Speaking

Joanna Watson is an inspirational Christian author and speaker, with a passion for equipping and empowering ordinary people to encounter God in extraordinary ways. In a world filled with darkness, she seeks to share stories and reflections that show how God’s light, hope and miraculous power break in through the cracks.  

If you would like to invite Joanna to speak at your church, group or other event, please get in touch to invite her.

Joanna is regularly invited to speak at churches, conferences, festivals and other events. She also contributes to podcasts, radio and TV programmes.

She is known for her authentic communication style, her Bible-based teaching, and her inspiring and faith-raising story-telling, whether her audience is live or online.

She loves to encourage as many people as possible to find, stretch and strengthen their faith in Jesus for the impossible – and to see them bring his Kingdom on earth as in heaven.

She speaks on a wide variety of topics, but especially enjoys these ones:

• We are ordinary – but God is extraordinary
• Stopping for the one in front of us
• All-things-miracles
• The power of testimony stories
• Listening to God and hearing his voice
• Persevering in prayer and holding onto prophetic promises
• The reality of the spiritual realm and how to wage spiritual warfare
• Identifying and removing blockages to healing

If you would like to invite Joanna to speak at your church, group or other event, please get in touch to invite her. 

Watch an extract of Joanna, in conversation with the author, evangelist and speaker, J.John, on his flagship show, Facing the Canon, chatting about stopping for the one in front of us:

Watch a short snippet of Joanna preaching live, in a Sunday church service, about the what, why and how of miracles:

Watch Joanna on God TV Together. In one show, she chats ‘all-things-miracles’ with God TV’s UK Regional Director, Fergus Scarfe. In another show, she chats ‘all-things-forgiveness’ with God TV’s Partnership Director, Emma Abbott. In the course of both conversations, she weaves in lots of faith-raising stories of modern-day miracles, together with wise counsel about God’s plans and purposes in working miracles.

Listen to Joanna, in a live conversation for the ‘Inspired‘ podcast series, speaking with Simon Guillebaud, author, speaker and founder of Great Lakes Outreach. In the course of the conversation, she shares how she seeks to live out her faith in everyday life, and weaves in lots of stories of modern-day miracles. She reflects on our need for hope-filled news in a world that seems to be saturated with despair, and why she wrote her book, Light through the Cracks, which Simon endorsed. (You can read his review on the book’s back cover.) She also seeks to answer some of his more difficult questions!

Listen to Joanna, in a pre-recorded conversation for the ‘My Faith at Work‘ series on Premier Christian Radio, speaking with Simon Ward, author, broadcaster and speaker, as a guest on his Sunday morning ‘Worship at Home’ show. During the conversation, she answered some tricky questions, including, “How can miracles can be verified?” and, “What would you say to those who haven’t yet had their miracle?”

Listen to Joanna, in conversation with authors, Joy Margetts and Rachel Yarworth, for the Kingdom Story Writers podcast series. In this episode, about writing ‘Kingdom’ blogs, the conversation covers how and why Joanna’s blog came into being; where she gets her inspiration from; why she believes her blog is a ‘Kingdom’ one; how she builds her blog following; and the advice she might give to anyone wanting to have a go at writing a ‘Kingdom’ blog. If you want to check out her blog, you can do so here!

Listen to Joanna, in conversation with Joy Margetts, author and co-founder of Kingdom Story Writers. In this podcast, Joanna talks about writing real life Kingdom stories, including how and why she came to write her book; the car crash that could have left her dead or paralysed; the rewards and challenges that come with stewarding other people’s stories; some of the practical lessons she has learnt about writing real life testimonies; and all sorts of spiritual insights that she has gleaned along the way!

Listen to Joanna, in a live conversation for the ‘Christian Book Blurb‘ podcast series, speaking with Matt McChlery, author, pastor and singer-songwriter. In the course of the conversation, they cover lots of topics, including how her Christian faith shapes her life, what was involved in writing her book, Light through the Cracks, and why she believes we should be talking more about miracles.

Listen to Joanna, in a live interview for the ‘Faith, Hope and Love‘ show on Premier Christian Radio, speaking with Maria Rodrigues. In it, she shares about how she survived the dramatic car accident that could have left her dead or paralysed, and why she has written her book, Light through the Cracks.

Listen to Joanna, in a live interview for the ‘This Is My Story‘ show on UCB2 Christian Radio, speaking with Ruth O’Reilly Smith. In it, she shares some of her life story, why she has written her book, Light through the Cracks, and what she hopes readers will think and feel as a result of reading it.

Watch Joanna in a live interview on the award-winning Christian TV channel, Revelation TV, chatting with Kurt and Melanie Kettler, as part of the Insight Live programme, about her book, Light through the Cracks, and her blog: