

The Strong Women Podcast
Colson Center
In our culture, if a woman is said to have strength it usually means she is competing with a man or acting like a man.
What if there is strength in the way God made us, as women?
There is and we recognize it when we see it.
We are excited to introduce you to women who display true strength, not in spite of being women but because of it.
What if there is strength in the way God made us, as women?
There is and we recognize it when we see it.
We are excited to introduce you to women who display true strength, not in spite of being women but because of it.
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Jun 24, 2022 • 20min
S2 25: Hearing From Our Listeners With Sarah and Erin
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

Jun 22, 2022 • 19min
S2 24: What We’re Reading Right Now With Sarah and Erin
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

Jun 17, 2022 • 25min
Favorite Hymns: A Reflection on Our Conversation With Valerie Elliot Shepard
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

Jun 15, 2022 • 54min
S2 23: Starting Life In the Jungle With Valerie Elliot Shepard
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

Jun 13, 2022 • 3min
Join Us In Our Upcoming Year!
Give to the Strong Women Podcast: colsoncenter.org/fiscalsw Forming a Strong Women Community: https://www.colsoncenter.org/forming-a-strong-women-community/

Jun 10, 2022 • 16min
Reproductive Technology and Adoption: A Reflection on Our Conversation With Katy Faust
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

Jun 8, 2022 • 44min
S2 22: What About Children's Rights? With Katy Faust
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

Jun 3, 2022 • 14min
Mentoring and Good Questions: A Reflection on Our Conversation With Naomi Mueller
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

Jun 1, 2022 • 38min
S2 21: God’s Way Is Perfect With Naomi Mueller
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

May 28, 2022 • 31sec
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