The Home and Hearth Podcast

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106: Walking Through Doubt and Growing in Your Faith (Part 2) with Robin Dance Jul 22, 2020

Show notes

Robin Dance is a wife, mother, longtime blogger for In(courage) and other sites, and author of the new book For All Who Wander: Why Knowing God is Better Than Knowing it All. Today she's back on the show for the second part of our conversation talking all about experiencing doubt and growing in your faith.

What We Chat about in Today's Episode:

~The issue with playing the victim and having a victim mentality; understanding our identity in Christ as being victors and more than conquerors

~The enemy's attack on our minds and the importance of taking every thought captive

~Looking to the Word rather than the world to define us

~The identity language found in Ephesians and Romans that help us understand the truth about ourselves in light of Christ

~How having the freedom to doubt, wrestle, and ask questions actually built Robin's faith; the encouragement this brings to us as moms who are often fearful at the thought of our children ever expressing or experiencing doubt

~Robin's advice for any mom whose children are experiencing doubt

~The good that comes from our children expressing questions and building a strong and real faith of their own; the reality that the day will come when our children will need to be able to stand on their own two feet and not depend on our faith

~The problem with legalism and a performance-based faith

~The reality of many well-known faith leaders walking away from what they had believed; the issue of deconstructionism and how that differs from walking through doubt

~The difference between what the church looked like in the 80s and 90s versus what it looks like today

~And more!

For full show notes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast

105: Walking Through Doubt and Growing in Your Fatih (Part 1) with Robin Dance Jul 15, 2020

Show notes

Robin Dance is a wife, mother, longtime blogger for In(courage) and other sites, and author of the new book For All Who Wander: Why Knowing God is Better Than Knowing it All. Today we're talking all about experiencing doubt and growing in your faith.

What We Chat about in Today's Episode:

~Robin's new book, #forallwhowander, what led her to write it, and what readers can expect

~Robin's own journey of going from a life-long church girl to experiencing doubt and coming close to walking away from her faith and back again

~Asking God the hard questions

~The balance between never voicing our doubts and wallowing in them; the importance of working through our questions and doubts but also knowing that we don't have to and shouldn't stay there forever

~Seeing little "God-winks" along the way

~Some of the myths, stereotypes, categorizations, and misunderstandings surrounding the topic of doubt

~Idols in our hearts

~The trap that perfectionism, competition, and comparison can be when we all keep up these facades of never struggling and never doubting; the isolation and debilitating fear and struggle that come with this

~Condemnation vs. Conviction

~The vulnerability that has to be present if we are going to bear one another's burdens as we ought

~The good God can bring from our asking questions

~What Robin would say to anyone currently battling doubt or knows someone who is; the importance of extending grace

~Reframing our questions as a bridge that can bring us closer to God rather than a wedge to drive us further away

~Looking to one safe, trusted person and telling them about our struggles with doubt

~The crucial importance of keeping our eyes fixed on Christ and His truth rather than the culture and its teachings

~God's faithfulness to bring good out of everything

~And more!

For full show notes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast

104: Raising Dreamers for the Glory of God with Shelia Erwin Jul 08, 2020

Show notes

Shelia Erwin is a wife, Bible study teacher, mom to the Erwin Brothers, and author of the brand new book, "Raising Up Dreamers: Find and Grow Your Child's God-Given Talents", which is what we are chatting about today.

