We're so excited to chat with our good, good friend and colleague, Stephanie Yttrup. She just released an advent devotional, Miracles in the Meantime: A 31-Day Advent Devotional, and we've been loving it during this Christmas season. She has a passion for writing and ministry that's really inspiring.  Stephanie and her husband live in Northern California where Stephanie works at Bayside Church. She's also working on her graduate degree from North Park Seminary. You can find out more about Stephanie and her advent devotional here: https://www.stephanielapreal.com/ or you can follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephlapreal/

Get ready to laugh! This week's episode we have Missy and Dorie - sisters who are too much fun! We get their thoughts on this year, ministry and all things F-U-N! We hope you love this episode as much as we loved chatting with our guests! 

This week we chat with Shannon Ertel from The Feathered Nest about making your house a home during this holiday season. The Feathered Nest is a store filled with home furnishings for a refined, eclectic and vibrant home. They specialize in creating home. Creating an elevated taste that feels luxe yet warm, bespoke yet approachable — a one of a kind complimentary interior for the modern family. You can find out more about Shannon and The Feathered Nest here: https://thefeatherednest.store/

This week we chat with Alyssa Bethke about life in 2020 and creating a mission and vision statement for your family and marriage. Alyssa is married to Jeff, and mom to 3 little ones. She helps run Family Teams with her husband and together they have a podcast called The Real Life. Alyssa loves to encourage women to be fully satisfied in their relationship with God. And bonus, she gets to live in Hawaii!

Join us this week for a great conversation with Jenni Lusko on the realities of flourishing in the life God has called us to. It's not always pretty but it's always better to put in the work of cultivating what he's called us to. Jennie serves alongside her husband, Levi, leading Fresh Life Church in Montana, Utah, Oregon, and Wyoming, as well as across the world online. They have five children: Alivia, Daisy, Clover, Lennox, and Lenya, who is waiting for them in heaven. The Lusko family lives in Montana. You can find out more about Jennie on her website or on Instagram.  • Instagram: @jennielusko • Website: www.jennielusko.com 

In this week's episode, we chat with Meredith Knox on fighting for community, discerning your call, and leading as a female. "You have as much community as you want to fight for. you will go as deep in relationships as the level you are willing to get real with those around you." Mere Knox is one of the teaching pastors at NewSpring Church in South Carolina. 

It's hard to stay faithful to the cause of Christ when you don't get enough support for yourself! No matter if you're a pastor, a leader of a ministry, or a leader of the littles in your home, this has been a hard season to navigate and we think today's podcast is going to encourage you wherever you are at in your journey.  

Perfect circumstances don't grow our confidence, but learning surrender and forgiveness can. It is possible to find an unprecedented joy from the messiness of our lives. Listen in on a conversation with Motivational Speaker, Lori Lara as she shares pieces of her story of healing and freedom. Learn how to live with confidence as you lead and love wherever you are right now.

What does it look like for women to live into their specific passions and callings in the Church and beyond? Jo Saxton chats with Pastor Andrew McCourt about what it can look like for us to lift up one another as we pursue our calling in Jesus. Jo encourages all of us, as women leaders, to "stop waiting to be invited into what you already know to be true for your life."

In a culture of opposition, endless noise, and intense disagreements, how can we bring God’s love and Truth to the world around us? This conversation with one of our smartest friends, Dena Davidson, goes deep into begging the question, “What is Truth?” And what does that mean for us in light of the direction our culture is moving? She’ll share powerful truths about understanding the culture we are called to be ambassadors to and unpack how to have healthy and respectful conversations. We are called to rebel against the right things so we can flip culture on its head and allow God’s corrective peace and love shine through.