Here with Maggie John

Street Kid to Foster Dad with Peter Mutubazi

Peter Mutubazi is a proud foster dad! But his story started out in the depths of poverty in rural Uganda.  Raised by an abusive father and a mother who daily yearned to protect her children, Peter ran away from home at the young age of 10. Living on the streets for years, it took a perfect stranger who saw his potential and gave him a future. 
This is a story of persistence; grace; faith and love. A true undog story. Peter is a living testimony of someone who was given an opportunity to be more than he ever thought he could ever be. 
This is also the Season One Finale of Here with Maggie John! 
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Reframe Your Shame with Irene Rollins

Irene Rollins is a brave woman. After years of battling addiction that wreaked havoc on her life and the life of her family, she has written a brand new book called Reframe Your Shame, sharing her candid walk to sobriety and healing. 
Irene started drinking alcohol at the age of 10 years old. Covering up trauma and pain it was her way of escaping. 
She and her husband Jimmy lead a ministry called TWO=ONE ministering to married couples and encouraging stronger marriages. 
This podcast is a deep one and gets very candid and is a must-share for anyone who knows of someone who is struggling with addiction; pain or trauma. 
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Bonus Episode- Good Boundaries and Goodbyes with Lysa Terkeurst

Lysa Terkeurst is HERE with us for a Bonus episode! Her new book is one I jumped all over! Boundaries are important in any relationship! Lysa shares with us what motivated her to write on this important topic; how she is doing after her divorce and how she finds peace in her life now. 
A New York Times Best selling author, Lysa has written so many books over the years reminding the reader of their worth in God's eyes. Her new book is no different! 
Good Boundaries and Good Byes is a book chock-full of personal stories; God's word and great insight into the importance of creating good boundaries in your life.
And Psychotherapist Roxanne Francis shares some valuable lessons on how we can practically create boundaries today! 
 
 

The Road Away from God with Jonathan Martin

Have you ever walked away from your faith and away from God? Have you ever been disillusioned by your faith? Jonathan Martin has written a new book entitled The Road Away From God and he joins me this month on the podcast. Using the story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus he shows how many of us can walk away not knowing like the disciples that there is another person present with us in our pain- His name is Jesus. Church Hurt is real and affects all of us in different ways, how that impacts our relationship with God and others can be hard.  This is a conversation all can take something away from. 
 
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When Faith Meets Therapy with Anthony Evans

Can you be a person of faith and be in therapy? It might seem like a weird question to ask, but there is still a lot of hesitancy for some in the faith world regarding therapy. 
Famed Worship Singer Anthony Evans sits down in his first interview about his new book When Faith Meets Therapy: Find Hope and a Practical Path to Emotional, Spiritual, and Relational Healing. 
After six years of seeing his therapist Stacy Kaiser, they partnered together to write this fascinating new book! 
 
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Reading Black Books with Claude Atcho

The invisibility of black people in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man; the desire to belong that is displayed in Toni Morrison's Beloved....what do these and other Black works of art tell us about our spiritual beings and what can we learn about ourselves from these literary pieces? 
Pastor and teacher Claude Atcho offers a theological approach to 10 seminal texts of 20th-century African American literature.  Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Richard Wright's Native Son;  to Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man of the Mountain and James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain and Toni Morrison's Beloved. 
While many of these works of art were not written with a spiritual lens Atcho takes the time to study each from such a perspective. 
 
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The Present of Presence with Jeanne Stevens

Jeanne Stevens is the author of a new book called "What's Here Now? How to Stop Rehashing the Past, and Rehearsing the future and start Receiving the Present". 
Do you find it hard to sit in the present? Is your mind living in the past? This book is all the things I had dreamed this podcast to be,  a place for people to come and assess where they have been and where they are going. Jeanne does a great job of challenging us to be present in the situations we find ourselves in and find the truth we currently sit in….. it's another deep discussion! 

More Than My Scars with Kechi Okwuchi

Today’s guest is America’s Got Talent finalist Kechi Okwuchi, a Nigerian American recording artist and motivational speaker who on Dec. 10 2005 was one of two survivors in the Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crash. Kechi survived with third-degree burns on 65% of her body and as a result, was left with a singing voice given to her by God. She’s written a brand new book called ‘More Than My Scars:”
And Roxanne Francis is back for Black Girl Chat! Who is in your tribe and how do you decide who to trust? 

Can You Be A Recovering Racist?

In Episode 1 of HERE with Maggie John - Maggie sits down with the author of the new book 'Recovering Racist: Dismantling White Supremacy and Reclaiming Our Humanity' - Idelette McVicker. It is a fascinating conversation! Roxanne Francis joins Maggie for a regular segment entitled 'Black Girl Chat'- they discuss Maggie's chat with Idelette and what it's like raising black boys in Canada as they fight stereotypes and biases. Also, Maggie shares an important message from the heart. 

Trailer - Here with Maggie John

HERE is a podcast about life stories and lessons learned asking- what got you to this point in your life? We have all been there, staring at a map wondering where we are, and then we see it- the large dot and the words YOU ARE HERE, and suddenly a sigh of relief because now you have perspective on where to go next. HERE with Maggie John will follow each guest as we hear the lessons they have learned, the journey they have taken and how it has made them who they are today.