Last week we started a new series but we felt that in light of all that has occurred in the country after the election, it made sense to have a sacred pause. So we’re doing just that to talk about how we’re experiencing this moment and why we will never apologize for hoping for a better and more just culture. Scripture tells us to be aware of the schemes of the enemy so we will look at the enemy’s hatred for women and hopefully name some of the ways you may have experienced that in the last week...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Today we’re starting one of several episodes about the way feminine prophetic imagery is used in Scripture. It’s something we can skip over or presume shared understanding. Today we’re taking an opportunity to step back and look at an overview of prophetic imagery. We’re looking at some of the ways it may have tripped us up in the past and why we think it’s so powerful that these images are included in Scripture. To dig in to the other episodes referenced, check out: Lady Wisdom | Season 2, epis...
Nov 06, 2024•36 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Welcome to season 4! We appreciated the hiatus, make sure to check out our Instagram for a look at what we each did during the break, and we are so excited to be back with all of you for a new season of finding our place in God’s story. As we begin season 4, this episode will be released during the final week before the 2024 presidential election. We know this has been a tumultuous and anxious time for our country and for most of us, so today we’re digging into a little-known story of a princess...
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 1
This is the final episode in our series for the month of June called “What do I know her from?” that digs deeper into the back story of an important woman in scripture that you may have vaguely heard of but don’t know her full story. It’s our last weekly episode before we pause for a summer hiatus. Today we’re digging into the story of Priscilla. Priscilla was a significant teacher in the early church. She serves as a reminder for us of the power of a theologically astute woman to shape culture ...
Jun 26, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 21
We are continuing our series for the month of June called “What do I know her from?” We’re doing weekly episodes that each dig deeper into the back story of an important woman in scripture that you may have vaguely heard of but don’t know her full story. Today we’re talking about Huldah, a minor but crucial prophet for the kings of Israel. Her faithful worship of Yahweh allows her to lead a rare reform in Israel and to give the people a season of peace and union with God. Her story has so much t...
Jun 19, 2024•47 min•Season 3Ep. 20
We are excited to continue our series for the month of June called “What do I know her from?” We’ll be doing weekly episodes that each dig deeper into the back story of an important woman in scripture that you may have vaguely heard of but don’t know her full story. Today we’re digging into the story of Rahab. Rahab is often identified solely through her profession as a prostitute. We’ll look at the fullness of her story as a woman of audacious leadership who sacrifices much in her allegiance to...
Jun 12, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 19
We are very excited to start a new series today for the month of June called “What do I know her from?” We’ll be doing weekly episodes that each dig deeper into the back story of an important woman in scripture that you may have vaguely heard of but don’t know her full story. Today we’re starting with sisters Leah and Rachel. They are known for their rivalry, but that conflict arose from generation patterns of deceit and competition that got passed onto them. Their story is powerful and interest...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 2 min
We are excited to announce a special series for the month of June called “What Do I Know Her From”? Each week we’ll be digging into the story of a woman in scripture that you may have vaguely heard of, or perhaps have heard her name a lot, but have never actually dug into her full story. For the next 4 weeks we’ll uncover the back stories of women that made big contributions to the history of God’s people and give them the flowers they deserve. We’ll be learning about Rahab, sisters Rachel and L...
May 29, 2024•1 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Today we’re synthesizing what we’ve been talking about in our last few episodes on the Babylonian exile and the rise of religious imagery and spirituality in pop culture, by discussing New Age spirituality. Things like astrology, manifesting, witchcraft and spells have become increasingly mainstream in the US, particularly among women. These type of practices are not new so we’ll be looking at some passages from the prophets that discuss these forms of spirituality and what drives them. We belie...
