Journey of Ruth Discipleship Podcast

Today's episode is a celebration! 150 episodes later, the Journey of Ruth Podcast is coming to an end. Today we get to celebrate all that has happened in the last 4 years and all that God did. Courtney chats about some of the most popular episodes and guests, Explains what is happening next and where you can continue to see what is next in the Journey of Ruth community, and she ends by playing your answers to our weekly final question. What a blessing it has been to produce this podcast over ...

Bobby Harrington is a lead pastor, author, disciple-maker coach, and trainer of other leaders. Dr. Harrington is the point-leader of renew.org and the Executive Director or Discipleship.org . Dr. Harrington and I chat about the importance of a clear definition of discipleship within every local church, trends he has observed in the area of dsciple-making within today’s church cultures, and we discuss some shocking outcomes discipleship.org discovered in the national disciples making study the...

Laura Bruder works for Brave Love, a pro-adoption movement dedicated to changing the perception of adoption by acknowledging birth moms for their brave decision. Laura and I chat about the impact that creating an adoption plan can have for a mom experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. We discussed the emotions that birth mom go through before and after placing their child with an adoptive family, the benefits of considering an open adoption, the need that birth moms have for a community who unde...

This is the final episode in a series of episodes where I am addressing topics that have come up as I have discipled women through the years. Today I am talking to both those being discipled and those who are discipling. If you have been around for awhile you have heard me talk about our discipleship tree. In fact We talked in detail about the 3 levels of discipleship in episode 43- The PLAA Process, Finding a Paul, Barnabus, and Timothy. Every Jesus follower needs to have someone discipling ...

This episode is a continuation of topics that i have discussed with women I have discipled. Maybe the first time I came upon them, I wasn’t too confident and it would have been nice to have a couple idea of how to respond or where to go in God’s word for an example. We all come to this point in our life where we want to know what our purpose is in life. Sometimes we even figure out what our purpose is in life and then things change and we again enter a time of uncertainty! Today we are going ...

In this episode, I spoke with Jim Baugh. Jim is the Ministry Partner Development Director for the Global Training Network. He teaches men and women how to understand and apply the Word of God and then how to go and teach others. Jim lets us in on some of the astounding statistics concerning Christians in the developing world, what effective discipleship looks like, what does and does not work in the church in America, and he gives us a new definition of what it means to truly follow Jes...

Our guest today is author and speaker Katie Reid. Katie has written two books and has a beautiful perspective on leading others that matches so well with our mission here at Journey of Ruth. Katie and I chat about being Eternally Focused and Kingdom Building, the loneliness epidemic, how to be a ladder-holding leader and her book that is being turned into a movie! Hey ladies! (Sorry, guys this one isn't for you) Join me in my research for a book on discipleship! Please take this short 6...

In our relationships with others, conflict is inevitable. Is it possible for your connection to be stronger on the other side of conflict? Learning to deal with conflict correctly will not only benefit your friendships but also your family relationships, your professional relationships and marriage. Today Courtney talk about God’s opinion of reconciliation, the correct ways to handle conflict, and the reason we should face conflict and not ignore it.Show NotesHelp Courtney with her upcoming b...

The transition to adulthood can be very challenging relationaly and personally. As the relationship changes between adult children and their parents, the words “Honor you Mother and Father” take on a different framework. In this episode I talk about why it is crucial that your relationship with your parents changes, what the words Honor and Respect truly mean, how to show your parents love, and how to love parents that have hurt you.Show NotesHelp Courtney with her upcoming book by taking the...

In a continuation of our Discipleship Deep Dive Series, this episode addresses the very beginning of the whole discipleship process. If you desire to disciple someone, but don't have someone in your life that needs discipleship, where do you start? How do you begin to build relationships that lead to discipleship? I walk through how to place yourself in areas of influence, what that requires from you, how to engage those you meet, and the most important thing to remember as you spend time wit...