Episodes

On this episode of The One Pebble Podcast, Kristine and her daughter Elsie sit down with Carlee Stier, a hairstylist and salon owner who has transformed her small business into a space where people feel seen, heard, and encouraged. From marrying her high school sweetheart Dean to navigating motherhood and entrepreneurship, Carlee shares how she chose courage over fear, pursued obedience over success, and discovered that Kingdom Work happens in the ordinary - even in a salon chair. This conversat...

This is a heartfelt conversation between Kristine and Wintley Phipps, a world-renowned singer, songwriter, pastor, and founder of the US Dream Academy. The episode explores God's "unusual favor" on Wintley's life—from his humble beginnings in Trinidad to performing for seven U.S. presidents, Mother Teresa, and countless celebrities. Wintley shares profound spiritual insights about grace, courage, faith, and God's dreams for our lives. He discusses how a prayer he prayed at age 16 in boarding sch...

Kristine and her son Harris have a heartfelt conversation with Ron Fagen about legacy, his father Ray, his family's passion for aviation and World War Il history. Ron's father Ray was a D-Day hero with three battle stars (Normandy Invasion, Liberation of Paris & Battle of the Bulge). Ray was the inspiration for Ron, his wife Diane and their family to build a world-class WWll museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota that preserves this history for future generations. Opened in 2012, the Fagen Fighters ...

On this inspiring episode, Mark Deterding visits with Kristine and her son Harris to talk about his passion of servant leadership, discerning your purpose in life, spiritual health, physical health and more! Hear Mark’s personal story of leaving corporate America to follow his purpose. Mark emphasizes the importance of intentional culture-building at all levels - in our personal lives, families and organizations - grounded in purpose, vision and values. He stresses the power of relationships, sl...

Glen Fladeboe, turning 50, sits down with his sister Kristine for a conversation celebrating his personal and professional journey. From conducting 1,600+ fundraising auctions to selling farmland, Glen has spent over 30 years raising hundreds of millions of dollars for nonprofits while maintaining strong family values. He credits his success to childhood lessons about integrity and hard work, his faith, and the support of his wife Stephanie and their two daughters. Glen shares how he has learned...

Captain Karen Ruth - Delta Air Lines’ longest-tenured serving female captain sits down with host Kristine to reflect on her historic and distinguished 40+ year career. Upon her retirement, Karen was 17 out of 17,200 pilots in seniority. They discuss her final flight from Dublin to Minneapolis on April 18th, 2026. Karen shares her origin story - how two Northwest Airline pilots in her Burnsville, MN neighborhood recognized “the right stuff” in a 15 year old and mentored her. She discusses the res...

In this episode, co-host Elsie Duininck takes on a guest role by speaking from her heart on topics that truly have changed her life. The episode covers the importance of discipleship, mentorship, abiding versus striving, fear, and gratitude for everyday life! Early on in this episode, Elsie shares about how her view of the Bible was changed by a woman she met in Norway, which led her to a continued interest in knowing Jesus through His word. She speaks about how much discipleship matters and ho...

In this engaging conversation, Sean and Kay Levesque share their inspiring journey of faith, highlighting the importance of storytelling in ministry and the power of saying 'yes' to God's calling. They discuss their work with Youth for Christ and Love2Hope, emphasizing the importance of showing up in the lives of vulnerable teenagers. Kay’s family life and Sean’s testimony of receiving Christian discipleship in college show how they were influenced as adults to commit to serving vulnerable youth...

Pastor Phil Lutz joins The One Pebble Podcast to share a powerful, hope-filled story of saying yes to God, again and again. From growing up in a tight-knit faith-filled family in Pennsylvania, to moving to Minnesota for seminary, from being terrified of public speaking, to pastoring for over 40 years, Pastor Phil opens up about God's faithfulness through every season. We talk about Pastor Phil’s faith, family, life story and hear his wisdom. He shares stories, including stepping into new calling...

On this episode of The One Pebble Podcast, Kristine sits down with Lara Dahl; a New London, Minnesota mother of four boys, who lost two of them in a tragic UTV accident. It’s a story of navigating the loss, remembering the love, and creating a legacy that will impact generations to come. As Lara, her husband, Mike, and sons Gage and Drew remember Will and Harry, they are creating a place where families can come together to do some of the things that Will and Harry loved best – archery and trap s...

Have you ever had a travel experience that opened your eyes to the human experience around the world? This conversation, with Peter Carlson, speaks about just that! With a passion for Uganda, Africa, he shares how his experiences meeting Ugandan people and their culture changed him. Peter serves as the Executive Director of Give Us Wings; which encourages, supports, and partners with Ugandans in extreme poverty. If you want to be inspired by what is going on around the world beyond your home con...

Debbie speaks in this podcast to the people for whom she recently wrote her book for. The believers who are struggling in life, wondering why life seems so hard and confusing. They thought the Christian life would be easier. We can recognize that life is a spiritual battle and prepare for it God’s way, or we can let the devil and life push us around, making us miserable. Debbie’s book will help you prepare and fight back. Debbie shares about her salvation story and how she eventually began tea...

