Natalie and Cristy hangout with their friend Amanda and chat about how they ended up doing what they do, their encounters with famous people, and Natalie ends up forgetting a lot of stories (maybe Bella is right and she is getting old...) mid way through. Happy Wednesday!!

The great cookie baking debate and analysis of sugar cookies that you never knew you needed to hear is on this week's episode of The Prodigal Daughters podcast. Join Natalie and Cristy as we discuss Thanksgiving, decorating, baking, and cleaning with children. Then we chat about what Black Friday looked like in the Covid world, and our opinions on super sugary coffee drinks from big chains. 

Don't miss out on the great cookie and coffee debates, we want to hear your opinions too. Be sure to subscribe, and review our podcast on the platforms you listen on AND join us on social media to weigh in!

What we're listening to or reading:

1. Still reading through the book of Romans

What's your preferred superpower? In this episode of the Prodigal Daughters, Cristy and Natalie discuss how their week is going which included Escape Rooms, leading teams and leadership styles, and because everything comes back to The Office they discuss The Office, the Office Ladies podcast, and shows they are watching.  They also chat about the cardinal sin of couples which is obviously watching TV shows without your spouse, superpowers, The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis and the importance of prayer before sermons and bible studies, and Thanksgiving planning has begun. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Let the Prodigal Daughter hosts know if you have a local family or organization who needs help right now whether it's a food crisis, or clothing, or anything we would love to see if we can help. 

We're currently working toward donating food for the Green Cove Springs Food Pantry

Books and Podcasts:

The Office Ladies podcast

We know the question on everyone's mind...how early is too early to start celebrating Christmas this year? Cristy and Natalie talk with Jen about the big debate of our time, will you be celebrating Christmas earlier and longer in a crazy 2020 year ...or always? We also chat about home life and living with sassy little girls. Jen also gives us an insider's look, as a Realtor, on the current home market. Join us to dive into the big questions of our time...do you need a laundry service (hah)?

Message Jen for any realty questions or help on Insta or via email. 

Continue the Christmas tree before or after Thanksgiving debate on Facebook or Instagram

Natalie hangs out with Matt on this Episode while Cristy is on vacation with her family. Matt is the Pastor of Grace Life Church, where Natalie and Cristy attend, and is also a dear friend to both families. They spend time talking about hair preference, Halloween 2020 style and how you can show love to people while you are out eating. If you haven't read the Harry Potter series, or are currently reading it...warning there are SPOILERS (but let's be honest you finished reading that years ago.... of course you did)

Natalie and Cristy have Cristy's husband, Josh, on the podcast. They share their love story, marriage stories, and chat about how opposites attract. We also chat about what family photoshoots look like with littles, resistant kiddos, and how important it is to cherish those moments and live in the today. We hope you enjoy this episode and learn a little about storing large amounts of photos on your phone, see notes below for how you can easily backup and store your photos. Plus explore the podcasts guest Josh listens to and books he has enjoyed recently.

Podcasts and Books:

Phone Storage Help:

1. Always back up to multiple locations (external hard drive, google photos, icloud, facebook, etc)

2. How to backup if you have an iPhone

3. How to backup if you have an Android

Natalie and Cristy talk with Eddie, Natalie's brother. Eddie shares a bit about being an elder in his church, his story of adopting his daughter and raising children with big age differences. Natalie and Cristy share family stories and chat with Eddie about the importance of speaking the gospel at every level but especially the significance of church leadership. 

We also learned that a lot of people seem to be reading Romans right now so join in the discussion with us as we touch on the significance of Romans collectively in churches especially today.

Romans ESV bible study

Cristy and Natalie get to chat with Ms. Judy, a Michigan born and Missouri transplant, who shares stories of her faith, her family, and shares a bit about her "pidgin" translated bible (which we all LOVE). As Cristy, Natalie, and Judy walk down memory lane with Judy we uncover God's grace in our lives, and how His word has impacted us. Listen in for some fun Hawaii talk, Cristy went to mattress school? (Yes, it's a thing) Natalie shares how awesome her parent's love story is and we talk about how valuable our LifeGroups and living in community has been for each of us.

Podcasts we have been liking:

Cristy and Natalie talk about their weeks, balancing speaking love through directness, and how awesome kids' Youtube shows are (or not). In this episode the hosts catch up and talk about adult friendships, about digging into the Bible together. Listen in for Cristy and Natalie's morning routines, school challenges we've experienced, and some social media discussion (follow us on Instagram and Facebook too!) 

Thank you for listening and be sure to rate us on Apple podcast, and leave us messages on anchor if you want to weigh in. 

Additional resources from the episode:

In this episode we speak with Natalie's childhood friend Karen. Karen is living in Washington state and share with us what's going on with the fire season this year alongside Covid-19 school and lockdowns. We share some of our fun and not-so-fun moments from the week.  Some refinancing talk, vacation talk, and we explore how the church is handling attendance in Covid-19 times. It was a great convo with Karen and we hope you enjoy! 

What we're reading: 

Karen:

Natalie: