Welcome to episode 054 of Mud Stories!
Mud Stories is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone.
In today’s episode I’m talking with Amber C. Haines, blogger, writer, and author of her very first book entitled, Wild in the Hollow: On Chasing Desire and Finding the Broken Way Home.
Online, Amber writes about mothering boys and keeping faith from the perspective of a Christian woman who’s had an abortion and an affair. She loves to tell a story, and she loves to speak and write about the church and the power of weakness and forgiveness.
Amber’s greatest desire is to encourage others in their creative endeavors and spiritual gifting, and also in their pursuit of the Kingdom of God in their weakness.
In this episode Amber shares about:
- How she always wanted to be a “good girl”
- Her rebellious young life including promiscuity, drug addiction, abortion, and an affair
- And how she met God in her brokenness again and again
Amber discusses:
- Her discouragement in, and future hope for, the church
- Shame–the importance of letting it go, and some practical ways to help
- How shame is often at the root of our unforgiveness
- The importance of doing forgiveness work toward ourselves and others
- And the rescue, redemption, and intimacy that awaits us all because of Christ
Amber shares with raw transparency and has written one of the most marvelous books I’ve read in a long time. Truly. May your heart be encouraged and may you throw off your shame, feel God’s love, and walk a little lighter today.
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SCRIPTURE:
…let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame… Hebrews 12:1-2 (ESV)
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- Amber’s website: www.amberchaines.com
- Amber’s book: Wild in the Hollow
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LINKS:
- Wild in the Hollow: On Chasing Desire and Finding the Broken Way Home
, by Amber C. Haines
- Read Chapter 1 Free
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