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Mentoring With Integrity: Awaking Wonder, Chapter 3 - Episode 518
17 februari 2021 · 43 min
Today, I talk about making your life whole in mind, body, character and actions so that those who listen to you have a virtuous, good, right model to follow. Jesus said, "The student when fully trained will be like his teacher." Those who follow us, and our children who look to us as teacher, call us to become our best selves out of the accountability they hold us to as we model truth in front of them. Lees meer
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Living With The End In Mind: Own Your Life, Chapter 4 - Episode 517
15 februari 2021 · 39 min
Join me on my podcast today as I speak about why we choose to live with our hearts on fire, with our weary souls seeking one more day to worship, to sing, to be alive with His truths. We live with the end in mind, that our stories will be told throughout eternity, that He will wipe away every tear, He cares that we care for the children, friends, husbands He has entrusted into our hands. Lees meer
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Free From Guilt: Living Into God's Unchanging Love - Episode 516
10 februari 2021 · 42 min
This is the fallen world, and we will never be able to control ourselves, our circumstances, our children, or the world the live in. Living in the grace and knowledge that God forgives, knows our limitations, is not surprised or disappointed, but wanting to give us hope is crucial. Of course you have fallen short -- you are a mom and you are human. Lees meer
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Pandemic Fatigue: Joyness the Brave Saves the Day - Episode 515
8 februari 2021 · 36 min
Weariness and just plain sick of the constant day in day out work day inside the walls of our home had drained me. And so Joy, in honor of her name, announced, "Tomorrow night, we shall have a Girl's Spa and Play night. I'll set the menu, the activities, and the entertainment." And so she did. Listen in to hear how we had a fun night in. Lees meer
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Accepting Your God-Designed, Unique, & Distinct Story: Awaking Wonder Chapter 2 - Episode 514
3 februari 2021 · 35 min
We live in a world that values conformity. We want to use our force to make people, and our children, fit into the box. Be good. Be tame. Be moral. Come up with the right answer. Don't bring attention to yourself. And yet, after many years, I learned that who I was was exactly who God formed me to be, and suited my own story well. Live in the freedom of your own design today and cultivate your own life story as you live into your own unique part of His greater Story. Lees meer
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Controlling the Chaos: Own Your Life, Chapter 2 - Episode 513
1 februari 2021 · 45 min
As women, mothers, and wives, it is absolutely crucial that we learn to breathe, relax, and focus and center ourselves on what should be prioritized. Today, I explore the idea of managing the elements that add to the chaos of our lives, and the ways forward to finding peace and centeredness. Lees meer
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Awaking Wonder: Igniting A Passion & Love For Life, Chapter 1 - Episode 512
27 januari 2021 · 38 min
The vision of the heart, the cultivation of wonder, is what empowers all of us, as God's children, to follow Him in faith and purpose. Now is a time to awaken to the wonders around you and to celebrate them with all in your wake.
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Owning Your Life Right Where You Are: Chapter 1 - Episode 511
25 januari 2021 · 44 min
One day at a time, God has helped me to take one step forward, to put my issues into His hands, to live forward by faith into what He was doing, what I was becoming. And now, as I look back, I am beyond amazed at what He has accomplished on our behalf through His generous faithfulness. How important it was, I can see now, that I learned to own my life right where I was, to dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Lees meer
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Most of Life is Waiting: Dance in the Meantime - Episode 510
20 januari 2021 · 18 min
What you choose to believe and cherish, practice and submit to, work at and believe in happens when no one else is looking. These are the glorious days your children will remember—the joy of the meantime, the moments cherished, the memories made at bedtime, table time, birthdays, times of illness. So, who knows what tomorrow or the next day will bring. But what will you do in the meantime? Lees meer
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Keep Calm & Carry On: Own Your Life - Episode 509
18 januari 2021 · 40 min
Many stresses and demands face us as women every day. Needs arise and require our immediate attention, someone needs our love, our time, our help. And yet, I do have to say, I love women. They seem particularly equipped by God to be great lovers, devoted friends, makers of beauty, civilizers of chaos, spiritually grounded and intellectually brilliant. Keep calm and carry on, my friends. Lees meer
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Awaking Wonder: The Shaping of a Whole Life Vision - Episode 508
13 januari 2021 · 31 min
When we seek to disciple our children, it is cultivating in them a vision for their importance to Christ's work, a hope that they are needed to fulfill a kingdom cause--with their unique personality and skills, and then giving them practice in serving others as they grow up in our homes, which are the center of ministry. It is about them watching us serve and being caught up in the beauty of our loving, giving to, serving and inspiring others from the integrity and compassion of our own hearts and lives, that their hearts will be captured. Lees meer
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Sensing God: Getting Faith Out Of Your Head & Into Your Life - Episode 507
12 januari 2021 · 50 min
Sensing God is a discovery of Jesus in all of the sensory points embedded into each of us. It shows how the holiest acts in our daily lives are often the simplest: reveling in the beauty of nature; listening to our favorite music; eating a nourishing meal with family. These are potentially heartbeats of a living faith, and when we learn to recognize and respond to God's goodness in them, it draws us into redemptive participation with Him, the source of all beauty. Lees meer
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Honor: Granting Worth, High Esteem, Deep Respect In All Actions of Life - Episode 506
11 januari 2021 · 48 min
