Episode 99: Taylor Schumann

The Jess Connolly Podcast

Jess Connolly

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

When our friend Taylor released her first book, she just knew we had to talk to her on the podcast. Taylor is bright and brave, and she trusts God with what is good and what is hard. We just know that her story of hope and healing will leave you encouraged.

Taylor Schumann is a wife, a mom, an author, and an activist. She’s the author of an incredible new book, When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough: A Shooting Survivor’s Journey Into the Realities of Gun Violence. In 2013, Taylor was injured in a shooting, and now, she’s using that pain and trauma for the good of others and the glory of God. We cannot recommend this book enough - it’s available now wherever books are sold.

In this episode, we’re talking about hearing stories that are different than your own and finding God in the growing. We pray this episode encourages you to listen to the stories you hear and to tell the stories that only you can tell. We pray that you would pray first, then take action — through advocacy, through asking questions, and through however God leads you to make a move. We pray you find hope in Taylor’s mission and that you would know God better because of her words. God is mighty in you, sister.

And, if you haven't heard yet, IF:Lead 2021 is coming up so soon - August 7! Digital passes are on sale now at iflead2021.com, and they start at just $29. Head to iflead2021.com to save your spot!

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0:00.0	Hello friends. Welcome to the Go and Tell Gals podcast with Jess Connolly and Kenesha Bikes.
0:16.4	Today we're talking to one of our friends, a woman who runs on mission. We are praying.
0:22.2	This conversation leaves you fired up and ready to go right where you're at. We're super
0:27.2	thankful for you. Let's go. All right, friends, we have a great treat today. And that is that we
0:36.5	have my friend Taylor Schumann on the podcast. And not only
0:39.9	do I love Taylor and she's an actual friend, but I love today because it's her actual book launch day.
0:46.9	So I just want to say, hey, Taylor, number one, thanks for being here. And thanks for being here on
0:50.4	your launch day. Oh my goodness. Thank you for having me. It's like the best way to spend
0:55.7	launch day. We're going to get into your book. We're going to talk about all the things. But
1:00.0	for those listening who might like one day want to write a book or who are just interested in
1:06.0	or curious, what is a book launch day like for you? What's it feeling like? You know, there's like so much
1:13.3	lead up to the actual day. So it starts to feel a little strange when you kind of wake up and
1:20.1	that sort of like time crunch, like that pressure is off a little bit and you can, you know, enjoy it. My phone's been going crazy
1:30.5	today and which is fun, all good things. So it's just, it's nice to be able to just enjoy it a
1:37.2	little bit and sit back and, you know, reflect on all the hard work and all the hard work of other people to help, you know, make it happen.
1:48.0	That's really nice to kind of be able to talk to some of those people and, you know, thank them for
1:52.8	their hard work and just see kind of the fruit of the past couple of years working on it.
1:59.1	Yeah, so good.
2:03.3	Okay, well, today's the launch day of when thoughts and prayers aren't enough. And we're going to talk about the actual book in a second.
2:08.2	But before we get to it, I want to address something interesting, but like, let's just
2:14.8	bring this up because it's helpful to know for other people.
2:24.0	So you and I recorded a podcast episode. I want to say in like winter 2020, like early winter,
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