The Strong Women Podcast

Barronelle Stutzman joins us again today! Since her last appearance on the Strong Women podcast, she has settled her religious liberty case that led all the way to an appeal to the Supreme Court and has retired from her flower shop, Arlene's Flowers. Barronelle shares with us how God has been continually faithful to her, what it means to take a stand for freedom, and what her life looks like now. Barronelle received the Wilberforce Award at Wilberforce Weekend for her faithfulness, obedience, and courage. Wilberforce Weekend Online is available now and can be found here: https://wilberforceweekend.org/. Barronelle Stutzman Show Notes The Strong Women Podcast 65. His Promises Can Be Trusted with Barronelle Stutzman Wilberforce Weekend Online Alliance Defending Freedom 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

How do you use storytelling to share the pro-life message? Stephanie Gray Connors, founder of Love Unleashes Life, joins us live from Wilberforce Weekend to share how to learn to be a voice for unborn babies with compassion and curiosity. She shares how we need prayer, study, and practice and gives practical advice for how to accomplish that. Stephanie Gray Connors Show Notes Wilberforce Weekend Online Love Unleashed Life (Stephanie's Website) Conceived By Science by Stephanie Gray Connors Start with What by Stephanie Gray Connors Love Unleashes Life by Stephanie Gray Connors Scott Klusendorf - Life Training Institute The Strong Women Podcast 27. Beauty as an Act of War with Megan Almon The Strong Women Podcast S2 2: Heroic Love in the Pro-Life Movement with Lila Rose Peter Singer and Stephanie Gray Connors Debate, "Resolved: Abortion is Immoral" Justice for All Stand to Reason Abortion: From Controversy to Civility | Stephanie Gray | Talks at Google Prayer for Beginners by Peter Kreeft Theology of Home by Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering Hallowed Be This House by Thomas Howard 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 Jo Rybka. Jo Rybka Reflection Show Notes 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 The Strong Women Podcast 30. A Mentoring Posture with Barbara Masoner 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

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