We’re back!
Kerry and Angela are in the studio, and Warrior Raiser is kicking off a brand-new season! We’ve got a fresh direction, a ton to talk about, and we cannot wait to laugh, share, and girl gab our way through it all — with Jesus right in the center.
It’s going to be real, it’s going to be fun, and it’s going to remind you that you’re not walking this road alone.
Let’s do this — aim your arrow well!
In this inspiring episode, Angela and Kerry welcome Sharon Griner, the Executive Director of Common Ground Free Store Ministries in Delaware, Ohio.
With over 21 years of experience in nonprofit ministry, Sharon brings a wealth of wisdom, compassion, and perspective to the conversation. As a dedicated wife and mother of four daughters, she reflects on balancing her family life with her deep calling to serve others.
The discussion centers on the theme of taking the next right steps, trusting God’s vision even when it surpasses our own understanding. Sharon shares her personal journey, revealing how her faith and commitment to ministry have shaped her path--and her vision. Listeners will be encouraged by her testimony of God’s guiding hand through challenges and triumphs alike.
This episode is a powerful reminder that God’s plans for us often unfold one step at a time, inviting us to trust His greater vision as we walk forward in faith.
To find out more about Common Ground Free Store Ministries visit: https://commongroundfreestore.org/
In this episode of the Warrior Raiser podcast, Angela and Kerry open up about their personal lives, ministry, and the journey of letting go and trusting God's plan.
Kerry talks about battling feelings of inadequacy and the importance of relying on God during tough times. Angela shares her excitement for the upcoming season, encouraging listeners to stay focused and keep moving forward.
Together, they remind listeners to embrace the pauses in life, trust in God's faithfulness, and resist the urge to isolate during difficult seasons.
The episode wraps up with a heartfelt reminder to continue seeking God's guidance and strength for the next right step.
We are thrilled to welcome Michelle Wells to the Warrior Raiser Podcast! Michelle shares her powerful journey of self-discovery, emphasizing the importance of listening to God's voice and seeking His guidance in every decision.
In this heartfelt conversation, Michelle opens up about the challenges of making significant professional changes and the crucial role of having a Godly community in decision-making. Her story beautifully highlights the ongoing process of obedience and taking small steps of faith, even when faced with fear and uncertainty.
Michelle's wisdom and insights are truly inspiring, and the conversation is incredibly engaging. Tune in and be encouraged by Michelle's journey as you seek God's guidance in your own life.
Follow Michelle and find her work here:
"Just Breathe" by Michelle Wells
We all need a little extra help and support to stay future-focused and challenged to move toward the life God has called us to live.
What we do matters.
If you’ve felt that achieving a dream is daunting and seemingly overwhelming, the Warrior Women Tribe® may be the support you need.
What if your Next Right Step was to join a tribe of women who are committed to pursuing their divine calling?
Come alongside other leaders who recognize they cannot be successful in any aspect of their lives unless they are courageously pursuing Jesus first.
In this enlightening episode, we are honored to have the incredible Kitty Allen join us on the Warrior Raiser Podcast. Kitty brings a wealth of experience and a heart full of wisdom, making this conversation truly impactful.
Kitty Allen holds several prestigious roles:
From a young age, Kitty had a sense of wonder about who God is and how He was shaping her into the strong leader of leaders she is today. She shares charming anecdotes from her childhood days, including being the president of "The Monkey Club," and how those early experiences laid the foundation for her leadership journey.
In our discussion, Kitty shares her inspiring personal journey of faith and the calling she has embraced to build strong kingdom leaders. We delve into essential topics such as:
Kitty also opens up about wearing a hard hat and heels in her professional life and the sorrow-laden journey of widowhood with small children, illustrating how the Lord has woven the melody line of her life through all of these experiences.
Tune in to this episode for a conversation that promises to uplift, empower, and inspire you. Kitty Allen's journey and insights are sure to leave you with valuable takeaways to apply in your own life.
FROM THE SHOW:
BUILT TO LEAD | together we transform
Three Key Questions
The Right Order is Important
1. How I live (What I do) – will answer the question of…
2. Who I am – which will finally explain…
3. Why I live
This order can easily lead to the performance trap and a life that may not feel genuine to you.
1. Why I live – My purpose - comes from knowing your worldview/beliefs
2. Who I am – My true identity
3. How I live – Will naturally flow from clarity of purpose and identity
This order will result in alignment and fulfillment in work and in life.
Thank you for joining us for this episode, "Running Unhindered."
Today, we're diving into Hebrews 12:1-2, where the writer tells us to lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. It’s about fixing our eyes on Jesus and embracing the journey, even when it leads through unexpected detours and challenging seasons.
In this episode, Angela and Kerry will be sharing some of our recent experiences and how we've had to pause, recalibrate, and refocus on Jesus. We'll discuss the importance of recognizing when something is holding us back and how to shed it to keep moving forward. Plus, we'll talk about what it means to fix our eyes and the intentions of our hearts on Jesus when life feels like it's throwing us off course.
It's not always easy. Sometimes, the hard stuff makes us feel like we're missing the mark, but God can use those moments to reset us on Him. We hope this episode encourages you to keep running your race, no matter the circumstance.
So grab your headphones, settle in, and join us for a conversation about faith, life, and what it means to run unhindered!
In this episode of the Warrior Raiser Podcast, we sit down with the remarkable Amy Lewald, whose journey exemplifies the art of pushing through life's challenges with unwavering faith.
Despite facing ongoing health battles, Amy remains steadfast in her belief that God is faithful. Join us as Amy shares her inspiring story of resilience and determination, navigating the twists and turns of life while staying anchored in her faith.
Discover how, even when the next steps aren't always clear, Amy finds comfort in knowing that they are divinely directed. Get ready to be uplifted and encouraged as we explore the power of faith, perseverance, and trusting in God's plan.
Tune in now to hear Amy's incredible testimony and be inspired to embrace your own journey with courage and conviction.
In this episode of "The Next Right Step," hosts Angela and Kerry explore the biblical wisdom behind saying yes, no, and embracing uncertainty.
Drawing from scripture, they discuss the importance of aligning with God's plan by saying yes, setting boundaries by saying no, and finding humility in admitting "I don't know."
Through practical insights and examples, they guide listeners towards a balanced approach to these responses, fostering spiritual growth and deeper trust in God's guidance.
Aim Your Arrows Well >>>
ANGELA P. JOHNSON + KERRY J. SMITH
The Warrior Women Tribe® Co-Founders
The Warrior Raiser® Podcast Co-Hosts
Join us on this episode of the Warrior Raiser Podcast, where we sit down with the remarkable Amber Smith. Amber is more than just a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend; she is a sinner saved by the grace of God.
Amber, along with her husband Granger Smith, resides on a quaint farm in central Texas with their three children: London, Lincoln, and Maverick. Beyond her family life, Amber wears many hats. She hosts the Arise with Amber podcast, spearheads the River Kelly Fund in honor of her son, and designs the women’s clothing line for the family apparel company, YeeYee Apparel.
In addition to her entrepreneurial endeavors, Amber has co-authored the children's book "Where the Dinosaurs Roar," a touching tribute to her son River who passed in 2019. Since then, Amber has committed herself to turning pain into purpose, sharing the hope we have in Jesus with everyone she encounters.
Through her journey of faith, resilience, and purpose, Amber's story is a testament to the transformative power of grace and perseverance. Through her candid storytelling and deep reflections, Amber encourages listeners to arise, abide, and take purposeful action. You'll be inspired to take "The Next Right Step" in your own journey, fueled by faith and determination.
On today's episode we invite our friend and Warrior Women Tribe® member, Kary Garretson.
Kary is a wife, mom, church planter, writer, and an introvert. She loves the stars, reading, running, and worshiping Jesus. Kary and her husband, Chris, have four beautiful and goofy children. In 2022, they followed God's crazy, amazing plan for their lives by partnering with April and Matt Harmon to establish Redefined Community Church in Martinsburg, PA.
