Every week I’ll invite a guest to the Retreat House table to talk about a given topic, tell their story or both.
Annie F DownsRemember GodChristmas at DollywoodBallintaggart
Shannan MartinFalling FreeThe Ministry of Ordinary PlacesAnd work for the peace and prosperity of the city where I sent you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, for its welfare will determine your welfare. Jeremiah 29:7 NLTGrace P ChoOsheeta MooreStephanie O’Brien
The Art in You and Me:The Enneagram Visualized KickstarterBeatrice ChestnutChris HeuertzSleeping At Last
Amanda Jass, AuthorNorthwestern Christian Writers Conference
Recharge ConferencePacem in Terris
DressemberEthical Fashion DirectoryShop DressemberRetreat House Podcast Dressember Team
At The Lemonade Boutique, we invite ordinary women to become extraordinary world changers through purchasing our clothing with a cause. Our clothes and accessories are made by women facing extreme challenges such as human trafficking, abuse, addiction, disabilities, disease, extreme poverty, and more. We help these women take life’s lemons and make lemonade. We believe in holistic healing driven by fair and sustainable employment.
My name is Victoria Petersen. I was born a Texan but raised as a Midwest girl in rural town Ohio. I ran track, competitively, as a sprinter for ten years. I majored in Christian studies and psychology at Hillsdale College. Now, I am married to my sweet husband, Jacob, and I am a mom to a baby boy, Leyonder.My experience in foster care has fueled my life’s passion to raise up and nurture my own family, as well as advocate for the restoration of the family and vulnerable youth. Tori’s BlogInstagram
Leslie VernerInvited BookScraping Raisins
Owner & Creative Director of CoveyDre is a gifted entrepreneur with over 20 years of event planning experience. Her passion for events, effective branding, and strategy collides here with her deepest desire to make a difference in the lives of others. Crafting events with the host, business, and guests in mind is her mission, meaningful experiences are the strategy, gatherings with intention are the result. CoveyMomboss5kBright Side Charity Fair - August 15, 2019Past Retreat House Podcast with Dre
Pastor Stephanie O’BrienStay Curious by Stephanie O’BrienMill City Church Sacred Pathways by Gary ThomasCritical Journey by Janet Hagberg & Robert Guelich
Justin IrvingLeadership in Christian Perspective by Justin A. Irving & Mark L. Strauss
www.cyonedgerton.comThe Table (weekly newsletter)Email CyonFacebookInstagramTwitter
Megan Thorp is a pastor and director of community life at Mercy Hill - which means she has her hand in a little bit of everything. Her family includes her husband Chad and kids, Caleb, Reed, and Quinn. Mercy Hill ChurchDaring to Hope by Katie Davis MajorsThrough the Eyes of a Lion by Levi Luskow “OG Family” Pam and her grandchildren The whole family honoring Pam with Christmas pajamas the Christmas after she passed away.
