Taste and See Podcast: Savoring & sharing God's goodness through home.

EPISODE 2.7 At Home: Hospitality to our nearest neighbor with Rachel Jankovic Jun 06, 2024

Jesus commands us to "love our neighbor as ourselves" but who is our neighbor? Is it the person next door, your best friend across town, or does it also include the people you wake up to each morning?
Join me as Rachel and I discuss how hospitality is not just something we pull out for guests on Friday night, but should be a daily practice towards the people in our own home. We talk about things that might distract or hinder us from prioritizing this, as well as how we can choose to gladly share with our family all that the Lord has shared with us.
It's an encouraging episode, I hope you enjoy!
Podcast: @tasteandseepodcast
Jessica: @jessicashae
Rachel: @rachel.jankovic
Rachel's Books and Podcast:
Loving the Little Years
Fit to Burst
What Have You
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EPISODE 2.6 Beginnings: Hospitality through the college years with Elizabeth Clayton May 30, 2024

Today I'm sharing a conversation with my friend Liz, and we chat about what hospitality has looked like for her over the last few years of transitioning out of her parents home into student ministry and then to the UK for studies.
Liz is a kindred spirit with a love for people and hosting (and candles!), and it was fun to hear how her childhood home inspired and encouraged her to prioritize hosting right from the start of living on her own. We talk lots of practical details of what being hospitable has looked like for her with housemates, classmates, and while living in a new country. I hope you enjoy!
(FYI: I recorded this last year in the early days of my podcast and I'm sorry to say I didn't nail the audio on this one. I've tweaked it as best I could, but still wanted to share the conversation because I think it's an important one, you just might need to listen with the volume all the way up!)
Podcast: @tasteandseepodcast
Jessica: @jessicashae
Elizabeth Clayton: @elizabethbristolclayton
Every Moment Holy (Includes the Liturgy: "Feasting with Friends")
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EPISODE 2.5 Playdates: Hospitality in the little years with Renee Higgins May 23, 2024

Today I'm talking with Renee, a wife and mom to 5 little ones 7 and under at the time of this recording. We discuss how isolating the early years of motherhood can be, and how we can find ways to be a friend + gain a friend during those years!
My goal for this conversation was not to heap heavy burdens on those of you in the thick of little people and little sleep, but to show that hospitality doesn't have to be difficult or overwhelming, it can be as simple as packing some goldfish + fruit and inviting someone to meet you at the park.
Find us on Instagram:
Podcast: @tasteandseepodcast
Jessica: @jessicashae
Renee Higgins: @renee_elisabethh
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EPISODE 2.4 Book Club: Building friendships through books, with Jessica Economidis May 16, 2024

Jessica and I have been friends since the early days of married life, and while we have much in common and attend the same church, books + book club is where our friendship has flourished the most.
Jess and I talk about why we think reading is important, as well as why book club is a perfect opportunity to show hospitality and build a framework for purposeful conversations that go deeper than your typical small talk. We also give practical examples of how our book club (which is slightly unique, but also the best) works so you can start your own!
Find my book recommendations here!
Find us on Instagram:
Podcast: @tasteandseepodcast
Jessica S: @jessicashae
Jessica E: @jessicaeconomidis
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EPISODE 2.3 Mayhurst Estate: full-time hospitality with Casey Cashell May 02, 2024

Today I'm talking with Casey, who owns and runs the beautiful Mayhurst Estate in Virginia with her husband and four kids. I loved hearing how God led them to choose a life of full-time hospitality, "for the glory of God and the good of others."
Casey is a gifted hostess with a deep love for people, and I think you will love learning from her expertise about how to serve people with your life and home.
Find us on Instagram:
Podcast: @tasteandseepodcast
Casey: @thecashells
Mayhurst Estate: @mayhurstestate
Shop my Home + Kitchen recommendations: https://shorturl.at/abfoz

