Unseriously

It's author, editor at Moody Publishers, and all-around homestead-pioneer-frontier-woman Amanda Cleary Eastep in today's episode of Unseriously! Join Holly as she hears about Amanda doing battle with snakes on the side of the house and her own salty self while on Chicago mass transit. Holly and Amanda will talk kids and kids' books, writing friends, and modern day packhorse librarians.
Amanda is the author of the Tree Street Kids series from Moody publishers, just right for your early elementary adventure-seekers. Treestreetkids.com is the place to go for free excerpts of all six books in the series, plus fun, free printables of the science, history, and literature facts found in the books. You can also subscribe to Amanda's kidlit newsletter here, or find Amanda on Instagram.

Music for Unseriously was composed and produced by Adam Wright, founder of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Corner Room⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a ministry that sets the Bible to music as a tool for memorization and meditation. You can follow The Corner Room on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Find podcast news, behind the scenes, and all things Unseriously ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hollymacklebooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

It's bookstagrammer, host of the Bookish Talks with Lia podcast, and all-around fun gal Lia Ross up on this week's Unseriously! Lia and Holly will share a Jen Wilkin fangirl moment, make Lia promise she does not hate nonfiction, and find out all about the frankies. This episode is fun and all, but heads up you will *not* want to miss Lia's upcoming appearance in the PG episode. Consider this episode your warm-up giggles so you won't pull a muscle when that comes out at the end of April.
Kallie George (author and editor) and Amy Gannett from Bible Study Schoolhouse and Tiny Theologians will also make appearances in this episode. And if you're Whitney Pipkin, how fast can you hit play?

Music for Unseriously was composed and produced by Adam Wright, founder of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Corner Room⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a ministry that sets the Bible to music as a tool for memorization and meditation. You can follow The Corner Room on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Find podcast news, behind the scenes, and all things Unseriously ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hollymacklebooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In this very special 2-part series with pastor Bob Flayhart, Unseriously premieres the latest addition to the podcast--occasional episodes called Get Serious. Where the PG episodes go off the rails, Get Serious episodes head in the opposite direction. In them, you'll hear beloved Unseriously guests talk about what's nearest and dearest to their hearts. For our first one, Holly and Bob Flayhart will talk pastoral transition, gospel waltz, and have a candid conversation about what's plaguing the modern American church.

Bob and Holly partnered up on the book version of Bob's life sermon, The Gospel Waltz, available on ⁠Amazon⁠ or ⁠from the publisher⁠. You can also join up with a Gospel Waltz Journey weekend retreat, and find information about how to introduce your church or ministry to that ⁠here⁠ from ⁠Gospel Tree Ministries⁠.

Music for Unseriously was composed and produced by Adam Wright, founder of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Corner Room⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a ministry that sets the Bible to music as a tool for memorization and meditation. You can follow The Corner Room on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Find podcast news, behind the scenes, and all things Unseriously ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hollymacklebooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In a very special 2-week Unseriously series it's founding and long-term pastor Bob Flayhart of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama. This first episode is what we're used to around here--pastors talking about how they're most likely to get arrested, grandkids calling out during church service, and avoiding the floof. Next week you can look for a little bit of fun and then the No. Holds. Barred. Bob as he answers some of Holly's more serious questions.

Bob and Holly partnered up on the book version of Bob's life sermon, The Gospel Waltz, available on Amazon or from the publisher. You can also join up with a Gospel Waltz Journey weekend retreat, and find information about how to introduce your church or ministry to that here from Gospel Tree Ministries.

Music for Unseriously was composed and produced by Adam Wright, founder of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Corner Room⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a ministry that sets the Bible to music as a tool for memorization and meditation. You can follow The Corner Room on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Find podcast news, behind the scenes, and all things Unseriously ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hollymacklebooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Look, Annie B. Jones is a terrible texter and a recent understander of muting a text conversation--so she totally didn't mean to announce to everyone that she was leaving the family.
Join Holly as she and Annie talk pet words, the evolution of one of Isaac's nicknames *that we all have to ensure has an end point,* and how they're missing the days when everyone was just having fun on the internet. Joe Burrow will make an appearance. So will Nicole Conrad, Charles Martin, Laura Tremaine, and Kristen Suzanne. Hannah Rosenberg: you do not want to miss this episode.
Annie's book, Ordinary Time, was one of Holly's 5-star reads in 2025 and it's out in paperback in April. You can find Annie's newsletter, Sunday Porch Visits, here, as well as her super popular podcast, From the Front Porch. If you're near Thomasville, Georgia, you don't want to miss a stop by The Bookshelf, but if you're not so fortunate as to find yourself nearby, then you can find Annie on Instagram on her personal page, The Bookshelf's page, or on her private book recommendations Instagram.

Just a reminder that the nickname "Tubby Teddy" must have an end point.

Music for Unseriously was composed and produced by Adam Wright, founder of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Corner Room⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a ministry that sets the Bible to music as a tool for memorization and meditation. You can follow The Corner Room on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Find podcast news, behind the scenes, and all things Unseriously ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hollymacklebooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.