Sometimes the stories in the Bible fail to move our hearts. Or more accurately, we fail to be moved by them. When this happened to me with the crucifixion story, I asked God to please soften my heart toward his word and he did! This episode is the story of how that happened and what I learned. Pour yourself a cup as we LOOK at John 19:1-16 together. Resources: It Wasn’t Roaring It Was Weeping by Lisa Jo Baker Abide: 40 Ways to Focus on Jesus Daily Summer in the Psalms Over A Cup Bible Study...
Jun 03, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 51
In this podcast episode, we explore how Jesus relates to our daily struggles as wives, moms, and women. We often feel busy and unappreciated, but Jesus shows us that he understands. Looking at John 13, we see how Jesus served others because he knew where he came from, who he was, and where he was going. We can learn from him and serve others from those same places.
May 06, 2024•14 min•Season 3Ep. 50
Let’s LOOK together: Listen John 10:1-16 Observe V. 1-5: Shepherd Follow because they know his voice – we must spend time with Jesus to know his voice Jesus leads them – he never asks anything of us that he hasn’t done himself (John 13) V. 6-10: Gate Back then sometimes the shepherd laid across the sheep pen at the gate. ( https://ourdailybread.org/article/jesus-said-i-am-the-gate/ ) He was protecting his flock and only allowing in who and what he deemed best for them. He also lets them out to f...
Apr 01, 2024•26 min•Season 3Ep. 49
Let’s LOOK: L - John 6:32-40 & 47-51 O - Bread - back then it was more nourishing. Think of the artisan and whole grain breads today. Interesting to note that many cultures have a bread type food as a main staple of their culture: bread, tortillas, pasta, fry bread… It is needed for life. He gave his life for us. Acts 2:38 tells us: 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy S...
Mar 09, 2024•17 min•Season 3Ep. 48
So often we feel as if we're walking in darkness. In John 1 Jesus is described as the "true light" who gives light to everyone. Then throughout the rest of John, we see Jesus live out what it means to "be the light." In this episode, learn How Jesus is the light Why Jesus being the light matters to Moms today How we can be the light Resources: Get your copy of our John Bible Study Over A Cup Patreon LIVE Bible Study Ep. 46: How to Make Your Bible Study Habit Stick...
Feb 05, 2024•20 min
If you’re like my family and struggle to find a place in your life for Bible Study because you’ve never tried before or you’ve tried and failed. Listen to this month’s Over A Cup podcast episode. Learn to choose a Bible study habit that fits you Decided how to make it tiny Discover where to insert it in your day so it has sticking power Decided how to fight distractions Celebrate because you earned it! As I explain in the podcast, this method helps more than any other I’ve tried, even when given...
Jan 01, 2024•27 min•Season 4Ep. 46
So many of us feel overwhelmed by our schedules. They are cluttered with so many tasks and to-dos that we feel exhausted and overwhelmed. Listen this month as I share the steps I just went through to move my schedule from chaos to calm. You can begin this process by the end of today! Key Verse: Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” 3 Steps to Get Started List it all out Pray about your list Choose what to keep, dele...
May 02, 2023•17 min
What do you do when your kids are fighting, again? How does the Spirit meet us in those moments? Listen in as Christie Thomas and Tara L. Cole share what they are learning and how the Spirit can help us in the middle of our daily lives as moms. They also give many ideas for how to focus your family on Jesus in the season your family finds themselves in right now. Show Takeaways: Practical tips for how to help your children grow in the fruit of the Spirit How to be a peacemaker vs a peacekeeper H...
Apr 05, 2023•29 min
What do we do when our children struggle with their identity and image? Where do we turn? We turn to the truth and what God says about them. In this episode, we dive deep into five foundational prayers based on God’s Word. Learn how to pray for our children’s: Self-worth Image Fruitfulness Values If you want these “Foundation Prayers” as lock screens for your mobile device, go to taralcole.com. Resources: Everyday Prayers for the School Year Abide: 40 Ways to Focus on Jesus Daily Sacred Pathways...
Mar 06, 2023•22 min
I recently got that text from a friend. “Your son hurt my son….” No one ever wants that text. Even if our kids fight with their siblings, we hope they will control themselves in public, especially with good friends. Thankfully, it was resolved quickly and all friendships (adults and children) are still intact, but how do we help our children develop lasting character? Self-control and all the others? This month’s episode helps to answer those questions and more. My guest Kimberly Amici is a Fami...
