Chelsey DeMatteis joins me to talk motherhood in the trenches, what walking with Jesus actually looks like before kids and after kids, and the moment God rehammered a hard lesson about kindness on her heart. Plus, a first look at her new devotional, Mercy in the Margin.

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Website: https://chelseydematteis.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/chelseydematteis
Living with Less Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/living-with-less-podcast/id1450217627
Get Mercy in the Margin: https://amzn.to/4waeYFG
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Website: https://hannaseymour.com
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Get Everyday Spiritual Habits: https://everydayspiritualhabits.com

I've been a little obsessed with heaven lately, so I sat down with the perfect person to talk about it. Jennifer Rothschild has been blind since she was 15, and earlier this year she released a Bible study on heaven with a devotional coming this September. We talk about her story, the anger and joy that somehow existed at the same time as a teenager, the biggest misconceptions about heaven she's trying to correct, and what it looks like to grieve with hope. Her Bible study, Heaven: When Faith Becomes Sight, is out now, and her devotional, Heaven for Today, releases September 8, you can pre-order it today.
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Heaven Bible study: https://amzn.to/4gYVpwd
Heaven for Today devotional (pre-order, releases 9/8): https://amzn.to/3TMLgcl
Website: jenniferrothschild.com
Instagram: instagram.com/jennrothschild
Podcast: 413podcast.com
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Everyday Spiritual Habits: https://everydayspiritualhabits.com
The College Girl's Survival Guide: https://hannaseymour.com

Who is your God? Not the one you'd say out loud, but the one actually on the throne of your life.
My guest today spent her teenage years chasing a Disney Channel dream, and by 23 she was successful by every outward measure and completely lost on the inside. Carrie Alexander, host of New Mom Podcast, tells me what it took to actually meet Jesus, the question that changed everything, and what God's been teaching her in the thick of new motherhood.
Follow Carrie:
New Mom Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-mom-podcast/id1865528073
https://www.instagram.com/carriewampler/
@carriewampler

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📖 Everyday Spiritual Habits: https://everydayspiritualhabits.com
📖 The College Girl's Survival Guide: https://hannaseymour.com

Jesus asked over 300 questions and only directly answered five — what does that tell us about him?

Today I'm talking with JR Briggs, author of The Art of Asking Better Questions. We dig into why the quality of your life is shaped by the quality of the questions you ask of God, yourself, and others, the four elements of a truly great question, and how to level up the questions we ask on autopilot. I walked away with a notebook full of new questions to ask the people I love, and I think you will too.

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This week I'm trying something new: a full Q&A episode! I pulled questions straight from a bowl of listener submissions and answered them completely unscripted — everything from mom guilt and healthy friendships to sex in marriage, seminary, and my honest take on Botox and cosmetic surgery. I also reflect on my 16-year-old self and what she'd think of my life today. Send me your questions for a future episode at [email protected].
Timestamps / Chapters:
00:00 – Intro: my first-ever Q&A episode
01:16 – What would 16-year-old me think of my life now?
06:41 – How do I know I'm ready for motherhood?
10:29 – What am I reading now? (Emma Lyon series, The Correspondent)
12:45 – What does a healthy friendship look like?
15:29 – How do I handle mom guilt?
20:38 – Marriage tips: making time for date night & bringing back fun
23:50 – Thinking about going to seminary? My honest advice
26:58 – What's changed since year one of marriage?
31:25 – My honest take on Botox, fillers & aging biblically
35:41 – Wrap up + next week's guest

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Courtney Pray Duke prayed for her husband's safety as he left for a bike ride. Hours later, she was a 29-year-old widow with three young children.

In this episode, Courtney shares how she took the next step when grief made it impossible to even read her Bible, what years of wrestling with God's "no" taught her, and the Matthew 9 story behind her memoir, And She Got Up.

If your circumstances are contradicting everything you believe about God's goodness right now — this one's for you.

