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From Toddlers To Teens: Seeking Independence. With Holly Packiam & Sally - Episode #419
28 mei 2020 · 47 min
Teen years are the making of the child into an adult and the humbling of the parent who realizes they never were in control of their children! But it also makes for forming great adult friendships that will give back to you the rest of their lives. Take heart and a deep breath and expect to see God's grace and provision in new ways--and above all, don't let it get you down. It is a normal process for all of history--the reason Solomon wrote Proverbs to teens, and the means through which many adults become more humble and compassionate for others. Lees meer
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Shadows of Our Lifelong Influence in our Children's Hearts With Clay & Sally - Episode #418
27 mei 2020 · 28 min
I hope you will enjoy the second podcast with Clay and me sharing our thoughts about what we have learned about parenting to reach the hearts of our own four, who love us and love the Lord—all by His grace. We are always putting in something in their lives—we invest thorough the seasons: Lees meer
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Lifegiving Parenting: A Faith & Heart Approach - Episode #417
26 mei 2020 · 32 min
Many of you who have read our books know that Clay and I are very relationship-based in our approach to children. As we looked to Christ for His model in how He reached the hearts of his disciples, so we wanted to develop a close and deep with ours. Yet, I think because every parent wants to do everything right, they often become susceptible to whatever parenting book they get their hands on first, seeking to find a formula for disciplining children. Lees meer
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When Darkness & Doubt Threaten: We Need One Another - Episode #416
25 mei 2020 · 36 min
Often, my children were doubting God, they were doubting because it didn't seem like He was answering prayer, or because other Christians had hurt or disappointed our family or acted without integrity or one of their friends had fallen from faith or adopted an immoral lifestyle. There are many reasons in a world full of temptation, but I think staying close, communicating love, affirming and understanding their questions and speaking forward into their lives is helpful. And of course, pray, pray, pray! Lees meer
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Hold Fast to Love, Laughter & Beauty! This is Your Grace - Episode #415
21 mei 2020 · 21 min
There is darkness in our world, discouragement, confusion. Yes, this is a really crazy time and we are not living as healthy as God intended us to—without regular contact with community, family, friends, church, restaurants, trying to meet all of our own needs alone without the normal interaction of those who used to be our support system. But there is still beauty, people we can love and be loved by, things to laugh at, and places where we still see goodness and God's lifegiving creativity in our daily lives. Lees meer
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The False Myth of a Perfect Life - Episode #414
20 mei 2020 · 21 min
Do you ever feel like just when you are going to have a good day, someone spills something, argues, gets a fever when you were looking forward to going outside? Part of the challenge of life is learning to celebrate the joyful times and learning to live in grace through the times when life is just hard to tame. Lees meer
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Comfort Food and English Movies Come to the Rescue - Episode #413
19 mei 2020 · 38 min
How are you? Most of "my people" are getting restless and cranky and drained to their toes. Lees meer
In now world is this normal life. The seclusion from church, friends, family and normal activity is truly unhealthy at the heart of it. We were made for relationship, work, fun, faith inspiration and ways to have a break once in a while—whatever that means to you.
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Vision: Finding the Righteous Path - Episode #412
18 mei 2020 · 33 min
A mother, living well in her God-ordained role, is of great beauty and inestimable value to the future history of any generation. Her impact is irreplaceable and necessary to the spiritual formation of children who will be the future adults of the next generation. Fun, comfort, humor, graciousness, spiritual passion, compassion for the lost, hospitality, chores, meals, training, life-giving words, hours and hours of listening and playing and praying and reading—all are parts of the mosaic which go into the process of soul development. Lees meer
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Could They Have Known? & I Love Podcasting - Episode #411
14 mei 2020 · 32 min
We know we are called to follow Christ, to take His message to the world, to raise our children to heed Jesus' call. But sometimes I think we fail to consider that following the Lord might mean leaving behind the ordinary and the familiar. It means exchanging a temporal view of life for an eternal goal. And this may mean leaving behind things we really care about--involvements and pursuits that seem important and worthwhile but may not be God's best for us. Lees meer
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Living Whole, Living Healthy With Nicole Field - Episode #410
13 mei 2020 · 44 min
A year ago, my wonderful friend, Nicole, NPT, created a program called "30 Days of Whole Living". I know that stress is slowing me down in my own ideals and practices. I thought it would be encouraging to all of us to talk about a healthy lifestyle today. Nicole has a plan, "7 Days of Whole Living", that helps women make a plan that fits into their lives for healthy rhythms and practices.. Lees meer
Today, we talked about her plan for whole living and what we both do to try to keep ourselves as healthy and strong as possible as a rhythm of life, all the time, every day. The purpose of her own program is to help women and moms, especially, learn different practices of self-care or what both of us call, "Whole. Living"
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Chasing Wisdom: Looking All Around For the Fingerprints of God With Daniel Grothe - Episode #409
12 mei 2020 · 49 min
Drawing upon Scripture and upon his own experience learning from his friend and mentor Eugene Peterson, Grothe shows how our lives can be secured by the resource that will keep us from collapsing under the onslaught of the difficulties of life. Wisdom is available to us. It takes work to pursue it. Chasing Wisdom reveals how. Lees meer
We had a grand time in our interview and I was so very encouraged. I know you will be so inspired by his message.
