"When the light of Jesus comes on in our dark hearts, the darkness must flee!" — Natalie Abbott Today's episode: We want life—real life, lasting life, full life—and this is precisely what what Jesus offers us! Listen in as Natalie Abbott unpacks the metaphors Jesus uses to explain the life he wants to give us. She narrows in on the metaphor of light, helping us see what it communicates about eternal life, victory over sin and death, and the beauty of the Christian life. This is the message of Je...
Dec 02, 2024•24 min
"Our feelings are important. But at the same time, we can't hang all of the weight of our being and our confidence on that, because they're going to vacillate, man. We've got to have something that's rock solid. And that's the Word of God. That's the presence of God." —Carlos Smith Today's Episode: Natalie is chatting with Vera's pastor, Dr. Carlos Smith. It's such a great episode about the love and faithfulness of God. Listen in as they discuss being disappointed by our broken human relationshi...
Nov 27, 2024•43 min
The everlasting love of God frees us from the fear of messing up and from hiding away from him when we do mess up (which is constantly). He's always that warm and loving Father who...even though your "wrecked the car"...says, "I am going to pay for that. My arms are open wide and I will love you regardless." — Natalie Abbott Today's Episode: Do you ever try to earn God's love for you? Or do you doubt his love when you mess up? Well, here's the best news, God's love isn't dependent on you. Today,...
Nov 20, 2024•26 min
"The reality is, we see God's goodness all the time—when we wake up in the morning and there's light streaming in through the window and the rains fall and water the earth—there are these things that are happening all the time that we can miss that are displays of God's goodness and his sustaining grace." — Tina Boesch Today's Episode: You won't want to miss today's episode about the amazing goodness of our God! Listen in as Tina Boesch and Natalie share personal stories of God's goodness. They ...
Nov 13, 2024•50 min
"All of this praise is built on the foundational bedrock of who God is." — Natalie Abbott Today's episode: Has your praise ever felt hollow or empty? On today's episode, Dwell Differently cofounder Natalie Abbott shares about how she initially felt "meh" reading Psalm 100 and our memory verse. She shares how God met her in confessional prayer and used his Word to transform her heart and help her honestly say those words of praise. She also helps us see how God himself and his character must fuel...
Nov 04, 2024•26 min
"Everybody has a 'yes' they can give [to mentor someone]. Give up your time for the good of someone else, then you will...also grow in it." — Courtney Doctor Today's Episode: What does a mentoring relationship really look like? Today Courtney Doctor and Hunter Beless are pulling back the curtain of their mentoring relationship. They are real and deep and rooted in the Word. And they are fun and practical and hilarious, and you won't want the conversation to end! We hope this episode blesses you ...
Oct 30, 2024•44 min
"We have been formed by the world...and we have to be reformed by the way of truth." — Elizabeth Woodson Today's Episode: The world has so much impact on our thought life—on how we think about ourselves, about what matters, about who God is—and so often we just passively allow the world to form us. On this episode, Elizabeth Woodson is urging us not to just passively or thoughtlessly receive what the world is dishing out, but to actively take in God's Word and reform our thinking. She encourages...
Oct 30, 2024•37 min
"I can actually hold on to peace and grief at the same time. I can hold on to peace and disappointment at the same time. I can savor the peace that Jesus offers me because of who he is, not because of what is going on in my life." — Melissa Spoelstra Today's Episode: Looking for real and lasting peace—peace that isn't dependent on perfect outcomes or shifting circumstances? Then stop right here and take a listen. Today Natalie and Vera are chatting with Melissa Spoelstra about peace. She helps u...
Oct 30, 2024•35 min
"When you feel anxious, your body is sending you this signal. Don't just sit in that. Respond. Do something about it. Go to prayer; ask God to help you realign your mindset...Give him the burdens. Go to this quiet special place and start to adjust and recalibrate and do things differently. And when you leave that place, you will be filled with the peace of God." — Debra Fileta Today's Episode: Debra Fileta wants you to take good care of your soul. In today's episode she helps us see how anxiety ...
Oct 23, 2024•35 min
"It grieves me that so many women and men struggle to experience God's presence...Somehow the enemy has fooled us into believing that enjoying [God's] presence, experiencing his presence, hearing his voice, being led by his Spirit, is something that they somehow haven't figured out the formula for." — Jeannie Cunnion Today's Episode: Jeannie Cunnion is convinced that God's purpose for you is to enjoy his presence. On today's episode, she shares how God goes about making himself available, and ev...
