Valerie Sokolosky and Michelle Ruddell
Both Valerie Sokolosky and Michelle Ruddell share a tragedy in their lives. Both have lost sons in car accidents and will talk about how God brought them through it. Valerie is the author of eight books on professional presence and leadership. She has been on television in the Dallas market and is nationally recognized as a Fox News contributor. She is one of only twenty Master Brand Strategists worldwide. Michelle is a math teacher near Waco, Texas and volunteers in prison ministry.
Zondra Evans and Christine Swiler
Do you know what your purpose is? Has God called you to something bigger than yourself? Zondra Evans shares practical and inspiring ways to follow God’s leading to great things, through faith.What if you woke up one morning, and could no longer do one of life’s basic functions? When will this end? Will I ever get back to normal? Christine Swiler shares how life can still be lived to the fullest, despite great, unexpected loss.
Stacy Flaum
Stacy Flaum shares her story about being widowed in her thirties when her 32-year-old-husband, Eric, died from brain cancer, leaving her as the single parent of a one-year-old. She will tell how God brought her through this difficult time and will also share how she now helps other widows.
Shannon Dion
Dawn Erickson and Yvonne Alford Davis
Dawn Erickson speaks about being adopted and how she healed emotionally after having two abortions. Yvonne Alford Davis has been through two separate health crises and lost everything when her home burned down. How did she survive? She will share on A Time to Dream.
Steven Kaplan and David Byrne
Raised in a Jewish home, Steven B. Kaplan shares how his Jewish Messiah, Yeshua/Jesus, revealed Himself in a miraculous way. And the miracles continue, as Steven journeys with the Lord in reaching the Jewish community. AND David Byrne grew up in a stable, Christian home, which fostered a deep faith and trust in the Lord…to the point of smuggling Bibles in a Communist country! Listen to his captivating story of the Lord’s guidance and protection.
Chandra Hawthorne
Chandra Hawthorne is an author, blogger, and ordained minister. Her book is "Accountable to God." She will talk about infertility and going through her husband's near death and miraculous recovery.
Heather Frieser
Have you ever dreamt that you were falling from a high place, only to wake up, relieved that it was just a dream? Heather Friesen knows that feeling, but in her case, it wasn’t a dream, but a horrifying reality. She shares the gripping story of how God miraculously saved her life.
Interview with Ryan Fontenot
Ryan Fontenot is the leader of RAGE Ministries, (Reaching a Generation Endangered). He will speak about his work with RAGE and how he is reaching hundreds of thousands of youth for Christ, but will also share about how he overcame the loneliness that comes with leading a ministry.
Loretta Barr and Julie Thomas
Loretta Barr, the President of Access Seminars and Consulting Services, will share about going through cancer twice as a single person, but will also share how God provided people to help her through it. Author Julie Thomas will discuss how she went through a time of severe postpartum depression and will tell how she finally came out of it after a long stretch.