🎙️ Episode 8: Developing a Team
How do you build a team of women who support, challenge, and strengthen one another in the work God has called you to? In this empowering episode, Merritt Johnston offers practical, biblical insight on how to select, build, and lead a team rooted in purpose and unity.
Whether you're stepping into leadership for the first time or looking to strengthen the team around you, Merritt’s guidance will help you cultivate a group that embodies iron sharpening iron—equipped to carry out the vision together with faith and focus.
🙌 Watch now and be encouraged as you learn how to develop a team that serves, grows, and leads with intention.
🎙️ Episode 7: Introduction to Moral Injury
In this thoughtful and eye-opening episode, military chaplain Andi Ingram introduces the concept of moral injury—a deep, often invisible wound that occurs when our actions, or the actions we witness, violate our core moral beliefs. While commonly associated with military service, Andi shows how moral injury also arises in other areas of life: healthcare, ministry, leadership, and even daily decision-making.
Through personal insight and pastoral care, Andi explores how these moral wounds affect our psychological, spiritual, and relational well-being—and why understanding them is essential for healing ourselves and supporting others.
Whether you’ve experienced moral injury firsthand or care for those who have, this episode offers a compassionate and clarifying introduction to a topic that touches more lives than we realize.
🎙️ Episode 6: Dealing with Difficult People
In this insightful and encouraging talk, Robin Marriott draws from her experiences as both a pastor’s spouse and a professional in the business world to share a fresh approach to navigating difficult relationships. Rather than reacting in frustration, Robin turns to the simple but profound power of good manners as a guiding principle.
With wisdom and grace, she reveals how practicing kindness and composure in tense situations can relieve stress, reduce personal offense, and create space for healthier, more productive interactions. This message offers practical encouragement for anyone seeking to move through conflict with clarity, confidence, and a positive outlook.
🎙️ Episode 5: "The God of RE"
In this deeply personal and spiritually rich reflection, Dr. Laura McDaniel invites us to reconnect with The God of RE—the One who REveals, RElates, and REdeems. Drawing from both Scripture and life experience, she reminds us that our God is the ultimate REcycler, using every moment to REstore, REnew, and REshape us.
From Genesis to Revelation, this episode explores how God continually calls us to RElease what weighs us down so we can REceive his peace, REst, and REconciliation. Whether you need to REfocus or simply REmember who you belong to, this message will encourage your spirit and help you REjoice again.
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🎙️ Episode 4: "Be Big, Be Tall, Take Up Space"
In this powerful two-part episode, Rev. LaThelma Armstrong shares how a childhood teacher’s words helped shape her boldness—and connects that experience to the legacy of Sojourner Truth and the courage of the apostles in Acts 13. She challenges us to embrace our divine identity, speak truth to power, and take up space in a world that often tries to silence us. The episode includes both a personal reflection and guided exercises to help you strengthen your voice and stand confidently in your calling.
🎙️ Episode 3: "Why Spiritual Formation?"
Join Diane McBeth as she unpacks the why, what, and how of spiritual formation. At the heart of Christianity is not just knowing about God—but experiencing Him. In this insightful talk, Diane guides us through practical ways to grow in intimacy with God and deepen our walk through intentional spiritual practices.
🎙️ Episode 2: "Women: Jesus's Perspective"
Carolyn Porterfield invites us to explore the powerful contrast between the cultural norms of Jesus’s time and the way He honored and elevated women. Through rich insights and a look at several key biblical passages, Carolyn reveals how Jesus broke barriers and brought hope to women in the first century—and how that same message speaks to us today. Her encouraging study challenges us to embrace our God-given calling without limits.
🎙️ Episode 1: "What Are You Doing With Your Bag?"
We’ve all heard the parable of the talents—but have you ever seen yourself in the story? In this powerful kickoff to TESS Talks, Rev. Dr. Chris Smith brings fresh insight and real-life application from her years of pastoral experience. Her message will challenge, encourage, and inspire you to steward your gifts with boldness and faith.