The very wise Chuck Bentley joins us to chat about balance & perspective when the world around us feels unsettling. Whether it be a Pandemic, racial tensions, political turmoil, financial uncertainties, even family disagreement can we find solid ground? Chuck offers insight and points to hope. "We need to be patient and listen to each other," Chuck…

Get ready to smile and be encouraged by this fun & inspiring chat with Sarah Jackson (Church Revitalization Trust) who joins us from London to chat about what happens when people come together to care for others (hint: a different kind of outbreak, one of joy & neighborly love). "What can we do during this pandemic?" she asks. "We can show love; we…

Anne's story that began with a paper she wrote in 3rd grade, that hit lots of highs, lows and lots of waiting is sure to inspire you (as it did us, Brenda Teele to tears) and put wind in your sails as your travel your own journey. Hers tapped into art then back to writing which is why she joined our carpool chat - to share about her new devotional …

The amazing, best-selling author Holley Gerth joins us to chat about how to fully function in and to be blessed by our biological and genetic wiring (specifically introvert & extrovert)."All of us are perfectly designed for God's purpose for OUR lives," Holley shares, "not for anyone else's. For ours; we have what it takes." This chat is chock full…

The wonderful, hilarious, insightful and always fun Melanie Dale joins Cynthia Yanoff (Pardon the Mess Podcast) and Kay to chat about calm-parenting at any stage - even in a Pandemic. Her latest book, Calm the Heck Down: How to Let Go & Lighten Up About Parenting comes out in December. we're lucky to get this uplifting preview.Melanie shares about:…

Sam Collier shares his incredible story to encourage each of us in our own stories. His is a story of abandonment, sacrifice, gratitude, and rescue, revealing how God is always doing something bigger and better than we might imagine - which can a challenge any day, but especially in our current environment. "If we stay so focused on our hardships, …

It's hard to navigate today's challenges. But as friends, let's do it together. So, SaySomething Show's hosts Julie Hildebrand, Brenda Teele and Erin Schreyer and Kay chat about loving neighbors in challenging climates like today's racial tension and Covid-19 fears. We also dial in Brenda's sister Lisa Hank from Las Vegas where she has served in a …

In our new social-distancing and even shelter-in-place environment thanks to the Corona Virus - it's still important to remain connected. And there are safe ways to do that, with the people who live closest to us. Kristin Schell chats with us today (via Zoom!) on why we need to and simply ways how to do just that.Kristin Schell is an author, speake…

Shelly Miller, author and founder of the Sabbath Society, joins us to talk about Sabbath rest - a purposed break planned and set aside to replenish our soul, even during times when a slow-down came without our asking (COVID-19). Why not make the most of it? Shelly Miller is an author, veteran ministry leader and sought-after mentor on making rest a…

Jennie Allen, award- winning NYT bestselling author, Bible teacher & Founder and visionary of IF:Gathering, joins Kay & Cynthia Yanoff with Pardon the Mess Podcast to chat about getting out of our heads and getting our thoughts anchored on life-giving Truth. She hopes to link arms with women and encourage at least two things: "1. Do you know that a…

Theologian NT Wright (Tom) joins us to chat about life in Christ - freedom, rescue & hope realized, made whole in joy - abundant & available today.N.T. WRIGHT (Tom), former Bishop of Durham & professor at the University of St. Andrews, has most recently been appointed Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford. One of the world’s…

TO|GATHER - and evening of Words & Worship. Melissa d'Arabian & Sarah Harmeyer share about loving others (as well as ourselves) through food and faith. SaySomething joins forces with other ministries & platforms for TO|GATHER. First up, Sarah Harmeyer.Sarah Harmeyer is Founder and Chief People Gatherer at Neighbor's Table. As a conference speaker &…

Melissa d'Arabian, Food Network Star & NYT best-selling author chats with us about the powerful ways food can play a role in our relationships - not only with people traveling alongside, but with ourselves & with God.Celebrity chef, television host, best-selling author, speaker, writer and mom of four Melissa d’Arabian is an expert on affordable an…

Kat Armstrong joins Erin Schreyer and Kay to chat about encouraging women to embrace and engage in their areas of purpose & gifting. It can be challenging to figure out where and how to use your gifts (or even know what they are) for women in the workplace and at home. Kat shares with us what she has learned over the years, not only walking alongsi…

Tricia Lott Williford’s latest book [Just. You. Wait. (NavPress 2019)] discusses the joy hidden in the discipline of waiting, and the practices of believing God is for you and working on your behalf, even when the work of His hand is hard to find. Tricia is a highly sought after speaker and teacher for events and retreats. Widowed at 31, she raised…

John Smith & Pastor Jason Noble join us to chat about the new movie Breakthrough, inspired by John's incredible survival from being trapped under ice and without a pulse for over 45 minutes.John shares about the experience, falling through the ice, waking up in the hospital (which NO ONE imagined possible) and the days after with Pastor Jason Noble…

