Out of the Ordinary

By Lisa-Jo Baker & Christie Purifoy

Welcome to Out of the Ordinary, the show that helps you grow a daily life that matters. In a world that loves bigger, better, fast, and famous, longtime friends and authors, Christie and Lisa-Jo, a

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Number 1: 123. Something New Is Coming!
This is a story about something new growing out of the podcast. We're entering our third season of The Out of the Ordinary Podcast. Christie and Lisa-Jo have poured out hundreds of stories grown out of the soil of their ordinary lives. Today they share about how the podcast has grown and is about to branch out into a new area. We're so grateful you've been with us on this journey. And we're excited about this new turn in the road. So don't miss the big reveal next week! In the meantime, we invite you to read Psalm 126 with us: (as you picture Lisa-Jo arriving with armloads of groceries and goodies for their first time recording in person again after the pandemic year). It seemed like a dream, too good to be true, when God returned Zion’s exiles. We laughed, we sang, we couldn’t believe our good fortune. We were the talk of the nations— “God was wonderful to them!” God was wonderful to us; we are one happy people. And now, God, do it again— bring rains to our drought-stricken lives So those who planted their crops in despair will shout “Yes!” at the harvest, So those who went off with heavy hearts will come home laughing, with armloads of blessing. PS: Have you left us a review yet? Gosh, we'd love if you took a minute to do so! _______ Sponsor appreciation: In these uncertain times we're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible. Click here to sign up for your own digital Paper&String care package. Click here to go to GreenChef.com/ordinary90 and use code ordinary90 to get $90 off including free shipping! Click here for 50% off your first Care/of customized vitamin plan order. Just go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code: ordinary50 Click here to join over 1 million people taking charge of their mental health through the online counseling offered by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month by visiting www.betterhelp.com/ordinary
April 07, 202132min
Number 2: 122. A few of our favorite SPRING things!
This is a story about a spring tradition. With each new change of the seasons, it's become our tradition to record a new intro to celebrate what we love about that particular turn of the earth. So come March 20 we had to share a new intro with our favorite ordinary spring things. These are the stories behind them. Come on in, get comfy, here we go. Links from this week's episode: Unicorn converse sneakers Cookbook: Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables Brent and Becky's Bulbs Follow Lisa-Jo on Instagram here Follow Christie on Instagram here Click here to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around podcast. _______ Sponsor appreciation: In these uncertain times we're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible. Click here to sign up for your own digital Paper&String care package. Click here to go to GreenChef.com/ordinary90 and use code ordinary90 to get $90 off including free shipping! Click here for 50% off your first Care/of customized vitamin plan order. Just go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code: ordinary50 Click here to join over 1 million people taking charge of their mental health through the online counseling offered by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month by visiting www.betterhelp.com/ordinary
March 31, 202135min
Number 3: 121. REUNITED (and it feels so good!)
This is a story about finally being back in the same place one year later! This podcast has always been rooted in a specific place, Christie's 100 year old farmhouse, Maplehurst. It's where all the episodes have been recorded in person until 2020 when everything went into lock down. Today Lisa-Jo and Christie welcome all their listeners back into this moment of finally being reunited in person, in this special place that holds the DNA of this podcast. It wasn't what either of them expected. And it's a microcosm of another place they've been building with a community of friends during the lockdown year. Come on in, get comfy, here we go. Links from this week's episode: Click here to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around podcast. _______ Sponsor appreciation: In these uncertain times we're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible. Click here to sign up for your own digital Paper&String care package. Click here to go to GreenChef.com/ordinary90 and use code ordinary90 to get $90 off including free shipping! Click here for 50% off your first Care/of customized vitamin plan order. Just go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code: ordinary50 Click here to join over 1 million people taking charge of their mental health through the online counseling offered by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month by visiting www.betterhelp.com/ordinary
March 24, 202132min
Number 4: 120. A Pandemic Year in Review
This is a story about crossing the line in the sand, the threshold we've all stepped over that now marks one full year of pandemic life. This is the third and final installment of our short "Re-entry" series. Here is how two storytellers unpack the complicated feelings surrounding re-entry. By telling the stories of what that line physically looked like for each of us. Christie and Lisa-Jo clearly recall the moment that a stripe was drawn through time, marking a before and after that we didn't even realize we were stepping over. Join us as we share those stories - one as bright as balloons and one as stinky as compost. Let's slowly unpick those weird plot twists together. Links from this week's episode: Click here to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around podcast. And Then It's Spring is the book we refer to. _______ Sponsor appreciation: In these uncertain times we're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible. Click here to sign up for your own digital Paper&String care package. Click here to go to GreenChef.com/ordinary90 and use code ordinary90 to get $90 off including free shipping! Click here for 50% off your first Care/of customized vitamin plan order. Just go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code: ordinary50 Click here to join over 1 million people taking charge of their mental health through the online counseling offered by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month by visiting www.betterhelp.com/ordinary
March 17, 202132min
Number 5: 119. What Travel Teaches Us About Re-Entry
This is a story about what being suspended with toddlers at 30,000 feet teaches you about reentry. And how road trips across states can surprise you into thinking about where you best belong. As the world slowly steps back into March and crosses the one year mark since it shut down, we're all bound to process that differently. Join us today as we continue our short series of stories about what re-entry looks like. Today it's through the lens of travel ---from back in the pre-COVID day. Here is how two storytellers unpack the complicated feelings surrounding re-entry. Links from this week's episode: Click here to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around podcast. _______ Sponsor appreciation: In these uncertain times we're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible. Click here to sign up for your own digital Paper&String care package. Click here to go to GreenChef.com/ordinary90 and use code ordinary90 to get $90 off including free shipping! Click here for 50% off your first Care/of customized vitamin plan order. Just go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code: ordinary50 Click here to join over 1 million people taking charge of their mental health through the online counseling offered by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month by visiting www.betterhelp.com/ordinary
March 10, 202138min