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01 May 2023123. Knowing Women of the Bible (with Anna Haggard)00:26:17

Guest Bio: 

Anna Haggard is an associate content editor for Our Daily Bread Publishing. A follower of Jesus, she loves to write and edit books sharing about God’s generous and deep love for all people. Anna co authored the Called and Courageous Girls Series (calledandcourageousgirls.com); Mission Drift, a 2015 Christianity Today Book Award winner; and The Spiritual Danger of Doing Good.

 

Show Summary: 

When it comes to the women in the Bible, we tend to talk about Ruth, Esther, and Mary. But what about the other women who are in the Bible? There are many forgotten or briefly mentioned women who deserve recognition for their roles in God’s Word. Join Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy Adkins as they talk with editor Anna Haggard about the women in the Bible you don’t usually hear about, and get a sneak peek into the new Our Daily Bread Devotional Known by God on this episode of God Hears Her. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “Being weak is a place where His power resides.” —Anna Haggard

  • “God uses dysfunction for redemption.” —Elisa Morgan

  • “You are seen, God is with you, God is on your side, God is for you one-hundred percent, God hears your pain and knows it and is experiencing it with you.” —Anna Haggard

  • “Are you happy with the current activity you are doing?” —Anna Haggard

  • “I hope the readers will encounter the God who encountered these women in the Bible.” —Anna Haggard

 

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22 Aug 2022EP. 97: Embracing Our Unique Gifts (with Denisse Copeland)00:30:50

Have you ever thought about whether you are a Mary or a Martha from the Bible? Does your calling reflect parts of your personality? Do you like things clean and organized, like Martha? Or are you a Mary, focused on giving people time and attention? On this episode of God Hears Her, hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy talk with guest Denisse Copeland about what it means to be set apart as a daughter of the King, no matter if you’re a Mary or a Martha.

 

About Our Guest:

Denisse Copeland was born and raised by a single mother in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Her upbringing offered little stability, and Denisse soon found herself on a seemingly endless quest to find love and acceptance. It wasn’t until Jesus shook her world that she truly found what she was looking for. Now a mother of three living in Oklahoma City, Denisse works alongside her husband, Rashawn Copeland, as an online minister and evangelist. Their ministry reaches more than 6 million people every year.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • God gave me a gift that was difficult for me to accept as a child. —Denisse Copeland
  • I was confessing but I didn’t know it, and I felt tangible peace for the first time. —Denisse Copeland
  • I never felt peace growing up. I didn’t know what peace was or felt like. —Denisse Copeland
  • I said, “Yes, Lord!” It felt like somebody loved me. I accepted that proposal. —Denisse Copeland
  • Martha’s gift wasn’t wrong. She was just doing it from an anxious heart. —Denisse Copeland
  • The heart posture is what’s driving you to do what you’re doing. If you’re abiding in Him, there is rest. —Denisse Copeland
  • I am set apart. I am a daughter. I don’t have to prove anything. —Denisse Copeland
  • Sometimes what frustrates us most is what leads us to our giftedness. —Denisse Copeland
  • Jesus gives us permission to rest. —Denisse Copeland

 

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21 Nov 2022110. Grace That's Daring (with Manda Carpenter)00:32:48

Have you ever thought about becoming a foster parent? Are you curious to know what it’s like to take in kids that need a place to live? Foster parenting is a unique calling, but the experience can lead us closer to understanding God’s love and grace. Join Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy in this episode of God Hears Her as they learn from longtime foster parent, Manda Carpenter, what it’s like to be the foster mom of 16 kids.

 

About Our Guest:

Manda Carpenter is a writer, a speaker, and an advocate committed to helping women grow in their relationships with God, self, and others. She is a neighbor, question-asker, and cheerleader of the underdog. Manda and her husband, Eric, are foster parents and hosts of A Longer Table podcast. They live with their son, Shia, in Los Angeles, California.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “The catastrophe in our life ends up being our calling.” —Manda Carpenter
  • “The goal of foster care is reunification.” —Manda Carpenter
  • “To be a great foster parent, you don’t need to adopt all of your children.” —Manda Carpenter
  • “My relationship with my foster kids doesn’t look much different than my relationship with my biological son.” —Manda Carpenter
  • “With fostering, you have all the responsibility but no power.” —Manda Carpenter
  • “Fostering is a position that forces me to rely on God.” —Manda Carpenter
  • “Grace is loving them when they’re daring you not to.” —Manda Carpenter
  • “Nothing matters more than the condition of your soul.” —Manda Carpenter

 

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15 Mar 2021EP. 32: Mental Health and Faith (with Dr. Christina Edmondson)00:44:11

All of us struggle with emotional, psychological, and physical circumstances that impact the way we experience our lives, others, and the world around us. And even though our society has come a long way, the conversation of mental health is oftentimes still stigmatized. But we believe that an important way to disprove that stigma is to talk about it. Just as we need to take care of our physical health, our guest Dr. Christina Edmondson encourages us to take care of our brain health.

Bio of guest: 

Christina Edmondson holds a PhD in counseling psychology from Tennessee State University, an MS degree from the University of Rochester in family systems, and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Hampton University with an emphasis in race, class, and gender. For over a decade, Christina has served in a variety of roles including most recently as the Dean for Intercultural Student Development at Calvin University. A certified cultural intelligence facilitator, public speaker, and former mental health therapist, Christina is often contacted by churches to consult about leadership development, antiracism, and mental health issues. She is also one of the co-hosts of the Truth’s Table podcast.

Notes and Quotes:

  • “God has given us emotions, feelings, thoughts, and experiences and invited us to process those things. And so, I do think there is a lot of stigma and shame attached to, obviously, issues of mental illness in our culture and in our society. But the truth is, our brains are just as fallen as everything else, and so, to the extent that we would have physical issues like high blood pressure and heart disease and a bad back, we also have nagging, anxious thoughts. We are also kind of wired in ways that make us more susceptible and prone to depression, for example. And not to mention the painful experiences that we have and the way that trauma shapes us. And so I just think that we need to give ourselves and other people a lot more grace.”
  • “On this side of glory, we’ve got real problems and real issues. And you know, Jesus is not insecure. We don’t have to pretend to have it all together as if we are somehow disparaging the name of Christ because we have struggles.”
  • “And so, even our traumas, our fears, our issues . . . even those things must bow down to Christ’s agenda for us, which is ultimately for our good and for His glory.”
  • “As a part of our humanity, we do have a range of emotions, and we can see Jesus in the text express a variety of emotions—from grief and lament to anger to joy and delight in friendships and connections.”
  • “We don’t have to be afraid of the sadness or the frustration or even the anger that we have. It’s what then we do next with it, right?”
  • “As women, we can demonstrate love for each other by not binding people to these caricatures of what other women are supposed to be, giving them the grace to teach us something about the fullness and beauty of womanhood.”
  • “Intimacy takes vulnerability, and vulnerability is almost like a muscle that we have to continually train and work out.”
  • “You take your car in to get looked over; we should take our brains and our bodies in to get looked over.”
  • “I would invite people to think about how, if they’re doing great, how they could be a listening ear, a supportive friend . . .”
  • “I’m so grateful that Jesus did that in the Scriptures and Jesus does that now. Jesus sees us even now.”

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16 Jan 2023114. God's Heart for Justice (with Jenn Petersen)00:28:06

Have you ever felt heartbroken by the terrible things that happen in the world? Do you ever feel hopeless, scared, or angry at injustice? On today’s episode of God Hears Her, guest Jenn Petersen explains what the International Justice Mission is and how God feels about injustice. Join hosts, Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy, as they talk with Jenn Petersen about how we can fight injustice wherever we are.

 

About Our Guest:

Jenn Petersen serves as Director of Mobilization, NYC, for the International Justice Mission. She is also co-founder and co-lead pastor of Resurrection Life NYC, a multi-ethnic congregation on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Jenn is passionate about justice, worship, songwriting, discipleship, and equipping and unleashing people to live every day as followers of Jesus. Jenn holds a Master of Divinity from Wesley Seminary and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Northern Iowa. She resides in Harlem with her husband, two children, and their dog, Charlie Parker.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • God will use what you already have in your hands. —Jenn Petersen
  • Following Jesus is a wild adventure. You never know where He will lead you. But His will is always the best. —Jenn Petersen
  • When He opens your eyes to Scripture, you can’t unsee it. —Jenn Petersen
  • What does it look like to love the Lord with all your strength? —Jenn Petersen
  • There is no right or wrong way to pray [about such big prayers about injustice]. —Jenn Petersen 
  • God takes the messiest parts and He can make the most beautiful, unexpected, redeemed ministry of our lives. —Jenn Petersen 

 

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16 May 2022EP. 91: Understanding Your Brain and Pain (with Dr. Jerome D. Lubbe)00:37:07

Imagine if you dealt with a debilitating migraine every day of your life and doctors didn’t have the right answers to help you heal. What would you do? How would you cope? Dr. Jerome Lubbe experienced this firsthand before becoming a functional neurologist and working to improve people’s well-being. The brain is a complex system, and sometimes the answers to our suffering aren’t easy to come by. On this episode of God Hears Her, hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy talk to Dr. Jerome Lubbe about the brain and the pain a lot of us face.

 

About Our Guest:

Dr. Jerome is a functional neurologist who knows that healing is possible, even when it feels impossible, because of the brain’s ability to reorganize itself and create new connections. He specializes in complex and unresolved neurological cases because he knows what it’s like to have an undiagnosed issue as he suffered from migraines without any answers for years! His practice also explores how functional neurology, neuroplasticity, and tools like the Enneagram can improve our well-being. Dr. Jerome created and released the first-ever neuroscience based model of the Enneagram in his book, The Brain-Based Enneagram.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • Is your pain more like Job’s, Paul’s, or Jesus’? —Dr. Jerome Lubbe
  • Sometimes you have to ask yourself if your pain is something you have to die to. —Dr. Jerome Lubbe
  • My body was made by a Creator who knows more than me. —Dr. Jerome Lubbe
  • Sometimes we think silence is God’s absence. —Dr. Jerome Lubbe
  • There is nothing more significant on earth than a deep breath. —Dr. Jerome Lubbe

 

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15 Aug 2022EP. 96: Growing Through Grief (with Karen Booker Schelhaas)00:38:54

Have you ever lost someone? Maybe you’ve grown distant from a friend you enjoyed a great connection with. Or someone you loved dearly is no longer in your life. Karen Booker Schelhaas faces life without her husband every day, but in this episode of God Hears Her, she shares how God has shown up in the midst of her intangible grief. Hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy talk with Karen about life after becoming a widow, and how we can grow through grief. 

 

About Our Guest:

Karen Booker Schelhaas lives near Denver, CO, and is a full-time mother to her five children, two of whom were adopted from Ethiopia in 2008. Widowed in 2019 from the love of her life, but anchored in her faith, Karen has passion for serving the grieving at her church and in her community, traveling, writing, empowering younger women, cooking for others, and being active in the great Colorado outdoors. She is also a Wheaton College graduate and published author.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • The life I had really shattered. There weren’t pieces I could glue together. — Karen Booker Schelhaas
  • I started screaming, and God whispered, “I can take it, keep it coming.” — Karen Booker Schelhaas
  • Lament can become a form of worship because it speaks to a relationship. I don’t have to clean it up for God. — Karen Booker Schelhaas
  • We cannot live outside of community, and that’s especially true of the grief process. — Karen Booker Schelhaas
  • Defiant hope. I don’t get to choose where I’ve been planted, but I can choose whether or not to let God help me bloom. — Karen Booker Schelhaas
  • I’ve been very honest about my grief which has given my children permission to be honest with their grief. — Karen Booker Schelhaas
  • Grief is holy ground. There aren’t rules to grief. No timeline. — Karen Booker Schelhaas
  • Even in the greatest pain and heartache, God shows up, and if we keep our eyes open, we can see Him at work. — Karen Booker Schelhaas
  • Be patient. Give lots of grace. Realize people are doing the best they can with what they’ve been handed. — Karen Booker Schelhaas

 

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09 Aug 2021EP. 53: Pursuing a Courageous Faith (with Debbye Turner Bell)00:32:03

Have you ever had a moment in your life where you needed to give something fully to God? The word surrender may feel a little overwhelming, but Dr. Debbye Turner Bell is a great example of what can happen when we fully submit ourselves to God’s best and accomplish something we didn’t feel we were capable of doing. Join Eryn and Elisa on this episode of God Hears Her as they speak with Debbye Turner Bell about her journey of pursuing a courageous faith.

 

About our Guest:

Dr. Debbye Turner Bell is a veterinarian, broadcast journalist, motivational speaker, workshop facilitator, corporate trainer, and Miss America 1990. For more than two decades, she has addressed audiences in the corporate, academic, and community service arenas. In addition to her speaking and media work, she is also the Founder and CEO of Debbye Turner Bell Consulting, a faculty member of the Institute for Management Studies, and an Affiliate Trainer for the TransPorter Group Inc. Dr. Turner Bell lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with her husband, Gerald, and daughter Lynlee.

 

Notes and Quotes: All Quotes by Debbye

  • “That [prayer of surrender] is when my goals became subservient to God’s goals, will, and His purpose for my life.”
  • “It is a matter of deciding, ‘God, I believe you no matter what the circumstances look like.’”
  • “That is what I seek to get to: that if God Himself smite me, it won’t shake my faith in Him.”
  • “God proves Himself to us every day. And if we will just take the time to notice His faithfulness in our lives, then it creates in us a reservoir of His work in our life.”
  • “Every time that God performed a miracle in the Old Testament, an altar was built. The whole purpose of the altar was to remember what God had done.”
  • “What I know about God and what I feel in the moment can be such a disconnect with me.”
  • “When we don’t know what God’s Word says about who we are and our identity and our authority, then we live below our privileges.” 
  • “Faith is a decision, not a feeling.”
  • “Surrender is a choice, not a default.”
  • “Surrender takes strength.”
  • “Our identity is not what happened to us. Our identity is who we were created to be.”

 

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12 Jun 2023128. Discover Your Passion (with Chanel Dokun)00:29:39

Guest Bio: Chanel Dokun is a certified Life Planner and Relationship Expert trained in Marriage and Family Therapy. She specializes in helping women step into their life’s true calling through her Women of Consequence life planning organization. Prior to running her own business and co-founding a seven-figure therapy practice, Healthy Minds NYC, she worked in publishing at Hearst Magazines. She now splits her time between New York City and Atlanta with her psychiatrist husband and son. Chanel’s writing and contributions have appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Real Simple, Woman’s Day, Essence, Moneyish, Christianity Today, and Relevant Magazine.

 

Show Summary: Have you ever felt uncertain of your purpose? Have your eyes glazed over when it comes to talking about the future or thinking of your dreams? Sometimes we can get caught up in the mundane things that cause us to forget about the goals and plans we wanted for ourselves. Today’s guest, Chanel Dokun, is devoted to helping women find and pursue their passions. Join this conversation with hosts, Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy Adkins, to learn more about pursuing your purpose on this episode of God Hears Her. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “She [my mom] said to me, ‘that’s so great you know who you want to be, because I never knew. Nobody ever asked me.”—Chanel Dokun 

  • “I think we all have flickers of what our purpose is as children.”—Chanel Dokun 

  • “Part of how we get unstuck, or come back to life, is by standing up in the truth of who we are. Reclaiming our identity, owning what our purpose is, and getting back into our own skin.”—Chanel Dokun

  • “Because of social media, we’re constantly being presented with an idea of what flourishing is that is not unique to us. We lose sight of ourselves because we’re being presented with somebody else’s great life. . . but your great life is not my great life.”—Chanel Dokun 

  • “All the things God has in store for you, He does not have in store for me. And that’s what gets us off track. We start to believe that our lives need to conform to something else, and we start to twist, shape-shift, and conform ourselves to be something we were never meant to be.”—Chanel Dokun

  • “It’s this idea that my worth is associated with these particular things—by what my job is or the people who are in my life or the stuff that I have. We start to lean into these lies, and we start to believe that is what our life is about. And then we forget—I was made for something else.”—Chanel Dokun 

  • “There is no one like you for a reason.”—Chanel Dokun

 

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02 Aug 2021EP. 52: No Longer Defined by My Past (Best of 2020 with Liz Curtis Higgs)00:26:00

We’ve all made bad decisions. Some of those bad decisions come back to haunt us, and some decisions we thought were good at the time end up having nasty consequences. Oftentimes, those moments lead to regret, and many of us struggle to move past our big mistakes. In this “best of” episode of God Hears Her, Eryn and Elisa revisit a conversation with humorist Liz Curtis Higgs as she shares how we can find freedom from the past and hope for the future.

 

About our guest: 

Liz Curtis Higgs describes herself as a former “bad girl” who met Jesus and is no longer defined by her mistakes. She’s a best-selling author and well-known speaker, and she wrote the foreword for the best-selling devotional from Our Daily Bread Ministries titled God Sees Her. Liz currently lives with her husband, Bill, in their Kentucky home.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “I have no comfort zone. I will tell anybody anything if it will point them to the grace of God.”
  • “They saw past all the ick and said, ‘At the heart, she is a woman that needs to know Jesus,’ and so they just loved me right into the kingdom.”
  • “God and His faithfulness waited.”
  • “We all found ways to numb the pain of not being part of the right crowd and created our own crowd.”
  • “For me, I am a girl who likes community, and I wanted that above all.”
  • “When it says in Scripture, ‘He gives you the desires of your heart,’ it doesn’t mean He gives you every little thing your heart desires; it means He places in your heart the desires He would have for you.”
  • “Some of it He dealt with honestly very quickly. . . . That is what I needed. Everybody is different. Some of us are weaned off the old life, and that doesn’t mean that you didn’t hear the Lord correctly or you’re disobedient.” 
  • “The path for each of us is so unique; the Savior, though, is one and the same.”
  • “We all share a kind of badness, and we all struggle with shame around badness. And my badness may not look like your badness, and yours may not look like mine. But we share it; and if we could just love each other in our badness and accept and not judge . . . wow, what a world that could be.”

 

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22 Apr 2024154. From Self Care to Holy Care (with Laura Smith)00:27:06

Guest Bio: Laura L. Smith is a popular speaker, best-selling author, and Bible teacher leading women to tear down lies so they can live in truth. Holy Care for the Whole Self is her thirteenth book. Most recently she is known for Restore My Soul: The Power and Promise of 30 Psalms and How Sweet the Sound: The Power and Promise of 30 Beloved Hymns. Laura is a fan of Jesus, her prince charming of a husband, their four kids, almond milk mochas, dark chocolate, music, books, and travel. Smith lives in the picturesque college town of Oxford, Ohio. There you’ll find her running the wooded trails, strolling the brick streets, teaching a local Bible study, shopping at the Saturday morning farmer’s market, or going on a sunset walk with her family. 

 

Show Summary: What do you think about self-care? Do you practice it or feel strongly against it? Today, hosts, Elisa Morgan and Eryn Adkins, are talking with author Laura L. Smith about how the Bible talks about self-care. Laura shares how Jesus wants to take care of us and how He tells us to take care of ourselves. Learn how self-care is holy during this God Hears Her conversation. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “We are created in the image of God, He calls us His most prized possession, and a masterpiece. And those are His words for us, so we need to take care of ourselves.” —Laura L. Smith

  • “We need community.” —Laura L. Smith

  • “Jesus loves us so much better than we can love each other.” —Laura L. Smith

  • “The brain is another organ that we need to steward for.” —Elisa Morgan

 

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10 May 2021EP. 40: Out of the Dust (with Chris and Stephanie Teague)00:42:08

On this episode of God Hears Her, Eryn and Elisa speak with Chris and Stephanie Teague about their personal experience with God’s restoration. They walk us through their entire journey of marrying young, the downfall of their marriage, and then its unexpected restoration. They also speak directly to the woman who is in the midst of the unknown and searching for hope and restoration in her own story.

