Best LaDonna Smith Podcasts (2025)

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25.43 The King is Coming - Getting the Context Right - The Millennials (Part 1) 29:55

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In today's episode of Indigenous Faith, Craig and LaDonna Smith begin the second part of their preliminary teaching on getting the context right in understanding biblical prophecy. In the first part, they provided the context for understanding the role Israel plays in end time teaching. In this new part, they present contextual teaching on what is …

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25.42 The King is Coming - Getting the Context Right (Part 4) 29:09

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Today marks the fourth and final installment of the preliminary teaching the Smiths bring on the Indigenous Faith podcast about getting the context right. And it all has to do with having the proper understanding of the nation of Israel and its role in end times teaching. Throughout this four part series, the Smiths have presented the nation of Isr…

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25.41 The King is Coming - Getting the Context Right (Part 3) 29:59

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In today's episode, Craig and LaDonna continue to unpackage the importance of understanding the two historical covenants God made, the first with Israel and the second with the Church. The Church has not replaced Israel, and now, since the day Jesus died on the Cross, Israel must join the other Gentile nations in obedience to the second covenant, w…

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25.40 The King is Coming - Getting the Context Right (Part 2) 29:04

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In this second episode of The King is Coming - Getting the Context Right, Craig and LaDonna Smith continue to present biblical passages that help us understand the role of Israel, not only in the whole panorama of the Bible, but specifically as it relates to end times teaching. Craig and LaDonna give clear biblical context to the two covenants God …

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25.39 The King is Coming - Getting the Context Right (Part 1) 29:57

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In today's episode, Craig and LaDonna launch a brand new series titled "The King is Coming!" It's going to be an extended teaching series on the second coming of Jesus Christ as outlined in the Scriptures. The first part of the series is all about getting the context right, which is important to understanding what the Bible really says about the en…

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25.38 A Remarkable VIP Visit with T.J. Valtierra (Part 3) 29:57

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In this, the third and final episode of this amazing visit with T.J. Valtierra, the Smiths as this great young leader of the future what his hopes, dreams, and vision is for his life and ministry, and the inner-city that is so heavy on his heart. T.J. truly does have vision, and he articulates it in a clear and compelling way. In what is a real ong…

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25.37 A Remarkable VIP Interview with T.J. Valtierra (Part 2) 30:01

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As the Smiths continue their fascinating interview with T.J. Valtierra, T.J. shares how even with such a tough upbringing for all his siblings, including crime, drugs, abuses, gangs, prison, shootings, stabbings, etc., all his siblings now share the gospel of Jesus Christ after He did a salvation work in all their lives! In what continues to be an …

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25.36 A Remarkable VIP Visit with T.J. Valtierra (Part 1) 29:54

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The Navajo have a very expressive term for the English expression, "Oh my goodness!" It's Yah-di-lah! All LaDonna and Craig Smith can say regarding the life story of this truly Victorious Indigenous Person, T.J. Valtierra is, YAH-DI LAH! The backstory of this amazing servant of Christ is so incredibly challenging it seems even Hollywood would find …

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25.35 A VIP Visit with Colleen Estes and Mario Keeper (Part 3) 29:45

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In this third and final episode in this VIP series with Colleen Estes and Mario Keeper from the remote First Nations community of Pikangikum, Ontario, Canada, these two warriors for Christ continue to share about the new work of God in their lives, as well as their community. Known historically as one of the darkest communities in Native North Amer…

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25.34 A VIP Visit with Colleen Estes and Mario Keeper (Part 2) 30:01

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In today's episode, Mario Keeper tells of the healing power of Christ in his life in dealing with the loss over the years of three siblings to suicide, and how he now has not only a renewed passion for Christ, but for his community as well. Colleen Estes shares the impact Mario and other Native young believers are having in the community as their l…

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25.33 A VIP Visit with Colleen Estes and Mario Keeper (Part 1) 29:56

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Today the Smiths begin a new VIP interview series with Colleen Estes and Mario Keeper. Two people who's backgrounds are so diverse and different, only the Divine leading of the Spirit of God could ever bring these two stories together, merging into an amazing story of faithfulness of a missionary, and the new work of God in a man who has faced such…

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25.33 A VIP Visit with Adrian Staples and Miles Davenport (Part 3) 29:57

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Craig and LaDonna wrap up their three part visit with On Eagle's Wings team members, Adrian Staples and Miles Davenport. These two young warriors for Christ continue sharing how God has been working in their lives through their involvement in the On Eagle's Wings Summer of Hope tours and by attending the one year intense discipleship program offere…

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Hosts are on Vacation! 1:10

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The Lost Girls Podcast is taking a short break! We’re currently on vacation as we prepare to send our kids back to school and take some much-needed time to rest, refresh, and reflect. This break also allows us to thoughtfully respond to the hundreds of messages we’ve received from families asking us to share their loved one’s story. We’ll be back a…

