The Good Day
By Candace Cofer
The Good DayMar 12, 2024
Abbey Feldkamp: Peace for Kids - Uniquely Created
Abbey Feldkamp is the International Firebird Award-Winning Author for Best Children's Board Book — Wonderful, Marvelous, Magnificent You. When she’s not writing, she serves as a wife, mom and flower farmer at Sunny Hill Flower Farm where she calls home with the pups, chickens and bees. She lives to create beauty in this world with the talents that God has graciously given her to help children grow in peace with their identity and how God created them to be unique - in every culture and every ability. Today, we're talking about:
- How do we help children grow in peace with their identity, who God created them to be - unique, in every culture and every ability
- The inspiration behind this International Firebird Award for Best Children's Board Book, Wonderful, Marvelous, Magnificent You
- Supporting mental health in our children and helping them learn how to celebrate differences in each other
C A N D A C E C O F E R
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Erica Renaud: Equipping Kids with Prayer for Peace
Erica Renaud is a mom of five and the author of Pray with Me: Help Children Engage in Authentic and Powerful Prayer. She's sharing how she has learned to engage young minds with the truth of scripture and spiritual disciplines in an age-appropriate way so they can know God's peace. Today, we're talking about:
- Learning “God is enough” and the impact this has on our minds and emotions
- Teaching kids how to pray - explanations, preparations and creative ways to “pray without ceasing”
- The powerful shift that starts inward and grows outward as we begin to recognize “prayer is a place”
C A N D A C E C O F E R
author + speaker
Caris Snider: Peace for Our Anxious Kids
Caris Snider is the author of Anxiety Elephants 31 Day Devotional, a devotion specifically written for tween boys and another for tween girls, as well as the picture book, There’s an Elephant on My Chest. When not writing, Caris speaks in schools to students on coping skills for anxiety and trains teachers on how to help children with anxiety. She is sharing hard-won insight from her own journey and resources to help you walk this journey from anxiousness to peace with the young hearts in your circle. Today, we're talking about:
- How do we help our kids identify and overcome anxiety?
- Symptoms of anxiety in tweens (ages 8-12) and practical tools for guardians to enter into this space with them with confidence and empathy
- Equipping early childhood kids (ages 4-8) with images and age-appropriate words to explain their anxious feelings as well as next steps and safe people to talk to about it
C A N D A C E C O F E R
author + speaker
Keri Eichberger: Peace of Mind
Keri Eichberger is the author of Win Over Worry, and she's sharing her own journey of being overwhelmed by worry to truly winning. Her own roller coaster of life trials, redeemed by a relationship with the Lord, fueled her desire to help others discover and experience the fullness of life found in Jesus, and she longs for more of us to join her in this victory. Today, we’re talking about:
- Worry - is this something we must always deal with or is it something we can “unlearn”?
- The root of worry - how understanding this is the first step to experiencing freedom and God’s peace
- Practical steps you can start today to win over the worry entangling you
C A N D A C E C O F E R
author + speaker
Carol McLeod: Our Foundation for Peace
Carol McLeod is a best-selling author and popular speaker at women’s conferences and retreats where she teaches the Word of God with great joy and enthusiasm. She encourages and empowers women with passionate and practical biblical messages mixed with her own special brand of hope and humor and is a prolific author and loves digging for truth in the Word of God. Today, we’re talking specifically about her book, Timeless: The Living and Enduring Word of God, and learning:
- The precursor to experiencing God’s peace
- Why it’s important to read scripture and how this is relevant to our day-to-day lives
- What it means and looks like to have your identity rooted in God and how this changes everything
C A N D A C E C O F E R
author + speaker
Cara Blondo: Peace in God's Presence
Peace, we want it so badly. As our friend Cara Blondo reminds us, the peace we experience today is proportionate to the time we spend in God’s presence. Whether through teaching Bible studies, speaking to groups in person or online, or writing devotionals or other Christ-centered resources, Cara is passionate about helping women connect biblical truths to their everyday lives. Through her blog, The One Thing Desired, and podcast, Perspective Shifts, she hopes to encourage women to shift their perspective upward and come to know Him as their greatest desire. Today, we're talking about:
- Life is busy vs. Life is full
- What we’re really asking when we ask God, “Where are You?”