Oct 23, 2024•35 min
"In the midst of a world that's not right, we drink from the well—which is Christ—and we have refreshment in a dry and weary land." — Melissa Kruger Today's Episode: How do we find joy? Real, deep joy in joyless circumstances, in dry seasons or dark places? On today's episode, Melissa Kruger walks us through the journey of finding joy. Spoiler alert: joy isn't discovered or mustered, it's given to us when we abide in Jesus. He is the source of all safe and solid joy, not our circumstances. It's ...
Oct 23, 2024•37 min
"Whatever is going to happen—whatever the literal next things are that happen in my life—this symbolic vision of God means that in the end, it's going to be alright. I can trust the God who made time to steward time all the way to its conclusion." — Jen Wilkin Today's Episode: Does the book of Revelation intimidate you? Maybe even scare you a little? Or do you wonder how it could relate to your life in the slightest? On today's episode, Jen Wilkin acknowledges the scary and the weird in Revelati...
Oct 16, 2024•45 min
"When I start to feel anxious about something, I have trained myself to be like, 'What is true? Is this true? Is this thing that you're worrying about...is it true?' And then going to the other passages of Scripture that I have memorized or that I'm familiar with and thinking, 'Okay, what is true? What is true is that God is good. What is true is that God fulfills all of his promises.'" — Elizabeth Hyndman Today's Episode: We are co-releasing today's episode with Lifeway Women's Marked podcast. ...
Oct 07, 2024•40 min
"Right now we can join in that worship and sing out with those angels, 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.'" — Natalie Abbott Today's episode: Natalie is talking about Revelation 4:8b, which tells us, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who is, and was and is to come." It's a peek into the throne room of God and the perpetual worship of his heavenly creatures. Natalie walks us through what this verse tells us about the character of our God, why th...
Oct 02, 2024•23 min
"When you realize God meets us in the pit, that's a way that we can really glorify God, not for what he does, but for who he is." — Vaneetha Risner Today's Episode: So often in our suffering we ask this question, "If God loves me, why did this happen?" On today's episode, Vaneetha Risner (who is no stranger to suffering), encourages us to ask a different question. She reminds us that we are loved by God and therefore should ask, " Because God loves me, why did this happen?" Vaneetha helps us see...
Sep 25, 2024•41 min
"I just want to be faithful because he is so faithful." — Vera Schmitz Today's Episode: How do you hold on to hope? That's what Natalie Abbott and Vera Schmitz are talking about on today's episode. They discuss how easy it can be to lose hope when our hope is placed in our circumstances, our tendency to slowly drift away from God, and his faithfulness to forgive us and restore us when we return to him. They also give us two practical tips for how we can remain faithful over time. It's a great co...
Sep 18, 2024•24 min
"I also give myself permission to dream new dreams for my life and to not be wedded to the dreams from when I was a child...I have the ability to pivot into the story that God is writing and not be insistent on a story that's no longer available...God is on the move in this story right in front of my nose if I have eves to see that." — Katherine Wolf Today's Episode: Everything doesn't always work out the way we hope it will. Certainly, Katherine Wolf's life didn't go as planned. As a new mom in...
Sep 11, 2024•38 min
"This is the hope that we long for: the throne room of God himself. It is a better country, a heavenly one. It is the place we belong. And you have been invited in." — Natalie Abbott Today's Episode: Jesus is our best hope. In him, we've been given access to God the Father. And because this is true, it should profoundly affect our lives. Listen today as Natalie Abbott teaches us how our theology (or what we believe about Jesus) has practical implications for how we live. Hear about how Jesus ful...
Sep 02, 2024•22 min
"Whatever you're anxious about, it's real. Don't feel dumb or ashamed because other people don't deal with the thing you're dealing with in the same way that you're dealing with it." — Vera Schmitz On today's episode: All month long we've been considering the perfect peace of God. And today, we're going to get practical and look at how we can fight for peace when we're anxious by using God's Word. Anxiety is something Vera has struggled with over the years in big and small ways. You won't want t...
Aug 28, 2024•15 min
"The promise of the peace of God is so much greater than we can even comprehend. And the beauty of that promise and the culmination of that promise is the very thing our hearts long for." — Natalie Abbott On Today's Episode: How do we find the peace of God in all circumstances, in our difficult things and in our mundane everyday lives? That's what Dwell Co-founders and sisters Vera Schmitz and Natalie Abbott are discussing today. They talk about their own experiences of God's peace, the full pro...
