What happens when the recognition we wanted arrives, and it is not what we imagined?

In this episode of The Sublime Soiree Podcast, we welcome back our friend and mentor, author and professor Heather Holleman, to talk about The Elite Seat, the third book in her Elita Brown Series. As Elita suddenly receives more attention, Heather explores the realities of influence and fame. Recognition can feel exciting, but it exposes insecurity, strains friendships, and tempts us to chase the approval of others. Heather shares how unexpected opportunities taught her that influence carries responsibility and rarely feels as glamorous as it appears.

What do we do when someone else seems to have the friendship, attention, opportunities, or life we wish belonged to us? In this episode of The Sublime Soiree Podcast, we welcome back our friend and mentor, author and professor Heather Holleman, to talk about The Disappearing Seat, the second book in her Elita Brown Series.

What happens when the seat you hoped for—the one that seems to promise friendship, acceptance, or belonging – is saved for someone else?

In this episode of The Sublime Soiree Podcast, we welcome back our friend and mentor, author and professor Heather Holleman, to talk about This Seat’s Saved, the first book in her Elita Brown Series.

What if the most important thing a young person could learn before navigating the challenges of middle school is this: You already have a seat at the table with Jesus.

What if the answer to a judgmental world isn’t choosing the right megaphone—but choosing a better message? After seven conversations exploring stories of judgment and mercy…

We all know the story of Jesus on the cross. But what if one of the most powerful lessons about judgment and mercy comes from the criminal dying beside Him? In this episode, we arrive at Calvary with Shannon Popkin.

In this episode of The Sublime Soiree Podcast, Sue Lindsey and Linda Maynard continue their conversation with author Shannon Popkin about her book Kinda Judgy—and discover that while one blind man receives physical sight, the people who believe they can see clearly become increasingly spiritually blind. The Pharisees had drawn their own lines around God’s law.