Kindled - Motherhood, Work & The Grace We Need For Both

What do you call a moralistic, therapeutic version of Christianity that values questions over answers and being “good” over being “right?"  Buckle up, ladies! We're in for an exciting and extremely important episode about Progressive Christianity. You'll appreciate this episode as Phylicia walks us through the actual tenets of Progressive Christianity - what it purports as truth and why it is antithetical to the Gospel. Sponsor: Val Marie Paper Shownotes: www.kindledpodcast.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

WANT MORE JOY IN MOTHERHOOD? THEN YOU NEED AN ESCAPE - NOT FROM MOTHERHOOD BUT FROM THE WORLD’S DEFINITION OF IT. Valerie was just your average mom who was spending way too much time frustrated with short naps, spilled milk and mundane days. She expected refreshment to come behind a locked bathroom door or on a beach somewhere but it started happening in her mind when she was able to identify twenty lies the world tells us about motherhood that were sabotaging her joy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

I cannot pretend I am a minimalist - or that I even WANT to be. But what I CAN tell you is I long for the simplicity of that lifestyle and the ease of LESS. So when I discovered there was someone out there for people like me who might just be minimal-ish, I was ecstatic.  Desirae's goal is to give women the tools they need to dive into the version of realistic minimalism that fits their family best so they can focus on what matters to them. www.kindledpodcast.com Sponsor: H. Williams Creative --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

Jennifer Edewaard is no stranger to difficulty. After struggling through many years of unexplained infertility, she gave birth to her first child when he was just 23 weeks old.  After a traumatic birth and countless surgeries and challenges, she's continuing to learn what it looks like to trust God with the unknown and the uncertainty of every day. She's leaning into the imperfections of everyday life and seeing God's perfect purposes working in and through them.  Show Notes www.kindledpodcast.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

If you haven't heard of "critical theory," you've likely heard ideas floating around that come from this ideology. In this episode, Haley chats with Neil Shenvi about Critical Theory and why it is antithetical to the gospel. According to Shenvi, it is an "ideology based on the analysis of power dynamics between the oppressed and their oppressors," and it's becoming more and more influential in our culture.  Shownotes available at kindledpodcast.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

Where do you go when you've broken trust, relationships and faith with those you love most? For Andrea Burke, the answer was away from her home, family and the Christian music career she had just begun.  This story begins with affairs and infidelity but it does not end there. Through the vehicle of church discipline and an abundance of God's grace, you'll hear of the beautiful and redemptive power of Jesus' forgiveness and the transformation it can bring to a life.  Shownotes at KindledPodcast.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

What do you think when you hear the word "homemaker?" If you're like me, it hasn't historically been your favorite word in the world. But have you considered that might be because you have the wrong definition? Lacey Rabalais and I discuss holy homemaking in today's episode. We reject culture's degrading definition that provides us a definition that is something akin to the Stepford Wives. We examine how God and the Bible actually views our roles (men, women & children!) in the making of our homes. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

Just what is it about this message of You-First theology and Hustle-harder self-helpism that is hitting so opportunely in this cultural moment? What is compelling women to devour and double-tap this worldview and fueling its presence in bible studies and book clubs across the country? In this episode, I chat with Anne Kennedy about the theology of Rachel Hollis. We examine Rachel’s theology (the nature of her religious and spiritual beliefs) based on her prolific writing and speaking. KindledPodcast.c --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

From realizing persistent stomach aches Scarlet had as a young child were actually anxiety, she’s had a long road with fear and panic. Scarlet shares how she learned to hold the gospel up to her fears and realized that though she can’t fix herself or protect herself, Jesus walked into this broken, sad, scary place to rescue, love, and cast out her—and your—fear. We talk about how Jesus doesn’t offer us a life with nothing to be afraid of – he offers us HIMSELF. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

It seems like every other day, there is a new cultural lie knocking at our doorstep. Our kids now have access to more information than ever before, including objections to Christianity and the existence of God. Hillary Morgan Ferrer is the founder and Mama-Bear-in-Chief of Mama Bear Apologetics, She feels a burden for providing accessible apologetics resources for busy moms. Shownotes at www.kindledpodcast.com Sponsor: H. Williams Creative --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