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25.31 A VIP visit with Adrian Staples and Miles Davenport (Part 2) 30:01

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Craig and LaDonna continue their VIP visit with On Eagle's Wings team members Adrian Staples (Ojibwe) and Miles Davenport (Meskwaki). These young warriors for Christ share about their early days of being discipled and how they got introduced to the ministry of On Eagle's Wings and their annual Warrior Leadership Summit (WLS). They share about their…

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Patricia Disappeared 4:02

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Patricia disappeared from Albuquerque, New Mexico at 3:00 p.m. on June 17, 1969. She left her home in the 800 block of San Pedro Drive southeast to sell raffle tickets for the Elks Club. She returned home briefly to pick up her coin purse which she'd forgotten, then left again, and never returned. She was last seen by a neighborhood girl who waved …

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25.30 A VIP Visit with Adrian Staples and Miles Davenport (Part 1) 29:25

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Today, the Smiths launch a VIP visit with two young, next generational Native leaders serving with the On Eagle's Wings team. Adrian Staples is a home boy from Cass Lake, MN and actually a relative of Craig's. Craig's grandmother was a Staples, so the family ties are there. Miles Davenport is from Tama, IA, and represents the Meskwaki Tribe, which …

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Joyce Irene Walcott 3:42

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On this episode of Lost Girls, we’re stepping back to 1986—to a quiet neighborhood in Reseda, California—where a nineteen‑year‑old named Joyce Irene Walcott vanished in the middle of an ordinary day. Joyce, who friends affectionately called Sneezie, had survived a devastating car accident that left her with scars and a reconstructed neck, a testame…

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Where is Darian Hudson? 2:38

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In this episode of Lost Girls, we dive into the haunting case of Darian Hudson—a bright, beautiful 23‑year‑old who vanished from Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 2017. On October 21st, Darian made plans with her mother to move back home to Wichita, Kansas. But just days later, she was gone. Conflicting records list her disappearance between October 22nd an…

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25.29 Saving Evangelicals, a Fascinating Visit with Joel Van Hoogen (Part 4) 29:02

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In today's final episode with our wonderful guest, Pastor Joel Van Hoogen, the Smiths draw out of brother Joel as much information as they could because of the importance of the message he brings. Saving Evangelicals is not just a ordinary book, but the subject matter is life and death! In all these four sessions, Joel does a fantastic job in artic…

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What happened to April Beth Pitzer? 3:59

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She told her family she was coming home. She packed her bags. And then—April Beth Pitzer vanished. In this episode, we dive into the haunting disappearance of April, a 30-year-old mother of two who went missing from Newberry Springs, California in 2004. She was supposed to be boarding a bus back to Arkansas… but she never made it. Rumors of drug ac…

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Christi Jo Nichols 3:47

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She had two young children. A life she was preparing to reclaim. And a quiet strength that so many survivors carry. On December 10, 1987, Christi Jo Nichols vanished from her home in Gothenburg, Nebraska. She was just 22 years old. Christi had made plans. She was preparing to leave her husband and start fresh—with her children. But she never got th…

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25.28 Saving Evangelicals, a Fascinating Visit with Joel Van Hoogen (Part 3) 29:40

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If you've been encouraged and challenged by the past two episodes the Smiths have had with Joel Van Hoogen as he unpackages his book, Saving Evangelicals, then you're in for a real treat today! Joel continues to speak about the six encounters with God anyone who is truly saved can look back on in their lives when the Spirit of God led them to a gen…

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Brandi Jo Malonson: She Survived Columbine but Vanished Without a Trace 4:09

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Today on The Lost Girls Podcast, we’re telling the story of Brandi Jo Malonson, a young woman who survived the Columbine High School shooting but later disappeared from Littleton, Colorado, in 2006. Brandi faced unimaginable trauma—losing friends to violence and suicide—yet she still tried to build a better life. But the pain eventually led her dow…

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25.27 Saving Evangelicals, a Fascinating Visit with Joel Van Hoogen (Part 2) 29:18

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In this second episode on Saving Evangelicals, Craig and LaDonna Smith and Joel Van Hoogen continue to discuss the fascinating book Joel wrote that helps anybody who is questioning the reality of their faith in Christ do a self-examination to, as the scriptures say, determine whether or not you are in the faith (2 Corinthians 13:5). As the discussi…

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The Silence That Protected Them: The Disappearance of Brittney Nicole Wood 5:38

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Brittney Nicole Wood was only 19 when she vanished from Tillman’s Corner, Alabama, in 2012. What started as a missing persons case quickly unraveled into something far more horrifying. Brittney wasn’t just missing—she was the key witness in a multi-generational family sex trafficking ring. A ring where eight of her own relatives were eventually arr…

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Where is Christina Carter? 4:03

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Some stories fade with time. But others—stories like Christina Lynn Carter’s—become heavier with every passing year. In this episode of The Lost Girls Podcast, LaDonna Humphrey and Amy Smith take listeners back more than fifty years, to one of the most heartbreaking and haunting cases you’ve probably never heard of. Christina—known lovingly as “Chr…

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25.26 Saving Evangelicals, a Fascinating Visit with Joel Van Hoogen (Part 1) 30:01

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Today, Craig and LaDonna Smith start a new and fascinating series with Pastor Joel Van Hoogen of Boise, ID. Joel also leads and international equipping ministry called Church Partnership Evangelism, Inc. He is author of a book titled, Saving Evangelicals, which is an interesting look into the issue of our personal salvation. Van Hoogen suggests tha…

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The Last Bike Ride 4:18

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Debbie's story begins on a quiet spring day in 1977—May 3rd, to be exact. She left behind a simple note for her parents, letting them know she was headed to her grandparents' nearby campsite by bicycle and that she'd be back later. She never came home. A friend walked part of the way with Debbie but turned back before Debbie continued west on Turnp…

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The Wedding Dress Trap 3:45

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In every town, there are stories whispered across decades—stories that leave behind more than just grief. They leave behind fear, anger, and unanswered questions that echo through generations. This is one of those stories. In 1981, a newlywed named Denise Palmer placed a simple ad in the newspaper to sell her wedding dress. It was a quiet, everyday…

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25.25 It's a Beautiful Thing - The Power of Spirit-Filled, Family Based Ministry with Ken and Becky Berge (Part 5) 29:58

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In this, the final episode of our series with Ken and Becky Berge, their family opens the program by sharing the title song of one of their CD's called Trusting You. It so beautifully sets the stage as the theme of this whole series, and especially this final episode. Craig asks Ken and Becky to share the lessons God has taught them through their m…

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The Disappearance of Madelin Tomlin 3:43

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"She stepped into a truck and vanished into thin air. No trail. No answers. Just silence." On May 20, 2015, 25-year-old Madelin Renee Tomlin was last seen in Hope, Arkansas—getting into a tan or gold Chevrolet pickup truck. That ordinary moment became her last known sighting. Since then, nearly a decade has passed. No confirmed sightings. No verifi…

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No More Silence: The MMIWR Crisis in America 6:34

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In this special episode of Lost Girls, we step away from a single case to confront a nationwide tragedy: the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives — known as MMIWR. It’s a crisis rooted in history, perpetuated by silence, and fueled by systemic failure. Across the U.S., Native women go missing or are murdered at rates expo…

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25.24 It's a Beautiful Thing - The Power of Spirit-Filled, Family Based Ministry with Ken and Becky Berge (Part 4) 29:43

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After another foot-tapping bluegrass song from The Berge Family, Ken and Becky continue to unpackage the wonderful journey the Lord took them through in their family's popular bluegrass music ministry. But the list gets serious fast as Craig and LaDonna asks them about a very serious crossroads that many families face when the children who are part…

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The Brutal Murder of Angela Desiree Kelly 2:43

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More than four decades have passed since the brutal murder of Angela Desiree Kelly, and yet—her case remains unsolved. Her story, like too many others, has faded from headlines. But for her family and community, the pain has never disappeared. On the morning of March 28, 1979, Angela’s body was discovered along the southbound lanes of Red Bluff Roa…

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Shari Dee Sampson Elwell: One of Too Many Indigenous Women Taken 4:01

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In this episode, we’re bringing you the story of Shari Dee Sampson Elwell, a 30-year-old Indigenous woman whose life was stolen far too soon—and whose case remains a powerful reflection of a much larger crisis. Shari went missing in 1987. For weeks, her loved ones searched, waited, and hoped—until her body was discovered by hunters in a remote, res…

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Justice for Carol Hill 4:11

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On this episode of Lost Girls, we’re remembering Carol Hill, a vibrant 20-year-old from Philadelphia who was brutally murdered in Wildwood, New Jersey, in June 1970. Carol had traveled to the shore for a summer getaway—but instead, her body was found beneath a roller coaster, strangled and left in the sand. Over fifty years later, her killer has ne…

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25.23 It's a Beautiful Thing - The Power of Spirit-Filled Family Based Ministry with Ken and Becky Berge (Part 3) 30:01

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After a foot-tapping bluegrass song by The Berge Family, the Smiths and Berges continue to share about the early development of their family's music ministries, and how those ministries became a very important part of what they did for the Lord. The session then turns towards one of the most difficult challenges any family ministry group faces, tha…

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Marion’s Ride: The Girl Who Never Came Home 2:59

