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Does My Voice Matter with Danielle Kelly #82

Danielle Derks Zapchenk

7 days ago
2 min

Does My Voice Matter with Danielle Kelly #82

Have you ever thought your voice doesn't matter? We may not say it out loud, but on the inside, we all wrestle with that thought. It was a joy to talk with Danielle Kelly on this episode. Danielle is a Writer, Speaker, Podcaster, and Life Coach who shares how she discovered that her voice does matter. She wondered how her own natural abilities, the things we casually take for granted are God-given gifts we shouldn't hold back. It is easy for questioning, fear, and wor

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Freedom in Your Story with Karrie Garcia #81

Danielle Derks Zapchenk

Mar 15
2 min

Freedom in Your Story with Karrie Garcia #81

Have you ever asked yourself, "Am I really free and fully living?" It is easy to live the everyday trapped in a life that feels bound because that becomes your normal. However, my next guest, Karrie Garcia is not afraid to wade through deep waters and wants to bring those who are hurting along, so they too can experience the freedom that leads to flourishing. As a speaker, life coach, author, and CEO of Freedom Movement, Karrie Garcia inspires change in others by boldly sha

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Do You Know Your Master with Erica Schwartz

Danielle Derks Zapchenk

Mar 8
2 min

Do You Know Your Master with Erica Schwartz

***Trigger Warning - Erica shares about her suicide attempt briefly (24:31 - 27:20), if that is triggering for you please fast forward. Do you know your master truly? I am so excited to introduce you to Erica Schwartz who shares vulnerably how post-partum depression and childhood trauma brought her to a place she never imagined. Erica challenges us on who our master is. Because when her depression hit, she realized how little she knew her master and had nothing to fall on. S

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Hope Within Community with Greg & Cathy Bufkin #79

Danielle Derks Zapchenk

Mar 1
2 min

Hope Within Community with Greg & Cathy Bufkin #79

Well I have had the joy of getting to know Greg & Cathy Bufkin over this past year. They have a heart for people walking through child loss and how to encourage them. Greg and Cathy have been married for 46 years and they have seen the joys and hardships of so many things in their life. Yet together and with community in their life they have had a safe place to land to continue the conversation. Even so to begin their own ministry to passion is to bring awareness to our co

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Danielle Derks Zapchenk

Feb 22
1 min

This is 40 with Danielle Zapchenk #78

Well, I made it to 40 and I am feeling it! 2023 is definitely a milestone year in the Zapchenk House and I would love to tell you about it and what I am learning this year in this episode. So thrilled to share what I have been learning in some of my own parable stories and excited to look back on this year and see what God is going to continue to do within my heart. The biggest is remembering the utter dependence I need to have on God daily. What are you learning this yea

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One Decision Changes Everything with Nick Roepke #77

Danielle Derks Zapchenk

Feb 15
2 min

One Decision Changes Everything with Nick Roepke #77

Have you ever heard someone's story and it just stops you in your tracks? When I first heard Nick's parable story it made me realize that one decision can truly change the entirety of your life. However, that one decision can have both negative and positive effects as you continue to move on in your life. One person's story can help you better understand what you take for granted and how you can continue to overcome it. If you get to breathe fresh air, you will do everyt

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Is it Okay to Pray for Myself with Ashlei Brathwaite #76

Danielle Derks Zapchenk

Feb 8
2 min

Is it Okay to Pray for Myself with Ashlei Brathwaite #76

Have you spent your time praying for everyone else, but not yourself? Is it hard because you think it is selfish or do you simply forget to pray? Don't worry you are not alone in that. I do that all the time! My next guest, Ashlei Brathwaite shares with us that she felt that way too, and how God has been doing work in her own personal life. "Seeing the evolution of where I started at the beginning of the year with work and that mindset. And now being in a job that is i

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Did What I Gave My Life to Matter with Jackie Frazier Roese