Feb 07, 2023•39 min
One of the exciting things about parenting is watching our kids develop interests and explore their giftings. On this episode of Over a Cup, Tara talks to Monica Swanson, author of Boy Mom , about fostering our children’s unique interests and how we can continually lead our kids to scripture. These two moms get very practical about how they have creatively supported their children’s interests, set healthy boundaries for their kids, and provided resources that they love to use that connect them t...
Jan 03, 2023•38 min
Have you ever wanted to help your kids memorize scripture? Or wondered if it is worth it? In this cultural moment, memorizing scripture and applying it can be life-changing for our children. On this episode of Over a Cup, Tara walks you through some simple yet very practical ways to engage scripture with your kids that will make a meaningful impact on their lives. Listen in as Tara reads another chapter from her book “Everyday Prayers for the School Year.” Show Takeaways: Listen in as Tara reads...
Nov 01, 2022•11 min
Welcome back to the Over a Cup Podcast, as we go through this season, we're covering the five topics that are in my new book, Everyday Prayers for the School Year. We pray over friendships, their character, their gifts, their schoolwork, and we pray over our students' relationships with their teachers which is exactly what today’s episode is about. So whether you're a homeschooling parent or a public school parent, or somewhere in between, Pre-K to college, I've got you covered. Show Takeaways: ...
Oct 04, 2022•21 min
Over A Cup welcomes back author, podcaster, and speaker, Michelle Diercks as we focus on our kids, prayer, and school year this season. Michelle is a mother of two boys, and shares some sage advice for communicating and guiding our children through situations no one plans for. She also shares how she has instilled the love of being in God’s word and how it has impacted her boys and their relationship with God. *Warning, mature topics are discussed in this episode. Show Takeaways: Learn helpful p...
Sep 06, 2022•34 min
Welcome to another episode of the Over a Cup Podcast. I am so glad you're here this month. My guest is Mary Carver. Mary is a writer and a podcaster, her podcast The Couch with Mary Carver talks about the intersection of faith and pop culture. She’s also a mom and a wife. And she has a new book coming out called Prayers From the Parking Lot and it is for moms who find themselves in the parking lot, either kind of trapped while they're waiting on their kids or maybe just hiding out from their kid...
Aug 02, 2022•44 min
Show Notes: Welcome back to another episode of the Over a Cup Podcast, and welcome to season three. This season is all about praying God's word over your children's school year. So whether you have children or grandchildren, this is pretty much for any age and stage. My first guest is Brooke McGlothlin from Million Praying Moms. Brooke is really the one who taught me how to pray God's word over my children so she is a perfect fit for our first guest of the season. Show Takeaways: Listen in to he...
Jul 05, 2022•43 min
During the difficult days of mothering and training our children, we can often feel like we are alone in the fight. Mom mentors offer listening ears, loving hearts, and encouragement as we journey through mothering. I am excited to share with you the wisdom of Terri Wilson, a mom mentor from my own life as we discuss the power of hindsight. Terri shares ways she guided her children into their own relationships with God by growing her relationship with God. Listen in for practical encouragement f...
May 03, 2022•39 min
During some seasons of life, it seems like this world has gone crazy! The chaos in our personal life or the world around us can be overwhelming and distract us from God. That was Melody’s life in early 2020 and she, like all of us during that time, wondered where to turn. She found her comfort in intercessory prayer. It might sound like a big, fancy term, but it simply means interceding on behalf of another. Taking one another to Jesus’ feet. However, instead of stopping her busy life as a homes...
Apr 05, 2022•33 min
Bad things happen to good people. I wish it wasn’t true. I wish I could tell you, like Job’s friends in the book of Job, that God blesses the righteous and doesn’t allow hard things to happen. But it just isn’t true. As Amy Anguish shares in this episode, even in those hard times, there is hope. God walked her and her husband through 6 years of infertility and gave her the ability to comfort hurting women in a way she wasn’t able to before. If you’re going to infertility, loss, or sickness, find...
Feb 01, 2022•37 min
During those times when we feel like we’ve been sucker-punched when our feet have been kicked out from under us, there is hope! Joy is possible. Listen in as Gina L. Smith shares how she learned to find joy when life took an unexpected turn, and how she continues to seek God’s joy in her everyday life. In this episode learn how to: Turn venting to lamenting Remember God’s Faithfulness Thank him for how he will be faithful Find Biblical Joy Resources Abide 5 Day Challenge Million Praying Moms Eve...