Grandma’s MarathonInternational Justice Mission Fundraiser
Tent and Temple InstagramFacebookPraying with Body and Soul by Jane Vennard
Angela’s MarathonIJMPrayAdvocateGiveEddie KaufholzNew ActivistAngela’s Instagram to follow marathon progressJesus, See the Traveller by Sara Groves
Vivian Mabuni is a dynamic Asian American author and speaker who is passionate about seeing God raise up a generation of leaders who will have a cultural and spiritual impact on campuses, families, churches and communities around the world.After joining the staff with Cru 30 years ago, Vivian went on to serve on the campuses of UC Berkeley and UCLA. She served ten years with Epic, the Asian American ministry of Cru and currently works with Cru City partnering with leaders who seek to help serve the different communities in large metropolitan cities around the country.As a speaker, Vivian is always an inspiration, Biblical sound and culturally relevant. She loves teaching about the bible, and its practical application to ministry and life. She has spoken at conferences, universities and churches across the country including the IF:Gathering, Women of Willow, UC Santa Barbara, Vanguard University, Biola University, QCommons, and she has been a keynote speaker at the CRU winter conferences in Portland, L.A., Denver, Indianapolis, Dallas and Atlanta.Vivian lives in Southern California with her husband of 27 years, Darrin, and three wonderful kids, Jonathan, Michael, and Julia. Vivian MabuniInstagramTwitterFacebookOpen Hands Willing HeartCRU
TamiceSub: CultureLearning to Speak God from Scratch by Jonathan MerrittI’m Still Here by Austin Channing BrownCalm App
Calvary ChurchOne Challenge InternationalRead Ministries
Sandhya on InstagramCRUGospel for AsiaNancy Mulligan by Ed SheeranEnneagram
Josaxton.comEzer CollectiveWoman the Full Story by Michelle Guiness The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
https://www.molleymoody.com/ FacebookInstagramMolley on SpotifyMolley on Apple MusicMolley on Google Play
The ChosenThe Chosen DevotionalFacebookVidAngelDallas JenkinsInstagramTwitterJames CunninghamInstagramSamaritian Ministries
Nurture Her SoulFacebookInstagramYouTubeSavannah Guthrie Ear Piercing
Dan’s CaringBridgeNorman HubbardNorman’s wife’s CaringBridge
Suzie’s BlogHenri NouwenTovTov MusicPassover Podcast EpisodeJohn’s Crazy SocksJohn’s Crazy Socks on New Activist
3SeamsKatmandu by Bob Seger
Jill Briscoe was born in Liverpool England in 1935. Educated at Cambridge she taught school for a number of years before marrying Stuart and raising their three children. In addition to sharing with her husband in ministry with Torchbearers and in pastoring a church in the United States for 30 years, Jill has written more than 40 books, traveled on every continent teaching and encouraging, served on the boards of Christianity Today and World Relief, and now acts as Executive Editor of a magazine for women called Just Between Us. Jill can be heard regularly on the worldwide media ministry called Telling the Truth. She is proud to be called “Nana” by 13 grandchildren. Telling the TruthDr. John StottFour Spiritual LawsThe CrownThe King’s SpeechDarkest HourDunkirkDownton AbbeyWinston Churchill SpeechWish Wand (poem)5 After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us. 6 I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. 7 It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work. 9 For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building. 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 NLTPrayer That Works by Jill Briscoe17 Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years! 18 Then, when he prayed again, the sky sent down rain and the earth began to yield its crops. James 5:17-181Kings 19 (Elijah on the mountain)IF:Gathering
Beth's favorite hobbies are studying and producing helpful Enneagram resources, fly fishing, and driving through the beautiful hillsides of Tennessee with her family.Beth lives outside of Nashville and has been married to her best friend, Jeff, for 23 years (Type 6, Loyal Guardian). They have two children (Nate, 20-year-old and a Type 6 The Loyal Guardian and Libby an 18-year-old and a Type 2 The Supportive Advisor).Combining the gospel and the Enneagram has been instrumental in Beth and Jeff's marriage and parenting. Discovering You CourseCoupon Code for 50% off: DISCOVERINGYOUExploring You Course Coupon Code for $24.50 off: NEXTSTEPFree AssessmentEndorsed Certified Coaches for private coaching sessions Becoming Us: Using the Enneagram to Create a Thriving Gospel-Centered Marriage by Beth and Jeff McCord. Release date is Oct. 1, 2019.
