The Strong Women Podcast

Joy Pullmann is the executive editor of The Federalist and the author of "The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids." We talk to her about the shift that was made in public education in America and how many of us were unaware of what was really going on. Joy's courage to find the facts as a journalist challenges us to think about what we can do to make changes for our own children but also how we can influence and help even if we don't have kids in the system. This episode is a call for action to the Church! Joy Pullmann Show Notes: The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids by Joy Pullmann: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-education-invasion-joy-pullmann/1123559080?ean=9781594038815 Classic Books for Young Children, Revised and Expanded, ebook by Joy Pullmann: https://payhip.com/b/R1JL Omnibus Curriculum: https://veritaspress.com/omnibus-overview The Aeneid by Vergil: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-aeneid-vergil/1122981453?ean=9780300151411&aug=1 Mister Rogers: https://www.misterrogers.org/ Joy Pullmann Articles: https://thefederalist.com/author/joy-pullmann/ Live Not by Lies by Rod Dreher: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/live-not-by-lies-rod-dreher/1136997635?ean=9780593087398 The Cultural Revolution by Frank Dikötter: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cultural-revolution-frank-dik-tter/1123604031?ean=9781632864239 The Men Who Found America by Fredrick Winthrop Hutchinson: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-men-who-found-america-frederick-winthrop-hutchinson/1136768296?ean=9781789872224 The Liberal Arts Tradition by Ravi Jain and Kevin Clark: https://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Arts-Tradition-Philosophy-Christian/dp/1600512259 A World without Email by Cal Newport: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-world-without-email-cal-newport/1137207442?ean=9780525536550 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

We welcomed back Dr. Kathy Koch, author of "8 Great Smarts," for a Facebook Live conversation on our design as women. As Kathy likes to say, "We are created on purpose with purpose for a purpose." Kathy has a good grasp on our identity as women and that is displayed in how God made us smart. You won't want to miss this encouraging and thoughtful conversation! Kathy Koch Show Notes: Wilberforce Weekend Online: https://wilberforceweekend.org/ Dr. Kathy Koch's Website: https://celebratekids.com/ 8 Great Smarts by Dr. Kathy Koch: http://www.8greatsmarts.com/ Screens and Teens by Dr. Kathy Koch: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/screens-and-teens-kathy-koch-phd/1124485531?ean=9780802412690&aug=1 Start with the Heart by Dr. Kathy Koch: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/start-with-the-heart-kathy-koch-phd/1129021620?ean=9780802418852&aug=1 Five to Thrive by Dr. Kathy Koch: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/five-to-thrive-kathy-koch-phd/1134607564?ean=9780802419613 8 Great Smarts for Homeschoolers by Tina Hollenbeck: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Smarts-Homeschoolers-Teaching-Strengths/dp/0802425232 The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/weight-of-glory-c-s-lewis/1100616073?ean=9780060653200 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

What does it look like to show radical, ordinary hospitality? Rosaria Champagne Butterfield is the author of the book, "The Gospel Comes with a House Key", and she shares her story of being an atheist, lesbian professor who came to know Jesus through the love and hospitality of a pastor and his family. The impact of hospitality is weaved throughout Rosaria's story of her past and her present, and this episode gives solid ideas of how to practice hospitality in your own life. Rosaria Butterfield Show Notes: Strong Women T-Shirt: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women/ Rosaria Butterfield's Website: https://rosariabutterfield.com/ The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gospel-comes-with-a-house-key-rosaria-butterfield/1127194499?ean=9781433557866 The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert by Rosaria Butterfield: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-secret-thoughts-of-an-unlikely-convert-rosaria-champagne-butterfield/1121502478?ean=2940151346658 Openness Unhindered by Rosaria Butterfield: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/openness-unhindered-rosaria-champagne-butterfield/1122293749?ean=2940151170062 Primal Screams by Mary Eberstadt: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/primal-screams-mary-eberstadt/1130071028?ean=9781599475851 The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-rise-and-triumph-of-the-modern-self-carl-r-trueman/1136017129?ean=9781433556333 The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/silver-chair-c-s-lewis/1100549367?ean=9780064471091 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/frankenstein-shelley-mary/1126911566?ean=9781435159624 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

Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene's Flowers, has been in the news due to a lawsuit centered around her loving stance on marriage. Barronelle has become a beacon of what it means to stand for religious liberty, not because she sought it out, but because she has been rising up to do the next good thing. In today's episode, we explore Barronelle's story and through that learn that God's promises can be trusted even when hardship comes our way. Barronelle Stutzman Show Notes: Strong Women T-Shirts: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women/ Arelene's Flowers: https://www.arlenesflowers.net/ Alliance Defending Freedom: https://adflegal.org/ "The Cost of My Faith: How a Decision in My Cake Shop Took Me to the Supreme Court" by Jack Phillips: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cost-of-my-faith-jack-phillips/1136404933?ean=9781684510801 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

Emilie Kao is one of the founders of the Promise for America's Children, a coalition of non-profit organizations who work for the wellbeing of American families and also enable parents and concerned citizens to protect children. Emilie shares with us how God directed her steps into studying law to defend religious liberty and human rights. Emilie thinks that words have significant meaning both in law and in our lives and encourages us to be confident in sharing the truth. Emilie Kao Show Notes: Wilberforce Weekend Online: https://wilberforceweekend.org/ Alliance Defending Freedom: https://www.adflegal.org/ Heritage Foundation: https://www.heritage.org/ The Heavenly Man by Brother Yun: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/heavenly-man-brother-yun/1100225780?ean=9780825446771 China Aid and Bob Fu: https://www.chinaaid.org/ The Promise to America's Children: https://promisetoamericaschildren.org/ Gender Trouble by Judith Butler: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gender-trouble-judith-butler/1100515782?ean=9780415389556 Abba's Child by Brennan Manning: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abbas-child-brennan-manning/1100819046?ean=9781631463952 The Chosen: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen 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