In this episode with Jeanette Tapley, we're talking friendship and solopreneurship and where they intersect. We discuss: How our family members are not always our biggest fans, and that's ok. How we often can feel misunderstood or unseen in our work because we don't have a typical corporate job. How working at home as a mom can be one of the loneliest jobs in the world. How we can have honest, DTR conversations with our closest friends How we can "be the friend we wish we had" --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler are everyone's favorite sister-in-law duo that redirect our hearts and minds to the truth of the gospel hope we have in our everyday moments of motherhood.  Many are hard, most are mundane. But there is no shortage of hope and beauty to be found when we apply the truth of scripture to these ordinary days and moments. Today Emily and Laura are sharing their own everyday reality as moms and how the gospel gives them hope. Sponsor: Jeanette Tapley www.KindledPodcast.Com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

Feelings can be complicated, and often we as adults have a harder time identifying what we're feeling than our kids do.  Christi and I chat about how we can provide our children with emotional safety, which the research says is the most important element for children to develop emotionally in a healthy environment.  Emotional safety is not woo-woo or abstract. It simply means that your emotions are allowed and you are safe to bring them to someone, but they don't get to be the boss of you. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

Boldness in our faith is not reserved for the super-spiritual OR the uber-secular. Today I'm chatting with Samantha Royer, founder of She is Bold, about how she is learning that bold obedience is possible regardless of the circumstances or environment we find ourselves in. Samantha left a lucrative career in marketing to follow as assignment God placed in her heart, and she's letting us in behind the scenes on just how that's looked playing out in real life. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

Our world is filled with fake facades, form the unrealistic filters on social media to the "holier than thou" personas seen in certain hypocritical believers. To combat the fake trends, a new trend has emerged--one that fights the facade with transparency and vulnerability. But is the "god" of brokenness, realness and honesty left us with a glorification of "Messy Christianity?" Are we elevating brokenness, focusing on self obsession rather than being changed? Rather than being truly transformed? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

The world promises recognition and promotion if we "hustle harder," but what has that mantra actually done for us? If our relationships are being sacrificed on the altar of our passions, businesses, and ministries—there has to be a healthier way. Malinda Fuller and I chat about what obedience over hustle looks like in a world that glorifies the grind. Shownotes at KindledPodcast.com Sponsors: Prepdish, Launch What You Love --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

We all have dreams. Whether recognized or verbalized or even understood by our hearts, we have desires, hope, aspirations and fears.  Today I'm chatting with Merritt Onsa, host of the Devoted Dreamers podcast, about her God-shaped dream and how it has looked different, especially in this season of mothering, from what she originally thought. Full shownotes at KindledPodcast.com Sponsor: The Mompreneur Mastermind Show with Stefanie Gass --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

Social Media. Two words that strike an emotion in each of us. Sometimes it's obsession, sometimes dread, depression, encouragement, hope or not-enough-ness. But what if you could stop riding the wave of looking for how to feel based on your feed and realize that this little tool can be used for the Kingdom and for your growth? Lindsey Falls and I are chatting today about the wonder of social media and how we can use it to not only encourage, but have a Holy Spirit-inspired strategy. Get ready! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

I confess: I hate the term self-care. Always have, probably always will.  But Jaime McLaughlin helped me see that I'm not alone: she ALSO dislikes this term because it's been completely taken over by commercialism that tells us we just need one more manicure, one more massage, one more vegan, super sparkly bath bomb - to be happy. Jaime is here to call BS on all that and to help women see what lies fundamentally beneath their desire for inner peace and comfort and joy: the need for Jesus. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support

"Your post-partum body isn't as good."  "You should feel guilty for working as a mom."  "My success as a mom is dependent on how my children turn out." "You are enough all on your own." Have you believed one of these lies? I certainly have. In today's episode, I chat with Rebekah Hargraves about the lies we as women and mothers often believe. Rebekah shares with us what she has learned about 2 Corinthians 10:5 - "taking every thought captive" - rather than be controlled by them. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindledpodcast/support