Meet January's Dwell Guest: Ellie Holcomb! Ellie is a singer, songwriter, wife, mama, and lover of God and his Word. We are big fans of her work and we're pumped to start the year with Ellie on the podcast!  After you listen today, take a few minutes to check out Ellie's newest book, Fighting Words (linked below).  If you're here, we know that you've got some interest in Scripture memory so we know you'll love this book too!

Here's what we're talking about today!
- When Ellie first understood the gospel (yes, it includes a pink bathtub!)
- What to do if you feel awkward sharing your faith
- Ellie's experience with Young Life and ways that it helped her to share hope with others

Links from today's show:
More about Ellie
Fighting Words Devotional: 100 Days of Speaking Truth into the Darkness
The Jesus Storybook Bible

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Meet January's Dwell Guest: Ellie Holcomb! Ellie is a singer, songwriter, wife, mama, and lover of God and his Word. We are big fans of her work and we're pumped to start the year with Ellie on the podcast!  After you listen today, take a few minutes to check out Ellie's newest book, Fighting Words (linked below).  If you're here, we know that you've got some interest in Scripture memory, so we know you'll love this book too!

Here's what we're talking about today!
- A peak into why Ellie wrote Fighting Words
- The good news that suffering doesn't get the final word
- A helpful way to show kids (and remind our own hearts) that light is stronger

Links from today's show:
More about Ellie
Fighting Words Devotional: 100 Days of Speaking Truth into the Darkness

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b r i n g s // j o y // t o // t h e // h e a r t,
a n d // g o o d // n e w s // g i v e s
h e a l t h // t o // t h e // b o n e s.

p r o v e r b s // 1 5 : 3 0

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Meet January's Dwell Guest: Ellie Holcomb! Ellie is a singer, songwriter, wife, mama, and lover of God and his Word. We are big fans of her work and we're pumped to start the year with Ellie on the podcast!  After you listen today, take a few minutes to check out Ellie's newest book, Fighting Words (linked below).  If you're here, we know that you've got some interest in Scripture memory so we know you'll love this book too!

Here's what we're talking about today!
- The unique way that music helps Ellie share the message of Jesus
- Ellie's family and how she came to treasure the Word
- How her experiences as a teacher and with Young Life led her to song writing and Scripture memory
- The “why” behind Ellie’s passion for memorizing Scripture, and how that has changed her life and music writing

Links from today's show:
More about Ellie
Fighting Words Devotional: 100 Days of Speaking Truth into the Darkness

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a n d // g o o d // n e w s // g i v e s
h e a l t h // t o // t h e // b o n e s.

p r o v e r b s // 1 5 : 3 0

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Are you loving this month's verse? We hope so! We chose it because we wanted to kick off the year with a reminder of hope, joy, and good health.  You'll hear a little bit more about that in today's episode as we introduce the January 2022 verse; Proverbs 15:30.

On today's show we're talking about:
-How and why we picked Proverbs 15:30
-The messengers in our own lives
-What it looks like to be a messenger of good news
-Ideas for life on life discipleship
-A great book recommendation for you to share with your kids

Links from today's show:
You Are Special by Max Lucado 

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p r o v e r b s // 1 5 : 3 0

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What just happened!? You guys - we've entered a new year! Happy 2022!
Before we dive into our January 2022 verse (have you seen it yet?? It's so good!), we're going to take some time to reflect back on what exciting things happened with Dwell in 2021.

On today's show we're talking about:
-The Dwell verse tracker and our goal for 1 million verses memorized!
-Where we started and where we're going (and how thankful we are that you're along with us for the ride.
-Vera & Natalie's most impactful 2021 verses
-The Seed Company; our partnership with them and our family tie to Bible translation

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Meet December's Dwell Guest; Tara-Leigh Cobble! Tara-Leigh is an author, podcast host, and Bible teacher who has an obvious passion for pointing people to a Jesus through gaining a deeper understanding of the Word.  She's got some great thoughts to share with you this month, and you're going to love the Bible reading resources she has available.  We're thrilled to have her with us and know that you're going to love hearing from her!

