Until We Arise

This interview is a part of our "Love is..." Series. In this series we are  exploring how God defines love and how that love plays out in our everyday lives.  

This episode is with Kayla Esslinger, a luxury wedding photographer, wife, mother, and  spiritual powerhouse. Kayla walks us through her journey of redefining love for herself. From a life of “chasing” and dissatisfaction to one of rest and fulfillment in complete surrender to Jesus. She takes us beyond the highlight reel into the real challenges of dying to self in every season.

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Continuing in our "Love is..." series,  this week we are talking about how love is grounding. Love can feel so “grounding” that what is good for us and for our growth can often feel like punishment and even discouraging, but it is not. If it were up to us, we’d never do anything hard. It can often appear like following the terrifying path that Jesus has for us requires living in an imaginary world, but in actuality it is the most grounded way to live. 

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Scripture Reference:

Acts 9 

2 Corinthians 4 

Psalms 116

This interview is a part of our "Love is..." Series. In this series we are  exploring how God defines love and how that love plays out in our everyday lives.  

This episode is with Belen Gonzalez, a mental health professional, educator, and believer. Join us as Belen shares the “behind the scenes” challenges that come with establishing healthy boundaries with those we love. Boundaries don’t always look like love, but Belen shares from personal experience how sometimes those boundaries are actually the best way to express love. 

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Continuing in our "Love is..." series,  this week we are talking about humbling ourselves, the challenges and the rewards. 

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Scripture Reference:

2 Chronicles 13

This interview is a part of our "Love is..." Series. In this series we are  exploring how God defines love and how that love plays out in our everyday lives.  

This episode is with Brenda Cain, a powerful and influential woman of God who has been instrumental in the transformation of so many lives. She is an Inspirational Motivator Of Life Transformation and the author of a “Snapshot: The Revealed Hope of a Transformed Life.” In this deeply personal interview, Brenda defines love as being rescued when you didn't even know you needed to be rescued. In her emotional time with us, she lays bare some things she had never shared before and reveals how the love of God has carried her through some of the hardest times in her life. 

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Continuing in our "Love is..." this episode was recorded live from Tijuana Mexico with Veronica and Rachel in the same room. They briefly discuss some of their favorite moments from this season's interviews thus far. We are not done, but we are just taking a moment to reflect!

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Continuing in our "Love is..." this week we are talking about how love changes us. This is an informative conversation about love and transformation, touching on how real encounters with real love change how we move, how we believe, and how we love others. 

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Scripture Reference:

2 Kings 4

This interview is a part of our "Love is..." Series. In this series we are  exploring how God defines love and how that love plays out in our everyday lives.

This episode is with Aqueelah Tillman, a recent graduate of Georgetown’s Midwifery and Women’s Health Practitioner Program. She has degrees from UC Riverside and Drexel University, and she is a community health advocate for BIPOC women and specifically for individuals in the birthing and lactation space. While she is dedicated to highlighting and diminishing inequities in maternal health, in this conversation, we gain a little insight about where it all started. We often wonder what the real determining factors are that can help drive people to success,  and Aqueelah shares with us how through one of the most tragic times in her life, it became clear that success was more than just hard work, but love in action. Her father’s commitment to let her know that she was seen and heard.

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Continuing in our "Love is..." Series, this week we are talking about identity. The Apostle John, in his Gospel account, chose to identify himself as the “disciple whom Jesus loved.” This decision by John really begs the question of how all of us identify. Are we so caught up in social constructs of value and worth that we mistakenly put our entire identity in the temporal ideas of possessions, relationships, and/ or status? If we really knew we were loved by God, so much so that we made that love our identity, how would that change how we lived our everyday lives?

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Scripture Reference:

Gospel of John

Matthew 5:48

This interview is a part of our "Love is..." Series. In this series we are  exploring how God defines love and how that love plays out in our everyday lives.

