How can we raise our boys to be spiritual leaders? How can we love them well? What are the joys and challenges of being a boy-mom? We are back with another round of the Grace in Parenting series. To get the series started, author and boy-mom Jasmine Holmes joins the show. In our conversation, Jasmine […]
#116: Grace + Your Body: Embracing the body God gave you with Amber O’Neal Johnston
How can we embrace and accept the body God gave us? I don’t know about you, but I have often wished for a body built very differently from mine. God gave me a body I keep wishing away. So how do we accept and embrace the body God specifically picked for us? How do we […]
#115: Grace for the graduate
If you are graduating, are the parent of a graduate, or if you’re moving into a new, unchartered season, this episode is for you. May the grace and truth Jesus has taught me be of help to your tender heart. Key Quotes In the midst of celebrations and attention and ceremonies, you can feel grief […]
#114: Grace + Your Body: Redemption after mistreating your body with Toni Collier
Maybe you are like today’s guest and like me. I have mistreated my body over the years. I’ve deprived it of sleep and calories and nourishing foods. I’ve emotionally eaten my way through hard times, like – just one example here, there are many – when the girls were little and Ryan was out of […]
#113: Grace + Your Body: Aging with grace
Aging with grace: What does it look like to be kind and compassionate to our physical bodies when they are not what they used to be? In our culture that values youth and abhors wrinkles, what do we do? In this episode, we’ll walk through What we see in the mirror and feel in our […]
#112: Grace + Your Body: Acting with compassion when your body is overloaded with Rebekah Fedrowitz
Let’s talk about being a grace-giver when your body is in a state of stress. There’s a reason you crave sugar when you’re stressed. There’s a way to tell when your stress has gone too far just as there’s a way to get off the hamster wheel of stress. If you find yourself living in […]
#111: Living out the gospel in your real life
If you have questions about how to live out the gospel or if sharing it freaks you out on the inside, this is your episode. We’re walking through what it means to “live the gospel,” what that looks like for you in your inner life and what that looks like as you interact with others. […]
#110: Grace + Your Body: Trusting God through physical suffering with Niki Hardy
Your body is pretty incredible, but what about when your body feels like it doesn’t like you or is actively working against you? How do you give your body grace when it feels like it’s betraying you? How can you be a grace-giver to your flesh, blood, marrow, tendons, and cells when you feel as […]
#109: Grace + Your Body: What trips you up from treating your body with grace
We’re talking about viewing our bodies through the lens of grace. In this episode, I’ll share my body’s story What trips us up from treating our bodies with grace And what God says is true. Six mindsets we hold about our bodies: Our bodies are machines designed to produce without getting sick, having feelings about anything, […]
20 resources so you can give your body grace
Your body is pretty amazing. And it can also be a source of shame, anxiety, and past trauma. Counting calories, comparing your body to other bodies, and wondering where your pre-baby baby went can steal the joy from the awesomely-terrific body God gave to you and only you. You want to enjoy your body again. […]