Surrounded by Witnesses - Podcast
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Episode 25 – The Enneagram & Jesus
Are you looking for a way to understand your personality and why you do what you do? Check out this podcast with Ainsley B!
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Episode 24 – Seeking Peace and Pursuing it
This podcast features Lindsey Perry. She has a wealth of knowledge about how to find peace in our everyday and what we can to do to create peace in our homes.A few topics we discuss are:What to do when peace seems out of reach.Can I really be praying every day?How can we see the need and being about peace?What do we do with boredom in our everyday?Speaking softlyHow to manage expectations. You won’t want to miss this one. You can follow Lindsey on Instagram and on Facebook.
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Episode 23 – Homeschooling, is it for you?
In this episode, Trudie Schar & I talk about homeschool. All the benefits, difficulties, and what can make or break your homeschooling experience. We answer a few questions,How do you do it all and homeschool?How do you find balance?What are good homeschooling resources?You can find Trudie’s book’s here. Her website here. And follow her on Instagram here.
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Episode 22 – Waiting on God to Answer
This episode is so timely. Everyone has seasons where we wonder if God is listening and will answer our prayers. But what do we do during those times? How do we handle the waiting?My guest Ann Swindell shares her experience of waiting on God to answer her prayer. She shares her story and alongside it, the biblical story of the woman with the issue of blood.Ann talks about how to have “Hope for when God doesn’t give you what you want” as she tells a little about the book she’s written Still Waiting.You can follow Ann on Instagram or Facebook. Her website featuring her writing courses are https://www.annswindell.com/writing-services/. Here’s where…
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Episode 21 – Serving Our Military Families
My guest on this episode is Rhonda Berdinner. Rhonda’s husband served in the military until he retired in 2014. She gives a great perspective and answers many questions about how we can be serving our military families. Some topics we cover are: *Do non-military friends understand what it’s like being in the military? *Who has the harder job, those staying to care for the family or those deployed? *How can we be good friends to those families who are military? *How do we handle those situations that we feel unsuited to deal with? Such as trauma & PTSD. You can follow Rhonda on Facebook.
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Episode 20 – Ministering to Those with Special Needs
I hope this episode challenges you as it challenged me. My guest Carolyn Campbell shares her experience and wisdom in ministering to those with special needs, whether intellectually or physically disabled. Carolyn has worked to not only reach those who are disabled with the love of Jesus but she has also served to equip and train the church to received and incorporate the disabled into our church bodies. Her words are encouraging, challenging, and thought-provoking. I pray that you will listen and be challenged to step outside your comfort zone and reach out to a people group and their families who often feel forgotten. Some of the topics we cover are:Do…
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Episode 19 – Aging Parents Part 2
This is part 2 of a conversation Kenna Heaton and I had about aging parents. This part is filled with practical advice and encouragement to those, parents and adult children, who are seeing this season of life coming closer. Kenna shares what her family did well and things they didn’t do so well so that we can glean wisdom from her experience. Let this be a spark to the beginning of conversations that we need to be having.
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Episode 18 – Aging Parents -Part 1
In this episode, Kenna Heaton shares her story of walking through Alzheimers with her mom. Her story is raw and real and with it, Kenna brings wisdom, grace, and encouragement. This is part one of two episodes we recorded. The conversation about aging and the care required needs to happen before the time comes to implement it. Waiting too long makes helping aging parents, far more difficult. The hope in this podcast is to spur each of us on to graciously speaking out regardless if we are the adult child or the aging parent and opening the doors of communication. Kenna gives tips based on her experience and lessons learned in the…
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Episode 17 – Grieving Well
Today’s episode is one that everyone needs to hear! We don’t hear enough about grieving, how to do it nor how to help others we know who are grieving. My guest Tiffany Coughran shares her wealth of wisdom that has come from both personal experiences and from years as a chaplain to the dying. She uses her wisdom to help us understand what we can be doing during grief and how to grieve well. A few of the topics we cover are:What is grief?Do I need to know about grief even if I am not grieving?Is it scriptural to grieve?Healthy and unhealthy ways to grieve.How can help those who are…
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Episode 16 – A Mama’s Heart for Adoption
Friends, you won’t want to miss this episode. It is relevant to you whether you are considering adoption or know someone who has adopted. My guest, Michelle Walsh, has adopted 2 children and has learned to trust God in the process, learning a great amount of wisdom along the journey. She shares that wisdom and the raw truth about the joy and struggles that come with adoption.Topics covered are:How to navigate adoption. How to handle negative criticism when people find out your adopting.What can you be doing while praying about adoption, waiting for a child, and after you have a child placed with you?How the church can support and encourage…