May 15, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 16
It’s an election year, which means culture wars are especially heightened. Women are often the target or the most impacted by reactionary rhetoric. Including most recently Taylor Swift with her new album release, so we’ll talk about what’s eliciting the controversy and some of our thoughts on interpreting The Tortured Poets Department. In a time when everything solicits a reaction, what does it look like to walk as faithful women? Read along with us: Rom. 12:14-21 To dig in to the other episodes...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Today we’re continuing to dig into our themes from our last episode about what the period of the exiles in Babylon can teach us about breaking generational patterns and how they can speak to Gen Z and all of us. Last time we talked about the fiery furnace, today we’ll discuss a few more aspects of the time in Babylon, jump to Esther a generation later, and look at the lasting legacy that bore fruit in the time of Christ and beyond. These generations remind us that even in the midst of great dark...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 14
It’s a been a minute since we’ve had an episode that was solely scripture study, so today we want to dig into some specific passages about the generation in the Old Testament that lived through the Babylonian exile. They have a lot to teach the Church and Gen Z about what it looks like to inherit a society and a Church in ruin, and how to invite the Lord to join you to give you a future and a hope. Today we’re looking at the young exiles in the book of Daniel, and in our next episode we’ll be lo...
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Today we’re talking about a timely topic of women in sports. Last episode we talked about stepping outside of rigid understanding of femininity and gender roles and the rise in popularity of women’s athletics is a great way to continue that conversation. Women’s sports have never been better so it's a great time to shine a light on them! We’ll talk about how we got here, the valuable leadership girls and women learn through sports, the cultural impact, and how we can join the revolution. Scriptu...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Today we’re talking about a phenomenon seen most clearly in online content but reflecting a broader societal trend. We’re talking about the “soft girl era” and “tradwives” aka traditional wives. There’s something about it that’s appealing to younger women, in particular, and painting traditional gender roles in a new aesthetic and often deceptive light. We’ll talk about what paved the way for this trend, what good we can find in this, and the dangers of blindly accepting this as a harmless niche...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Last week we shared a very exciting recording with a live audience at the Jubilee Conference. We’re joined by Pastor Ashley Anderson, Missions Pastor at Church of the City, New York where she is part of the teaching team and leads ministries that partner in the spiritual, social, and cultural renewal of NYC. We’re also joined by Laura Leigh Turner who is a Broadway performer, podcast host of Living in the Light, and founder of a women’s ministry organization The Rise Collective serving women of ...
Feb 29, 2024•15 min•Season 3Ep. 10
This week we’re doing a very exciting recording with a live audience at the Jubilee Conference. We’re joined by Pastor Ashley Anderson, Missions Pastor at Church of the City, New York where she is part of the teaching team and leads ministries that partner in the spiritual, social, and cultural renewal of NYC. We’re also joined by Laura Leigh Turner who is a Broadway performer, podcast host of Living in the Light, and founder of a women’s ministry organization The Rise Collective serving women o...
Feb 21, 2024•43 min•Season 3Ep. 9
February is Black History Month, an important and special season but one that can be viewed with suspicion or cynicism. Across racial lines, this month can have complicated perceptions. It is also often commodified by corporations and organizations in ways that can feel performative and hollow. So today we want to dig into the good intent of what Black History Month is about, the hard but powerful opportunity it creates for all of us, and the biblical basis for telling complicated stories with r...
Feb 07, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 8
When we talk about the role of women in the world and in the Church, for Western Christians many of us too often root that in our own experience. Today we’ll be talking about seeing God’s invitation for women from a global perspective. We’re joined by our friend Laura who works with MAPS Global. MAPS Global is a missional family that exists to pray, preach and sing in the most unreached regions of the earth until every nation sees and sings of the worth of Jesus Christ and the Great Commission i...
Jan 24, 2024•57 min•Season 3Ep. 7
The patriarchs of our faith are often talked about but today we’re digging deeper into one of the matriarchs, Sarah. Sarah is often seen solely for who she is married to, but she is listed individually as a hero of the faith in Hebrews. We’ll look at the complexity and deep faithfulness that marked her life. Read along with us: Gen 17:15-22, 18:1-15, 21:1-7 Hebrews 11:11-12 Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @excavatepodcast To support the podcast on patreon visit: www.patreon.com/excavatepodca...
Jan 10, 2024•49 min•Season 3Ep. 6
To ring in the new year we are so happy to be welcoming Desirae Endres, host of the podcast Minimal-ish to join us today! As we think about starting 2024 we may have goals for cleaning and decluttering our spaces, using our time more wisely, and generally being more intentional about how we use our resources. If we’re not careful, those goals can quickly pile up and become a burdensome new list of expectations. That’s why we’re so excited to hear from Desirae today, who is an expert at getting t...
