Today we have the gift of getting to know Jo Rybka, mother of Juli Slattery. After coming to know Jesus around the same time as her husband, Larry, a new journey focused on believing and living the Bible began for their family. Through Jo’s story we learn about growing into a Godly woman and being a loving wife.   Jo Rybka Show Notes  Make a gift to the Strong Women podcast  The Strong Women podcast 9. Sexual Discipleship with Dr. Juli Slattery  The Strong Women podcast 84. What is the Purpose of Sex? with Dr. Juli Slattery - Part One  The Strong Women podcast 85. What is the Purpose of Sex? with Dr. Juli Slattery - Part Two  Books by Larry Crabb  The Search for Significance by Robert McGee   Books by Norman Wright  Join Strong Women on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc   Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which “exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/    The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/    Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women   

As Colson Center's fiscal year comes to a close, we're thankful to reflect on all that God is doing at the Strong Women podcast. Today, we hear from you, the listeners, about how the podcast and community have blessed you! There are many ways to support us, and one of them is making a gift through colsoncenter.org/fiscalsw. This will help us continue to bring life-giving stories through the podcast as well as to grow where God is leading us.   Show Notes  Make a gift to the Strong Women podcast  Colson Center  Colson Fellows  Breakpoint  Upstream Podcast   Colson Educators  Wilberforce Weekend Online  Strong Women Podcast Community  Strong Women Instagram  Email us at strongwomen@colsoncenter.org   The Strong Women podcast 48. Adversity is Part of Our Grooming with Tammie Jo Shults  The Strong Women podcast 6. Strength in Upheaval with Sheila Broderick  Nerves of Steel by Tammie Jo Shults  The Strong Women podcast 17. Strong Women of the Past with Carole Joy Seid  The Strong Women podcast S2 5: The Story of Ruth Bell Graham with Carole Joy Seid  The Strong Women podcast S2 6: The Story of Edith Schaeffer by Carole Joy Seid  The Strong Women podcast 55. Weak Woman, Strong God with Dr. Jean Sutherland  The Strong Women podcast 31. Our Bodies Proclaim the Gospel with Christopher West  Our Bodies Tell God’s Story by Christopher West  The Strong Women podcast 9. Sexual Discipleship with Dr. Juli Slattery  The Strong Women podcast 84. What is the Purpose of Sex? with Dr. Juli Slattery - Part One  The Strong Women podcast 85. What is the Purpose of Sex? with Dr. Juli Slattery - Part Two  Finding The Hero in Your Husband by Dr. Juli Slattery  The Strong Women podcast 20. The Pilgrims' Resolve with Glenn Sunshine  The Strong Women podcast 76. The Women of the Reformation with Glenn Sunshine - Part One  The Strong Women podcast 77. The Women of the Reformation with Glenn Sunshine - Part Two  Letters to Malcolm by C.S. Lewis  Join Strong Women on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc   Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which “exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/    The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/    Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women 

It’s time for a book update! Sarah and Erin share what books they’re reading and reflect on how God has blessed the Strong Women podcast over the last few months. The month of June is the end of the Colson Center's fiscal year-end. We are so thankful that the Colson Center has taken on the Strong Women podcast as a project and that it has given us the opportunity to meet all of you! There are many ways to continue supporting us and one of them is making a gift through colsoncenter.org/fiscalsw. This will help us continue to bring life-giving stories to you through the podcast as well as continue to grow where God is leading us.      Show Notes  Make a gift to the Strong Women podcast  The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald  The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald  Christian Theology by Alister McGrath  The Christian Theology Reader by Alister McGrath  Our Bodies Tell God’s Story by Christopher West  Our Women Human by Dorothy Sayers  God's Design for Man and Woman: A Biblical-Theological Survey by Andreas J. Köstenberger & Margaret Elizabeth Köstenberger   Fabric of Faithfulness by Steven Garber  Colson Center  Colson Fellows  Breakpoint  The Strong Women podcast 78. How Should Christians Think about Surrogacy? with Maria Baer  Upstream Podcast   Colson Educators  Strong Women Podcast Community  Strong Women Instagram  Email us at strongwomen@colsoncenter.org    Join Strong Women on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc   Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which “exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/    The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/    Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women   

Listen to Sarah and Erin reflect on their conversation with Valerie Elliot Shepard.    Valerie Elliot Shepard Reflection Show Notes  Elisabeth Elliot's Memorial Service  The Strong Women Podcast 7. Life-Long Learning with Cindy Rollins  The Strong Women Podcast 21. The Importance of Advent with Cindy Rollins  A Handbook to Morning Time by Cindy Rollins  Morning Time: A Liturgy of Love by Cindy Rollins  Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates Hymn  The Bird Their Carols Rise Album of Hymns by Josh Bales  The Strong Women Podcast 3. Who We Are is Rooted with Joni Eareckson Tada  Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Hymn  Go, Tell It On the Mountain Hymn  Indelible Grace Music  Reawaken Hymns YouTube  The Strong Women Podcast 30. A Mentoring Posture with Barbara Masoner  Poor Sinner Dejected With Fear Hymn  A Mighty Fortress Hymn  Jesus Paid It All Hymn  Happy Hymnody  You Are What You Love by James K.A. Smith  Join Strong Women on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc   Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which “exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/    The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/    Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women     

