What happens when an introvert discovers she actually loves people?
In this episode of The Mountain Top Experience Podcast, Kevin, Carlos, and Dave sit down with award-winning Christian fiction author Sarah Hanks for a conversation about faith, family, writing, and the unexpected ways God redirects our lives.
Sarah describes herself as an “extroverted introvert,” and her journey with Christ began with an equally unexpected turn. Her mother sent her to a church youth meeting she didn’t particularly want to attend. Once she got there, she didn’t want to leave.
Sarah shares some of the highs and lows of following Christ and talks about life with her husband and their ten children, most of whom joined their family through adoption. Along the way, she discovered that ministry doesn’t always look the way we expect it to look.
For Sarah, one of those discoveries came during a difficult season with POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome). Illness changed what she could do, but it also helped change the way she viewed her writing. What had once been something she did on the side became a ministry. Sarah talks with the guys about that journey, her writing process, and why she believes fiction can do far more than simply entertain.
Today, Sarah is a multi-award-winning author of Christian fiction whose stories explore hope, healing, freedom, history, and the transforming work of Christ. Her books include the Mercy Series, the Sisters in Arms collection, the Time Sailors series, and stand-alone novels such as New Creations. Her novel Fall Back and Find Me draws directly from her own experience with POTS through a character struggling with chronic illness.
Learn more about Sarah, her books, upcoming releases, and her writing at Sarah-Hanks.com.
Sarah’s books are available through Amazon and other major booksellers. Her titles can also be found through Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Books-A-Million, Kobo, Audible, Hoopla, and other retailers in various print, ebook, and audiobook formats.
It’s a warm, funny, and honest conversation about meeting Jesus, raising a very large family, living through seasons you didn’t choose, and discovering that sometimes the ministry God gives you isn’t the one you expected.