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In this episode of 12-Minute Convos with Jesus Believers, Engel Jones connects with Nancy Jasin Ensley from Iowa Lake, Michigan. Nancy shares profound insights on communicating with adult children, explaining why sometimes the most powerful thing a parent can do is withhold advice and simply listen.
Listen in as Nancy recounts a terrifying, miraculous moment from her life when a mysterious voice told her to stop at a green light, saving her from a deadly collision with a white car that ran the intersection. Reflecting on how God has continually preserved her life, she shares her belief that He saves us for a specific purpose whether that is writing a book or sharing a testimony. If you struggle with self-acceptance, Nancy’s beautiful encouragement to look in the mirror every morning, offer yourself forgiveness, and boldly say "I love you" will deeply renew your spirit!
Guest's Bio
My life’s work has unfolded at the intersection of service and compassion. I spent my career in the healthcare field, serving as a nurse, consultant, compliance officer, hospice specialist, legal nurse consultant, coding specialist, educator, and supervisor.
In every role, I bore witness to the fragility and resilience of the human spirit. Beyond my profession, I have remained devoted to community service, volunteering in blood drives, community health fairs, and home-care initiatives where care is not merely given, but shared.Writing entered my life when I was eight years old and never truly left. What began as a quiet inclination became a lifelong calling one that grew alongside experience, loss, faith, and love.
Over the years, I have written hundreds of poems, crafted personal greeting cards, prepared legal and clinical narratives, authored policies, and contributed professional magazine articles. Writing became both refuge and testimony: a way to make sense of the world and to give voice to what is often left unspoken.
A defining influence in my journey as a writer came during my senior year at Waite High School, where a demanding, college-level literature teacher shaped my discipline and sharpened my voice. Her rigor taught me that words matter that clarity, honesty, and courage are essential to prose that endures.
My poetry has been published in the National Library of Poetry. I share my life with my husband, John, and together we are blessed with five children and fourteen grandchildren each one a living reminder that love multiplies when it is given freely.
I am a local author whose work spans multiple genres, rooted in family, faith, service, and lived experience. Whatever the future holds, I intend to remain faithful to the work of reflection and creation, just as I have throughout my career and well into retirement. I write because it is how I listen. I write because it is how I remember. And, by grace, I will keep writing.
Website:
https://nancyjasinensley.com/