7 Ways to Meet New Friends
Simple ways to promote friendships in your life.
Simple ways to promote friendships in your life.
These generations are seeking love and, therefore, they are the perfect candidates for Jesus’s circle of fellowship.
Episode #195 – A homeschool mom of four boys, Monica Swanson is the author of Boy Mom and the host of the Boy Mom Podcast. Her popular website offers blogs and tips for parenting and healthy living.
God knows what I’ve been through, the traumas I’ve faced, and what has shaped me to make the choices I make.
Once we see and understand who and what God truly is, He will cease to be how we acquire our treasure and become our treasure.
We can love people where they are while letting God move them where He wants them to go.
Love is meant to be expressed through our actions.
Stress. Fear. Anxiety. And, so much chaos, has us stretched thin and living with very little emotional capacity for more bad news. What can we do? Where can we turn? How can we come apart and find some relief? That’s what we are talking about on the podcast today.
Episode #194 – This episode is for parents who are tired of their children being grumpy, distracted, disobedient, and dependent on tech; want to prioritize family time by removing the temptation and distraction of technology: and don’t know how to unhook their family from technology and are fearful of the outcome.
Once we see and understand who and what God truly is, He will cease to be how we acquire our treasure and become our treasure.
Through their willingness to obey the Lord and allow themselves to be reined by Him, the tenderness of their heart is revealed.
Episode #193 – Nicole shares how she chose to pursue a life of anticipation and invites readers to join her on the quest to release fear that hinders our delight, savor the joy of our present life, and find our God-given courage to celebrate.
People that live in this posture believe that God exists to supply what we need or desire. Receiving God’s gifts is the entirety of our relationship with Him. They have reduced God to a Genie to grant us our desires.
As we begin this new ministry, you may wonder how we got to this place. Where did the idea for this ministry begin? And, how is Love Worth Finding and Hope Ministry connected? Discover the story behind the ministry launch in this short podcast.
Episode #192 – While ALS continues to add physical limitations to Tony Nunez and has deteriorated his body, Tony and his wife, Cori, know God is faithful and has a purpose in all things and are pressing forward through this diagnosis to serve the students and further the gospel at all costs.
That single accusation or criticism is like the first movement of a snowpack that begins to tumble down a mountain.
Part 9 – Hesed is the relational glue that binds us together. If Hesed is present in your community you will find love, connection, identity, and belonging. If Hesed is lacking fear, shame, weakness, withdrawal, and performance will rule. How much Hesed is in your community?
Episode #191 – When it comes to the third person of the Trinity, many Christians’ views are murky at best. The Holy Spirit has been misunderstood, marginalized, and even maligned. But what if a relationship with the Holy Spirit is the missing link to a fulfilling spiritual life?
By choosing your words carefully and meaningfully, you can improve relationships in every area of your life.
I happen to believe the kiddos of our nation need prayer and blessing as they go back to school.
People that live in this posture believe that God exists to supply what we need or desire. Receiving God’s gifts is the entirety of our relationship with Him. They have reduced God to a Genie to grant us our desires.
What does it really mean to be blessed? Can everyone enjoy God’s blessings? Can all of us get in on the kindness and goodness, and mercy of Jesus? And would you like to experience incredible blessings?
We can think nobody will understand, but God always understands.
Episode #189 – In her new book, Holding On When You Want to Let Go, Sheila Walsh talks openly about how the global pandemic magnified and exacerbated her struggles and how she continues to hold on to hope each day.
Part 8 – Hesed/Attachment is so important in creating identity. Our connection to God is directly connected to our connection, positive or negative, with the people around us.
Tired of the dieting roller coaster? Laura Acuña understands. She lived the cycle of shame and defeat for almost 50 years … until the Lord set her free.
Living a LIFE OVER GOD means that there is no room or need for God. Our desire to control our environment and mitigate our fears no longer requires appeasing God. Instead, we view the universe as a machine that we can understand.
Christ gives us a perfect example of how our language should reflect our love.
Bragging. Boasting. Are you ever tempted to boast? Brag a little? Let’s talk today about some practical ways we can overcome the temptation to brag.
I’ve learned far more from being outside of a “click” than I probably ever learned from being inside of one.
Some of us feel like donkeys in a world that celebrates racehorses—the shiny and flashy success stories that make us question our own worth and abilities. But life isn’t about competing for gold medals. It’s about discovering our mettle—understanding our unique strengths and using them to mine all the gold that’s already within us.
Our spirit longs to walk in the light, but often, we fall into the darkness of doubt and disbelief.
Those who speak the truth in love are currently being painted into a corner where only certain subjects are considered acceptable.
Episode #60 – Listen in as John Matarazzo interviews Luke Negron, a man he saw cleaning up the trash from the streets of Pittsburgh, PA… the same city he’s trying to represent to Congress in Washington D.C.
Living WITH God Series – In this episode, Tennison and Ginelle’s conversation centers around what living a LIFE UNDER GOD looks like, presented in the book ‘WITH: Reimagining The Way You Relate to God’ by Skye Jethani.
The more rooted I become in the Scriptures and the community of faith, the more peace I feel despite such “slandering tongues.”
