Moody Radio

Emotional baggage is trendy. We might even joke about it. But when we collect, stack, and stockpile burdens, we add weight but not value to our lives.  So what is clogging your heart?  Is it worry, regret, false guilt, anger, or pride? Trillia Newbell talks with Laurie Davies about her book, Emotional Hoarding: Letting Go of the...

What would it be like to see real revival across the nation? Zach Meerkreebs has an idea.  He ended a sermon at Asbury University in 2023 with the challenge, “Do not leave here until you experience the love of God so that you can pour it out.”  That challenge led to a 16-day revival with over 65,000 people praying...

Charles Dickens said, It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself."  In 1843, Charles Dickens penned a story—a classic Christmas tale full of ghosts and the endearing humbug Ebenezer Scrooge. It is a tale of greed, regret, loneliness, reflection, compassion,...

How do you experience Christmas joy?  Was the wonder of Christmas greater as a child, or as a believer, do you experience that joy even more?  Trillia Newbell talks with Ryan Whitaker Smith about his book, Winter Fire: Christmas with G.K. Chesterton and ways to experience the joy of this season on Living by Faith. Living by Faith...

Authors like Charles Dickens, O. Henry and Louisa May Alcott gave us some of the greatest Christmas stories in literary history.   These authors' stories call us to generosity, reconciliation and sacrifice and encourage us to live with joy and gratitude.  Trillia Newbell talks with historian Timothy Larsen about his book, Twelve...

As believers, our faith gives us both a hope in the future and something to hang onto... especially in times of crisis. Trillia Newbell sits down with Colleen Chao to talk about how her faith has sustained her through depression, chronic pain and a cancer diagnosis, as she's written about in her new book, On Our Way Home. ...

Some people are lucky enough to get paid to do what they love. But many are not.  In an age when passion and calling are often confused, how do you understand the difference between the two.  Trillia Newbell talks with Karen Swallow Prior about her book, You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the True, Good & Beautiful...

Each family tree holds gnarled branches of sin, disappointment and grief.  There is brokenness in every family, but that leaves room for God to do a redemptive work.  Trillia Newbell talks with Erin Davis about her study on The Story of Joseph and the genealogy of Joseph.  His story is a shining example of beautiful, lasting,...

In our culture, youth is celebrated and revered.  We have creams to hide wrinkles and hair dye to hide the gray. But we can't really turn back the clock.  Trillia Newbell talks with Elyse Fitzpatrick about her book, The Afternoon of Life: Finding Purpose and Joy in Midlife and the ways God uses the...