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Coping With A Sense of Loss: Compassion. for This Time With Holly Pakiam - Episode #408
11 mei 2020 · 44 min
Today, I talked with my dear friend, Holly Packiam. Holly serves as the Pastor of Parenting Ministries at New Life Downtown, and brings her experience as a mother and her training as a counselor to the subject of loss. She shared how this season of being in isolation reminds her of when her kids were 7 and under and it felt impossible to go anywhere, get anything done, or see anyone outside of her family. Lees meer
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Creating a Lifegiving Home, Preparing a Lifegiving Table - Episode #407
7 mei 2020 · 30 min
I hope you will enjoy the podcast today. Greatness is shaped in the hidden moments of life, the repeated rhythms over and over again that shape a life of memories and values in the hearts and minds of our children.
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Finding Peace in the Midst of Stressful Times; Podcast with Kristen and Misty - Episode #406
6 mei 2020 · 37 min
I hope you'll enjoy our podcast today, as we discuss ways to find peace in the midst of stressful times!
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Mothers Are Simply the Best - Episode #405
5 mei 2020 · 26 min
Mothers are the keepers of lives entrusted by God in every generation. This week, I celebrate Mother's day with some personal thoughts and some book giveaways that I hope will further inspire you.
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How Moms Shape Their Boys into Good Men - Episode #404
4 mei 2020 · 32 min
Mama's are my heroes who God uses to shape the destinies of little boys who become men. When a boy thinks his mama is for him, his mama sees a hero in his heart, prays for him, enjoys him, the messages last for life. Nathan, my son, is releasing a new book today that I think will help recapture the imagination of men all over the world to live into their capacity to become Good Men. But I think that mamas can be such an important part to working forward in creating this desire in the heart of her men. Lees meer
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What Do You Do When You Need a Break? A WWK Team Chat Podcast! - Episode #403
30 april 2020 · 47 min
I thought it would be fun to talk a bit about something light— what we like to do, when we need to blow off steam! And so our team gathered over Zoom this weekend to share some ideas. Lees meer
Our podcast is about what we'd do to have fun for ourselves, but here are some ideas for what to do when your kids need to have fun, too!
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The Value of Work, Listening to Truth and Stuff! - Episode #402
29 april 2020 · 47 min
As I look to the needs of children of today, I am convinced they need the same things from their mothers that I needed—and received—from mine. They need not only the gentle touch of a mother's hands, but her focus and her attention on a daily basis. They need a champion and a cheerleader, someone who has the time and energy to give encouragement along life's way and comfort in dark times. They need a directive voice to show them how to live. Lees meer
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Very Important: Take a Little Time for You - Episode #401
28 april 2020 · 22 min
Whatever your personality, be sure you allow yourself the time to be refreshed in a way that is right for you. There is no single, one-size-fits--all formula for how and where that happens, but you need enough time with yourself to determine how and where it will happen for you. But when you take care of your personal needs and make time to invest in your own well-being through this marathon of life, you will live a more sustainable life. Lees meer
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When Storms Come, Walk in The Steps Of One Who Has Gone Before - Episode #400
27 april 2020 · 27 min
When your children walk with you, are they walking with a wise person? Can they look at your seasoned responses, your insightful understanding of people, your fortitude in difficult times as they walk the moments of your daily life? Children watch us, listen to us when we are talking to others, hear us behind closed doors as we talk to our husband, see us in public. Our lives are the walk that our children will imitate. Lees meer
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Parenting By Grace from Toddlers to Teens With Misty - Episode #399
24 april 2020 · 39 min
I hope you'll enjoy today's podcast as Misty Krasawski joins me to discuss parenting our children from toddlerhood through the teenage years!