About our guests: 

The husband-and-wife duo “Out of the Dust” is comprised of Chris and Stephanie Teague whose story of downfall, heartbreak, and miraculous redemption is woven deep into the fabric of their music. After growing up in church and marrying young, Chris slowly and quietly lost all faith in God during college. Slipping into the grips of alcohol, drugs, and every other whim of his heart, he secretly managed an alter ego for years around church friends, family, and even Stephanie. Their young marriage quickly collapsed in divorce as Chris walked away from everything he knew. What happened next can’t be called anything other than a miracle. His independence very rapidly found him in the darkest and most desperate place of his life, and it was there that he was shown the depth of his selfishness and pride. Incredibly, in just over a year, God mended their hearts, restored their marriage, and still continues to breathe new life into their story today.  

Chris and Stephanie have what they consider a “dream life” opportunity to travel the country as full-time “musicianaries,” telling the story of God’s grace in their lives that saved and transformed them individually as well as their marriage.

Notes and Quotes:

  • “You don’t know what you don’t know when you’re young.”
  • “It is okay to struggle; it is okay to fail.”
  • “I didn’t know there were other Christians that asked the same questions I did.”
  • “I had to accept the reality and believe that ‘Lord, I do believe you restore in different ways, maybe just not in the way that I want restoration.’”
  • “I felt security in controlling my life, and I just got thrown into something where I could not control anything around me.”
  • “I found my identity in being that good Christan girl and being that wife. That is where I found my worth. But my worth is in being a daughter of the King.”
  • “We live in a broken world, sin breaks things, and we don’t always get the redemption we want. That grieves the Lord as much as it does us.”
  • “I think we play a part in our own transformation simply by being willing to be transformed.”
  • “We are all called to forgive, but trust takes time.”
  • Principles: Do your own work, participate in your own transformation, respect boundaries, trust takes time, involve your community, confess that you don’t know what you don’t know.

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12 Feb 2024150. The Meaning of Moxie (with Moriah Smallbone)00:25:30

Guest Bio: MŌRIAH is a Mexican-American recording artist, actress, and producer from Los Angeles, CA. Her film credits include the lead role in Because of Gracia (2017), singer Loyce Whiteman in the Dennis Quaid Ronald Reagan biopic (2023), and Bathsheba in the series The Chosen (2023). She co-produced a feature film alongside Candace Cameron Bure called Unsung Hero and acted in a Sony Affirm Christmas musical titled Journey to Bethlehem, starring Antonio Banderas (2023).

 

Show Summary: We’ve been talking about moxie a bit here to prepare for the upcoming docuseries Unshakable Moxie. How do you understand moxie? Do you feel like you fit the definition of being a woman with moxie? Today we’re talking to singer and actress, Moriah Smallbone, about how her definition of moxie changed as she hosted the docuseries. Moriah shares realizations about herself that she came to while the series was filming. Join God Hears Her hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Adkins as they get to know Moriah. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “It’s funny how you have to do the work to let go of something that held you in such safe keeping.” —Moriah Smallbone

  • “Moxie is in the tender moments. It’s in empathizing with each other; it’s in sitting with one another in grief and pain. It’s in sitting in the questions and instead of arguing, being okay with not knowing.” —Moriah Smallbone

  • “Softness and tenderness is not weakness.” —Eryn Adkins 

 

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21 Mar 2020EP. 2: The Beauty of Broken (Elisa Morgan's Story)00:31:53

Brokenness is a part of life, but it doesn’t have to define our lives. Like gooey unfinished brownies, God isn’t finished with us yet. Our undoneness can point us to our need for God and point others to their need for him as well. In today’s episode of God Hears Her, Elisa Morgan shares her story of how God created beauty out of her broken childhood and broken family-life. 

Click here for Show Notes on godhearsher.org.

06 Mar 2023121. Light Breaking Through (with Julie Thomas)00:32:43

Guest Bio: Julie Thomas is a wife, mother of two, life coach and author. After the birth of her second son, Julie battled a severe case of postpartum depression. For years, emotions of anxiety, confusion, and shame consumed her life, leading to isolation and suicidal thoughts. In her darkest hour, she felt God’s undeniable call to share her story with others. With the release of her novel, HOPE Inside Out, and her willingness to be open and transparent, Julie was able to find healing for herself and help others do the same.

 

Show Summary: We’ve all been scared at one point or another. Fear can have a tight grip on us, especially in the midst of big life changes. Julie Thomas was diagnosed with postpartum depression as the cause for her deep-rooted fear and discouragement, but the path to healing was long. Join Julie on this episode of God Hears Her as she talks with hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy about how her life drastically changed after the birth of her second son.

 

Notes and Quotes:

“I would spring out of the bed and just run.” —Julie Thomas

“Our God is so confident in who He is and how He loves and pursues us that even our anger does not deter Him from us. In fact it builds intimacy with us.” —Eryn Eddy

“I would close every drape in the house and pin it down so no light could come in.” —Julie Thomas

“I opened the Word and desperately looked for people who suffered like me.” —Julie Thomas

“I regularly sought prayer.” —Julie Thomas

“I think many of us feel so helpless when someone we love is suffering.” —Elisa Morgan

 

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01 Jun 2020EP. 6: How We Hear From God00:31:04

Show Summary: 

Do you find that God speaks to you in a powerful, audible voice? Or do you have a hard time discerning if God is speaking to you at all? In this episode of God Hears Her, Elisa and Eryn discuss a number of ways we can hear God.

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “The title of this podcast is God Hears Her, and to be honest it has always thrown me. God hears her . . . wait, how do we hear God?”
  • God speaks to us during our Scripture reading.
  • Some of us may hear God audibly, whether it be loud and known or as a soft whisper.
  • We can hear from God through other people: our mentors, friends, family. Be sure to discern appropriately whether the person speaking into you is doing it from the heart of God. Review their words against Scripture and allow God to confirm. 
  • God speaks to us through the Holy Spirit, the living Word of God. This can sometimes bring out unexplainable emotion in you, even tears.
  • Eryn’s unplugged morning routine: 1. What am I feeling? 2. Recap yesterday. 3. Talk to God. What is on your heart and mind? 4. Confess. 5. Invite Him in: “God, what do you want to tell me?” 6. Open up Scripture.
  • Journaling can allow us to hear and connect with God.
  • Listen for God while you enjoy art, nature, music, books, conversation, or even a Bible study.
  • Pick a word. Each year focus on a word that God has given to you and really lean into His wisdom and focus on that word. 
  • “How do I hear God? Sometimes it’s in the silence of just sitting and knowing that He hears me.”

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28 Mar 2022EP. 84: How to Live a Tech-Wise Life (Best of 2021 with Amy Crouch)00:34:39

Have you ever thought about how much time you spend on technology? How often do you pick up your phone throughout the day? Do you find yourself using it as a constant escape? On this “best of” God Hears Her episode, Elisa and Eryn revisit a conversation with Amy Crouch where they talk about being wise with how much time we spend on technology. Listen for some great practical advice from Amy.

 

About Our Guest:

Amy Crouch is the author of My Tech-Wise Life and attends Cornell University studying linguistics, English, and anything else she can fit into her schedule. Her book is a follow-up to her father’s book, The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch, and she describes what it’s like to grow up in a family that takes a disciplined approach to technology as well as offers helpful hints for others. Amy loves to cook, climb mountains, and chat about books.

 

Notes and Quotes:

  • “We took a sabbath once a week from work, but also screens.”
  • “My parents were always really intentional in saying to me, ‘This is why we have made these shared commitments.’”
  • “Real life has to be difficult. If it is not difficult, it’s not real life.”
  • “Another question to ask ourselves is ‘What am I escaping, and why?’”
  • “Ask yourself, is social media making it harder for you to be content?”
  • “Every time I survive distraction, I am reminded that it doesn’t have power over me.”
  • “Technology is really good at shaping our habits.”
  • Baby steps: Don’t beat yourself up, start and end your days without screens, leave your phone out of the bedroom, find something to take the place of technology.

 

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14 Feb 2022EP. 78: Loving Your Neighbor Through Conflict (with Alexandra Kuykendall)00:36:39

In our culture today, it’s normal to disagree with people and “cancel” them by refusing to talk to them or even trying to understand their viewpoints on various issues. But did you know that “cancel culture” contradicts what the Bible says? On this episode of God Hears Her, Elisa and Eryn interview Alexandra Kuykendall about what it means to actually love your neighbor the way Jesus did, even when you disagree.

 

About Our Guest:

Alexandra Kuykendall encourages the church to engage God’s world in the tension and intersection of heartache and hope. Her most recent book, Seeking Out Goodness: Finding the True and Beautiful All around You offers a roadmap for how to look for and find echoes of God’s goodness. Alex is the cofounder of The Open Door Sisterhood, a community of women working to be world changers for good right where they are. She cohosts a podcast and retreat under the same name. A trusted voice for Christian women, Alex has been a guest on Good Morning America, Focus on the Family’s Daily Broadcast, and Moody Radio. She lives in downtown Denver, Colorado, with her husband Derek and their four daughters.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “The gospel is still true. And God is still good. And we are not the first people to say ‘Where are we?’ and ‘What is happening in the world?’ This has been true throughout history. Before Jesus came, people were wondering that. After Jesus came, people have been wondering about that.”
  • “We’re in a unique time, which allows us to have creativity in how we live out our faith but also in how we encourage each other.”
  • “Jesus didn’t say, ‘Love your neighbors that agree with you, love your neighbors that make you feel comfortable, love your neighbors who give you strokes for what you’re doing with your life or that are happy that you go to church.’ He just said, ‘Love your neighbors like you would like to be loved.’”
  • “Who are the people within our circles that we could love better?”
  • “If there is awkward silence, it sometimes just gives someone the permission to keep talking.”
  • “If I don’t bail, I am telling them, ‘You are more important to me than my own comfort.’ That to me, speaks of the gospel in a way that nothing else can. Because that’s essentially what Jesus said, ‘You are more important to me than my own comfort.’”
  • Alex’s definition of cancel culture: “We decide that somebody is not worthy of listening to or valuing at all because of one small part of who they are or what they believe.”
  • “We believe that being ‘in a conversation’ means we must endorse the conversation. And we don’t. That’s not a conversation, that’s a dictatorship.”
  • “That is part of seeking out His [God’s] goodness. To say, ‘I’m going to stand in awe and wonder that you are the God of all things. You are the God of everything and you know and I don’t know.’”

 

Verses: 

  • “Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Matthew 22:37–39 (NIV) 
  • “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” Philippians 4:8 (NIV)

 

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03 May 2021EP. 39: How to Share Your Story00:30:19

We all have a story to share—whether you’re writing a book, sharing with a friend, or being vulnerable in front of a large group of people. On this episode of God Hears Her, Eryn and Elisa talk about the importance of sharing your story with others. Plus, fresh off her recent book release, Eryn gives us insight into her personal experience of telling her story.

 

Notes and Quotes:

  • “When we share our story, we give away a piece of ourselves that we can never get back.” (Elisa quoting Jackie Kennedy.)
  • “When we put our story out, we have to let go of it and let God use it.”
  • “This is Your [God’s] story, this is not mine to manufacture. You know my story better than I know my story.”
  • “It is easy to hijack someone who is sharing. They start to open up and you are like, ‘Yes, let me share my entire journey!’”
  • “Unless there is a prompting to do it, don’t feel like you always have to share your story.”
  • “Scripture is an example of how to make someone else feel less alone in their story.”
  • “There is a place to tell your story, where it’s all you and centered around you. It’s before God!”
  • Imposter syndrome: Feeling unqualified or like an imposter. Afraid of being exposed.
  • “Is this comment reflective of what God would say?”
  • “Ego wants to only hear positive things, but we can grow from constructive criticism.”
  • “Lord, when I look in, you speak up.” (Eryn’s prayer.)

 

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13 Jun 2022EP. 93: Supporting Fathers (with Dr. Meg Meeker)00:47:16

In today’s culture, fathers get a bad wrap. Either they don’t show up for their kids at all, or if they do, they are heavily criticized. On this episode of God Hears Her, hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy talk to Dr. Meg Meeker about the significant role a father plays in our lives. Discover the qualities of a godly father, how to encourage the men in your life to be a strong father, and how to heal from a broken relationship with your own father.

 

About Our Guest:

Dr. Meg Meeker is a pediatric doctor and the founder of Parenting Great Kids. She is also the author of multiple books, including bestseller Strong Fathers Strong Daughters. She currently lives and works in Traverse City, Michigan with her husband, Walter.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “Assume your husband feels a little intimidated by your daughter.” —Dr. Meg Meeker 
  • “Fathers bring something to the home that mothers don’t.” —Dr. Meg Meeker 
  • “A mother’s love feels nonnegotiable, but a father’s love feels negotiable.” —Dr. Meg Meeker 
  • “Single mothers try to play the role of mom and dad, but they should focus on just being the best mom.” —Dr. Meg Meeker  
  • “God can fill any hole we have in our heart.” —Dr. Meg Meeker 
  • “Never talk poorly about your husband to your children.” —Dr. Meg Meeker 
  • “Dads, your child wants you. A dad doesn’t need a child, but a child needs a dad.” —Dr. Meg Meeker 
  • “The truth is we’re all grieving (men and women), because all of our fathers messed up in some way, and that’s why we need Jesus.” —Dr. Meg Meeker
  • “We all need perfect love, protection, and peace.” —Dr. Meg Meeker 

 

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19 Jun 2023129. Feeling, Not Fixing (with Ryan Clevenger)00:30:58

Guest Bio: 

Ryan Clevenger is a podcast producer at Our Daily Bread Ministries. He and his wife, Jennie, have been married for fourteen years, and have four daughters. Their first daughter, Eleanor, was born two months early and had to be in the NICU for thirty-three days. Their oldest three daughters are biological siblings who were adopted from Guyana, South America. Ryan did his PhD in historical theology with an emphasis on the Trinitarian theology of the early church. His wife, Jennie, is an RN with sixteen years of experience working in postpartum and pediatrics. Ryan and Jennie regularly take mission trips to Guyana, South America. While there, Ryan often teaches classes in Bible and theology to the national pastors in the seminary. Their whole family is actively involved in their church, Christ Church Anglican, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 

Show Summary: 

Father’s Day may bring up good memories or disappointment. Are you someone that celebrates with your dad, or do you feel the loneliness from a lack of a good father in your life? Thankfully we are invited to have a relationship with our heavenly Father who stands with us in every emotion we face. Our guest today, Ryan Clevenger, tries to model the love God has for us by showing up for his daughters to help them navigate every feeling. On this episode of God Hears Her, join Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy Adkins as they talk with Ryan about his journey into becoming a father, and listen to how he shows up for his daughters. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “Sometimes prayer is the only thing you can do.” —Ryan Clevenger

  • “My job as a father is to try and show my children what it means to look like Jesus and to point them to Christ.” —Ryan Clevenger

  • “I have to remember that I can’t fix all of my daughters’ problems.” —Ryan Clevenger

  • “You have to learn who they [daughters] are. You have to spend time with them to be able to relate to them.” —Ryan Clevenger

  • “Sometimes you just have to feel it, don’t fix it.” —Eryn Eddy Adkins

  • “The thing about humans is that we have to explore. Some people have to learn by failure.” —Ryan Clevenger

  • “Fathers, when you’re present, be fully present. Enjoy  as the gifts they are.” —Ryan Clevenger

 

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18 Jan 2021EP. 27: Taste And See (with Margaret Feinberg)00:32:02

Show Summary: 

God could have designed humans to eat rocks, but instead He created food and gave men and women thousands of taste buds to enjoy it. On this episode of “God Hears Her,” Margaret Feinberg joins the show to talk food, which is really a discussion into the deepest longings of a woman’s heart, and God’s invitation to taste and see that He is good. 

About Our Guest:

Margaret Feinberg is a podcaster on The Joycast, a speaker, and an author of several books that have sold over a million copies. She was recently named one of Christianity Today’s top 50 women shaping culture and the church. She lives in Utah with her husband, Leif, and their super-pup Hershey. Her recent book is Taste and See: Discovering God Among Butchers, Bakers and Fresh Food Markets.

Notes and Quotes:  

  • "Food is God’s love made edible." 
  • "God creates the garden with a plethora of food and then gives us thousands of taste buds to enjoy it." 
  • "What we really ache for is to know and be known, to love and be loved, and to enter a place where we can be vulnerable and any sense of shame scurries away." 
  • "Communities are little mirrors that reflect ourselves back to us." 
  • "There are times when I need, through prayer and Scripture, to hear God’s love for me.  And there are other times, for that to really take root, I need to hear it through other humans who are reflecting His glory and His presence." 
  • "Social media is a dangerous game because it begins to feel like 'life.' But when words come from a person, in person, they are more meaningful and life-changing." 
  • "If you want to have community, you have to build it, often out of nothing." 
  • "If we want to be seen, we may have to open our eyes and see first. If we want to be heard, we have to become people who are really great listeners." 
  • "The deepest hungers of your heart are uniquely designed to be met first and foremost by God. Jesus really is the One who can speak the syllables you most need to hear." 
  • "Reach out to meet others’ needs; and as you love them and bring joy to them, you’ll find some of your needs met too." 
  • "Choose good people: life-giving, Jesus-loving, makes-you-laugh-until-tears-run-down- your-cheeks-and-other-places kind of people."

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Verses: 

Hebrews 13:21 NIV “We are called, equipped, and chosen.” 

Jeremiah 29:11 NIV “Plan and a future”

Ephesians 2:10 NIV “Appointed good works for me to do”

Romans 8:38 NIV “I am loved by God.”

2 Corinthians 10 NIV “Take every thought captive.”

29 Aug 2022EP. 98: With God in the Unknown (with Brianna DeWitt)00:33:40

A lot of us make a plan for our lives or have expectations for the way we think that our life will turn out. How do we react when things don’t go according to our plan? How do we trust God with the unexpected? Join Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy on God Hears Her as they talk to Brianna DeWitt about the ways her life has not gone the way she planned.

 

About Our Guest:

Brianna DeWitt lives, bakes, and works in Grand Rapids, Michigan. You can find her spending time with her friends or young nieces and nephews, reading a book, or making a new dessert involving peanut butter and chocolate.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • It’s difficult to desire something that God made, and said it’s a good thing, and to not have it. —Brianna DeWitt
  • Comparison is hard when other people have the things we want in our lives. —Brianna DeWitt
  • You can let yourself be sad, you just can’t stay in that sadness. —Brianna DeWitt
  • Do you truly believe that the life God has planned for you is better than anything you could try to do on your own? —Brianna DeWitt
  • The Lord can’t drive a ship with an anchor. —Erin Eddy
  • Sometimes it takes a long time to be able to see what God is doing. —Brianna DeWitt 
  • It’s hard to come up with answers to the questions that I, and others, have about my own life. —Brianna DeWitt
  • Be open to the ways life is going to look different from the way you thought it would. —Brianna DeWitt

 

Verses: 

  • (The story of Joseph) Genesis 37–50
  • “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” —Genesis 50:20

 

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01 Jan 2024144. Foundational Practices (with Michele Cushatt)00:29:40

Guest Bio: 

As an experienced communicator, Michele Cushatt speaks internationally to a wide variety of audiences and has published four books, “Relentless,” “I Am,” “Undone,”  and “A Faith That Will Not Fail.” A three-time head and neck cancer survivor and parent of "children from hard places," Michele is a (reluctant) expert on trauma, pain, and the deep human need for authentic connection and enduring faith. She and her husband, Troy, share a blended family of six children, including biological children, stepchildren, and foster-adopt children. They live on eight acres outside of Denver, Colorado.

 

Show Summary: 

Do you have any New Year’s resolutions this year? We’re in 2024 and a lot of us love to start the new year strong with new workout routines, diets, or personal goals. What kind of spiritual practices do you want to lean into this year? Michele Cushatt is a cancer survivor who has learned deeply about God’s mercy and hope through her pain. Join Elisa Morgan and Eryn Adkins as they learn spiritual practices to strengthen the foundation of your faith during this conversation on God Hears Her.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “What does faith look like not in theory but in reality?” —Michele Cushatt

  • “God was faithful even though I didn’t understand what was happening.” —Michele Cushatt

  • “Spiritual practices are not about doing more, it’s about being present to what’s already been done for you.” —Michele Cushatt

  • “Human beings are always trying to earn grace.” —Michele Cushatt

  • “At some point in time, everything in my life can be lost… except God Himself.” —Michele Cushatt

  • “Contentment is never external.” —Michele Cushatt

  • “The things that we think disqualify us end up to be the very things that God uses to touch mankind.” —Michele Cushatt

  • “There are still days I cry about what I’ve lost, and I don’t feel guilty about it. Because I believe God mourns my suffering even more than I do.” —Michele Cushatt

 

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14 Apr 2025184. Waiting for Easter (with Jessica Herberger)00:31:01

Guest Bio: Jessica Herberger is a writer and Bible teacher who delights in connecting faith, history, and human flourishing. She is the author of Peace in the Dark, Life Surrendered, and Break Bread Together. Through her writing and speaking, Jessica encourages others to pursue a deeply formed spiritual life, grow in community, and love others well. Jessica and her husband, Josh, live in upstate New York with their three kids, where she can be found surrounded by books and music with her pup Winston always at her feet. 

