A candid faith conversation about fear, free agency, and steadiness after frightening news.
A planned Easter discussion gives way to a more immediate conversation about fear, faith, and what can be said after a school shooting in Tennessee.

Faith, family, and practical spiritual steadiness.
Mint Arrow Messages pairs intimate personal stories with devotional reflection, often turning family moments, grief, Christmas, and hard questions into practical spiritual lessons. Its pace is gentle and conversational, with room for uncertainty, testimony, and everyday examples.
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Mint Arrow Messages is a personal, devotional show about faith working its way through everyday family life. It moves slowly, and that is part of its character. Episodes often start with a concrete moment: dropping children off at school after a tragedy, feeling post-Christmas disappointment, answering a listener message, or trying to make a marriage decision without quietly resenting the outcome. From there, the conversation widens into spiritual reflection. The show is rooted in church belief and vocabulary, with recurring references to prayer, Heavenly Father, the Spirit, temple worship, seminary, callings, missionaries, and pioneer ancestry. It also makes a habit of explaining some of those terms in plain language. That keeps the tone intimate rather than insider-heavy. Hard subjects are handled through a lens of agency, trust, growth, and the belief that God can still be leaned on when life feels frightening or unfair. The parenting material is practical and emotionally direct. The marriage conversations tend to favor small, repeatable acts over grand reinvention, especially in episodes about Christmas expectations or Chelsea Smith's book I Do Today. Purpose is treated as seasonal, local, and service-oriented, not only as a single dramatic life mission. Guest conversations add a wider range of experience, including Spencer Taggart discussing direction, success, and seeking God's answers. The show also makes room for family history, including the story of Jane Johnston Black as a pioneer ancestor whose life becomes a model for giving a gift to Jesus. Its best moments come when vulnerability and instruction stay close together. A personal story is not just decoration; it becomes the path into the point. The pacing can be repetitive, and sponsor reads are prominent in the available episodes. But the core appeal is clear. Mint Arrow Messages offers warm, faith-forward companionship for listeners who want spiritual reassurance tied to marriage, motherhood, service, grief, Christmas, and the daily effort to choose well.
Made for: Best for listeners who want warm faith-centered reflection on parenting, marriage, purpose, grief, Christmas, and prayer. It also fits people who like personal stories that end with a clear spiritual takeaway.
What sets it apart: The show turns ordinary family scenes and listener questions into devotional lessons without rushing past the emotional weight. Its strength is the gentle movement from vulnerability to practical faith.
Mint Arrow Messages is a podcast from blogger and content creator Corrine Stokoe who's best known for her fashion and deal blog Mint Arrow. In Mint Arrow Messages we talk to influencers you know and love about the REAL grit that made them who they are, the hidden stories of struggle, challenge and triumph. We're sharing their stories in hopes to create more awareness, compassion, kindness and understanding in a world that's starving for more goodness.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Corrine Stokoe connects Latter-day Saint belief to family life, service, worship, suffering, and the practical choices through which faith becomes visible.
Mint Arrow Messages brings Corrine Stokoe's Latter-day Saint faith into ordinary decisions, often through candid conversations with Neil and guests.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A candid faith conversation about fear, free agency, and steadiness after frightening news.
A planned Easter discussion gives way to a more immediate conversation about fear, faith, and what can be said after a school shooting in Tennessee.
A patient tour of sacred space connects temple worship with an older pattern of seeking God's presence.
Temple preparation begins with a map of sacred space, moving from the tabernacle's courtyard and washing rituals toward the Holy of Holies, the Ark of the Covenant, and the larger aim of entering God's presence.
A warm, faith-centered reflection on purpose, changing seasons, and the quiet weight of caring for people close at hand.
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A scratched Steinway grounds a warm reflection on seeing past surface beauty.
Corinne links everyday disruptions, remembered seminary advice, and a piano-shopping story through the idea that first impressions can mislead.
A warm, practical conversation about Christmas, marriage, and naming what matters when expectations do not match.
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A candid account of trading confident assumptions for curiosity and permission to reconsider.
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The hosts abandon their planned Easter episode to have a raw conversation about processing the Tennessee school shooting and how to handle tragedy.
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Corinne shares how to give a gift to Jesus to overcome post-Christmas letdown, then tells the story of her pioneer ancestor Jane Johnston Black.
An interview with Chelsea Smith about her new book 'I Do Today', a 52-week guide offering bite-sized, tactical advice for improving marriage.
The soundboard is "like the heart and the soul of the piano," and cracks changed the choice.
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Spencer Taggart discusses how he counsels with the Lord in all aspects of life, sharing his approach to finding direction and defining success.
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