Summer of Mentorship 2019 Week One :: Nancy Williams
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
07/15/19
•40m
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The first guest in our mentorship series is Nancy Williams**. She is known by her 9 grandchildren & 4 great-grandchildren to label each family gathering as "the best ever". Her phrase perfectly summarizes this podcast.
The show first aired in February of 2014 (Episode 11) and was titled "Best Ever Life". Based on the title, you may be surprised to discover Nancy's motherhood journey includes many trials and heartache. But she views each challenge as an "opportunity" (her word) to see the power of God at work.
This interview is bursting with Truth and wisdom. Here's a brief summary of the topics we cover:
- How to keep your thoughts and perspective in check when your husband works long hours.
- Where to turn with your parenting questions.
- How to respond when the consequences of sin enter your children's lives
- How to share a simple family tradition of gratitude and love (fabulous idea!)
- How to deal with mom guilt (a.k.a., the part of the podcast where I get emotional)
- How to help your children turn to God when you can't meet all their needs.
SUCH good stuff.
I was most encouraged to hear this message from Nancy:
This can be the "best life ever", no matter the circumstances, if it includes eternal salvation for our children and unconditional love in our homes.
Previous Episode
Women Can Be All-In for Jesus Kat Armstrong Ep 253
June 24, 2019
•52m
Kat Armstrong, the guest from one of my most popular episodes is back on the podcast to share the message of her new book, No More Holding Back. The first question we talk about is, “Can a woman learn too much about Jesus?” A light topic, right?
“The greatest commandment says we have to love God with our heart, soul, mind and strength — all of it. And it's the priority. It's the priority over anyone's role in our home. We have to be all-in for Jesus. We can't let our fears, our insecurities, our roles, our titles, or anything to do with our spouses impede our progress to learn about Jesus.”
Kat shares powerfully about our role as an image bearer of God, the importance of elevating women’s voices in our communities of faith and living completely into the assignments God gives us.
We also talk about giving what we have to offer even if feels imperfect or broken in the same way that the widow in Mark 12 gave out of her need.
“If you have a broken heart, it counts. I have a broken heart right now about my dad. I still want to love God with it all and I don't have to have it all together or healed yet to apply it to the Great Commission. And if you have a weary soul and you're questioning your faith, you can give that to God and he counts it as worthy. If you have a confused mind. If you're struggling with anxiety, depression, decision making, and things don't make sense in your world, you can give that to God.”
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Summer of Mentorship 2019 Week Two Lisa-Jo Baker
July 22, 2019
•42m
Oh friendship! A gift that can bring incredible joy and cause great pain. If female relationships weren't tricky enough, our wounded selves bump into each other causing even deeper hurts.
But what are we to do? How do we heal, move forward and develop lasting friendships?
Thankfully, my friend, Lisa-Jo Baker came on the show back in April of 2017 to help. With content from her book, "Never Unfriended", on episode 159 we talked about friendship wounds. And Lisa-Jo pointed us to Jesus, the only One who promises to heal and never leave us.
Jesus is never tired of me always needing Him. Instead, He is delighted by how desperately I need His validation and He never, ever withholds it from me. Or from you. - excerpt from "Never Unfriended" by Lisa-Jo
- What do we fear most in friendship
- How to include the new girl and ignore the "cool kid" lies
- How to heal past friendship wounds.
- Turning to Jesus for meat and potatoes soul filling.
- Not blaming social media for our heart issues.
- How do you survive a friendship break-up.
- The hope of reconciliation and knowing when to let go.
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