Journeywomen

On today’s episode, we’re chatting with Courtney Reissig about bringing our feelings to God. This conversation will help you bring your emotions to the Lord as an act of faith, trust, and ultimately, worship. Courtney Reissig is a writer and bible teacher living in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is the proud mom of four sons, happy wife to Daniel, and author of three books: The Accidental Feminist, Glory in the Ordinary, and Teach Me to Feel: Worshiping Through the Psalms in Every Season of Life. Her writing has also appeared on The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, and The Washington Post. When she is not writing or wrangling kids, she enjoys running and a relaxing Friday night.  CONNECT WITH COURTNEYWebsiteInstagram SCRIPTURE REFERENCESJohn 11Psalm 77Psalm 46Psalm 88John 14Psalm 1 2 Corinthians 1Job DISCUSSION QUESTIONS How were we created? Where do our emotions come from?  Can you relate to feeling like you can’t control your emotions, or to feeling like you need to stuff your emotions and try to not feel? What does this look like? What is a verse or passage of Scripture that has encouraged you this week? How have you seen suffering be an encouragement in the lives of others? How does knowing God change who you are and how you interact with the world around you?  FULL SHOW NOTES FOR MORESubscribe: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Instagram | FacebookSupport the podcast by writing a review*Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support Journeywomen!

This is the first episode in our series, “Theology in Practice: Knowing God Changes Who We Are and How We Engage with the World.” This episode was recorded before the COVID-19 outbreak, but the four episodes to follow in this series will very much speak to the current, crazy circumstances revolving around COVID-19 and we pray they will be a help to you. The most helpful thing you can intake, ever, particularly in times of crisis, is the Word of God. Whether you’re at home with school aged kiddos because their schools are shut down, fighting loneliness in your apartment or being driven crazy by your roommate, entertaining toddlers indoors for hours on end, or working late at the hospital taking care of those who are sick, this week’s episode with Dianne Jago will encourage you to invest whatever time you can being in God’s Word. Dianne founded Deeply Rooted Magazine, where she serves as the chief editor. She’s married to a military man named Ethan, has three kiddos, and lives in Florida, and she just published her first book, A Holy Pursuit. We talk about worldview, what it is, and how we can develop a Biblical worldview. CONNECT WITH DIANNEInstagramDeeply Rooted Magazine Book  SCRIPTURE REFERENCESHebrews 4:12Romans 2:15Psalm 119 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS What is a worldview? How does your worldview impact the way you go about life and the decisions you make?  How can you continue to cultivate a Christian worldview that is built upon the Word of God? In what areas might your worldview be shaped by worldly thinking? How does knowing God change who you are and how you interact with the world around you?   FULL SHOW NOTES  FOR MORESubscribe: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Instagram | FacebookSupport the podcast by writing a review*Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support Journeywomen!

On today’s episode, we’re wrapping up our series, “Keeping it Local: Leaning into Discipleship in your Local Context,” with a conversation on humility in discipleship. Throughout this series we’ve talked with women from Hunter’s local church and today, we get to share with you two of our favorites, Megan Eshbaugh and Susie Matter. They talk about what it means to walk in humility as we share not only the gospel, but our very lives so that we might learn more of what it means to follow Christ as we do life together. RESOURCES FOR DISCIPLESHIPConcrete ConversationsOnline Courses - Charles Simeon Trust SCRIPTURE REFERENCEDeuteronomy 6:5-9 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS How is discipleship more of an identity than an activity? How has God used discipleship relationships to make you more like him?  What would it look like to address sinful attitudes and behaviors with the grace of the gospel? What Scriptures might help us maintain humility when engaging in discipleship relationships? As a disciple of Christ, how you can further engage in your local church to walk in obedience to the call to “go and make disciples?”  FULL SHOW NOTES FOR MORESubscribe: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Instagram | FacebookSupport the podcast by writing a review*Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support Journeywomen!

