She Reads Truth Podcast

It’s the first week in our Esther series! Raechel and Amanda sit down with speaker, author, and Bible teacher, Vivian Mabuni. Calling in from the West coast, Vivian wakes up extra early to dive into one of her favorite books of the Bible: Esther, a book about the young Jewish queen who fights for her people. The three women discuss royal banquets and beauty pageants, fasting and lamenting, and what it looks like to serve without seeing a reward or outcome. This week’s reading ends with a cliffhanger, challenging us to follow God while remembering what’s true—even when we can’t see the end of the story.  Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 1 of the She Reads Truth Esther reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth.com. Shop the Esther collection at ShopSheReadsTruth.com. Show notes can be found at shereadstruth.com/podcast/esther-week-1-with-vivian-mabuni/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Magellan AI - https://docsend.com/view/5vdvbdx7cr4tikmyPodscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacy

For the final episode of our Faith in Practice series, join us for a conversation among friends with author, speaker, and songwriter Kelly Minter. This week, Raechel, Amanda, and Kelly engage in an honest and vulnerable conversation about their difficult, yet freeing personal experiences with the disciplines of solitude, silence, simplicity, chastity, and remembrance. Connecting the practice of these disciplines to everything from the rhythms of Peloton workouts to Portuguese lessons, they help us tackle the often unasked yet wrestled with question, Can freedom and discipline co-exist?  Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 4 of the She Reads Truth Faith in Practice reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth.com. Shop the Faith in Practice Reading Plan collection at ShopSheReadsTruth.com. Show notes can be found at shereadstruth.com/podcast/faith-in-practice-week-4-with-kelly-minter/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Magellan AI - https://docsend.com/view/5vdvbdx7cr4tikmyPodscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacy

For the third week of our Faith in Practice series, bestselling author and speaker Rebekah Lyons returns to the podcast, just over a year to the date! She talks with Raechel and Amanda about the surprising spiritual discipline of celebration, which can include some fierce dancing (we see you King David). The three also discuss connections between the disciplines of worship, submission, and confession and how remembrance of God’s goodness shows up in each one. As they dive deep into their discussion, the common takeaway is this—the goal of these spiritual disciplines is not about checking boxes, but growing in our relationship with God.Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 3 of the She Reads Truth Faith in Practice reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth.comShop the Faith in Practice collection at ShopSheReadsTruth.com. Show notes can be found at shereadstruth.com/podcast/faith-in-practice-week-3-with-rebekah-lyons/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Magellan AI - https://docsend.com/view/5vdvbdx7cr4tikmyPodscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacy

On the second episode of our Faith in Practice series, Raechel and Amanda explore six spiritual practices with good friend, author, and fellow podcaster Annie F. Downs. The three talk about serving, using Instagram carousels to memorize Scripture, and how spiritual disciplines train the heart toward Jesus. Annie tells us why she recites the Apostles’ Creed while making tea in the morning, and we learn that spiritual practices and the Body of Christ cannot exist independently from one another. Together, we can let ourselves be beginners, invite each other into the process, and pursue spiritual practices “imperfectly and with conviction.” Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 2 of the She Reads Truth Faith in Practice reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth.com. Shop the Faith in Practice collection at ShopSheReadsTruth.com. Show notes can be found at shereadstruth.com/podcast/faith-in-practice-week-2-with-annie-f-downs/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Magellan AI - https://docsend.com/view/5vdvbdx7cr4tikmyPodscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacy

For the first episode of the new year and the start of our Faith in Practice series, Raechel and Amanda talk with pastor, author, and hurry-eliminator John Mark Comer. On the heels of an unexpected 2020, and with the hope of a brand new year ahead, they explore what it really means to live like Jesus. How do we create everyday rhythms that bring fulfillment instead of emptiness and exhaustion? Touching on topics from marathon training and New Years de-resolutions to prayer and peppermint mochas, their conversation keeps coming back to one key question: what would Jesus do if He were me?Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 1 of the She Reads Truth Faith in Practice reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth.com.Shop the Faith in Practice: A Biblical Study of Spiritual Disciplines reading plan collection at ShopSheReadsTruth.com. Show notes can be found at shereadstruth.com/podcast/faith-in-practice-week-1-with-john-mark-comer/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Magellan AI - https://docsend.com/view/5vdvbdx7cr4tikmyPodscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacy

You asked and they’re answering! The tables are turned on this week’s bonus podcast episode—Krista Williams guest hosts and asks Raechel and Amanda questions from the She Reads Truth community. The three discuss all things SRT, from how it all started to their continued passion for reading the Word every day. Along the way, you’ll discover the two co-founders’ favorite books of the Bible (Amanda can hardly pick just one!) and where they’re seeing beauty, goodness, and truth these days. The conversation lands with excitement about upcoming reading plans and encountering God through His Word in the new year.This episode corresponds to the free, one-week Open Your Bibles reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth.com. Shop the Open Your Bibles Reading Plan collection at ShopSheReadsTruth.com. Show notes can be found at shereadstruth.com/podcast/qa-with-raechel-and-amandaThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Magellan AI - https://docsend.com/view/5vdvbdx7cr4tikmyPodscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacy

For the final week of our Advent 2020 series, Raechel and Amanda talk with the very neighborly singer-songwriters, Drew and Ellie Holcomb. As the couple shares about the time they took cover from a tornado in the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, they also marvel at the audacity of God wrapping Himself in flesh to become one of us. Together, our musical guests play two carols and remind us that no matter where we find ourselves—whether the rim of the Grand Canyon or the stage of an empty auditorium—we can keep singing hope into the darkness. During a time when it feels like we’ve been “adventing” all year, we find comfort in the never-changing heart of the Christmas story: God is with us, always. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 4 of the She Reads Truth Advent 2020 reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth.com. Shop the Advent 2020 collection at ShopSheReadsTruth.com. Show notes can be found at shereadstruth.com/podcast/advent-2020-week-4-with-drew-and-ellie-holcomb/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Magellan AI - https://docsend.com/view/5vdvbdx7cr4tikmyPodscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacy

It’s the third week of our Advent 2020 series, and Raechel and Amanda welcome singer-songwriter, long-time She, and new friend Jillian Edwards to the podcast. Bonding over their love of pajama-themed Christmas gifts and holiday hymns, the three discuss the longing of that first Advent—about Jesus's perfect love, His power to heal, and His role as the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Jillian’s ethereal voice mesmerizes the room as she plays her own song, Mary’s Lullaby, and the classic Away in a Manger. Join us as we lean into the longing of the first Advent and the promise of the next. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 3 of the She Reads Truth Advent 2020 reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth.com. Shop the Advent 2020 collection at ShopSheReadsTruth.com. Show notes can be found at shereadstruth.com/podcast/advent-2020-week-3-with-jillian-edwards/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Magellan AI - https://docsend.com/view/5vdvbdx7cr4tikmyPodscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacy

Join us for the second week of our Advent 2020 series as Raechel and Amanda celebrate the season with singer and songwriter, Natalie Grant, and singer, musician, and producer, Bernie Herms. In between singing Angels We Have Heard on High and Silent Night, the four friends talk about everything from the ideal time to decorate for Christmas and German Christmas traditions, to their shared desperation for celebration at the end of 2020. As they read Scripture together and rejoice in its power and authority, they consistently encourage one another to live out the radical love of Jesus.Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 2 of the She Reads Truth Advent 2020: Jesus Christ Is Born reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth.com. Shop the Advent Reading Plan collection at ShopSheReadsTruth.com. Show notes can be found at shereadstruth.com/podcast/advent-2020-week-2-with-natalie-grant-and-bernie-herms/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Magellan AI - https://docsend.com/view/5vdvbdx7cr4tikmyPodscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacy

For the first week of our Advent 2020 series, Amanda and Raechel spend time with songwriter, podcast host, and comedian, Dave Barnes. During the episode, they explain how Advent is Latin for “arrival,” and talk about the importance of waiting as we prepare for Christmas Day. Dave compares this year to playing an accordion and shares two of his Christmas songs (but not his funky new version of Go, Tell It on the Mountain—we have to wait for that too!). Together, the three laugh about everything from mowing lawns to Instagram characters, and they offer some comforting answers to the profoundly multilayered and hope-filled question of why Jesus came.Show notes: shereadstruth.com/podcast/advent-2020-week-1-with-dave-barnes/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Magellan AI - https://docsend.com/view/5vdvbdx7cr4tikmyPodscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacy