When David Smallbone’s successful music company collapsed, he moved his family from Australia to the United States in search of a brighter future. With nothing more than their six children, their suitcases, and their love of music, David and his pregnant wife Helen set out to rebuild their lives from the ground up. My guest today is Helen Smallbone…you might know her better as the mom of Grammy-winning Rebecca St. James and For King and Country’s Luke and Joel Smallbone! Her remarkable story is going to encourage you today how important a mother’s faith is in the face of all odds. Lean in and listen as you get to know this incredible mama, whose story is the basis for the upcoming film, Unsung Hero.

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Lauren Green, Chief Religion Correspondent for Fox News and host of the podcast Lighthouse Faith joins the Significant Podcast today to remind us that despite the fogginess of our world and its cultural pressures, mistruths, and lies, we can fully depend on our ever-present God.  I highly encourage you to grab her latest book “Light for Today: 365 Daily Devotions from the Lighthouse”. I know it’s going to encourage you!

Today’s episode is one of a short series of ‘Best of 2024’ in-review podcasts. Enjoy!

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Have you ever felt like you’re living life bracing for impact? Have you ever wondered how it could be possible to pursue Jesus earnestly yet simultaneously live with elbows locked? So many of us have developed a posture of self-protection, just waiting for the next storm to hit, but my guest today has spent the last few years cultivating an expectant heart around God’s goodness. My dear friend,  Susie Larson shares how God helped her move from disappointment and hurt to genuine expectancy. Lean in and listen to Susie’s incredible story, and don’t forget to grab her latest book, Waking Up to the Goodness of God: 40 Days Toward Healing and Wholeness. Today’s episode is one of a short series of ‘Fan Favorites of 2024’ podcasts. Enjoy! 

Connect with Susie Larson on her website at https://www.susielarson.com/ 

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Join Carol McLeod for a thought-provoking conversation with celebrated author and professor Dr. Sandra Richter!  Sandra is the Robert H. Gundry Chair of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California and has also taught at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wesley Biblical Seminary, and Wheaton College.  Dr. Richter is the author of several in depth ‘Epic of Eden’ Bible studies, and the latest in the series covers the story of judge and prophet Deborah of the Old Testament.  Listen in to learn more!

Learn more about the Deborah (Epic of Eden) Bible study at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-QfaBgOVlg

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Welcome back to the Significant Women podcast! Today’s episode features a joyful and inspiring conversation with author Kathi Lipp, whose latest book is titled ‘Sabbath Soup: Weekly Menus and Rhythms to Make Space for a Day of Rest.’ Sabbath Soup includes convenient, seasonal meal plans that take the guesswork out of shopping and cooking. More than just a collection of delicious recipes—including main dishes, breads, breakfasts, desserts, salads, sides, and yes, soups—it’s a guide to establishing a weekly rhythm and routine of meal planning and prep that allows you to have a true day off. Listen in for a celebration of all that is Sabbath (and some never before shared recipes from Carol McLeod as well!)

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Today’s episode of the Significant Women Podcast features an important conversation with performer and producer Camille Kampouris! Camille is one of the faces behind Angel Studio’s latest film Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin, an exciting new look into the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Camille has had a varied life as a muppeteer, wife, mother, VoiceOver actor, producer, and follower of Jesus. Listen in to hear both her story and why you should take the time to see Bonhoeffer!

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In Entrusted to Lead, Pastor Donna Pisani draws on over four decades of experience to offer a biblical perspective of women in leadership that considers their role an entrusted assignment rather than just an entitled position.  Generations of confusion have kept women from answering God’s call to lead, depriving God’s kingdom of crucial gifts and abilities. Entrusted to Lead shows women what it looks like to lead with confidence in the workplace and in ministry—and why Jesus always wanted women to have a seat at the table.

Listen in for another wonderful conversation with Carol McLeod!

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Carol McLeod welcomes a new friend to today’s episode of the Significant Women Podcast! Johanna Janssen was born in southern Ontario among rolling vineyards, fragrant orchards and strawberry patches, where in winter, the sunlight glints off the snow. Before this, her parents left the shores of the Netherlands, boarded the S.S. Waterman with three young children for Halifax harbor, leaving family, friends and most of their belongings behind.

Johanna, now a retired nurse, writes inspirational fiction that fights for joy in the dark pages of history. The passing down of faith, of core values, throughout the generations and how that looks through fiction, inspires her work, which is loosely based on her parents’ journey through WW2 that eventually led them to Canada. The faith those early settlers took with them across the waters to the new land is what kept them. That same faith now inspires Johanna’s writing.

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On today’s show, Carol welcomes back another dear friend, Dr. Michelle Bengtson! Michelle is a certified  neuropsychologist who lives to break the grip of anxiety and fear, foster regeneration, and renew life in her readers and listeners. From her own personal cancer experience and professional clinical expertise she recognizes in her life and others’ both the brokenness that attends life, and the concrete steps we can take as we walk with Christ. Dr. Bengtson’s newest book is titled Sacred Scars, and is an exploration of the encouraging truth that past pain and brokenness can serve as preparation for what God wants to do in and through his children if we’ll only surrender to and trust in him.

Just as Jesus's scars didn't disappear after his resurrection, our scars tell our story and lend credence to our testimony of the love and power of God. If you are ready to turn your past pain into present comfort and future hope, let Dr. Bengtson be your compassionate guide.

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On today’s episode of the Significant Women podcast Carol brings back a dear friend with a new book to share! Billie Jauss is the author of Baseball Family: Nine Core Qualities for Developing Healthy Relationships, as well as a tenured Baseball wife and mother. In the book and in today’s show Billie shares some of the lessons and ideas she’s learned about relationships from years in the world of professional baseball. Lean in and listen!

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