I have been keeping a HUGE secret. . . I just published my first book- Great Hymns for Growing Hearts!! This has been an incredible project that has had a life-changing impact on our home. In this episode, I share my heart and how God led me to write this book.

This is a wonderful resource, and one that I believe needs to be in every Christian home! As we seek to pass truths about God and His Word onto future generations, this is a wonderful way to accomplish that goal. Music has a way of rooting itself deep into the mind and heart. Let's use that to etch the character of who God is deep into the hearts of our children!

Resources:

Purchase Great Hymns for Growing Hearts

Be Still My Soul CD by Lydia Scoggins

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It was such an honor to interview my midwife, Rebekah Mustaleksi, and hear her talk about the midwifery model of care. At 34 weeks pregnant with Ivy, we made the decision to switch to Roots & Wings Midwifery for a home birth. Best decision ever!! Now with this new baby on the way, I've had the opportunity to experience a complete (well, up to this point) pregnancy with my midwives. Having birthed in both a hospital and home atmosphere with medicated and unmedicated experiences, I've gotten to see different approaches to the process of pregnancy and birth. 

I understand that every woman is different, and not everyone desires what I would consider my best birth scenario. So many ladies have asked me about the differences between my birth experiences, and we address many of those differences in this episode. 

As an expectant mama, it is wonderful to know you have options! Whatever you decide, knowing you have choices gives you and your husband things to pray through and consider as you make the best choice for your family. 

I hope this episode will shed some light on midwifery care and home birth. Simeon and I could not be more thankful for the birth and pregnancy experiences the midwifery care model has afforded us. I could not be more excited about delivering another baby with Roots & Wings!

Resources:

Roots & Wings Midwifery

NHC Ep 24- Brazzell Babies Birth Stories

NHC Ep 37- The Beauty of Birth with Katie Ferguson

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Little Pilgrim's Progress by Helen Taylor (a children's rendition of the beloved Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan) has been the read-aloud I've been going through with my littles. We have been so captivated by this story! The truth presented in this book has laid a foundation for me to go deeper into many topics such as the Gospel, the importance of having godly friends, wisdom vs foolishness, walking in the way of the King, and more! I share some of our favorite lessons we've learned as we've journeyed with little Christian to the Celestial City. 

Resources:

Little Pilgrim's Progress by Helen Taylor

NHC Shop

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In honor of Valentine's week, Sim joins me for a fun question and answer episode. We've collected questions that listeners submitted, and choose several to answer together. It was a blast to record this! Hopefully, you'll enjoy it as much as we did. 

These are a few of the questions we address. . .

-How many kids to we want?

-What are our long term plans regarding Australia?

-What is the best part of marriage?

-How to handle conflict?

-What to do when you feel that your man isn't the spiritual leader you desire him to be?

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What a joy it is to have my spiritual mentor, Denise Palmer, joining me once a month for a Titus 2 Talk! On these special episodes, Denise and I will be doing a deep dive into the truths God has taught us through the book of Titus. 

On this second episode, we discuss the characteristics that God says the aged women are to pattern their lives after. In pursuit of a well-ordered life, God gives clear instruction on how that is accomplished. We share what God taught us from out study of Titus 2:3 "The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;"

Time does not cause a life to be defined by these characteristics. These become the life of a believer as one moves grows in obedience and faith. As a woman continues in her sanctification process, holiness, a guarded tongue, Spirit-control, purpose, and the desire to influence others will take root in her heart and overflow into her actions. 

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"Ungodliness may be defined as living one's everyday life with little or no thought of God, or of God's will, or of God's glory." -Jerry Bridges

Do you struggle with ungodliness? If you’re like me, your first thought would be, “I’m a Christian! Of course I don’t struggle with ungodliness!” We often equate ungodliness with those who have purposely chosen to live a life in opposition to Christ. As we dig into God's Word, I think you'll realize, as I did, that this is more of a battle in our lives than we might think!