 

Show Summary: When you read the gospels, how often do you stop to think about the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday? Holy Saturday, that often-overlooked day in between, was a day of silence as the disciples and followers of Jesus mourned His death. It was a day of deep grief and painful lament. Jessica Herberger has been in her own Holy Saturdays ever since the death of her mother. Her grief led her to honor Holy Saturday, and she is passionate about teaching people ways that they too can mark the day in between. Join hosts, Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy Adkins, as they learn about Holy Saturday and the ways we can honor it with guest, Jessica Herberger, during this God Hears Her conversation.  

 

Notes and Quotes:  

  • “Holy Saturday is that time chronologically between the end of Good Friday and the beginning of Easter Sunday.” —Jessica Herberger   

  • “I believe that there is not one single thing that happened between those days was accidental. I believe that every single thing that happened was God’s kindness and showing His church how to live, and that has to include this 24-hour period of where it feels like nothing is happening.” —Jessica Herberger   

  • “[Holy Saturday] makes [the hope of Easter] Sunday all the more richer when we realize that there was this dark, unknown period too. We’re called to hold both.” —Jessica Herberger   

  • “At its core, lament is relational. It is a means of demonstrating your personal relationship with a God who hears you, who wants to hear you cry about because you know where to go to cry out.” —Jessica Herberger   

  • “As we know who Jesus is, we can then remember His character. Knowing God’s character is really one of the most essential things someone can do to maintain a spiritually healthy life, because it is the filter that we must put everything.” —Jessica Herberger   

 

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17 Jun 2024161. Tenderly Waiting (with Rochelle Traub)00:31:06

Guest Bio: Rochelle Traub loves interacting with people whether it’s connecting with friends over a relaxing dinner, creating memories with family in the funny moments of life, or communicating through words and voice in her marketing job at Our Daily Bread Ministries. She’s been married to her best friend, Kevin, for 31 years and together they have three children, including their youngest daughter who was adopted from China. Rochelle looks forward to her morning “walk and talk” sessions with her exercise buddy, skiing in Colorado with family, reading a good book while sipping steaming hot coffee, and traveling pretty much anywhere. She is thankful for God’s grace and goodness in her life, and her life goal is to share the gift of Jesus. 

 

Show Summary: When was a moment you felt God was calling you to something? Have you had any clear moments like that? Did you face obstacles while trying to make that calling a reality? Rochelle Traub felt called to adopt, but for a long time her husband did not. As they prayed together through that season they both eventually felt the call. However, the adoption process led them through more years of waiting. Join hosts Eryn Adkins and Vivian Mabuni as they learn more about Rochelle’s story during the years of her waiting season during this God Hears Her conversation.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “Watching my children be their own people, and letting them be their own people, that God has provided a journey for each one of us.” —Rochelle Traub

  • “They are all so different, and God has gifted them with what they are supposed to be doing.” —Rochelle Traub

  • “My job as a mom is to know, what I had in hope for you, is not necessarily what God has in mind for you.” —Rochelle Traub

  • “God has that child picked out for you, but He will bring His plan to fruition.” —Rochelle Traub 

  • “However we think it’s going to go, or want it to go, you have to trust Jesus and hold His hand because His plan is best.” —Rochelle Traub

 

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10 Feb 2025181. Nothing is Wasted (with Jennifer DiVita)00:30:22

Guest Bio: After a harrowing riches-to-rags detour in life, Jennifer DiVita clung to her faith and rebuilt herself as a solo mom and professional career woman. Because of God’s goodness, she found her way out of poverty and climbed the career ladder carrying her kids on her back to become Associate State Director of AARP. She’s also an on-air personality with WOOD TV and ABC 4 who provides positive advice on aging well, despite initially being kicked out of TV for being “too seasoned.” She published her novel, Not Your Shoe Size, a witty story about growing older and finding the silver lining after becoming silver. Jennifer offers hope that it’s possible to overcome roadblocks and pave a successful life after surrendering to God’s plan. 

 

Show Summary: When we set out into our lives, we often have a plan of what we would like to do or achieve. What happens when our plan falls apart? Jennifer DiVita was a married woman and stay-at-home mom before her husband’s addiction led to her life completely changing. Jennifer found herself having to rebuild what she thought was set in stone. Join hosts, Eryn Eddy Adkins and Vivian Mabuni, as they talk with Jennifer about navigating career change while becoming a solo mom. You don’t want to miss this inspiring God Hears Her conversation!  

 

Notes and Quotes:  

  • “God has used my story to help so many women, and I would not change one bit of it.” —Jennifer DiVita 

  • “I look at my story and know that Good is good because He did not leave me in that place. I look at the twists and turns of my life, and all that I’ve been through, but see where I’ve come.” —Jennifer DiVita 

  • “God has a redemption story for you. He already sees what’s going on. —Jennifer DiVita 

 

 

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28 Jun 2021EP. 47: Jesus, Justice, and Women (with Tiffany Bluhm)00:40:39

Have you ever found yourself in a place where you felt convicted to stand up for someone being oppressed? Or maybe you’ve felt a strong desire to be an advocate for them but you couldn’t seem to find your voice? On this episode of God Hears Her, Tiffany Bluhm joins us to explore the path of finding our voice when we find ourselves in a place of injustice. She’ll also share her own journey of how she found her place in Jesus, justice, and women.

 

About our guest: 

Tiffany Bluhm is the author of She Dreams and Never Alone and their companion Bible studies, as well as her latest book, Prey Tell. She is cohost of the Why Tho podcast and leads an engaged audience of followers online. Tiffany is committed to encouraging people of faith to live with conviction, substance, and grace. As a minority, immigrant woman with an interracial family, Bluhm is passionate about inviting all to the table of faith, equality, justice, and dignity.

 

Notes and Quotes:

  • “I always felt welcome in the kingdom. I always felt like I had found my place.”
  • “As my faith grew and as my grip on justice tightened, there was this intersection and I found my place. It’s Jesus and it’s justice and it’s women.”
  • “In my work I critique how we have messaged Jesus, how we have weaponized Scripture against women. Because the honest truth is the imbalance of power we see in our world is one of the leading factors to derail a woman’s faith, career, financial standing, and her reputation.” 
  • “It came to understanding that loyalty to conviction had to override my loyalty to an institution.”
  • “If you see something that is inherently wrong, and you stay silent, you become complicit in that action.”
  • “Think of the opportunity, especially among women, to lock arms and to serve and listen and to lament with one another. And to bring change.”
  • “Change in gender inequality has only come when women have locked arms together.”
  • “How did we, from the first century to this modern day, twist Jesus’ words and weaponize Scripture to make women feel small? And how can we right that cultural wrong through a biblical lens?”
  • “This idea of ‘don’t touch the Lord’s anointed’ has been taken out of context to mean that ‘those who are anointed or appointed are immune from dissent.’”
  • “If Jesus held up one woman’s testimony, so must we.”
  • “Fear is a flashing red light of a lack of love.”

 

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28 Sep 2020EP. 15: Navigating Difficult Relationships (with Patricia Raybon)00:24:27

How do you navigate difficult relationships? How do you handle deep disagreements with people you love? What does it look like to deal with conflict when the person you’re at odds with is a family member or a close friend? Today on God Hears Her, Patricia Raybon joins Eryn and Elisa to share her story of navigating a complicated relationship and offers practical wisdom for those of us who may find ourselves in a similar situation.

Bio of guest: 

Patricia Raybon is an award-winning author and journalist and a writer for both Our Daily Bread Ministries and DaySpring’s (in)courage Blog. She guides people into conversations on faith, race, and grace, and lives out her practical wisdom through relationships with people from different ethnic and faith backgrounds. Her most recent book is titled Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace.

Notes and Quotes: 

  1. “[The topic of] race relations still confuses, worries, angers, and surprises people . . . But as I look at history, there has never been a time where people were not divided by race or ethnicity.”
  2. “Our stories are not our own . . . What I discovered is that these personal stories are not mine. They give the people that read them permission to reflect on their own lives.”
  3. “Every mother has a dream of what her family is going to look like, and when that dream is rejected, there is a grieving period.”
  4. “The Lord encouraged me to love her [my daughter], and trust Him.”
  5. “We are still able to be a family even though the details of our conflict have not been resolved.”
  6. “We agreed to respect our differences, and I agreed to respect the choice she had made. Not to accept the choice, but to respect [her].”
  7. “People love the stories when people find their way back to the faith, but that is not always the end of the story . . . Know that sometimes God is still writing.”
  8. “When you model that respect, it invites it back.”
  9. In the digital world today, we can almost always find people being hateful.
  10. “Tolerance allows my family to keep going.”

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16 Sep 2024167. Aging Gratefully (with Heather Creekmore)00:26:15

Guest Bio: Heather Creekmore writes and speaks hope to thousands of women each week, inspiring them to stop comparing and start living. She’s the host of the Compared to Who? podcast and the author of four books, including The 40-Day Body Image Workbook: Hope for Christian Women Who’ve Tried Everything and Aging Gratefully, a new devotional on aging for women in midlife. Heather has been featured on Fox News, Huff Post, Morning Dose, Church Leaders, For Every Mom, and dozens of other shows and podcasts. But she’s best recognized from her appearance as a contestant on the Netflix hit show, Nailed It. Heather and her fighter-pilot-turned-pastor husband, Eric have four children and live in Austin, Texas.

 

Show Summary: No matter what we do or how we try to prevent it, we are all aging. With age comes wisdom, but also body changes that make us feel like we’re losing everything we once had. Heather Creekmore wants us to remember that God’s Word does not speak badly about growing older. Join hosts, Eryn Eddy Adkins and Elisa Morgan as they talk about aging gratefully with Heather Creekmore on this episode of God Hears Her. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “Am I defining beauty the way the world does, or the way that [God’s] Word does? Who’s definition am I going to believe?” —Heather Creekmore

  • “While culture might tell us we’re aging out of relevance, we’re really just coming into our own.” —Heather Creekmore

  • “There’s so much possibility when partnering with God and saying, ‘What’s next?’” —Heather Creekmore

  • “To reframe, to really change our thoughts, is not just about taking the thoughts captive. But it’s seeing ourselves being in the image of God’s Kingdom instead of this earthly kingdom.” —Heather Creekmore

  • “When God doesn’t come through the way we thought He should come through, that is when we have the sweet opportunity to really get to know the real God instead of the God who is a figment of our imagination, and when we really have to lean on trusting Him.” —Heather Creekmore

 

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07 Apr 2025Get Ready for More God Hears Her | Season 14!00:01:31

Join Elisa Morgan, Eryn Eddy Adkins, and Vivian Mabuni for all new episodes of God Hears Her starting April 14, 2025.  You’ll laugh, cry, relate . . . but most of all feel understood and uplifted as you tune in to these witty and wise women and their stellar line up of guests.  Don’t miss a single episode starting April 14th!

 

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23 Jan 2023115. Unhurried Transformation (with Gem Fadling)00:34:44

At times we can feel overwhelmed by the events of our daily lives, even if they are good things. A state of overwhelm can cause a racing heartbeat, clenched fists, a lack of peace, and overthinking. Gem Fadling wants to help people overcome the hurry in their lives that causes rapid thoughts and an overall state of unhealthiness. Join Gem on this episode of God Hears Her, as she talks with hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy about her own practices that lead to a healthier thought life.

 

About Our Guest:

Gem Fadling, CLC, is a founding partner of Unhurried Living, Inc., a non-profit that trains people to rest deeper, live fuller, and lead better. She is a certified life coach and a trained spiritual director who coaches women at the intersection of spiritual leadership and soul care. Gem is the host of the I Can Do That! Podcast as well as the co-author of What Does Your Soul Love? Eight Questions That Reveal God's Work in You, and author of Hold That Thought: Sorting Through the Voices in Our Heads.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “Busy is one thing. . . but hurried is the soul. Is it possible to be busy but unhurried?” —Gem Fadling
  • “There is peace in unhurried living.” —Elisa Morgan
  • “I wondered if worry and hurry was my thorn in my flesh?” —Gem Fadling
  • “I think a lot of times in life we think we have to produce the fruit. . . but He will make the fruit happen!” —Gem Fadling
  • “Our brains are busy, our hearts are fluttering. . . but God’s grace will meet us where we’re at.” —Gem Fadling
  • “You are not your thoughts, you are more than your thoughts.” —Gem Fadling
  • “Notice, discern, and respond.” —Gem Fadling 

 

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21 Sep 2020EP. 14: Finding Peace00:23:40

We’ve all been there. We’ve made what we think are perfect plans just to have them seemingly dismantled. Or something unexpected happens, and it feels like life is turned upside down. Often in those times we have big questions and open answers. Today, let’s talk about finding peace in the midst of uncertainty.

Notes and Quotes: 

  • Sometimes we get very transactional with God “‘If I do it right, then I will be rewarded with this.’ But does God work that way? No.” 
  • When we get into tidal wave situations, no matter what they are, God helps us and comforts us. 
  • When you feel overwhelmed or let down, try this: stop, look back at the things God has done for you, recount them all, write them down. Sit with God and reflect on how faithful He has been to you. 
  • Find a tangible reminder to go and pray and express your trust in God to provide. He is faithful.
  • “When we have no control over anything, He has control.”
  • Spiritual amnesia: we forget that God is faithful.
  • “Remove and move any distractions that would distract me from Him.”
  • “Instead of worrying, I was anticipating . . . okay God, where are you going to land me?”

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07 Jun 2021EP. 44: The Comparison Trap (with Bree Rostic)00:34:25

You may have heard it said, “You become what you think.” So what happens when all of our thoughts are focused on comparing ourselves with others? Join Eryn and Elisa on this episode of God Hears Her as they talk to Bree Rostic about the dangers of comparison and how God uniquely created each one of us.

 

About our guest: 

Breonna Rostic is a writer, speaker, spoken word artist, and communication specialist with Our Daily Bread Ministries. Affectionately known as Bree, she is a ball of joy and love. Her passion is sharing God’s love for women to bring healing and restoration. She gained her admiration for the Word of God through serving as a teacher in her local ministry. Bree is married to Daryle and together they raise their three kids in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 

Notes and Quotes:

  • “I wanted to tuck away that part of my life because it wasn’t clean, it wasn’t beautiful. But when you have time to reflect on a part of your life where you are running in an opposite direction, it is a beautiful testimony of His grace.”
  • “You can trace Him [God] when you can’t see Him.”
  • “The more time we spend with our Father and acknowledging Him, the more we can sense His presence.”
  • “Comparison has become so normal in our culture. It is what we do in every aspect of our lives.”
  • “When we think of the root of comparison, it comes down to thinking ‘what God gave me is not enough for me, and I need what He gave them.’”
  • “When comparison is unchecked, it becomes like a cancer to your soul.”
  • “We have to be our own doctors and say ‘how am I right now?’ and then not just pushing that thought off to the side.”
  • “There is this freedom we can feel when we extend compassion to the acknowledgment.”
  • “When we expose our shame, our insecurities, we are glorifying God. Because we know in our weakness, His strength is perfected.”
  • Bree’s advice: 1. Don’t feel guilty. 2. Spend some time with your Father.

 

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25 Apr 2022EP. 88: Living Devoted to God (with Dr. Alicia Britt Chole)00:33:03

What comes to mind when you think about “Spiritual Disciplines”? Do you think about taking a Sabbath? Or participating in a fast? On this episode of God Hears Her, hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy talk with Dr. Alicia Britt Chole about how living devoted to God through practicing spiritual disciplines can change your life.

 

About Our Guest:

Dr. Alicia is a speaker, leadership mentor, and award-winning writer who uses realism and hope to focus on less-than-trendy topics like spiritual pain, decrease as a discipline, the leader’s soul, and the potential of anonymous years. She’s been married to her husband for 32 years, and together they have three amazing children all through the miracle of adoption!

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “Pain became a companion rather than a season.” —Dr. Alicia Britt Chole
  • “The gifts God gives us are from the beginning.” —Dr. Alicia Britt Chole 
  • “There is more going on than our eyes can see.” —Dr. Alicia Britt Chole
  • “Fasting is a relational commitment.” —Dr. Alicia Britt Chole 
  • “Fasting is a voluntary abstinence for the love of God.” —Dr. Alicia Britt Chole 
  • “The more we lean [on Jesus] the more we love, and the more we learn.” —Dr. Alicia Britt Chole 
  • “Change is found in the small.” —Dr. Alicia Britt Chole 

 

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06 Jul 2020EP. 11: Faith and Feelings00:26:21

Have you ever had one of those days? Or even one of those weeks? We’ve all been there. Join us this week on God Hears Her as Eryn and Elisa discuss emotions and a way to process hard feelings with God. 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • Feelings are neither right or wrong, feelings inform us. —Ann Voskamp
  • “I can come to Him, or I can’t. I get to choose that, right? But grace is always there. It is always present. It is not forced upon us, but it is always there.”
  • “Jesus doesn’t do life alone. He is in relationship with the Father and Spirit.”
  • “Sometimes I struggle with feeling like I have to be put together in order to come to Him.”
  • “Write down those ugly, shameful feelings and look at them. Not as an Instagram caption, but as a sacred moment, alone. Then admit and accept where you are, and surrender that to God. Evaluate your life choices: Are they bringing you closer to or farther away from God? And then set reminders to live in God’s truth.”
  • “I think that’s the biggest thing with feelings and faith: Sometimes we think they can’t be in tandem. They can’t live together.”
  • “Breathe Prayer: Lord, guide me to the wise path that protects my heart for the purposes you have for me. Use me to honor what you want me to know: that I am loved, that I need work, that I am called to a greater purpose you have for me, and that I don’t need to be scared of my ‘messy.’ But help me to recognize the messy and give it over to you. I love you, Jesus. Amen.”
  • When our feelings are messy, it’s so important to tell someone, because we can lean in on their faith when our faith isn’t there.

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Verses Mentioned In Show: 

  • Matthew 11:28–29 NIV Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  • Psalm 116:6 NIV The LORD protects the unwary; when I was brought low, he saved me.
08 Jun 2020EP. 7: Friendable00:23:21

Show Summary:

How would you describe the perfect friend? Have you ever thought to ask yourself, “Am I friendable?” In this week’s episode of God Hears Her, Elisa and Eryn share tips and experiences that can help us find, and become, better friends. 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • Regarding friendship: “I think instead of looking for that 24-7, I think we need to learn to be it. I call that being friendable—that I am open to a friend by being a friend to others.”
  • Friend tip: You have to know your own story.
  • Asking other people their story. Use the elevator analogy when asking someone their story. Get in the elevator, but allow them to choose what floor they are going to. Instead of pushing and probing, let it be open-ended and allow the person you asked to decide what floor, or level, they would like to get off at.
  • Let the vulnerability lay in the lap of the person you are trying to befriend.
  • Kill the competition. Look in the mirror and ask yourself if you can be happy and confident in what God is doing in your life instead of comparing your life to what He’s doing in the lives of others. 
  • Be open to finding friends in unexpected places. 
  • “We are wired for connection and friendship; and I think that God listens, and He wants to provide us friends that can meet us there.”
  • Don’t be afraid to ask God, “Hey, will you bring me a friend?” or “Hey, will you make me more friendable?”
  • “I think there is something different that God has provided for us by providing Jesus. It is a kind of a friendship—it’s a spiritual friendship—but it’s a companion.”
  • Leaning into God (in the areas we look for fulfillment from a friend) can protect our friendships and in turn make us closer friends with God.

