Walking with Kelley and Kristy

120 | Growing In Fruitful Fellowship - Encouragement From Our Friend McKenna Boone

Today we are honored to have our friend McKenna Boone with us at the table. McKenna is passionate about walking with Jesus, discipleship, and connecting with other believers.
Scripture reminds us that “two are better than one” (Ecclesiastes 4:9), and we believe many are longing for deeper, healthier, more God-honoring relationships in 2026. This season, we’re challenging ourselves—and you—to be intentional about fruitful fellowship: to examine the communities you are apart of, to pursue Godly relationships, and to allow the Holy Spirit freedom to shape how you love, forgive, and walk together in community - developing the fruits of the Spirit in your lives(Galatians 5:22–23). Jesus tells us that when we abide in Him, we will bear much fruit (John 15:5), so our challenge this year is simple but bold: stay rooted in Christ and choose community that cultivates lasting spiritual fruit. 
McKenna Boone
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119 | Get Connected: It's Vital For Fruitful Fellowship!

In this episode Jacob and Emory join us to talk about the importance of staying connected to God, and growing in fruitful fellowship with those around us. We are so encouraged by both of them and their desire to live lives that honor the Lord. You are truly in for a treat today as they share a fresh, honest perspective as young people who are seeking God and walking faithfully with Him.
In this new season, we’re diving into the topic of Fruitful Fellowship. Galatians 5:22 reminds us that the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control—and against these things there is no law.
Our prayer for this season is that the fruit of the Holy Spirit would be evident in our lives, in our play, and in our homes, overflowing naturally as a result of Christ living in us. This isn’t something we manufacture or strive to perform, but it begins to flow from walking closely with Him. 
Jacob Shamblin - FCA
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118 | Walking In Fruitful Fellowship: Abiding In Christ & Staying In Step With The Spirit!

This season, we’re talking about walking in fruitful fellowship—the kind of Christ-centered relationships that don’t just make us feel connected, but actually shape us, sharpen us, and bear lasting fruit. It’s choosing to walk together in truth, love, prayer, and obedience to Jesus.
Thank you for walking with us. Let’s remain rooted, connected, and expectant for what God can do in and through us.  It is the fruit of the Spirit that nourishes and satisfies, and is truly experienced when we abide in Christ and it is HIS power in us that bears much fruit!
Today we want to remind you again that “Fruitful living” isn’t something we force—it’s something that flows as we stay connected to Jesus.
 
 
 
 

117 | The Homestretch: A Year In Review

Today’s episode is special because we’re closing out the year together—just two sisters sitting down to look back at all God has done in 2025. This season has been full of growth, laughter, stretching moments, and sweet reminders of God’s faithfulness, not just in our personal lives but in our families, our goals, and in our walk with Christ.
As we reflect on our favorite memories, the things we accomplished, and even the places where we struggled, our hope is that this conversation encourages you to pause and look back at your own year with gratitude. God has been present in every high and every low, and today we want to celebrate that.
We pray the year ahead is one where we experience the ABUNDANCE of God's Love as we RELINQUISH every area of our lives to HIM! May we truly KNOW Him MORE and be comforted by His PRESENCE like never before. Happy New Year! Keep Walking👭
 

116 | LOVE On Mission : An Advent Conversation With Lisa McKenzie

Today we get to sit back down with a dear friend whose life is such a beautiful picture of Advent love—love that goes, love that serves, and love that shows up in the everyday places where God calls us. She is a single woman who followed the Lord’s leading all the way to Tanzania, where she now runs a primary school and pours the love of Christ into children who are growing, learning, and discovering their worth in Him. We’ve watched her walk this calling out with courage and tenderness, and we cannot wait for you to hear how God is using her story to reflect His heart in this season of Love.
We are honored to have Lisa McKenzie back with us, to share how God is using and teaching her not only to receive HIS LOVE for her, but likewise pour out HIS great love on her students and families in Tanzania. 
Merry Christmas from our families to yours. We wish you the kind of HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and LOVE that lasts all year! Thanks for Walking with us this year, and we look forward to a fruitful NEW YEAR ahead!  KEEP WALKING!