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Cultivating a Heart to Serve - Episode #398
23 april 2020 · 22 min
Contemplating the hearts of my own children and seeking to teach them about the grace of God, I realize my love and service to them must come before any of my great words, my teaching and training. My time, my attention, my "soft-tickling"--even when I am tired or have other "important" things n my mind--is what builds our relationship and prepares them to listen to what I have to say. Only then, once the wells of their need are filled with the grace of being loved, will my words to them about God's grace finally make sense." Lees meer
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S.D.Smith and the Green Ember Series - Episode #397
22 april 2020 · 48 min
God ordained this friendship and we mark the time we met every year when we all attend Hutch Moot, hosted by Andrew Peterson, and finish our time together at the end of the weekend, eating too much, talking as fast as we can and enjoying the sweet fellowship of families that love one another without expectation or reserve. Lees meer
Sam and I talked about so many things in the podcast today and I hope it encourages you as it did me.
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How Are You Coping? & Some Silliness With Joy & Me- Episode #396
21 april 2020 · 32 min
Today, Joy and I had fun talking and just comparing notes. We shared our restless thoughts, our comforts, our complaints and the funny things happening in our lives. I promised to try to keep podcasts going during this time and we had lots of fun recording this one for you. Lees meer
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Capturing Kid's Hearts for God - Episode #395
20 april 2020 · 39 min
Today, Nathan and I talk about what it looks like to be a good man and how to shape your boys' hearts so that they will grow in their self-image to wanting to be a good man in their generation—a good man who is willing to be a part of bringing God's goodness and light and morality back into a culture that longs to be led and taught. Lees meer
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Choosing to be Steadfast, Strong, Faithful--Worth Pondering - Episode #394
16 april 2020 · 14 min
This is a time for us to act in light of our hope, that He is preparing for us a place where all of life will be redeemed. A time to show others—our families, children, friends, that our hope is sure—not false. It is a time we can write the days of our sequestering as ones of growth, strength, love, beauty because He is "God with us," and He is a rock, immovable, our refuge. Lees meer
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A Heart For Manners: Training to Value Others - Episode #393
15 april 2020 · 29 min
Over the years of our lives, our family hosted hundreds, if not thousands of people. Yet, to make sure each one felt welcomed and cared for meant that we had to prepare our children's hearts, (and our own), to know what to expect, how to treat each who came through the door. It's one thing to want to tell people about Christ. Yet, it is quite another to know how to reach out, start a conversation, put people at ease. Manners are the vehicles through which we act out honoring others, to grant them the respect they deserve as a fellow human being. Manners give the confidence to know how to act towards someone. Lees meer
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Destroying Dragons: No More Living By Guilt - Episode #392
14 april 2020 · 33 min
We can all move forward from where we are--with great hope, because of Him. So, I give you a part of my heart and how I have kept from staying in the mire of guilt and disappointment with myself over the years.
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The Long Term Value of Learning to Wait Patiently - Episode #391
13 april 2020 · 37 min
When a child learns to wait on his mama and on circumstances, he is practicing learning to wait on God--and that is just the person God uses--the one who looks to God and waits expectantly on Him.
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He Takes Up His Cross, and Calls Us to do the Same - Episode #390
10 april 2020 · 12 min
We no longer live for ourselves, but for the glory of Jesus, who bought us with a price, that we might live for Him every moment, every day. Lees meer
I am "the mama," the one who helps right the wrongs, listens to hearts, prays, laughs, gives all of myself, even on a "stormy day" or "stormy season," because it is part of my learned role--to care for those in my charge as Jesus did--even in the midst of the unexpected storms of life like the one we all find ourselves in currently.
This Good Friday, I pray you will know His grace, His love, His help as you join Him by laying your life down. Have a beautiful holy weekend, and a Happy Easter!