Danielle Derks Zapchenk

Feb 1
2 min

Did What I Gave My Life to Matter with Jackie Frazier Roese

Rev. Dr. Jackie Frazier Roese grew up working on her family farm in upstate New York. She focused that work ethic in pursuing her Masters and Doctorate degrees while raising three children. She has taught the scriptures and trained other women to do the same for more than 25 years. She served as the Teaching Pastor to Women in a large church in Texas. While there she envisioned, wrote, and oversaw the development of over 15 bible studies studied by women around the world. In

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God Chased After Me with Taylor Warbritton #74

Danielle Derks Zapchenk

Jan 25
1 min

God Chased After Me with Taylor Warbritton #74

Have you ever just wanted to get away from it all? My new friend Taylor Warbritton was running from loss, church hurt, and shame in her early twenties. But as we know in every parable, God shows up. Taylor shares how God was the greatest parent she could ever have. And that in her moments of desperation she felt his strong arms around her so strongly. He was the greatest parent I could ever have. - Taylor Warbritton Taylor goes on to share that even in all the loss she

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Fully Living After Loss with Rachel and Jaclyn TTP #73

Danielle Derks Zapchenk

Jan 18
2 min

Fully Living After Loss with Rachel and Jaclyn TTP #73

Could you look at your life right now and say I am fully living? Today I sit down with co-founders and twin sisters Rachel and Jaclyn of Open Frame. A community that Open Frame is a community that cherishes, empowers and connects after loss due to overdose. Rachel and Jaclyn lost their brother due to the ingestion of a synthetic opioid and it changed everything. It was sudden, tragic, and unexpected. As his sisters, they decided to band together in order to shed some light

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Am I an Imposter? with Jenni Wong Clayville | #72

Danielle Derks Zapchenk

Jan 11
2 min

Am I an Imposter? with Jenni Wong Clayville | #72

Have you ever felt like an imposter? Have you ever felt like you are not capable in the role you God has called you to? She candidly talks about a time in her life she was going to take a secret to the grave. Jenni Wong Clayville was born and raised in Seattle, WA. but she and her family now live in the Washington D.C area. She is wife to Brian and boy-mom to Chance & Paxton. Jenni currently serves at National Community Church as the Weekend Experience Pastor and is part of

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Looking Back Before We Go Forward with Danielle Zapchenk #71

Danielle Derks Zapchenk

Jan 4
2 min

Looking Back Before We Go Forward with Danielle Zapchenk #71

YOU made it into a new year and came out on the other side of 2022! Congrats, you did it! Today's episode is a little different. If you have listened to one or more episodes of The Parable Podcast, you know that I love a time of reflection. This is your moment to slow down and look back before you go forward into 2023. For your time of reflection, know there is no right or wrong way to do this. One helpful thing for me is to have instrumental music playing in the backgroun

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Take Heart He is With You with Jen Farlow #70

Danielle Derks Zapchenk

Dec 28, 2022
1 min

Take Heart He is With You with Jen Farlow #70

I believe God uses all things, all emotions, and all situations to further our relationship with Him. Today you will meet Jen Farlow who is learning the secret of finding beauty, hope, and peace in a life that she never wanted or imagined. Almost overnight Jen became a 26-year-old widow and single mother. She never thought she could live without her husband Nathan, but each new day is a testament to God's faithfulness. She shares her journey of grief and the immense purpos

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Preparing the Way for Christmas with Danielle Zapchenk #69

Danielle Derks Zapchenk

Dec 21, 2022
2 min

Preparing the Way for Christmas with Danielle Zapchenk #69

How can we prepare the way for Christmas? Sometimes it is certain traditions, meals, Christmas movies. As a kid one of our family’s favorite Christmas movies was White Christmas with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. It just became a tradition to watch it every year. I know most of the lines, the songs, the flubs they never edited. So when Eric and I started dating he had never seen it. One night we all sat down to watch it and at the end I waited for Eric to say WOW that was amaz

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