Posts by Laura Loopstra
Jennifer Burnett
Jenn is the Pastor at The Well Church in Kelowna, BC. Jenn has ministered in Ontario, Australia and Kelowna in a variety of contexts. She is passionate about creating safe space for people to bring their authentic selves into community where they can encounter and be transformed by the living God. Jenn loves Jesus, social…
Read MoreChris Chase
Chris Chase lives in Oshawa, Ontario with his wife, Rebecca, and their two kids – Eliana and Liam. He has spent over 20 years in pastoral and educational ministry, including being speaker at various multigenerational & multicultural events. When not with his family, Chris enjoys fitness, coffee, a good book and working on his MTS.
Read MoreKaarina Hsieh
Kaarina Hsieh serves as Lead Pastor of Parkway Forest Community Church, a diverse, multi-cultural church community in Toronto. Having spent over 25 years in Pastoral ministries as well as serving on faculty and as Dean of Students at Tyndale Seminary for 18 years, her love for the Church and the youth of our city only…
Read MoreElle Pyke
Elle is a Founding Member of The New Leaf Network and a Lay Minister with the Free Methodist Church of Canada. Elle’s entrepreneurial work includes serving as a Founding Member & Director of Marketing for a Sales & Marketing Firm in the tech sector, curating & organizing TEDxWaterlooWomen and serving as a coach for startups…
Read MoreOur Asian Voice – Webinar Registration
See Hear Love Host, Melinda Estabrooks sits down with four Asian Canadians who have been guests on our show, to listen to how they are doing, their honest thoughts on the increase of anti-Asian racism and and what can we done to stop the violence and hate. Join us on Tuesday, March 30th to…
Read MoreMark & Charmaine Balmer
Charmaine Balmer is married to Mark, who is the Lead Pastor of Park Hills Church in Freeport, Illinois. They struggled with infertility for four years before deciding to adopt, domestically. After adopting, they got pregnant with two children, a son and daughter and then later, chose to adopt 2 children from Ghana, Africa. They currently…
Read MoreEp. 214: Breaking the Shame & Loneliness of Infertility
This show was birthed out of many personal and tear-filled conversations that our Host Melinda has had with her very close friends who have struggled with deep grief, loneliness, isolation, failure, shame, physical/emotional/spiritual pain and embarrassment in their journey through infertility. Our hope for this show, is that it will help BREAK THE SHAME &…
Read MoreReverend Dr. Stacey Edwards-Dunn
Rev. Dr. Stacey L. Edwards-Dunn is an ordained minister, fertility coach, counselor, and writer. In addition, she is the Executive Minister of Community Engagement and Transformation at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, and Founder of Fertility for Colored Girls (FFCG), NFP, a national organization with multiple U.S. locations and a global presence…
Read MoreSheridan Voysey
Sheridan Voysey is an author, speaker and broadcaster with a keen interest on makes life deeply worthwhile. He is the author of eight books, including Reflect with Sheridan, The Making of Us: Who We Can Become When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned, Resurrection Year: Turning Broken Dreams into New Beginnings, and the award-winning Unseen Footprints. His writing has been…
Read MoreAndrew Rienstra
A graduate of Calvin University, Andrew Rienstra works as a Church Relations Representative for World Renew, the international development arm of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. Adopted as an infant in Costa Rica by Dutch American Missionaries from the CRCNA, Andrew was eventually brought to Michigan at the age of ten. Andrew is passionate…
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