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I'm So Sorry For Your Disappointment - Episode #389
8 april 2020 · 6 min
And then it dawned on me as. I was thinking about this. I would love to share in your disappointments. Tell me (in a comment, on Facebook, on Instagram messages) about what disappointment you have had this month. What was cancelled, how are your children disappointed, how have you born the loneliness. Lees meer
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Love Is Expressed in the Tangible Ways We Serve & Sarah Clarkson - Episode #388
7 april 2020 · 36 min
All of the little and big ways you are giving of yourself during this time are gifts of worship of loving God, by being His hands, His words, His time, His love to those around you. Sarah wrote a poem about love given in her own life to her sweet ones, as a sacrifice of her love to them. I know it will touch you as it did me. And of course, we recorded a podcast together I hope you will enjoy. Lees meer
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Harvesting Character by Planting Seeds of Integrity - Episode #387
6 april 2020 · 39 min
Integrity comes from years of practicing living with godly character. Integrity is a lifelong fruit of determining to live faithfully. Christ is the model for what it looks like to have perfect integrity. But integrity brings the reward of living well into your life and watching God faithfully produce eternal fruit through the pages of your story. Lees meer
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The Unstoppable Hope & Power of Returning Spring - Episode #386
3 april 2020 · 19 min
Just when all appears dead and there are no signs of life in the world, daffodils pop up, as if out of nowhere, to proclaim there just may be surprise and life ahead.
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The Lifegiving Home: Inspiration - Episode #385
2 april 2020 · 23 min
There is no one right way to live life in a home. No one size of routine or rules or order fits all. Homes with young children will be quite different from a single-adult home. Elderly adults will order their lives by different life rituals than will single adults, young marrieds, or university students. But the more carefully we plan our days, the better our homes will provide us with freedom and enjoyment as well as purpose and accomplishment. Lees meer
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Redeeming Life in the Midst of Chaos: Cultivating Hope - Episode #384
1 april 2020 · 54 min
Today, Lanier and I talked about the process of living by faith in times of chaos. Moving to a place of restoring is a walk of perseverance and we have both learned this through many seasons of our lives. Lees meer
Chaos often invades our lives when least expect it. The Covid Virus has turned all of our worlds upside down. Yet, having lived through many a heart-breaking disappointment or even just a cancellation to my plans, a loss of control of our lives, I know that waiting on God in faith will show me, in time, that He had never left me, that He was always walking with me through every trial, every season. His faithfulness never fails.
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Giving the Gift of Faithful, Flourishing Friendship - Episode #383
31 maart 2020 · 38 min
In this episode, Sally and Kristen discuss how to impart a love of community and friendship to our children. They encourage moms to model how to serve in friendship themselves, as the first model their families will see, and explain what it looks like to serve in friendship through trust, loyalty, empathy and encouragement. They share how to become an invitation to others in everyday life, and how to teach your children to be a friend through: Lees meer
-Trusting the Holy Spirit
-Training them how to share and live generously
-Teaching them HOW to create community
Ultimately, Sally and Kristen encourage and equip moms to cultivate their own hearts for service and love, while becoming a living example of how to put others first.
Then, they are joined by special guest and friend, Elizabeth Foss who shares her own testimony of trusting God even when we feel weary. Reflecting on her cancer journey and the community knit in her own family mothering nine children, Elizabeth reminds us all that there is nothing that we face that Christ has not also endured. She's also sharing about a special new project that we are excited to share with you called Take Up and Read
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Raising a Good Man With Nathan Clarkson - Episode #382
30 maart 2020 · 33 min
Nathan has always been larger than life and had on his heart the desire to be a hero. We saw Nathan's spirit early on and even while struggling with learning disabilities and an out-of-the-box personality we encouraged Nathan into the story God had for him to tell. We wanted to instill in each of our children the the values of a loving and good God and the belief that they had a work on the world We believed forward into their lives. Lees meer
Which is why I am so excited that Nathan is releasing his first solo book called Good Man, it's a collection of Nathan's stories, thoughts, and insights from his journey of discovering who it was God created him to be.
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Giving Children A Life of Faith - Episode #381
25 maart 2020 · 44 min
One of the most profoundly important gifts we can give to our children is a life of faith, a life of believing God in the small moments of life, the large challenges, a life given to believing in His reality. Without faith, we cannot please God. No works, performance, giving will cover over a lack of faith and faith living. Lees meer
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Harbingers of Happiness: The Ways of LIfegiving Practices - Episode #380
24 maart 2020 · 39 min
Joy is one of my favorite people in the world. Today, we took time to record many of the rhythms, food, practices that we have both been practicing in our home to make it through these challenging days. I hope you will love it as much as Joy and I enjoyed being together across the miles in a FaceTime recording. Lees meer
You can find all things Joy @Joyclarkson.com and you would be so entertained and inspired to connect with her on Instagram @joynessthebrave
Happy Tuesday! We are thinking about you all and praying for you!
