Women’s Bible Study Expo

May 13, 2009 | books, media interviews, ministries

Have you ever wondered what books you could use in your Bible study? Or in your women’s ministries or small cell group?

I had the most fun yesterday talking with Marnie Swedberg and her audience of women’s ministry leaders. But I was only one of many, including Hearts at Home founder Jill Savage, authors and speakers Jennifer Rothschild, Lysa TerKeurst, Nancy Stafford, Nancy Leigh DeMoss, and many others.

Check out this great site and listen to the interviews, read about the books, and see if any of these women or topics might be great for your group (or you!).

Link: Women’s Bible Study Expo. Oh, and did I mention they are giving away prizes? That just makes it more fun!

Surprise!

April 9, 2009 | media interviews

Last night I talked with Roland, host of TruVue Radio. It was a blast. Right in the middle of the conversation Roland told me he had a surprise for me.

I love surprises!

He said that he had given my book, The Mom I Want to Be, to a friend. And she wanted to ask me a couple of questions.

The next 10 minutes were the biggest blessing I’ve had in a long, long time. Sherma told me that she was one of 13 children and she was resentful of the her childhood, angry with her mom. She told me that reading the book impacted her so much that she had to call her mom and their conversation allowed a fresh start. She said a lot more, but what Sherma didn’t realize is that she was encouraging me in a powerful way.

You see, just that day I asked the question I’ve asked many times: Am I really supposed to be doing this? It’s been nearly 2 years since my last book released. I just completed my taxes and was reminded all over again that ministry is a faith walk financially. Two of many questions I’ve wrestled with over the last several days.

Sherma’s story was straight from Heaven, woman to woman talking about who God is and what he can do, and how he works even when we can’t see the results.

It made me love being a writer and in ministry all over again. Thank you, Sherma.

I hope you’ll tune in tonight at TruVue at 7:00 p.m. CST, 8:00 p.m. EST, or 5:00 p.m. PST to hear the whole interview. I hope you’ll share your stories, your struggles, and your journey of faith.

I appreciate you,

Suzie

WLGT Girl Talk Radio

December 4, 2008 | books, media interviews

Want to join me in an interview tonight? I’ll be discussing The Mom I Want to Be: Rising Above Your Past to Give Your Kids a Great Future on WGLT (We Love Girl Talk) Radio broadcast with host Sarah Goebel. You can call in! You can listen. You can make fun of my Oklahoma accent. But most of all, I love talking about the power of forgiveness, healing, wholeness, how to give your children greater memories when ours where painful or dysfunctional.

Check it out here! I believe it is 7:00 p.m. tonight CT. I’ll check back here and change that if I’m wrong! Come join me, okay?

Suzie

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Teens, Parenting, and Overcoming

September 11, 2008 | media interviews

Join Suzie today as a guest on God Unplugged with Amy Hammond Hagburg at 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. You can listen online as Amy asks Suzie to discuss teen issues, parenting, and overcoming a painful past! Click on the microphone and it will take you to God Unplugged.

Want to listen to an interview?

September 9, 2008 | books, media interviews

I loved talking with the ladies at WLGT Blog Radio, Sandra and Sarah. We talked about The Woman I Am Becoming, discussing things like twentysomethings and faith, twentysomethings and relationships, twentysomethings and community. For all you twentysomethings who will later read this post on Facebook, tune in and let me know what you think. I love hearing what you have to say. Always.

Go to WLGT and click on my interview (2nd from top)! Have a great listen and let me know what you think.

Order The Woman I Am Becoming: Embrace the Chase for Identity, Faith, and Destiny.

WLGT Radio - Thursday, 9/4, 8pm (EST)

September 2, 2008 | books, media interviews

Don’t Miss It!

Join Sarah and Sandra On WLGT - “The Christian Women’s View” Thursdays 8PM EST

This week’s guest: T. Suzanne Eller

Believing that God redeems our life stories, Suzanne teaches you how to give every chapter of your life to a relevant and life-changing Savior.

