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Just Talkin' About Jesus

Just Talkin' About Jesus

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A place with real people sharing their real faith.


What was the moment when you first realized how real Jesus is?


Tell me about your But God moment.


Have you had moments when you were so low you could only rely on your faith?


What makes you joyful when the rest of the world isn't?


These are a few of the questions that lead my interviews.


Once a month we have a roundtable chat with a few people about a topic.


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  • He, She, Them, and Me: Responding in Love and Truth to your LGBTQ+-identified Child

    He, She, Them, and Me: Responding in Love and Truth to your LGBTQ+-identified Child
    Oct 17 2026

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    Wendy Terry grew up knowing Jesus loved her, yet spent decades hiding her real feelings and building an identity of always having it all together.

    In her forties, a miscarriage, four growing children, and a major depressive episode brought it all crashing down.

    Wendy shares how God met her through safe community, a prayer room, and a simple instruction to "just show up," and how she learned to ask her Creator what He says about her.

    She also opens up about parenting adult children who have declared themselves nonbinary and how she holds grace, truth, and trust together.

    Wendy serves with Outpost Ministries and the Twin Cities Justice House of Prayer.

    Chapter markers

    00:00 – Welcome and Introductions

    00:49 – "I Don't Remember a Time I Didn't Know Jesus Loved Me"

    02:05 – The Fraud Within: Hiding Feelings Behind a Perfect Identity

    03:17 – Until It Didn't: When Everything Fell Apart

    04:06 – Miscarriage, Shame, and Finding the Words to Tell

    05:58 – The Core Belief That Adults Don't Have Negative Emotions

    07:00 – Spring 2013: The Kitchen Window and the Major Depressive Episode

    07:44 – Safe Community and the Breaking of the False Identity

    08:49 – "All You Need to Do Is Show Up"

    10:03 – The House of Prayer: God Reveals the Core Falsehoods

    11:19 – Head Knowledge vs. Heart Belief

    12:19 – Matthew 11 and the Yoke We Were Never Meant to Carry

    13:02 – The Freedom of Knowing What God Says About You

    14:05 – The Question We All Face: Who Gets to Say Who I Am?

    16:06 – Parenting Adult Children Who Aren't Walking With Jesus

    19:09 – Identity Struggles in Our Family: Loving Without Losing Truth

    22:07 – Seeing Past the Struggle to the Heart of a Child

    23:12 – Grace and Truth: Light and Love Without Giving Offense

    25:27 – "Keep My Eyes on My Own Paper"

    26:54 – Outpost Ministries and the Twin Cities Justice House of Prayer

    29:41 – Progressive Sanctification and Walking With Others

    29:57 – Closing Thoughts: Vulnerability and Going Out to Do as Jesus Did

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    Welcome to Just Talkin' About Jesus.

    I'm Jan Johnson, a seasoned believer who loves relationships and, you know, just talkin' about Jesus.

    Here you will find testimonies of those who God has changed through his grace.

    Stories of feeling unworthy because of being sex trafficked, or of radical redemption of a woman who grew up with abuse, neglect, abandonment and drugs. A story of an abortion survivor. This and more. Lean in now.

    Consider subscribing to this podcast, YouTube and Substack- all with the same name: Just Talkin' About Jesus!

    https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus

    https://jan-johnson.com/

    https://justtalkingaboutjesus.com/

    https://janjohnsonauthor.substack.com/

    https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus

    Thanks for listening!

    If you have a story to tell, check out the form on my website- justtalkingaboutjesus.com.


    I'd love to connect with you!

    No, really.... hit me up!
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    37 min
  • Cyclones, Calling, and a Sheep Farmer’s Son: Ian Reilly’s Story

    Cyclones, Calling, and a Sheep Farmer’s Son: Ian Reilly’s Story
    Oct 10 2026

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    Engineer, painter, entrepreneur, and author Ian Reilly joins Jan to talk about growing up on a sheep farm, building a tech startup at 52, and the two cyclones that shaped his years teaching in Samoa.

    Along the way, Ian shares what he learned about cultural Christianity, connecting across language barriers, and the quiet influence of a life lived faithfully. His memoir Encounter recently won the New York City Big Book Award.

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    Chapter Markers

    00:00 Welcome and sheep farming in common

    00:49 Why every pastor should visit a sheep farm

    01:07 Creativity: flute, fiber arts, watercolor, and pastel

    01:53 The pastel portrait of Ian’s father

    02:44 Engineering as art in a different medium

    03:09 Building a livestock virtual fence startup at 52

    05:12 Melbourne and the pull of the farm

    06:37 The smell of lanolin and home

    06:53 Volunteering in Samoa

    07:57 Lost passports and a sweltering arrival

    09:02 The first cyclone

    10:16 Crisis as normal life

    11:13 Farm skills and engineering in Samoa

    13:17 Heather’s gifts as a teacher

    15:01 Language barriers

    17:01 Samoan food: sea cucumbers, umu, and mutton flaps

    19:22 Faith in Samoa and cultural Christianity

    21:52 Bible studies and being an example

    22:57 Connecting without a shared language

    23:57 The second cyclone and leaving Samoa

    25:04 What lasted: students and relationships

    26:29 Mentoring and the weight of influence

    27:21 Where to find Encounter

    28:10 Visiting Oregon and wrap-up

    Welcome to Just Talkin' About Jesus.

