Cowrie Shells

Cowrie Shells

By Katharine GRIMESReligion & SpiritualityKids & Family
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Cowrie Shells episodes

  • Christmas Cowrie Shells
    Just like it says on the tin – Christmas Cowrie Shells is a short bonus episode from me, your host, to you, beautiful listeners and women of faith to wish you a very Happy Christmas 2024! Listen in and be encouraged by the way God is active in our lives and has had His fingerprints all over Cowrie Shells podcast right from the outset. Reflect on what He is doing in your life this Christmas season and what adventures lie ahead in 2025.

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    9 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Barbara Pymm
    Meet Barbara Pymm – having known Jesus for over 50 years, she continues to see life through the lens of adventure! A wife, mum and grandmother, she is also an author, theology student and a woman passionate about pastoring others. Listen to her tales navigating life waves of grief, uncertainty and change – most recently in the face of the amazing story behind God’s instruction that she and her husband leave their home of 30 years and relocate. Not a small feat when you are in your seventies, be inspired by how Barbara’s journey was opened by closed doors and began with a vision of a ship, setting sail confidently into unchartered waters…

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    59 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Jessica Sennett
    Meet Jess Sennett – a magnet for children and a woman who wants to make every experience count. Listen to her heartfelt cowrie shell stories recounting how, with God in the mix, career disappointment becomes a place of opportunity, and even the chasm of grief at the sudden loss of her dad is somewhere she can be helped, heard and hugged by God and by others… and ultimately, pass that comfort on.

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    36 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Judith Reeves

    Meet Judith Reeves – a woman who lives with the daily reality of debilitating ME and Fibromyalgia but with zero self-pity thrown into the mix. ‘Snake Lady’, talented baker, compassionate listener, wife and mum, listen to her remarkable story of over 30 years of choosing to trust God in a place of pain and uncertainty. Today, she’s still holding out for healing but it is her healing perspective on life and unanswered prayer that speaks volumes.


    Excerpt from Pete Greig, God On Mute (2020, David C Cook Publishing Company) used with author's permission.

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    51 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Hannah Radenkovic
    Meet Hannah Radenkovic – a youth worker by trade and passion, life has also made her an expert in immigration law, packing light and making home wherever she finds her feet. Listen to her remarkable story of how God surprised her with a husband from Serbia and took her on an adventure that spanned twelve home moves and more than five country borders before establishing her in the United Kingdom… with a beautiful little girl.

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Mischa Hare
    Meet Mischa Hare – nineteen years old and about to begin her next life chapter at Bible College. Listen to her nuggets of wisdom recounting her struggle to overcome spiritual apathy, embrace the ADHD-shape of her personality, and dive into the truth that intentionality in our faith brings incredible intimacy with God – better even than grabbing a wet suit and riding the waves…

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    37 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Emma Lamberth and Katharine Grimes Part 2
    A special double-length episode in two parts to remember ‘Baby Loss Awareness Week’ 9-15 October 2024: Meet Emma Lamberth and Katharine Grimes – united by their experiences of baby loss and blended families. Listen to their stories of distinct grief journeys; wrestling with pain and uncertainty in tandem with a determination to be hopeful and look for God in the mess… even when the truth was so grim: their wombs had become tombs.

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    57 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Emma Lamberth and Katharine Grimes
    A special double-length episode in two parts to remember ‘Baby Loss Awareness Week’ 9-15 October 2024: Meet Emma Lamberth and Katharine Grimes – united by their experiences of baby loss and blended families. Listen to their stories of distinct grief journeys; wrestling with pain and uncertainty in tandem with a determination to be hopeful and look for God in the mess… even when the truth was so grim: their wombs had become tombs.

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    40 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Jenny Ogwal
    Meet self-professed ‘village girl’ Jenny Ogwal – born in Uganda and having grown up since in the UK, she is a youth pastor who loves life in all its fullness with Jesus. Listen to her amazing tale of how God called her to reach out to her estranged father after over ten years of separation and today continues to teach her what true freedom looks like in the wake of three very powerful words, 'I forgive you...'

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    44 min
  • Cowrie Shells with Charlotte Chaplin
    Meet Charlotte Chaplin – a woman whose heart’s desire to be a mum appeared off the cards as she wrestled with infertility for over eight years. Listen to her story of God’s grace in the midst of seemingly unanswered prayers, and the bundle of surprises that arrived while she was still in the ‘waiting place’, poised between hope and a prayer…

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    47 min

About Cowrie Shells

From the publisher's feed

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,…