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The Speakeasy

14 Melanie Dale: For When Life’s Not Fair

The Speakeasy

The Girl Named Blake

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Listen in as your host Blake chats with Melanie Dale - author, podcaster, & sci fi aficionado. They dive in on how life is typically pretty unfair, how to be a friend to someone who is walking through difficult seasons, and how God has really big shoulders capable of taking on our disappointment and frustration.

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0:00.0

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Confessions of a Crappy Christian Podcast.

0:08.9

A place where you and all of your crap are not just welcome, you're wanted.

0:13.8

I'm your host Blake G. Shay, and every week I'm showing up with a new friend to talk about

0:19.0

the things we're really great at, the ways Christ fills in the gaps on the things that

0:23.1

we're not, and how he has been faithful to make his power perfect in our weaknesses.

0:28.5

My hope is that you walk away feeling empowered and not alone in your struggles, and that

0:33.7

people sharing their stories pushes you to share yours.

0:37.3

Alright, let's do this.

0:40.0

Alright guys, today's episode is with author Melanie Dail.

0:48.1

Melanie wrote, it's not fair, women are scary, and in freaking fertility, and is also a

0:54.5

podcaster.

0:55.5

She basically does all of the things.

0:58.0

Melanie adores fantasy, horror, sci-fi, and superheroes, and you are going to be obsessed

1:04.0

with her by the time this interview is over.

1:06.4

We dive in on how life is typically unfair, how to be a friend to someone who is walking

1:11.0

through a difficult season, and how God has really, really big shoulders.

1:15.6

It's a good one guys.

1:18.1

Melanie, hey, thank you so much for coming on.

1:23.8

Hey Blake!

1:24.8

I'm so excited.

1:26.4

Okay, so excited because when I email you and originally asked you to come on the show,

1:31.6

I literally said in the email, I don't know what I want to talk about, but I want to talk.

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