Feb 01, 2022•36 min
Mom’s are weary. There are so many burdens we and others place on ourselves and our schedules. Sometimes I feel like the Cat in The Hat balancing his pile of stuff as he stands on the ball. Can you relate? Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith can relate, too. In this podcast episode, she shares how her book Sacred Rest came from such a time in her own life. As the mom of two littles, one day she plunked them down in front of the TV and laid down in her foyer flat on her back! I don’t want to give away the w...
Jan 04, 2022•19 min
Service. We know we should serve others. We want to serve others, but sometimes we don’t know where to start. OR we serve in our community, church, and schools, but we feel more burnt out than blessed. Join me in this episode as Shanna shares how we and our families can serve from a place of strength and find joy in serving others, and how we can serve in the places that God places us in the middle of our busy day. Best of all she reminds us to give ourselves grace! Resources Youversion Bible Ap...
Nov 23, 2021•32 min
Do you struggle with the woulda, shoulda, couldas in your life? I know I sure do. There are so many choices that I’ve made as a mother that I wish I could take back. But as Amber reminds us in this episode, we need to give ourselves and our kids grace. We need to remind ourselves of God’s grace and that His expectations of us are often different from our own. This episode falls in a season where I’m learning I need to give myself grace. I recently discovered that the exhaustion I’ve been fightin...
Oct 12, 2021•31 min
As Moms it is so easy to become discouraged and feel like what we’re doing doesn’t matter. We long to see the fruit now, but all we see are tiny baby sprouts. In this episode, Shonda helps us to remember that motherhood is a ministry. Despite what other positions God may have called you to in this season, our primary ministry and focus is our children. Join me as Shonda reminds us: To trust God with the hearts of our kids That we need to give ourselves and our kids grace Discouragement will come...
Sep 28, 2021•26 min
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. (John 15:4-5, ESV) Ever wonder how the OverACup podcast got its name? In this one year Anniversary episode, hear “the rest of the story.” I share how my Mom’s influence saw me through an abusive childhood and instead ...
Sep 07, 2021•18 min
Do you want to pray for your kids but you’re unsure where to start? Do you struggle to find the time or what to pray? Brooke shares her journey to becoming a praying mom. When her boys were young, she came to the end of herself, and God taught her to turn to Him and pray His word back to him. In this episode learn how to: Begin praying for your kids today Pray God’s Word Overcome barriers to prayer Resources Praying Mom by Brooke McGlothlin 25 Scriptures to Fight Off the Lies Abide 5 Day Challen...
Aug 24, 2021•37 min
“Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.” Psalm 119:17-18, ESV Sometimes the best way is the simplest way. This is also true of Bible study. This week learn how to keep it simple by studying the Bible using the 5 Ws and H that you learned about in grade school. Don’t believe me? In this episode, study Matthew 8:23-27 with me in less than 10 minutes! Resources Fully Known Bible Study resources OverACu...
Aug 10, 2021•7 min
“But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.” James 1:25, ESV We know Bible study is important, but when you open your Bible are you left wondering where to start? Or if you’ve been studying it for years, do you struggle to dig deeper into the stories you know well? Join me this week as we learn about the LOOK Bible study method! It’s easily adaptable to the season of life you’re...
Jul 27, 2021•8 min
“I have treasured your word in my heart so that I may not sin against you.” Psalm 119:11, CSB We all want to develop a lifetime of faith in ourselves and those we love, but it starts with getting into God’s Word. In this month's episode, learn the simple practice of how to memorize scripture quickly and easily, even if you’ve failed in the past! Resources: “One-on-One with Jana Magruder on Engaging Kids In A Lifetime of Faith” Ep. 20: 3 Reasons Why Mothers Matter Sharpen Your Sword Workshop Shar...
Jul 13, 2021•12 min
Oftentimes in life, we become discouraged and want to quit. Life gets too hard, and we wonder where we can go to resign. However, instead of waving the white flag, we instead need to lean into God and into His Spirit inside of us. In this episode: Learn where your true strength comes from Discover where our true joy comes from Be reminded the victory is assured Resources One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp Francis Chan Rope Illustration Connect with Tara: Instagram Tara L. Cole Facebook - Tara L. ...
Jun 01, 2021•39 min