God tells children to "honor their mother and father" and in this command is a practice of showing respect, giving worth, humbling oneself -- in short, practicing seeing the value in another person. When people are valued, valuing God and worshiping Him is already a pattern in the heart. Lees meer
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Living With Deep Intention, Bold Faith - Episode 505
6 januari 2021 · 44 min
What does it mean to live with bold faith? To please Christ, to follow His word and admonitions, to grow every day, to love Him from my heart, to humble myself and confess my need for him and to ask His forgiveness when I fail, to seek to walk in His spirit by faith every day, to live by Truth of scripture, with godly character, with wisdom applied to my life. Lees meer
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Starting The New Year With Words of Hope - Episode 504
4 januari 2021 · 39 min
As we enter a new year, how important it is that we garner hope for our futures, meaningfulness for our daily life and vision for what matters. As I enter a new season of podcasting, I had in mind to journey together through the days of a new year with intentionality and hope. Lees meer
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Sometimes I Get Lost, But I Always Eventually Find My Way Back - Episode 503
31 december 2020 · 46 min
Today, I am providing a podcast that I hope will help and encourage you right where you are. Tomorrow, I will have a blog that speaks directly to the importance of decluttering our souls—taking away the doubts, the guilt, the fears, the stress and making a plan of how to stay close to our precious, loving Father, whatever befalls us during this new year, 2021. Lees meer
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I Need Friendship, Inspiration and Community. Do you? - Episode 502
21 december 2020 · 54 min
As I look back through the years, I realize that what I needed as a young mama and wife is what I still need—friends and community. In this very strange time of unusual isolation and separation from our normal commitments, activities and communities, we have all felt hollow in our hearts. A longing for someone to understand, someone to celebrate life with. Lees meer
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It's All About Your Heart - Episode 501
16 december 2020 · 34 min
God is looking for our heart-love for Him, not our perfection. In the midst of invisibility and times when no one sees or knows what is going on in our lives, the stresses from challenging children, the loneliness of a struggling marriage, the cleaning up of one more mess amidst the crumbs of our life. Yet, God wants to companion us through these places and show us His love. Lees meer
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A Merry Little Christmas, With Joy! - Episode 500
14 december 2020 · 33 min
Most of us are entering into the Christmas season and trying to figure out how to take care of the needs of our loved ones, keep feeding the masses, maintain our responsibilities and stay sane. Yet, there is a part of me, through the years, that has learned to "give in to the Christmas Season." I don't mean the commercialism or being too busy and over committed. But learning to enjoy the gifts given, however simple, the simple celebrations of home, the lights and the mystery of imagination that can be so much a part of the joy of life. Lees meer
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Join us in a fun Event! Sensing God in Advent with Joel Clarkson - Episode #499
7 december 2020 · 46 min
Sensing God is a discovery of Jesus in all of the sensory points embedded into each of us. It shows how the holiest acts in our daily lives are often the simplest: reveling in the beauty of nature; listening to our favorite music; eating a nourishing meal with family. These are potentially heartbeats of a living faith, and when we learn to recognize and respond to God's goodness in them, it draws us into redemptive participation with Him, the source of all beauty. Lees meer
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Cultivating A Good Attitude During Advent - Episode #498
2 december 2020 · 41 min
Long after each year's gifts have been forgotten, if we give to our loved ones a joyful, loving heart, we will have given them a gift that will be with them their whole lives. They will come to us again and again for the "Life" they need to feel, hear and be comforted by during every season. Lees meer
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A Clarkson Christmas Movie - Episode #497
30 november 2020 · 28 min
"Miracle on Highway 34" is a beautiful modern retelling of the nativity set in a small town diner and the characters that find themselves there on Christmas Eve during a snow storm. After such a chaotic and tumultuous year, Nathan is releasing a movie that offers a little bit of hope, love, warmth, and joy. Nathan wrote, produced, directed, and is acting opposite his wife Keelia in the film. He is hoping it will be a blessing to you and your family this year, something that perhaps you can make a memory around. Lees meer
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Shaping Generations With Celebration & Fun - Episode #496
25 november 2020 · 33 min
Our brains and souls long for color, beauty, the crafting of words and ideas, the discipline of conquering a classical piece of music on piano or a contemporary song on guitar. Our palate are made for deliciousness, our longings are for traditions, celebrations with our people in our place done in our way. Lees meer
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Cultivating Resilience: Moving into our Days Strong - Episode #495
23 november 2020 · 40 min
Though many of us cannot be with our families for Thanksgiving, and we are inside our homes with no where to go for reprieve, and we wish the tumult of the election would go away and that Covid would end, we pick up ourselves, we bring beauty to choose, light to darkness and we breath in the peace that He is with us. Lees meer
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A Personal Retreat For Our Wonderful Friends: Advent with Sarah Clarkson - Episode #494
18 november 2020 · 35 min
My dearest friend and daughter has such a perfectly timed surprise for all of us. I can't wait to share about it today with all of you. Sarah has joined me to tall you all about what is ahead that I know will encourage your heart. Here is a message from her. Lees meer
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A Story of a Rose: Bringing Light to a Dark Time - Episode #493
16 november 2020 · 25 min
Our idealism does make us vulnerable. May God give us grace to not be destroyed in the flow of darkness right now but help us to be light givers.