In this episode, we discuss ...

What ungodliness is and how it differs from unrighteousness

The contrast between godliness and ungodliness

How we can live lives characterized by godliness

How we can teach our children to recognize ungodliness and flee it’s temptation

Resources:

NHC Blog- Respectable Sins: Ungodliness

Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges

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My littles get so excited about being my helpers! Daily, I hear Ivy's heavy footsteps down our hallway and her chant of "helper, helper, helper" as she runs to be involved in whatever I'm doing. Allowing my children to join in on the tasks of home and to fully embrace the opportunity to teach them how to be my helper is an area I've been slow to adopt. I'm a very task-oriented person. The more I can check off the list, the more successful the day was. In my haste and efficiency, I realized that I was missing out on an opportunity to invest in my relationship with my littles, to teach them how to manage a home well, and to be an active team member of our family. I've been working to slow down and let them be mama's little helpers. It's actually been quite the surprise to realize just how much they are a help to me! And tasks are always more fun when you do them with someone else!

In this episode, I share practical ways I've worked on having a perspective change in this area, as well as different chores and routines of home that I let my children take part in. It makes my mama heart swell when I see them taking initiative to help out around the home.

Sally Clarkson says, "Raising children, building a home, and passing on a legacy of righteousness is part of God's eternal design for the family." Often, I think that these things are accomplished in the big moments of life. The longer I go, the more I realize that they are actually achieved when everyday moments are lived out in faithful obedience. For today, that means doing laundry, washing dishes, and feeding my family. Letting my children join in on those things keeps us moving towards fulfilling God's perfect design for our family.

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Ginger Hubbard is the bestselling author of I Can't Believe You Just Said That, Don't Make Me Count to Three, and Wise Words for Moms. I have read the first two books, and have been so challenged by Ginger's biblical approach to child training. She joins me in this episode to talk about the message in her book, I Can't Believe You Just Said That. 

Do your children whine, tattle, complain, or lie? I'm guessing the answer is yes! Our children are sinners- just like their daddy's and mama's! Ginger encourages parents to go beyond behavior modification and to get to the heart of the issue. Every time our children sin, it gives us a sweet opportunity to show them the redemptive power of the Gospel. This perspective shift will enable the parent to respond in a biblical way and will impact the child as they learn to deal with sin in their own hearts. 

Resources:

www.gingerhubbard.com 

On Ginger's website, you'll find resources, her podcast, her books, and much more.

Connect with Ginger on Instagram!

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As a wife and mama, much of my day is centered around the kitchen. Over the past year, I've been trying to implement things into my kitchen that help me "look well" (Prov 31:27) in the areas of planning, budgeting, providing healthy and delicious meals, and using our family table for ministry opportunities. An area that has given me much improvement in these goals has been meal planning. I am far from the expert on this, but I share some things that have helped me make my kitchen run smoother. In turn, this makes my life smoother!

In this episode, I discuss ...

-Creating a list of your favorite meals

-Incorporating new recipes

-How make the best meal choices to fit your schedule

-How to alleviate stress in meal planning

-Ways meal planning helps you be a wise steward of your finances

Resources:

Azure Standard

Instagram: Marcie Carol Fowler

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This is the first episode in the Respectable Sins Bible study we'll be going through during 2022. As Christians living in an increasing dark world, we often get so preoccupied with the gross sins of our culture that we neglect to deal with the subtle sins in our own hearts. The sins we will discuss together through this Bible study are not any different in the sense that they are all sins that Christ bore on the cross. They all condemned us to hell and required a perfect Lamb to be sacrificed to atone for their transgression against a holy God. 

In this episode, we dive deep into our sin problem and it’s solution. We discuss …

The sinfulness of sin

The malignancy of sin

The forgiveness of sin

The repenting from sin

Personal application is made, as well as application on how we can teach our children these truths.

Resources:

NHC Blog: Respectable Sins 

Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges

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