- What is God’s presence like? How can we experience it right now, right here?
Additional Resources from Cara:
- Moving From ‘Having Devotions’ to Living Devotedly
- Why ‘God With Us’ Matters (Part 1)
- Why ‘God With Us’ Matters (Part 2)
C A N D A C E C O F E R
author + speaker
Missy Eversole: Finding Inner Peace
Missy is the author of Transformed Not Conformed: Embracing a Life-Changing Approach to Spiritual Habits and is passionate about sharing honest personal stories and relatable examples from Scripture to offer a respite from society’s demands to be Pinterest perfect. Drawing from the hills and valleys of her own transformation journey, Missy paves the way for igniting (or reigniting) a love for Christ and a hunger for Him that is truly life-changing. …because this is where we begin to trade the inner train wreck of our day for a song of peace, a song we don’t just sing but a song we know. Though this world is not as I would have it, we sing, “it is well with my soul.” Today, we’re talking about:
- The Pinterest-perfect outside and the inner train wreck inside
- Spiritual habits and how you can fit these into your daily do-ings and be-ings
- Holding fast to the “it is well with my soul” peace and why we long for this
Listen to Missy's Podcast, Bold Faith Now
C A N D A C E C O F E R
author + speaker
Nichole Suvar: A Pathway to Peace
Nichole Suvar is an author and speaker who is passionate about striving to live an intentional life. Through years of struggling with anxiety, Nichole has found help and solace in focusing on small moments of intentional living in everyday life. She has found that even the struggle of anxiety can be a tool to help point us to our Savior and live a life that brings Him glory. Today, we're working through her book, Numbering Our Days: Combating Anxiety in the Power of Small Intentional Moments and we're talking about:
- Breaking free from a life in “maintenance mode” by focusing on the 7 areas of an intentional life - our hearts, thoughts, money, relationships, health, home and time
- 3-step process to help us lay down anxiety and guide us into intentionality
- “Numbering our days” - Moses’ heart behind this truth and how this can serve as a pathway to peace for us
Also, check out Nichole's new course, Peace and Purpose.
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Nicole Zasowski: A New Year of Peace in Joy
Nicole Zasowski is an author and therapist who like many knows what it’s like to live a life terrified of celebrating. After experiencing prolonged seasons of hurt and disappointment, she had become highly suspicious of joy, afraid to enjoy the good things in life for fear they would be snatched away. We're diving into her book, What If It’s Wonderful?: An Invitation to Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate, and being challenged to pursue a life of anticipation and celebration. Today, we're talking about:
- Why the search for joy is both challenging and essential
- How our peace can be threatened in joyous times and what we can do about this
- Pursuing a life of anticipation - starts by retraining your brain to celebrate
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An Introduction to Season 4: "My Peace I Give to You"
As I was praying over this next year of our time together, the one word the Lord continually pressed upon my heart was “peace.” I believe God wants to usher us into His peace this year. We'll learn if we want peace, we must get close to the source of peace, we must enter into the presence of peace. And, that, my friend, is what season 4 of The Good Day is all about. Today, we're talking about:
- How do we experience God’s peace even when our circumstances are not peaceful?
- Accessing the peace of Christ and what this means for us today
- How can we become seekers and bestowers of peace?
C A N D A C E C O F E R
author + speaker
12 Books of 2023
It's that time again... time to share the stories we've read and wisdom we've gained in the last year. I continued my commitment to read at least one book a month, and now I want to share my favorites with you. Today, we're talking about:
- How we can cultivate curiosity and learn from the experience of others
- Secular stories of bunnies and even cowdogs we grew up with which we can use to strengthen our faith and our relationships with others
- Wisdom to grow our faith, relationships, finances, and purpose.
