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Lighten Up #47 -- This is 40: Chantel Adams | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 52:47

Melanie Dale turns 40 this week and can't think of a better person to process this milestone with than her bestie Chantel Adams. Chantel is the owner of Forever We, which connect kids with a story with families who care. They cover everything about aging -- weird growths on your skin, perceptions of getting old, midlife crises, favorite things about getting older, lessons they’ve learned, Melanie’s husband's month of gifts, and a fun game of growing older word associations.

Lighten Up #46: Shauna Shanks | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 43:12

Lighten Up #46: Shauna Shanks

Lighten Up #45: Tricia Goyer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:28

Lighten Up #45: Tricia Goyer

Lighten Up #44: Sharon Hodde Miller | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47:44

Lighten Up #44: Sharon Hodde Miller

Lighten Up #43: Shawn Smucker | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 39:56

Lighten Up #43: Shawn Smucker

Lighten Up #42: Heather Avis | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:10

Melanie talks with Heather Avis, author of The Lucky Few: Finding God's Best in the Most Unlikely Places. They rank kids' movies from tolerable to "please, God, I can't take it anymore,” and they discuss parenting kids with Down Syndrome. They chat about how Heather’s kids are a light in their community, and she says, "I've understood the heart of God more fully in the places that have been hard for me."

Lighten Up #41: Catherine McNiel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 37:50