On today’s episode of the Journeywomen Podcast, Hunter is talking with her friend Amy Knuppe on the topic of discipleship. If you’re just tuning in, the heart behind this series “Keeping it Local: Leaning into Discipleship in your Local Context” is to encourage learning from women right where we are. Hunter has been chatting with ladies from her local church in Hanover, New Hampshire. We hope these conversations help to pull back the curtain on discipleship relationships, which, let’s be honest, we have all probably felt intimidated by at one point or another. Our prayer is that this series helps you see that discipleship isn’t rocket science! The best way to do it really is to jump right in, especially with the help of your local church body. RESOURCE FOR DISCIPLESHIP Simple Discipleship Binder by Caroline Saunders SCRIPTURE REFERENCESMatthew 14Acts 2Hebrews 10:25John 13 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS What is discipleship and what is a disciple? As a disciple of Christ, how you can further engage in your local church to walk in obedience to the call to “go and make disciples?” What are the relationships that have encouraged you to follow Christ through different seasons of life?  What are the markers you could share of how you’ve seen God’s faithfulness in your life? How did you come to follow Jesus?   FULL SHOW NOTESFOR MORE:Subscribe: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Instagram | FacebookSupport the podcast by writing a review*Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support Journeywomen!

On today’s episode of the Journeywomen Podcast, Hunter Beless is chatting with Katie Gilbert about how we pour into one another in the context of community. This is the third episode in our series called “Keeping it Local: Leaning into Discipleship in your Local Context.” The idea behind this series is to encourage us all to seek out discipleship and learning with women we can spend time with face-to-face. Katie Gilbert is a young professional, living and working in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire. Katie originally moved to New Hampshire in 2000 with her family when her parents, Don and Dori Willeman, planted Christ Redeemer Church in Hanover, NH. She is a graduate of Gordon College with a BA in biblical studies and history with a concentration in museum studies. Katie loves hikes, books, good food and, most of all, her husband Jack. RESOURCES Melissa Kruger on Mentoring Relationships between Women Growing Together by Melissa Kruger (releasing later this year) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS• How has your current community encouraged you in your walk with Christ?• Do you find that you cherish the Word of God? Why or why not?• What holds you back from further engaging in relationships in your local context?• If you were to ask someone in your life, “will you teach me how to ___?” What would you ask them to teach you? Who would you ask?• As a disciple of Christ, how you can further engage in your local community to walk in obedience to the call to “go and make disciples?” FULL SHOW NOTES FOR MORESubscribe: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Instagram | FacebookSupport the podcast by writing a review*Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support Journeywomen!

On today’s episode of the Journeywomen Podcast, we are talking with Dori Willeman about what it’s like to be the mentor in another woman’s life. Dori lives in New Hampshire with her husband Don, the pastor of Christ Redeemer Church. They are very proud of their four adult children. As a pastor's wife for the past 20 years, she has served in many capacities but is most passionate about discipling women. In addition to serving the local church, she serves as a Ministry Fellow for a Christian Campus Ministry discipling Dartmouth College students.  RESOURCES Daily Disciple-Making Course by Amy Gannett DISCUSSION QUESTIONS• Who is someone who has cheered on the work of the gospel in your life• What does it look like to cheer on the work of the gospel in someone else’s life?• Who have you known the Lord to be and how has he been good and faithful in your life? • What is the goal of discipleship? • As a disciple of Christ, how you can further engage in your local community to walk in obedience to the call to “go and make disciples?” FULL SHOW NOTES FOR MORE:Subscribe: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Instagram | FacebookSupport the podcast by writing a review*Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support Journeywomen!

On today’s episode of the Journeywomen podcast Hunter Beless interviews Kimberly Wootten and PaToya Hall about discipleship, specifically, the importance of seeking out life on life discipleship relationships over learning online. This is the first in a five episode series called “Keeping it Local: Leaning Into Discipleship in Your Local Context.”  RESOURCE FOR DISCIPLESHIP Spiritual Mothering by Susan Hunt  CONNECT WITH PATOYA CONNECT WITH KIMBERLY SCRIPTURE REFERENCESMatthew 28:19-20Matthew 4:19-20 2 Timothy 2:2Titus 2Luke 9:231 John 1:7Matthew 22:36-401 Thessalonians 2:7-8Hebrews DISCUSSION QUESTIONS• What does it mean to be a disciple of Christ?• Where do you see the command to make disciples in Scripture?• How has the Lord used Christian community to sharpen you, encourage you, and make you look more like Jesus?• What are the barriers you’ve faced as a disciple of Christ?• As a disciple of Christ, how you can further engage in your local community to walk in obedience to the call to “go and make disciples?” FULL SHOW NOTES FOR MORE:Subscribe: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Instagram | FacebookSupport the podcast by writing a review*Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support Journeywomen!