C A N D A C E C O F E R
author + speaker
One Word-ish for 2023: Undistracted and Unoffended
What if I were to tell you instead of making goals and resolutions for the New Year, you simply take one or two weeks and choose one word. If faith guides you like it does me, I'd encourage you to pray about what this one word should be for you this year.In previous years, I've grown in areas of "authenticity" and been led in ways I never expected through "open" then "no." This last year, my word was "undistracted" but it grew to something more, much much more, something which inspired these tulips to be placed by my front door... Today, we're talking about:
- An alternative to setting resolutions to help you grow this year
- What living an undistracted life requires of us
- A radical commitment which will change your life and impact all of your relationships for the better
C A N D A C E C O F E R
author + speaker
Home for the Holidays: A House of Homonyms
It's one of our favorite times of the year! As we prepare for the gift of Christmas, may we prepare our hearts to experience the fullness of the gift of Christ even through our secular holiday traditions. Today, we're talking about:
- 5 words of Scripture we overlook but have immense depth for the story of Christmas
- Significance of Bethlehem as the setting for Jesus’ birth
- 1 man we never think of at Christmas - is Goliath a Christmas character?
C A N D A C E C O F E R
author + speaker
Home for the Holidays: kingdoms vs. Kingdom
It's one of our favorite times of the year! As we prepare for the gift of Christmas, may we prepare our hearts to experience the fullness of the gift of Christ even through our secular holiday traditions. Today, we're talking about:
- Our subconscious vocation as builders - what and why we do it
- Impact of 1 man (never featured in a nativity scene)
- The parallels of the worldly kingdom and the Kingdom of heaven, the striking contradictions of Caesar's reign to Christ's reign
C A N D A C E C O F E R
author + speaker
Home for the Holidays: A Ticket of Our Own
It's one of our favorite times of the year! As we prepare for the gift of Christmas, may we prepare our hearts to experience the fullness of the gift of Christ even through our secular holiday traditions. Today, we're talking about:
- What happens when you put 2 million pounds of ice and a love for trains together - absolutely incredible sculptures!
- How the message in The Polar Express can help prepare our hearts for Christmas
- The significance of a stamped ticket for you and for me right now
C A N D A C E C O F E R
author + speaker
Home for the Holidays: S-elf on the Shelf
It's one of our favorite times of the year! As we prepare for the gift of Christmas, may we prepare our hearts to experience the fullness of the gift of Christ even through our secular holiday traditions. Today, we're talking about:
- How the fun tradition of Elf on the Shelf can help remind us to live out the gift of Christmas
- Preferring one another and healthy boundaries, how these work together
- Practical ways you can prefer those around you this Christmas
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Mabel Ninan: Longing for Home
Mabel Ninan is the multi award-winning author of Far from Home. Born and raised in Hyderabad, India, her upbringing as a Christian made her a minority, putting her at odds with the dominant culture. As host of the YouTube podcast, Immigrant Faith Stories, she shares inspiring testimonies of immigrants, refugees, missionaries, third culture kids, and those who minister in cross-cultural settings. Today, we're talking about:
- Growing up in India as a Christian, how this experience helped her "live in the world but not of the world"
- Challenges as an immigrant—separation from all things familiar, fracturing of identity, a sense of “homelessness"
- Having different beliefs from our friends - do we have to agree to be friends?
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Terry Feix: Overcoming Anxious Thoughts by Stewarding Our Emotions
Terry Feix serves as a Pastor at Crossings Community Church as well as the co-host of the So We Speak podcast. His background in Mathematics and Biblical Languages as well as Information Technology and Executive Sales, though not a typical path for a pastor, God has used to prepare Him uniquely for it. He has a passion to help The Bible come alive for people. Today, we're talking about:
- Our different journeys to faith and how both the head and the heart are necessary in leading us to a greater understanding of grace and truth
- What is contentment and how do we become content in all circumstances?
