The Defender Podcast

In case you missed it, join us in this “Best of” episode as Herbie Newell talks with Jamie Ivey about a number of issues including adoption, racial reconciliation, the church, and her podcast, “The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey”. https://jamieivey.com Happy Hour Podcast – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-happy-hour-with-jamie-ivey/id880741976?mt=2 https://ifyouonlyknewbook.net Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Meredith Campbell, Jana Lombardo, and Karla Thrasher about the upcoming Lifeline Family Reunion on June 29 in Birmingham, Alabama. http://lifelinechild.org/family-reunion Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Katie Reynolds tells her story of going through the adoption process but having it fail by not bringing a child home. www.arcstories.com Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Traci Newell about the growing Families Count program and some stories about how churches are engaging in family restoration and changing lives. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as adoptive mom Traci Davis shares a story of marriage and adoption. www.arcstories.com Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Lauren Eddie about Birthmother’s Day and the importance of celebrating the brave women who have chosen to make an adoption plan for their child. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as adoptive dad Zack Nichols shares his experience adopting from India. www.arcstories.com Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as adoptive dad Jared Cornutt shares his experience adopting from India. www.arcstories.com Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell shares with us a a prayer for our foster and adoptive families along with a biblical view of suffering. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as adoptive dad Josh Moody shares his experience adopting from and working in Uganda as well as transitioning back to the States and continuing working in orphan care. www.arcstories.com Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell shares with us a devotion for this Easter: The Rightful King humbled Himself to Serve. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as adoptive mom, Christi Veazey shares her experience hosting a teenager from Colombia. This story was recently told at a Birmingham ArcStories event benefitting Lifeline Children’s Services. www.arcstories.com Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Jessica Roberts as she tells her story of childhood, marriage, coming to faith, and adoption. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Jessica Roberts as she tells her story of childhood, marriage, coming to faith, and adoption. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Jana Lombard, Josh Caldwell, and Adam Sîmon while in Hungary meeting with local partners and government officials. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with IMB’s Paul Akin. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Morgan and Jared Cooper about adoption, specifically their 4-year wait to bring home their son from Haiti. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Sawyer and Melinda Nell about engaging a younger millennial generation in orphan care. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us for this 2-part series as Herbie Newell talks with Tera Melber and Lynette Ezell about talking with your children about race and adoption. Lynette has been married to Kevin Ezell for 33 years – they live in the Atlanta area where he serves as the President of the North American Mission Board. The Ezells have 6 children, with their youngest 3 adopted internationally. They’ve also been blessed with 6 grandchildren, two of those joining their family through domestic adoption. Lynette trains Foster Families in the State of Georgia and is passionate towards equipping the local church to engage in Foster Care and Adoption. Lynette is a speaker and advocate for Adoption & Foster Care for SendRelief. Tera is the wife to David, mom to six children, and grandmother to one. David and Tera began their international adoption journeys of three of their children fifteen years ago from the Philippines and Ethiopia. Tera is a Parent Educator with Chosen sharing Trauma Informed education and strategies to families all around the country. Lynette and Tera Co-Host the “Adopting & Fostering Home Podcast”. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us for this 2-part series as Herbie Newell talks with Tera Melber and Lynette Ezell about talking with your children about race and adoption. Lynette has been married to Kevin Ezell for 33 years – they live in the Atlanta area where he serves as the President of the North American Mission Board. The Ezells have 6 children, with their youngest 3 adopted internationally. They’ve also been blessed with 6 grandchildren, two of those joining their family through domestic adoption. Lynette trains Foster Families in the State of Georgia and is passionate towards equipping the local church to engage in Foster Care and Adoption. Lynette is a speaker and advocate for Adoption & Foster Care for SendRelief. Tera is the wife to David, mom to six children, and grandmother to one. David and Tera began their international adoption journeys of three of their children fifteen years ago from the Philippines and Ethiopia. Tera is a Parent Educator with Chosen sharing Trauma Informed education and strategies to families all around the country. Lynette and Tera Co-Host the “Adopting & Fostering Home Podcast”. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell discusses his upcoming book “Image Bearers’ focusing on moving from pro-birth to pro-life. If you would like to learn more about this book and reserve a complimentary copy, please visit lifelinechild.org/imagebearers. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Blake Glover about Lifeline’s North Carolina team and loving families well. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Scarlet Hiltibidal about her new book Afraid of All The Things and how to confront fear in adoption. Scarlet Hiltibidal is a very professional wife and mother. She is the author of Afraid of All the Things and He Numbered the Pores on My Face. She also writes a regular column for ParentLife Magazine. Scarlet loves sign language with her daughters, nachos by herself, writing for her friends, and learning how to be a pretend-farmer with her husband in Middle Tennessee. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Lifeline’s Laura Fletcher about Foster Care ministry including many myths about foster care. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Jason Cook about a range of church body issues including multi-ethnic worship, adoption, and why social justice is a church issue. Jason was born and raised in Birmingham, AL before moving to Suwanee, GA where he would finish high school. Upon graduation, Jason signed a football scholarship at The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) where he would be a 4 year starter and 4 year letter winner at Fullback. Though raised in a home that taught him to love and fear God, it was not until his sophomore year at Ole Miss when he began to walk faithfully with Jesus. In 2009 Jason enjoyed a brief stint with the Baltimore Ravens through the pre-season before embracing the call to ministry. Since college, Jason has been actively involved in traveling the country preaching God’s word in demographically diverse environments. He has also been involved in helping to plant churches, including his pivotal role in helping to build Iron City Church (Birmingham, AL). It was here that Jason faithfully led, taught, and shepherded a young congregation to embrace the ideal of multi-ethnic ministry in one of America’s most segregated cities. Jason holds an M.Div from Beeson Divinity School. It was during his time there that he met his beautiful bride, Courtney. They were married in 2013 and have two delightful children: Charlie and Cager. The Cook’s live and breath discipleship, hospitality, and service and look to infuse those life pillars in Memphis. Jason joins the Fellowship Memphis team as an Associate Pastor of Preaching. Concurrent with this post, he is also an editor with the Gospel Coalition where he contributes to the Faith and Work initiative. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Jana Lombardo and Karla Thrasher about updates in intercountry adoption, specifically Hungary and China. lifelinechild.org/apply Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Nadia Reese, a second-grade teacher and foster care/adoption care advocate about the importance of supporting foster and adoptive families in the church. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Josh and Ashley Smith about racial unity and reconciliation. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Chuck and Emily Hooten about having a thriving marriage during adoption and beyond. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Joel and Claire Davis about multi-ethnic adoption and families. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Amy Ford about pro-life ministry focusing on women in crisis pregnancies. Amy is the President & Co-Founder of Embrace Grace. Embrace Grace was formed for the purpose of providing emotional, practical and spiritual support for single, young women and their families who find themselves in an unintended pregnancy. The primary goal of Embrace Grace is to empower churches across the nation to be a safe and non-judging place for the girls to run to when they find out they are pregnant, instead of the last place they are welcomed because of shame and guilt. https://thepeacefieldgroup.com/ Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Amy Ford about pro-life ministry focusing on women in crisis pregnancies. Amy is the President & Co-Founder of Embrace Grace. Embrace Grace was formed for the purpose of providing emotional, practical and spiritual support for single, young women and their families who find themselves in an unintended pregnancy. The primary goal of Embrace Grace is to empower churches across the nation to be a safe and non-judging place for the girls to run to when they find out they are pregnant, instead of the last place they are welcomed because of shame and guilt. https://thepeacefieldgroup.com/ Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Joseph and Palmer Williams who are heavily involved in non-profit organization strategy, and providing legal and policy analysis to help organizations thrive. https://thepeacefieldgroup.com/ Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Lynn Beckett about self care for adoptive and foster families. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Lifeline’s China Travel Coordinator, Emily Hembree. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Jamie Ivey about a number of issues including adoption, racial reconciliation, the church, and her podcast, “The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey”. https://jamieivey.com Happy Hour Podcast – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-happy-hour-with-jamie-ivey/id880741976?mt=2 https://ifyouonlyknewbook.net Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Ashley Yeager and Whitney White about creating habits for healthy spiritual and emotional relationships in the family. In Part 2, the discussion will focus more on healthy emotional relationships in the family. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Ashley Yeager and Whitney White about creating habits for healthy spiritual and emotional relationships in the family. In Part 1, the discussion will focus more on healthy spiritual relationships in the family. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Beth Perez and Christi Veazey about the recent Colombia Hosting. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with ERLC’s Chelsea Sobolik about adoption, infertility, and her new book “Longing for Motherhood”.Subscribe on iTunes | StitcherEmail: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

This is Episode 25 in Lifeline’s Advent podcast series. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

This is Episode 24 in Lifeline’s Advent podcast series. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

This is Episode 23 in Lifeline’s Advent podcast series. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

This is Episode 22 in Lifeline’s Advent podcast series. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

This is Episode 21 in Lifeline’s Advent podcast series. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

This is Episode 20 in Lifeline’s Advent podcast series. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

This is Episode 19 in Lifeline’s Advent podcast series. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

This is Episode 18 in Lifeline’s Advent podcast series. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

This is Episode 17 in Lifeline’s Advent podcast series. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild

This is Episode 16 in Lifeline’s Advent podcast series. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Email: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild Twitter: @lifelinechild Instagram: lifelinechild