26-31. Be Mindful of What You Create


Sara’s View of Life, with Sara Troy. On air from August 4th

Your words, thoughts, and actions toward yourself are reflected outwardly. Be kind, considerate, and compassionate with yourself, so you may discover the love and light that already live within you.

What you feed will grow. Our thoughts, words, and actions shape how we see ourselves, how we move through life, and how others receive us. When we continually criticize ourselves or become consumed by the negativity around us, we give it the power to define us. But when we choose encouraging words, compassion, gratitude, and hope, we begin creating a healthier and more positive life.

Self-love does not mean ignoring life’s challenges or accepting poor treatment. It means honouring your worth, setting healthy boundaries, learning from your mistakes, and surrounding yourself with people who lift you rather than diminish you. Some people will be inspired by your light, while others may try to extinguish it—but you do not have to make yourself smaller to make others comfortable.

I also reflect on the lessons within Spencer Johnson’s Who Moved My Cheese? When something familiar disappears or life suddenly changes, do we remain angry and demand that everything return to the way it was, or do we adapt and search for what comes next? Perhaps we will not find more cheese; perhaps we will discover something completely new and even better.

In this week’s show, I explore positive self-talk, resilience, change, gratitude, and living in flow. Be mindful of what you say to yourself, because your thoughts create and your actions shape. Speak kindly, protect your peace, embrace change, and remember: you are the love, wisdom, and light you seek.



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IG26-31. Steven Cole &  Catch the Wave


 Ignite Your Heart and Soul with Sara Troy and her guest Steven Cole, on air from August 4th

Catch the Wave: Experience the Thrill of Spirit Empowered Living, he shares his view that the Holy Spirit is not meant to remain a vague doctrine sitting at the edges of church life, but the active, guiding presence of God in the everyday life of believers. Cole says the modern church often talks about God the Father and Jesus while neglecting the Holy Spirit, even though the Spirit is presented as God’s presence, God’s voice, and God’s power on earth. 
The book was developed from a Holy Spirit seminar that he presented at his church, a monthly two-hour seminar that he did for two years. He encourages readers to hear the voice of the Spirit. His main message is that ministry is not reserved for a select few. In his words, the whole point is that “you can minister, too.”

Catch the Wave begins with Cole’s own life story, because it serves as the foundation for everything that follows. He describes a lonely childhood marked by bullying, dyslexia, and a sense of being out of place. His first awareness of God comes in a small, almost ordinary moment: as a boy, he prays for help memorizing the Boy Scout oath and feels that God answers him. Later, in college, his life changes more dramatically when he attends a Christian gathering and hears the testimony of a man transformed through Teen Challenge. Cole is struck not by polished theology but by visible change; he wants what that speaker has found. That moment leads to his conversion, which he describes as overwhelming and deeply emotional. Soon after, he is introduced to the idea of baptism in the Holy Spirit, asks for prayer, and experiences what he understands as a second life-changing encounter with God. That pattern becomes the backbone of the whole book: first salvation, then empowerment.



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Steven W. Cole holds a degree in electronics and retired from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2004 after 25 years as a Senior Instrumentation Systems Engineer. He was saved in 1966 and filled with the Holy Spirit shortly thereafter. For 25 years, he has taught adult believers in local churches, and in recent years, he has developed a Holy Spirit seminar that has been well received. Steve and his wife, Linda, moved to Dewey, Arizona, in 2006. Sadly, his wife passed away in 2021, due to Alzheimer’s.


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IG26-31. Mark Springer, Gardens in the Galaxies


Ignite your heart and soul with Sara Troy and her guest Mark Springer. On air from August 4th

A New Novel Explores What The World Would Be Like. If Adam & Eve Never Gave Into Temptation. What could life have been like for Adam and Eve if they had never disobeyed God?

This is the interesting premise of Gardens in the Galaxies, the new speculative fiction novel by Mark Springer. It’s his second work of fiction, following Flesh Becomes Words, the debut novel that blends science fiction with spirituality.

Join Adam and Eve in this fictional adventure as they await judgement and sentencing for the original sin of disobeying God. Travel back in time with the first couple and an angel named Josiah who shows them how life began on earth. Then move into an unrealized future of gardens in the galaxies, the high life that God had always planned for them and all of mankind. Finally, return with Adam and Eve to their present situation as you witness the judgement and sentencing of their eternal fate by an all-merciful but just God.

The book is speculative fiction; historical fiction that poses a question of what would have happened if a single event happened a different way. In this case, what would have happened if Adam and Eve did not disobey God in the Garden of Eden and bring about the fall of mankind?