- Emotional reactions - how to disciple our emotions
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Christy Boleware: Overcoming Attacks with Surrender
Christy Boleware is a speaker, Founder & President of Fearless Unite as well as the author of Nervous Breakthrough. After enduring a severe panic and anxiety disorder in 2011, she learned her superwoman tendencies and constant striving for success made her powerless to combat the beast of panic and anxiety. In her own words, "my superwoman cape strangled me." Today, we're talking about:
- From a superhero climb up the success ladder to facing clinical depression and panic attack - how she experienced breakthrough from a nervous breakdown
- The power of surrender - finding peace when we let go of control and seek God for help
- Smoke alarms - learning to pay attention and respond to these indicators
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Todd Isberner & Wendie Pett: Overcoming the Past & Differences in Marriage
Todd Isberner and Wendie Pett are a husband and wife duo, and co-hosts of the podcast: Your Biggest Breakthrough. With a Master of Divinity, Todd authored What Every Man Needs to Know: How to Master Faith, Family, Fitness and Finance. Wendie teaches the balance of mind, body and spirit through her Visibly Fit™ wellness program. She also serves as a naturopathic doctor, wife, mother, author, speaker, and TV host. Today, we're talking about:
- Can you have differences and still be soul mates with your spouse?
- Building a blended family and how to cultivate a “spirit mate” bond in your relationship
- The power of surrender and what to do when waiting for a breakthrough
C A N D A C E C O F E R
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Rebecca George: Overcoming Doubt
Rebecca George is the author of Do the Thing: Gospel-Centered Goals, Gumption, and Grace for the Go-Getter Girl as well as the host of the Radical Radiance podcast and founder of Radical Radiance®. Her greatest joy in life is discipling others to pursue their passions in a way that builds the Kingdom. Today, we're talking about:
- What to do when we feel "stuck" and fatigued by the laundry list of excuses
- We “steward” our finances but what about our calling? How do we live this out?
- That thing on your heart - how do you overcome doubt and gain clarity so you can actually do it
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Amy Elaine: Overcoming with Prayer
Amy Elaine is the author of Becoming a Victory Girl. She is an inspirational speaker, former radio show host, gifted Bible teacher, and host of the The Grace Frontier Podcast. Her ministry is devoted to helping women with heart-shattered lives become whole again in Christ. Today, we're talking about:
- All things southern like pecan pie and fried okra
- What to do when chaos ensues in the form of diagnosis or loss or trials of every kind. How we can overcome the battles in our circumstances when we pray with authority
- What it looks like to identify and claim the influence God has given you
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Melanie Redd: Overcoming Worry
Melanie Redd is the author of Just Rest: A 90-Day Devotional Journal. As a speaker and active blogger, Melanie uses all her resources including social media as an opportunity to encourage. Her topics center around hope, home and health. Today, we're talking about:
- Gaining hard-won wisdom from Peanuts cartoons
- Simply telling ourselves not to worry doesn't work very well, but declaring truth over ourselves does. Learn how to practice this in your daily life.
- The most important practice for young adult women to do in their 20’s and 30's
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Dr. Kim Allen: Overcoming Insecurity
As the author of Crushing Insecurity, Dr. Kim Allen is sharing how we can identify and overcome the voice of insecurity so we can more fully step into the purpose God has for us. With her doctorate in Theology and professional background, she has served in IT, Education, and Spiritual Leadership. Her passion is developing and presenting curricula and also mentoring women who need technical skills to return to the workplace. Today, we're talking about:
- When we're rebuilding a life or relationship, how to overcome the insecurity of re-entry
- If we will start by meeting practical needs of others, God will use us to serve their supernatural needs as well
- Storms in life - how God uses these to redirect us and reset our priorities
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Misty Phillip: Overcoming Grief
Misty Phillip is a speaker and the author of the award-winning #1 Amazon New Release Bible Study, The Struggle is Real: But so is God. As founder of Spark Media, she helps equips Christian Communicators and podcasters and also serves as host of the By His Grace Podcast ranked in the top 1.5 percent of all podcasts. Today, we are talking about:
- When the struggle is REAL and we wonder: Can God really use this for His glory and my good?
- The heartache, pain, and suffering this side of heaven can cripple us, but it doesn’t have to. How do we overcome?