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03 Oct 2022103. Truth in Leadership (with Natasha Sistrunk Robinson) | God Hears Her Podcast00:31:29

Most of us want leaders who are dependable, trustworthy, and honest. What do you value in a leader? How do you view leadership? In this episode of God Hears Her, guest Natasha Sistrunk Robinson confronts the topic of leadership and how one’s journey can be influenced by good or bad leadership. Join Natasha as she talks through leadership and the value of truth with hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy.

 

About Our Guest:

Natasha Sistrunk Robinson is the president of T3 Leadership Solutions, Inc, the author of A Sojourner’s Truth as well as other books, and the  host of A Sojourner’s Truth: Conversations for a Changing Culture podcast. Natasha is also a doctorate student at North Park Theological Seminary, a graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and the U.S. Naval Academy. Natasha has served her country as a Marine Corps officer and federal government employee at the Department of Homeland Security.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • Truth telling requires discipline.—Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
  • I am so thankful that when people told me lies about myself, I didn’t believe them.—Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
  • In our world, lives are at stake. . . so I show up with an urgency because we have a mission!—Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
  • I think we use people for their skills and we don’t have a care for their humanity, their family or their health.—Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
  • We need to be humble to the global church. —Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
  • I’m trying to be attentive to where people are at, because while I can’t change lives, God can!—Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

 

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17 Jan 2022EP. 74: Purpose in Waiting (with Heather Thompson Day)00:30:42

What is something you’re waiting for? A career? A significant other? A good friend? In every season of life, we feel like we’re waiting for something. On this episode of God Hears Her, Eryn Eddy and Elisa Morgan talk to Dr. Heather Thompson Day about what we can do while we’re waiting. They also learn more about Heather and her experiences with waiting.

 

About Our Guest:

Dr. Heather Thompson Day is an associate professor of communication at Andrews University, and an interdenominational speaker and contributor for Religion News Service, Newsweek, and the Barna Group. She runs an online community called I’m That Wife and is the author of seven books, including It’s Not Your Turn. She currently lives in Michigan with her husband and their three children.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “I think we’ve lost the beauty of resting in our purpose.”
  • “We are the answer to other people’s prayers.”
  • “I think we miss out because we’re waiting for some big sign and sometimes, I think almost all the time, it’s these little stirrings from the Holy Spirit saying, ‘Go talk to them. Go sit down. Go see how you can be helpful.’”
  • “I think I thought faith was something I built, but it’s really something God gives us, because our faith is actually us acknowledging the answers to the prayers and the experiences that He gives us. So I say all the time, ‘God, build my faith.’”
  • “When you feel like you have nothing, that’s actually the perfect place to start.”
  • “God says that the way to the kingdom of heaven is to realize that this relationship was never about what you will give Him. It has always been about what He will give you.”
  • “Any Christian worth his [or her] salt will read their Bible cover to cover every single year.” —J. I. Packer
  • “God answers a bitter woman’s prayer. You can show up however you feel.”

 

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Verses: 

  • Matthew 5–7: Sermon on the Mount by Jesus 
  • Matthew 28:18: “Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.’”
  • 1 Samuel 2: Hannah’s Prayer
  • Ruth 1:20: Naomi changing her name to Mara

 

26 Apr 2021EP. 38: Practicing Courage (with Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty)00:32:38

Eryn and Elisa discuss  a variety of topics with Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty including imposter syndrome, how to cope with failure, and how to deal with the pressure of expectations. Plus, Dr. Alma hones in on ways in which we can practice courage so that we’re better prepared for those unexpected moments in life when bravery is needed.

 

About our guest: 

Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty was born in Los Angeles but was raised in Acapulco, Mexico, for most of her early childhood. She’s the daughter of immigrant parents and a first-generation high school and college graduate, and she also completed a Master’s in Counseling and a Ph.D. in Education Policy and Social Context. She is led by her desire to inspire others in her community to move past their own fears and barriers and to achieve their own life goals. 

Alma is the cofounder of Prickly Pear Collective, a faith-based, trauma-informed collective at the intersections of community, church, and therapy, bringing people together to move toward healing. She’s also the cohost of The Red Couch Podcast with her husband who most people know as the rapper Propaganda.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “The higher I go [in education] the less like ‘me’ there are. Less Latina, less people that are low-income, first-gen background.”
  • “As I have stepped into these spaces, it has always been with some sort of fear and trembling.”
  • “As professional and accomplished as we become, there is always this idea of ‘Am I really this worthy?’”
  • Imposter Syndrome is this feeling of “I’m pretending and someone is going to find out.”
  • “If I fall flat on my face, let that be a learning lesson for others, not a recoiling that needs to happen of myself that I have for the rest of my life because I failed that one time.”
  • “Courage is practiced. It’s like I am courageous or I’m not.”
  • “There is always room for forgiving ourselves but still doing better and holding ourselves accountable.”
  • “The more you face it [past trauma] the less scary it becomes and the less power it holds over you.”
  • An exercise to try: Look back at a situation that may have been painful and look for God in it.

 

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30 Oct 2023142. Out of the Cage (with Amy Nordhues)00:32:06

Guest Bio: Amy Nordhues is a survivor of both childhood sexual abuse and sexual abuse as an adult at the hands of a mental health professional. She is a passionate believer in Jesus and expert on the healing God provides. She has a BA in psychology with minors in sociology and criminology. In 2021, Amy published her story of abuse as an adult in the award-winning memoir Prayed Upon: Breaking Free from Therapist Abuse. Now a full-time advocate for victims of therapist/clergy abuse, she has a well-loved blog, speaks at conferences, and has more than 35 radio and podcast interviews on the subject. A married mother of three, she enjoys spending time with family, writing, reading, photography, and all things comedy.

 

Show Summary: We want to warn you that this episode includes the topics of suicide, sexual assault, and abuse. As an adult, we often think we’re incapable of falling into abusive situations or sexual grooming. However, roughly 50,000 people are working toward healing after finding themselves a victim to abusers within the church, doctor offices, therapy offices, jobs, and other places or situations where we often think we’re safe.  Amy Nordhues is a survivor and an advocate for other survivors who have been through clergy and therapist abuse. Join Amy as she tells her story to hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Adkins during this conversation on God Hears Her.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “I refer to these traumas like an earthquake; there’s the initial quake and there are these smaller, mini quakes that happen for years.” –Amy Nordhues

  • “An ethical therapist will never burden the clients. They will be a blank slate for you when you walk in, and then you leave [your appointment] knowing that they can take care of themselves.” –Amy Nordhues

  • “Suddenly I found myself thinking, ‘God doesn’t make abusers’, and, ‘God doesn’t make evil’ . . . so what if God restored my abuser to the person that He made, would I be okay with that person going to heaven?” –Amy Nordhues

  • “Forgiveness is not that you like your abuser now or that you’re okay with what happened, but I feel like it’s telling God that this burden is too heavy for me and I need you to take it.” –Amy Nordhues

  • I had spent most of my life in darkness, bitterness, and anger. . . . I wasn’t going back there. And I like to tell victims, “Don’t let your abusers take that [hope] away from you; don’t let them take away your faith. Don’t let them put you back into that cage of anger and bitterness.” –Amy Nordhues

 

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31 May 2021EP. 43: Faith and Feelings (Best of 2020)00:24:50

Have you ever had one of those days? Or even one of those weeks? We’ve all been there. Join us this week on this “best of” episode of God Hears Her as Eryn and Elisa discuss emotions and a way to process hard feelings with God. 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • Feelings are neither right or wrong, feelings inform us. —Ann Voskamp
  • “I can come to Him, or I can’t. I get to choose that, right? But grace is always there. It is always present. It is not forced upon us, but it is always there.”
  • “Jesus doesn’t do life alone. He is in relationship with the Father and Spirit.”
  • “Sometimes I struggle with feeling like I have to be put together in order to come to Him.”
  • “Write down those ugly, shameful feelings and look at them. Not as an Instagram caption, but as a sacred moment, alone. Then admit and accept where you are, and surrender that to God. Evaluate your life choices: Are they bringing you closer to or farther away from God? And then set reminders to live in God’s truth.”
  • “I think that’s the biggest thing with feelings and faith: Sometimes we think they can’t be in tandem. They can’t live together.”
  • “Breathe Prayer: Lord, guide me to the wise path that protects my heart for the purposes you have for me. Use me to honor what you want me to know: that I am loved, that I need work, that I am called to a greater purpose you have for me, and that I don’t need to be scared of my ‘messy.’ But help me to recognize the messy and give it over to you. I love you, Jesus. Amen.”
  • When our feelings are messy, it’s so important to tell someone, because we can lean in on their faith when our faith isn’t there.

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Verses Mentioned In Show: 

  • Matthew 11:28–29 NIV Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  • Psalm 116:6 NIV The LORD protects the unwary; when I was brought low, he saved me.

 

20 Feb 2023119. Healing Racial Trauma (with Sheila Wise Rowe)00:30:41

Guest Bio: Sheila Wise Rowe is a graduate of Tufts University and Cambridge College with a master’s degree in counseling psychology. For over twenty-five years she has counseled abuse and trauma survivors in the United States. Sheila ministered to homeless and abused women and children in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she also taught counseling and trauma-related courses for a decade. She is the cofounder of The Cyrene Movement, an online community for people of color seeking healing for racial trauma. She is the author of Healing Racial Trauma, The Well of Life: Heal Your Pain, Satisfy Your Thirst, Live Your Purpose along with The Wonder Years. She lives in the Boston area, where she is a writer, counselor, speaker, and spiritual director.

 

Show Summary: At some point in our lives, we have all experienced trauma. Maybe from a traumatic moment or a series of events that altered our lives. Do you feel different after your trauma experience? Have you been working to overcome things from your past or present that hurt you? Tensions have been high, and have caused an increasing amount of anxiety and pain, but God doesn’t leave us alone to deal with the aftermath. On this episode of God Hears Her, counselor Sheila Wise Rowe talks with Elisa Morgan about how we can overcome different types of trauma and work to heal racial trauma as a community of believers. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “The reality is that most of us have experienced some sort of trauma.” —Sheila Wise Rowe
  • “Multiple little T traumas can have a bigger impact than having one big T trauma.” —Sheila Wise Rowe
  • “In order to be a counselor, you need to have been counseled.” —Elisa Morgan
  • “Trauma is held in our bodies, and the only way to expel that is by moving (exercising, walking).” —Sheila Wise Rowe
  • “I want brothers and sisters in Christ who are more than just allies, they are literally brothers and sisters and are participating in God’s shalom and justice.” —Sheila Wise Rowe

 

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26 Jun 2023130. Defining Toxic Behaviors (with Dr. Alison Cook)00:32:57

Guest Bio: 

Dr. Alison Cook is a psychologist, podcast host, and the author of two books, including her new books, The Best of You (Thomas Nelson 2022) and Boundaries for Your Soul (Thomas Nelson, 2018). For twenty years, Alison has helped women, ministry leaders, couples, and families learn how to heal from painful emotions, develop confidence from the inside out, forge healthy relationships, and fully live out their God-given potential.

 

Show Summary: 

The terms narcissism, gaslighting, and blame shifting get thrown around a lot nowadays, but what do they actually mean? How do we notice those toxic behaviors and protect ourselves from falling into relationships where those behaviors are deemed normal? On this episode of God Hears Her, Join hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Adkins as they answer these questions with expert psychologist Dr. Alison Cook. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “Self-knowledge goes hand-in-hand with God-knowledge.” —Dr. Alison Cook

  • “[A] narcissist is someone with a pervasive pattern of not being able to empathize with another human.” —Dr. Alison Cook

  • “Blame shifting is a strategy to put the blame anywhere outside of us.” —Dr. Alison Cook

  • “Gaslighting is a form of manipulation. It’s a lie that also includes blame shifting that makes the other person feel shame.” —Dr. Alison Cook

  • “Self-hood is a strong sense of self. Selfishness is only doing what you want and never thinking of someone else. Selflessness, which is what we’re taught as women, is to never think about your needs.” —Dr. Alison Cook

  • “A healthy relationship starts with a healthy individual.” —Elisa Morgan

  • “We could argue that the best gift we could give someone is the best version of ourselves.” —Dr. Alison Cook

 

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01 Feb 2021EP. 28: How We Hear From God00:30:40

Show Summary: 

Do you find that God speaks to you in a powerful, audible voice? Or do you have a hard time discerning if God is speaking to you at all? In this episode of God Hears Her, Elisa and Eryn discuss a number of ways we can hear God.

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “The title of this podcast is God Hears Her, and to be honest it has always thrown me. God hears her . . . wait, how do we hear God?”
  • God speaks to us during our Scripture reading.
  • Some of us may hear God audibly, whether it be loud and known or as a soft whisper.
  • We can hear from God through other people: our mentors, friends, family. Be sure to discern appropriately whether the person speaking into you is doing it from the heart of God. Review their words against Scripture and allow God to confirm. 
  • God speaks to us through the Holy Spirit, the living Word of God. This can sometimes bring out unexplainable emotion in you, even tears.
  • Eryn’s unplugged morning routine: 1. What am I feeling? 2. Recap yesterday. 3. Talk to God. What is on your heart and mind? 4. Confess. 5. Invite Him in: “God, what do you want to tell me?” 6. Open up Scripture.
  • Journaling can allow us to hear and connect with God.
  • Listen for God while you enjoy art, nature, music, books, conversation, or even a Bible study.
  • Pick a word. Each year focus on a word that God has given to you and really lean into His wisdom and focus on that word. 
  • “How do I hear God? Sometimes it’s in the silence of just sitting and knowing that He hears me.”

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01 Nov 2021EP. 65: Building a Co-Missional Relationship (with Beth and Todd Guckenberger)00:36:45

Have you ever felt disconnected from your partner, spouse, or someone you love? Maybe your schedules are getting busier everyday? Or do your kids distract you from paying attention to the other person? On this episode of God Hears Her, Eryn and Elisa talk with Beth and Todd Guckenberger, a married couple who decided years ago to set aside two hours a night to work on growing their marriage.

 

About Our Guests:

Beth and Todd met at the age of seventeen in a Young Life Bible study.  They experienced several international short-term mission trips together, and in the mid-nineties they were deeply moved by orphaned children they met in Mexico. In 1997, with a dream, a savings account, and each other, they packed and drove to Monterrey, Mexico, where they lived for fifteen years. Beth and Todd are the parents of eleven children—a family they’ve formed through biological, foster, and adoptive children, and a family who reminds them everyday to stay in the fight until every child is known and loved.

They lead Back2Back Ministries, an international orphan care organization with nine locations around the world. The combined 350 staff work relentlessly to find new and creative solutions to the challenges facing vulnerable children and their families.

 

Notes and Quotes:

  • “Anyone can have a co-missional marriage.”
  • “Sometimes you can make your family life be your exclusive mission.”
  • “We are going to spend two hours a day only wearing that hat of spouse.”
  • “It [the two hours] became the deepest breath of our day.”
  • “The calling felt like a magnet, you could feel the resistance.”
  • “Expectations are like premeditated resentments.”
  • “Set aside time (any amount) where you are going to put away phones, don’t do the dishes, don’t help the kids, and spend time just the two of you.”
  • “When you go through hard things together, it creates an intimate connection.”
  • “Part of being co-missional is understanding that my agenda is not the most important.”

 

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03 Jan 2022EP. 72: Connecting Faith and Real Life (with Daniel Ryan Day)00:37:13

Do you feel a disconnect between your faith and your everyday life? Does it sometimes feel like there is no purpose in the mundane things we do over and over again like folding clothes or washing dishes? On this episode of God Hears Her, Daniel Ryan Day shares how to connect our faith with our everyday real life, including the mundane activities we may sometimes feel are purposeless. 

 

About Our Guest:

Daniel Ryan Day is the author of What’s Next: Your Dream Job, God’s Call, and a Life That Sets You Free. He’s also a content producer and writer for Reclaim Today, a cohost for Our Daily Bread Ministries’ Discover the Word podcast, and a producer for the Where Ya From? and God Hears Her podcasts. Daniel holds a master’s degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, and is an ordained minister in the Anglican Church in North America. He is married to his high school sweetheart and has three kiddos.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “My story can be boiled down to growing up in a very tight Christian bubble but then having experiences that made me realize that a tight Christian bubble was not relating to the world in a way that made sense for the world that we live in.”
  • “This faith in Jesus, if it’s real, has gotta impact how we interact with orphans, it’s got to make a difference in these bigger issues.”
  • “How does this faith impact real life?”
  • “So many things I learned in that experience [of giving up things], so hence the ten days without speech to represent those who don’t have a voice, or who have a voice but that it’s not listened to. Ten days without legs for those affected by disabilities that live in our world and who are often overlooked. Ten days without furniture for those who live in homeless settings and don’t have a home or don’t have furniture.”
  • “I was still struggling with those questions of how does faith work in real life? Where do they meet? And specifically, as it relates to my calling and my job in the world.”
  • “The use of the word ‘calling’ in the Scriptures, most often refers to callings like seeking justice, love mercy, walking humbly with God. So humility or giving thanks in all circumstances.”
  • “The decade of the 20s and 30s are the real transformational decades for us really being shaped from how we grew up, what we thought we were going to be, who we thought we were going to be, into discovering the reality of us.”
  • [On the topic of a Rwandan Pastor who walked the hills of his village to meet with people] “He’s just visiting with people. So meeting needs, his sermons, all of that comes from real relationships with people.”
  • “It’s with people that real ministry happens.”
  • “In the biblical story we get a picture of being colaborers with God. We’re not His servants, we’re not His slaves, we’re in relationship with Him. Invited into everything that we do being a part of this relationship with Him. And so, I think first and foremost above anything else, that is our purpose, that’s our identity, that’s our calling.”
  • “God is at work. And God is going to accomplish His work, regardless of what role we play in it. So for us, where it actually begins is in quiet solitude time.”
  • “Even in those mundane moments we can realize that God has us where He wants us to be.”
  • Prayer for Today: “Creator God, who took what was formless and void and gave it shape and meaning, the One who filled emptiness with beauty and gave all creatures their purpose [including us]. Reclaim today in these small, seemingly insignificant moments. Help me discover meaning in the mundane. Ordain the very ordinariness of these tasks or my current lack of them for your glory, the good of the world, and my good. Amen.”

 

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Verses: 

  • The Lord’s callings to everyday people and people like Moses, Paul/Saul
  • Genesis 1
  • Acts 17:28: “For in Him we live and move and have our being.”
07 Nov 2022108. Spiritual Apathy00:26:07

Have you ever experienced times where you just didn’t feel like praying? Maybe you go through phases where reading your Bible is boring or you just don’t have the energy to read another devotional. God Hears Her hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy have had those moments too. Join them in this conversation to talk about what spiritual apathy is and how we can overcome it on this episode of God Hears Her.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • Sometimes I don’t feel like praying, and don’t feel a desire or experience a drivenness into His spirit. There are times when the spiritual “blahs” take over.—Elisa
  • When do the spiritual blahs hit us? The more I become secure in my circumstances.—Eryn
  • I’m doing what I do,  then if I do a—“oh, God’s here”—my spiritual eyes open to something and suddenly that very moment which was a little apathetic becomes a “Pow! Wow!”—Elisa
  • “Can I just see You today? Give me the eyes and ears to see You today.” I want to do that more, where I’m just recognizing the little things I see. I want to call it out when I see it versus let it go by me.—Eryn
  • Even if he doesn’t do the things I hope for, the journey and intimacy of me expressing and being vulnerable and trusting prepares me either way for the response of what I’m hoping for.—Eryn
  • When we open Scripture, we can open our spiritual ears and remind ourselves God is talking to me. What can I get out of this today?—Elisa

 

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09 Nov 2020EP. 21: No Longer Defined by My Past (with Liz Curtis Higgs)00:30:18

We’ve all made bad decisions. Some of those bad decisions come back to haunt us, and some decisions we thought were good at the time end up having nasty consequences. Oftentimes, those moments lead to regret, and many of us struggle to move past our big mistakes. Humorist Liz Curtis Higgs joins Elisa and Eryn to share how we can find freedom from the past and hope for the future. 

Bio of guest: 

Liz Curtis Higgs describes herself as a former “bad girl” who met Jesus and is no longer defined by her mistakes. She’s a best-selling author and well-known speaker, and she wrote the foreword for the best-selling devotional from Our Daily Bread Ministries titled God Sees Her. Liz currently lives with her husband, Bill, in their Kentucky home.

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “I have no comfort zone. I will tell anybody anything if it will point them to the grace of God.”
  • “They saw past all the ick and said, ‘At the heart, she is a woman that needs to know Jesus,’ and so they just loved me right into the kingdom.”
  • “God and His faithfulness waited.”
  • “We all found ways to numb the pain of not being part of the right crowd and created our own crowd.”
  • “For me, I am a girl who likes community, and I wanted that above all.”
  • “When it says in Scripture, ‘He gives you the desires of your heart,’ it doesn’t mean He gives you every little thing your heart desires; it means He places in your heart the desires He would have for you.”
  • “Some of it He dealt with honestly very quickly. . . . That is what I needed. Everybody is different. Some of us are weaned off the old life, and that doesn’t mean that you didn’t hear the Lord correctly or you’re disobedient.” 
  • “The path for each of us is so unique; the Savior, though, is one and the same.”
  • “We all share a kind of badness, and we all struggle with shame around badness. And my badness may not look like your badness, and yours may not look like mine. But we share it; and if we could just love each other in our badness and accept and not judge . . . wow, what a world that could be.”

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19 Apr 2021EP. 37: Truth and Grit (with Ellie Holcomb)00:43:30

How many times do we feel ragged and burned out? Broken and basically just a hot mess? Yet we believe we need to suck it up and show up in front of God with a smile plastered on our faces like everything is hunky-dory? Our next guest, Ellie Holcomb, has a conversation with us about taking on grit, grounding ourselves in God’s truth, and showing up as we are.

 

About our guest: 

Ellie Holcomb, a Nashville native, began her musical career by touring the country with her husband. After eight years, and with the birth of their daughter, Ellie opted to step out of the role of heavy touring. From that space came her debut solo album, As Sure As The Sun, which charted at no. 1 on the iTunes Christian chart and helped deem Holcomb the “Best New Artist” at the 2014 Dove Awards. She has released multiple albums since then and also a best-selling book. Ellie, her husband, and their three children live and make music in Nashville.

 

Notes and Quotes:

  • “Even growing up in this amazing, vibrant community, I gathered that the gospel was all about me being good enough and loving God and loving people enough. And that is all good and well, but that’s not really the gospel.”
  • “The gospel is not about making bad people good people. It’s about making dead people alive people.”
  • “I didn’t know it was okay to not be okay.”
  • “The church isn’t meant to be a trophy room. It’s supposed to be a hospital and a table that everyone is welcome to.”
  • “I know that God is a healer . . . but I was too scared to give Him my broken heart.”
  • “God’s Word gave us solid ground to stand on when the shame storm starts to roll in.”
  • “He started changing us, and it didn’t change our circumstances, but it started changing us from the inside out.”
  • “I know God is real from the sorrow in my life.”
  • “God is with you. He can handle your anger, and He can handle your hurt. He can hold it all.”
  • “He walked out of a grave. And the suffering you are experiencing does not have the final word.”

 

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17 Oct 2022105. More Than Your Scars (with Kechi Okwuchi) | God Hears Her Podcast00:34:38

We all have our own scars. Maybe they are in obvious places where people ask the story behind them. Or maybe they’re internal without anyone knowing about them. No matter what they look like or mean to you…you are more than your scars. On this episode of God Hears Her, plane crash survivor and America’s Got Talent finalist, Kechi Okwuchi, shares the story behind her scars with hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy.

 

About Our Guest:

Kechi Okwuchi is a Nigerian American recording artist and motivational speaker. One of two survivors in a plane crash in 2005, Kechi is now a burn survivor advocate and a national patient ambassador for Shriners Children’s Hospital in Galveston, Texas. In 2017, she became a finalist on America’s Got Talent and has continued to put out her own original music since the show. She hopes to use her story and musical talents to ignite hope.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • Pain is a strong indicator of life. —Kechi Okwuchi
  • The more I watched my mom’s relationship with God, I noticed her unshakable confident faith, and I was curious.—Kechi Okwuchi
  • I was one of two survivors out of 109 passengers on the plane.—Kechi Okwuchi
  • I couldn’t understand how God could be good but also let all those children die.—Kechi Okwuchi
  • I used to believe if you believed in God, you were protected from bad things. But my mom helped me realize being a Christian does not stop bad things from happening to you, but it gives you a place to go when bad things happen to you.—Kechi Okwuchi
  • South Africa saved my life, but America gave my life back.—Kechi Okwuchi
  • I had a platform to tell people there is life after trauma.—Kechi Okwuchi

 

Links: 

21 Feb 2022EP. 79: Orphan Identity (with Lorilee Craker)00:33:25

The word “orphan” may feel like a title that doesn’t fit for most of us, but have you ever felt alone? Left out? Like you don’t belong? On this episode of God Hears Her, Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy are joined by Lorilee Craker to talk about the orphan inside us all. Lorilee shares her own story of being adopted and how she learned that the orphan in us all truly belongs in the kingdom of God.

 

About Our Guest:

Lorilee Craker is the author of 15 books, including Anne of Green Gables, My Daughter, and Me. Lorilee was also an entertainment writer for The Grand Rapids Press for 17 years. She now writes for travel websites, blogs, and speaks at many events including writers conferences. She is the cofounder of the Breathe Christian Writers Conference and a writers day camp for children.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “I’m very pro-adoption, but I’m clear that adoption is not all rainbows and sunshine. There’s a lot of pain. There are a lot of things to be reckoned with.”
  • “My spirit really responded to Anne [of Green Gables] and how she was always looking for belonging. She was always looking for her people.”
  • “The truth is we can all feel orphaned.”
  • “One of the dictionary definitions that I found for orphans was ‘bereft, left behind, and left.’ . . . In Christ we are orphans no more. And we’ve all felt bereft, left behind, and left.”
  • “Once you’re adopted, that doesn’t mean the orphan feelings go away.”
  • “God is not an adoptive Father, He’s an adopting Father. It’s ongoing. It’s part of His character to adopt children.”
  • “Any rejection, any abandonment is an opportunity to grow closer to the heart of the Father.”
  • “God wants to be there with us. He doesn’t want us to dress up like we’re going to church before talking to Him. He wants us when we’re lying on the floor with our face in the carpet so sad, so bereft, so left behind. That’s when He wants to come to us. And dry our tears. And move through the pain with us.” 

 

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08 Jan 2024145. Sitting on the Sidelines (with Bethany Toney)00:29:22

Guest Bio: 

Bethany Toney is a wife, mother, and cookie enthusiast. She is married to Dude Perfect star, Tyler Toney, and together they have three children. 

 

Show Summary: 

When was the last time you felt jealous towards someone? Was it a friend, a family member, a coworker? The seed of jealousy can grow very fast when we let it fester in our hearts. Today’s guest, Bethany Toney, shares her struggle with jealousy that negatively impacted and almost broke her marriage. While fighting her loneliness and bitterness, she found herself becoming more and more distant with her husband until she couldn’t take it anymore. Join Elisa Morgan and Eryn Adkins during this conversation on God Hears Her as they listen to Bethany’s story and learn what it took to heal their marriage.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “I didn’t have an identity, and I wanted an identity.” —Bethany Toney

  • “It’s very easy to point the finger at the person whose sin is bigger. But I had to learn that I had to put in just as much work as he did.” —Bethany Toney

  • “God is working through us constantly.” —Eryn Adkins 

  • “God never left me. He was walking through everything with me. He was saying “I’m going to hold your hand through this.” —Bethany Toney

 

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08 Mar 2021EP. 31: Embracing Your Gifts (with Sally Lloyd-Jones)00:35:17

We’ve all compared ourselves to others. “Why aren’t I more like her?” “Why can’t I be good at that?” On this episode of God Hears Her, Sally Lloyd-Jones challenges that way of thinking. She shares with Eryn and Elisa the way that God changed her own view of herself and used the talents He specifically made in her for His glory. 

 

Bio of guest: 

Sally Lloyd-Jones is a New York Times bestselling children’s author, blogger, and child-at-heart. Her book Jesus Storybook Bible is beloved by both children and adults and has sold over three million copies and been translated into 46 languages.

 

Notes and Quotes:

  • “I knew Jesus loved me, but I thought God really wasn’t pleased with me.”
  • “The Bible is not about what we are supposed to do so God loves us, it is about how God loves us and what He did because He loves us.”
  • “When we compare ourselves, we are kind of missing the point that God has a specific thing that only we can do!”
  • “The beautiful thing about Christianity is that it is the most inclusive of all faiths.”
  • “It is so poignant when you realize the God of the Old Testament is doing everything He can to rescue us.”
  • “Abraham didn’t have to sacrifice his only son, but God did. God’s heart is beautiful for us.”
  • “He somehow works suffering to make it all the more beautiful for having been so sad.”
  • “I look back now, and that [failure] was my promotion.”
  • “I would love to get to the point that when things go wrong my first thought isn’t panic, but it’s ‘Oh, I wonder what God is up to?’”

 

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05 Oct 2020EP. 16: Handling the Uncertainty of COVID00:29:33

COVID-19 has exposed a unique set of challenges for everyone, especially women. Join hosts Elisa and Eryn as they discuss their own personal struggles of being worn down during this global pandemic and share some practical tips on how to reground yourself with God.

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “This uncertainty is magnifying and pointing out the truth that we truly are not in control of our lives, but He is.”
  • “This time right now has revealed to me how important and precious a quiet time is.”
  • “In the suffering, we can develop endurance and character.”
  • Practical things you can do to ground yourself: journaling; quiet time; a breath prayer; squeeze your hands before Jesus to illustrate your desire for control, and then physically open your hands and lift up your concerns to Him.
  • “When we hold our lives so tightly and love them so hard the way they are, we can end up almost destroying them.”
  • “In this season of uncertainty, I think the [lesson] is to hold things more loosely.”
  • Uncertainty creates anxiety or worry.
  • “Be a ‘we’ team with God.”
  • “Be kind to yourself and to each other. Everybody is stressed.”

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05 Apr 2021EP. 35: Are You There God? (with Sally Lloyd Jones)00:28:14

All of us know what it feels like to be alone. Even when surrounded by people, we can experience loneliness, isolation, and disconnection. In those moments, our aloneness can make us wonder if God is truly near. In this episode of God Hears Her, Sally Lloyd-Jones, the author of The Jesus Storybook Bible, joins us to share how God is near, even when we don’t feel His presence or recognize His nearness. The show then takes a surprising turn when she helps us see how God’s nearness opens the door to experiencing childlike wonder.

About our guest: 

Sally Lloyd-Jones is a New York Times bestselling children’s author, blogger, and child-at-heart. Her book The Jesus Storybook Bible is beloved by both children and adults and has sold over three million copies and been translated into 46 languages.

Notes and Quotes: All quotes by Sally

  • “Wherever you are, you can’t ever go anywhere that God isn’t with you.”
  • “In a time when we are all isolated and socially distant, we have a God that is not socially distant.”
  • “When you’re in a storm in life, God is just as close as He would be on a sunny day in a meadow.”
  • “Love is at the center of creation. God is a loving Creator.”
  • How to find the wonder: Go outside and take a beauty walk. List three things you are grateful for. Start to choose your thoughts.
  • “We have to decide if we are going to listen to ourselves or talk to ourselves.”
  • “Get out of the courtroom. God isn’t about punishing, because if that was the case we would be making nonsense of the fact that we needed a rescuer (Jesus).”
  • “Why would I doubt that my heavenly Father is not even as good as a human parent?”
  • Amy Carmichael: Our feelings are not God’s facts.

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Verses Mentioned in Show: 

  • Psalm 139 - The Lord knows us
15 Feb 2021EP. 29: When We Don't Fit In (with Vivian Mabuni)00:32:11

As we revisit this episode of God Hears Her, Vivian Mabuni admits that as an American of Asian descent, she’s struggled to fit in, and this reality leads to a conversation on diversity, inclusion, and healing. From understanding terms like “microaggression” to walking us through how to be a good friend to someone who’s hurting, this is a conversation about how God intended us to love others, even those who are different from us.

About Our Guest: 

Vivian Mabuni is a teacher and uses the platforms of writing, speaking, and podcasting to encourage women to find the abundant life Christ offers within the good and bad of life. Her battle with cancer led her to see God as present and faithful, even when life is not working out the way she expected. She wants people to know that following Jesus is not a pain-free and smooth journey, but it is still rich and good! Her newest book is titled Open Hands Willing Heart: Discover the Joy of Saying Yes to God.

Notes and Quotes: 

  • Microaggression: An othering; it separates us. According to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, a microaggression is “a statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group.”
  • “I have been on a journey, really, and some of it has been learning to actually embrace and celebrate my ethnic heritage because most of my life I spent trying to fit in.”
  • Here’s a kind way to ask a person of a different ethnic background about themselves:  “Will you share with me your ethnic heritage?” Also, learn your own ethnic heritage so you can contribute to the conversation.
  • “American does not mean ‘white,’ and we tend to start to think that is the normal; and that is not necessarily normal. It’s its own experience.”
  • There is a strong rooting that takes place when we understand who we are and where we are from.
  • God intends for us to live in unity, but unity is not uniformity. 
  • “I am not going to let what would be injustice, impact my character.”
  • “Instead of segregating our offerings into little cliques, which is so difficult, can we be more intentional of being inclusive?”
  • How to help a friend who is healing: “To be a good friend, don’t offer advice. The present of presence just goes so much further.”
  • We all heal differently, and learning to be a gracious receiver is hard. We need to be respectful that each of us handles suffering differently.

 

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26 Sep 2022102. Loving Bravely (with the Teigens) | God Hears Her Podcast00:32:55

Relationships take a lot of work to maintain and grow in. Differences come up whether we like it or not and points of conflict can make us feel like running as far away as possible. Finding points of connection can feel like finding a needle in a haystack, but the relationship grows best when we love bravely. Married couple, Rob and Joanna Teigen, have worked through many ups and downs throughout their marriage. Join them and hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy as they reflect on marriage and the work it takes to build healthy relationships while loving each other bravely.

 

About Our Guests:

Rob and Joanna have celebrated over twenty-five years of marriage and are loving life with two sons, three daughters, and a beautiful daughter-in-law. They share an addiction to coffee, bookstores, and Christmas music. They debate whether two dogs are enough and who should win “The Voice” every season. Rob and Joanna are a neat-freak married to a mess, an explorer to a homebody, and an introvert to a ‘people person.’ But they do agree that their vows are for always, children are a gift, and prayer is powerful. Over the years, the Teigens have lived in five states as they made their way to West Michigan. Serving as foster parents, marriage mentors, small-group leaders, and authors, they are passionate to help couples and moms and dads experience the power of God in their families. They look forward to meeting you here, supporting your pursuit of God and the hearts of your loved ones. They can’t wait to grow together with you.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • In marriage you have your individual struggles and your individual passions, but you have to figure out how to bring those together.—Rob Teigen
  • When people ask, ‘how have you stayed married?’ Sometimes the response is just, “I stayed.”—Elisa Morgan
  • The marriage covenant may keep you together, but you can’t let yourself stay there. God wants so much more for marriage.—Rob Teigen
  • There are different seasons in marriage, but you can’t let your feelings convince you they’re true. —Eryn Eddy
  • Even after thirty years of marriage, it requires continuous work.—Rob Teigen
  • Marriage and parenting is like being in charge of someone’s soul.—Rob Teigen

 

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12 Oct 2020EP. 17: Finding Freedom From Toxic People (with Gary Thomas)00:32:44

When you read the term “toxic people,” who comes to mind? A coworker? A family member? Someone at church? Maybe it’s a group of people who feed off of one another in the worst of ways. What makes someone toxic? What’s the difference between a toxic person and someone who’s broken and needs extra love? How do you know when it’s time to walk away from a toxic person? In this episode, our guest Gary Thomas will be leading us through a discussion of how to recognize and when to walk away from toxic people.

Bio of guest: 

Gary Thomas is the best-selling author of over 20 books including the topic of today’s show: When to Walk Away: Finding Freedom from Toxic People. Gary serves on the teaching team at Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, and has been married to his wife, Lisa, for 25 years. They have three adult children and a granddaughter. 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “Walking away isn’t always a statement of failure; it’s a statement of strategy.”
  • If we let toxic people control our thoughts and focus, then we lose sight of the purpose God has for us.
  • “Here’s my voice, here’s my mission” . . .  and don’t let a toxic person distract you from that mission.
  • Women in their fifties will look back at the toxic people from their twenties and laugh at how insignificant those people have become in their lives.
  • “Gaslighting is when somebody makes you feel like you’re crazy when you are speaking the truth.”
  • “When you question your own sanity, they are destroying your foundation.”
  • “All toxic people are difficult, but not all difficult people are toxic.”
  • “Toxic people love to act in a toxic manner. Healthy people will occasionally act in a toxic way.”
  • “Walking away is actually an act of worship.”
  • “Toxic people often use toxic language. . . . They don’t want you to act like a Christian to please God, they are using your desire to please God as a weapon to control you.”

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04 Oct 2021EP. 61: Loneliness00:32:15

We’ve all felt lonely at one point or another in our lives. In many different situations or areas of our lives we may feel an overwhelming sense of loneliness. On this episode of God Hears Her, hosts Eryn Eddy and Elisa Morgan talk about different types of loneliness and even share their own stories of feeling lonely. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “I think you can be surrounded by people and affirmation and celebration and all of that and still feel lonely.” 
  • “A recent survey found that almost half of Americans feel alone. Nearly 50% feel lonely, left-out, isolated, or lack companionship. The number of friends people report today is one or none, whereas 20 years ago people could name on average four close relationships.”
  • Six Types of Loneliness according to Elisa:
    • Emotional: feeling like nobody really loves you
    • Relational: feeling like nobody really knows the real you
    • Vocational: feeling like life has no meaning and no one really cares if you’re here or not
    • Spiritual: feeling literally alone and/or apart or cut off from God
    • Physical: no one to share the “alone” with; having to do things alone
    • Situational: experience of not being included
  • “God gives an affirmation towards each of those kinds of loneliness.”
  • Affirmations:
    • Emotional: God gives a promise that He loves us.
    • Relational: God gives His perception. He says, “I know you because I made you.”
    • Vocational: God gives a purpose. He says, “I know the plans I have for you.”
    • Spiritual: God gives His presence. He says, “I will be with you.”
    • Physical: God gives His provision. He says, “I will provide for you.”
    • Situational: God gives His perspective. He says, “I’ll use all things for your good and My purposes.”
  • “Lament your loneliness, feel it.”
  • “In feeling lonely, we have an opportunity to experience vulnerability in something we would not normally do.”

 

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Verses Mentioned in Show: 

  • Genesis 1, 2, and 3--Story of Hannah, Moses, Jeremiah, Elijah, Jesus, David, and Esther
04 Apr 2022EP. 85: Taking Care of Your Future Self (with Kathi Lipp)00:32:18

Are you the type who procrastinates things that need to get done? Do you find yourself living in stress because of the clutter around you? On this episode of God Hears Her, hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy talk with author Kathi Lipp about her home on the mountains, how to clear up your clutter, and how to take care of your future self.

 

About Our Guest:

Kathi Lipp is the author of 20 books and coauthor of An Abundant Place: Daily Retreats for the Woman Who Can’t Get Away. Kathi lives on her mini-homestead with her husband Roger, a dog, cat, and five chickens. She is the host of the Clutter Free Academy podcast, and a national speaker often featured on Woman’s World.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “Thank you, God, how can I help?” —Kathi
  • “Depending on God can lead to a clutter-free life.” —Eryn
  • “There is more safety in the middle of God’s plan than any other place in life.” —Kathi
  • “We don’t get to be a part of each other’s lives, we need to be a part of each other's lives.” —Kathi
  • “When we’re talking about anything that’s supplemental to where God should be, it all comes down to fear, guilt and shame.” —Kathi
  • “Find more delight in the ordinary.” —Kathi
  • “Faith without works is nothing.” —Kathi
  • “The thing you despise most about yourself, God will use for His glory and your good.” —Kathi

 

Verses: 

  • “What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone?” —James 2:14 (NLT)

 

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18 Sep 2023136. Friendship Transforms (with Amy Boucher Pye)00:27:58

Guest Bio: Amy Boucher Pye is an author, speaker, retreat leader, and spiritual director. She’s the author of six books, including Transforming Love: How Friendship with Jesus Changes Us and 7 Ways to Pray. She writes for Our Daily Bread and other devotional publications and has an MA in Christian spirituality from the University of London. She lives with her family in north London. 