“The foundation of the book is based on an assumption of the truth of the scriptures,” says author Springer, “and it explores the connection between Adam and Eve, the first Adam, and Jesus Christ, proclaimed in the scriptures as being the “last Adam” and what that means for all of us today.”



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Mark Springer has over three decades of experience as a senior-level writer, and editor of technical and scientific documents. He also has crafted promotional content for the medical device, biotechnology, and life science industries. For the past nine years, he has been working for Gilead Sciences, including the last five as the manager and technical editor in labeling operations.

Prior to that, he served for two years, as the senior technical editor for BD Biosciences, editing all customer-read documents that met factual, legal and regulation requirements. He received a Special Achievement Recognition Award there. His career began as a senior technical writer and managing editor of technical publications for change management software at a startup company. The biggest portion of his career consisted of 19 years at Life Technologies, where his positions varied from senior science writer in brand marketing, senior manager in public relations, to senior writer in technical communications.

He is the author of Flesh Becomes Words, his debut novel that blends science fiction with spirituality. His first non-fiction book, Identity Theft, was published last year. His newest book is historical fiction, Gardens in the Galaxies.

Along with a colleague of his, he developed an online magazine in the late 1990s called BioBeat Online Magazine. For about six years, he wrote articles for this publication and other trade publications that were associated with a life sciences company in the Bay Area. The articles were related to significant research and medical applications related to the use of DNA sequencing and genetic analysis technologies. He and his colleague won numerous Apex Publication awards for the content over this six-year period.

Springer graduated from University of California at Berkeley with a BA, double-majoring in Cell Biology and English Literature. He is deeply devoted to his faith, reading the Bible two to three hours daily. His books reflect both his science acumen and his dedication to faith. Born in Albany, NY, he grew up in Fresno, CA, and now resides with his wife in San Mateo, CA. They have two children.



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TSM26-31. David Kaye & Ella Coonen, Hearing Life Before Silence Falls


Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guests David Kaye and Elle. On air from August 4th

“Did you know wind makes sound?”

After being diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and a rare genetic variation, Ella Coonen learned that she would eventually lose her hearing completely. In early 2025, she received her first hearing aids and, for the first time, heard the world as others do. Knowing time was limited, Ella created a bucket list of sounds she wished to experience for the first—and perhaps last—time. This film follows her moving journey to fill her heart with the beauty of sound while she still has the chance.



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Ella Coonen is a recent high school graduate living life with profound hearing loss and hypermobile
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. She has spent the last year going on a journey of sound discovery.
David Kaye is a filmmaker and longtime family friend of Ella and her mother. He has had films in
festivals throughout the United States, as well as in Canada and Australia. The Sound of a Bucket
List is his first feature.

soundofabucketlist.com

www.soundofabucketlist.com/get-involved
instagram.com/soundofabucketlist
facebook.com/soundofabucketlist
youtube.com/@BadExampleProductions

tiktok.com/@badexampleproductions


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26-30. Is Your Heart In It?


Sara’s View of Life, with Sara Troy. On air from July 28th

We often ask ourselves if we’re busy enough, successful enough, or doing enough. But perhaps the more important question is, “Is your heart in it?”

When your heart is truly engaged, your passion has purpose, your energy has direction, and your work becomes an authentic expression of who you are. Whether it’s your career, relationships, creativity, or the way you live each day, if your heart isn’t in it, something is calling for your attention.

Finding that one thing that ignites your heart, awakens your soul, and inspires your spirit is one of life’s greatest gifts. It becomes something you are compelled to do, not because you have to, but because it gives your life meaning, purpose, and joy.

The heart doesn’t chase success; it creates significance. When your heart finds what it is meant to do, you’ll discover every experience you’ve gathered has been preparing you for that moment. Nothing was ever wasted.

Are you truly living from your heart, or are you simply going through the motions? There is a profound difference between living with passion and living out of obligation. Success without fulfillment can leave us feeling empty, no matter how much we achieve. Our hearts are always communicating with us through joy, resistance, and intuition, gently guiding us toward what is right for us. The challenge is having the courage to listen to that knowingness before our hearts grow weary, to recognize when it’s time to change direction, and to say yes to what genuinely lights us up. When we stop performing for others and begin living authentically, we reconnect with our purpose. And when your heart is truly in it, your energy, passion, and spirit naturally follow.

Join me as we explore what it means to live, work, and love from the heart, where purpose replaces obligation, fulfillment replaces routine, and knowingness guides the way.



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