- What it looks like to activate God's Word in our lives
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At the End of My Rope
I carry stress the same way I carry groceries - all in the same load. Thinking I'm a skilled waitress, I'll balance this plate of stress like this, top it with this bowl of worry and this fork of anxiety and this spoon of grief - all just-so. Except it doesn't end just-so. It ends with me feeling overwhelmed. If you feel overwhelmed by life's circumstances right now, tune into this episode. Today, we're talking about:
- Stress - in all its forms - and how we're doing "handling" it
- The "I'm at the end of my rope with ____" moments in life
- Why staring at the end of our ropes is the best place we can be
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A New Face Around Here (The Good Day Turns 3!)
As The Good Day turns THREE (3 whole years, can you believe it?!), the biggest change is... there's a new face around here! So, I figured it's time you meet 'Dubya, aka Will! To help lead us through some reflection of our last two years, our good friend and a featured writer for our Summer in the Psalms series is joining us - Mr. Luke Helms. Today, we're talking about:
- Dating - what it looked like for us and the invitation that changes everything
- Engaged - the wedding planning/showers and a whole lot more behind the scenes
- Married - 3 months of marriage and what we’re learning already as newlyweds
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Summer in the Psalms - Psalm 19: When I Feel Distracted by Lisa Torres
One of our biggest dilemmas: life pulls us in a million and one directions. How do overcome this trap of distraction? Lisa Torres is sharing her reflection of Psalm 19 with us to help us do just that. Lisa is a motivational speaker, certified wellness coach as well as former international nonprofit fundraiser. She recently launched her executive coaching business where she helps staff of growing nonprofits to serve with excellence. She is passionate about helping women 40 and over to embrace optimal health—mind, body, and soul. Her life experiences have led to her calling to reach women who are hiding in the shadows of brokenness and help them restore their identity in Christ. Today, we're talking about:
- Farmer's markets in the summer and the search for the sweetest local honey
- One of our biggest dilemmas: life pulls us in a million and one directions
- How to practically trade a "come and do" in our time with God for "come and be"
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Summer in the Psalms - Psalm 12: When I Need a Safe Haven by Nikki Evanson
What do we do when we feel evil has won? We need a safe haven - where can we go? In sharing her reflection of Psalm 12 with us, Nikki Evanson is reminding us God is our protector. A Christian writer, Nikki's mission is to help and equip Christian women to live for Jesus by following Matthew 22:37-39. She is a wife and mother to two beautiful children. Today, we're talking about:
- Careless words and selfish acts - unfortunately it's not just a recess thing.
- What do we do when it feels evil has won?
- The protection we cling to and how this safe haven has the power to change our circumstances and heal our wounds
C A N D A C E C O F E R
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Summer in the Psalms - Psalm 5: When I Feel Overwhelmed and Under Attack by Tischa van de Reep
Roasting s'mores and experiencing spiritual triumph - what if there's more overlap than we initially considered? In sharing her reflection of Psalm 5 with us, Tischa van de Reep is helping us see the importance of watching when we feel overwhelmed and under attack. Tischa is a Christian writer and speaker, founder of The Well Communicators and The Branch Women's Gathering. Her role as a mental health and autism mom further fuels her passion for women to find strength in Christ. Her work in ministry extends from homeless women in Houston, to expat wives in Budapest, Hungary, to rural villagers in Malawi, Africa, and women across the US. Today, we're talking about:
- Praying and watching - David's strategy which led to spiritual triumph!
- What does it look like to pray then "watch"? How do we apply this to our daily life?
- What does this require of us and how does it increase our joy?
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Summer in the Psalms: Psalm 148 - When I Don't Feel Like Rejoicing by Athena Ramsey
Athena Ramsey is the co-host of the podcast: Torn: Finding a Mom Life Balance and author of small group studies and founder of Esperanza ministry. Through this, she serves to equip women with knowledge of the word of God so they can be encouraged in their daily lives and extend a hand to walk in unity + love with other women in Christ. Today, she's sharing her reflection of Psalm 148 with us, specifically:
- An activity to add to your summer bucket list for fun memories and to help strengthen your faith at the same time
- The power of seeing, hearing and feeling God's glory and our response to this
- How we can lead our hearts to praise when it feels praise is stifled within us
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Summer in the Psalms - Psalm 141: When I Feel Confused and Doubt My Calling by Lori McRae
"God, did I hear you incorrectly?" Have these or similar words entered your thoughts or mouth? Lori McRae is sharing her reflection of Psalm 141 with us and helping us experience God's peace in the midst of confusing circumstances. Based in Alabama, Lori desires to bring God glory in all she does and help others grow in their relationship with Jesus. Passionate about serving Jesus and telling others the difference He has made and continues to make in her life, she shares her walk with Christ as daily encouragement on social media through Shine Bright for God’s Glory. Today, we're talking about:
- When confusion causes us to question, "God, did I hear you incorrectly?"