Delightful Susie Larson joined us for a carpool chat when she was recently in Dallas. We know you will be encouraged by all she shares about joy and abundance - even in the suffering portions of life. So much of which centers on God's grace, mercy and (arguably most important) love for each of us - even though we struggle to believe and receive it.…

Scott Kedersha shares about his own 17-year marriage as well as terrific information from his new book "Ready or Knot." It didn't take us long to grasp that tips for healthy marriage relationship apply across the board to all relationships including family and friendship. Scott calls out marriage challenges for those who are just starting out and r…

We think you're going to LOVE this chat! ... and the movie that comes out this weekend! So worth seeing.Jake McEntire (screenwriter/producer) and Tanner Stine (lead actor) have joined Executive Producers Tim & Robby Tebow to create the exciting and inspirational new film Run the Race. It’s a story about two brothers with an unbreakable bond facing …

Sarah Harmeyer joins our carpool to chat about purpose, gifting and loving others - tapping into the beautiful way she (and all of us can) loves neighbors, meaning anyone we walk alongside in life. In 2011, Sarah Harmeyer set out to serve 500 people at a farmhouse-style cedar table in her Dallas backyard with a simple mission: to gather and love pe…

The great June Hunt (author, speaker, radio host & founder of Hope for the Heart - a worldwide Biblical counseling ministry) joins our carpool chat to share her top 5 tips to a joy-filled life. She's heard on over 600 stations world-wide every day - here's what she has to say (and quite possibly sing!) to us about hope & joy. What a treat! We hope …

Lysa TerKeurst joins Kay & Courtney to chat about faith, trust & hope when life takes a hard turn, even spirals - a place Lysa found herself a little over three years ago. After nearly dying, learning of her husbands marital infidelity and a subsequent cancer diagnosis, Lysa traveled a road she never expected. She openly shares her journey that, th…

Authors & media personalities Rebecca Carrell & Susie Larson field questions on identity & worth issues from our Fall 2018 Girl Talk - an evening of inspiration & conversation. This is rare opportunity to hear powerful and raw insight & wisdom. Well worth the listen.Susie Larson is a talk show host, national speaker, and author of fifteen books and…

Authors & media personalities Rebecca Carrell & Susie Larson join us for Girl Talk - an evening of inspiration and conversation.Susie Larson chats about identity and self-worth, sharing raw stories from her childhood, struggles with Lyme disease and illness and the fight to stand strong, grounded in understanding of our identity in Christ. Grab som…

Rebecca Carrell shares from the heart offering wisdom and insight into our identity and self-worth at SaySomething's Girl Talk - an evening of inspiration and conversation.With the holidays right around the corner and Christmas decor already lining retailers shelves, why not get a jump on things ourselves with a little soul-hydration today so we do…

National speaker and popular author Jennifer Dukes Lee chats with us about control - our issues with it and how to best live under it."The good part of control: ability to manage a lot and achieve great things all while keeping their kids alive. The bad part: how much it drives us crazy."Join us for a lively and uplifting conversation as we're join…

J.T. Olson, author and entrepreneur is founder of Both Hands (one for the widow, one for the orphan). After being orphaned as a child alongside his four siblings, JT went on to start a faith-based non-profit serving orphans and widows. His powerful story will leave you inspired to be an agent for impact. He and Sara live in Nashville with their fiv…

NYT Best-Selling author Max Lucado joins us to chat about his new book Unshakeable Hope - how hope based on God's promises can inform our lives."Unshakeable Hope - because it's built not upon what I do, but upon the goodness of God."Max Lucado has spent the last 40 years telling the story of God’s grace in books, in pulpits, on broadcasts, on music…

Sally Lloyd-Jones (NYT best selling author, speaker and all-around fun person) shares about her new book: Goldfish on Vacation and adds to the mix a treasure trove of wise tidbits. Whatever you life stage, you will absolutely be encouraged by Sally's wit, her honesty and her perspective. Sally Lloyd-Jones is author of highly acclaimed The Jesus Sto…

Oh my word - get ready for a blast hilarity and profound wisdom all wrapped into one package as only Melanie Shankle (bigmama.com blogger, podcaster & NYT best-selling author) can do it. She and Sandra Stanley recently joined us for a SaySomething Girl Talk: - An Evening of Encouragement. The topic? Thriving in the midst of April/May hectic. Well, …

Sandra Stanley, author, blogger, & wife to Andy Stanley (founder of Northpoint Ministries) chats about her latest project Breathing Room - the space between our current pace and our limit. "I can look back to certain seasons of my life, chapters of my life, where I had created & maintained breathing room - and those are the seasons where I have the…

Karen Wright Marsh - author, speaker & ministry leader - joins us to chat about age-old (literally) truths, trials and timeless messages that inform today, Whatever you're going through in life, people throughout time have lived it too. A wayward kid? St. Augustine was just that. Depression & melancholy? Martin Luther struggled most of his life. St…

John Stonestreet carpool-diemed with us a few weeks ago, but we saved it for Christmas. As we celebrate the day that Hope arrived alive and well on the scene, John shares how Hope informs today and every day. Especially when things like technology, social media platforms, political impasses, strained relationships and so much more seem to be so pow…

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! We have a special treat for you today. Rachel Brown and Ginger Ravella chat about thanksgiving, joy and goodness in every circumstances. (CLIP BELOW)What they have to say is beyond good. They were in town for American Airlines Sky Ball celebrating Veterans and their families. So we grabbed them.They know what it’s like to go th…

Author, speaker & poet Amena Brown shares insight from her new book How to Fix a Broken Record and wisdom on managing the mis-messaging we often tell ourselves. "What's the truth that I should be repeating vs that ugly message that's been repeating." Amena challenges and encourages us to discover and re-align broken record messaging to Truth in the…

Candace Payne chats about defiant joy & her new book Laugh It UPAuthor, speaker and Chewbacca Mom, Candace Payne (a viral sensation with over 170M FB views) chats with us about Joy and her new book Laugh It Up. She shares how her family handled tough times. Dire situations and/or hardship (including homelessness) "were never a defining attitude tha…

Carpool Diem with best-selling author Sara Hagerty chats about her new book (Unseen: The Gift of Being Hidden in a World That Loves to Be Noticed) and that for which every heart longs: to be seen, known and understood. "We often feel guilt over our desire to be seen, so we suppress it. But, we were made to be seen," Sara shares. "We have connection…

Shelly Miller, author, speaker & founder of the Sabbath Society, chats about Rest & Sabbath as a part of our daily rhythm & lives.Shelly Miller is a veteran ministry leader and sought-after mentor on making rest a rhythm of life. She leads the Sabbath Society, an online community of people who want to make rest a priority. Her book, Rhythms of Rest…

Author, speaker & founder of the Front Yard People Movement, Kristin Schell shares her inspiring story challenging us to experience "freedom from achieving, striving, & doing - just show up and be present and love."Kristin Schell is an author of The Turquoise Table (Thomas Nelson (5/17), speaker & blogger on the subjects of food, faith, and hospita…

Have performance or perfection pressures ever weighed you down? Does a vacation sound good right about now? Do you sometimes get so caught up in life, you lose sight of the people walking right next to you? It's a sure guess that we've ALL been there.Come enjoy recordings from our inaugural Girl Talk: an evening of encouragement with cup-filling-to…

Jeff Henricks, school Administrator, shares wisdom from the front-lines - wisdom on life with tween/teens - wisdom that easily applies to our own lives at all stages. Jeff's calm and thoughtful approach plus his constant encouragement toward perspective dials down the chaos that seems to find so much life in today's intensity-climate. Be refreshed …

Performance & perfection pressures weighing you down? Jeannie Cunnion encourages women to tap into freedom instead of giving in to the pressures. "It's not just the free from," Jeannie shares, "it's the free-to. Yes, we're set free from all this stuff, but we're also set free to go & to love." In her warm, authentic and logical way, Jeannie offers …

Is there change on the horizon or smack dab in the middle of your life? New teachers, new cities, new job, new friends ... Truth is, change is inevitable and can bring with it certain challenges. Join us as we chat about managing and even thriving in the midst of change with Dr. Shannan Crawford. You'll love her. Shannan is a clinical psyschologist…

When Greg (at 46, a father, a husband, a friend to many, at the height of his career) heard the words, "Mr. Murtha, you have cancer," he and his wife Tracey never realized how abundant life could be in the midst of a such a sobering interruption. With Stage IV Metastasized Cancer and facing death - Greg now confidently says, "I've never felt more a…

Are we aware we compare? Can contentment (even in the midst of May's banquets, award ceremonies, graduations, summer plans, ... fill in the blank) be as close as a reset? Join us as we carpool chat with Sandra Stanley - author, speaker, mom of 3 grown children and wife of Andy Stanley, founder of North Point Ministries. She’s a foster mom who is le…

Can kindness actually change a life? Join our carpool chat with Leon Logothetis - author, producer and host of the Netflix series "The Kindness Diaries" - as we chat about the very real power of kindness.Leon is a global adventurer, motivational speaker & philanthropist. It wasn't always that way. He used to be a broker in the city of London where …

We at SaySomething (our little life-talk show) had Dr Tony Evans in car thanks to Movement Day Greater Dallas and decided to take the chance to ask him, "If you could tell your children or grandchildren the Dr. Evans tips to a productive/joy-filled life, what would they be?" Well, here you go:Af Kay Wyma & Friends

Diane Paddison is a mother, author, Harvard MBA, C-Level exec at 2 Fortune 500 companies and founder of 4Wordwomen.org, a ministry that links women committed to faith, family, and work to each other. Diane is a wealth of knowledge and encouragement who shares from her experiences to help today's women balance career and family. SaySomething: a-come…