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10 Gifts-What Your Child Needs To Know Before Leaving Home - Episode #379
23 maart 2020 · 46 min
In the busyness of our activity-oriented world, it is tempting for us to measure the value of lives by accomplishment or position. Yet, in this time of the covid virus, we are all re-evaluating our priorities. As I look back on the years with my precious children, I found myself seeking to understand how important it was to lay heart foundations, an imagination for living for God, an understanding of truth before I worried about the academic accomplishment of my children. Lees meer
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Feet In The Present, Eyes Toward Eternity - Episode #378
20 maart 2020 · 18 min
Perspective is something I have had to learn about the last many years of my life. In the workaday world, busyness can take over and often I have the illusion that I can control my life. The Corona Virus has taken all of us by surprise and has shaken up our expectations of life. Finances are at stake for many of us, illness, disappointment, confusion. But, I have learned that my God is stable, secure, and loving and He is always in control—even when we do not understand or feel secure. Lees meer
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A Million Ways to Bring Life, Fun, Beauty While You Stay Home - Episode #377
18 maart 2020 · 45 min
On my podcast today, my friends and I came up with countless ideas of the ways we have created and nurtured life-giving memories with our own. I hope our ideas will inspire you.
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Good Food, Good Friends, Good Times to Change the World - Episode #376
16 maart 2020 · 37 min
We wanted to share with all of you what we filled our hearts and minds this weekend and to give some history and encouragement about how such deep friendships are developed over time. Actually, we talked about lots of important things on the podcast and I hope you will find life and encouragement from our time together that might be a light in the midst of a crazy week. Lees meer
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Do Not Fear, for I Am With You - Episode #375
13 maart 2020 · 47 min
Fear, weariness, concern, cynicism, frustration seems to define the mood and emotions of many today. We hear of war and violence, corona virus, financial crisis, devastating storms and tornadoes, moral collapse amongst youth, a loss of faith for many young adults, and we are tempted to tremble in our boots, or to be filled with despair. Lees meer
Yet, scripture speaks to us over and over again about God's desire to protect us, to be present with us, to respond to our prayers, to crush the wicked. Over 80 times in scripture we read, "Fear Not!" and the verse above is one of my favorite "fear not" verses that I learned when I was a very young believer.
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We Are the Picture of Holiness to Our Children - Episode #374
11 maart 2020 · 14 min
Young children are watching, imitating, learning from us every moment of their early life. The attitude we have when we change diapers, the way we talk to our friends, neighbors, husbands, becomes their models for how to speak to others, whether or not we value other human beings. Lees meer
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Loving God By Embracing Biblical Motherhood - Episode #373
9 maart 2020 · 31 min
Motherhood was designed by God to be a role of honor, sacred, to help keep His purposes alive in the world. We must remember that to be a mother who serves God is not simply a choice but a mandate.
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Bored, Restless and In Need of Escape - Episode #372
4 maart 2020 · 16 min
There are times that we all just have to take a break! On our sober club nights, we always do something that we want to do that is just for us--sometimes we even ask friends to join us--go to dinner, a movie, a walk in the mountains, take a drive to see the city lights--music blaring, windows down--just cruising and trying to relax. We do something different--go away from the stress, from the kids. We do not talk about any of the problems or money or stress or ministry. We just relax, have fun, get away and lighten up. Lees meer
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Living Godly in A Messy World: Time for Reflection - Episode #371
2 maart 2020 · 28 min
Psalm 4:3 But know that the Lord has set apart the godly man for Himself; The Lord hears when I call to Him.
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Cultivating A Rich Inner Life Through Reading with Sarah Clarkson - Episode #370
26 februari 2020 · 39 min
"A woman who reads is a woman who knows she must act: in courage, in creativity, in kindness, and often in defiance of the darkness around her. She understands that life itself is a story and that she has the power to shape her corner of the drama."
― Sarah Clarkson, Book Girl: A Journey Through the Treasures and Transforming Power of a Reading Life Lees meer