EPISODE 2.2 Rural Hospitality: Farm life with Laura Good Apr 25, 2024

Today I'm talking with Laura, a mom and wife to a Mississippi farmer. We're tackling an oft requested topic; what does hospitality look like when you live in a rural area, outside of the typical neighborhood and community?
I hope this episode is helpful and thought provoking as we discuss how to prioritize getting people in your home even when you live in the middle of corn fields, an hour away from the closest walmart.
Find us on Instagram:
Podcast: @tasteandseepodcast
Laura: @behindourfarm
Shop my Home + Kitchen recommendations: https://shorturl.at/abfoz

EPISODE 2.1 - Broken Bread: A Theology of Food with Tilly Dillehay Apr 18, 2024

"If Jesus called himself the "bread of life," why is it that our relationship with food is so complicated? We love it. We hate it. We hate that we love it. Whether we're obsessing over what not to consume--carbs, sugar, alcohol--or what we will devour--fat free, dairy free, gluten free--food has become burdensome." (Harvest House Publisher)
Join me as I talk with Tilly about her book "Broken Bread: how to stop using food and fear to fill spiritual hunger" which essentially takes a long look at the question: "What does Scripture actually have to say about how believers ought to think about food?"
We talk about how we can we use the table to love others more than we love ourselves, instead of drawing up a lot of unnecessary lines that keep us from gladly pulling up a chair and digging in.
Find us on Instagram:
Podcast: @tasteandseepodcast
Tilly: @tilly_dillehay
Tilly's book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/esGbH0u
Find more of Tilly's writing in these spaces:
https://www.desiringgod.org/authors/tilly-dillehay
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/profile/tilly-dillehay/
https://www.risenmotherhood.com/articles/tag/Tilly+Dillehay
Shop my Home + Kitchen recommendations: https://shorturl.at/abfoz

EPISODE 8 - Hospitality & teenagers, with Maryanne Helms Jul 05, 2023

Today I'm talking with Maryanne, a wife and mom to 4 kids, most of whom are teenagers. We discuss how to make our homes a warm and compelling place where our children are eager to come home, and somewhere they feel free to bring their own friends. We also touch on how as moms we can gladly send our young adult children out into the world instead of clinging to them when it's time to let go.
It was an encouraging conversation for me, even though I'm still a few years away from that season, and I think it will be an encouragement to you as well!
Find us on Instagram:
Podcast: @tasteandseepodcast
Maryanne: @maryannechallieshelms
Chicken taco bowl recipe: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17953705361485560/

EPISODE 7 - Hospitality and Orphan Care, with Courtney Allison (part 2) Jun 28, 2023

If you haven't already listened to last week's episode I recommend going back and doing that first, but today I finish my conversation with Courtney by talking about how God has grown her family with bio kids and several different kinds of adoptions. We talk about how orphan care is an important part of showing hospitality to the vulnerable, and the many ways we can make that a priority in our lives.

EPISODE 6 - Hospitality as a pastors wife with chronic illness, with Courtney Allison (part I) Jun 20, 2023

Today I'm talking with Courtney, she's a pastors wife, bio and adoptive mom to now 6 little ones (having recently completed the adoption of the 2 she mentions in the interview), who has dealt with severe chronic illness for all of her adult life.
This is a 2 part conversation and today we talk about what hospitality as a pastors wife has looked like for her over the years, as well as how she shares her home and life with others in the middle of intense sickness.
Part 2 will be up next week--talking about hospitality and adoption!
Find us on instagram:
@tasteandseepodcast
@justanotherwifeandmother

EPISODE 5 - Expat hospitality, with Deborah Gandi Jun 14, 2023

Today I'm talking with Deborah, and American wife and mom who's currently living in Oxford, England, while her husband works on a PhD. We discuss some of the differences she's experienced while hosting in a new country, and what hospitality has looked like for her through a difficult pregnancy and a husband in school full time.
Find us on instagram:
Taste & See: @tasteandseepodcast
Deborah: @naptimetheologian