- How to find strength when you are facing opposition so you are not struck down by it
- What it looks like to have God as your go-to first responder in times of trial
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Summer in the Psalms - Psalm 134: When I Am Restless and Sleepless by Kara O'Byrne
Could God really use my restless, sleepless night for my good, someone else's good and His glory? If so, how? Kara O'Byrne is sharing her reflection of Psalm 134 with us to help us seek a higher perspective in these times. Kara is a contributing author to the Proverbs 31 devotional: Hope When Your Heart is Heavy as well as a wife, mother, and former teacher who has experienced the powerful, redemptive work of God in her marriage and life. As a lover of words and God’s Word, she desires to encourage others with His truth through the ups and downs of everyday life. Today, we're talking about:
- Caffeine and bedtime probs, but also the biggest hindrance to our sleep
- How we can respond during the unwanted, restless nights
- A special echo which results from our obedience in this and the dual benefit it unfolds
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Summer in the Psalms - Psalm 127: When I Wonder If Prayer Really Matters by Jennifer Wier
Do you find yourself wishing or praying? What's the difference? Is there a difference? Jennifer Wier is helping us sort through these questions as she shares her reflection of Psalm 127 with us. Jennifer is a writer, counselor, and follower of Jesus dedicated to pointing people’s hearts toward Home. With a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, she has worked with those in need of mental health support. She also serves as Vice President of Spiritual Life for the chapel women’s ministry at Eielson Air Force Base. Today, we're talking about:
- Do our prayers really make a difference?
- The power of inviting God into our cares and our work and our lives through prayer
- Why prayer is important and how it grows and changes us
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Summer in the Psalms - Psalm 120: When Words Hurt by Candice Reyes
What do we do when words hurt deeply? How can we use our tongue to prevent more pain? Candice Reyes is sharing her reflection of Psalm 120 with us to help us discover how we can respond when words hurt us. Candice is a speaker, host of The Red Rover podcast, Award-Winning Author, Basic Self-Defense Instructor, and Founder/Executive Director of Hooks2Crook Ministries. As a 2x survivor of sexual assault, she understands the importance of overcoming the fear of the past and walking with Jesus through recovery. Candice coaches women through the victim-to-survivor process, helping them reclaim their hope, regain their voice, and resist their urge to isolate. Today, we're talking about:
- Sticks, stones, and lies we've believed for too long
- The power of the tongue and how we can experience freedom from the painful words of others
- A powerful shield you can access when words hurt and a redeeming response to prevent inflicting more pain
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Summer in the Psalms - Psalm 113: When I'm Asking Why by Cara Blondo
When our why's becomes whines because our circumstances are anything but praiseworthy. There's a psalm for that! In sharing her reflection of Psalm 113 with us, Cara Blondo is helping us process through these doubts with praise. Cara is an author, Bible study teacher, and speaker as well as the host of the Perspective Shifts podcast and founder of The One Thing Desired ministry. She is passionate about helping women connect biblical truths to their everyday lives, helping them learn how to shift their perspective upward and come to know Him as their greatest desire. Today, we're talking about:
- When our why's becomes whines because our circumstances are anything but praiseworthy
- How this word may not be evident in our words but still just as apparent in our lives
- A promise we can cling to when we feel “stooped down” from our heavy loads
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Summer in the Psalms - Psalm 106: When I Am Forgetful of the Lord's Provision for Me by Nichole Suvar
We've likely heard of "child-like faith" but what does that look like and how can we apply it today? In sharing her reflection of Psalm 106 with us, Nichole Suvar is helping us learn how. She is the author of Numbering Our Days: Combating Anxiety in the Power of Small Intentional Moments, Prepare Him Room: an Intentional Advent, and Victory in the Wilderness: an Intentional Easter. A recovering perfectionist, anxiety-fighter, and seeker of all things declared good, Nichole desires for others to know they are created for a purpose and even the struggle of anxiety can be a tool to help point us to our Savior and live a life that brings Him glory. Today, we're talking about:
- The funny (and profound) things children do and what we need to learn from them
- How we're not all that different from the Israelites of long ago and what this reveals of the condition of the human heart
- How a step towards humility is just one question away
