How was Lisa-Jo's trip to South Africa? Learn about her homeland and you'll come away with hopeful nuggets for your heart.  We all have ways to hold the beauty of coming alongside others in their life-changing work.  When God invites us to steward his creation it costs us something.  It applies to us in the middle of the ordinary, boring lives while being smack dab in the middle of our redemptive lives. It all matters. Podcast links: Follow Lisa-Jo on Instagram @lisajobaker and Christie at @christiepurifoy and please leave a review about what you think about today's podcast! Click here to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around the podcast. _______ Sponsor appreciation: We're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible.  Click here to visit Olive & June for 20% off your first Mani System. Salon-perfect nails from home is now a dream come true with Olive & June!  Click here to visit Green Chef and get 60% off plus free shipping! The #1 Meal Kit for Eating Well! Click here to visit Earth Breeze to get 40% off laundry detergent Eco sheets!  Click here to visit Nutrafol to grow thicker, heathier hair with $15 off with the code ORDINARY!

215. Conserving Beauty and Community

Welcome to Out of the Ordinary, the show that helps you grow a daily life that matters. In a world that loves bigger, better, fast, and famous, longtime friends and authors, Christie and Lisa-Jo, are here to remind you that the very best stories actually grow out of the soil of ordinary life.

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This was a breakthrough kind of episode. A little bit like 6 years of therapy condensed into half an hour. We hope it offers you as much of an "Aha" moment as it did for us! In this week's conversation:What if your past isn't your past?What if you could go back to the worst bits in your story and re-write them?What if your pain isn't fossilized? What if your present can set you free from your past?Click here for BOGO Offer of Lisa-Jo's new book that expires May 2 at midnight EST.
 Podcast links: You're invited! Lisa-Jo will be reading from her brand-new book at the best new bookstore in Lancaster, PA. Join Christie to cheer her on! We are now ad-free! You can help support our show with a one-time donation here or a recurring gift right here. Thank you. We are excited about becoming fully listener supported. START listening to the audio book or reading the ebook for It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping here Get Christie's new book here (or wherever books are sold) Follow Lisa-Jo on Instagram @lisajobaker and Christie at @christiepurifoy and please leave a review about what you think about today's podcast!

263. How You CAN Time Travel to Change Your Past

We're not sure why it took us so long to figure this out (and understand how much it matters!), but of course this podcast is like a weekly memoir of ordinary life. Here's what that means for you ... In this week's conversation:Christie and Lisa-Jo explore an epiphany: they've been recording a podcast memoir all these years!Memoir-writing nudges us to reflect on the distant pastpodcasting nudges Lisa-Jo and Christie to reflect on the recent pastLisa-Jo explains the practice she is now using to reflect on the day just pastWhat happens when we pause to notice and reflect? The answer is so good, Christie wonders if it's really too good to be trueLisa-Jo shares a special invitation for local listeners
 Podcast links: You're invited! Lisa-Jo will be reading from her brand-new book at the best new bookstore in Lancaster, PA. Join Christie to cheer her on! We are now ad-free! You can help support our show with a one-time donation here or a recurring gift right here. Thank you. We are excited about becoming fully listener supported. START listening to the audio book or reading the ebook for It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping here Get Christie's new book here (or wherever books are sold) Follow Lisa-Jo on Instagram @lisajobaker and Christie at @christiepurifoy and please leave a review about what you think about today's podcast!

262. Why This Podcast Is A Memoir

Only a longtime friend can get away with asking some of the questions Christie asked Lisa-Jo today. We hope they are a balm to your own scarred places.  In this week's conversation:A kind of live therapy takes place between Lisa-Jo and ChristieFailure turns out to be a powerful catalyst for new thingsGrowth looks unlike what we expect else maybe we'd never even tryIf you've ever felt like life is one wave after another and you can't catch your breath, welcome. Podcast links: We are now ad-free! You can help support our show with a one-time donation here or a recurring gift right here. Thank you. We are excited about becoming fully listener supported. START listening to the audio book or reading the ebook for It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping here Get Christie's new book here (or wherever books are sold) Follow Lisa-Jo on Instagram @lisajobaker and Christie at @christiepurifoy and please leave a review about what you think about today's podcast!

261. Your Scars Are Beautiful

Today's episode began with big smiles, journeyed through tears, and ended with laughter. In this week's conversation:Lisa-Jo explains why her new book is an Ebenezer stoneChristie and Lisa-Jo realize each witnessed God making things new this weekpersonal stories of church hurt and church healingwhat it looks like when God makes the sad things of life un-true 
 Podcast links: We are now ad-free! You can help support our show with a one-time donation here or a recurring gift right here. Thank you. We are excited about becoming fully listener supported. START reading the first free chapters of It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping here Get Christie's new book here (or wherever books are sold) Follow Lisa-Jo on Instagram @lisajobaker and Christie at @christiepurifoy and please leave a review about what you think about today's podcast!

260. Everything Sad Is Being Made Untrue

In today's episode Lisa-Jo shares the story of how God brings each of us to a feasting table, set with a chair all ready and prepared. And what happens if you're willing to sit down.  In today's conversation:Lisa-Jo finds herself unexpectedly back in a courtroom setting When your hometown is no longer your hometown.The difference between an invitation from God vs a pushy GodHow the Kingdom of God moves at the speed of relationships. 
 Podcast links: We are now ad-free! You can help support our show with a one-time donation here or a recurring gift right here. Thank you. We are excited about becoming fully listener supported. START reading the first free chapters of It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping here Get Christie's new book here (or wherever books are sold) Follow Lisa-Jo on Instagram @lisajobaker and Christie at @christiepurifoy and please leave a review about what you think about today's podcast! Click here to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around the podcast.

215. Conserving Beauty and Community

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