Heavenly Connections: Kristin Chenoweth, Joanne Rogers, & Montell Jordan
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
Jesus Calling
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🗓️ 21 November 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
One of God’s greatest blessings to us are friends and neighbors. And in fact, God designed us to care for each other, to learn from each other, and to support each other in life’s most difficult moments. In today’s episode, entertainer Kristin Chenoweth shares how good friends have mentored her and shaped her—and how actor/producer Rita Wilson sharing a copy of Jesus Calling strengthened her faith. As the wife of Fred Rogers, Joanne Rogers saw firsthand how an open heart and a soft word can change a relationship, and she shares how important reconciliation and being a good neighbor was to her husband. R&B sensation and now-pastor Montell Jordan tells how, even in the midst of worldwide music success, a family friend saved him from the brink of losing everything he loved, including his marriage, by sitting him down to have a painful discussion. More than ever, we need connection with others who will walk alongside us through thick and thin—and God wants us to be that friend to others as well.
Links, Products and Resources Mentioned:
Jesus Calling weekly prayer call
God’s Perfect Purpose for Our Imperfect Lives: Rita Wilson and Lisa Osteen Comes
The Joy of Spreading Love, One Heart at a Time: Deliliah and Gary Thomas
Kristin Chenoweth Arts and Education Fund
Hallmark’s A Christmas Love Story
Kristin Chenoweth’s Christmas Concert with the Tabernacle Choir
Joanne Rogers
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood movie
Interview Quotes:
“Work hard, play hard, love what you do. Life's short. Don't live beyond your means. All those things—stay humble. A smile goes a long way. Don't sweat the small stuff. Those kinds of things that I heard growing up helped me a lot.” - Kristin Chenoweth
“A lot of people say you should do your prayer or meditation or your quiet time, whatever that is for you, in the morning. But for me, it's a nighttime thing.” - Kristin Chenoweth
“I believe that sometimes things happen to you so that God can speak, because sometimes you can't hear when you get too busy.” - Kristin Chenoweth
“I think it's important, when you have been given opportunities and had success, you need to give it to the people behind you.” - Kristin Chenoweth
“[Fred and I] did have a very good friendship, which I think is very important for young married people.” - Joanne Rogers
“His program was his ministry.” - Joanne Rogers
“Everything is so divisive right now. Someone said to me, ‘He would be on his soapbox,’ and I said, ‘Oh, no, I don't think so. He would just be walking the walk and trying to do what he could with reconciliation.’“ - Joanne Rogers
“A lot of times I was in church, but church wasn't always in me.” - Montell Jordan
“Everything changed for me, having a number-one record as your first record out of the box. I didn't recognize that great success did not come with an instruction manual.” - Montell Jordan
“[My wife Kristin and I] are still regularly recovering to make sure that that we maintain what God restored.” - Montell Jordan
”When God closes the door, no man can open it. And when he opens the door, no man can close it.” - Montell Jordan
“Maybe this is something that people need, and our story is something that makes sense to people who are navigating through landmines and fields that we've already crossed.” - Montell Jordan, on sharing his story
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| 0:00.0 | I do think that when things get really tough and I can take a moment and say |
| 0:07.0 | oh right remember I'm supposed to walk with you today and you're there to take care of all |
| 0:10.9 | my problems there is a peace in that. |
| 0:14.0 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. |
| 0:16.0 | Today's guests show that when we stay closely connected to God and each other, |
| 0:20.0 | we become better friends and better neighbors to the world, entertainer Christian Chenoweth, Mr. |
| 0:26.0 | Rogers wife Joanne Rogers, and pastor and R&B sensation, |
| 0:30.3 | Monteel Jordan. First up, Kristen Chenoweth is a star on the screen and on the stage. |
| 0:37.0 | Growing up singing in church, Kristen is as comfortable singing in front of a choir as she is performing |
| 0:42.2 | solos in Broadway plays. |
| 0:44.0 | She talks with us about her varied career, one of her favorite gifts that actor producer Rita |
| 0:48.4 | Wilson gave her and how her faith has always anchored her through every season of her life. |
| 0:54.0 | I'm Kristen Chenoweth, self-admitted, petite person, |
| 0:58.0 | lover of donuts, and dogs. |
| 1:01.0 | Oh, and I also do Broadway Broadway and TV and film and movies and concerts and yeah. |
| 1:07.0 | I grew up in a tiny town in Oklahoma called Broken Arrow. |
| 1:12.0 | I'm so thankful I grew up in the house that I did and I |
| 1:14.7 | happened to be an adopted child but the truth is you know my mom and dad or my |
| 1:18.8 | mom and dad if you met them and you saw us all together you would say that's their kid growing up that's when I |
| 1:25.8 | learned to play the piano and I learned music and I was just in my piano and writing |
| 1:31.1 | and I was writing poetry and you know listening to music and I |
| 1:35.7 | don't know that's when I really first of all came to understand what I wanted to do |
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