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139: God’s Word and Our Hard Seasons with Bethany Beal

Bethany Beal is a wife, mom, author, speaker, YouTuber, and podcaster, with a passion to reach out to women with truth and encouragement for their…

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137: How God Equips us for His Call with Jess Connolly

  Jess Connolly is a church planter’s wife, mom of 4, ministry leader, author, speaker, and a woman determined to encourage and inspire fellow women…

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135: How God Redeems Our In-Between Places with Kat Armstrong

Kat Armstrong has been emboldening women to be all-in for Jesus for twenty years as a speaker, Bible teacher, author, and podcast host. She is the…

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134: An Introduction to Early Church Mothers (Part 2) with Emilie Cubino

Emilie Cubino is a wife, mom, graduate student, business owner, and writer who is passionate about church history. Today she comes back on the show…

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131: Motherhood, Identity, and a Woman’s Highest Calling (Lies Moms Believe Series #1) with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 15)

On today’s solo podcast episode, I am kicking off a series based on my book, Lies Moms Believe (And How the Gospel Refutes Them) with…

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Seven Lessons I have Learned in (Nearly) Seven Years of Marriage, A Guest Post for Cultivating Jewels

My sweet friend Amber Durgan recently invited me to write a guest post on the topic of marriage for her blog. Here is what I…

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130: Help and Hope for Those Walking Through Eating Disorders with Amber Durgan

Amber Durgan is a wife, mama of two, blogger, and co-author author of two books. Her heart is for encouraging and equipping women to build…

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128: Myths, Stereotypes, and Truths about Biblical Womanhood with Bethany Beal

Bethany Beal is a wife, mom, author, speaker, YouTuber, and podcaster, with a passion to reach out to women with truth and encouragement for their…

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126: The Pastor’s Wife Life with Karen Stiller

Karen Stiller is a minister’s wife, mom, writer, editor, and author of the new book, “The Minister’s Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Doubt, Friendship, Loneliness,…

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This Is War: Battling the Idol of Technology, A Guest Post By Chelsey DeMatteis

I’m thrilled to have my friend Chelsey DeMatteis guest posting for me here on the blog today. You may remember her as a guest on…

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120: Answering the Question, “Was Jesus Nice?” with Blake Guichet

Blake Guichet is a wife, girl mom, writer, and host of The Crappy Christian Podcast. She recently took to Instagram to address the topics of…

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What would Cause a Strong and Devout Christian to Doubt her Faith?: ZOEgirl Singer, Alisa Childers, Shares her Story

    I’m delighted to have Alisa Childers guest-posting on the blog today to share her story with us. Alisa, author of the soon-to-release book…

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117: The Involvement of Women in the Ministries of Jesus and Paul with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 8)

Rebekah Hargraves is the host of the Home and Hearth Podcast, which, up until recently, has always been mostly an interview-style podcast. Now, however, she…

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Book Review: “Modern Parents, Vintage Values: Instilling Character in Today’s Kids” by Sissy Goff and Melissa Trevathan

    I’ve already read many a parenting book in my going-on six years of parenting, but not one have I found to be as…

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Book Review: “Stand All the Way Up: Stories of Staying In It When You Want to Burn It All Down” by Sophie Hudson

Ok, guys, if you are already familiar at all with Sophie Hudson (and if you’re not, you’re in for a treat!), then you know she…

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106: Walking Through Doubt and Growing in Your Faith (Part 2) with Robin Dance

  Robin Dance is a wife, mother, longtime blogger for In(courage) and other sites, and author of the new book For All Who Wander: Why…

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A Spirit-Led Approach to Dealing With Anger and Conflict ~Guest Post by Alonda Tanner

I’m delighted to have my sweet friend, Alonda ‘Lo’ Tanner joining me on the blog today! Her message is such an important and timely one,…

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104: Raising Dreamers for the Glory of God with Shelia Erwin

Shelia Erwin is a wife, Bible study teacher, mom to the Erwin Brothers, and author of the brand new book, “Raising Up Dreamers: Find…

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097: Making Much of Christ with Chelsey Dematteis

  Chelsey Dematteis is a wife, a mama, host of the Living with Less Podcast, and devotional writer for IBelieve.com. Her passion and mission are…

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5 Ways to Cope with Criticism as a Church Leader ~A Guest Post by Maggie Wallem Rowe

I recently shared on my Instagram that I thoroughly enjoyed Maggie Wallem Rowe’s new book, This Life We Share: 52 Reflections on Journeying Well with…

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Book Review: “Grace Looks Amazing On You: 100 Days of Reflecting God’s Love” by Amy Seiffert

When the opportunity arose to review Amy Seiffert’s brand new devotional, Grace Looks Amazing On You: 100 Days of Reflecting God’s Love, I had no…

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