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Perry and Shawna Mornings
April 08, 2025
Freedom From Pain - Rachel Faulkner Brown
Rachel was married right out of college and, at 23, lost her first husband to a brain aneurism.
A few years later she remarried and with a 5-month-old and a toddler she lost her second husband to an Air Force Plane accident.
God took Rachel on a journey of healing that went way beyond her grief to freedom from the constraints of religion and the boundless power of grace.
Out of her own healing, speaker and author, Rachel Faulkner Brown, founded Never Alone Widows, the largest Christian widows’ ministry 501C3 in the country.
Her new book, Widow’s Might: 365 Days of Strength for Grief and Loss offers powerful stories of women who have walked the path of widowhood and found solace, strength, and peace along the way.
In this conversation Rachel shares her own story of loss, the journey of grieving and the journey of healing, regretting that her husbands didn’t know the version of her she is today, and trying to do the “Christian thing” verses getting real with a real God.
Honestly, there is something in this conversation for each of us.
Also, Shawna shares how she reluctantly knocked on the neighbors door to confess she ran over their chickens and left with a dozen eggs. That’s grace.
IN THIS EPISODE
Rachel Faulkner Brown
Twice widowed, Rachel uses her story to inspire women to find joy, purpose, and freedom.
As the founder and leader of Never Alone Widows, the largest Christian widows' ministry in the U.S., Rachel equips women to rediscover joy, embrace their identity in Christ, and live with renewed hope and freedom.
Rachel is an ordained minister, a national speaker for Folds of Honor, and the co-creator of life-changing resources like Father’s House , the There is More podcast, and How to Widow Well video series. Her teaching focuses on healing, freedom, and the transformative power of grace.
She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, Rod, and their two children, Davis and Campbell.
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Perry LaHaie
Perry LaHaie's passion is to know Jesus and make Him known. “I’m all in with Jesus but not all put together. I need Jesus right now as much as I did when I first started following Him!” Perry says. In addition to co-hosting Perry and Shawna Mornings, Perry is a singer, songwriter, recording artist, and advocate for those who haven’t yet heard the gospel, especially those in the Muslim world. Born and raised in northern Michigan, he earned a bachelor’s degree in Communications and a graduate degree in Cross- cultural Communications. Perry also serves with Frontiers, a worldwide ministry to Muslims. Perry and his bride, Teresa, call Holland, Michigan home. They have two adult children, Kali and Taylor, and Taylor’s bride, Bri.
Shawna Beyer
Shawna Beyer has a way of telling stories that create personal connection— to her, to one another, and to God. She has been a homeschool mom, church planter, project lead for a consulting company, and church staff member. Though she’s been involved in ministry with her husband (Dan) in Iowa, Arizona, and now Michigan, she was born and raised in Southern California and as they say, “You can take the girl out of California . . .” She is mom to four grown kids (Bryn, Drayson, Eden, and Haven) who no longer need her but humor her anyway. Shawna is passionate about the rhythms we weave into the fabric of our lives to fall more in love with God each day. Healthy foods are her go-to, but she will abandon that whole track in a heartbeat for a homemade cinnamon roll like Grandma used to make.
Perry and Shawna Mornings
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