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Modeling Christ to Our Children During Times of Conflict: Leah Boden - Episode #492
11 november 2020 · 49 min
Today, I had the privilege of having a chat with my sweet friend, Leah Boden. Not too long ago she was at my house sharing a "cuppa." So in honor of that time, you see my photo. But today, we had to be quarantined. I loved this podcast and I know you will be encouraged as I was. Lees meer
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Be Gentle With Thyself Today - Episode #491
9 november 2020 · 28 min
God whispered, "Be gentle to yourself today. Don't make this day the one where you get everything done, figure life out, take care of everyone else in the world. Just be still, just rest, just breathe in peace." Truly, it was the message that came to my heart. Lees meer
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Grace For The Day: Election 2020 - Episode #490
4 november 2020 · 22 min
There is this auspicious week where the voting takes place and at this moment, I have no idea what will happen. Yet, when I come into God's presence, when I am still and "know that He is God," somehow He takes me beyond the illusion the this world and what we "think" is happening is of utmost importance, when from His point of view, there are always bigger issues at stake. I want to live in awareness of Him and His eternal and providentially directed ways and not be defined by the human attempts all around me to super impose meaning and value of life where in reality God's purposes are greater and more important. Lees meer
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My Bubble Buddy: Fun With Jaqui: Oxford Chats - Episode #489
2 november 2020 · 43 min
Today, we share all sorts of fun with you. How to initiate and respond in friendship, all about taking time in nature and so much more. I hope many of you will ponder reaching out to someone, or maybe you will hit the ball back to someone who has initiated to you. Or maybe you can serve a ball yourself. :) Lees meer
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Living Through Anxiety with Grace & Hope - Episode #488
28 oktober 2020 · 41 min
I was so thankful to be able to have a conversation with my online friend, Pierce Taylor Hibbs, about anxiety. In this episode, today I talk about some of these issues with him, author of Struck Down but Not Destroyed: Living Faithfully with Anxiety, about ways to move through these issues. We share stories of God's faithfulness and presence, our own growth in compassion, and our responses to God in times of great anxiety and suffering. Lees meer
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Searching for Certainty: Finding God in the Disruptions of Life - Episode #487
26 oktober 2020 · 47 min
I invite you to join us in our podcast today and it is my prayer that our message will give you encouragement but also a pause to think about how to live well into this moment that you have.
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Gifts of Intentional Conversation, Humility, & More! - Episode #486
21 oktober 2020 · 30 min
If you want to equip your children to stand strong for truth, for Christ and for family values that includes a high picture of morality, marriage, sex, the foundations of scripture, world view, then you must gently engage over the years, little by little, day by day. It is best for children to hear about controversial subjects from their parents than on the internet. Lees meer
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Embracing Gentleness In The Midst Of Challenges
19 oktober 2020 · 38 min
Gentleness grows stronger with practice. It comes with humility. It grows as wisdom and takes root in the heart that values the ones she loves. May God grant us to become gentle in our love, that others may see Him through us.
