094 - Surviving Spiritual Abuse Without Losing Your Faith with Anna Vaughn
Bold Faith Now - Where Faith Meets Courage
Release Date: 01/12/2026
110 - Hope for Moms of Addicted Children with Dawn R. Ward
Bold Faith Now - Where Faith Meets Courage
What do you do when someone you love is trapped in addiction, and you feel helpless to fix it? In this episode of Bold Faith Now, Missy sits down with Dawn R. Ward, author of From Guilt to Grace: Hope and Healing for Christian Moms of Addicted Children. Dawn shares her deeply personal journey of walking through addiction in her own family, the fear of middle-of-the-night phone calls, the pressure to “fake fine,” and the hard but holy process of learning to trust Jesus with what she could not control. This conversation offers hope to parents, family members, and loved ones who are weary,...
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109 - When God Calls You Deeper with Amy Loflin
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What if the hunger you feel isn’t something to fix, but something God is inviting you deeper into? In today’s episode of Bold Faith Now, Missy sits down with author Amy Loflin to talk about her book, A Story Worth Living. Amy shares how a season of spiritual dryness led to a deeper pursuit of Jesus, and how that same “holy hunger” might be stirring in your life, too. Through the story of the bleeding woman, this conversation calls us out of surface-level faith and into a bold, intentional connection with Christ. In this episode, they discuss: What a “holy hunger” is and why...
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108 - Growing Depth in Faith Through Life’s Pain with Jodi Snowdon
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What happens when heartbreak hits, and your faith is all you have left to hold on to? In today’s episode, Missy sits down with Jodi Snowdon, podcaster and author of Depth Growing Through Heartbreak to Strength, to talk about walking through deep loss, grief, and disappointment, and discovering how God meets us right in the middle of it. Jodi shares her personal journey through divorce, miscarriage, and losing a close friend, and how those seasons didn’t break her faith, but deepened it. This conversation is a powerful reminder that pain is never wasted. God uses it to grow us, shape us,...
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107 - Holding On to Faith When God Feels Silent with Lindsey Bell
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What do you do when God feels silent, and your heart is carrying more pain than words can hold? In this tender and hope-filled episode of the Bold Faith Now podcast, Missy sits down with author Lindsey Bell to talk about grief, miscarriage, community, and God’s faithfulness in life’s hardest seasons. Lindsey shares the personal story behind her book, Unbeaten, and opens up about walking through repeated loss, learning to lament honestly, and discovering that even when God seems silent, His fingerprints are still all over our lives. In this episode, they discuss: How Lindsey’s journey...
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106 - How God Meets Us in Our Suffering with Clay and Jean E. Jones
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How does God meet us in the middle of our deepest pain, and what does that actually look like? In today’s Bold Faith Now episode, Missy sits down with Clay and Jean E. Jones authors of How Does God Use Suffering for Our Good? Living with Hope While Making Sense of Life, to tackle one of the hardest questions every believer faces: Why does God allow suffering, and how could it possibly work for our good? Through deeply personal stories of cancer, miscarriage, unanswered prayers, and long seasons of waiting, Clay and Jean share how God uses suffering not to break us, but to form us. This...
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105 - Trusting God When Nothing Makes Sense with Lori Ann Wood
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What do you do when life takes a turn you never would have chosen? In today’s episode of the Bold Faith Now podcast, Missy sits down with author Lori Ann Wood to talk about her book Divine Detour: The Path You Never Chose Can Lead to the Faith You’ve Always Wanted. After a sudden and life-threatening heart failure diagnosis, Lori Ann found herself wrestling with deep questions about faith, suffering, and God’s goodness. In this episode, they discuss: The three faith questions we all face in trials: Is this life all there is? Is God always good? Is God’s plan enough? Why doubt and...
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104 - A Battle Cry for Prodigal Parents with Debra McNinch
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What happens when a parent’s heartbreak collides with spiritual warfare, and love refuses to surrender? In today’s Bold Faith Now episode, Missy sits down with Debra McNinch, author of Battle Cry: Love Goes to War and founder of Battle Cry Moms and Battle Cry Dads, two communities created to support parents walking through the pain of prodigal children, addiction, estrangement, LGBTQ identity, unbelief, and other deep family wounds. Debra shares the story behind her book and the moment everything changed for her family, the years of wrestling, and how God met her in the trenches of...
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103 - Bold Faith for Writers and Communicators with Tamara Clymer
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Have you ever felt God prompting you to do something, but you weren’t sure where to begin? In this episode of the Bold Faith Now Podcast, Missy sits down with Tamara Clymer, the owner of CrossRiver Media Group, a Christian publishing house committed to helping women grow in their faith through Christ-centered books. Tamara shares how CrossRiver began not simply as a publishing company, but as a ministry with a heart to help women build bold, everyday faith. She also pulls back the curtain on the publishing process and offers practical wisdom for writers navigating the journey from idea to...
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102 - How to Walk in Victory Over Sin with Karl Clauson
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What is the one struggle you keep asking God to remove, but haven’t yet surrendered fully to Him? In this episode of Bold Faith Now, Missy sits down with pastor, radio host, and author of Killing Sin: Conquer the One Thing That is Defeating You, Karl Clauson, to talk about an often-avoided topic: confronting the sin patterns that quietly shape our lives. Karl shares his powerful testimony of addiction, repentance, and transformation, explaining why so many believers remain stuck in a cycle of striving and failure. This episode is a call to rediscover the life-changing power of grace, not...
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101 - When God Feels Silent and You Still Choose Faith with Jeff Leonard
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Why does God sometimes feel hardest to find when we need Him most? In this episode of Bold Faith Now, Missy Eversole sits down with Bible professor and author Dr. Jeff Leonard to explore the tension many believers experience: a sincere faith alongside seasons when God feels distant. Drawing from Scripture, personal experience, and the themes of his book Seekers in the Hands of an Elusive God, Jeff explains why God’s seeming hiddenness is not a flaw in our faith journey; it may actually be an invitation to seek Him more deeply. In this conversation, they discuss: God’s elusiveness...
info_outlineWhat do you do when the place that’s supposed to be safest, your church or ministry, becomes the source of your deepest wounds?
In this episode of Bold Faith Now, Missy talks with Anna Vaughn, author of Caught in the Crossfire, about spiritual abuse: what it is, how it shows up in churches and ministries, and how God gently leads us from victimhood into healing and freedom. Anna shares her own story of ministry burnout, panic attacks, and manipulation, and how the Lord met her through counseling, inner healing, and the hard work of forgiveness.
If you’ve been hurt by a leader, confused by church culture, or wondered if what you’re experiencing “counts” as spiritual abuse, this conversation is for you.
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
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What spiritual abuse is and how it often hides behind religious language, twisted scripture, and “doing ministry for God.”
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Red-flag warning signs: isolation, fear, manipulation, “we’re the only ones doing it right,” and being discouraged from asking honest questions or seeking outside help.
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Anna’s journey from victim to victor—how God used counseling, boundaries, and forgiveness to bring deep healing and restore her calling.
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Why forgiveness doesn’t mean pretending it didn’t happen or giving your abuser continued access.
Remember to live boldly for Jesus and let your light shine bright for Him!
Connect with Anna:
Website & ministry: stirredupministries.com
Book: Caught in the Crossfire (look for it wherever you normally buy books)
Connect with Missy:
Download the January Scripture Journaling prompts (Renewal theme) at https://missyeversole.com/resources/
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