Posts by Laura Loopstra
Ann Voskamp
Ann Voskamp is the four times New York Times best-selling author of The WayMaker, The Broken Way, The Greatest Gift, and the sixty-week New York Times bestseller One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies and has been translated into more than twenty…
Read MoreEp. 164: How To End Conflict – Peace and Proximity
Join Host Melinda Estabrooks, Co-Hosts Cheryl Nembhard and Linda Cho along with special guests Ann Voskamp, Rebecca Thomson and Stephanie Joy Styres as they discuss peace and reconciliation on this second week of Advent. The conversation focuses on how to be a peacemaker and that peace is about proximity, relationships, listening, education, action and repentance.…
Read MoreEp. 163: Hope – A Light in the Darkness
On this first week of Advent, join Host Melinda Estabrooks, Co-Hosts Cheryl Nembhard and Linda Cho and special guests Judith Slivinski and Connie denBok and they talk about the meaning of advent, why Millennials are ‘dying of despair’ and how God entering into our human story .. is a story of HOPE!
Read MoreEp 162: Woman Up & Show Up
Join Host Melinda Estabrooks and contributors Cheryl Nembhard, Linda Cho, Anu Canjanathoppil, Meghan Nicholls, Joanna la Fleur and Lisa Pak as they share stories, scripture and personal thoughts on WHY they do what they do to support other women. They are strong, passionate leaders (Executive Directors, Managers, Bible Teachers & Social Justice Advocates) who ‘show…
Read MoreAnu George Canjanathoppil
Anu George Canjanathoppil became the Executive Director of International Justice Mission (IJM) Canada in September, 2019. Anu has 9 years of leadership experience with IJM. In Delhi, India, she served as the Director of Operations and the Director of National Interventions, and in Chennai, India, she served as the Director of Legal. During her time with…
Read MoreMeghan Nicholls – Nov 23
With a career path focused in the nonprofit sector, Meghan has worked with organizations dedicated to social causes such as women’s development, international relief, and youth mental health. Driven by a passion for ending hunger and seeing poverty reduced in her own community, she is proud of her contribution over the last 10 years to…
Read MoreEp. 161: What Men Really Want
Join Host Melinda Estabrooks and an All-Male-Panel as they talk about how men and women can build healthy relationships together, why men struggle with asking for help, why they lack best friends and how Jesus informs their relationships. Also featured in this show are Brooke Nicholls, Joanna La Fleur and Steve Lensink in Song +…
Read MoreBecoming Complete Men
What an amazing experience it was to have men of all ages speaking into each other’s lives. And what made it even more incredible is that it happened on a women’s talk show. Sometimes extraordinary circumstances are required for extraordinary things to take place. In this case incredible things took place as we as a…
Read MoreDave Thakkar – November 11
Dave, Kelly and their three boys have lived in Oakville since 2003. Prior to that, they lived in Calgary where they led the Young Life ministry for fifteen years. Dave and Kelly met while Kelly was on Young Life staff in Seattle, Washington where she served as the Wyldlife (Jr. High) Director. They both attended…
Read MoreThe Good Word – Let’s Do It
Joanna reads from Hebrews 10:22-25 as an encouragement to churches to “be inventive” in loving and caring for each other in this week’s Good Word
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