We need a community of closely committed friends who will support us even when we feel paralyzed.
Are you ready to say goodbye to what holds you back? Wife, mom, Author, and TV show host Krissy Nelson helps us shatter walls so we can truly believe what God says about us.
LIFE WITH GOD is different because its goal is not to use God; its goal is God. Join Tennison and Ginelle as they begin their new series Living With God.
Laughter is good medicine. It’s actually incredible therapy for us all. Are you getting a big enough daily dose? Enough fun and laughter and joy in your days? We were created to enjoy life.
How do we develop resilience to live, love, and finish well?
It’s amazing how God can plan these circumstances in our lives that interweave with so many other lives.
Part 7 – God’s plan for his creation was never for us to be “saved” or “born again”, it was and is for us to be attached to Him with a bonded or sticky love. He also intended for us to be attached to each other in this same way. So what does it mean to be deeply attached or bonded to God, yourself, and others?
Christina shares her powerful personal story and helps us implement healthy discipleship practices to grow deeper in our walk with Christ and develop longevity for the long haul.
Finding common ground with people requires that we know who the master of our life is and remain faithful to His mission to redeem the lost.
Part 6 – What are some practices and practical things that you can do to begin cultivating a Joy Fueled community? Listen as Tennison and Ginelle talk about the practical things that they have begun to incorporate into their rhythms of life to create a Joy Fueled community.
At times, we all want what someone else has. We can find ourselves getting a little jealous. We’d like to have what they have or be doing what they are doing. Why them and not us? It’s called envy. Learn how to win over envy today with Ordinary Women, Extraordinary God.
Chris Swain started writing a book on family discipleship but unexpectedly passed away before he could finish. Knowing this was Chris’ passion, his wife Melissa took the reins and finished ”Write It On Their Hearts: Practical Help for Discipling Your Kids.”
Part 5 – Joy is the first ingredient for strong, healthy, transformative communities. So many churches/communities function without joy as their fuel. The result is usually a community fueled by fear, shame, and performance where true transformation is not produced.
Angela sits down with Don Johnson of Filter of Hope to talk about her amazing mission trips with them to Costa Rica and how we can be involved in providing clean water and the love of Christ around the world.
Part 4 – True transformation, Identity, Character Development, Spiritual Formation, and Discipleship can only happen in healthy communities and relationship with those we have belonging. If this is the case, how do we create, cultivate, and maintain these types of communities?
Could you use a little boost of courage today? An extra shot of tenacity, strength, and gumption? We all have seasons where we could give you a little push to get us going in the right direction.
You might not consider yourself an enemy of Christ, but Romans 5:10 says that before we were reconciled to Christ, we were enemies.
After years of training polo horses and working as a flight attendant, hairdresser and bartender, Lisa Boucher reconstructed her life and settled in as a registered nurse. For the past twenty-seven years, she’s worked with hundreds of women to help them overcome alcoholism, live better lives and become better parents.
Every word we speak has the capacity to bring a smile and contain life or sink to the bottom where there is nothing but darkness and loneliness.
Part 3 – True transformation, true discipleship, only comes inside of healthy relationship and that is what is missing from the western church. That is how Jesus did it with His disciples. We are designed to live, learn and grow in community.
God desires us all to find true genuine friendships in each other as He has with us.
There comes a time when every child steps into adulthood and begins making their own choices. So, how can today’s parents continue to guide their adult children, even if they disagree with their kids’ decisions?
The contributions and recollections of others help all of us become more and believe more.
Part 2 – Transformation = truth + good choices + power | This statement sounds true and is widely accepted in most church circles today. What if I told you that is not the formula for transformation? What if I told you that this formula was missing a key ingredient? Did I tell you that this formula was a Half Brained formula?
Depression. Sadness. Distress. Exhaustion. Weariness. No one is immune to these things. Don’t ever think that you’re immune to depression because even the greatest believers can be laid low by depression. Find hope and learn how to deal with depression with Ordinary Women, Extraordinary God.
Sibil Fox and Robert Richardson are a New Orleans-based couple who endured 21 years as an incarcerated family and whose story is told in the acclaimed, award-winning documentary TIME. Together they have six sons and continue their advocacy for incarcerated families.
If spiritual formation is the central task of the church, how are we doing? Are we seeing and experiencing lasting deep transformation? Are a lot of Christian communities strong and connected, or weak and shallow? If we are honest with ourselves, I think we will answer the latter to both questions. Why?
What if this year could bring your greatest adventure? You’re invited to join Tabitha Deller on the adventure of drawing near to God.
In this episode, listen as Britton Smith describes his and his family’s experiences around many Tables over their five months on the road. Going from handshakes to hugs, strangers to belonging, friends to family in a matter of hours.
Kindness. It’s a great trait. As a matter of fact, it’s a Bible trait. God is incredibly kind with us and to us. He models kindness so well. But are we also kind? Could we be kinder? Would you like to add more kindness to your life?
This conversation helps us stop feeling intimidated by theology and live awakened to the truth and known by God.
A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Britton Smith shares the new paradigm of disciple-making—letting people see you in “all your glory,” the true you and not the polished version we are so accustomed to presenting to the word.