Here's what we're talking about today!
-The encouragements and challenges in this verse
-Why we need Jesus' life, not just his death
-Our spiritual bankruptcy
-The sufficient work of Jesus

Links from today's show:
About Tara-Leigh Cobble
The Bible Recap Podcast
The Bible Recap Book
He's Where the Joy Is - Getting to Know the Captivating God of the Trinity
D-Groups

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a m o n g // u s.

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Meet December's Dwell Guest; Tara-Leigh Cobble! Tara-Leigh is an author, podcast host, and Bible teacher who has an obvious passion for pointing people to a Jesus through gaining a deeper understanding of the Word.  She's got some great thoughts to share with you this month, and you're going to love the Bible reading resources she has available.  We're thrilled to have her with us and know that you're going to love hearing from her!

Here's what we're talking about today!
-Context for our verse (John 1:14a)
-What it means that Jesus "took on flesh"
-Letting God do the work
-Jesus' role as our "translator"
-The Trinity

Links from today's show:
About Tara-Leigh Cobble
The Bible Recap Podcast
The Bible Recap Book
He's Where the Joy Is - Getting to Know the Captivating God of the Trinity
D-Groups

T h e // W o r d 
b e c a m e // f l e s h
a n d // m a d e 
h i s // d w e l l i n g
a m o n g // u s.

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Meet December's Dwell Guest; Tara-Leigh Cobble! Tara-Leigh is an author, podcast host, and Bible teacher who has an obvious passion for pointing people to a Jesus through gaining a deeper understanding of the Word.  She's got some great thoughts to share with you this month, and you're going to love the Bible reading resources she has available.  We're thrilled to have her with us and know that you're going to love hearing from her!

Here's what we're talking about today!
-Telescopic and microscopic ways of studying the Bible
-Resources that Tara-Leigh has created for Bible study (see links below)
-Experiencing scripture come to life while on trips to Israel

Links from today's show:
About Tara-Leigh Cobble
The Bible Recap Podcast
The Bible Recap Book
He's Where the Joy Is
D-Groups

T h e // W o r d 
b e c a m e // f l e s h
a n d // m a d e 
h i s // d w e l l i n g
a m o n g // u s.

J o h n // 1 : 1 4a

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It's December! Merry Christmas! We have been waiting and waiting to share this month's verse and design with you.  It's one of our favorites and we hope you'll be blessed by it.  If you haven't checked it out yet, head over to our Insta page @dwelldifferently and take a look.  On today's episode we're diving into the beautiful truth that Jesus became human and made his dwelling among us.  We hope that you'll find encouragement and focus on the true meaning of Christmas today and throughout the holiday season.

Here's what we're talking about today!
- Jesus' perfect ability to understand us as humans
- The unbelievable plan that God had to save the world
- How we can mirror Jesus' example of incarnation
- A beautiful song that expresses the reality of this December memory verse

Link's from today's show:
"Immanuel " - Beautiful Eulogy

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J o h n 1 : 1 4 a

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The Bible is full of beautiful words - and today's guest, Katie Guiliano, has made it her mission to translate that beauty into intentional tools that draw us further into scripture.  Katie is the founder of Hosanna Revival.  Her company has the most gorgeous bibles, journals, devos, and more!  Give today's episode a listen and then go check her out!

Here's what we're talking about today!
-Personal examples of persistence
-When you plant the seeds but someone else reaps the harvest
-Times when kindness is is not well received or acknowledged
-Knowing God's character and trusting in the one who makes these promises to us
-Psalm 126

Links from today's show:
Hosanna Revival
Psalm 126
Psalm 126 - song from Bifrost Arts
Dwell #110: Beauty In The Word - Katie Guiliano
Dwell #111: The Harvest You're Actually Promised - Katie Guiliano

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w e // w i l l // r e a p // a // h a r v e s t
i f // w e // d o // n o t // g i v e // u p.

G a l a t i a n s // 6 : 9

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