Monday's Short: The Art and Work of Caring Jun 12, 2023

In today's episode I'm sharing a few excerpts from a book I've been enjoying recently by Andi Ashworth, "Real Love for Real Life: the art and work of caring."
Excerpts taken from chapter 4: Coming Home, and chapter 5: Celebrating the Story
Highly recommend reading the whole book, you can find it on Amazon here: https://a.co/d/6WyIlK2
(affiliate link)
Find me on instagram: @tasteandseepodcast

EPISODE 4 - Loving people through seasons of grief and loss, with Kristen Morris Jun 06, 2023

Today I'm talking with longtime friend, Kristen, a wife and mom from Florida. Kristen and her husband Caleb are well acquainted with seasons of grief and loss, having both lost family members to cancer, and even more recently having walked through a serious cancer diagnosis and treatment for Caleb.
If hospitality is a love for people, and it is, then it is so much more than just having someone over for the occasional dinner. We talk about how we can love and carry people walking through these dark seasons, why it's so important and how it made such a difference in her own life. I hope this episode helps you think outside the box of typical hospitality to imagine ways you can love those experiencing grief and loss.
Find us on instagram:
Jessica: @tasteandseepodcast
Kristen: @imkristen_

Monday's Short: Hosting Tips + June's Meal Plan Jun 05, 2023

In today's short I give tips for cooking for guests, and how to be prepared to host last minute. I also share June's meal plan with you all, and explain why this is one of my favorite meals to make for guests, especially those with food allergies.
You can find the full meal plan saved in my meal highlight on instagram.
Follow me on instagram: @tasteandseepodcast

EPISODE 3 - Hospitality and discipleship, with Lacey Rabalais May 31, 2023

In today's episode I'm talking with Lacey, a wife and mom to two little boys from Louisiana. We discuss how to use hospitality for discipleship, in settings like playdates or building relationships with college age kids, and how we can bring our own kids along in that ministry.
Find us on Instagram!
Lacey: @lacerab
Podcast: @tasteandseepodcast

Monday's Short: How did Christ show hospitality? May 29, 2023

How did Christ, with no home of His own, show hospitality and obey the second greatest command to love your neighbor as yourself?
Today I'm talking about one specific example of Christ's hospitality in the gospel accounts, I hope it encourages you to show hospitality even when you feel like what you have to give isn't enough.
Show notes:
Commentary I cite:
https://a.co/d/6AerJQz
Scripture I reference:
Matthew 8:20, 14:13-21
Mark 6:30-44
Luke 9:10-17
John 6:1-14
1 Peter 4:9
Proverbs 11:24
Find us on Instagram: @tasteandseepodcast

EPISODE 2 - Hospitality in all seasons of life, with Abbie Melle May 24, 2023

Today I'm talking with Abbie, an editorial and lifestyle photographer from Australia. We discuss what hospitality looks like for her as a single adult, as well as the importance of hosting people outside your peer group or the same life stage as you. I think it will be particularly encouraging to those with established nuclear families as we work to expand our hospitality to include everyone!
Find us on Instagram!
Podcast: @tasteandseepodcast
Abbie: @abbie_melle
Perfect pot roast recipe: https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a10342/pot-roast-recipe/

Monday's Short: My Story May 22, 2023

Monday's Short is intended to be a quick episode to encourage you as you begin your week. This week I (Jessica) introduce myself further and talk about how God has grown a desire and love for hospitality in me over the years.
Find me on instagram: @tasteandseepodcast
Show notes:
The Gospel Comes With A House Key
https://a.co/d/7G35p3j

EPISODE 1 - Hospitality in the Middle East, with Christine Harris May 17, 2023

In this episode I talk with Christine, a wife and mother to 3, who is currently living in Israel and serving alongside her husband hosting exchange students. We talk about what it's like to build a community after moving to a new country, adjusting to a new culture, and how hospitality has played an important role in discipleship as they care for the students on campus.
Find us on instagram!
Podcast: @tasteandseepodcast
Christine: @havejoy
Jessica: @jessicashae

Taste & See: Trailer Apr 28, 2023

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