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Listen to Sarah and Erin reflect on their conversation with Kelly Needham.      Kelly Needham Reflection Show Notes  Kelly’s Website  Friend-ish: Reclaiming Real Friendship in a Culture of Confusion by Kelly Needham  The Strong Women Podcast 30. A Mentoring Posture with Barbara Masoner  The Strong Women Podcast 69. What is Good Counsel? with Terri Paulick  The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis  Culture Making by Andy Crouch  The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield  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 

Kelly Needham, author of the book Friend-ish: Reclaiming Real Friendship in a Culture of Confusion, loves Jesus and has a desire for God's Word that radiates from her. Kelly has a passion for friendship, what friendship is for, and how through friendship we learn to find our roots in God. This conversation is full of encouragement to enjoy the gift of those around us and, ultimately, to pursue a friendship with God.   Kelly Needham Show Notes  Kelly’s Website  Friend-ish: Reclaiming Real Friendship in a Culture of Confusion by Kelly Needham  Kelly’s Bible Study Methods Class  Kelly’s List of Favorite Books  The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis  The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer  Anonymous by Alicia Britt Chole  Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End by David Gibson  The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom  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 Carl Trueman.    Carl Trueman Reflection Show Notes  Donate and receive A Strange New World by Carl Trueman  The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman  When Harry Became Sally by Ryan T. Anderson  Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters by Abigail Shrier  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 

Today we talk with Carl Trueman about his latest book, Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution. In a time where much cultural conversation focuses on gender identity, we often wonder, "How did we get here?" Carl offers insight into how our culture has been formed and what we can do to help bring the beauty of God's design back to our communities.   Carl Trueman Show Notes  Donate and receive Strange New World by Carl Trueman  The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman  Robert Spritzer's Organization - Magis Center  Notes Towards the Definition of Culture by T. S. Eliot   Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy  Letters written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft  A Vindication of the Rights of Men; A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution by Mary Wollstonecraft  The Strong Women Podcast S2 3: The Journey of a Woman's Right to Abortion with Erika Bachiochi  The Rights of Women by Erika Bachiochi  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 part two of their conversation with Debbie Greisen.    Debbie Greisen Reflection Show Notes - Part Two  Live Not By Lies by Rod Dreher  The Strong Women Podcast 41. Faithfulness in Turmoil with Rod Dreher  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 

Our guest today on the podcast is Debbie Greisen. After being raised on the mission field of Hong Kong, she began her journey teaching grade school in Australia, the Marshall Islands, Africa, and the Middle East. Debbie adopted both of her daughters from China while teaching overseas. Upon moving to the United States, Debbie continued teaching in Washington state until her recent retirement. But retirement hasn't slowed Debbie down, and she shares with us about the challenges of engaging the culture and the encouragement the Colson Fellows program has been in that journey.      Debbie Greisen Show Notes - Part Two  The Colson Fellows  The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough  Rise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution by Jeff Shaara  Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot  One Witness by Aggie Hurst  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 part one of their conversation with Debbie Greisen.    Debbie Greisen Reflection Show Notes – Part One  The Epic of Gilgamesh  The Iliad & The Odyssey by Homer  Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child by Anthony Esolen   The Strong Women Podcast S2 11: Being Differently Abled with Emma Faye Rudkin  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 

Our guest today on the podcast is Debbie Greisen. After being raised on the mission field of Hong Kong, she began her journey teaching grade school in Australia, the Marshall Islands, Africa, and the Middle East. Debbie adopted both of her daughters from China while teaching overseas. Upon moving to the United States, Debbie continued teaching in Washington state until her recent retirement. But retirement hasn't slowed Debbie down, and she shares with us about the challenges of engaging the culture and the encouragement the Colson Fellows program has been in that journey.      Debbie Greisen Show Notes - Part One  YWAM  OpenDoors (an organization inspired by Brother Andrew)  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 

GIVEAWAY ALERT!!!   How has the Strong Women podcast impacted you? Who is your favorite guest and why? Why do you listen to the Strong Women podcast? We want to hear from you!   Record a voice memo on your phone sharing about your experience with the Strong Women podcast and email it to us at strongwomen@colsoncenter.org.   The winner will get to listen in on a virtual podcast interview with Sarah, Erin, and a guest and then chat with Sarah and Erin afterward, receive a gift card to Christianbook, and get a Strong Women t-shirt! Plus your story may be featured on a future Strong Women Podcast episode.