We often think that if we do the right things we can get the result from God that we want, but most of us as we walk through life start noticing that things don't add up the way we thought they would. Kristen LaValley and her husband worked in full-time ministry when they unexpectedly experienced job loss, infant loss, and she witnessed a murder. Join us as we discuss what it looks like to have faith when everything seems to be going wrong. TAKE IT TO YOUR COMMUNITY What is the kindest thing som...
Mar 05, 2024•17 min
When I started focusing on what Jesus had done for me it changed the way I thought about my life. The words I replaced them with were “He is transforming me daily to nurture as he nurtures." “Your home is not a shrine to your good taste, but a place of welcome." “God's Spirit will guide my words.” The freedom from changing my scripts caused me to be more thoughtful and wise as I moved forward. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - ...
Feb 29, 2024•4 min
How would it change the way we live if we saw ourselves as trees instead of machines? The words we use about our lives and stages of life matter. Today Joy Clarkson and I talk about seasons for roots and the ones for fruit. No matter what season you are in you can flourish. TAKE IT TO YOUR COMMUNITY Ask a friend "If you were a tree what season would you be in?" The answer may surprise you! You can find " You Are a Tree " or follow Joy Clarkson on Instagram You can find Elizabeth writing helpful...
Feb 27, 2024•18 min
The goal of our reading isn’t to “get through,” but to remember and apply. If reading God’s word isn’t bringing delight, blessing, and transformation, then maybe we have found our value in making it a competition to do the most, or on the other side maybe it’s become something unnecessary to our existence. His word doesn’t return void, so read what you have brain retention for, and be formed by him. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this st...
Feb 22, 2024•4 min
Elisabeth Elliot’s voice was a fixture voice for thousands of living rooms through her 13-year daily radio show. After her husband Jim Elliot was killed on the mission field her best-selling book was the inspiration for the faith of three generations. She was a prolific author and one of the few prominent female voices of the church of her time. She was a purity culture and traditional gender roles icon for thousands of women. Her words, and expressed views at that time have been polarizing for ...
Feb 20, 2024•20 min
What I learned is God doesn't want us to just come to him in those big moments, but the small ones. The breaths of prayer when struggling with temper. Or a small prayer when remembering someone we love who is grieving or ill. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog -Print more cards from the sho...
Feb 15, 2024•5 min
Our kids do something wrong and we respond in anger or start monologing. Abbey walks us through what it looks like to plan ahead for the struggles our kids encounter. Having just one phrase that we use every time protects us from responding in ways we regret, and helps defuse the situation. Take to your community: Hey, can we more toward complimenting the work God is doing in our kids rather than "Good job" or "You're so cute"? You can find the " Training Young Hearts " series linked and Abbey W...
Feb 13, 2024•19 min
It’s easy to think corruption, false teaching, and spiritual abuse in the church are new. Through letters like this in the New Testament, we know that isn’t true. By studying these letters, we are given the tools to handle the pain of betrayal by people in the church. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog...
Feb 08, 2024•4 min
If we live long enough, we will experience the pain of losing someone we love. In this episode, Whitney Pipkin and I talk about what it was like for her to lose her mom. We discuss what's helpful for friends to do during this time, and what isn't helpful. We also cover a theology of death, and how to find the God of comfort in that pain. TAKE IT TO YOUR COMMUNITY Don't feel pressured to add "but it's fine" to the end of your explanation of grief! If you have a friend who has lost someone, go be ...
Feb 06, 2024•19 min
The peace he leaves us isn’t deadness inside. It’s not toxic positivity or political power. But rather a sure reliance that he has done so far what he has said he will do. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog -Print more cards from the shop Helping you love Jesus + disciple your kids on Ins...
Feb 01, 2024•4 min
It can feel hard if not impossible to find community when we are also trying to parent kids, and yet we know that our kids need a solid community around them. Today Holly and I talk about how to find healthy community and how to see child-rearing as a vocation to which parents are called that requires them to develop the skills of apprenticeship and invitation. She also locates raising children firmly within the context of the church. TAKE IT TO YOUR COMMUNITY Invite a friend to meet in a neutra...
Jan 30, 2024•15 min
This verse is a reminder that the goal of believers isn’t to get everything out of life that we can or to collect a show room that celebrates our good taste. But to value souls made in his image. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog -Print more cards from the shop Helping you love Jesus + disciple ...
Jan 25, 2024•4 min
Joy Prouty is the videographer for JJ Heller's music videos and a beautiful lifestyle photographer. Today we chat about what it looks like to slow down and cherish the littlest moments of our life through the lens of a camera. TAKE IT TO YOUR COMMUNITY Share a photo of a past version of yourself with a friend this week. Open yourself to conversations of where life has taken you over the years! You can find Joy's book "Practicing Presence" linked , and be sure to follow her on Instagram . You can...
Jan 23, 2024•19 min
Many of us endure pain that is the consequence of our actions. We repent and find forgiveness, but that doesn’t always mean our circumstances change. What we can know from this verse is that God is with us even in that kind of pain. He is a reliable place to put our hope. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog...
