This is the first episode of the all-new Ali Worthington show.

Starting today, we're mixing it up: We will have two shows a week. Mondays will still be your interview, but I will do coaching, encouragement, and all of my recommendations on Thursdays. Just like the series we're in, “Good to Great,” I hope this takes the podcast up a level and that we continue to innovate, improve, and go from good to great. 

I’m with my powerhouse friend Natalie Runion for this week's “Good to Great” conversation. Today, we're focused on church—healthy church, healthy engagement, and healthy grounding in your local church in a way that's life-giving to you and the community. 

This is such an important topic, and as we are growing into women operating at our potential and Power by the Holy Spirit using all of the wisdom that we've learned through the years it's crucial for us to take that same passion and wisdom to church,  and Natalie's going to help us do that. 

Natalie Runion is the USA Today bestselling author of Raised to Stay: Persevering in Ministry When You Have a Million Reasons to Walk Away and the creator of the Raised to Stay Community (@raisedtostay). 

Her latest book, The House That Jesus Built: Leading Our Churches Back to God's Original Blueprint,  will stir your heart to see God’s churches realigned with the Great Commission and the Great Command.

Join Natalie and I as we talk about:

• Church unification and focusing on doing what is best for God

7:06 - “We need as women to not keep demanding to be heard but be faithful to the spaces where God has allowed us to use our voices.”

8:42 - “Sometimes the Lord asks us to sit in uncomfortable soil. Not because it’s fun or fair but because He wants to use it to bring change.”

14:32 - “Even if you’re not necessarily being unhealthy in person, we can be unhealthy online.”

15:25 - “As I was going through the scriptures, I realized the blueprint of a healthy church is found in scriptures. We don’t have to recreate this.”

18:23 - “One of the greatest gifts that we can give people in the church is knowing their face and their name, and as women, we are good at that.”

19:14 - “Seek to be a servant before you seek to be seen.”

• Natalie Runion Website  

• Little Things Studio is a woman-owned small business bringing daily reminders of beauty and truth to your home and life. These thoughtfully-designed products are made in the USA and focus on the rich words of hymns and the beauty of nature. 

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xo,

Alli

https://alliworthington.com/healthy-church-life-with-natalie-runion