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219: Loving Samaritans like Jesus Does with Terry Crist

  Terry Crist is a husband, father, pastor, and the author of the new book, “Loving Samaritans: Radical Kindness in an Us vs. Them World“.…

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205: Refuting False Gospels with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode #45)

  On today’s solo show, we are addressing the topic of 7 different false gospels that are alive and well in our day that we…

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October 2021 Scripture Writing Plan: Hosea

  We are wrapping up what has been a great month of Scripture writing covering the Song of Solomon. We have seen God’s view of…

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149: Walking by the Spirit through Family Estrangement with Julie Plagens

  Julie Plagens is a wife, mom of adult children, and author who has experienced the pain of family estrangement. That is what we will…

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138: For When You Feel Like the Worst Mom Ever (Lies Moms Believe Series #4) with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 18)

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

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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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136: Perfectionism, Being Enough, Doing It All – And What the Gospel Has to Say! (Lies Moms Believe Series #3) with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 17)

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

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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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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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Advent Mommy Guilt and the Gospel
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REPOST: Advent, Mommy Guilt, and the Gospel

  What follows is a repost of an article I wrote here on the blog during Advent 2017. ~~~~   Special Advent readings and devotionals.…

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118: Beauty from Ashes with Heather Lobe Johnson

Heather Johnson is a wife, mama, writer, speaker, and podcaster who is passionate about encouraging women with the truth of how the Lord can bring…

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107: Boundaries, Forgiveness, and Loving When it Hurts with Sarah Mae

  Sarah Mae is a wife, mom of 3, host of the Complicated Heart podcast, and author of the new book, The Complicated Heart: Loving…

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105: Walking Through Doubt and Growing in Your Faith (Part 1) 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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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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096: The Plague of the Mommy Wars with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 3)

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: “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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094: Navigating the Working Mom Life (Part 2) with Katie Walters

  Katie Walters is a pastor’s wife, mama to 6 kiddos, serves at her church alongside her husband, Josh, and runs, as founder and CEO,…

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092: Mothering in the Midst of a Pandemic with September McCarthy

  September McCarthy is a wife of 30 years, homeschooling mama of 24 years, has ten children ages 28-8, and is a grandma, as well.…

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082: Cultivating a Beautiful and Soul-Filling Christmas with Victoria Duerstock

Victoria Duerstock is a wife, homeschooling mom, design guru, speaker, coach, and author. Today she is coming on the podcast to share about her brand…

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Book Review Sick of Me by Whitney Capps
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Book Review: “Sick of Me: From Transparency to Transformation” by Whitney Capps

My first introduction to Whitney Capps’ new book “Sick of Me: From Transparency to Transformation” came when I heard her being interviewed on Alli Worthington’s…

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brittany pennel hargraves home and hearth podcast episode 54 thriving with joy through anxiety part 1
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054: Thriving with Joy Through Anxiety Part 1 with Brittany Pennel

Brittany Pennel is a wife, mama, blogger, and Christ-follower who is passionate about encouraging women with the truth that they can thrive with joy even in the midst of anxiety. She joins me on the podcast today to talk about exactly that. What we Chat about in This Episode: ~Brittany’s journey and experience with panic attacks and anxiety ~The positive impact her loving, non-judgmental mother-in-law had…

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Why Pinterest is not the Bane of Your Motherhood (And What Actually Is!)
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Why Pinterest is not the Bane of Your Motherhood (And What Actually Is!)

I’m honored to be guest-posting for my sweet friend Rachelle today. Rachelle is a member of the Lies Moms Believe launch team and has been…

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