Kary's ministry journey began at Flood City Church in Johnstown, PA, where she served on staff for nearly a decade. During her time there, she gained experience in various areas such as preaching, teaching Bible studies, developing leadership skills, and performing spoken word poetry.
On today's episode, Kary emphasizes the importance of relying on God's character, as He is always faithful and good, even in the face of adversity. He never leaves us nor forsakes us, and we can confidently trust Him with all our hearts.
To follow Kary and her journey, visit:
Welcome to the SEASON 3 opener of the Warrior Raiser podcast, where we explore the theme of "The Next Right Step."
This year's conversation is inspired by the key verse from Ephesians 4:1, which calls us to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which we have been called. As followers of Christ, we are called to live a life of purpose and intentionality, taking one step at a time towards the destiny that God has planned for us.
Throughout this season, Angela & Kerry will be sharing practical insights and biblical wisdom to help you take actionable steps towards your goals. They'll be joined by guests who have taken their own next right steps and have inspiring testimonies to share about how God has led them on their journey.
Join them as we discover how to live out our calling by taking the next right step, guided by the wisdom and truth of God's Word.
Kathy is a gifted speaker with an extensive background in journalism, radio and television communications.
She has a heart for teaching practical truths from God’s word and a life imperfectly lived. Now in Act 3 of her career, she knows the “ups and downs” in her marriage, parenting, work, and life have given her a beautiful perspective about God’s abundant grace.
She's no stranger to small beginnings, having to "rinse and repeat" many times throughout her life. She firmly believes that sometimes, small beginnings stay small because it is not your gifting. We all need a “Simon Cowell” to tell us that as much as we want to do “X,” it might not be where we thrive.
God created you for something, and any time spent outside that “thing” is wasted. If you have multiple trusted counselors bear witness to what you believe God has given you, then it is a daily walk of trust.
We act - God responds.
We make plans, God confirms them.
*Originally scheduled for a November release*
Kerry and Angela sit down to discuss their thoughts and feelings about this season's podcast content, they share how they met, and their hopes and dreams for the future.
Their conversation covers a range of topics, including hermit crabs, platforms, comparison being a punk (a nod to our friend, Bob Goff), fading bodies, and the idea that our platform is wherever we are.
They also talk about the increible fact that when we pursue God and His will for our lives, He rejoices in our obedience.
We hope you'll laugh a little but, ultimately, be inspired by the discussion!
OH Goodness! This conversation with our friend, Heidy Tandy, Senior Director of Discovery of Stadia, is an absolute gem.
If you need a little encouragement in your day to remember who you are and what God's called you to do, this episode is for you.
Heidy has learned that not everyone will get you, but that's okay -- we simply need to show up as our authentic selves and keep running our race with confidence.
Along the way, we'll chat through some indicators of un-health in relationships, when it's time to say buh-bye to certain people in our lives, and that it's okay to have a dream or a calling that no one else seems to understand fully. Did we mention this is a fabulous episode?!
Her final words of encouragement are a beautiful reminder to "Be You." The world doesn't need another version of anyone else, so show up as your whole self.
We hope you enjoy the conversation and, as always...
Aim Your Arrows Well!
Angela & Kerry
Continuing the series "Small Beginnings" we are so excited to welcome Pastor Valarie Grimes to the conversation.
Today, we're dropping the latest podcast episode featuring Valarie Grimes. She's a wife, mom, grandmother, nurse, and most recently, a pastor! When she's not building forts with her grandbabies, she's delivering the Word of God to her congregation at Radiant Church in Savannah, Georgia.
Valarie began her career as a registered nurse and has pivoted to be a full-time church planter in the past few years. She understands the plan we have in our minds doesn't often materialize as we had envisioned...but God, in His sovereignty, can use brokenness and sorrow to paint beautiful brushstrokes on the canvas of our lives. Even when we can't see it -- He calls us a masterpiece commanded to do good works (Ephesians 2:10)-- using all the parts of who we are for His glory.