    I'm Jan Johnson, a seasoned believer who loves relationships and, you know, just talkin' about Jesus.

    Here you will find testimonies of those who God has changed through his grace.

    Stories of feeling unworthy because of being sex trafficked, or of radical redemption of a woman who grew up with abuse, neglect, abandonment and drugs. A story of an abortion survivor. This and more. Lean in now.

    Consider subscribing to this podcast, YouTube and Substack- all with the same name: Just Talkin' About Jesus!

    https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus

    https://jan-johnson.com/

    https://justtalkingaboutjesus.com/

    https://janjohnsonauthor.substack.com/

    https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus

    Thanks for listening!

    If you have a story to tell, check out the form on my website- justtalkingaboutjesus.com.


    I'd love to connect with you!

    No, really.... hit me up!
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    33 min
  • Feeling Left Out? How God’s Chosen Identity Heals Rejection: Joanna Immanuel

    Feeling Left Out? How God’s Chosen Identity Heals Rejection: Joanna Immanuel
    Oct 3 2026
    Send me a text and let me know your thoughts!Have you ever felt left out? In this episode, Jan Johnson talks with Joanna Immanuel (from Germany) and Angie Clayton, editor of the anthology Chosen, Sacred Journeys with a Faithful God, about how God turns the hard places of our lives into places of calling.Joanna shares how an acorn and Isaiah 61 reshaped her view of the “dirt” in her story, and how being called forth by God healed the little girl who felt she never measured up. Angie explores the great exchange, beauty for ashes, and why the comfort we’ve received is meant to be shared. Then hear Joanna’s remarkable airport story that taught her to give thanks in every circumstance.If you’ve been holding your pain with a closed fist, this conversation invites you to open it.As a passionate writer and author whose heart is to scribe God’s Papa-heart (www.rewritten.life), Joanna’s desire is to see writers and scribes released to co-author their books with God. She is the creator of the online course WRITE YOUR BOOK WITH GOD, and the founder and host of both the virtual INKLINGS “Balloon Ride with God” Writers’ Retreats and a free live Zoom meeting that invites you to "Write with God for 33 minutes daily" on weekdays and encounter God in each of your writing times. Joanna is a born and trained language teacher (K5-12) and lecturer (Developing English Skills). She has also been trained and certified in counselling and SOZO tools. In her free time, Joanna loves traveling the world together with her beloved husband, playing with her two tomcats and cultivating her garden. Joanna Immanuel (www.rewritten.life) is the author of: • Rewritten Life. COME AND SIT WITH ME FOR A WHILE https://amzn.to/3ZGwZfj Love Letters from a Lavishly Loving God • Speak Only One Word – A true story https://amzn.to/3yB6yvC • Write with God for 33 minutes daily Join our FREE daily Zoom writing sessions at 10:30 a.m. EST • Write Your Book With God online course – www.writeyourbookwithgod.com • Contribution to Angie Clayton's latest volume: "Chosen: Sacred Journeys with a Faithful God" --> Chapter: "Chosen. Beloved All Along"Isaiah 61:3: “To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.” 2 Corinthians 1:4: “Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort whitch we ourselves are comforted of God.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18: “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” Music from #Uppbeathttps://uppbeat.io/t/ra/flow-stateLicense code: U8LCZSJQYF0FUAP6Music from #Uppbeathttps://uppbeat.io/t/tobias-voigt/hope-and-wonderLicense code: XXAPHVLRL1JYTHLDChapter Markers00:00 Welcome: Meet Joanna, Angie, and the Chosen anthology 01:26 Feeling left out: the child who never felt good enough 01:54 Isaiah 61 and the acorn that holds an oak tree 04:17 Dirt, hiding, and the seed the squirrel buries 05:00 Jesus' mission: roots down, then called forth 06:26 "God must have had a really good day": words that heal 08:12 Angie jumps in: garland instead of ashes (Isaiah 61:3) 11:04 Ashes can't reignite: open hands and the crown 11:51 Incense: worshiping God while things burn down 13:07 David, the overlooked one God chose 14:07 Days written before we were born, and not looking back 14:58 The year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance 16:19 Words that give life: a prayer over the listener 17:27 Comfort received, comfort shared (2 Corinthians 1) 19:24 The "holy opportunity" and accepting who God says we are 20:24 Sozo ministry and being made whole 21:10 The airport story: a princess, a boarding pass, and business class 26:26 Giving thanks in the storm: the emergency landing 27:41 Angie as spiritual mom: a "love gift" from Papa 28:04 Countenance and light: what a joyful face says 29:03 Recap: the acorn, the dirt, and the power of thanks 29:45 In all things, not for all things 30:13 Romans 8:28 and "double for the trouble, triple for the trauma" 31:00 Joanna's books, Papa Letters, and the daily writing Zoom 34:13 Final words: search "chosen" in the Bible 36:03 Wrap-up and thank youWelcome to Just Talkin' About Jesus.I'm Jan Johnson, a seasoned believer who loves relationships and, you know, just talkin' about Jesus.Here you will find testimonies of those who God has changed through his grace.Stories of feeling unworthy because of being sex trafficked, or of radical redemption of a woman who grew up with abuse, neglect, abandonment and drugs. A story of an abortion survivor. This and more. Lean in now. Consider subscribing to this podcast, YouTube and Substack- all with the same name: Just ...
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    41 min
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