I've often believed that a lot of times we feel stress in our life because we're

operating outside of what God has graced us to do and so for me that's always

been just an indicator that I've taken on more than I should.

Even though I have a lot on my plate,

I believe that God is grace to me to do it all.

Welcome to the Jesus Calling podcast.

This week's guests are two women who are charting new territory in faith-based arenas.

Nona Jones, who leads Faith-based partnerships at Facebook, and Pastor and author Alex Seely.

Up first, as a young girl, Nona Jones faced years of trauma and abuse at the hands of a caregiver.

Through a friend, she found a community of believers and felt for the first time that she had value.

As Nona grew up and found success in her career,

the trauma she experienced long ago began to resurface, causing her to lose her footing.

As she opened up about what she'd experienced. Nona found healing from her past wounds

and was on her way to a better place emotionally,

when out of the blue, an opportunity came her way

she could never have imagined

to reach others with the same good news that had changed her life.

My name is Nona Jones and I am a speaker, a preacher, I'm an author.

I am a wife, I'm a mother, I'm a pastor's wife, I also lead faith-based partnerships at Facebook.

I was born in the summer of 1982 and I was born to parents who had been married for about 15 years. My father wanted to be a dad

throughout the marriage but my mom didn't actually want to have children but you know

15 years into their marriage she found out she was pregnant and my father was

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