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Connecting the Dots: Seeing God’s Hand in Your Story with Lisa Pritchard - Part 1

Crossroads with Jenny Bushkell

Release Date: 09/25/2026

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Crossroads with Jenny Bushkell

What happens when the story you once wanted to hide becomes the very story God uses to help someone else find freedom?  In Part 2 of Jenny’s conversation with Crystal Renaud Day, they turn our attention toward healing and recovery from pornography and sexual addiction. Crystal shares her own story—how shame and secrecy kept her struggling in silence, and how God met her in that broken place. What was once a source of shame became part of her calling to help other women know they are not alone and that freedom is possible. They also talk about Crystal’s SCARS method of recovery and...

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Crossroads with Jenny Bushkell

There’s a growing struggle we don’t hear talked about very often.  Pornography addiction is often thought of as a men’s issue, but a growing number of women are struggling too. On Part 1 of Crossroads, Jenny’s guest is Crystal Renaud Day, a pioneer in the field of female pornography and sexual addiction and the Founder and Executive Director of SheRecovery. Crystal brings more than 15 years of ministry, coaching, and counseling experience to a conversation that the Church needs to be willing to have. They're talking about what can drive women toward pornography, why shame and...

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Crossroads with Jenny Bushkell

Previously, award-winning author Lisa Pritchard shared how she began looking back over her life and recognizing God's hand in experiences and relationships that once seemed unrelated. You may have seen this in your own life. In Part 2, we’re talking about where those paths can lead us. Even a misunderstood first grade class assignment and a blank book had meaning in her life. Lisa's Dirt Dog and Friends series combines her background in education and literacy with stories designed to help children grow as readers while also learning about kindness, courage, faith, friendship, perseverance,...

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Crossroads with Jenny Bushkell

Have you ever looked back over your life and suddenly realized that God was connecting dots you didn't even know were there? And then, years later, you begin to see a path that only God could have designed! My guest is the delightful award-winning children's author and former Teacher of the Year, Lisa M. Pritchard. Her first picture book in the Dirt Dog and Friends series, “Dirt Dog Invites Prissy Poodle to the Prom,” was recently named the 2026 Children's Book of the Year by the AWSA Golden Scroll Awards! But long before the awards—and even before the books—God had been weaving...

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Crossroads with Jenny Bushkell

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Have you ever looked back over your life and suddenly realized that God was connecting dots you didn't even know were there? And then, years later, you begin to see a path that only God could have designed!

My guest is the delightful award-winning children's author and former Teacher of the Year, Lisa M. Pritchard. Her first picture book in the Dirt Dog and Friends series, “Dirt Dog Invites Prissy Poodle to the Prom,” was recently named the 2026 Children's Book of the Year by the AWSA Golden Scroll Awards!

But long before the awards—and even before the books—God had been weaving together Lisa’s story for a purpose she couldn’t yet see.

Today, we’re talking about trusting God’s direction when we can’t see where the path is leading—and what we may discover when we finally look back and see how He was connecting the dots all along.  For more on Lisa and her books at her website dirtdogandfriends.com