Cowrie Shells

Cowrie Shells

By Katharine GRIMESReligion & SpiritualityKids & Family
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Cowrie Shells episodes

  • Cowrie Shells with Paddi Mallett
    Meet Paddi Mallett – Having struggled with substance and process addiction throughout her life, she readily admits, even at 58, that she is susceptible to addictive behaviours. But something else comes in tandem with that admission and it is stronger; she also knows that she is completely forgiven and restored by One who is able to fill that gaping God-shaped hole inside her. Listen to her amazing story of how God has met her in her addiction struggles and empowered her today to come alongside and inspire others.

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    1 hr
  • Cowrie Shells with Shanta Botha
    Meet Shanta Botha – 65-years old and a woman who has known Jesus in many different seasons. Listen to her remarkable stories of restoration: how God drew her to Himself from a Hindu background, and how her faith grew in a place of physical, emotional, mental, and even spiritual abuse, during her first marriage. A committed wife, mum, and granny, she has just celebrated her twenty-first wedding anniversary with her second husband and is living proof that God is able, in her words, ‘to restore one hundredfold.'

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    49 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Linz Daun
    Meet Linz Daun – catapulted into a heart-breaking situation she never saw coming as a young married woman, listen to her remarkable story of how God met her in the mess, restored and re-storied her circumstances. Thirteen years later, as a single woman of 43, is it possible for her to live a fulfilled and abundant life? Listen in and be inspired by her ongoing story of courage and faith.

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    56 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Vanessa Smith
    Meet Vanessa Smith – Is it possible in the face of a cancer diagnosis to overcome survival mode and embrace the challenges it presents? Vanessa is a woman who has experienced this firsthand, watching her husband become a cancer patient overnight when he was unexpectedly diagnosed with Advanced Lymphoma in 2020. Embarking on a pilgrimage they never expected, listen to how Vanessa has chosen intentionality, creativity, faith, and even OMS monkhood, in a place of ongoing uncertainty at her husband’s prognosis; ultimately learning the secret of God’s ABCD to not just deal with - but dance on - disappointment.

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    51 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Derin Osiname
    Meet Derin Osiname – Nigerian-born, she first experienced a sense of God when she was just three years old. As passionate about God today as she was captivated by Him then, listen to Derin’s amazing stories spanning more than thirty years of God encounter after God encounter. One of Derin’s favourite verses from the Bible is Romans 1:17: ‘The just shall live by faith’ and she is living proof of faith outworked in action. Be inspired and challenged by her stories, underlining the eternal truth that she and we can take God, literally, at His Word - and get excited by her tips for leaping deeper into engagement with the Bible for yourself.

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Jennifer Dass Part 2

    Meet Jennifer Dass – In Episode 15 Part 1, we heard her honest account of how God intervened in what she felt was a broken marriage and gifted her with a love redeemed. But what happened next...?


    Discover the next chapter of their story in Part 2 and listen to how God drew husband and wife into a new shared dream responding to the reality of Christian persecution in Pakistan and creating Rapha Ministries to advocate for those who have no voice. Be inspired by their step of faith together and be challenged to act in obedience to the dreams God is placing on your heart too.


    Want to find out more about the amazing Rapha Ministries and how you can get involved and support the work?

    Contact Jennifer Dass at: [email protected]

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    29 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Jennifer Dass
    Meet Jennifer Dass – Pakistani-born, she grew up in a culture familiar with patriarchy and arranged marriages. But home life did not tow the cultural line as her parents modelled a love where they were as one and Jennifer dreamed that one day she’d have a similarly fulfilling relationship. She married Haroon, emigrated to the UK and twenty years on, they are stronger than ever and cultivating the kind of 'oneness' that she longed for. However, love for Jennifer has not always been straightforward; at times it has been painful, costly, and even suffocating. Listen to her honest account of how God intervened in what she felt was a dislocated marriage and gifted her with a love redeemed. Listen too, to how He drew husband and wife into a new shared dream responding to the reality of Christian persecution in Pakistan and creating Rapha Ministries to advocate for those who have no voice.

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    43 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Katharine Backhouse
    Meet Katharine Backhouse – Dr by profession, she is passionate about leading with vulnerability in both medicine and her local church, encouraging women to put Jesus first. A woman with a desire for family as soon as hormones kicked in, listen to her stories where she chose God’s way rather than her own: marrying a husband who was ‘nothing that I thought I wanted and everything that I needed’ and embracing a journey of infertility leading to one beautiful daughter, not the two she’d always envisaged… In every season of womanhood, Katharine’s aim is to prioritise her relationship with God above all others, praying that she does ‘whatever brings Him the most glory’.

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    50 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Nicole Holmwood
    Meet Nicole Holmwood – South African by birth and a girl who grew up with Jesus, it wasn’t until her early twenties that, in her words, she ‘got grace’. She has since discovered that God’s plans for her don’t always replicate her own but this doesn't negate the joy He offers. As a woman in her thirties she is living the unexpected life; having emigrated to the UK with her husband, she now cares for her ‘threenager’ and older boy who has a very rare neurodiverse condition, PURA Syndrome. Listen to Nicole’s account of life as a full-time carer and parent – yes, it can be challenging, but her honesty, humour and kindness shine through her every word.

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    1 hr 5 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Cindy Redant-du-Preez
    Meet Cindy Redant-du-Preez – Belgian by birth and living in South Africa, as a child it was the feeling she was a misfit that led her to dabble in the occult. Drawn to the supernatural, she continued to resist God’s power as she got married and emigrated. Right up until the point where she became a mother and found herself, in her words, drawn to the local church ‘looking for good morals for her son’. Listen to Cindy’s amazing story of how she met God when she least expected Him and how He gave her so much more than she had bargained for…

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    37 min

About Cowrie Shells

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Cowrie Shells podcast is premised upon the tradition that cowrie shells have been called ornaments of treasure and that our faith stories themselves can be as treasure. Designed to encourage,…