Hello and welcome to the very first episode of the Home and Hearth podcast!!! I am so excited that this day is finally here and that I can begin sharing with all of you the amazing interviews I’ve had the pleasure of recording these past several weeks.
First up, we have my chat with my dear friend from church, Angela Parsley. Angela is an absolute gem. Though she has struggled with an oftentimes debilitating chronic illness for nearly half her life, she nevertheless is always seeking to serve those around her and to minister to them with the love of Christ. She truly inspires me!
How You Can Listen to the Podcast:
~Here on the blog
~on iTunes
~on Stitcher
~on TuneIn
~on the Podcast Addict App
What We Chat About in This Episode:
~What Angela’s chronic illness is, how long she has had it, and how it affects her daily life
~The impact her chronic illness has had on her walk with the Lord
~Lessons the Lord has taught her through her illness and particular Scriptures that have been of the most help and encouragement to her
~Advice and encouragement for folks who are struggling with chronic illnesses and dealing with the “Why Me?” question
~What the best and worst things are that we can say to folks we know who have chronic illnesses
~Ideas for how we can best serve the people around us with chronic illnesses
~The concept that we are all “walking parables”
~And more!
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty by Joni Eareckson Tada
Being There: How to Love Those Who are Hurting by Dave Furman
Everyday Grace: Infusing All Your Relationship with the Love of Jesus by Jessica Thompson
Look and Live: Behold the Soul-Thrilling, Sin-Destorying Glory of Christ by Matt Papa
Where you can find Angela online:
Blog: Refresh My Soul
Twitter: @refreshmysoul
E-mail: angela@refreshmysoul.com
To Leave a Rating and Review on iTunes:
Have you been encouraged or inspired by today’s episode? If so, could I ask a little favor? If you could leave the podcast a rating and review in iTunes, that would be amazing! The more ratings and reviews a podcast receives, the more iTunes shows that podcast to other folks searching for shows to listen to, so by leaving me a rating and review, you truly are partnering with me in this podcast ministry to encourage and help as many women as we possibly can. Thank you so much for taking the time to do that! Here’s how:
If you’re on your computer:
- Access iTunes on your desktop and type Home and Hearth in the search box on the upper right hand corner.
- Click on the podcast photo when it comes up
- Click on “Ratings and Reviews” beneath the podcast title
- Under “Customer Reviews”, click on “Write a Review”
- Click on how many stars you want to rate the podcast and then write out your review and click submit
- You’re Done! Thank you so much!!
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- Click on the reviews button near the top middle of the screen
- Scroll down a bit, if needed, until you see “Write a Review” and click on that
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How You Can Listen to the Podcast:
~Here on the blog
~on iTunes
~on Stitcher
~on TuneIn
~on the Podcast Addict App
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