Marked with Angie Elkins and Andrea Lennon

You are in for a treat! Today is the 100th episode of the MARKED podcast. Kelly and Elizabeth sit down with Mary Margaret West, the first host of the MARKED podcast. Listen in as they share fun stories about pasts guests, how it all began, and what the MARKED podcast means to them. Enjoy!Mary Margaret West has been leading in women's and girls ministry for the last 15 years. She's currently serving as a Middle School Bible teacher at Foundation Academy in Winter Garden, FL, and will be stepping into a new role this summer as the Director of Women and Young Couples at First Baptist Church Orlando, FL. Her passion is to equip girls and women to dive deeply into God's Word and live out their calling, and does this by training, consulting, and speaking at events and conferences. Mary Margaret is the author of Show Her the Way: Your Guide to Discipling Teen Girls, is a former Girls Minister, and holds a master's degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Mary Margaret and her husband Jonathan live in Orlando, FL.Show Notes:The MARKED podcast, more than anything, is saying, "pull up a chair." As Lifeway Women, we feel the immense privilege of being at the table. We get to be behind the scenes of the frontlines of ministry—both public ministry and private ministry. At Lifeway Women, we work with authors and speakers, helping to craft their messages and chatting in green rooms and conference rooms. We provide encouragement to them, challenge them, and work to bring their callings to fruition. We also work with everyday disciple makers. We work with the moms who are exhausted, the single women who are just trying to figure out what God wants them to do, and the ministry leaders who are frustrated with limitations. We hope MARKED serves as an invitation to all those women to take a seat at that table. We want you to see behind the scenes of a conference, a writer's life, and everyday ministry that may never be published or heard anywhere else. Learn more at lifeway.com/joshua. Learn more at lifeway.com/angels. 

Kelly and Elizabeth talk with Gretchen Saffles about her book The Well Watered Woman and how "Christ is the fulfillment of our joy, our satisfaction and our foundation." Listen in to hear why "we have to come back to the well to receive the truth and the joy that Jesus gives."Gretchen Saffles is the founder of the global online women's ministry Well-Watered Women, the creator of the Give Me Jesus quiet time journal, and a passionate writer who longs to see women grasp the fullness of the gospel in everyday life.  As she shares from her life experiences, Gretchen writes with authenticity and boldness, encouraging women to seek Christ right where they are and live in his abundance. Gretchen lives in Atlanta with her husband and their two sons and loves going on adventures with her family, traveling to new places, daydreaming of wildflower fields, cooking tasty meals, baking chocolate chip cookies, painting, reading good books, and teaching women to know and love Jesus.Show notes:Well-Watered Women (ministry)The Well-Watered Woman bookGretchen’s previous episode of the podcastDwell Bible appLearn more at lifeway.com/joshua. Learn more at lifeway.com/angels. 

Why is Easter such an important part of what, we as Christians, believe? All of Christianity hinders on the resurrection. Please join us as we talk to Paige Clayton and Amanda Mejias, as few contributors to Lifeway Women's Easter Bible study, Behold Your King. Listen as we learn ways to redirect and reset our hearts towards Christ this season.Show notes:Easter studyResurrection Eggs Lent I Regret My DivorceLearn more at lifeway.com/joshua. Learn more at lifeway.com/angels. 

On this week's episode, Kelly and Elizabeth sit down with Kaye Hurta and discuss the opportunities we as Christians have to be "agents of healing" in our world today. I hope you'll join us as we learn how God uses regular people like us to heal those who trust us with their stories of grief.Kaye Hurta has a Masters Degree in counseling from Liberty University and is a crisis counselor for Women’s Events through Lifeway Christian Resources. Whether speaking, singing or listening, Kaye’s passion is to help others find intimacy with Christ and soul transformation through the living pages of His Word. “I was a wounded, lonely Midwest farm girl until the Divine Romancer swept me off my feet. I want to steward my story well so that others can find Him in their stories and be fully satisfied.” Kaye met and married her husband Chris in Austin, Texas in 1987. They have two daughters through the miracle of adoption, Madison and Cami. They live on Florida’s West Coast and are both on staff at Bayside Community Church. Kaye is also a contributing author for the Lifeway resource, Women Reaching Women in Crisis.Show NotesLifeway Women EventsBecoming Elisabeth ElliotSuffering is Never for Nothing - Elisabeth ElliotGrief ResourceMakoto Fujimura on the Cultivated PodcastLearn more at lifeway.com/joshua. Learn more at lifeway.com/angels. 

"Not everyone’s wilderness will look the same, maybe someone’s wilderness looks one way and another’s another way , and that it’s all still wilderness season that the Lord can bring us through." I hope you'll join us as we hear all about Lauren Chandler's new book, With Us in the Wilderness. Lauren Chandler is a wife and mother of three. Her husband, Matt Chandler, serves as the lead teaching pastor at The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas. Lauren is passionate about writing, music, and leading worship, not only at The Village Church, but also for groups across the country. She is the author of Steadfast Love: The Response of God to the Cries of our Heart, the Bible study, Steadfast Love: A Study of Psalm 107, Goodbye to Goodbyes: A True Story about Jesus, Lazarus, and an Empty Tomb, and With Us in the Wilderness.Show notes:With Us in the WildernessWomen’s Leadership ForumLifeway Women LiveSteadfast LoveLearn more at lifeway.com/joshua.

On today's podcast, you'll hear Kelly and Elizabeth talk with Trevin Wax about his new book, Rethink Your Self. Trevin is the Senior Vice President of Theology and Communications at Lifeway Christian Resources and brings to the table a sound, theological approach to our purpose in life, the future of the church, and how the Bible, Gospel and story of Jesus is so much better than the way we are thinking. I hope you'll join us!Show notes:Psalms in 30 Dayshttps://csbible.com/psalmsin30/Trevin WaxRethink Your SelfLearn more at lifeway.com/joshua. Learn more at lifeway.com/angels. 

On this week's episode, Shelley Breen, Denise Jones, and Leigh Cappillino of Point of Grace, talked with Kelly and Elizabeth about their book, How You Live. We hope you'll join us and hear heartfelt stories of their journey with the Lord.Learn more at lifeway.com/joshua.

We invite you to sit down with Elizabeth and Kelly to get the inside scoop on what led Priscilla to write Elijah, her thoughts on "heroes" and how she feels about 2021. We hope you'll join us!https://women.lifeway.com/2020/12/15/announcing-the-elijah-online-bible-study-experience-with-priscilla-shirer/Learn more at lifeway.com/joshua.

We welcome you to "pull up a chair" and join Kelly and Elizabeth as they wrap up 2020 and talk about the new, exciting things happening in 2021. "We know 2020 has been a hard year for some of you. We are trusting the Lord that what He is going to do for 2021 and trusting in His sovereignty and His plan." To learn more about what's coming in 2021, head on over to women.lifeway.com for more information.Learn more at lifeway.com/joshua. Learn more at lifeway.com/angels. 

In today's episode, Elizabeth and Kelly sit down at Lifeway Women's Leadership Forum with Julia Higgins and Emily Dean. Julia is the Assistant Professor of Ministry to Women and the Associate Dean of Graduate Program Administration at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Emily is the Assistant Professor of Ministry to Women at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Find out what their favorite seminary classes were, which ones they love to teach, and how they discovered a deeper dependance on God. Enjoy!Show Notes:Southeastern Baptist Theological SeminaryNew Orlean Baptist Theological Seminary