Jan 03, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 5
For our final episode of 2023, we’re compiling a “best of” books and movies by female storytellers from the year. Jamie is an avid reader and Heather is a film enthusiast, so we’re sharing some of our favorite content we read and watched. In light of our recent episodes about Taylor Swift and the value of storytelling and creating by women, we thought we’d give you some next steps for where else to look in elevating and celebrating what women make. It was a great year for women, we’ve got lots o...
Dec 20, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 4
For today’s episode we want to focus on the themes of Advent and Christmas by taking some time to look at the story of Mary. The incarnation gives dignity to the human body that God called very good and it also brings a particular honoring to the body of women. We’ll dig into the significance of an embodied spirituality as illustrated by Jesus’s coming, as well as the protections God puts in place for Mary to insure that she is believed and supported by her partner, Joseph. Dig into these import...
Dec 13, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 3
This week there was just too much to cover in talking about Taylor Swift for only 1 episode, so this is a second release deluxe episode, bonus content, from the vault! In our first episode we didn’t get to dig into the significance of her re-recorded albums and the cultural impact they’ve had, or the phenomenon that has been the Eras Tour. So today we’re digging into all the extra material that didn’t make the first episode, and discussing what Taylor has to teach the Church about creating meani...
Dec 06, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Welcome to season 3! We’re starting back by discussing the topic that’s dominated the news cycle and frankly all our personal attention here at Excavate, the year of Taylor Swift. Over the course of the Eras Tour, 2 more re-recorded albums, of course a very high profile break-up and new relationship, Taylor Swift has never been bigger. We have both been fans of hers for a long time, which means a lot of years of identifying and dismantling our own internalized misogyny, having countless heated c...
Nov 29, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 1
This week we’re closing out our Summer Shorts series and Season 2 discussing a significant moment in the early Church that illustrates a profound care for widows. The apostles respond to marginalized women who speak up in a remarkable way that still provides a much-needed model to the modern Church. This story also illustrates the role that conflict and Godly resolution can play for church growth. Don’t miss this overlooked but powerful story in Acts! Read along with us: Acts 6:1-7 Follow us on ...
Jul 26, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 32
In this episode we’re taking on an infamous story about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the fate of Lot’s wife. This is a story that reveals the dangers of not obeying the commands of God and of being overly fixated on the past. Yet we also frequently malign Lot’s wife and reduce the event to her being disobedient and foolish. Today we want to dig into what they were all experiencing that day in Genesis, and what this story can tell us about the process of moving forward. Let’s dig in...
Jul 19, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Today we’re continuing in our summer shorts and looking at an important matriarch you’ve probably never heard of. We know about Sarah, Leah and Rachel, but we rarely talk about Asenath, the wife of Joseph in the book of Genesis. Their two sons take on a big legacy in the history of Israel, yet her contribution to the people of God has been considered controversial. There’s a lot to uncover about this hidden matriarch, let’s dig in. Read along with us: Gen. 41:45, 50-52 Gen. 48:5 (also 48:11-22) ...
Jul 12, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Today we’re continuing in our Summer Shorts series with Job’s daughters. We’ll take a second look at the book of Job overall and perhaps a perspective that puts Job’s daughters in a fuller picture. We’ll also look at how Job names his daughters and what that might say about his encounters with God, our experiences of loss and suffering, and the hope God can give us for new chapters. Read along with us: Job 9:33-35 Job 19:25 Job 42:14-15 Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @excavatepodcast To sup...
Jun 28, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Today we’re continuing in our Summer Shorts series and looking at the mention of the servant woman, Rhoda, in the book of Acts. She is mentioned within a bigger story and her role has often been laughed at and she is seen as silly or flighty. But when we take the time to look more closely, there is so much to uncover about equity and discipleship, belief and hope, and the power of overwhelming joy. Read along with us: Acts 12:6-17 Shop our Excavate merch store https://excavatepodcast.myshopify.c...
Jun 21, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 28
We’re kicking off a summer series reflecting on the short phrases that might be easy for modern readers to miss. As all of our routines are changed a bit over the summer, we thought it would be a fun time to dig into a few short mentions of women in Scripture that didn’t make it into full length episodes. We’ll be taking some time to slow down and reflect on the way these women can speak to us even with minimal words. Today we’re going to look at two early leaders recognized by Paul in a list of...
Jun 14, 2023•24 min•Season 2Ep. 27
