Old-March 15, 2018 – CWIMA Midwest/Minneapolis Media Event

Gaye Lindfors finds God’s uncommon grace in everyday living. She loves to laugh, and isn’t afraid to poke fun at her own mishaps. From growing up in a small farming community to living in the big city, she loves the stories that came from observing life in the real world. In her blogging and books, and when speaking at conferences, retreats, and women’s events, Gaye delivers humor, inspiration, and hope.

Gaye has the ability to easily relate to the everyday joys and messiness her audiences and readers experience. She helps women develop a deeper faith life while finding God in all of it.

Her successful corporate career includes serving as Senior Vice President for a college president, providing human resources leadership to a team of 11,000 airline employees, and serving as a resource for media outlets on both workplace and faith issues. She has an M.A. in Industrial Relations.

Author of the book God, Girlfriends, & Chocolate, Gaye serves as the Midwest Regional Director for Christian Women in Media and is past-president of the National Speakers Association—MN Chapter.

Gaye loves music, books, Haagen-Dazs ice cream, and laughing out loud until it hurts. She and her husband Steve live in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Vicki Tiede (MEd., MMin.) is an inspiring Bible teacher, conference speaker, and author. Her passion is to open the Scriptures with women in order to share God’s grace and enduring faithfulness. Vicki wants to know God more, do good, and champion Truth, Hope, and Health. Living in Rochester, Minnesota, Vicki is a wife, homeschooling mom, and a certified health coach.

Vicki is the author of several books, including Parenting on Your Knees … Prayers and Practical Guidance for Parents of Preschoolers, When Your Husband is Addicted to Pornography … Healing Your Wounded Heart, and Plug Me in and Let Me Charge Overnight.

After several years in marketing and strategic-planning roles at both The Gallup Organization and Best Buy, Morgan Wood joined 98.5 KTIS in Minneapolis as their Director of Listener Engagement. There, she created one of the very first prayer apps, called PrayerWorks, which she rebranded and launched as Amen: The Prayer App. To date, over 12.5 million prayers have been prayed via the tool.

While her main focus is marketing and supporting Amen, she also is an on-air host, and helps radio stations in their fundraising and engagement efforts. She has also served in both NRB and CMB. When she isn't working or traveling with her husband John, she is most likely in the kitchen, cooking up something for her food blog.

Larissa grew up with music all around her. With a touring drummer for a father and family members singing throughout the country, she was born with country music in her veins. Her debut LP, Where I’m Going was released to much success. It Ain’t Gonna Be Like This Forever and I Feel Better When I Sing both charted #1 on the PowerSource charts. In 2012, she was voted New Artist of The Year at the annual ICM Awards. This led to notable performances at the ICM awards and the Minnesota State Fair. Her follow-up EP, Life From Scratch in 2014, features the singles Get on Board and Livin' in Today, another #1 hit for Larissa.

Larissa travels and sings and speaks wherever the Lord leads.