In this week’s episode, Hunter is chatting with Blair Linne about learning to pray. They talk about what prayer is, remind us of the heart of the God we are praying to, and offer some helpful encouragement for those who are looking to grow in their prayer life. Prayer is, simply put, communicating with God. And we pray that in this episode you will find both rich encouragement and practical helps that will spur you on in your communication with and intimacy with the Father. FULL SHOW NOTES SERIE...
Apr 01, 2024•50 min•Season 18Ep. 5
In this episode, Hunter chats with Megan Hill about how to love and serve your local church. We talk a lot about the local church here at Journeywomen, and this conversation provides an even deeper dive into our heart for the church. Megan shares about the importance of the church in our personal sanctification, as well as in our evangelism and our witness to the watching world. We pray that this episode encourages you to invest deeply in your own local church, and that it reminds you of the bea...
Mar 25, 2024•44 min•Season 18Ep. 4
In this episode, Hunter chats with Glenna Marshall about the practice of Scripture memory and meditation. This is a topic they are both deeply passionate about, which makes it such a fun episode to listen to! They chat about the “why” of Scripture memory as well as some very practical “how”s for burying Scripture in your mind. We pray that as you listen, you will be encouraged to hide God’s Word in your heart! FULL SHOW NOTES SERIES RESOURCES SPONSOR RESOURCES DISCUSSION QUESTIONS How has God us...
Mar 18, 2024•56 min•Season 18Ep. 3
In this week’s episode, Hunter is chatting with Colleen McFadden about studying the Bible. Colleen is an incredible Bible teacher, and she is sharing some simple and helpful tips that will help you approach your Bible study with more confidence and excitement. Hunter and Colleen talk about how to read the Old Testament and the New Testament, how to see Christ throughout Scripture, how to understand context and cross-references, and—most importantly of all—how to meet God in the pages of his Word...
Mar 11, 2024•43 min•Season 18Ep. 2
In this episode, Hunter is chatting with Elizabeth Woodson about the basics of the gospel and its application to everyday life. They explore the key elements of the gospel, including God's creation of man, humanity's fall into sin, Jesus' redemption, and the promised hope of consummation. This conversation is full of rich insights about the goodness of the gospel and what it means to love God and live out the gospel in all seasons of life. We hope it encourages you to more fully understand the g...
Mar 04, 2024•44 min•Season 18Ep. 1
Today we’re talking with Hunter’s pastor, Trey Richardson, about journeying as chosen exiles toward our heavenly home. Trey is married to one of Hunter’s lifelong best friends, Kristen, and together they have three kids. You can find out more about Ozark Baptist church at OzarkBaptist.church . This conversation with Trey brings our Rest for the Weary series to an end! We pray it’s encouraged you to work from the rest Christ achieved for us as you go about the work God has given you within the fo...
Dec 04, 2023•59 min•Season 17Ep. 12
Today we’re chatting with Ruth Chou Simons about how the character of God meets us in our weariness and brings us true and lasting rest. If you don’t know her, Ruth Chou Simons is a Wall Street Journal bestselling and award-winning author of several books, including GraceLaced ; Beholding and Becoming ; and When Strivings Cease . Today we’ll be discussing her brand new book, Pilgrim: 25 Ways God’s Character Leads Us Onward . As you’ll hear, Ruth is an artist, entrepreneur, and speaker, using eac...
Nov 27, 2023•52 min•Season 17Ep. 11
In today’s episode we’re chatting with Maryanne Challies Helms about how to glorify the Lord even in the midst of what we might consider to be the “mundane” everyday work of life and ministry. Maryanne is a wife and mother of four. Maryanne embodies so well what it looks like to faithfully live as a Christian, especially in the current online spaces, which we talk about some in this episode! We pray this episode encourages you to see your work—even if it is ordinary or mundane—as beautiful unto ...
Nov 20, 2023•47 min•Season 17Ep. 10
Today Dai Hankey is bringing some gospel grace to our weary souls. If you don’t know him, Dai is a church planter in Cardiff, Wales, and the founder of Red Community, a Christian charity that fights human trafficking. He is the author of Hopeward: Gospel Grace for Weary Souls . Speaking from a personal experience of burnout, Dai will come alongside those of us who feel weary to explore what it looks like to lean on Jesus and to enjoy his rest. We pray this episode encourages you to find your hop...
Nov 13, 2023•47 min•Season 17Ep. 9
Today we’re talking to with our friend Melissa Kruger about how to have hope in the hard moments of life. We pray this episode encourages you to look to the Lord in whatever hardship you’re facing today. Melissa Kruger serves as vice president of discipleship programming for The Gospel Coalition (TGC). She’s the author of multiple books, including The Envy of Eve: Finding Contentment in a Covetous World , Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood , Growing Together: Taking Mentoring Beyond Sm...