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Summer in the Psalms: Psalm 99 - When I Need to Feel and See God's Love for Me by Luke Helms
Luke Helms has an insatiable desire to learn and help others understand how our earthly sufferings are justified in light of an eternity with Christ. He serves as an associate attorney at a law firm in his community of Oklahoma City, OK and also serves on the Board of Directors of Willow Pregnancy Support. Today, he's sharing his reflection of Psalm 99 with us, specifically:
- Summertime, sunshine and UY Scuti (aka the largest known star in the universe!)
- The magnitude and wonder of God - described in scripture and experienced in creation
- How the splendor of the sun can serve as a tangible reminder of God's great love for us
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Summer in the Psalms - Psalm 90: 5,993 Days: When I Am Waiting on God to Answer My Prayer
How do we become wise and not get so exhausted and worn out from our circumstances? Kicking off this summer's series, Summer in the Psalms, by leaning on the prayer of a man who was intimately familiar with waiting on God so we can remain steadfast as we wait on the Lord in our lives. Through a reflection of Psalm 90, we will be challenged to seek a higher perspective and focus on what matters most. Today, we're talking about:
- 5,993 days and the significance of this number to the love story Will and I share
- How to seek a higher perspective so you don't get worn down and exhausted by circumstances
- The secret to being most present in our lives and how we can apply this to the difficult situations in our path today
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Vlad Robinson: Welcome to the Family ...and the Family of God
At age seventeen, Vlad Robinson was adopted with his brothers and left the only home he'd ever known - an orphanage in Ukraine - for a new and foreign home with his new family in the U.S. He's sharing his story and the moment in this journey when God became real to him. When Vlad is not rock climbing or wood working, he's serving his local church in the kids' ministry. Today, we're talking about:
- His personal international adoption story - life in an orphanage in Ukraine to adjusting to life with his new family in the U.S.
- Transitioning into a new family, culture and language at age seventeen
- How God became real to him through this journey
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Ashley Fuhr: Welcome to the Family - The Messy Meaningfulness of It All
Ashley Fuhr is the founder of No Such String and a shining example of what it looks like to pray bold prayers (the ones we really don't want to pray) and bringing God what we have. She's sharing her story of how God grew their family through foster care and adoption. Today, we're talking about:
- When God’s plans are very different than your own, how to embrace what is better when it's messy
- Meet the Fuhr family, which God grew through adoption and how their desire for foster care started through social media and a burden
- The power of bringing God what you have - whether it's your home or even glitter!
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Chelsea Sobolik: A Legacy of Fulfillment
Chelsea Sobolik is the author of Longing for Motherhood as well as a forthcoming book on women and work in addition to publications at the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, etc. She also serves as Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy for Lifeline Children's Services with previous service on Capitol Hill. Today, we're talking about:
- A personal story of international adoption
- When fertility is not just a struggle but a medical impossibility - the messy journey of surrendering this longing for motherhood to God
- The silent struggle - how you can engage with the people around you and how others can offer support and space as needed
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Kate Battistelli: A Legacy of Hope
Kate Battistelli is the author of The God Dare as well as a speaker, former acclaimed actress/singer in the NY Broadway Musical Theatre and mother of GRAMMY® Award-winning Contemporary Christian recording artist Francesca Battistelli. She says, “Sometimes your dreams do come true. Interesting that my big break was with The King and I. Now it’s just the King…and i!” Today, we're talking about:
- Saying “yes” when we’re terrified of doing so
- The “chapter 4 moments" in our lives - how God takes our most painful regrets and redeems them for His glory
- Struggles with infertility - learning how to trust God in both how and when He chooses to build your family
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Gaye Lindfors: A Legacy of Joy
Gaye Lindfors is the author of Getting My Ducks in a Row. She is as witty and funny as she is caring and talented. Her background includes Industrial Relations and has served as president of the National Speakers Association/Minnesota chapter, and as Regional Director for Christian Women in Media. Today, we're talking about:
- Getting our ducks in a row - is it possible? What if it's not even our own ducks but the ducks of others we're trying to corral?