What We Chat about in Today's Episode:

~The journey God had Shelia and her husband on which contributed to the life and work her sons now have today

~Shelia's brand new book, what led her to write it, and what readers can expect

~The reality that God has made each of us - and our children! - unique, and the resulting problem with following formulaic parenting methods

~The problem with expectations

~Allowing God to write the story

~Parenting from a position of rest

~Surrendering to the Lord and claiming His promise of wisdom as we parent

~Engaging with our childrens' imaginations and how to start

~Entering into our childrens' worlds and how that speaks volumes to them

~Knowing your children and taking the time to study them

~Being available to and enjoying your kids

~The reality that in order to have good relationships with our children as adults we have to have good relationships with them when they're little

~The temptation for moms who are physically at home to not be emotionally or mentally at home; rejecting that temptation and making time for and dedicating focus to what really truly matters

~What intentional parenting is and what it is not

~Equipping our children to grow strong in their faith and identity in the midst of a dark culture and challenging influences and hardships

~Teaching our kids how to stand alone through the example of Daniel

~How to have faith and knowing the balance between that and taking unwise risks

~Allowing our kids to fail and the beneficial lessons which come from that

~And more!

For full show notes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast

103: Living a Life of Purpose, Intention, and Grace with Alexandra Kaval Jul 01, 2020

Show notes

Alexandra Kaval is a wife, business owner, and certified professional life coach at Grace Space Christian Coaching. Her passion is to equip women to live lives of purpose, grace, and intention in light of their identity in Christ.

What We Chat about in Today's Episode:

~What led Alexandra to having this passion of equipping and inspiring women to live intentional, purposeful lives

~Approaching goal-setting with God; having your faith be an integral part of your goal-setting

~The reality of God being in the details and wanting to be welcomed into every aspect of our lives

~The transition Alexandra made from working a corporate job in HR to leaving that job in order to follow God's call on her life full-time; what that seeming risk was like for her

~Slowing down enough to notice little God-winks along the way

~Encouragement, tips, and advice for those who are going through a season of transition; how to navigate those times with grace, peace, purpose, and intention

~The productivity of prayer

~How to get started living a life of boldness and intentionality

~The reality that we can do nothing apart from Christ and His strength

~Knowing the difference between walking in faith and obedience and being irresponsible and taking unwise risks

~Seeking the wisdom of others when we're making life decisions; how to make those meaningful connections and cultivate relationships in an isolationist culture

~Understanding who you are in Christ and what your identity is in Him; what that journey has been like for Alexandra, and how she encourages us to come to understanding what our identity is

~Trusting in God and living out of that trust

~And more!

For full shownotes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast

102: Growing in Biblical Literacy with Teresa Swanstrom Anderson Jun 24, 2020

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Teresa Swanstrom Anderson is a wife, mom of 6 (two biological and 4 from Ethiopia), blogger, and Bible study author of the new "Get Wisdom" Bible studies. Her passion is to equip women to grow in their understanding of the Bible and Biblical literacy, which is what we chat about today!

What We Chat about in Today's Episode:

~Going against conventional wisdom and cultural standards (and even the advice of those closest to us!) in order to walk by the Spirit

~Teresa's brand new Bible studies, "Leading Wherever You Are: 7 Weeks in the Book of Joshua", "Saying Yes in the Darkness: 7 Weeks in the Book of Psalms"s, and "Living for What Really Matters: 7 Weeks in the Book of Philippians"

~What the journey has been like which led Teresa to have such a passion for Biblical literacy

~The crucial importance of understanding the history and culture of the time in which the books of the Bible were written if we are going to go deeper in our understanding and accurate interpretation of the Word

~Various translations of the Bible and how they differ

~Why it's important to know the Greek and Hebrew of the Bible and resources that will grow your understanding of the Greek and Hebrew

~Practical tips for where and how to start for the woman who wants to grow in her Bible literacy; Teresa's free "Bible nerd" resource

~Practical help and hope for the woman who thinks she is too busy to dive deeply into the Word; what this has looked like for Teresa as a busy mama of 6; giving the first fruits of our time to God

~Giving God space to speak in the midst of our busy lives

~Why it's crucial to understand and be able to interpret the Word of God for yourself; balancing this reality with the proper use of Bible study resources, as well

~Some of the most common struggles women are facing today, and how the Word addresses those

~Why Teresa intentionally made sure that the woman on each cover of her Bible studies is a woman of color; the racial issues of our day and what the gospel has to say about them

~The crucial importance of getting to know people and their stories

~The call to love others - all others

~The importance of community and the lessons Teresa has learned along the way

~Pink hair, tattoos, legalism, living a timid life, and finding freedom in Christ

~And more!