 

Show Summary: Have you ever heard the phrase, you become like the people you spend the most time with? Friendships are really important, but if we’re not careful, we may become close with people who influence us in a negative way. Do you have close friends that uplift and encourage you? Do you feel like you have a friendship with Jesus? Author Amy Boucher Pye wants to help us learn how to have a close friendship with God to experience the transforming power of His love. Join Elisa Morgan and Eryn Adkins as they learn how to have a close friendship with Jesus.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “God works through… our desires, and He transforms us through the Holy Spirit.” —Amy Boucher Pye

  • “God is so gentle, He corrects us even when we get it wrong.” —Amy Boucher Pye

  • “[Jesus] wants to slake your thirst, and He will.” —Amy Boucher Pye

  • “Jesus is with us now, here, too and He takes us on this journey of change and transformation.” —Amy Boucher Pye

  • “We go and grab for the things that are physical to remedy something that is an eternal experience.” —Eryn Adkins

  • “You may have turned away from God, but He is right there.” —Elisa Morgan

  • “Love can be very uncomfortable.” —Eryn Adkins

  • “God has put these desires in us and He wants us to be fully who we are so that we can love the world, so that He can love the world through us.” —Amy Boucher Pye

 

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13 Mar 2023122. Promised Freedom (with Natasha Sistrunk Robinson)00:30:00

Guest Bio: Natasha Sistrunk Robinson is the president of T3 Leadership Solutions, Inc, the author of A Sojourner’s Truth as well as other books, and the host of A Sojourner’s Truth: Conversations for a Changing Culture podcast. Natasha is also a doctorate student at North Park Theological Seminary, a graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and the U.S. Naval Academy. Natasha has served her country as a Marine Corps officer and federal government employee at the Department of Homeland Security.

 

Show Summary: How would you define freedom? The Exodus journey in the Bible was a time where God physically freed people from slavery. Natasha Sistrunk Robinson wants to teach us how the Exodus journey shows that God wants us to live in freedom too. On this episode of God Hears Her, join Natasha and hosts Eryn Eddy and Elisa Morgan as they discuss the thoughts holding them captive and how we can live in true freedom. 

 

This is the last episode of Season 7! Be sure to join us again on April 24th for the Season 8 Teaser. See ya then!

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “He makes me enough, and He can handle me if I think I’m too much.” —Elisa Morgan

  • “There is always a price to pay for freedom.” —Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

  • “Freedom is a theological, spiritual possibility because of Jesus.” —Elisa Morgan

  • “You can be living in bondage but thinking you are living in freedom.” —Eryn Eddy

  • “Freedom means dreaming again as a child does.” —Natasha Sistrunk Robinson 

  • “He [God] is already thinking about what His people need.” —Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

 

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21 Apr 2025185. More Than a Label00:28:51

Show Summary: What labels do you put on yourself? What labels have been put on you? We tend to define ourselves through both good and bad labels that shift over time. They may hype us up or tear us down as we get older, but God doesn’t want us to live trapped in these labels. Join hosts Eryn Eddy Adkins, Elisa Morgan, and Vivian Mabuni as they look to Scripture to see how God sees us. Open your Bibles and get ready for this powerful God Hears Her conversation. 

 

Notes and Quotes:  

  • “Words can have a lot of weight in our life when we’re talking about labels. But we tend to forget how strong they can be [in a positive way.]” —Eryn Eddy Adkins  

  • “We are hard-wired to be in relationship with one another, and we become isolated from one another we can spiral out really quickly.” —Vivian Mabuni 

  • “God so desperately wants us to bring all of ourselves to Him, any labels that we’re carrying, any circumstances that we feel shame about, that we are quietly suffering with.” —Eryn Eddy Adkins 

  • “Community reflects back who we really are.” —Eryn Eddy Adkins 

  • “You are loved. You are chosen. You are forgiven. You are made new. You are whole. You are restored.” —Eryn Eddy Adkins 

 

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09 Sep 2024166. Ask, Seek, Knock (with Deb Hopper)00:30:06

Guest Bio: Deb Hopper spent the first 25 years of her professional career serving in the church and working in the corporate world. After 10 years as the women’s pastor at Seacoast Church, she now pursues family ministry and is founder/CEO of a non-profit organization serving single moms called SEEN Moms. Married for 30 years to Gibson Hopper, she has three daughters, two sons-in-love, and eleven grandchildren.

 

Show Summary: When was the last time you reached a moment where the only thing you could do was surrender your circumstance to the Lord? Deb Hopper was a single mom with two daughters when a good friend of hers sat her down and told her about a method of praying that would help her surrender her stresses to God. She knew God would answer in His way and in His timing, but she fully placed her needs into His hands. Join Deb as she shares her story with God Hears Her hosts Vivian Mabuni and Eryn Eddy Adkins during this God Hears Her conversation.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “I used the [Ask, Seek, Knock] principle to reach up to God out of the pit, to trust Him, and believe He could help me in the most complex areas of my life, and the most simplest of things.” —Deb Hopper

  • “I don’t think we talk about answered prayers enough. But in reality, He does move. He does answer prayers. And if we don’t talk about them in our natural, everyday life, then why would people pray?” —Deb Hopper

  • “But once I took that first step, God provided the obvious answer for me.” —Deb Hopper

  • “We need God’s light to shine on our answers. We need to go to His Word. We need to ask, ‘Does this line up with what God says? Is this true?’ ” —Deb Hopper

  • “[God] has the plan. And if you’re faithful to do the next right thing, He doesn’t waste a minute of it.” —Deb Hopper

  • “Acknowledging God in the promotion, in a child being born, in the marriage, we are acknowledging that we didn’t do it on our own. It was God with us, guiding us, and showing us.” —Deb Hopper

 

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25 Oct 2021EP. 64: What We Get Wrong About Modesty00:30:56

Modesty is an important and tricky topic within our church today, and as women, we are told so many different things. Most importantly, we should all remember that we are made in the image of God and that He made us beautiful. In this episode of God Hears Her, Eryn and Elisa talk through what we get wrong about modesty, while providing thoughtful insights on celebrating our femininity and positive ways to express ourselves. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • Self-expression vs. being-accepted-expression.
  • “I can’t look a certain way because I am responsible for how people respond to how I look.”
  • “When we are immodest, shame creeps up.”
  • “What is the motivation in your heart for why you wear what you wear?”
  • “I don't need to worry about everyone else’s response. How am I responding to those less presentable parts of myself?”
  • “How am I seeing myself in God’s image?”
  • “Our femininity is something to celebrate.”
  • “That is what modesty is: both appreciation and care.”
  • “The desire to be seen and accepted is very normal.”
  • “We were made to be seen.”

 

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26 Oct 2020EP. 19: Does God Have Someone for Me?00:24:19

Does God have someone for me? It’s a question everyone wonders at some point or another, especially in a culture that suggests romantic relationships are the norm. Join Elisa and Eryn as they dive deep into their struggles with loneliness and healing after relationship loss, as well as discuss a unique and important twist on this popular question.

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “I don’t see myself the way God sees me. I was seeing myself through the lens of the person I was dating.” 
  • We are made for relationships and connection.
  • “I think what I am learning in this whole journey of being single after being married is that I just desire to become the person I am meant to be.”
  • “I was seeking relationships to fill voids that only God could fill.”
  • “When you are single, there is so much work to be done because our identities have been formed in relationship to others.”
  • “Relationships define so much around us.”
  • “I think God has a lot of people for us. I think marriage is one thing, and it is an important thing. But I also think the reality is we are humans, and our relationships that can be fully satisfying can function a little bit like an island of intimacy.” 
  • “Until we let God love us, we can’t love ourselves. And until we love ourselves, we can not love another.”
  • We ask the question if God has anyone for us. Well, He has Himself for us. And yes, He invites us into relationships.
  • In seasons of singleness, we have time to show up and be present for the loved ones we have around us. Be careful not to overlook that. 
  • “Flip the question and instead of asking if God has anyone for us, ask ‘Can I be someone for God?’”

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13 Feb 2023118. Reimagining Age00:29:31

Getting older can make us feel discouraged as we watch our bodies change and feel irrelevant compared to younger people. But what if God has a plan for aging? What if we looked at it as a blessing instead of a curse? On this episode of God Hears Her, hosts Eryn Eddy and Elisa Morgan talk about how God has a purpose for us throughout our aging. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “The real legacy of life is not really in what we achieve. . . it is our inner character.” —Elisa Morgan
  • “Our bodies are constantly cuing us because they are constantly changing.” —Elisa Morgan
  • “You can accept it [aging] and have negative self talk about it, or accept it and still be a good steward to your body.” —Eryn Eddy 
  • “Smile lines are a sign of how hard you pray.” —Eryn Eddy
  • “I’m gonna put my foot in the door and keep it there to hold the door for the next woman to walk through it.” —Elisa Morgan
  • “Every single human is the apple of God’s eye.” —Elisa Morgan
  • “Your body is a container for what you have experienced.” —Eryn Eddy

 

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27 Feb 2023120. Let's Talk About Spiritual Formation (with Shalini Bennett)00:30:51

Guest Bio: Shalini Bennet has a BA from Duke University and a certificate from the Soul Care Institute. She was part of the original group led by Sharon Garlough Brown that led her to write “Sensible Shoes”, a book about the spiritual journey of four women. She edits for her sister, Vaneetha Risner, who has written “The Scars That Have Shaped Me” and “Walking Through Fire”. She and her husband have three young adult children ranging from 21 to 26. 

 

Show Summary: Have you ever heard of “spiritual formation”? It may sound complicated or confusing, but what if we told you it was as simple as practicing closeness with God? On today’s episode of God Hears Her, Shalini Bennett shares some wisdom with hosts, Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy, on how to practice spiritual formation while sharing her own personal testimony. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “We need to be born again to be rightly attached to our Father.” —Shalini Bennett
  • “The gospel is worth everything, but it is not dependent on my getting it right.” —Shalini Bennett
  • “The love you receive from the Lord does not depend on your performance.” —Eryn Eddy
  • “When I focus on my performance, I am focusing on myself, not on the Lord.” —Shalini Bennett
  • “We have somehow believed the lie that He [God] does not want me as I am—nobody wants me as I am!” —Shalini Bennett
  • “You don’t know as much about you as He [God] knows about you, and He chose you before the foundation of the world.” —Shalini Bennett
  • “I find we live in a world where what we’re hearing is “run harder, run faster, run better, run, run, run, run, run”. . . even if life is a wreck, stick a happy face on it and Jesus will be happy with you.” —Shalini Bennett

 

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04 Sep 2023134. Dwelling with the Lord (with Sandra Byrd)00:30:38

Guest Bio: The author of more than fifty books, Sandra Byrd’s work has received many awards, nominations, and accolades, including a starred review, PW Pick from Publisher’s Weekly and multiple starred reviews and Best Book selections from Library Journal. Sandra is an experienced devotionalist. Her newest devotional, Dwell, will publish in Spring 2023. A dedicated foodie, Sandra cooks through the topic and location of every book she writes. In addition, she collects vintage glass and serveware in her free time, loves long walks with her husband, and Sunday Suppers with her growing family. 

 

Show Summary: What do you think of when you think of home? A place of comfort, or a bad environment? A nice warm bed, or couch hopping? The idea of home brings up all types of images, thoughts, and memories. Today’s guest, Sandra Byrd, wants to share with us how God is our home. We can dwell in Him as our comfort and safety no matter where we are physically. Join hosts, Elisa Morgan and Eryn Adkins, as they talk with Sandra about the longings for home on this episode of God Hears Her.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “We don’t live in mountain top experiences, we live in moments of vacuuming and driving to work.” –Sandra Byrd

  • “When God gives me an idea and it continues to flourish, that’s how I know it’s meant to be shared with someone else.” –Sandra Byrd

  • “If I say I’m at home with someone, that means I feel very comfortable around them.” –Sandra Byrd

  • “Self-control is really not signing up for too much. . . it’s when we feel like we’re the savior of the world and we need to take care of everyone else in the world that we go on autopilot, and time with God gets neglected.” –Sandra Byrd

 

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16 Oct 2023140. The Story of a Caretaker (with Jess Ronne)00:29:45

Guest Bio: Jess Ronne is an author, speaker, podcast host at Coffee with Caregivers, associate producer of the Unseen documentary, and caregiver advocate.  She is the founder and executive director of The Lucas Project, a non-profit dedicated to providing recognition, resources, and respite support for special needs families. She and her husband Ryan live in Michigan with their eight children, including their son Lucas who has profound disabilities. Her story of beauty from ashes has been shared on The Today Show, Daily Mail, and Huffington Post and is detailed in her memoir Sunlight Burning at Midnight. 

 

Show Summary: Jesus tells us that we will have struggles in our lives. What do we do while we’re facing those struggles? Jess Ronne is an example of someone who faces trouble with grit and determination. She did not give up in the face of many challenges and because of it she now has a non-profit that helps caregivers like her. During this conversation on God Hears Her, join Jess as she shares her story with hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Adkins.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “God and I have gone through a lot of wrestling together with anger.” –Jess Ronne

  • “I’m a doer, and when I see a problem I say, ‘How are we going to fix this?’” –Jess Ronne

  • “It’s an honor to do this work, but we all need breaks.” –Jess Ronne

  • “I don’t want to be his forever caregiver, I want to be his mom.” –Jess Ronne

  • “The child is only as healthy as the caregiver.” –Jess Ronne 

  • “I don’t think grief ever really ends, it just looks different.” –Jess Ronne 

  • “We weren’t necessarily made for this world, we were made for something better.” –Jess Ronne

 

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06 Jan 2025176. Overcoming Disappointment (with Lisa Victoria Fields)00:25:44

Guest Bio: Lisa Victoria Fields, author of When Faith Disappoints: The Gap Between What We Believe and What We Experience, is a renowned Christian apologist who merges her deep biblical knowledge with a heartfelt mission to share God’s love. She has been recognized by Christianity Today for her impactful work in the African American community, and she has produced two documentaries, Unspoken and Juneteenth: Faith and Freedom. The CEO of the Jude 3 Project, Lisa holds degrees in communications and religious studies from the University of North Florida and a master of divinity from Liberty University.

 

Show Summary: When we become Christians, we tend to think that everything will fall into place in a nice and easy way. What do we do when we face disappointments? Lisa Victoria Fields has discovered that trusting God and being in community may be some of the first steps we can take when things don’t go our way. Join hosts, Elisa Morgan and Vivian Mabuni, as they discover how to overcome disappointments with Lisa Victoria Fields during this God Hears Her conversation. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “I talk about peace as this three-tiered thing, that it’s peace with God, peace with people, and peace within. Sometimes we want peace within without doing the peace with people.” —Lisa Victoria Fields

  • “The only person that can bring healing is Jesus. He is the only one who can heal your sin-sick soul, your broken heart, whatever is going on. It is through Him only, not something that we achieve.” —Lisa Victoria Fields

  • “Confession to God brings forgiveness of sin. Confession to man is how we get healed. God is going to use community to heal you.” —Lisa Victoria Fields

  • “So many of us are going through similar things, but the enemy in isolation tells us that we’re the only person going through this.” —Lisa Victoria Fields

  • “The whole God-head is a community that we should reflect. God gives us shared struggles for us to be bound together with one another.” —Lisa Victoria Fields  

 

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12 Jul 2021EP. 49: Finding Freedom from Toxic People (Best of 2020 with Gary Thomas)00:30:16

When you read the term “toxic people,” who comes to mind? A coworker? A family member? Someone at church? Maybe it’s a group of people who feed off of one another in the worst of ways. What makes someone toxic? What’s the difference between a toxic person and someone who’s broken and needs extra love? How do you know when it’s time to walk away from a toxic person? In this “best of” episode of God Hears Her, Elisa and Eryn take us through a previous conversation with Gary Thomas who will be leading us in a discussion of how to recognize and when to walk away from toxic people.

 

About our guest: 

Gary Thomas is the best-selling author of over 20 books including the topic of today’s show: When to Walk Away: Finding Freedom from Toxic People. Gary serves on the teaching team at Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, and has been married to his wife, Lisa, for 35 years. They have three adult children and a granddaughter.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “Walking away isn’t always a statement of failure; it’s a statement of strategy.”
  • If we let toxic people control our thoughts and focus, then we lose sight of the purpose God has for us.
  • “Here’s my voice, here’s my mission” . . .  and don’t let a toxic person distract you from that mission.
  • Women in their fifties will look back at the toxic people from their twenties and laugh at how insignificant those people have become in their lives.
  • “Gaslighting is when somebody makes you feel like you’re crazy when you are speaking the truth.”
  • “When you question your own sanity, they are destroying your foundation.”
  • “All toxic people are difficult, but not all difficult people are toxic.”
  • “Toxic people love to act in a toxic manner. Healthy people will occasionally act in a toxic way.”
  • “Toxic people often use toxic language. . . . They don’t want you to act like a Christian to please God, they are using your desire to please God as a weapon to control you.”

 

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20 Sep 2021EP. 59: How to Live a Tech-Wise Life (with Amy Crouch)00:34:32

Have you ever thought about how much time you spend on technology? How often do you pick up your phone throughout the day? Do you find yourself using it as a constant escape? On this episode of God Hears Her, Elisa and Eryn talk to Amy Crouch about being wise with how much time we spend on technology. Listen for some great practical advice from Amy.

About Our Guest:

Amy Crouch is the author of My Tech-Wise Life and attends Cornell University studying linguistics, English, and anything else she can fit into her schedule. Her book is a follow-up to her father’s book, The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch, and she describes what it’s like to grow up in a family that takes a disciplined approach to technology as well as offers helpful hints for others. Amy loves to cook, climb mountains, and chat about books.

Notes and Quotes:

  • “We took a sabbath once a week from work, but also screens.”
  • “My parents were always really intentional in saying to me, ‘This is why we have made these shared commitments.’”
  • “Real life has to be difficult. If it is not difficult, it’s not real life.”
  • “Another question to ask ourselves is ‘What am I escaping, and why?’”
  • “Ask yourself, Is social media making it harder for you to be content?”
  • “Every time I survive distraction, I am reminded that it doesn’t have power over me.”
  • “Technology is really good at shaping our habits.”
  • Baby steps: Don’t beat yourself up, start and end your days without screens, leave your phone out of the bedroom, find something to take the place of technology.

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08 May 2023124. Celebrating Mother’s Day (with Mary Jo Clark)00:33:51

Guest Bio: After years of working in bakeries, coffee shops, and food trucks, Mary Jo Clark returned to her love of audio production and sharing stories. She is now a podcast producer and engineer for Our Daily Bread Ministries. Outside of her passion for creating excellent podcasts to encourage women, she is a talented baker. Her cookies and cupcakes are described by many as “legendary.” She’s married to her husband Russ, and they are proud parents of a beautiful one-year-old boy named Milo.