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He Is Waiting For Us In The Hidden Places
14 oktober 2020 · 22 min
God longs for the most personal, intimate relationship with us. While He created us with this in mind, sometimes in the midst of a particularly challenging time, we allow ourselves to drift away from Him. And yet, it is in drawing closer to Him than ever before, in committing ourselves to daily time alone with Him, that we are able to claim our roles as His child. When we let Him meet us where we are, peace will follow. Lees meer
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The Key To True Friendship And Finding Joy
12 oktober 2020 · 41 min
There have been crucial dark moments in my life when I would have floundered or fallen apart if I had not had friends to carry me, to comfort me, to guide me when I couldn't see where I was going. We were created with a yearning for connection, community, and a sense of belonging, a people to call home. Much of our joy is sustained through relationships with people who have chosen to love us, to help us, to be committed. Lees meer
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A Lifegiving Table Is Possible From Anywhere
7 oktober 2020 · 24 min
The secret to cultivating a lifegiving home is not a perfectly balanced life, luxurious home, or a fancy table of food. Instead, it is an open mind, inspired heart, and a deep longing to create stability, no matter the circumstances.
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May Your Words Inspire Life And Beauty
5 oktober 2020 · 35 min
The starting point of your influence is the state of your own heart, mind and soul. If there is purity, wisdom, strength, faith, love and righteousness there, then when you pour out your life, those around you will be blessed indeed.
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The Right Way Will Not Always Be The Popular Way
30 september 2020 · 41 min
In all of our ideals, righteousness is progressive. In other words, we make mistakes, we fail, sometimes we do foolish things because they are so accepted in culture. Sometimes, wickedness jumps after us like Potifer's wife chasing Joseph. And our children learned the concept of fleeing--just drop what will burn you and flee--run immediately away from the temptation. Lees meer
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Mamas Have The Power To Raise Good Men
28 september 2020 · 39 min
These days, it seems we're constantly faced with another example of an influential man using his power for evil, living without morals or care for others, or maybe even one who chooses to look the other way when confronted with another man's bad behavior. Now more than ever, we need good men in this world, men who live a life dedicated to goodness, heroism, protecting those in need, and love. Lees meer
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Cultivating Deep Friendships Through Teatime Discipleship
23 september 2020 · 28 min
We all long for kindred spirits — those with whom we could spend hours dreaming, laughing, and sharing our heart's troubles. But many people I know struggle to find those kindred spirits. Living our busy lives, we hope that lifelong friendships will fall into our lap, or come knocking at our front door. But over many years of struggling with loneliness myself, I've found that the best way to cultivate a true, deep-rooted friendship is to commit to seeking them out, intentionally going out of our way to invite a new friend over for a cup of tea and a deep discussion. Lees meer
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24 Family Ways: Loving God By Loving Others
21 september 2020 · 54 min
At this time in history, where very little is considered sacred or holy, we must seek diligently to create not just knowledge of what the word holy means, but to place tangible practices in our lives where we and our children come to learn that some things are sacred and set apart and deserve our reverence and worship. Lees meer
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Trusting God When Your World is Falling Apart With Ruth Schwenk - Episode #476
16 september 2020 · 45 min
Anyone who is seasoned in their faith has become used to trials, difficulties and hard times. Yet, it is how they responded to their stress and challenges that makes them worthy to follow.
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Faithful: The Secrets of a Blessed Life - Episode #475
14 september 2020 · 23 min
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Awaking Wonder: Resist Conforming to Worldly Patterns, Follow the Jesus Way & With Jamie Martin - Episode #474
8 september 2020 · 39 min
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Refresh, Restore, Relax: Life is a Marathon - Episode #473
7 september 2020 · 37 min
We are all human beings—fragile—and limited. We need to take time to refresh, relax and restore. From time to time, when my four were much younger, and I had pushed them to their limits during the day without a nap, too much activity, beyond their bedtime, too much sugar, and sometimes with lots of over-stimulation, bedtime would be impossible. Lees meer
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Awaking Wonder: Giving the Gift of Faith & Cookies - Episode #472
3 september 2020 · 28 min
Today, on my podcast, I will read a portion of Awaking Wonder, that gets to the heart of this message. This world is hostile to the gospel love and message of Jesus, in general. But each person you see was made to know God. As we get to know Him, our hearts will change. He will fill us with His love, His generosity, a willingness to lay down our lives, our pride and to humbly reach out to others. Lees meer
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Awaking Wonder: Beauty Ignites A Desire to Learn - Episode #471
1 september 2020 · 19 min
Awaking Wonder, for us, was often simply opening our eyes to the beauty around us, then diving into whatever that beauty caused us to wonder about!
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Finding a Way Forward: Misfits in Storms of Life - Episode #470
31 augustus 2020 · 34 min
Feeling like a misfit is also something I have dealt with for many years. I am an idealist and passionate about living life purposefully in a world that is violent, relentless, filled with conflict and argumentative. This drains me to my toenails. And yet, from feeling this way before, I know that I am in good company—Job despaired of his life while being one of the godliest men on earth, same with Elijah, Jeremiah and more. Lees meer
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Home Sweet Home, The Place That Holds and Embraces Me
27 augustus 2020 · 20 min