Nov 06, 2023•46 min•Season 17Ep. 8
Today we’re talking to Jamie Dunlop about one of the things that we can all probably say contributes to weariness in our lives: dealing with difficult people. Instead of running away from the relationships that drive us crazy, Jamie encourages us to pursue unity in Christ and to build genuine friendships across all of our differences as an opportunity to display the power of the gospel. Jamie serves as Associate Pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC, and is the author of Love t...
Oct 30, 2023•47 min•Season 17Ep. 7
Today we’re chatting with Jessica Mathisen about serving in the seasons in which you feel like you need to be served. We pray this conversation encourages you not to become weary in doing good, knowing that at the proper time, we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. If you don’t know Jessica, she lives outside of Atlanta with her husband and three kids. As a writer, Bible teacher, podcaster, and coach, her passion is to communicate God's love to others through words and relationships. She h...
Oct 23, 2023•50 min•Season 17Ep. 6
Today we’re sharing a conversation with Emily Jensen where she shares some much-needed encouragement for those who are feeling weak! If you don’t know her, Emily is the co-founder and content director at Risen Motherhood, co-author of the Risen Motherhood book, and author of a new book called He Is Strong: Devotions for When You Feel Weak . We pray that this conversation serves to bolster your faith in the One who is truly your steadfast foundation amidst all the challenges of life. FULL SHOW NO...
Oct 16, 2023•54 min•Season 17Ep. 5
Today we’re talking to Kristen Wetherell about where we can look to for hope and help when our souls are weary. Spoiler alert—it’s the one place we talk about all the time here at the Journeywomen Podcast: God’s Word. Kristen’s newest book, Help for the Hungry Soul shares eight encouragements to grow your appetite for God's Word. We pray that this episode will stir your affection for God’s Word and that it will encourage you to look to Scripture as your help in the midst of seasons of weariness....
Oct 09, 2023•48 min•Season 17Ep. 4
Today we're talking to Jen Wilkin and JT English about how our theology—or our understanding of God—influences our everyday life and ministry. This conversation is full of insights that will meet you right where you are in whatever work the Lord has set before you today! Jen Wilkin is an author and Bible teacher who is passionate about seeing others become committed followers of Christ who are grounded in the Word of God. JT English is the Lead Pastor at Storyline Church, the author of several b...
Oct 02, 2023•53 min•Season 17Ep. 3
Today we’re talking to my friend Missie Branch about what to do when you feel like a failure in the work the Lord has set before you, and what true success actually looks like. Heads up, it might not look how you expected! If you don’t know her, Missie serves as vice president of community engagement for Life Collective, Inc. She is a graduate of Southeastern Seminary with a master’s in ethics, theology, and culture. Missie is married to Duce and together they have four children. Missie is the c...
Sep 25, 2023•41 min•Season 17Ep. 2
Today we’re kicking off a brand new series called Rest for the Weary with a conversation with Jenny Manley about how Christ sustains us in our weariness. Through years of ministering faithfully within the four walls of her home and as a pastor’s wife in her church on the Arabian Peninsula, Jenny, like many of us, has navigated seasons of weariness in the work the Lord has set before her. The wisdom that Jenny shares with us today will leave you refreshed and encouraged in whatever work the Lord ...
Sep 18, 2023•50 min•Season 17Ep. 1
Women of the Faith: Amy Carmichael Amy Carmichael has had a profound impact on Hunter’s own life. So much so that it led her to write the book Amy Carmichael: The Brown-Eyed Girl Who Learned to Pray . In this episode, Hunter shares how Amy’s story helped her to trust God even when she didn’t understand what God was doing in her life. Amy’s life and story help us to remember we can trust God because of who he is and how he has proven himself faithful throughout all of redemptive history. Amy Carm...
Jun 19, 2023•22 min•Season 16Ep. 6
Women of the Faith: Wen Wei Chieh In the face of intense shame heaped upon her by others throughout her life, Wen Wei Chieh was never ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This woman of the faith endured poverty, loss, and rejection at every turn, but she stood firm on the Word of God, knowing the Lord would remain faithful to her. She endured a traumatic childhood, the loss of countless family members, an unfaithful husband, and imprisonment in Communist China—most of the circumstances in her ...
May 29, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 16Ep. 5
Women of the Faith: Maria Fearing In this week’s episode, Karen Ellis is going to share the story of an incredible woman named Maria Fearing. Maria’s story will inspire you to set aside excuses and serve the Lord with gladness. We pray that this episode challenges you to use whatever God’s given you to build his kingdom. In our Women of the Faith series, we are talking about women from church history who will encourage us to trust our God who does not change. K.A. Ellis is the Director of the Ed...