115 | Experiencing JOY On The Journey: An Advent Conversation with Jen Edwards

As we enter the third week of Advent, we turn our attention to JOY, but not the surface-level joy we often associate with the Christmas season. Advent reminds us that real joy is often born in places of longing, waiting, and even hardship. The joy of Scripture is not loud or flashy; it’s steady, surprising, and rooted in the presence of God. The prophet Isaiah spoke of a coming joy when he wrote, “The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom” (Isaiah 35:1). Joy shows up in barren places. And when the angel declared, “I bring you good news of great joy” (Luke 2:10), it wasn’t to people who had comfortable lives, it was to shepherds on the night shift, living under Roman rule, carrying their own burdens. Advent joy is the kind of joy that doesn’t ignore reality but shines right in the middle of it, a joy that comes from knowing that God sees us, God is with us, and God is still at work. This week, we’re leaning into that kind of joy - the kind that grows in the waiting and strengthens our hearts as we journey toward the manger, and await HIS glorious return. You can experience JOY on the JOURNEY.

114 | The Gift Of Peace : An Advent Invitation

As we step into this Advent week focused on Peace, many of us are already feeling the chaos of the Christmas season. In the middle of all the noise, Jesus reminds us, “My peace I give you… Do not let your hearts be troubled” (John 14:27). And Isaiah calls Him the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6)—not just for quiet moments, but for real life, right in the mess and busyness. So today, we want to take a breath together, slow everything down, and remember that God’s peace isn’t something we have to earn or create. It’s something He offers, even when our world feels anything but peaceful.
Hector and Norma Melendez join us to share how they choose to walk with the giver of Peace not only in their daily lives, but especially in the busyness of the Holiday season. It was an honor to have this conversation with them. We pray you too are encouraged as you listen.
“I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” 
‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭27‬ ‭NLT‬‬
Names of Jesus Calendar by Lara Beeston
 
 

113 | HOPE In The Waiting: Advent Week One

On today's episode we are joined by David and Kim McAlhaney. They share their beautiful testimony of longing and waiting to be parents, a HOPE and dream they never gave up on, and a continued faith they place in CHRIST alone. Their story is a great encouragement to us  - as we wait with the HOPE of CHRIST too!
Hope is the unwavering confidence that because God is faithful, good, and unchanging, we can trust Him with every tomorrow. It’s the quiet assurance that the light of Christ always breaks through the darkness. It’s the joyful expectation that the God who came near at Christmas is still drawing near today—and will come again. HE offers HOPE in the Waiting!
Advent Blocks - Traditions Set – GoodKind
 
 

112 | Count Your Blessings - Happy Thanksgiving!

Psalm 100:4 says, ‘Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise.’ So as we gather with family this Thanksgiving, let’s not just pass the turkey and the pie, but also pass on gratitude—speaking life, encouragement, and love into one another. Because gratitude doesn’t just honor God—it builds stronger families and deeper connections. 
The hymn “Count Your Blessings” has a beautiful and encouraging history that ties perfectly into a message of thankfulness. We pray you take time to pause today and count your blessings, "naming them one by one" - Count your many blessings see what God has done!
Count Your Blessings
We are so grateful to get to walk with you today - and we pray you have a very Happy Thanksgiving.
~❤️ Kelley & Kristy
 

111 | God's Sustaining Faithfulness: Keeping A Christ Centered Focus In Marriage & Family!

Today we’re sitting down with Rod and Angie Tyler, a couple who have been a part of our lives for almost 28 years. That’s a lot of life. They’ve walked with us through so many seasons—celebrations, challenges, growing pains, parenting, ministry—you name it. And through all of it, they have been steady. They have been consistent. And honestly, they have quietly shown us what it looks like to keep Christ at the center of a marriage.
This whole season we’ve been talking about what it means to build healthy marriages and families—how to walk it out day by day, not perfectly, but faithfully.
You know those friends who don’t just tell you what faithfulness looks like… but they actually live it? That’s who they are. Their friendship has shaped us more than they probably know, and we’re really grateful you get to hear from them today. We pray that their honesty and transparency is as encouraging for you as it continues to be for us! 
Philippians 4:12-13
 
New International Version
12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.