- How to endure seasons of caregiving for others with grace
- How our response to hard times reveals our faith and can serve as the greatest witness to others
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Blythe Daniel & Dr. Helen McIntosh: A Legacy of Love
Blythe Daniel and Dr. Helen McIntosh are a mother-daughter duo and co-authors of I Love You, Mom! and Mended: Restoring the Hearts of Mothers and Daughters. Blythe serves as a literary agent and marketer and has written for Proverbs 31 Ministries, Focus on the Family, Ann Voskamp, etc. Helen serves as a counselor, speaker, educator, and author. Today, we're talking about:
- Hints for Mother's Day ideas - The gift mothers really need
- How to reconcile a broken relationship with your either your mother or child
- Practical ways to support your children through all seasons of life - from the early childhood years through adulthood
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Amy & Blair Debrucque: A Legacy of Courage
Amy & Blair Debrucque are a mother-daughter duo and co-authors of the book Embolden. Amy is a wife, mom of four, author, podcaster and cancer survivor as well as the founder of the Life on Purpose Movement and host of the Life on Purpose Podcast. Today, we're talking about:
- Though sometimes messy, the reward of working together in a shared vision
- Overcoming fears to live a life of purpose with confidence
- Godly courage - what is it, what is it not, and what does it look like to walk forward in this?
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Leaving a Legacy: A Legacy of Faith
What legacy do you want to leave? As we prepare for Mother's Day and honor those who have given so much of themselves to us, let's choose to celebrate the goodness of God we experience in and through one another. Today, we're talking about:
- "A virtuous woman" - who was the Proverbs 31 woman? Was it a passage meant just for women or could it be deeper than this?
- The trap of comparison - how to identify it and how to intentionally overcome this
- A spiritual discipline we easily neglect - the discipline of celebration - and how this changes our relationships
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Kaitlin Garrison: It is Finished
Kaitlin Garrison is the author of Sweet Relief: How the Gospel Frees Us From a Life of Striving. In her own words, she is a writer, teacher, wife to the greatest redhead and wild about the One who set her free. She is learning how to live in the grace and freedom of Christ. Today, we're talking about:
- The hilarious things kids say and do and the power of prepositions
- Experience sweet relief, learn how to throw away the checklist and the cycles of striving
- Enjoying God again - flipping the motivation switch from measuring our own righteousness to a place of freedom and desire
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Shea Watson: The God Who Is Always There
Shea Watson is the co-host of The Pantry Podcast: Jesus, Not Junk Food with his wife, Michelle. As a modern-day prodigal son, he has experienced hope, healing and radical transformation from a life of addiction and brokenness through faith in Christ. Today, we're talking about:
- Radical life transformation - from black sheep, army life, and addiction to a life of hope, healing and faith
- While some say "it just worked out," others say it was a miracle - how do you know it was God?
- When we're struggling to trust, how can we engage with God in the midst of our unbelief
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Yvette Walker: The God Who Listens and Responds
Yvette Walker is author of both fiction and non-fiction books, including the Christian title: Whispering in His Ear. She serves as an educator and journalist at Oklahoma University and hosts the Positively Joy podcast. Today, we're talking about:
- How to practice unexpected joy in all things
- An easy way to measure the depth of a friendship and how to deepen a relationship
- The God who listens and responds - how to discern the voice of God and how to develop the sensitivity to hear His voice
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