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And She Got Up → https://amzn.to/4gQDIyG

https://www.courtneyprayduke.com/

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Prayer is one of those topics that carries a lot of weight — and a lot of guilt. Most of us feel like we should pray more, pray better, pray longer. And yet it remains one of the hardest spiritual disciplines to actually practice. Today I'm sitting down with Courtney Reisig, writer, Bible teacher, and author of the Gospel Coalition booklet Prayer — who opens her booklet with four words I wasn't expecting: "prayer is hard for me."
We talk about what it looks like to actually build a prayer life when you're not a natural "prayer warrior," why having a plan for prayer is just as important as having a plan for Bible reading, and how small habits — like a timer, index cards, or praying while you fold laundry — can slowly transform the way you commune with God.
Courtney also shares the books and resources that have shaped her own prayer life, and we both share the short, anchor prayers we come back to again and again.
If you've ever felt behind in your prayer life, this conversation is for you.
Resources & Books Mentioned:
Prayer by Courtney Reisig (Gospel Coalition) → https://amzn.to/4wcEURG
A Praying Life by Paul E. Miller → https://amzn.to/4akVLJz
Handbook to Prayer by Ken Boa → hhttps://kenboa.org/product/handbook-to-prayer-praying-scripture-back-to-god/
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney → https://amzn.to/4p65CsV
Praying the Prayers of Paul by D.A. Carson → https://amzn.to/4etCsQL
Prayer by Tim Keller → https://amzn.to/4g0h6eQ
Get Your Life Back by John Eldredge → https://amzn.to/4fZlWJj
Scriptures Referenced:
Philippians 4:6
James 5:16
Hebrews 11:6
Psalm 46:1
1 Peter 5:7 (cast all your cares upon him)
2 Corinthians 2:15 (aroma of Christ)
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Instagram: @courtneyreisig
Website: courtneyreisig.com
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Book Everyday Spiritual Habits: https://everydayspiritualhabits.com

Today I'm sitting down with Lauren Groves — author of Toddler Theology board book series, kids acquisitions editor at B&H Publishing Group, mom of three, and kids ministry coordinator — and honestly this conversation felt like a deep breath and a gentle nudge all at once.

📚 Resources Mentioned
Toddler Theology Series — https://amzn.to/4e90dNM
You Are a Theologian (Jen Wilkin & JT English) — https://amzn.to/4uCeasu
Jesus Kids album (Shai Linne) — https://open.spotify.com/album/5WEtr153uNOBZgHJC7QVkY
The Jesus Storybook Bible — https://amzn.to/3QhYNaE
The Biggest Story Bible Storybook (Kevin DeYoung) — https://amzn.to/43Cnq4N
Kids in the Bible (Caroline Saunders) — https://amzn.to/4ousCBq
The Good News Family Devotional (Michael & Melissa Kruger) — https://amzn.to/4xvJn3e
New City Catechism (free!) — https://newcitycatechism.com

🔗 Connect with Lauren Groves
Instagram: @lauren__groves
Substack: https://laurengroves.substack.com
Toddler Theology Series: https://amzn.to/4e90dNM
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Instagram: @hannaeseymour
Everyday Spiritual Habits: https://everydayspiritualhabits.com/

What does it actually look like to build your theology in the laundry room? At the kitchen sink? In the daily, mundane, never-ending work of home?

Phylicia Masonheimer — founder of Every Woman a Theologian and author of Every Home a Foundation — joins me for a brutally honest and convicting conversation. We talk about her secret addiction that started at 12, how it drove her to Christ, why your home is not in the way of your calling, and what quitting social media actually did to her faith and family.

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I brought back one of your favorite guests — Glenna Marshall. You may remember her from our conversation earlier this year on memorizing scripture (if you missed that one, go back and listen — it is SO good). Today, Glenna and I are talking about how to move from simply reading the Bible to actually studying it.

Glenna gives us a simple, doable framework to start tomorrow — no fancy tools required. Just a book of the Bible, a notebook, and one question.

Plus, she shares the deeply personal story of how a faith crisis during years of infertility drove her to open her Bible to Isaiah, write that question at the top of a spiral notebook, and never look back. It changed everything for her. I think it just might change something for you too.

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