Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:20 — 15.4MB) | Embed Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn | Spotify | RSS | More It was the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Abbey D’Agostino was competing in the 5000 meter prelim...
Beauty for Ashes A longing to be loved, an unexpected pregnancy, a rushed marriage, a divorce, feelings of worthlessness and a heaping helping of guilt and shame: not exactly the best recipe for a happy and hopeful future. Unfortunately, Laura’s story is not unique....
A longing to be loved, an unexpected pregnancy, a rushed marriage, a divorce, feelings of worthlessness and a heaping helping of guilt and shame: not exactly the best recipe for a happy and hopeful future. Unfortunately, Laura’s story is not unique. Fortunately,...
In Stephens new book, “You’ve Got a Story” he talks about getting published in today’s market place, storytelling, self-discovery and transformation. To tell your story well, you need to be willing to open your heart and tell the story without...
“The Foolish Enter…None Return” A full moon and flickering fire made reading the map feel even more like a long-kept secret was about to be revealed. They studied it while whispering their thoughts as if someone were listening through the wall in another room. Not a...
You’ve Got a Story – with Stephen Bransford Did you know that before Moses penned the first five books of the Bible, called the Pentateuch, history was passed from one generation to the next through story telling. There has never been a better way to...
In print or on screen, Stephen Bransford is a master storyteller; the most creative I have ever known. He has a gift to look beyond the obvious, peel back the superficial layers and discover the underlying motivations and truth. He’s been published by Doubleday,...
For most of us, the name Margaret Kerry would not ring a bell. But if we heard “Tinker Bell,” we would immediately recall the image of the Pixie Dust Fairy in the Disney movie Peter Pan. Did you know that the real “Tinker Bell” is alive and well? She’s an energetic...
Margaret Kerry received the audition call from Disney in 1953. She had no idea what the part was, but it was Disney, and no one turns down Disney. She would be dancing and modeling for the upcoming Peter Pan movie as Tinker Bell. A child actor at the age of four in...
Imagine, you run the 800-meter race for the US team. You are, without question, the fastest woman in the Western Hemisphere and Olympic bound. It’s 1967, you’re competing in a European/USA competition, a preview of the upcoming 1968 Olympic games. From around the...
Madeline is a gold and silver Olympic Medalist in track. She competed in three Olympics, 1968,1972,1976 and if not for the boycott of the Moscow Olympics in 1980, it would have been four. She set a world record in 1968 in the 800 meter race that stood for 15 years...
“Eeek! It’s a Rattler!” Within minutes they were airborne. Bandit settled down in one of the captain’s chairs, Ben and Willy took their seats in the cockpit with Jold scrunched down on his knees between them, while Kate and Tali sat next to each other on the...
Soft hands and a strong faith, that is how one of his competitors described him. Pat Day has won over 8,000 thoroughbred races including the Belmont Stakes 3 times, the Preakness 5 times and the Kentucky Derby. With those wins came the induction into the National...
WNBA Chaplain Fleceia Comeaux Fleceia blew out her knee as a junior in high school. Then she was told that here dreams of a scholarship were over; no college would take a risk on her now. But God had other plans; in spite of that devastating diagnosis, Fleceia...
With over 8000 Thoroughbred race wins, which include, the Belmont Stakes three times, the Preakness five times and the Kentucky Derby, Pat Day is one of the greatest jockeys in history. He was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 1991 and holds hundreds of other...
Fleceia leads an influential life. She is the Coordinator of WNBA Chaplains, has been on the FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) staff for 20 years, was a high-school basketball coach 11 years, the Chaplain for the women’s American basketball team at the...
Secretariat With Otto Thorwarth Have you ever noticed that God seldom shows us the end from the beginning? I believe He wants us to trust and allow Him to lead one step at a time. Some call that a walk of faith. I have heard much said about the importance of having a...
“A For Real Treasure” Ben called Kate, Willy and Jold to let them know what was up with Tali and that Grandpa Jimmy had a plan. It would be an adventure and it might help Tali and her mom keep their home. No doubt, the inseparable gang would rally behind Tali. Nothing...
You may not know the name Otto Thorwarth, but I would guess you have probably watched the blockbuster movie, “Secretariat.” Otto, a great winning jockey, (over 1800 race wins) in his own right, played the role of the real jockey, Ronnie Turcotte, in...
The Hurricane – Brian Jackson Some say he’s superhuman, some call him the “Hurricane,” others say he is full of hot air. But the one most people remember him by; the “I Believe Guy.” And I believe is what his story is all about. Brian Jackson holds 12 Guinness...
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