We pray you enjoy this inspiring conversation!
On today's episode, we have Sarah Burnett as our guest.
Sarah's journey has been full of twists and turns, and at times, she's felt the Lord press pause on her dreams -- only for Him to continue to reveal His will for her life in the process.
Sarah's story is unique; however, many can relate to struggling with small beginnings and the seemingly endless seasons of waiting and wondering.
We hope you'll be encouraged as you listen to the latest episode in our Small Beginnings Series.
Enjoy the show and...
Aim Your Arrows Well!
>>Angela and Kerry
More on Sarah:
She is a dedicated leader recognized for her communication and strategic planning abilities. Sarah has a track record of implementing and automating systems that lead to clients becoming brand evangelists.
Sarah is known for her ability to lead teams to operational excellence, creative work, and sustained improvements.
Sarah is currently COO of Flourish and has experience in both the for-profit with Yum! Brands (the parent company of Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut) and nonprofit organization with Stadia, leading in Bloom (a ministry dedicated to championing women in church planting).
She has helped start and launch everything from a golf team in high school, to a church plant in 2010, a children's ministry from scratch, a ministry for women in church planting called Bloom, a podcast called Plant Strong for women in ministry, and most recently a tech company called Flourish. She is married to Josh Burnett, her husband of almost 18 years. Together they have three children, Savannah (14), Grady (11), and Maddie (10), and live in Annapolis, MD on their turned farm with one dog, one cat, two bunnies, and a full fish tank.
More on Flourish:
Flourish is a nonprofit operating system that optimizes how nonprofits and volunteers work together to make a difference. The Flourish CRM platform is an all-in-one solution that allows you to engage more people in the mission with automated systems and processes that every nonprofit needs.
They also developed Latent, an App designed to guide volunteer ambassadors, enabling them to introduce a nonprofit's mission to new audiences and leverage the relational strengths of existing supporters to raise awareness and funds.
And lastly, they've recently developed another platform called Sermons.tech, which is an AI platform capable of summarizing sermon messages, generating discussion questions for small groups, summaries, and creating a beautiful group guide page to share out—in minutes.
All of their products exist to optimize how nonprofits and volunteers work together to make an impact... they call it no-fail volunteering. They are continually working to add more volunteer roles to the platform so that people can be matched to make a difference.
Based in Annapolis, MD, they can be found on onflourish.com, and @flourishos on instagram, twitter, facebook and linkedin.
We are intrinsically wired to form impressions and instantly jump to conclusions about people. It'd be easy to do that with today's guest, Michelle Bishop. One could look at the organization she's crafted and assume her journey to her platform has been nothing short of idyllic. However, we should never judge a person's story by the chapter we walk in on.
Today, Michelle shares the highlight reel of her journey. She'll talk about where she's come from, how she hustled, dreamed, and most importantly, did a LOT of praying and listening to the nudges from the Lord. Michelle will also share some of her "flops and failures" along the way. With divine wisdom, she recognizes that even those "wilderness moments" were opportunities for training and preparation for the plans the Lord had for her. As we say here on the show -- Nothing is Wasted!
We hope you enjoy the conversation, and if you want to learn more about Michelle and The Ladies Edge, a sisterhood of women who are on a mission to live life to the fullest, you can find more information at www.theladiesedge.com and on social media @theladiesedgeofficial and her personal profile @mshellll.
Aim Your Arrows Well!
>>Angela and Kerry
Join Angela and Kerry on today's first episode of a series called "Small Beginnings."
So often our culture poo-poos the small dreams or the small steps we take to reach our God-given purpose. On today's episode, the ladies discuss the importance of celebrating the small steps because guess what?? God does, so we should too!
Show Reference/content to check out after you listen:
>Fruitful: Live a Life of Abundant Harvest (the Bible Study Angela authored)
Available:
>Gathered Courage (Kerry's podcast - you can still access archived episodes!)