Shakin' The Salt
Television/radio host and author Dr. Debra Peppers, shares how she overcame her own personal struggles of being 100 pounds overweight, depressed, and even suicidal, so that you too can be equipped and prepared to receive God‘s love, forgiveness, strength, and joy for living each day. Learn how you can apply God‘s word to change areas in your life, face the unknown trials of each day and be equipped for the great future that God has for you. Debra uses her life examples, sprinkled with humor, of being a high school dropout to PhD to Teacher of the Year and from Hall of Shame to Hall of Fame. Life is short and it’s time for you to have joy for your journey.
Episodes
302 episodes
Happily Ever After
Everyone wants to have a care-free life with the perfect job, the perfect spouse, perfect children and to never have any problems or worries. Yet we all know that never happens. But I know a secret!
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Season 7
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Episode 17
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9:16
Spittin' Cotton
Some of my Midwest slang doesn’t coincide with my husband’s Alabama roots and vice versa. And the Northeast verbiage can sound like a foreign language to me! So when did I learn “Christianese” and use it with my friends who didn’t understand.
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Season 7
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Episode 16
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10:18
My Mama Bootsie Is 100!
Not many have the privilege and honor of living to be 100. My sweet mother “Bootsie” was born in 1925 when Calvin Coolidge was president, lived through the depression, WWII, and so much more.
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Season 7
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Episode 15
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11:12
No Healing Today!
If you have battled pain or illness like I have for 25 years, you too may really become discouraged at times. Maybe you have been mad at God like I was. So what is the answer? Why doesn’t God heal me?
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Season 7
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Episode 14
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11:22
Do You Have A Soul?
We often hear the word ‘soul’ spoken today but do we really know what it means? Are soul-mate, soul brother, soul music, and soul food even related? And what does any of that have to do with your soul?
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Season 7
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Episode 13
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12:20
I Hate Easter!
Most people are shocked when they hear a professing Christian say that they hate Easter. I used to be shocked as well…until I became one who feels the same! I also used to be a C and E church goer, if that!
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Season 7
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Episode 12
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11:04
Betrayed by a Friend
Have you ever been betrayed by a friend? A co-worker? Your spouse or loved one? Maybe even a family? I have, and I don’t know that we ever forget it, even if we forgive and move on with our lives.
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Season 7
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Episode 11
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10:23
Pray For My Hubby Again!
For two weeks we thought he was healed! Have you ever gotten your hopes up and then the rug is pulled out from under you again? Now he has to be Bud in the bubble for 40 sessions – for 2 hour each day!
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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10:15
Your Vibe Attracts Your Tribe!
After 25 years of success in radio and TV, then beating cancer twice, a former student of mine and a St. Louis legend, Brian Mckenna was killed by a car while he was crossing the street Saturday night!
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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10:32
Pray for My Brother Duke
It seems ironic that two years ago my husband was healed of prostate cancer, and now my brother Duke was recently also diagnosed with the same. He asked everyone on his nightly Words of Encouragement to please pray.
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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12:34
Don't Lose Your Confidence
Have you ever wondered why young children are so carefree and eager to try new things, and then somehow by the teen years, that totally changes? Confidence has been replaced by self-consciousness.
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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10:45
Not The Hospital Again!
Everyone needs to use the bathroom, but no one ever expects to see all blood! My poor husband had just gotten over two rounds of the flu, which was two years since his prostate cancer. ER here we come!
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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10:39
Will This Be On The Test?
When you go through life’s various trials, do you ever wonder if you are somehow being “tested” to see if you make it? I know I have! As a retired high school teacher, I know that no one likes taking tests!
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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8:29
She Died!
I knew at Christmas that she was on hospice, and I knew she would be leaving us soon. But she looked so pretty, and so healthy and we chatted for hours. I just knew I would see her again…and I will!
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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11:20
Another Disappointment
Everyone has disappointments from time to time. But what about the same disappointment time after time after time! This is the 25th year and 17th doctor to inform me they couldn’t help with my chronic pain.
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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10:00
New Year Resignation
This year I have decided to do something new. Instead of adding a resolution, I am resigning - getting rid of things that bog me down. Would you like to get rid of an attitude, an addiction, a habit?
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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8:43
Why Weight?
Not another weight loss resolution, right? Right! It is simply an extension or continuation of the resolution I first made when I was six or seven, on through my teen years, and up until now!
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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9:29
The Exhaustion Train
For those of us who celebrate holidays in a BIG way, there comes a time when we must say, “Enough!” No more decorations, parties, singing and dancing, but time to get a little rest! Right? Right!
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Season 6
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Episode 51
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10:32
Trapped in Your Own Mind
Do you ever wish you could just turn off your brain and stop thinking, stop remembering, stop grieving, stop feeling, just stop dreading? We have both great and horrible memories, if only we could filter them!
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Season 6
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Episode 50
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9:08
Don't Grow Old!
As long as we live, we add a number to our age every year. But even through the aches and pains and trials, we can still have JOY and enjoy every day. When we remain young at heart, each day is new!
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Season 6
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Episode 49
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10:26
Bud's Birthday!
Each year for my husband’s birthday I try to think of something fun or unusual that we’ve never done. This year I found a train that runs between cities in Florida; and one stop was the Orlando Science Museum!
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Season 6
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Episode 48
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8:22
Not in the Mood
We purposely wait until after Thanksgiving to put up Christmas decorations. My friends who began last September are almost finished and already in the Christmas Spirit. What if you are just not in the mood?
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Season 6
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Episode 47
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11:30
So Ashamed!
My husband and I often traveled overseas and would carry small gifts to give to the children of third world countries. They were so grateful and respectful, unlike many children here, who have everything!
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Season 6
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Episode 46
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9:37