Podcasts about pursuing gold

Our Guest Today: Cynthia L. Simmons Award-winning author, speaker and historian Cynthia L. Simmons  Author of the Gold Series:    Valuing Gold, Pursuing Gold, Pursuing Gold Curriculum Author of Women Who Overcame    Women Who Overcame Bible Study President of Christian Authors Guild Advanced Writer and Speaker Association AWSA Certified Media Coach Heart of the Matter Radio Host Christian Authors Network  Your Host as Always:            Dawn Scott Damon is a pastor, speaker, podcast host, Freedom Coach, and award-winning author. An ordained minister with the Wesleyan Church and Lead Pastor of the multi-cultural Tribes Church in Rockford, MI. Dawn and her husband Paul are committed to reaching people for Jesus while sharing the beauty of God's Mosaic.  Dawn is a favorite keynote conference speaker and an engaging communicator who inspires her audience to maximize their God-given purpose and potential in Christ. Dreams are ignited as Dawn uses sound biblical teaching, personal stories, and humor to awaken gifts and callings found in everyone. Dawn, also known as “Your Freedom Coach” is the podcast host of the FreedomGirl Sisterhood podcast, and serves as an authority on sexual abuse and trauma, and a regularly featured contributor to Salem Radio's Life!Line with Craig Roberts San Francisco drive time talk show, featured in the nation's 4th largest radio market. Dawn and Paul Damon, have a full family of 3 married children, 2 single sons, and 11 grandchildren.   Dawn's Latest Book The Freedom Challenge: 60 days to Untie the Cords that Bind You The Freedom Challenge is about ridding your mind and soul of toxic, negative, and destructive thoughts that keep you captive and create destructive behavior. By 60 days in daily immersion of truth—God's Word, your mind will begin to find freedom from the harmful internal narration and instead begin to speak nourishing, inspiring, and motivating truths. You'll find freedom and powerful life changes as you your mind is freed from thought-toxins. http://www.Amazon.com/author/dawnscottdamon (www.Amazon.com/author/dawnscottdamon) http://www.dawnscottdamon.com (www.dawnscottdamon.com) http://www.freedomgirlsisterhood.com (www.freedomgirlsisterhood.com) https://www.facebook.com/freedomgirlsisterhood (https://www.facebook.com/freedomgirlsisterhood) https://ariseesther.captivate.fm/ (https://ariseesther.captivate.fm/) https://twitter.com/DawnScottDamon (https://twitter.com/DawnScottDamon) https://www.instagram.com/dawn_damon/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/dawn_damon/?hl=en) BOOKS Dawn has written 5 books and can be found on Dawnscottdamon.com and amazon.com/author/dawnscottdamon www.Amazon.com/author/dawnscottdamon When A Woman You Love was Abused: A Husband's Guide to Helping HIs Wife Overcome Childhood Molestation When the Woman Abused Was You: A Complete Guide to Thriving After Sexual Trauma Telling: A Guide to Finding Healing by Telling Your Abuse Story  The Freedom Challenge: 60 Days to Untie The Cords That Bind You  

