competition, disappointment, and hurt. The truth is...
What is the discipleship deficit and why it matters to our girls...
The discipleship deficit has daughters—and they are sitting in our pews, leading our ministries, and quietly wondering why their faith still feels fragile. They love Jesus. They attend church. They know the right answers. Yet many st...
Meg: From Being Bullied to Being Bold in Him
Meg takes us on a journey from being a bullied girl to a bold light for him. A softball coach with a career at Columbia University. This girl is on fire for the hard conversations to step into the gap for the next generation of girls.&nbs...
Friendship Fridays : Insecurities, Spiders and "the" conversations
In 26 minutes Amber and Gretchen cover topics from insecurities to spiders and the hard conversations we need to have. Of course laughter and some debate on why certain insects exist anchor the conversation. Enjoy a light-hearted conversa...
Are we hiding behind Bible studies and calling it discipleship?
BRAVE is about hard conversations in light of rescuing girls from the enemy's grip. Where and how we have these conversations matters and Amber wrestles with the idea that we might be missing the mark on what discipleship is. This is only...
God of Second Chances with Tanya James *Worship leader *Speaker *Author
From heartbreak to hopeful, Tanya James ( married to former lead singer of the Newsboy, John James) leads us through her story in which God shows up. Tanya and John both speak of his goodness despite years of rebellion and heartbreak, bec...
What about the Pastor's Kids; with Dove Award Winner Yancy!
We sit down with Dove Music award winner, Yancy to discuss her newest ministry, "Stained Glass Kids" . She discusses her love to build the church and because she was a "PK" kid she knows the challenges and the gifts that life brings. ...
Fun Facts, Bob Ross, Pipe Organs and why Amber no longer photographs weddings...
Friendship Fridays are here with Gretchen and Amber as they discuss nothing in particular and everything fun. It's unrehearsed and un-planned just like their friendship. Fridays are for fun as they lay down the heavy conversations BRAVE e...
Child's Voice: Rescuing girls from trafficking in war torn Uganda
The humble beginning of Child's Voice is a beautiful story of an obedient heart to meet a need. The Mandsager family has made it their mission to rescue, support and educate (especially girls) in Uganda from trafficking. Their home base i...
Getting the Elephants off Our Chest:
Anxiety introduced itself early to Caris and paralyzed much off her life growing up. Its grip almost became deadly as the pressure of perfection morphed into unhealthy control challenges. Caris turned her crippling anxiety into powe...
Part 2 with Jenn Nizza: meditation, hypnosis, the enneagram & bad dreams
God gives us a spirit of strength and not of fear. Jenn Nizza meddles with many things that Christians may "dabble" in without full knowledge of the potential door they are opening. This is not to make you fearful, but to equip you to be ...
Friendship Fridays
Laughter is truly a gift. We know we have a lot of heavy conversations on BRAVE, but this is not one of them. For your ride home on a Friday, just have some fun with us and our weird questions that every friend group should be askin...
When a Psychic Encounters Jesus and He Opens Her Eyes to Who She is Really Talking to...
We welcome back Jenn Nizza to the podcast! This ex-psychic shares how and why she chose Jesus despite her lucrative ability to use divination to "talk to the dead". As a medium, Jenn thought she was helping others, in reality ...
Average at Best, when you don't have a powerful testimony...
Growing up Christian, bored with faith and a touch of survivors guilt, left Amber, founder of BRAVE ministries, feeling average at best. No really powerful testimony to give, so why should she ever speak or share about Jesus. What w...
Friendship Friday: Can you ask your friends these questions?
BRAVE tackles a lot of hard things, but we don't tackle them on Fridays. Friday's Gretchen and Amber invite you into their organic conversation as friends and co-workers with BRAVE ministries. "If I came with a warning label, what ...
Part 2. Music, Self H#rm and Worship with Andrea Mills
We continue a loaded conversation about how music, shows and books can lead t to the perfect storm in someone's suicidal thoughts and actions Andrea, founder the Love Like Lexi Project in Alabama speaks openly about the resear...
Music: A gateway to worship or self h3rm?
After Andrea's daughter took her own life in 2019, she was on a quest to learn why her bright, athletic, popular, beautiful, Jesus loving girl would make such a tragic decision. Her deep dive into music led her to understand ...
Is the New Age movement really that bad?
Guest speaker and popular podcast host Jenn Nizza shared her journey from the occult to Christ at this year's third annual BRAVE conference. Is the New Age really that bad? Can we just have a little fun? Is there room for Christians...
What she needed before she made that decision...
Andrea Mills, founder of the Love Like Lexi project share her heartbreaking journey at the third annual BRAVE conference. Andrea's daughter Lexi chose to take her life in 2019 and since that heart crushing day, Andrea went on a jou...