Fresh from her ground-breaking book The Mom I Want to Be, speaker and young-adult mentor Suzie Eller offers 18-to-29-year-old women an honest, faith-filled look at the journey to maturity. In The Woman I Am Becoming, she acknowledges the pressure to look and act a certain way, and helps readers explore key questions.

Listen in at www.blogtalkradio.com/welovegirltalk

AND Call In - Join the Girl talk!!  (646) 595-4187

If you do not have unlimited long distance, you may want to go to http://www.skype.com.

You can easily download their software and make long distance calls anywhere in the U.S. absolutely FREE!

Susie Larson - Along the Way

August 15, 2008 | family, media interviews

If you’d like to listen to my interview with Susie Larson on Kim Ketola’s Along the Way LIVE show, please click here!

We talk about The Mom I Want to Be, and I get to visit with listeners of KTIX.

Questions from KTIX listeners

August 11, 2008 | books, faith, family, media interviews

Question: I heard you on KTIX yesterday. You said that forgiveness is the foundation of healing, but what if the person doesn’t deserve forgiveness? I can’t forgive someone who isn’t sorry, who continues to hurt people, and who is a miserable excuse for a parent. I want to give my child everything I didn’t have. If forgiving is part of that, then I don’t know what to do.

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The power of touch

August 8, 2008 | books, daily ramblings, family, friendship, media interviews

I just want to say a quick hello to the listeners of Along the Way, KTIS radio in Minnesota. Thank you for dropping by. If you have questions about the topic “The Mom I Want to Be: Rising Above the Past to Give Your Kids a Great Future”, please e-mail me and I’ll post them anonymously along with an answer next week. Blessings! Suzie

When I was a teen I went to my first nursing home with a group from my church. Mr. Lollis loaded up a group of 20 or so every Sunday. We went to Braum’s first, then to the nursing home where we sang or visited with the elderly.

Often, I felt strange. When you’re 16, old people really are old. They reached for me, hugged me, and held my hand in their soft, veiny hands.

Now that I’m on my way to being an old person, I see those visits differently.

If I were to count the number of times I’m touched each day, the number would be high. The first thing that Richard does when he comes home from work is to walk through the house whistling until he finds me (sounds like he’s looking for a dog, doesn’t it?, but it’s just his way). When he finds me I am crushed in a hug. We hold hands when we walk. I brush my hand across his head gently when I walk past him and he’s watching TV. (more…)

ICRS - Staying home

July 8, 2008 | books, media interviews

It’s been interesting this week. I’m on several writing and speaking loops and the buzz is all about ICRS (International Christian Retail Show). They are talking about flights and shuttles and hotels, and interviews and book signings, and get-togethers.

And for the first time in eight years, I won’t be a part.

But it’s okay. I’m not supposed to be there this year, and I’m at peace with that. Other things are taking precedence and financially it just doesn’t make sense. I expected to nose dive when the buzz started. I love ICRS.

Last year I had two books coming out, one with Kregel and one with Harvest House. I had TV interviews, radio interviews, dinners and brunches and late night hang-out time with some of my favorite authors and speakers. I changed clothes at least twice a day, sometimes more as I jetted from one event to the next in the Hotlanta sun. I got to meet musical artists and hear their new songs and CD’s. I listened to speakers like Rob Bell. I perused the massive ICRS floor where publishers presented their new titles. I spent time sitting with good friends who LOVE the same things I do, like ministry and writing, and talked shop. I was one of the authors at the Personality party, an event where I got to meet some of my favorite writers.

But there was one moment that was better than all of those. A transforming moment.

I was in line holding a plate filled with delicious breakfast. It was a Harvest House Publishers brunch. Stormie O’Martien and her daughter sat nearby. Emilie Barnes and her sweet husband, George, were at the table behind me. Reps and media filled the room, waiting to visit with these A-list authors. Suddenly an arm slipped through mine.

“Sit with me,” the woman said, standing near me.

I turned. Kay Arthur.

“Yes, mam,” I replied. (more…)