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She was only twelve. It was a warm Monday—August 27, 1962—when Marion Brubaker got on her bike and rode into the woods of Coventry Township, Ohio. A place she likely thought was safe. Familiar. Close to home. But Marion never made it back. Later that day, a 15-year-old boy stumbled upon something that would change the quiet town forever: Marion’s b…

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25.22 It's a Beautiful Thing - The Power of Spirit-Filled Family Based Ministry with Ken and Becky Berge (Part 2) 29:59

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Today the Smiths continue their interview with Ken and Becky Berge on the topic of family based ministry. For the Smiths and Berges, it's all about music. The episode begins with a song Craig and LaDonna recorded in both English and Navajo called, I Must Tell Jesus, and it ends with a beautiful A capella rendition of Beulah Land by the Berge Family…

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Tracy Byrd Disappearance 3:24

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She was just 13 years old when she vanished without a trace. In this episode of The Lost Girls, we revisit the heartbreaking case of Tracy Byrd—a bright, young girl who disappeared from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on March 7, 1983. What began as a missing child investigation quickly grew colder over the years, with early speculation clouding the ur…

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Belinda Snowden's Murder 2:26

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In this episode of Lost Girls, LaDonna Humphrey and Amy Smith explore the heartbreaking and still-unsolved murder of 15-year-old Belinda Snowden. On July 26, 1986, Belinda's body was discovered in Jefferson County, Florida, just hours after she was last seen at a small Jr. Food Store in nearby Wakulla County. It’s been 38 years—and in all that time…

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25.21 It's a Beautiful Thing - The Power of Spirit-Filled Family Based Ministry with Ken and Becky Berge (Part 1) 29:07

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Today Craig and LaDonna begin a unique series on the family. Specifically, the power of God as He uses families to serve Him together. And that can be done in many different ways. Craig and LaDonna welcome to the broadcast their dear friends, Ken and Becky Berge. The Smith and Berge families come from the same home church, Cass Lake Alliance Church…

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A Deeper Look into the Murder of Taylor Barksdale 8:22

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Taylor Barksdale's life was stolen in Madison County. Her murder was brutal. Her case is unsolved. And her killer is still out there. In this episode, we take a deeper look—into the timeline, the silence, the unanswered questions, and the systemic gaps that have left Taylor’s family without justice for far too long. This isn’t just a story of loss.…

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Who Murdered Kimberly Simon? 2:59

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It was a warm September afternoon in 1985 when 16-year-old Kimberly “Kim” Simon left her home in Marcy, New York. She was headed out for a walk—planning to meet a friend at Whitesboro Junior High School. It was supposed to be a simple, familiar route along Mohawk Street. But Kim never made it. The next day, her body was discovered in a wooded area …

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25.20 A Beautiful Woman, A Beautiful Land - Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Alfreda Claus 29:43

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In today's episode, Pastor Craig takes us to Kiowa country in western Oklahoma where he preached a funeral message for someone he affectionately referred to as his second mother. Alfreda Claus was the matriarch of the well known Claus family, a family that has had a lasting legacy in ministry spanning five generations. This godly mother, wife, gran…

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Where is Tori Milsak? 2:50

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On June 6, 2024, a woman named Tori Ellen Milsak vanished from Edgewood Street in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She was just 34 years old. Tori is described as 5’6”, 125 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes—a familiar face in a tight-knit community. But after that early June day, she was simply… gone. What followed was an all-too-common silence. A brief…

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Where is April Andrews? 3:17

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She was just fifteen years old when she vanished. On the afternoon of November 18, 2006, April Andrews walked out the door of her apartment in Pea Ridge, Arkansas with a simple plan. She told her mom she was headed to the Pea Ridge Church of the Nazarene, just down the street, to look through some clothes the church was giving away. It was a short …

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25.19 Biblical Worship 101 with Jason French (Part 6) 30:01

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In today's final episode in our series with Pastor Jason French, Craig, LaDonna, and Jason lay out what biblical worship must look like in the context of our Indigenous cultures. God only accepts worship based on His truths, and not the imaginations of the world, regardless of cultures or conditions. It has been a marvelous journey with Pastor Fren…

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Jamie Brown is Missing! 3:48

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In this episode of Lost Girls, Amy and LaDonna share the heartbreaking story of Jamie Denise Brown, a 30-year-old mother of seven who vanished on March 16, 2016, after being seen at the Dallas County Court in Fordyce, Arkansas. Jamie, known for her vibrant red hair and distinctive tattoos, disappeared without a trace — and has never been seen or he…

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Susan Lynn Burns is Still Missing 2:55

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It was April 29th, 1989—a spring day in Arkansas, quiet and unassuming. Susan Lynn Burns, a 32-year-old mother, daughter, and wife, was dropped off at the Little Rock airport by her husband. According to him, she was heading somewhere. But no one knows where. And no one ever saw her again. Susan was born on June 23rd, 1956, and lived in Mena, a sma…