On this episode of the ⁨@TheOnePebblePodcast⁩ , we connect with Kristi Barber. Kristi is a mom of 2 who has been a lifelong resident of Spicer, MN. She serves as Guardian ad Litem for the State of Minnesota. Kristi also serves on the New London School Board and is an avid community volunteer as well! As of February she is over 590 days or 1 year, 7 months, and 12 days on Omada program while working at SNAP fitness in spicer, working with health coach, doing therapy (both individual and group), ...

On this episode, Kristine and Harris sit down with two teachers-representing both public and private schools. Learn why they decided on education as a career, what they say are the biggest challenges facing both teachers and students, especially when it comes to social media and AI, and why communication with parents is so critical in the education process. And one thing they both emphasize...learning should be fun. It's an episode you don't want to miss! Jake Abrams is a high school math and s...

On this episode, Harris, Elsie & Kristine kick off the new year with a fun and engaging conversation focused on reflections, resolutions, finding their why, and being intentional. Check out our Facebook page; find us on Instagram or send us an email at theonepebblepod@gmail.com. You can also watch this episode on YouTube!

In this episode of The One Pebble Podcast, Kristine sits down with three incredibly special guests - her dad, Dale Fladeboe, and their band members and dear friends, Pat Hood and Don Shuck. They joyfully put on a Christmas Singspiration and Storytelling for you to sing with, reflect with, laugh with, and to bring you a little Christmas spirit! Merry Christmas! Dale loves singing in parades, but his favorite day of the year is Christmas morning! Dale Fladeboe is a Minnesota State Auctioneers Ass...

Kristine sits down with the incredibly inspiring and faith-filled Ruth McKeaney. Ruth is a wife, mom of five, the award-winning author of Hungry for Home, TV show host of At Home with Ruth McKeaney on Homeworthy, home restorer, and so much more! Ruth grew up in an environment marked by transitions. However, her strong family culture, centered around Christ, taught her that home is defined by family rather than a specific location. Carrying this lesson into her adult life, Ruth transitioned from ...

In this episode of The One Pebble Podcast, Kristine and Harris sit down with Dan and Sharon Hansen; who serve as Care Ministers at Refuge Church in Willmar, Minnesota. After years of serving at the Yellowstone Boys Ranch, the Hansens moved to Willmar as Directors of Youth for Christ and founded Hansen Advertising a few years later. After selling the business to their son, the Hansens started working with R & J Tours and spent 21 years leading travel groups on adventures across the country. The H...

In this episode of The One Pebble Podcast, Kristine and Harris sit down with Hunter Pinke; former University of North Dakota Football team captain, whose life changed in an instant because of a ski accident. Hunter is a lifelong North Dakotan who grew up in the rural town of Wishek, ND. While attending Wishek high school, Hunter participated in Class B basketball, 9-man football, track and field, American Legion baseball, FFA, International and State Science Fairs, Science Olympiad, choir, band...

In this episode of The One Pebble Podcast, Kristine sits down with Pascal Nery Jean-Charles and Jenna Thorson, with Children of The Promise, located in Cap Haitian, Haiti. Pascal has received awards from the American Psychological Association and the Pontificia Catolica Madre y Maestra University for his excellent work in the Haitian community. He began his university studies in the Dominican Republic. He entered the Pontificia Catolica Madre y Maestra University from 2004 to 2009 where he grad...

In this episode of The One Pebble Podcast, Kristine chats with Glen Just; who currently serves as a missionary in the U.S. with Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ). With over 34 years of experience in global missions, collegiate ministry, event planning, direct discipleship and mentoring, he has served thousands of staff and students around the world and here in the U.S. He is currently working with Family Life, Cru's family ministry, where his focus is ministering to widowers, single dads...

In this episode of The One Pebble Podcast, Kristine sits down with Dawn Clouse, founder of Community Basics in Willmar, Minnesota. Community Basics oversees the Hope For Our City food giveaway; which gives thousands of pounds of food each week to people in the Willmar area and beyond; and the Home to Home Project; which supplies home goods to people who have been through extreme hardship or natural disasters and are starting over. Learn how Dawn has had a huge ripple effect in her community; and...

On this episode of The One Pebble Podcast, Kristine sits down with musician Jeff James. From his adoption at the age of 5, singing his first solo at the age of 6 and getting his first guitar at 15...Jeff's story is one you won't want to miss. Learn how his career started, how he got from Minnesota to Nashville and back, what live looping is, and why he has such a heart for Haiti. To date, Jeff has played more than 5000 shows, and has released nine albums and one live CD. Check out his website an...

In this episode of The One Pebble Podcast, Harris Duininck interviews...Harris Duininck. It's a special episode with grandson and grandfather; 65 years apart and still best friends. Learn about their special bond, the lessons learned both directions and why they started a business together when the younger Harris was nine years old. Check out our Facebook page; find us on Instagram or send us an email at theonepebblepod@gmail.com. You can also watch this episode on YouTube!