On today’s episode, we’re wrapping up our series on the fruit of the Spirit! We hope you’ve found yourself convicted, challenged, and encouraged all the way through! These episodes on love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and faithfulness have laid out how the fruit of the Spirit passage in Galatians 5 really summaries true, gospel-living. Today is no different! We’re chatting with Blair Linne on the topic of self-control, in which we find ourselves pointed back to the cross yet again. Blair Linne is a wife and mom of three. She is a Spoken Word poet, Bible teacher, and author. She is the Director of Women’s Ministries at her church, Risen Christ Fellowship, in Philadelphia, where her husband is one of the founding pastors. RESOURCES God is the Gospel by John Piper Your Future Self Will Thank You by Drew Dyck  Refresh by Shona and David Murray His Testimonies, My Heritage: Women of Color on the Word of God CONNECT WITH BLAIRWebsite FacebookInstagram SCRIPTURE REFERENCESGalatians 2:20Luke 9:23Matthew 26:412 Corinthians 10:52 Timothy 3Galatians 6:8 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS• What is self-control?• What is the object of your faith? What do you find yourself seeking?• Where are you struggling with self-control?• What would it look like to confess, repent, and run to God for forgiveness?• What will abiding in Christ look like for you this week? FULL SHOW NOTES FOR MORE:Subscribe: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Instagram | FacebookSupport the podcast by writing a review*Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support Journeywomen!

On today’s episode we’re chatting with Sally Clarkson about gentleness. You guys know that sitting down with a seasoned mentor is one of my simple joys and today was no different! Sally and I talked about how gentle the Lord is with us, as his children. I asked Sally to join me in this particular conversation because I feel like she really exudes gentleness. You guys are going to hear her heart to come alongside women in whatever season they’re navigating and point them to Jesus. RESOURCES Ministry of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson  At Home with Sally Podcast CONNECT WITH SALLYWebsite PodcastInstagram SCRIPTURE REFERENCESIsaiah 40:21 Thessalonians 2:7Matthew 9:36 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS• What is gentleness? How does the Bible describe gentleness?• What is the ultimate expression of God’s gentleness?• What areas of life do you find it difficult to be gentle with others?• Who enables us to be gentle? What would that look like in practice?• What will abiding in Christ look like for you this week? FULL SHOW NOTES FOR MORE:Subscribe: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Instagram | FacebookSupport the podcast by writing a review*Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support Journeywomen!

On today’s episode we’re chatting with Glenna Marshall about faithfulness. Praise God that in spite of our faithlessness, he is faithful! And he fulfilled all of his promises to us in the person of his Son, Jesus. Glenna Marshall is married to her pastor, William, and lives in rural southeast Missouri, where she tries to keep up with her two energetic sons. She is the author of The Promise is His Presence and Everyday Faithfulness. You can connect with her at glennamarshall.com, where she writes about suffering, biblical literacy, and God's faithfulness, which is what we’re talking about today. RESOURCESDevelop a habit of being in the Word Connection to the Church  Devoted by Tim Challies John G. Paton - The Autobiography of the Pioneer Missionary to the New Hebrides The Roots of Endurance by John PiperGet to know the older Christians in your church CONNECT WITH GLENNAWebsiteFacebookInstagram SCRIPTURE REFERENCES2 Peter 1:3Galatians 5Hebrews 10 Philippians 1:62 Timothy 3:12James 1:2-41 Peter 4:12John 6:68John 15Philippians 2:12 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS• What is faithfulness? • How has God revealed his faithfulness throughout all of redemptive history? • Where have you seen God’s faithfulness in your life recently?• How are we able to walk in faithfulness knowing we are an unfaithful people?• What will abiding in Christ look like for you this week? FULL SHOW NOTES  FOR MORE:Subscribe: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Instagram | FacebookSupport the podcast by writing a review*Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support Journeywomen!