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EDUCATION MINI-SERIES: Homeschool | Rebekah Hargraves | Ep. 103 Jan 28, 2020

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Join me for the sixth and FINAL conversation in the Education Mini-Series! I'm chatting with Rebekah Hargraves regarding her family's choice to educate their kids in homeschool. Rebekah shares about whether this was a difficult decision for their family, what considerations and factors played into the decision as well as how they ultimately made their choice. Rebekah and I were also both homeschooled ourselves, so we discuss from the KID'S perspective how we liked it and what were some of the pros and cons of being educated that way. Check out the shownotes for more resources on education! WE DISCUSS:
* If deciding how to educate their kids was a difficult decision for them
* What options were on the table for their family
* What factors played into their decision
* What their top concerns were in this decision
* What lies she believed
* What helped her call that out and instead center her heart on truth
* What scripture encouraged her
* What resources helped her decide
* Her advice to parents weighing their options today

EDUCATION MINI-SERIES: Private School | Karen Buhrle | Ep. 102 Jan 27, 2020

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Join me for the fifth conversation in the Education Mini-Series! I'm chatting with Karen Buhrle, a friend from my church, regarding her family's choice to educate their kids in private school. Karen shares about how their family's situation with two full time working parents was a factor for their decision as well as wanting their kids to be educated with a biblical worldview. Check out the shownotes for more resources on education! WE DISCUSS:
* If deciding how to educate their kids was a difficult decision for them
* What options were on the table for their family
* What factors played into their decision
* What their top concerns were in this decision
* What lies she believed
* What helped her call that out and instead center her heart on truth
* What scripture encouraged her
* What resources helped her decide
* Her advice to parents weighing their options today

EDUCATION MINI-SERIES: Public School | Kristen Hatton | Ep. 101 Jan 21, 2020

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Join me for the fourth conversation in the Education Mini-Series! I'm chatting with Kristen Hatton regarding her family's choice to educate their kids in public school. Kristen shares about whether this was a difficult decision for their family, what considerations and factors played into the decision as well as how they ultimately made their choice. With three kids who have made it through high school, you'll be encouraged by Kristen's real world experience and her testimony to God's faithfulness in her life and her kids' lives. Check out the shownotes for more resources on education! WE DISCUSS:
* If deciding how to educate their kids was a difficult decision for them
* What options were on the table for their family
* What factors played into their decision
* What their top concerns were in this decision
* What lies she believed
* What helped her call that out and instead center her heart on truth
* What scripture encouraged her
* What resources helped her decide
* Her advice to parents weighing their options today

EDUCATION MINI-SERIES: Homeschool | Kaylie Hodges | Ep. 100 Jan 20, 2020

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This is the THIRD interview in the mini-series and it features a conversation with Kaylie Hodges regarding her family's choice to educate their kids by homeschooling. Kaylie shares about whether this was a difficult decision for their family, what considerations and factors played into the decision as well as how they ultimately made their choice. She also shares some of the lies or fears she believed and what helps her combat those lies. Check out the shownotes for more resources on education! WE DISCUSS:
* If deciding how to educate their kids was a difficult decision for them
* What options were on the table for their family
* What factors played into their decision
* What their top concerns were in this decision
* What lies she believed
* What helped her call that out and instead center her heart on truth
* What scripture encouraged her
* What resources helped her decide
* Her advice to parents weighing their options today

EDUCATION MINI-SERIES: Private School | Emily Bury | Ep. 99 Jan 15, 2020

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This is the second interview in the mini-series and it features a conversation with my friend Emily Bury regarding her family's choice to educate their kids in private school. Emily shares about whether this was a difficult decision for their family, what considerations and factors played into the decision as well as how they ultimately made their choice. She also shares some of the lies or fears she believed and what helped her combat those lies. Check out the shownotes for more resources on education! WE DISCUSS:
* If deciding how to educate their kids was a difficult decision for them
* What options were on the table for their family
* What factors played into their decision
* What their top concerns were in this decision
* What lies she believed
* What helped her call that out and instead center her heart on truth
* What scripture encouraged her
* What resources helped her decide
* Her advice to parents weighing their options today

EDUCATION MINI-SERIES: Public School | Julie Kline | Ep. 98 Jan 13, 2020

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This is the first interview in the series and it features a conversation with my friend Julie Kline regarding her family's choice to educate their kids in the public school system. Julie shares about whether this was a difficult decision for their family, what considerations and factors played into the decision as well as how they ultimately made their choice. She also shares some of the lies or fears she believed and what helped her combat those lies. Check out the shownotes for more resources on education!

EDUCATION MINI-SERIES: Introduction | Haley Williams | Ep. 97 Jan 13, 2020

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Welcome to the Education Mini-Series!

In this introduction, Haley gives a preface to this 3-part mini-series in which you'll hear from 6 women who, along with their husbands, have all chosen different routes for educating their kids. You'll hear from two who chose public school, two who chose homeschooling and two who chose private school.

As believers in Jesus, we have the great privilege and responsibility of teaching our kids about Jesus and praying God uses our instruction to open the eyes of their heart unto salvation. As for academic education, I believe we have a number of faithful options when it comes to how our children are educated. There are any number of models and methods and many, many different ways people have done it over the years. But for the sake of brevity, we're broadly exploring the big three - public, private and homeschool.

The point of these interviews is not to offer a prescription for your situation or tell you WHAT to think but rather help you with HOW to think about this important decision. It's what I have wanted as my own husband and I have had these conversations. To hear some real, boots-on-the-ground experiences, questions and answers and encouragement to do the best with what we have and know today, trusting our great God to bring the harvest as only He can.

I pray it blesses everyone who listens, helping you to put this decision in perspective and put your hope in Jesus alone. I know I need this reminder daily!

You can find the shownotes at www.kindledpodcast.com

Home Organization Tips (Start the New Year More Sane!) | Morgan Tyree | Ep. 95 Dec 30, 2019

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If you're anything like me, the new year always presents itself with the desire to clean out, purge and start fresh! So today I'm chatting with Morgan Tyree, expert home organization consultant, about how we can create systems for each room in our home and maintain them with a realistic, grace-based approach. If you're feeling the urge to clean out and clear out, today's is an episode you won't want to miss! Shownotes at www.kindledpodcast.com

Replay: God isn't testing you: An invitation to radical dependence | Gloria Furman Dec 23, 2019

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This is one of my all-time fave episodes! Re-airing right before the holidays of 2019. A reminder of the invitation to radical dependence we all have from God. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Replay: Grace-Filled Limitations & The Glory of God | Maggie Combs Dec 16, 2019

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Today’s episode is straight FIRE, ya’ll. This is one of my favorites! In it I'm chatting with Maggie Combs about how God places grace-filled limitations on our lives as He asks us to obey Him so that the fruit of our labor can point to Him and not us. The day I interviewed Maggie I was really struggling with “the Kingdom of Mom” and our conversation was a HUGE grace in my day and week, reminding me of truth in a hard circumstance.