What if the unexpected delays and detours in your life are not random?
In this podcast, Britton Smith describes his personal journey from Pastor to Pioneer and how this has been the best thing for him and his family. Listen in as he talks about how he is no longer following Jesus because it was his job but because it is his only way of life.
Perhaps before we invite people to Jesus or invite them to church, we should invite them to dinner.
Do we really trust God with our troubles? When life is challenging, does our faith hold, or do we lose heart? When things get dark and difficult, how do we respond? Let’s talk about this today with Ordinary Women, Extraordinary God.
Many Christians believe that the Bible is the Word of God but never actually read it. Or they may read bits and pieces, one verse or passage at a time, but struggle to apply it to their daily lives. What if we could change that this year?
As long as you’re open to restoration, there’s hope.
Part of the common human experience is the longing to be seen, known, heard, and loved. Listen in as they discuss how these desires are met at the Table.
What is the path to a life of abundance and blessing that isn’t what we expected? We all want a blessed life, but we often search for it in the wrong places.
Listen in on how Bethany Boring uses the simple rhythms of the Table in multiple arenas of her life. They discuss how we witnessed someone at our Table go from “I’m not sure why I am here?” to “I don’t want to leave!”
We’ve all heard that patience is a virtue, but is it one of your virtues? Are you a patient person? A person who loves with great grace.
Dr. Sasha shares insights from her new book, Brave Boundaries: Strategies to Say No, Stand Strong, and Take Control of Your Time to help us move from simply surviving to thriving.
Join Tennison and Ginelle as they begin a conversation with their good friend Bethany about the simple rhythms of the Table and their ability to bring families and strangers together!
Ever wonder if God is good when life is not? Angela sits down with her hero – her father, Rev. Hubert Morris, the co-author of their brand-new book, “Brave Enough to Believe – How the Life of Doubting Thomas Answers Our Hard Questions.”
Join Tennison and Ginelle as they conclude their conversation with Jessica. Listen in as they discuss how we go from strangers to belonging at the Table. Even though the desire and result of the Table are belonging, safety, and connection. The heart is not for safety, belonging, and connection to Table and Well; it is to God’s Family Table!
Are you a people-pleaser? A person who wants to make everyone else happy. This can be such a burden. It can take over our lives if we let it. Let’s talk about how to win over this challenge with Ordinary Women, Extraordinary God. Here are 5 simple ways to overcome People-Pleasing.
Are you ready to step out of your comfort zone and into your calling in 2023? You will love this conversation with Mary Snyder!
When you learn to recognize that someone else is experiencing negative emotions, you will want to help.
Join us as we continue our conversation with Jessica Mullen; listen in as she shares the exact moment in time when she realized what God’s Family should be and how we should act.
What’s holding you back? The risk? The unknown? The unwillingness to shake up the comfortable status quo? Whatever it is, if you’re not in God’s best place, you’re missing out on something great. The Lord is calling you into a Promised Land.
Join us as we continue our conversation with Jessica Mullen and unpack Household a little more. How the absence of the Household/Community actually could rob us of some very simple childhood maturity skills, such as knowing what we need and asking for it.
Most times, spiritual narcissists demand honor and respect from others without ever making any real investment back.
Is there joy in your life? Peace? Hope? Favor? Sweetness? To really enjoy your relationship with God and turn your religion into reality, there are some great truths to follow. Discover these truths today with Ordinary Women, Extraordinary God.
Although we may not know what the future holds, Dr. Robert Morgan helps to demystify end-time events and the book of Revelation through his comprehensive, yet easy-to-understand, The 50 Final Events in World History: The Bible’s Last Words on Earth’s Final Days.
What if the elders in our communities were true elders and were able to handle criticism and rejection, speak the truth in love even when it is not easy or popular, serve without being appreciated, encourage needed growth and change, and create Identity, not standards?
Love. What’s love got to do with it all anyway? It’s sometimes a difficult concept to grasp. Especially God’s love. Have you really experienced the amazing love of God? Do you grasp how much He loves you? Let’s talk about this today with Ordinary Women, Extraordinary God.
For those who have lost a baby through miscarriage or stillbirth, a subsequent pregnancy can be a time filled with anxiety, fear, and doubt. Today on the podcast, Jenny Albers shares her story of not only experiencing one pregnancy loss but two.
Really?! I can’t believe this, but THE best story that illustrates what it truly looks like to face the darkness to embrace YOUR destiny is also in. . .yep. Star Wars! If you’ve ever had a glimmer of moving from identity into destiny, join us!
Loving our neighbor as ourselves is not rolling over like an obedient pet, becoming submissive to all we are told to believe.
These are essential for elders to take their place in their community. What if every adult in the elder stage of life was part of a community that provided all these things? What if?
So many people are filled with fear today. They are anxious, stressed, and concerned about the future. Let’s talk about how you can find freedom from fear with Ordinary Women, Extraordinary God today. Learn some practical ways to defeat the spirit of fear that’s stealing your joy and peace!
Susie Larson shares her powerful story and encourages us to trust God for victory.