Valerie Elliot Shepard, the only daughter of Jim and Elisabeth Elliot, shares about her early years living in the jungle with her missionary parents. Not only do we hear unique stories about Jim and Elisabeth, we also hear more about how their legacy shaped Valerie’s time as a pastor’s wife and mother to eight children. You will be encouraged by hearing Valerie's story of God's faithfulness through trials and His goodness in her life.      Valerie Elliot Shepard Show Notes    Devotedly by Valerie Elliot Shepard   Pilipinto's Happiness: The Jungle Childhood of Valerie Elliot by Valerie Elliot Shepard and Jim Howard  Elisabeth Elliot Website  The Strong Women Podcast 34. The Life of Elisabeth Elliot with Ellen Vaughn  Becoming Elisabeth Elliot by Ellen Vaughn  Let Me Be a Woman by Elisabeth Elliot  Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot  The Strong Women Mug  Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot by Elisabeth Elliot  Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot  The Mark of a Man by Elisabeth Elliot  What Happens When Women Pray by Evelyn Christenson  A Severe Mercy by Shelden Vanauken  Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey  Books by Amy Carmichael  Mitford Series by Jan Karon  Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss  Thoughts Concerning the King by Elizabeth Prentiss  More Love to Thee by George Lewis Prentiss  A Chance to Die by Elisabeth Elliot  Discipline: The Glad Surrender by Elisabeth Elliot  Daily Light by Anne Graham Lotz  Lilias Trotter: Daring in the Desert by Irene Howat    Additional Suggestions from Valerie:  Here is a variety of books or authors I would recommend (besides my mother!)  Children Under Loving Command by Al and Pat Fabrizio   Love So Amazing by Gilbert Gleason (about my father's brother who lived with his wife for 62 years in Peru as missionaries)  The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith  Hints on Child Training by Henry Clay Trumbull  Joy Unspeakable by Martin Lloyd Jones  Books by Andrew Murray  Books by Lilias Trotter  Books by Gene Stratton-Porter  Books by Ruth Chou Simons  Books by Ann Voskamp  Books by Paul David Tripp  The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield  Books by Rose Marie Miller (Jack Miller's wife. He was a Presbyterian pastor and prof at Westminster, who wrote a wonderful study on Galatians which changed our lives!)    Join Strong Women on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc   Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which “exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/    The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/    Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women 

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Listen to Sarah and Erin reflect on their conversation with Katy Faust.    Katy Faust Reflection Show Notes  Them Before Us  Them Before Us by Katy Faust and Stacy Manning  MAVEN  Breakpoint  Join Strong Women on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc  Erin and her husband, Brett, run MAVEN which “exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about MAVEN here: https://maventruth.com/    The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/    Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women 

Katy Faust founded Them Before Us after she realized that children's rights were being forgotten in discussions around marriage and family. In today's episode, we talk with Katy more about why she founded the organization and about the book she co-authored, Them Before Us: Why We Need a Global Children's Rights Movement. She paints a clear picture of the problem and also practical ways to be a part of the solution.    Katy Faust Show Notes  Them Before Us  Them Before Us by Katy Faust and Stacy Manning  MAVEN  Join Strong Women on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc  Erin and her husband, Brett, run MAVEN which “exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about MAVEN here: https://maventruth.com/    The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/    Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women   

Listen to Sarah and Erin reflect on their conversation with Naomi Mueller.    Naomi Mueller Reflection Show Notes  The Strong Women Podcast 30. A Mentoring Posture with Barbara Masoner  The Strong Women Podcast S2 7: How the Colson Fellows Taught Me to Listen with Melissa Keown  The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer  God’s Pursuit of Man by A.W. Tozer  Join Strong Women on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc  Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which “exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/    The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/    Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women       

In today’s episode, we have a special mentoring moment with Naomi Mueller. Naomi is an 83-year-old piano teacher who shares about her life growing up, her marriage to her husband Don, her love for music, and the loss of her son. What shines through most as we talk with Naomi is how deeply she trusts God and His Word and her encouragement for us to do the same.      Naomi Mueller Show Notes  My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers  The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer  God’s Pursuit of Man by A.W. Tozer  Books by John Piper  Join Strong Women on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc  Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which “exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/    The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/    Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women