 

Show Summary: Motherhood is a hard journey full of joys and sorrows. If you’re a mother, what does your motherhood journey look like? If you’re not a mom, do you wish to be one? On this episode of God Hears Her, no matter if you have kids or not, we want to invite you to join a vulnerable conversation with Elisa Morgan (mother-through-adoption and grandmother), Eryn Eddy Adkins (new bonus mom), and Mary Jo Clark (mother to a one-year-old boy). Join these three women as they discuss the different types of mothers and mentors and rest in the truth that no matter what your experience looks like, you are not alone. Happy Mother’s Day! 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “There are so many ways to become a mother: adopting, fostering, becoming a stepmom or what I like to say “bonus mom,” and we want to make space for each experience.”—Eryn Eddy Adkins

  • “I felt sad. I was mourning the loss of my old life. And then feeling immense guilt and shame because I loved this new baby so much, and I didn’t want to feel sad.”—Mary Jo Clark

  • “If I had to put my finger on something that expresses the struggle or surprise of motherhood, it’s the lack of control.”—Elisa Morgan

  • “The Lord is bringing me back to learning how to trust and depend on Him with the choices I make.”—Eryn Eddy Adkins

  • “Sacrifice is an enormous part of motherhood.”—Elisa Morgan

  • “It’s such an honor to be an influence on these girls’ lives. God trusts me to steward my influence on their lives and empower them in their voices and their own individuality.”—Eryn Eddy Adkins

  • “Talk to people about the joys and the sorrows because it’s a rollercoaster of a job (motherhood), but it’s so beautiful.”—Mary Jo Clark

  • “Your identity is not found in their emotional response.”—Eryn Eddy Adkins

  • “I’m not responsible for my children’s choices. I’m responsible for my responses to their choices.”—Elisa Morgan

  • “God doesn’t expect us to be perfect. And we’re not going to be. God can use our “Swiss cheese holes” to reveal our kids’ needs for Himself.”—Elisa Morgan

 

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13 Jul 2020EP. 12: Feeling Out of Place (with Amy Boucher Pye)00:26:47

Whether it’s a big move, the end of an important relationship, or a child going off to school, we have all experienced transition. On this episode of God Hears Her, Eryn and Elisa host author Amy Boucher Pye and discuss how God led her through a major life transition of her own. And through Amy’s experience, there may be some helpful ideas for the rest of us for the next time we enter a season of transition.

Bio of guest: 

Amy Boucher Pye is a writer and speaker and an American living in London. She writes devotional thoughts for several publications including Our Daily Bread and is the author of the award-winning Finding Myself in Britain and The Living Cross.

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “We as Americans are so isolated about the reality of our global church.”
  • “I knew that my calling was not my work. But, oh boy, when you’re not working you’re like ‘who am I, and where is God?’”
  • “As women . . . we mistake roles for identity, and it gets really confusing. You have to remember who you are, and how God sees you. Realize that my identity is not the role, the role was a place I was invited to serve. ”
  • “During the tender times when stresses and insecurities are high, make sure your relationship with God is very solid.” 
  • “Pray and ask God for friends, but then also do your part in that. Sometimes it’s making a plan or joining a crafting group.”
  • “One of the best pieces of advice I have been given is to ‘invest by owing.’ Instead of being the answer woman, invite somebody else to help you. Then somebody else is going to feel valued and necessary; and you will have a beautiful, mutual exchange. ”
  • “Sometimes we have to relinquish something so God can give it back in another way.”
  • Note: Though I walk through _____, God is with me.
  • “All of us are in transition, where things we depend on are stripped away. So look for the green.”

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Verses Mentioned in Show: 

  • Psalm 23:4 NIV Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
  • Psalm 23:2 NIV  He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters.
13 Dec 2021EP. 71: Christ as a Baby00:33:55

At Christmastime, we bring out the nativity sets to decorate our homes and we talk about Jesus as a baby . . . but do we really grasp the idea of what that looked like in that time and culture? Not to mention the fact that God humbled Himself to become human. On this episode of God Hears Her, Elisa and Eryn talk about the story of Jesus, focusing on the reality of His conception, birth, and being a baby. They also focus on what it meant for His mother Mary and how this birth changed everything then, just like it does today. Join us.

 

Notes and Quotes:

  • “The God of the universe scrunched Himself into the womb of a woman and began to grow.”
  • “He’s my protector. He’s my guide, my guardian . . . and so for me to imagine Him in a fragile state is just kind of a weird concept in my mind.”
  • The purpose of women during the New Testament period was to have babies.
  • “30–35% of newborns didn’t survive their first month [in New Testament times].” 
  • “Why are we so uncomfortable imagining God to be weak, or being fragile as a child?”
  • “We are so black and white that we only see God as a baby, or as the resurrected Christ.”
  • “Anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” Luke 18:17 NIV
  • “We have the tendency to be so self-aware, but not Christ-aware.”
  • “His expression of vulnerability begins in the womb and at birth and as baby Jesus. And then we watch His public ministry when truly He is God and He could speak a word and blow fire over all of the naysayers. But He instead humbles Himself to death on a cross.”

 

Scripture: 

John 1:14

Matthew 1:23

Luke 1:39-45

Philippians 2:5

 

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15 Jun 2020EP. 8: When We Feel Invisible (with Robert Gelinas)00:28:15

Show Summary:

Feeling unseen, unheard, and invisible is something many of us struggle with. In this week’s episode of God Hears Her, Robert Gelinas describes overcoming feelings of being invisible and introduces us to Hagar and the God who sees and hears her and us. 

Guest Bio: 

Robert Gelinas deeply desires to see the body of Christ united and empowered to serve the poor and the poor in spirit; the miserable and the marginalized; the disabled and those deemed unimportant. Robert is the pastor of Colorado Community Church and the author of several books including his most recent, Discipled by Jesus. He and his wife, Barbara, live with their six children in the Denver area.

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “I felt loved, but I did not feel seen or heard in my family. I felt invisible.”
  • “The pastor says, ‘I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,’ and when I went under water it was like time stopped because I didn’t know who my dad was, and this man said Father.”
  • Sometimes we don’t realize there is a big gap in our heart that desires to be known or noticed, until we are. 
  • “The people we interact with on this planet can mirror how He views us.”
  • “I don’t think the first woman wondered if she was seen and heard. I don’t think Eve ever woke up before the fall and said, ‘Does God see me, and does my husband see me?’” 
  • “Are you really there if nobody sees you?”
  • “We would rather be invisible than be exposed.”
  • Our fear of being vulnerable, or being exposed, gets in the way of us being seen or being known.
  • “Is it a right? It is more than a right, it’s what you were created for.” –Referring to a woman questioning if it is her right to be seen and heard.
  • When you feel invisible, you think it’s possibly your fault. But when you have that moment where God reveals to you that He sees you, then at least you know: I am not invisible. I am real. I exist.

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Verses Mentioned In Show: 

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29 Nov 2021EP. 69: Finding Inner Peace (with Kay Wills Wyma)00:33:52

How often do you feel stressed? Frustrated? Overwhelmed? Do you feel those ways more often than you feel at peace? This world is filled with events and people that can make us feel far from peaceful. On this episode of God Hears Her, Eryn and Elisa talk to Kay Wills Wyma about feeling the real, full peace that God grants us when we lean into Him.

 

About Our Guest:

Kay Wills Wyma is a blogger, speaker, video podcaster, and mother of five. Kay writes on cultural and societal issues that impact family and friends. She is an author of four books, including The Peace Project: A 30-Day Experiment Practicing Thankfulness, Kindness, and Mercy where she leads readers through 30-days of finding and feeling peace. She’s also a former White House aide, International Capital Markets banker, and entrepreneur.

 

Notes and Quotes:

  • “To just slow down for a second and really enjoy the people that walk beside you is such a gift.”
  • “Friendships are giving relationships also.”
  • “I grew up in the South, so there became this strange relationship with Jesus because I had to ‘do and be’ to be okay.”
  • “It’s easier in the hard times than the good times. In the hard times you’ve got nothing.”
  • Soul30: Practice finding moments of peace every day for 30 days.
  • “Why does being thankful feel good? Because it is literally firing parts of your brain that deliver dopamine and endorphins.”
  • “You have neural pathways in your brain that are highly traveled pathways, and they tend to go along the lines of fear, anxiety, worry. What if you can change the routes?”
  • “You can actually change the pathways in your brain so that peace is where you are going instead of anxiety.”
  • “He says: ‘I keep in perfect peace those whose minds are fixed on me.’”

 

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12 Sep 2022100. Looking Back to Move Forward: Our 100th Episode!00:43:21

God Hears Her has officially reached its 100th episode! Join hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy as they reflect back on the show with producers Daniel Ryan Day, Mary Jo Clark, and Jade Gustafson. You’ll hear lots of laughter as they share how the team came together, the behind the scenes of producing the podcast, and their reflections on favorite past episodes. Join God Hears Her for its special 100th episode!

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • In the very first recording, within three minutes, Eryn and Elisa had pulled each others’ chairs across the divider so they could sit right next to each other.—Daniel Ryan Day
  • I had to fight against the idea that I didn’t have purpose unless I was a wife and mother. But that’s something I appreciated about God Hears Her.—hosts from different generations and guests from all sorts of backgrounds.—Mary Jo Clark
  • Sometimes we have to be the community we want to find. – Daniel Ryan Dan
  • Sometimes the best way to create community is to ask people for help.—Elisa Morgan
  • More like creative followership than leading—the Lord has brought the team here to lead. It’s more asking God to help me to be open-minded and trusting that God is behind the scenes. It’s mutual respect for each other—coleading.—Daniel Ryan Day
  • I didn’t like podcasts before becoming a producer for a podcast.—Jade Gustafson
  • The day before Our Daily Bread Ministries contacted me about this podcast, I had a pastor tell me that I should not have a microphone due to me going through divorce. It devastated me. What I learned is that God always has the final say.—Eryn Eddy  
  • We’ve been on the other side of life change with about seventy people. Every story impacted me.—Eryn Eddy
  • What do you do in relationships that are difficult for you? Stay with the difficulty. Stay with the discomfort. Stay with the love.— Elisa Morgan
  • As producers, we do research about all these people and we prepare questions, and then we get into the conversion, and it’s always so unexpected. Like with Ellie Holcomb—so authentic and real about her story and her pain. None of that was planned.—Jade Gustafson
  • That underlines why it’s called God Hears Her. He just takes it. People probably don’t realize that it’s not planned. It’s just a conversation that unfolds. I hope that convinces you that God hears you.—Elisa Morgan
  • We think we want control. But then we find out God’s ways really are better than our ways. Even when life doesn’t seem to be looking like it’s better.—Daniel Ryan Day
  • It’s gorgeous how each one of us had been told something that the enemy wanted us to believe and then God Hears Her is the birthplace of God saying, “No, I hear you, I see you. You are loved. I have a different plan, and I’m going to transform you with the guests that I bring on the show.”—Eryn Eddy

 

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19 Oct 2020EP. 18: How God Redeems Brokenness (with Toni Collier)00:28:03

We all have moments in our past that lead to brokenness. For some, this is a recent past, and for others, childhood trauma continues to shape present reality. What brokenness—or broken people—have you experienced in your life? Today, Toni Collier joins God Hears Her to remind all of us that our past doesn’t have to define us. Instead, even our brokenness can be redeemed by God and used for His glory and our good. 

Bio of guest: 

Toni Collier is a communicator, host, and consultant at North Point Ministries. She’s also a voice of Our Daily Bread, and the creator of the blog “Broken Crayons Still Color”—a place for women to be reminded that our past doesn’t define us. Toni is “Texas proud” of her Houston, Texas, roots, but currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and family.

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “There is a balance between being imperfect and striving for perfection, and I think the middle is hard to sit in.”
  • “I went through a mindset shift that there was a God that wasn’t up there with His finger pointing down at me, but instead was like ‘put me in coach.’”
  • Counseling is not a weakness, it is needed. 
  • “Our lives are like bookshelves.”
  • “It is not the brokenness we are lifting up and celebrating, but it is God’s presence and redemption in the brokenness.”
  • “The world has lied to us, and told us we had to be perfect to be used.”
  • “The truth is, God wants to use us in the middle of our mess.”
  • This is the time to walk boldly in our brokenness.
  • “What people don’t know is what comes with exposing those traumas . . . anxiety.”
  • When we discover our brokenness, it takes time to heal. 
  • “You are more than enough.”

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18 Dec 2023143. The Genealogy of Christmas (with Kathleen MacInnis Kichline)00:26:11

Guest Bio: Retired pastoral associate and former adjunct faculty at Seattle University, Kathleen MacInnis Kichline continues to offer retreats and online presentations and has recently authored her latest book, “Why These Women?: Four Stories You Need to Read Before You Read the Story of Jesus.”  

 

Show Summary: When we think of Christmas we don’t often focus on the genealogy of Jesus. As we celebrate the incredible birth story of our Savior, what if we also took a look at the people of faith who came before? During this conversation on God Hears Her, join Elisa Morgan and Eryn Adkins as they talk with Kathlenn Macinnic Kichline about four incredible women of faith in the genealogy of Jesus. Kathleen takes you through a journey that will leave you even more excited about the birth of Jesus. Get out your Bibles and some hot cocoa for this conversation on God Hears Her. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “How do you prepare your heart for Christmas?” —Elisa Morgan 

  • “Matthew’s account is the shadow account of the Christmas story.” —Kathleen MacInnis Kichline

  • “The genealogy of Jesus shows that God was preparing for this.” —Kathleen MacInnis Kichline

 

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19 Feb 2024151. Needing God (with Lina AbuJamra)00:28:05

Guest Bio: Lina AbuJamra is a pediatric ER doctor who now practices telemedicine and in her “spare” time enjoys attending her nephews’ football games, traveling, and lingering over a fine meal. A podcaster, conference speaker, and a popular Bible teacher, she founded Living with Power Ministries to provide medical care and humanitarian help to Syrian refugees and others in disaster areas. She also hosts a radio show and is the author of several books, most recently Fractured Faith and her new Bible Study Through the Desert: A Study on God’s Faithfulness. 

 

Show Summary: What are your needs right now? Do you feel like you need a friend, a spouse, a new job, or a new role? In the midst of your felt needs, how do you depend on Jesus? Join hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Adkins as they talk with Unshakeable Moxie guest, Lina AbuJamra, about her needs and how she’s grown to depend on Jesus in the midst of them. We’re so excited to learn from Lina during this God Hears Her conversation. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “It’s not that I love pain, it’s that we learn in painful places.” —Lina AbuJamra

  • “All heartbreak shapes us and it comes to every human in different forms.” —Lina AbuJamra

  • “It’s so simple and it's so profound… God never leaves.” —Lina AbuJamra

  • “In my moments of failure is when I see Him on the cross even more clearly.” —Lina AbuJamra

 

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25 Mar 2024153. Hopeful End: An Easter Bible Study00:27:07

Easter is the time to reflect on the resurrection story and the powerful redemption of the cross. What are some verses in the Bible that make you think of Easter? Join Elisa Morgan, Eryn Adkins, and new host Vivian Mabuni as they each share different parts of Scripture that motivate them to reflect on other aspects of the Easter story. Get out your Bible and a journal for this God Hears Her conversation.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “Even if everything in your life is silent about God … what are the stones that cry out to remind you of His existence and faithfulness?” —Elisa Morgan 

  • “Don’t determine who God is based on your circumstances; you need to evaluate your circumstances based on who God is.” —Vivian Mabuni 

  • “If Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, then He was just a really good teacher.” —Vivian Mabuni

  • “When we can’t hear from Him, or we don’t know what He’s doing, can we trust who He is?” —Elisa Morgan 

  • “When I look around my circumstances and there’s a temptation to add a pleasure to my pain quickly, I know it’s not worth it. Jesus is who He says He is.” —Eryn Adkins 

  • “I can walk with Him in what I feel on a daily basis knowing He knows what that feels like.” —Eryn Adkins 

 

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26 Feb 2024152. Continuing with Trust (with Katie Lewis)00:27:36

Guest Bio: Katie Lewis is the founder of Dear Mushka, a Scripture-based everyday wear jewelry, apparel, and accessories company. She's passionate about the Bible being a very present help and equipping women for everyday life with it by “wearing truth and sharing truth.” When she isn't working or discipling four little boys and her newborn baby girl, she’s an aspiring gardener and is always grateful for a few minutes to read. 

 

Show Summary: Have you ever felt like God called you to something you weren’t capable of? Do you feel like He changed your direction and plans? Katie Lewis is a woman of moxie who’s continued to lean into God’s presence in the unexpectedness of her life. Her mission is to equip women with Scripture because she’s experienced firsthand how life-changing the wisdom of the Bible is. Join Elisa Morgan and Eryn Adkins as they get to know Katie during this conversation on God Hears Her.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “I feel like He’s said, ‘Keep going, I have not released you from this.’ ” —Katie Lewis

  • “We do hard things, that’s a part of life.” —Katie Lewis

  • “He has promised that His power is what will carry me through to live a godly life.” —Katie Lewis

  • “I felt like He was inviting me to ‘test’ Him… in a tender and gentle way.” —Katie Lewis

 

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03 Jul 2023131. Jesus, Be My Peace (with Sharon Hodde Miller)00:32:12

Guest Bio: Sharon Hodde Miller, PhD, is teaching pastor at Bright City Church in Durham, North Carolina, which she cofounded with her husband, Ike. Miller is the author of Free of Me and Nice, she has blogged at SheWorships.com for over ten years, has been a regular contributor to Propel, Her.meneutics, and She Reads Truth, and has written for Relevant, Christianity Today, (in)courage, and many other publications and blogs. She lives with Ike and their three children in Durham, North Carolina.

 

Show Summary: Have you ever tried to control a situation or outcome? Have you caught yourself trying to control a person? In this episode of God Hears Her, author Sharon Hodde Miller shares how we can take situations into our own hands and how that negatively impacts our mental health and relationships. Join the conversation with hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy as they discuss the cost of control with Sharon Hodde Miller.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “The one thing that was clear and troubling to me is that by and large, it did not appear that Christians were drawing on the millennia of spiritual resources that have been passed down to us by Christians passed.” —Sharon Miller (10:37)

  • “We were taking all of our fears, all of our anxieties to the internet. That to me signaled a huge gap in discipleship.” —Sharon Miller (11:30)

  • “We reach for control to rescue us, to alleviate our anxiety, to give us a sense of security.” —Sharon Miller (11:55)

  • “We are in this age of technology where we are promised increasing mastery over our world.” —Sharon Miller (12:08)

  • “Whenever I reach for control to empower me or to fix this situation, I am not just reenacting Genesis 3 but also its consequences.” —Sharon Miller (17:27)

  • “God doesn’t give us control but He does give us agency.” —Sharon Miller (24:07)

  • “We were created for Genesis 1. We were created for peace and security and wholeness.” —Sharon Miller (28:59)

 

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19 Sep 2022101. Life After Tragedies (with Julia Pinkster)00:29:57

When tragedy strikes it might be tempting to run from God or start to doubt His goodness. Some of us may be caught up in wondering where He is when bad things happen. How have you reacted to tragedies in your own life? In this episode of God Hears Her, hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy invite you to a conversation with guest Julia Pinkster as she reflects on multiple tragedies in her life and how God has been with her and her family through all of  them.

 

About Our Guest:

Julia Pinkster grew up in Kalamazoo, MI where she went to Loy Norrix High School. She attended Grand Valley State University for two and a half years but is now transferred to Kalamazoo Valley Community College to pursue a degree in Paramedicine. She has a service dog named Willow who is two years old and a yellow lab. Growing up, she had two younger brothers. One of them had severe cerebral palsy. She grew up as a caregiver for her brother and this has led her to have a passion for helping others. On top of hoping to become a paramedic, she hopes to become involved in raising and training dogs for police K-9 units. Her faith is so incredibly important to her and has been her biggest rock when she has gone through the darkest of times.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • The best way to help heal from traumatic situations is to help others in similar situations.—Julia Pinkster
  • It’s important to be selfless. If you focus on yourself too much, you will get down on yourself and constantly ask “why me?”—Julia Pinkster
  • It doesn’t matter the amount of time you have on earth, it’s about the number of people you impact.—Julia Pinkster
  • If you are struggling with any dark thoughts, be vulnerable, tell someone, and think about the people around you who love you and would miss you if you were gone.—Julia Pinkster
  • Humans are not meant to do life on our own.—Julia Pinkster

 

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Trigger Warning

Discussions on suicide and traumatic, descriptive scenarios of death.

 

24 Jun 2024162. Promise Keeper (with Shannon Popkin)00:29:16

Guest Bio: Shannon Popkin is the author of  Comparison Girl, Control Girl, and (forthcoming) Shaped by God’s Promises (Our Daily Bread Publishing, 2024). Shannon is a speaker and hosts the Live Like It’s True Bible podcast. For more from Shannon, visit shannonpopkin.com, or connect with her on Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube. 

 

Show Summary: What are some promises God gives in His Word that you hold on to? God is a Promise Keeper, but all through Scripture we see examples of His people taking things into their own hands. Author and speaker Shannon Popkin has spent some time looking into how Sarah and Abraham immediately discounted the promises God gave them. Shannon realized that even when God makes His ways known, we tend to want things in our timing. Join hosts Elisa Morgan and Vivian Mabuni as they talk with Shannon about how God is a promise keeper on this episode of God Hears Her. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “I like to think of God’s promises as a set of parentheses, you never have one parenthesis without the other. The first is God makes the promise, the second is God keeps the promise.” —Shannon Popkin 

  • “Most of our [life is spent] living in the parentheses and waiting in the parentheses for the promises to come about.” —Elisa Morgan

  • “We don’t learn God’s faithfulness in a minute. We see His faithfulness over time.” —Shannon Popkin 

  • “God will be faithful, He is a faithful God. He is a God who makes promises and keeps promises, and He invites us to live like it’s true that He will keep these promises to us.” —Shannon Popkin

 

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22 Mar 2021EP. 33: Adventurous Obedience (with Kari Jobe)00:35:38

We’ve all heard it said that adventure is out there and that life begins at the end of your comfort zone. But how do we know the difference between recklessness and adventure? And how do we recognize when it’s God who is calling us out of the comfortable into something new He has for us? Kari Jobe has been there, and on this episode of God Hears Her, Kari joins Eryn and Elisa and discusses what she describes as the adventure of following God. Plus, Kari also shares the inspiration behind three of her hit songs.

About our guest: 

For more than two decades, Kari Jobe has been using her gifts to lead people into the presence of God as a well-respected worship leader. When she began leading worship at 13 years old, she never imagined she would be nominated for a GRAMMY®, win multiple Dove Awards, have a RIAA Gold Certified single, or be praised by the New York Times. She has sold more than 1.3 million albums (TEA) in her career and has more than one billion career streams. Originally from Texas and now residing in Nashville, TN, she tours the country with her husband, Cody Carnes, and their two boys, Canyon and Kingston, and they both serve at their home church.

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “I thought everything I prayed would happen just like that. Just give it time.”
  • “I have always just wanted to live radically for the Lord and obey what He’s asking. When you walk that out, you realize God is faithful.”
  • “There is wisdom in a multitude of counselors.”
  • “It’s okay to fail Him too. I have ‘missed’ Him plenty of times, and there is grace for that.”
  • “With God nothing is ever a loss. It may have been a really expensive lesson that you learned, but most often the important things we learn are an investment of our time and money.”
  • “If the heart is right, and you’re submitted to the Lord . . . it’s not a miss; it just might be a different way of looking at it.”
  • “I unleashed on the enemy and I said, ‘How dare you! You will not attack my family. You better back off.’”
  • “I take authority over my mind, I take authority over my family, and I take authority over you [the enemy].”

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Isaiah 43:2 (NIV)  “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you.”

 

28 Feb 2022EP. 80: When We Disagree00:28:52

A part of being in relationships is coming into conflict with the people we love. What do we do when we have those disagreements? How do we handle conflict? Do we run away from it or fight through it? On this episode of God Hears Her, Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy talk about how they handle disagreements with the people they love. They also share their thoughts on unhealthy conflict, and how we can resolve it. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “When you have a disagreement with somebody, it does feel like that can take up the whole relationship instead of looking at the other pieces of the relationship.”
  • “The way disagreement first hits us is that we feel rejected. We feel wrong. We feel less than, out of control, not safe. But you can learn to receive disagreement in such a way that you can grow from it, and you can feel loved by it.”
  • “Create a safe space for the disagreement where you can let your emotions ‘thaw.’”
  • “Have mutual respect for the other person [while being in a disagreement] and believe the best of them.”
  • “Reflect on your posture. Is it a defensive posture? Or is it an open-handed posture?”
  • “When we are stuck in defensiveness we are building barriers.”
  • Paul’s recommendations for disagreements from Philippians:
    • Stand firm in your belief.
    • Begin the conversation with love.
    • Stay on mission: What are you trying to accomplish here?
    • Get help from an outsider when you can’t agree.
    • Put your faith in practice.
  • “How does the Lord see my viewpoint? What is there for me to learn? What does He want to teach me?”

 

Verses: 

  • Paul’s letters to the church in the Bible
  • Peter’s letters to the church in the Bible
  • Philippians 3 and 4

 

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30 Dec 2024175. Reframing Wellness (with Robin Long)00:32:44

Guest Bio: Robin Long is the founder and CEO of Lindywell, a global mind-body wellness

company that provides Pilates workouts, breathwork, and nutrition to help women build

strength, reduce stress, and connect with their bodies. She is a certified Pilates instructor

with more than a decade of experience teaching, writing, and guiding women in their

health and wellness journeys.

 

Show Summary: How many of us have started the new year with resolutions about exercise or dieting? We tend to go into the new year with high hopes about how we’re going to change our lifestyle. What if the first step is actually reframing our mindset? Robin Long is a health and wellness expert who realized she needed to make big changes to alter a toxic cycle of exercising and overeating. Join hosts Eryn Eddy Adkins and Vivian Mabuni as they ring in the new year learning about how to have a balanced approach to health and wellness during this God Hears Her conversation.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “We all have a journey that we’ve been on that informs how we relate to our body today, and how we relate to our self-care, exercise, and fitness.” —Robin Long

  • When we aren’t feeling well in our body, we go through our day with a level of stress, with a level of disengagement or anxiety, that can really affect our relationships and how we feel.” —Robin Long

  • “How do we break that all-or-nothing mentality? How do we disconnect the belief that wellness equals weight loss. . . or whatever your definition of wellness equals, whatever is on the outside.” —Robin Long

  • God says we are good, and that He created us in His image. So knowing that we are good as we are today, we don’t have to change the size of our thighs. We don’t have to change the shape of our bodies. We don’t have to change who we are in order to be called good, to be called worthy and loved. —Robin Long

 

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22 Nov 2021EP. 68: Hope that Overcomes (with Joyce Dinkins)00:38:03

How do you experience hope? Maybe you’re hopeful for something? Or you have a strong hope in who God says He is? Or maybe you feel hopeless and are starting to wonder what hope even is! On this episode of God Hears Her, Eryn and Elisa talk to Joyce Dinkins, a woman that comes from a generation of people hoping for better circumstances. Joyce exemplifies this godly attribute of hope and talks about it with a wisdom that comes from God’s Spirit.

 

About Our Guest:

Joyce Dinkins is the executive editor for the Our Daily Bread Voices Collection. She has an incredible passion for inclusion and equity. Her career emphasis is amplifying the voices of diverse authors, African American and others, in the literary world. She has invested several decades as an editor serving at several Christian publishers across the United States.

 

Notes and Quotes:

  • “My dad’s dad was born a slave, and that affected everything.”
  • “I had access to freedom in my home; but I never forgot, and I still don’t forget where my parents came from, where my grandparents came from.”
  • “People seeing me weren’t necessarily seeing what they were looking at.”
  • “Hope to me is the truth.”
  • “My parents taught me at an early age to not take abuse from anyone.”
  • “They were capable, after all they had been through, to love their enemies.”
  • “Love will allow us to overcome.”
  • “Literacy is the right to vote, fair housing, the right to pursue education, etcetera.”
  • “See us, hear us, express our stories.”
  • “Go open that book [the Bible].”
  • “Cry out to God.”

 

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05 Jul 2021EP. 48: Navigating Difficult Relationships (Best of 2020 with Patricia Raybon)00:23:10

How do you navigate difficult relationships? How do you handle deep disagreements with people you love? What does it look like to deal with conflict when the person you’re at odds with is a family member or a close friend? On this “best of”  episode of God Hears Her, Eryn and Elisa revisit a previous conversation with Patricia Raybon as she shares her story of navigating a complicated relationship and offers practical wisdom for those of us who may find ourselves in a similar situation.

 

About our guest: 

Patricia Raybon is an award-winning author and journalist and a writer for both Our Daily Bread Ministries and DaySpring’s (in)courage Blog. She guides people into conversations on faith, race, and grace, and lives out her practical wisdom through relationships with people from different ethnic and faith backgrounds. Her most recent book is titled Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace.  

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “[The topic of] race relations still confuses, worries, angers, and surprises people . . . But as I look at history, there has never been a time where people were not divided by race or ethnicity.”
  • “Our stories are not our own . . . What I discovered is that these personal stories are not mine. They give the people that read them permission to reflect on their own lives.”
  • “Every mother has a dream of what her family is going to look like, and when that dream is rejected, there is a grieving period.”
  • “The Lord encouraged me to love her [my daughter], and trust Him.”
  • “We are still able to be a family even though the details of our conflict have not been resolved.”
  • “We agreed to respect our differences, and I agreed to respect the choice she had made. Not to accept the choice, but to respect [her].”
  • “People love the stories when people find their way back to the faith, but that is not always the end of the story . . . Know that sometimes God is still writing.”
  • “When you model that respect, it invites it back.”
  • In the digital world today, we can almost always find people being hateful.
  • “Tolerance allows my family to keep going.”

 

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10 Jul 2023132. Becoming a Bonus Mom (with Cheryl Shumake)00:29:50

Guest Bio: 

Ask Cheryl about her greatest adventure and she’ll tell you, “That I know and love Jesus and get to make Him known.” She is a Bible teacher, author, speaker, and founder of Stepmom Sanity, a Christ-centered circle of support, providing help and hope for stepmoms who are “there” from stepmoms who’ve been there. She has authored 4 books including her most recent, Waiting to Be Wanted: A Stepmom’s Guide to Loving Before Being Loved. Cheryl uses her skills, education, and training as a Master Coach to equip blended families, support women in spiritual formation, and mentor formerly sex-trafficked women in basic life skills. Cheryl and her husband, Jonathan, make their home in Michigan and are frequently invaded by their 4 adult children looking for food and hugs! 

 

Show Summary: 

Have you ever felt like you’ve been waiting to be wanted? Waiting tests our patience and sometimes prevents us from taking action. In the case of being a stepmom, we may feel like we’re waiting for our stepchildren to want us. In the wait we don’t know how to pursue a relationship with these new kids in our lives.

Cheryl Shumake, the founder of Stepmom Sanity, wants you to know that you are not alone in your waiting season. In this conversation with Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy-Adkins, Cheryl will share how she waited to be wanted by growing a relationship with her stepchildren. Learn more during this conversation on God Hears Her. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “A rose smells best when the roses have been crushed.” —Cheryl Shumake

  • “God said to me, ‘No one will ever love you like Me.’”—Cheryl Shumake

  • “We need to wait to be loved.” —Cheryl Shumake

  • “We are active in our waiting.” —Cheryl Shumake 

  • “Biblical love is actionable.” —Cheryl Shumake

  • “In your season of waiting, lean into your relationship with Jesus. . . there are things that can be carved out of you.” —Eryn Eddy Adkins

  • “Nothing is purposeless in your life.” —Cheryl Shumake

 

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21 Oct 2024172. A Guide Through Emotional and Spiritual Abuse (with Natalie Hoffman)00:38:32

Guest Bio: Natalie Hoffman is the author of Is it Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage: A Christian Woman’s Guide to Hidden Emotional and Spiritual Abuse and All the Scary Little Gods: a Memoir, as well as the host of the Flying Free podcast. She is a mother, grandmother, educator, and passionate advocate for Christian women experiencing emotional and spiritual abuse. Through the Flying Free Sisterhood program, Natalie empowers Christian women to discover and use their God-given voices, gifts, and freedom to make healthy choices for their spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being. 

 

Show Summary: Sometimes an unhealthy relationship may be hard to recognize while we’re in the beginning stages or rationalizing things that hurt us. It can be hard to recognize or make sense of a confusing or hurtful relationship. Natalie Hoffman was in an emotionally and spiritually abusive marriage for 25 years. After trying everything she could to work on her marriage, she decided to get a divorce. Now Natalie teaches women the covert signs of emotional and spiritual abuse. Join hosts, Elisa Morgan and Vivian Mabuni, as they are guided through the signs and symptoms of emotional and spiritual abuse during this very informative episode of God Hears Her. If you or someone you know is in an abusive situation, please call 1-800-799-7233 or visit this website.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “Are you safely allowed to just be yourself in the relationship? Without being afraid that there will be repercussions if you show up?” —Natalie Hoffman 

  • “The egregious nature of spiritual abuse is that it drives a wedge between the survivor and God—her lifeline.” —Natalie Hoffman

  • “My religious beliefs are what kept me in that [abusive] relationship for so many years, but my relationship with God is what got me out.” —Natalie Hoffman 

  • “God was my rescuer—not the church, not my friends, and not my family of origin.” —Natalie Hoffman

  • “I listen to my former self—that younger version of myself—and I decided that I was going to be a witness to her pain.” —Natalie Hoffman   

 

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29 Apr 2024155. Connectivity and Relationship (with Lauren Reitsema)00:26:40

Guest Bio: Lauren’s interest in relationship skills began when her parents divorced after almost 20 years of marriage. Seeking to understand better patterns for her own future legacy, she earned a Bachelor’s degree in communication studies from TCU. Lauren is the author of two books: In Their Shoes, a book dedicated to helping parents better understand and connect with children of divorce, and Relationship Essentials, which features skills to help people feel heard, fight fair, and set boundaries in all areas of life. Lauren is the president of The Center for Relationship Education, a national nonprofit whose mission is rooted in providing relationship skills training to everyone. Her speaking experience spans over 20 years, teaching a variety of relationship skills to teens, adults, and corporate teams. She recognizes relationships are key to a successful life, and this drives her passion for energizing others to invest in relationships with proven tools to enhance connection. She and her husband, Josh, love adventures with their three children. All Colorado natives, they are avid skiers, outdoor enthusiasts, and Broncos’ fans. 

 

Show Summary: Have you ever tried really hard to make something happen just for it to fail over and over again? Have you been rejected by something or someone that meant a lot to you? Today’s guest, Lauren Reitsema, knows all about how God can change the trajectory of our lives to make something beautiful come out of the brokenness. Host, Eryn Adkins, had the privilege of talking with Lauren in person at the MomCon Conference in Chicago last fall. Join Eryn as she gets to know Lauren and how God has worked in her life during this God Hears Her conversation.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “We’re not meant to do everything well all the time.” —Lauren Reitsema

  • “Boundaries create more of the freedom we long for.” —Lauren Reitsema

  • “Sometimes it’s the denial of what you want that gives you the trajectory.” —Lauren Reitsema

  • “He does connect every one of your pain points, and He weaves it into a beautiful story.” —Lauren Reitsema 

  • “He is the only one who understands us when we don’t think He’s listening.” —Lauren Reitsema

 

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23 Dec 2024174. The True Miracle of Christmas00:27:23

Have you ever had a terrible Christmas? Do you find yourself getting caught up in making things look perfect, even though you’re exhausted or feeling alone? When the Christmas season rolls around, we often forget the true miracle of Christmas. Join hosts Elisa Morgan, Eryn Eddy Adkins, and Vivian Mabuni as they trace the Lord’s promises throughout Scripture to remind us of Immanuel, God with us. Join us for this special God Hears Her podcast Christmas Bible study.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “We have a hard time at Christmas, sometimes, because we don’t have a very realistic view of it. We imagine it to be something magical, instead of it being something truly, divinely miraculous. When we understand the miracle of Christmas, it changes our ‘rotten’.” —Elisa Morgan

  • “In the midst of the really hard, I can’t really see the miraculous unless I’m with God. . .” —Vivian Mabuni

  • “No matter the unpredictable Christmas I will get, I can rest knowing that the Lord will carry me through, and be there for me. —Eryn Eddy Adkins

  • “When we pause long enough to imagine that this God of the universe, our Immanuel God, that He wants to have His presence within us. . . He promises His spirit within us to help us with what we need.” —Elisa Morgan

 

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23 Sep 2024168. Walking Through Infidelity (with Jami Nato)00:29:26

Guest Bio: Jami Nato is a blogger, Instagram influencer, and serial entrepreneur. She mentors thousands of leaders by running an essential oils business and a local coffee shop. She has four non-Catholic kids who attend Catholic school, one irritatingly athletic husband, two unkempt dogs, and a pet turtle she is constantly trying to bring back to the pond. She juggles this circus in the best-kept secret of the Midwest where people genuinely do care about your aunt’s hip surgery: Kansas City, Missouri. 

 

Show Summary: Have you ever felt closer to God after a season of suffering? When Jami Nato found out her husband was having an affair, it felt like her world imploded. Through the trials and tribulations of that season, she found that her relationship with God was growing stronger. Join hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy Adkins as they learn how Jami walked through that season of her life with God by her side during this God Hears Her conversation. 

 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “What God did in my heart was supernatural. I felt God’s nearness so close, which I think that only suffering can do for you.” —Jami Nato

  • “Forgiveness isn’t a one-time thing. [The situation] would chase you, it would taunt you, and you had to turn around and say, ‘No more. I’ve already forgiven you.’” —Jami Nato

  • “If God carried me this far, and showed me what He needed to show me in the perfect timing, He would do it again. He would take care of me.” —Jami Nato

  • “When the gospel gets so deep into your roots, that is the fruit that you produce.” —Jami Nato

  • “Not until I experienced suffering did the gospel become real to me. My need for salvation. My need for the cross. My need for His presence.” —Jami Nato

 

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16 Nov 2020EP. 22: Dealing with Anger00:28:54

We live in a culture that tends to avoid negative emotions. It’s not uncommon to hear someone say to another person who’s angry, frustrated, or sad, “Just buck up! Look on the bright side!” But negative emotions are important. Elisa and Eryn talk about one of the most important emotions—anger—and they explore ways to follow the signs to discover what’s really going on in our hearts and minds. 

Notes and Quotes: 

  • “Anger is like a signal, it may not be the top emotion.”
  •  “There is this aftermath of anger that just kind of lays before us. Sometimes there’s broken pieces of relationships, and sometimes there’s broken pieces of our own hearts.”
  • “When we’re angry, could it be an expectation that’s not met?”
  • “Anger can also come from blocked goals.”
  • “Once I realized there are other layers under anger, I kind of felt a little more compassion for myself instead of all this self-condemnation and lostness.”
  • Questions to ask yourself to get to the place of self-compassion: What’s this about? Why am I surprised? What has hurt me? Why am I hurting?
  • “One thing I have learned in my relationship with the Lord is that He is so confident and so secure that my insecurity and my lack of confidence in the heat of the moment doesn’t impact Him or the way that He loves and sees me.”
  • “He [God] probably is hurt that we self-condemn. I think He is probably disappointed that we self-separate from Him and accuse Him of being unloving when He is anything but [unloving].”
  • When the anger switch flips, it’s easy to sin.
  • “Anger can actually serve us and serve God’s purposes when we do our work with it.”

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21 Jun 2021EP. 46: Feeling Out of Place (Best of 2020 Amy Boucher Pye)00:23:25

Whether it’s a big move, the end of an important relationship, or a child going off to school, we have all experienced transition. On this “best of” episode of God Hears Her, Eryn and Elisa share a previous conversation with author Amy Boucher Pye when Amy discusses how God led her through a major life transition of her own.

 

About our guest: 

Amy Boucher Pye is a writer and speaker and an American living in London. She writes devotional thoughts for several publications including Our Daily Bread and is the author of the award-winning Finding Myself in Britain and The Living Cross.

 

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  • “We as Americans are so isolated about the reality of our global church.”
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  • “I knew that my calling was not my work. But, oh boy, when you’re not working you’re like ‘who am I, and where is God?’”
  • “As women . . . we mistake roles for identity, and it gets really confusing. You have to remember who you are, and how God sees you. Realize that my identity is not the role, the role was a place I was invited to serve. ”
  • “During the tender times when stresses and insecurities are high, make sure your relationship with God is very solid.” 
  • “Pray and ask God for friends, but then also do your part in that. Sometimes it’s making a plan or joining a crafting group.”
  • “One of the best pieces of advice I have been given is to ‘invest by owing.’ Instead of being the answer woman, invite somebody else to help you. Then somebody else is going to feel valued and necessary; and you will have a beautiful, mutual exchange. ”
  • “Sometimes we have to relinquish something so God can give it back in another way.”
  • Note: Though I walk through _____, God is with me.
  • “All of us are in transition, where things we depend on are stripped away. So look for the green.”

 

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  • Psalm 23:4 NIV Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
  • Psalm 23:2 NIV  He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters.

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