Cynthia L. Simmons is the mother of five and past president of Christian Authors Guild. She produces and hosts Heart of the Matter Radio each week to encourage women who seek the elegance of God's wisdom. A certified writing and media coach, Simmons has conducted writing workshops, led a writing conference for six years, and offers “Cynthia Chat” videos for young moms. In 2008 she was nominated for Georgia Author of the Year and speaks at events nationwide. "Cyndi" is fond of history and writes both historical fiction and nonfiction. Her novel, Pursuing Gold, shares how women can live through hard times by following God. She writes for Leading Hearts Magazine and Old School House Magazine. Combining history and Scripture, she ministers to women of all ages, but has a special place in her heart for young mothers and home school mothers. Website: https://clsimmons.com/ Facebook: @heartofthematterradio Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: @cynthialsimmons Background theme music: “Miles to Go” by artist: Jay Man Youtube link: http://OurMusicBox.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Cynthia Simmons plunges right into her story with the first few seconds of this episode. After being a delayed dreamer, she has been seriously pursuing her dream as a published author since 2004 or 2005. (After a while, you just lose track of time.) Through humor and reflective insights, she shares several valuable lessons that can help any of us, no matter what dream we want to tend.   Cynthia’s interest in writing first blossomed in childhood, when she was eight or nine and wrote a story about some blue flowers. But when her brother saw it, he called her story silly, and she immediately put her pen down, thinking, I write silly, so I’m not going to do that again. All it had taken was one sentence from one person who didn’t realize the lasting impact their words would make, to nearly destroy Cynthia’s dream.  She did not pick that pen up again until decades later, when her children began leaving home. It was then, Cynthia finally decided to lay the stigma from that single statement aside, and to stop letting it squelch a desire that never entirely went away.   Cynthia’s current book, Pursuing Gold, was born from her love of history and finance. This mystery about a confederate bank during the civil war, is not only fascinating, but can teach you much about what our ancestors did with money and why.    We can all learn from the loss of time that nearly halted Cynthia’s dream. One negative sentence or question can steal our confidence, our hope, and our willingness to try. Remember that word resolve we’ve talked about in past episodes? Do not allow anyone to steal your boldness, your faith, or your decision to act.   Cynthia and I explored some of the reasons others might unknowingly undermine your dream. We came up with a few possibilities. It’s not their dream, so they don’t understand your interest. It’s not the way they would go about it—how you are pursuing your desires and goals.   They can’t see you in that role, considering your current situation.  Perhaps someone has squelched their dreams, and have influenced them negatively, so they subconsciously pass doomsday predictions or discouraging questions on.  Often, they have no idea you’ve had these interests, because you haven’t shared them before. Your expression blindsides them, and they react without having time to process or think. Another person’s opinion is not typically based on fact, but on emotions like fear, jealousy, anxiety, confusion, etc. And even if they have facts to back up their ideas, many a determined dreamer has done far more than most would suppose or circumstances would assume. A dream tender does not let someone else decide their path.   I asked Cynthia, “How have you supported your dreams along the way?” Again, her insights proved helpful. She educated herself on how to write professionally.  She learned how to write to her audience—in a way THEY could connect to. Realized there were things she assumed she knew, but found out new or revised information by being open to it.  Joined others with similar dreams, she got connected with like-minded people. (In her case, writer’s groups.) Practiced and honed her skills daily. She invested the time to learn the process and how to do it well.  Filling Needs: Do you dare give yourself the label associated with your dream? Do you call it before others see it? Are you supporting your dreams on a daily basis? How?  What did you do with your imagination as a child? What did you do with your playtime? Are your dreams grounded in those moments—there all along, though you didn't see them? If Cynthia could go back in time, she would tell herself, “You can do this.”  Cynthia’s advice to fellow dream tenders is, “Don’t give up!” This simple encouragement is deeply profound—and will hopefully offset any negative statements or discouraging questions presented to you in the past.   This episode’s Dream Planting Tips: Let people see who you truly are. People support those they know.  Step out in faith, give voice to your dream—call yourself what you wish to become.  Criticism is hard, understand that sometimes you have to choose to face it when you are in the right mood or emotional state, so you can better absorb it and use it to improve, or decide if it has merit. Allow humility to benefit you by having a teachable spirit. Use wisdom when listening to the other person’s opinion, whether positive or negative, and weigh it out to see whether it makes sense to allow it to take space in your mind. You don’t want to let negativity hold you back, nor do you want positivity to cause your ego to grow out of bounds. Practice and hone your skills daily, even when you don’t feel you can do as much as you’d like. Think about the people you want to reach or who will be impacted by your dream(s), and make it your mission to connect with them in a way they can relate to.  Invest the time necessary—however much it takes.  If someone else has doused your dream, decide today to allow it no more. Tending Your Dreams often means taking them back! To find out more about Cynthia Simmons, find her on social media and check out her website, clsimmons.com.   Grab the Tending Your Dreams’ free giveaway at tendyourdreams.com/freebie26 for your gift, just for tuning in. I also have some special eBook pricing for you.   Type in the code TYDeb50 to get your copy of 4x4 Habit Overhaul, or One Minute Intervals™: Sixty Seconds to a Healthier, Foodier You, at over half off the normal price. Purchase a book bundle using the same code, and save even more.   But ACT NOW, before this special eBook discount offer is gone.    Until next time, remember, your dreams are waiting for you to grab and tend:   Take courage.  Excel daily.  Never stop believing.  Dare to dream bigger.  Host Anita Agers Brooks can be found on various social media platforms, and you can discover additional dream tending tips at tendyourdreams.com.

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Cynthia Simmons, a Chattanooga native, is an author of three books including a historical novel, Pursuing Gold which is a story written about Chattanooga, Tennessee during the Civil War.    Cynthia hosts her own radio talk show, Heart of the Matter.  She also writes for Leading Hearts Magazine and has served as resident of Christian Authors Guild and co-founded Homeschool Answers.   Cynthia homeschooled all five of her children from grade one THROUGH high school. During her interview, she shared a dark time in her life when a series of extreme circumstances bombarded her.  For one, her husband contracted a life-threatening brain infection and required 24/7 care for years.  Cynthia shares how she never gave up when many negative situations hit her at the same time. You will appreciate Cynthia's passion and excitement in her interview Her novel, based on historical fact is entitled Pursuing Gold  --  If you are a history buff you will love it. 

Angela Breidenbach's guest is Cynthia L. Simmons sharing a little known historical love story featured in her book, Pursuing Gold, set in the Civil War era. An interesting element is the true love story are secondary characters from the real McCallie family. Here's a link to more information about them and some photos. (We'd share those, but we don't have permission.) A Chattanooga native, Cynthia L Simmons and her husband have five children and reside in Atlanta. A Bible teacher and former homeschool mother, she writes a column for Leading Hearts Magazine. She conducts writing workshops, served as past president of Christian Authors Guild & directs Atlanta Christian Writing Conference. “Cyndi” is fond of history and offers younger ladies the elegance of God’s wisdom. She hosts Heart of the Matter Radio and co-founded Homeschool Answers. Her author website is www.clsimmons.com. About the book we mentioned today:Pursuing Gold by Cynthia L. Simmons — With his father dead and his business partner incapacitated, Peter Chandler inherits the leadership of a bank in economic crisis. With only a newly-minted college degree and little experience, Peter joins his partner’s daughter, Mary Beth Roper, in a struggle to keep C&R Bank afloat while the Civil War rages around Chattanooga. Political pressure for unsecured loans of gold to the government stirs up trouble as tempers and prices rise. Their problems multiply when Mary Beth discovers counterfeit money with Peter’s forged signature. Can they find the forger before the bank fails? The two friends must pursue gold on behalf of their business, as they learn to pursue their heavenly Father to find hope and peace. Find your copy here Pursuing Gold

Listen to the Sermon / Download the PowerPoint Like the Isthmian Games that the apostle Paul culturally alluded to when writing to Christians at Corinth, so too are the comparisons between our … Pursuing Gold Read More »

Pastor Allan shows us how to run our Christian race for the gold.

Pastor Allan shows us how to run our Christian race for the gold.

Pastor Allan shows us how to run our Christian race for the gold.

Pastor Allan shows us how to run our Christian race for the gold.

With the Olympics in mind, we are to pursue gold in our faith walk. Pursuing gold occurs when you perform the proper training.