Jan 18, 2024•4 min
Have you vowed to read through the Bible in a year only to fizzle out somewhere in Exodus or Leviticus? Or you've finished your reading and realized you don't remember anything you read? Today seminary trained, Amy talks about her favorite tools for studying the Bible. TAKE IT TO YOUR COMMUNITY Text a friend and ask, "What has God been teaching you? Not just through what you read, but in life?" You can find The Bible Study Schoolhouse here , or follow Amy Gannett on Instagram. You can find Eliza...
Jan 16, 2024•20 min
You can have hope in suffering, because what we see it brings is a deeper and more full understanding of who God is. Ask the hard questions, because he is big enough to handle and answer them. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons -Get this week's lesson and study questions - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog -Print more cards from the s...
Jan 11, 2024•5 min
Do you feel stressed by all the demands the new year seems to bring? Everyone is talking about their new programs and goals, and yet we are still exhausted from the marathon of December and Christmas. What does it look like to assess where we are and gently lean into a new week instead of trying to tackle a whole year? TAKE IT TO YOUR COMMUNITY Identify who your inner circle is and choose to prioritize them this year. You can find Tyler here on Instagram You can find Elizabeth writing helpful hi...
Jan 09, 2024•19 min
For lots of us, this year holds a lot of unknown big decisions. How I find God's will in all that can be hard. It can fill us with dread of the unknown or excitement for what God will do. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog -Print more cards from the shop Helping you love Jesus + disciple your kids o...
Jan 04, 2024•4 min
The past 5 weeks have been a pause to remember what Christ has done, and an invitation to carry that knowledge into the new year with us. To worship is a sacrifice and demands discipline. But when we live with what God has done for us in view it transforms the way we live. When we live a life transformed by his love it gives us and those around us into what God’s coming kingdom will look like. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join th...
Dec 28, 2023•4 min
If the weeks leading up to Advent have been a slow build in anticipation, this is where it bursts forth revealing with joy what he has done! God’s plan which was a shadow in the Old Testament is now fully revealed in the coming of the Messiah. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog -Print more cards from the shop Helpin...
Dec 21, 2023•5 min
As we manage our expectations with our family and friends this time of year it's easy to end up frustrated and angry. The more we understand how loved we are, the easier it is to proactively love those who are put into our lives. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog -Print more cards from the shop Helping you love Jes...
Dec 14, 2023•4 min
Have you ever had anxiety build up to the point where you feel like vomiting all the time? We still groan and grieve, but now not without hope. On the night that this verse was sung, God pulled back the curtain on his power. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog -Print more cards from the shop Helping you love Jesus + ...
Dec 07, 2023•5 min
Have you ever had an hour that just wouldn't end? The story of Christmas starts long before a baby is born in a manger. It starts with a garden and a man and a woman who live in perfect communion with God. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog -Print more cards from the shop Helping you love Jesus + disciple your kids ...
Nov 30, 2023•5 min
It's easy to spot in children, but am I guilty of complaining too? The goal of this verse is to remind us that there is something bigger we give our lives to than getting our own way. The way we endure suffering and inconvenience is the testimony we have to the world. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog -Print more car...
Nov 23, 2023•4 min
We can learn to trust God is by recording the times that he has faithfully met our needs in the past. If you’re a new believer, ask Christian friends, or you can read stories of other believers. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog -Print more cards from the shop Helping you love Jesus + disciple your kids on In...
Nov 16, 2023•4 min
The Old Testament serves, in part, as a testimony to the character of God. We can know that God sees our pain. Even though our world doesn’t reflect this reality yet, we know he will make all things new! SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog -Print more cards from the shop Helping you love Jesus + disciple your kids ...
Nov 09, 2023•4 min
We are tempted to think that the God of the New Testament is the one who is loving and forgiving, but at his heart he longs to restore a relationship with us offering us grace for a new morning even at the end of a long day. SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog -Print more cards from the shop Helping you love Jesus + ...
Nov 02, 2023•4 min
Have you felt called to do good globally, but functionally that lifestyle is out of reach? Amy DiMarcangelo and I are suburban moms who both want to live with a heart of service to people in need in our own communities. Join us as we brainstorm how to live out Christ's call without relocating our families. TAKE IT TO YOUR COMMUNITY Text a friend and ask, "Have you ever seen someone live out missions well? How do they do that?" Text another friend who inspires you to let them know you're grateful...
Oct 31, 2023•20 min
The Psalms are a collection of poetry and songs that provide us with a beautiful template for honoring God in our human emotions! As God's child, you can know that he sees YOU. He is there with YOU in this exact moment and stage of life! SHOW NOTES: -Go to the "Get Started" page for all the information on how to use this Bible study - Join thousands of women who receive the lessons - Invite a friend -You can find more lessons on the blog -Print more cards from the shop Helpin...
Oct 26, 2023•4 min
There's a lot of loaded language when it comes to putting on and taking off our beliefs, but today Lore Wilbert and I talk about what it looks like to imitate Jesus in his response to doubt. We share a bit of our own struggles that lead us to ask if God is good and end with a conversation about how to give and take in real friendship. You can find "A Curious Faith" HERE , and Lore Wilbert on Substack and Instagram You can find Elizabeth writing helpful hints on the blog Being a stay-at-home mo...
Oct 24, 2023•18 min