For full show notes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast

101: Living in Light of God's Grace with Amy Seiffert Jun 17, 2020

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Amy Seiffert is a wife, mom, podcaster, speaker, works on staff at her church, and is the author of the brand new devotional, "Grace Looks Amazing on You: 100 Days of Reflecting God’s Love". She is passionate about equipping and encouraging women to walk in light of God's grace for them and one another, and that is exactly what she is here to inspire us with on the show today!

What We Chat about in Today's Episode:

~Amy's new devotional book, what led her to write it, the ten different themes covered in the book, and what readers can expect

~Understanding grace as not merely something you receive but also something you can live out and live in light of in every area of your life

~Sabbath; trusting God enough to allow ourselves to rest in such a hustle and striving culture

~Laying down productivity as a status symbol

~The implications of Psalm 23 saying God is preparing a table for us *in the midst* of our enemies; the hope and encouragement that brings

~The impact of the gospel and the resurrection on our understanding of what true Biblical womanhood actually is; how God views women throughout His Word

~God's words about Mary to Martha and the implications of them on our understanding of His view on women learning theology

~The important balance of both embracing the personality God has given us while also humbly submitting it to God so it can be sanctified; what this has looked like for Amy and how she would encourage us to walk through this balance

~The lying trap of perfectionism and how it kills and destroys our freedom, creativity, and ability to have a carefree heart; how to get out of the trap

~Resurrection living

~And more!

For full show notes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast

100: Finding Wholistic Health and Healing with Jessica Hottle Jun 10, 2020

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Jessica Hottle is a wife, author, podcast host of the show, "What's the Truth?", and is passionate about helping women to "weigh less emotionally, spiritually, and physically" because then "they aren't carrying the weight -God is".

What We Chat about in Today's Episode:

~Jessica's testimony of how she came to Christ and has grown in Him

~Forgiveness, compassion, and kindness towards others

~Being wholistically heathy, and how Jessica helps equip women to be that for themselves

~The effects our experiences, traumas, and situations have on every other part of our lives

~What God's Word has to say about healing physically, spiritually, emotionally, and mentally

~The problem with normalizing pain to where we don't address it and instead stay in our mess

~The importance of knowing the Healer and His character

~Equipping women to grow in discernment and be able to sift through the lies and know the truth

~The problem with playing the victim card

~Acknowledging our feelings and emotions, but looking to the truth

~Helping women deal with difficult life stories rather than practicing disassociation and numbing out

~The importance of getting out of a constant fight or flight mode

~The crucial importance of renewing our minds

~Understanding our worth and identity in an age of platform building and social media; how to stop viewing "no"s as rejections

~The importance of hope and walking by faith

~Not basing our identity and worth in what we do

~Taking hard stories and turning them into a story of God's redemption, goodness, and grace

~And more!

For full shownotes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast

099: Living our Legacy One Day at a Time with Trudy Cathy White Jun 03, 2020

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Trudy Cathy White is a wife, mother, grandmother, ambassador for Chick-fil-A, and daughter of the late Truett S. and Jeannette M. Cathy, founders of Chick-fil-A. She comes on the show today to share about her mom, her mom's legacy, and the amazing impact she had on crafting Chick-fil-a into what it is today. You will walk away from this conversation inspired and convicted with the realization that the life you are living today is the legacy you will leave tomorrow.

