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The Speakeasy

More Than Our Scars | Kechi Okwuchi | Episode 186

The Speakeasy

The Girl Named Blake

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Nigerian-American singer and motivational speaker Kechi Okwuchi joins Blake to talk about her incredible story of how she was one of two survivors in a devastating plane crash, being a finalist on America’s Got Talent 12 years later and everything in between. Kechi’s new book shares her strong sense of identity, rooted in seeing herself the way God sees her. Listen in as they talk about what it looks like to not only survive after trauma, but to thrive.

Kechi is the author of More Than My Scars - available everywhere now!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

So in case you missed it, I wrote a book, like a full blown cover to back book.

0:06.4

Confessions of a crappy Christian. The book is real I talk about. The things Christians

0:11.1

aren't sure they're supposed to say. I dive into things like mental health, being a fiery woman

0:17.3

from within the church, friendship breakups, and more from the perspective of my life and how

0:22.5

God has moved. So you can find out more and preorder if you would like at crappycrishenko.com slash book.

0:29.9

Preorders matter a lot in the book world so that would really mean the world.

0:39.7

Welcome back to another episode of Confessions of a Crappy Christian, a misfit media network

0:45.6

production. I am your host and resident crappy Christian Blake and every week I get to have the

0:51.4

coolest conversations with incredible people about all the things most Christians are still not

0:56.8

sure we're allowed to talk about. So if you've been looking for a place to land with all your crap

1:01.8

and for someone to just be honest about what it looks like to walk through this Christian life

1:06.5

while you've come to the right place, pull up a seat, pop in your headphones and tune out your kids,

1:11.5

and come hang out with me and a guest for the authentic conversations that you have been looking for.

1:16.4

Ketchy, welcome to Confessions of a Crappy Christian. Thank you for having me.

1:25.6

I am so excited to have this conversation. You have lived quite the life. Needless to say,

1:33.3

everything from playing crash to America's Got Talent, being involved in a ton of organizations

1:40.6

and advocacy. You have a story to tell and you have a book that just came out. Congratulations.

1:48.0

Maybe it's out in the world more than my scars. That was just a couple of weeks ago when we were

1:53.6

recording. So tell us a little bit just about kind of let's go like pre playing crash. Tell me

2:02.2

a little bit about your life before kind of everything. I grew up in Nigeria. I was born there.

2:08.0

I am Nigerian and my childhood was very happy, very carefree. I was born to two wonderful parents

2:17.2

and just kind of you know they focused on giving me a very wholesome childhood. One that was very

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