May 22, 2023•38 min•Season 16Ep. 4
Women of the Faith: Esther Ahn Kim and Charlotte Forten Grimke In this week’s episode, we are talking with Catherine Parks about two extraordinary women who you might not be very familiar with: Esther Ahn Kim and Charlotte Forten Grimke. Catherine describes these women as going about their daily lives “with resolve to do all they could to honor God and serve their fellow man. And it was this daily obedience that God used to give them both the opportunity and the strength to stand for justice and...
May 15, 2023•53 min•Season 16Ep. 3
Women of the Faith: Helen Roseveare, Corrie ten Boom, Betsey Stockton, Fannie Crosby Today we’re continuing our Women of the Faith series by talking with Laura Caputo-Wickham about some women in Church history who endured what we’d think of as unbearable circumstances for the sake of making Christ known. Laura has written about these women in one of my favorite children’s book series called “Do Great Things for God” published by the Good Book Company. We pray that this episode bolsters your fait...
May 08, 2023•34 min•Season 16Ep. 2
Women of the Faith: Puritans (Lucy Hutchinson, Agnes Beaumont, and Mary Rich) Today we’re kicking off a new series called Women of the Faith. In this series, we’ll dig into the lives of a few women from church history whose stories will encourage you to lean into the faithfulness of God as you walk in whatever he sets before you today. Jenny-Lyn de Klerk is joining us for today’s conversation about three Puritan women (Puritans Lucy Hutchinson, Agnes Beaumont, and Mary Rich) who will inspire you...
May 01, 2023•46 min•Season 16Ep. 1
Today, we’re revisiting a conversation with Vanessa Hawkins on living in light of eternity because a Journeywoman’s hope resides in heaven. We talked about what a difference it makes as we navigate the seasons and hardships of life when we approach them with eternity in view. This is our last episode in the “What is a Journeywoman?” series. It’s been so wonderful revisiting these timeless conversations on what it means to be a woman of God. We pray that this episode encourages you—in the midst o...
Mar 06, 2023•33 min•Season 14Ep. 5
Today we’re continuing our series “What is a Journeywoman” by diving into the topic of sanctification, because a Journeywoman is always being sanctified. We’re going back to a conversation we had with Gavin Ortlund on the topic. Gavin is a husband, father, pastor, and writer. We talked about how the Lord uses the seasons and challenges of life to encourage us to turn to the Word, to pray, and to be actively involved in our local churches—all things that the Lord uses to bring about holiness in u...
Feb 27, 2023•47 min•Season 14Ep. 4
In this week’s episode, we’re throwing it back to a conversation I had with my friend and former mentor, Matt Lantz, on the topic of identity and how we live out our God-given design. God has created each of us uniquely, with specific wirings and gifts so that we might use those strengths for the glory of God. God has also called each of us—to specific places, roles, and tasks—so that we might make much of him wherever he has placed us. Matt will dive more into all of this in this episode, so we...
Feb 20, 2023•59 min•Season 14Ep. 3
In this week’s episode, we’re throwing it back to a conversation we shared years ago with Christine Gordon about how a Journeywoman seeks to know and love God more. Christine Gordon (aka Chris) is the co-founder of At His Feet Bible Studies and a visiting instructor at Covenant Theological Seminary, where she also attended and earned her Master of Arts in Theological Studies. We hope you’ll walk away from this conversation encouraged to know and love God more through his Word and that you’ll pre...
Feb 13, 2023•51 min•Season 14Ep. 2
You might regularly listen to the Journeywomen podcast, but have you considered what a journeywoman is? Well, today we’re kicking off a series where we’re seeking to answer the question: What is a Journeywoman? In our first episode, we’re going back to a conversation we shared with Nancy Wolgemuth on living in light of redemption, because a journeywoman is redeemed. Nancy Wolgemuth has touched the lives of millions of women through Revive Our Hearts and the True Woman movement, calling them to h...
Feb 06, 2023•51 min•Season 14Ep. 1
MENTIONS: Make a tax-deductible donation to Journeywomen Ministries. Learn more about our Board of Directors . Read more about the process for Journeywomen to become a non-profit . Journeywomen exists to come alongside women to move them to know and love God and his Word, to find hope in the gospel, and to invest deeply in their local churches as they go out on mission for the glory of God. Thank you for the years you have listened to, shared, and supported this work! It's a joy to journey along...
Dec 26, 2022•2 min
Today we’re wrapping up our Blind Spots series with a conversation on legalism with Jason Cook. If you don’t know him, Jason is a husband, father, and the lead pastor at Fellowship Bible Church in Roswell, GA. We can’t think of a better conversation to wrap up not only this series, but also this year! On a personal level, this has been such a helpful series for each member of our team. We pray the Lord has used it in your life as well. Thank you for humbly considering the blind spots you’re main...
Oct 03, 2022•48 min•Season 13Ep. 4