What We Chat about in Today's Episode:

~Trudy's new book, A Quiet Strength: The Life and Legacy of Jeannette M Cathy, what led her to write it, and what readers can expect

~How Jeannette played quite the influential role in the founding of Chick-fil-a and making it what it is today

~Some of the main lessons Trudy learned from her mom growing up

~The power of words and of being a role model

~Some things we might not already know about Trudy's mom that she would love for us to know and have be a part of her lasting legacy

~What it was like for Trudy growing up with such an inspiring mom

~The reality that the life you are living now is the legacy that you will leave tomorrow

~And more!

For full show notes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast

098: Cultivating and Celebrating Strong Womanhood with Lisa Bevere May 27, 2020

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Lisa Bevere is a wife, mother, grandmother, founder (along with her husband, John) of Messenger International, and the New York Times Bestselling author of quite a few books. She comes on the show today to talk about her latest book, entitled Strong: Devotions to Live a Powerful and Passionate Life, and the truths behind God's design for strong womanhood.

What We Chat about in Today's Episode:

~What the Lord is teaching us through this pandemic

~The weakening effects of legalism

~Weaving the wonder of and connection with God into the personal, practical, and throughout the everyday, all day moments of our lives

~Talking to our kids about this season of quarantine in a way that shows them God's truths regarding seed time, harvest, and the purpose of different seasons of life

~The gift of repentance

~What true strong, Biblical womanhood looks like; God's design for women

~The problem with looking to social media for the validation of strangers rather than plugging into your in-real-life iron-that-sharpens-iron relationships

~Understanding true Biblical strong womanhood as being passionate, fervent, principled, God-fearing, servant-hearted, and loving, vs. the world's definition of strong as being rebellious, divisive, aggressive, combative, harsh, or domineering

~Our own personal journeys out of legalism and into understanding God's love for us and celebration of our strengths

~How we got to this point in the church where there are those who believe strength is wrong for women

~The common problem in the church today of women being viewed as problems to be controlled

~The folly of using our strengths against each other as men and women, when we are called and designed to use them together against the enemy

~The importance of both truth and love

~Strength as a part of a woman's DNA

~Understanding the term "helpmeet" and how this word is used to refer to women and to God

~Women in the Bible whose God-given stories and tasks required great strength

~Where feminism gets it right and where feminism gets it wrong

~Understanding that we have been called to be meek, but not weak and that quiet does not mean silent; what the difference is

~A woman's strength of influence

~The examples of Abigail and Sapphira and what they each do to our wrong understanding of submission and a woman's role

~And more!

Head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast for full show notes.

097: Making Much of Christ with Chelsey Dematteis May 20, 2020

Show notes

Chelsey Dematteis is a wife, a mama, host of the Living with Less Podcast, and devotional writer for IBelieve.com. Her passion and mission are to equip women to "live with less of the things that are getting in the way of who Christ is calling them to be", and that is what she is sharing about on the show today.

What We Chat about in Today's Episode:

~The reality that God works in the everyday little moments and that Jesus' teachings centered around day-to-day analogies

~What Chelsey means by "living with less of the things that are getting in the way of who Christ is calling you to be" and what led to this being her overarching message to women

~A bit of Chelsey's testimony of going from all-out rebellion to faith in the Lord and walking with Him

~How the lies of the self-help culture do not coincide with John's message in the Word or the hope of the gospel itself

~The crucial importance of knowing the Word for ourselves, rather than merely relying on what our pastors tell us

~Ways for busy mamas to make time to be in the Word

~Battling feelings of unworthiness with the truths and implications of the gospel

~The implications of the woman at the well's story in John 4

~Areas in Chelsey's life where discontentment has reared its ugly head; how to find joy in the midst of it

~Discontentment as a foundation for so many other sins

~Discontentment in the online realm when it comes to platform and comparison and competition over follower size

~The reality that Romans 1 shows that all our sins are in the same list - the folly that thinking there is a hierarchy of sins and how realizing there isn't keeps us humble towards others and their sin

~Honoring God in the small moments, with the small followings, or the small ministry

~The serious reality of what we are missing out on when we are so busy wishing for larger platforms

~And more!

For full shownotes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast

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