This episode is with Cat Burgos, a wife, daughter, and “heart-mind-body harmony” coach. In this episode, Cat will share her personal love journey as she unlocks her secrets to a successful marriage of almost 25 years and how everything she understood about love was challenged when, at the age of 50, she met her birth mother for the first time. This story will challenge and encourage you as Cat tells the truth about turning to God and facing the psychological and emotional  realities that came into play as she held onto the hope that one day she would finally belong.

Scripture References:

Mark 2 verses 21-22

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Gold Coin 145

Continuing in our "Love is..." Series, this week we are diving deep into the idea of intimacy.  Rachel and Veronica discuss how intimacy is essential in forming loving and healthy relationships with people and with God. There is  power in “lingering” and spending quality time with those we call friends, and that time  can really transform the way we connect.

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Scripture Reference:

Psalms 29 verse 4

Romans 21 verse 3

This interview is a part of our "Love is..." Series. In this series we are  exploring how God defines love and how that love plays out in our everyday lives.

This episode is with Evelyn Reyes, Kingdom Ambassador, International Friendship Council Facilitator, Lover of Nations, Artist, Daughter, Sister, Friend, and self-proclaimed K-drama aficionado. In this very special Valentine’s day episode, we are inviting you into a real conversation amongst friends, as Evelyn shares the blessings and challenges of true, intimate friendship.

Scripture References:

1 John 4  verse 18

Proverbs 27 verse 17

Hebrews 12 verse 6

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This interview is a part of our "Love is..." Series. In this series we are  exploring how God defines love and how that love plays out in our everyday lives.

This episode is with Krys Grant-Ray, a single mother, a community leader and a Kingdom-builder. She is a certified life coach, trained chaplain, and works full time as a relationship specialist at the Hollywood Food Coalition. In this powerful and honest conversation Krys shares about her radical view of love developed through trials of childhood trauma, mental health, and a broken marriage. She shares how, through it all,  it was as if the Lord was preparing her for where she is now… facing the very real battle of  stage 5 metastasized breast cancer. In Feb 2021 she was given 6 months to live with a maximum life expectancy of 2 years. Nevertheless, Krys presses on leaning into her commitment to leave a legacy of love! Her tremendous love for God and for people will inspire even the most downcast of souls.

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This interview is a part of our "Love is..." Series. In this series we are  exploring how God defines love and how that love plays out in our everyday lives. 

This episode is with Alison Rose Juarez a professional dancer, educator and author. In this heartfelt and intimate conversation Alison will share her understanding of love, especially God's love as she processes through the loss of her children to miscarriage. She will also share about "Elia's Gift" a brand new program with Until We Arise that will bring comfort and healing to other grieving mamas. 

This devotion is a part of our "Love is..." Series. In this series we are  exploring how God defines love and that love plays out in our everyday lives.

This episode briefly discusses :

'It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. '  1 Corinthians 13:7 

'To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. '  Colossians 1:27 

This interview is a part of our "Love is..." Series. In this series we are  exploring how God defines love and how that love plays out in our everyday lives.

This interview with Ronnie Robles is a powerful, dynamic, and intimate conversation between friends. In this episode, there are gems of truth dropped left and right as well as some powerful stories about loving even when it's hard.  Ronnie shares with us an intimate encounter in a time of ministry as well as a powerful story about  encounter between him and his father that changed his perspective toward women forever.  We are so honored to have Ronnie as our guest because not only is he an educator and minister, but he is an artist who has travelled around the world ministering through his art. He is a spirit-filled man of God who does it all from MC-ing, spoken word, set design, and face painting to live painting worship experiences and murals.  You can find more information about Ronnie and his ministry @whereyouatro or @whereuatro on instagram or on his website www.lovesentproject.com

This devotion is a part of our "Love is..." Series. In this series we are  exploring how God defines love and that love plays out in our everyday lives. 

This episode briefly discusses part of 1 Corinthians 13:5 

'Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. '  1 Corinthians 13:4-5

This devotion is a part of our "Love is..." Series. In this series we are exploring how God defines love and how that plays out in our everyday lives. 

This episode briefly discusses 1 John 4:12 "No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us," and John 15:9 “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.”