Aug 21, 2024•23 min
"I was a Christian hiding this secret. " — Scarlet Hiltibidal Today's Episode: Have you ever been eaten up with anxiety? Have you ever found yourself all in a panic? Or have you held on tight to a secret struggle and felt like everything would fall apart if anyone found you out? If so, you're not alone. Scarlet Hiltibidal is a mom, pastor's wife, author, speaker, and someone who struggles with anxiety and panic. She used to try desperately to be perfect and to hide her struggles. But one day, sh...
Aug 14, 2024•39 min
“God is the worker of salvation. God is the one who has done everything for us. And his salvation is good, and it is on offer for all of us.” — Natalie Abbott We all want peace. We need peace! And our verse this month promises just that! It's the very thing God wants to give us and all people for all time. In today's teaching episode, Natalie Abbott shows us how this big promise of peace in our verse is even bigger than it seems at first glance. She helps us understand how God's promised peace (...
Aug 05, 2024•25 min
“I went on this quest where I was like, if there is a God, I guess I should give him a fair shake (or her or them). So I started praying every night...'God if you're there, show me who you are.'" — Natalie Abbott If you've been praying for someone who is far off from God, let this episode be an encouragement to you. Natalie Abbott (Dwell Differently Co-founder) shares her own story of how God transformed her life—bringing light into darkness and life where there was death. She helps us see how b...
Jul 31, 2024•20 min
"If we believed that Jesus only died for a few of our sins, we'd still be living as captive people. But when I first understood that God remembers no more and when he sees me he sees Jesus—that changed everything about how I live, what I believe about the power of the Gospel, and what I share with people." — Rachelle Starr The blood of Jesus is enough to cover every sin—no sin is too big or too insignificant for him to forgive. He paid the full price for everyone who trusts in his saving work on...
Jul 24, 2024•33 min
"The narrative that Satan tells us is that we're unforgiven, we're unforgivable, we're steeped in this, there's no way out. And when you feel that way, that's condemnation. And my encouragement is when you hear those voices that you would respond with what is true—you would respond with some of the verses that we've memorized like...'As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.'" —Natalie Abbott Today's episode: Are you making too much of your sin or too...
Jul 17, 2024•26 min
“No matter what you've done or where you've come from there is a God in heaven that loves you. And he wants to have a relationship with you." — Jake Bodine This month we're focusing on the radical, endless love and forgiveness God offers sinners. Today we're seeing that love and forgiveness through the lens of prison inmates. Jake Bodine, founder of God Behind Bars, shares about the revival happening behind prison walls—inmates all over the country are experiencing the profound forgiveness and f...
Jul 10, 2024•36 min
“If you are walking around right now carrying a heavy burden of shame and guilt, and you feel like there is no way God could forgive you, you are wrong…that sin has already been paid for by the blood of Christ.” — Natalie Abbott Our verse this month is a message we all need to hear again and again. Join Natalie Abbott, co-founder of Dwell Differently, as she unpacks the truth of what God has done for his people and the total forgiveness available because of Christ. As Natalie walks through the b...
Jul 03, 2024•18 min
Today we're resharing one of our most inspiring episodes about how God uses ordinary people to make an extraordinary impact. You won't want to miss hearing Jonathan Almonte’s story. He was born into poverty in the Dominican Republic with no education and no prospects. But God changed the trajectory of his life entirely when a 20-something from Michigan decided to sponsor a Compassion child (Jonathan) instead of buying a new car. So the question we're asking today is this: How can you use what Go...
Jun 26, 2024•27 min
“Are the actions plugged into faith, or are they unplugged? What are we operating out of? Are we operating out of a duty to do these things because that's the right thing to do? Or are we plugged into faith and motivated by the love God has for us to do the things we're called to do?" — Vera Schmitz What's the difference between false religiosity and true religion? That's the question that Natalie Abbott and Vera Schmitz, sisters and co-founders of Dwell Differently, are answering on today's epi...
Jun 19, 2024•25 min
“I would just encourage people to step out and love those people in front of you...you're just trying to impact one by one. And that's all that any of us can do.” — Jenny McGee Join Natalie Abbott as she talks with Jenny McGee, founder of Starfish Project. They talk about Jenny's specific calling to help exploited and trafficked women and girls find freedom, independence, and meaningful work. They discuss the importance of helping just one person at a time and the calling we all have to love the...
Jun 12, 2024•33 min
