What God Can Do with Our Confessions | Anne Beiler | Episode 360

The Speakeasy

The Girl Named Blake

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Founder of Auntie Anne’s Pretzels, Anne Beiler joins Blake to share the powerful story behind the brand so many grew up loving. Anne reflects on her upbringing in an Amish Mennonite community, where faith, family, and simplicity shaped her early view that life was good and God was harsh. She vulnerably recounts how this belief was challenged through deep personal loss, abuse, and suffering, ultimately transforming her theology into one rooted in the truth that life is hard, but God is good. Through candid conversation, Anne emphasizes the importance of sharing our stories to connect, encourage, and point to redemption, especially for young moms navigating their own faith journeys. In this episode, you’ll be able to… Hear the heartbreaking story of a mother’s loss and how it reshaped her faith and understanding of God's presence in suffering. Explore the emotional and spiritual impact of grief on marriage, parenting, and community. Learn how unspoken pain, unresolved questions, and the absence of language for grief can shape a person’s spiritual journey for decades. Anne is the author of Come to the Table – available everywhere now!To connect with Anne…Website: auntieannebeiler.comInstagram: @auntieanneb Thanks to our sponsors! AquaTru - Get 20% off any aqua purifier when you use code BLAKE on AquaTru.com. AirDoctor - Visit airdoctorpro.com and get up to $300 off an air purifier when you using the code BLAKE and get a FREE 3-year warranty! Fatty15 - Take charge of your health by visiting fatty15.com/BLAKE and using the code HEALTHY to get an extra 15% off your 90-day subscription Starter Kit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey friends, welcome to another week of the Speakeasy podcast. This week I got to interview the creator
0:05.0	of Auntie Ans, like the pretzel company. But I'm going to be honest, we don't talk about pretzels a whole
0:11.7	bunch. Obviously, her business is threaded through Anne's story, but I was blown away to find out
0:20.2	what this woman has walked through in her life.
0:23.7	The good, the bad, the pain, the redemption, the loss, and the gain.
0:29.0	Her story is incredible.
0:31.4	And I'm going to be honest, a lot of this episode, I just sat back and let her tell her story
0:35.5	and fought back tears the whole time or sometimes
0:38.9	unsuccessfully fought back those tears.
0:41.5	There are some kind of triggering things that she's walked through.
0:45.6	So you go into this episode with a little bit of a warning of that.
0:49.8	But if you have ever walked through anything difficult and wondered how God could redeem it,
0:54.6	or you have been hurt or abused or had pain and wondered what God was doing,
1:00.5	I cannot wait for you to hear this episode.
1:03.4	I walked away from it, just really encouraged and poured into by the wisdom of someone
1:09.1	who's gone through a lot more life than I have.
1:12.3	And I think you'll feel the same.
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1:29.7	And every second counts.
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