Beth's favorite hobbies are studying and producing helpful Enneagram resources, fly fishing, and driving through the beautiful hillsides of Tennessee with her family.Beth lives outside of Nashville and has been married to her best friend, Jeff, for 23 years (Type 6, Loyal Guardian). They have two children (Nate, 20-year-old and a Type 6 The Loyal Guardian and Libby an 18-year-old and a Type 2 The Supportive Advisor).Combining the gospel and the Enneagram has been instrumental in Beth and Jeff's marriage and parenting. Discovering You CourseCoupon Code for 50% off: DISCOVERINGYOUExploring You Course Coupon Code for $24.50 off: NEXTSTEPFree AssessmentEndorsed Certified Coaches for private coaching sessions Becoming Us: Using the Enneagram to Create a Thriving Gospel-Centered Marriage by Beth and Jeff McCord (Release date is Oct. 1, 2019)
Healing After Pregnancy LossHealing After Pregnancy Loss MagazineSuggested reading after pregnancy lossGod is Good by Bill JohnsonLost Connections by Johann Hari
Shawn’s committed to serving God by leading well, listening well, and preaching relevant, Biblical messages. Shawn and his wife Becky have been married since 1992 and have four children. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with Becky and the kids, running, coaching and taking loooong family road trips (Where the kids are trapped and have to talk!). If his beloved Kansas Jayhawks are playing basketball, he’ll cheer them to victory. He’s a graduate of Biola University, Bethel Theological Seminary, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Calvary Church2 Timothy 3Genesis 2:24-25Tim KellerElijah on the mountainPsalm 11Matthew 6
Sunday Burquest is a breast cancer survivor, a competitor on the reality TV show Survivor and a woman that went without a bathroom for 35 days, she is the ultimate grit girl. Sunday empowers women to discover what it means for them to be a grit girl too, a woman who’s got GUTS is RESILIENT, INFLUENTIAL and TOUGH.Her message is simple, “Buck up buttercup, you’ve got grit!” Sunday Burquest Grit Girl BookSunday on Survivor
Sunday Burquest is a breast cancer survivor, a competitor on the reality TV show Survivor and a woman that went without a bathroom for 35 days, she is the ultimate grit girl. Sunday empowers women to discover what it means for them to be a grit girl too, a woman who’s got GUTS is RESILIENT, INFLUENTIAL and TOUGH.Her message is simple, “Buck up buttercup, you’ve got grit!” Sunday Burquest Grit Girl BookGrit Girl Women’s RetreatSave $25 with code INVISIBLEFixed Mindset/Growth Mindset
Grace P. Cho is a writer and editorial manager at (in)courage. In the middle of her years in church ministry, she sensed God moving her toward writing to use her words to lead others in a broader context. Aside from her work online, she does this through speaking, mentoring, and coaching. Her favorites include speaking truth through story, coffee of any kind, and desert landscapes. Grace P ChoFacebookInstagramTwitter(in)courageEzer CollectiveHarris IIIThe Ministry of Ordinary Places by Shannan MartinShannan Martin Instagram
Alicia Vela InstagramTwitter FacebookBrene Brown interviewAustin Channing BrownCovenant PinesPsalm 13
Stephanie Spencer is a question asker who never stops peering into the essence of things. She applies that to her work as an enneagram coach, an artist, and a scripture teacher with the nonprofit 40 Orchards. Stephanie SpencerInstagram40 orchards The Critical JourneyEnglish Lessons “I am not what I have.I am not what I do.I am not what others say about me.I am God’s beloved.”Jonathan Merritt quoting Henri Nouwen“The first half of life is to recognize how deeply we are beloved. The task of the second half of life is to recognize that everyone else is too.”Stephanie quoting Richard Rohr
Angie’s grief storyLearning to Speak God from ScratchThe Dream of YouLead Stories PodcastThe Critical Journey
Dallas Jenkins & James Cunningham join Angie at the table to catch up on the last 20 years since college and talk about their current project The Chosen.
Jodie Swee Live Idle Wild Live Idle Wild - The Getaway Facebook InstagramTwitterLinkedinEzer Collective - Jo Saxton
Abbey Way Covenant ChurchEcclesiastesAnnunciationLearning to Speak God from Scratch by Jonathan Merritt
Kelly GordonInstagramFacebookPinterestSorta Awesome Podcast
Ellie HerringshawRclaimed PodcastBleeding Woman Passage - Mark 5:25-34
Eddie KaufholzTwitterFacebookInstagramNew ActivistTwitterFacebookInternational Justice MissionTwitterFacebookInstagramAustin Channing BrownI’m Still Here BookBarna Group Book
JD O’BrienFacebookTwitterInstagramVimeoOut in the ColdAfter the GunflintAnna Marie CareyFacebookInstagramAstronauts WorshipFacebookInstagram
Jessica HoneggerFacebookInstagramNoondayBecome an AmbassadorImperfect CourageGoing Scared Podcast