Regime Change For the session to be discussed on August 23, 2026 Exodus 1:8–2:10 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams We reflect on sudden changes in our lives and connect them to Exodus, where a new Pharaoh’s rule brings oppression, yet God works through ordinary people. We focus on the women who move the story—midwives, […]

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Crumbs, Dogs, and a Mother Who Would Not Quit For the session to be discussed on August 16, 2026 Matthew 15:21–28 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Jaye Peabody Smith Daniel Glaze We talk about refusing to take no for an answer, then reflect on Jesus’ encounter with the Canaanite/Syrophoenician mother who persists for her tormented daughter […]

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Can You See Me Now? For the session to be discussed on August 9, 2026 Matthew 14:22–33 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Jaye Peabody Smith We open the podcast on Matthew 14:22–33 by sharing everyday fears (our kids’ safety, heights, roaches, stinging insects, control) and how fear can help yet also immobilize us. We note Jesus’ […]

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Nobody is Sent Away For the session to be discussed on August 2, 2026 Matthew 14:13–21 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Jaye Peabody Smith Daniel Glaze The team explores Jesus feeding the multitude: the disciples see scarcity and want to send people away, but Jesus treats a small offering as a beginning and everyone eats with […]

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Two Women by the River For the session to be discussed on July 26, 2026 Acts 16:11–18 David Cassady Daniel Glaze Jaye Peabody Smith David Adams In Acts 16 we meet two women bound by the same economy: Lydia, a wealthy dealer in purple whose heart God opens, and an unnamed enslaved girl whose truth-telling […]

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It’s a Setup For the session to be discussed on July 19, 2026 John 8:1–11 David Cassady Daniel Glaze Jaye Peabody Smith David Adams We reflect on John 8 as a story about power: religious leaders use an unnamed woman caught in adultery to trap Jesus, exposing hypocrisy and the missing man. Jesus’ response—“let whoever […]

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Relentless Persistence For the session to be discussed on July 12, 2026 Luke 18:1–8 David Cassady Daniel Glaze Lacey Wondree Nikki Hardeman Jaye Peabody Smith In today’s episode we reflect on persistence through Jesus’ parable of the persistent widow before an unjust judge. Like a tenacious grandmother battling insurance, the widow keeps showing up because […]

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A Faithful Touch For the session to be discussed on July 5, 2026 Mark 5:25–34 Daniel Glaze Jaye Peabody Smith David Adams Lacey Wondree In episode five of the summer series “From the Edge: Women Who Moved the Story,” we explore Mark 5:25–34, the woman with a 12-year hemorrhage. The conversation traces her isolation under […]

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Huldah the Mic For the session to be discussed on June 28, 2026 2 Kings 22 Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman Jaye Peabody Smith David Adams Lacey Wondree We share stories of being underestimated, then reflect on Huldah in 2 Kings 22 as a prophet whose authority is assumed as royal officials seek and obey her […]

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Courageous Compassion For the session to be discussed on June 21, 2026 1 Kings 3:16–28 Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman Jaye Peabody Smith David Adams Lacey Wondree In this episode we reflect on what sacrifice looks like in everyday life, then explore the story of two unnamed mothers before Solomon and a threatened child. We focus […]

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