We're celebrating our one-year anniversary with you by taking a look back at some of our favorite clips from our first 62 episodes! We're also celebrating by offering limited edition Strong Women Podcast t-shirts through the month of August. You can find out more at our website, strongwomen.colsoncenter.org. Strong Women's One-Year Anniversary Show Notes: Get your Strong Women T-Shirt! https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women/ Joni Eareckson Tada: https://www.joniandfriends.org/ Alisa Childers: https://www.alisachilders.com/ "Knowing God" by J.I. Packer: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/knowing-god-james-i-packer/1100419270?ean=9780830848614 Kathy Koch: https://celebratekids.com/meet-dr-kathy/ Juli Slattery: https://www.authenticintimacy.com/Juli Cheryl Bachelder: https://www.cherylbachelder.com/ Women CEOs Speak: https://www.kornferry.com/insights/this-week-in-leadership/women-ceos-speak-international-womens-day-2018 Christiopher West: https://tobinstitute.org/about-the-institute/team-advisors/ Ash Marsh: https://marshcollective.com/team "Becoming Elisabeth Elliot" by Ellen Vaughn: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/becoming-elisabeth-elliot-ellen-vaughn/1137037379?ean=9781535910934 "7 Women" by Erin Metaxes: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/seven-women-eric-metaxas/1120808743?ean=9780718088132 K.B. Hoyle: http://www.kbhoyle.com/ Wilberforce Weekend Online: https://wilberforceweekend.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

How do you know what your calling is? Missy Wallace, Vice President and Executive Director of Faith and Work at Redeemer City to City, shares about how we should view work in light of our relationship with God. This conversation spans topics from Missy's personal story of a child with illness to how to know we're in God's will. Missy has a robust theology of what it means to be called by God - not always in our jobs, but always in our lives in Him. Missy Wallace Show Notes: Redeemer City to City: https://redeemercitytocity.com/ Young Life: https://younglife.org/ Bible Study Fellowship: https://www.bsfinternational.org/ Flannery O'Conner: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/flannery%20o'connor/_/N-0 Counterfeit Gods by Timothy Keller: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/counterfeit-gods-timothy-keller/1100484625?ean=9781594485497 Every Good Endeavor by Timothy Keller: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/every-good-endeavor-timothy-keller/1113447590?ean=9781594632822 Nashville Institute for Faith and Work: https://www.nifw.org/ The Call by Os Guiness: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-call-os-guinness/1127480787?ean=9780785220077 What If Work Isn't My Passion? article by Missy Wallace: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/thorns-thistles-work-isnt-passion/ Alexander Solzhenitsyn: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Alexander%20Solzhenitsyn Live Not by Lies by Rod Dreher: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/live-not-by-lies-rod-dreher/1136997635?ean=9780593087398 Homegoing by Ya Gyasi: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/homegoing-yaa-gyasi/1122713500?ean=9781101971062 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 serve in your church as a mom of young kids? How do you love your co-workers who aren't Christians? In today's episode, Sarah and Erin answer some of your questions and also give some great book recommendations. We would love for you to keep sending in questions that you have about our guests, our topics or anything you would like to ask. You can email them to strongwomen@colsoncenter.org, join our Facebook group here, or find us on Instagram and Twitter @strongwomencc. Sarah and Erin look forward to answering more of your questions in the future! Q&A Show Notes: The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gospel-comes-with-a-house-key-rosaria-butterfield/1127194499?ean=9781433557866 Confronting Christianity by Rebecca McLaughlin: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/confronting-christianity-rebecca-mclaughlin/1129980529?ean=9781433564239 Tactics by Gregory Koukl: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tactics-10th-anniversary-edition-gregory-koukl/1130949236?ean=9780310101468 Wilberforce Weekend Online: https://wilberforceweekend.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

How do you remain firm in your convictions and your identity in Jesus as a professional athlete? Jaelene Daniels (Hinkle), retired defender for the North Carolina Courage, has played soccer her whole life and in many ways, it's formed who she is. She talks about how her love for soccer lead her to committing her life to God, how she courageously stood up for what she believes, and what sports teach us about ourselves and our communities. Jaelene Daniels Show Notes: 49. Wilberforce Weekend Live - Rebecca McLaughlin: Confronting Christianity: https://strongwomen.libsyn.com/49-wilberforce-weekend-live-rebecca-mclaughlin-confronting-christianity Anonymous: Jesus' hidden years... and yours by Alicia Britt Chole: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/anonymous-alicia-britt-chole/1018486945?ean=9780785298397 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

Bessie Knoester is a military wife who struggles with chronic illness, but she is also an example of a steadfast woman. Bessie's shares how her faith is rooted in a God who is trustworthy even in the midst of trials. Bessie Knoester Show Notes: "Becoming Elisabeth Elliot" by Ellen Vaughn: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/becoming-elisabeth-elliot-ellen-vaughn/1137037379?ean=9781535910934 "Joyful Surrender: 7 Disciplines for the Believer's Life" by Elisabeth Elliot: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/joyful-surrender-elisabeth-elliot/1128873102?ean=9780800729479 "The Wingfeather Saga" by Andrew Peterson: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/the%20wingfeather%20saga 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