Dr. Joannie DeBrito has seen the impact of gratitude well through more than three decades of experience as an educator and licensed mental health professional. As we begin a new year, we’ll be talking with Joannie about gratefulness.

Mike Weaver, lead singer of Big Daddy Weave, has been creating music for more than 2 decades. The past two years have held some challenges for Big Daddy Weave, and we revisit a conversation with Mike about this.

Laura Story is a singer and songwriter, busy wife and mom, and a worship leader and author. One of her recent books is “So Long, Normal,” and she talks about learning to push past the loss of our “normal” and embrace the freedom found in living securely in God’s love.

Emily Van Horn, her husband and their two young children live near O’Neill and we talk with Emily about God at work in her life.

MyBridge teammember Jessica Hotz has experienced the impact of spending daily time with God in His Word and we talk with Jessica about what that looks like in her life.

Susie is a prolific author and one of her books is a 24-day devotional book to prepare our hearts for Jesus’ birth. We revisit a conversation with Susie about giving God sacred space in our holiday season and keeping our focus on Jesus this Christmas season.

Maralee, mom of 8 in Lincoln, talks about what we want from our kids: to trust us and know that when they come to us, they can believe what we tell them.

Lisa is the director of young adults for Focus on the Family and manages Boundless, Focus’ ministry for young adults. She talks about a number of things related to celebrating Christmas such as ideas about managing spending on Christmas gifts, alternatives to buying gifts, including singles in your family’s celebrations and keeping our focus.

Pastor Chris Swain started a book about discipling our kids that he wasn’t able to finish when he passed away very unexpectedly last summer. His wife Melissa completed the book called, “Write It On Their Hearts,” and talks about how parents can help their children grow to know Jesus.

Tim Sanford is the Clinical Director of Counseling for Focus on the Family and has some great insights into control and the dynamics around it.