In this final episode, Jenn and Mel reminisce about their journey with The Journey Expressed podcast.  For this tender-hearted episode, they invite their friend and recent guest, Jennifer Putnam to walk down memory lane with them.

We welcome you to join us as we share interesting stats from the last 4 years about TJEPodcast, memories, the impact this podcast has had on us, and lots of love and gratitude to the Lord and our listeners.  

Thank YOU for journeying with us!  We've felt incredibly honored to be a part of your lives, providing encouragement about faith, friendship and "the more of God".   

If there is anything that you would like to share about how God has used TJE to impact your life, feel free to email us:  [email protected]

May God bless you as you pursue friendship with Him and others!

Love,
Jenn and Mel

 

In this episode, Jenn and Mel welcome back their good friend, Jennifer Putnam for Part 2 of their conversation on "Wrestling with God".   If you missed Part 1, we encourage you to go back and listen to Episode 72 which beautifully segues into this episode on  identity.  Specifically, what the Bible teaches about being a woman/Ezer regardless of your circumstances (single, married, with children, without children, etc).

Jennifer shares openly about her longing to be married and how God has walked with her through different seasons of disappointment and renewed hope.

Listen in for encouragement and HOPE as Jennifer shares her story of wrestling with God throughout her life.

Here are a few "nuggets" from this episode we thought you would be encouraged by:

Psalm 115:2-11
Psalm 121:1-2
Psalm 124

Faith, hope & love - these three remain...
Hope is the eternal buoyancy that transcends circumstances and position.  -Jennifer Putnam

Gentleness (and beauty) comes out of  struggle.

Book recommendation: Momentum by Colin S. Smith

Thanks for joining us on The Journey Expressed!

In this episode Jenn and Mel welcome special guest and friend, Jennifer Putnam.
 
Here, Jennifer vulnerably shares about her life's journey of discovering identity and purpose in God. Jennifer's life is a beautiful example of wrestling and surrender.

Jennifer shares about a time when she struggled with negative thoughts over herself where she asked the Lord the question: "Who am I?"
And He answered with a specific statement: “I made you to be a blessing”

She encourages listeners to ask the same question - listening for God's response which can become our life's "anchor word".

Jennifer shares about her passions: A desire for the people of God to be the people of God…to look like Christ:

“I long for people to grow in the inner strength out of which the ability to be truly gentle with each other comes”

She identifies with Jacob and the wrestling with the Lord that works out the inner longings of our hearts and who we are. She shares about different times she has "wrestled" with God and the breakthroughs that she has experienced.

Genesis 32:22-32

Come back next week for Part 2 of our conversation with Jennifer Putnam!

In this episode Jenn and Mel share updates on where they've been and what God is teaching them in this season.  

They share vulnerably about what's been happening in their personal lives and how God is reminding them about the power of prayer.  They talk about the latest findings linked to the Dead Sea Scrolls and how God could be using these fragments to speak to us today. 

Scriptures:

• 1 Peter 4:7-11 (NASB)
• 2 Timothy 1:6-7
• Hebrews 4:12
• Parchment (Zech 8:14-16) vs 16 found on parchment
• Phil 4:4-8

Come back soon for an exciting and revelatory conversation on the Beauty of Womanhood with special guest Jennifer Putnam.

Thanks for joining us on The Journey Expressed!

Part 3 of 3

Chris Willard is back for part 3 of our conversation about cultivating a lifestyle of beauty.  Chris shares how she cultivates and tends to beauty within her relationships outside of her family. We share scripture and stories of how hospitality is a key for fostering healthy relationships.  Chris also talks about being aware of the season you're in - we know this conversation (all 3 parts!) will inspire you to live a life of a Beauty Chaser! 

Scripture referenced:
I Peter 4:7
I John 3:17-18
Ephesians 5:15

Favorite quote from this episode:
"It's not about you, when you're inviting friends into your home.  It's about serving them...and encouraging them..." -Chris Willard

Tim Willard's Book: The Beauty Chasers
available on Amazon and other book retailers 

Find Chris on Instagram: @splintersong

Find Chris's newsletter & more: https://christinewillard.substack.com/

https://bio.site/Splintersong?fbclid=PAAaYqf-dMcrYOMH1HWEBTPG0ceXJ4BW9DVz5SjrMrc7b-flfGBDT_ObRm-cA

Thanks so much for joining us on The Journey Expressed!

Part 2 of 3

In this episode, Chris Willard joins The Journey Expressed to continue sharing about how to cultivate a lifestyle of beauty.  Chris shares simple, yet profound insights that she has discovered in her pursuit of cultivating beauty within her marriage which include:

Learn the art of paying attention
Be in the moment
Live your real life together
Put aside something in your day to be with your husband
Grow in your own character and knowledge

Chris also shares the backstory of how she began writing her newsletter/devotional called Mend.

Favorite quotes from this episode:
"If we don't live (this one) life as beautifully and bravely as we can, we're fools" Reference from Buechner's book: The Hungering Dark

"There has to be mystery" Mark Foreman

"As women especially, we have all these different roles and jobs that we're expected to be juggling and sometimes we get confidence with the more roles we have, the better we feel about ourselves, but what happens...when we pursue all these different activities it leads to a fragmentation of our souls and we don't really know who we are because we're so busy doing things that we haven't spent time in the Word....its the Word of God that mends....God picks up all these broken pieces and mends them and restores order in our hearts" - Chris

"Our purpose is to live for glory. Its not to be pulled, its not to be splintered or shredded" - Chris

Books referenced:
The Hungering Dark by Frederick Buechner
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Find Chris on Instagram: @splintersong

Find Chris's newsletter & more: https://christinewillard.substack.com/

https://bio.site/Splintersong?fbclid=PAAaYqf-dMcrYOMH1HWEBTPG0ceXJ4BW9DVz5SjrMrc7b-flfGBDT_ObRm-cA

Thank you for joining us on The Journey Expressed - come back next time for part 3 where Chris shares about cultivating beauty in friendship!

Part 1 of 3

Chris Willard joins The Journey Expressed to share about Beauty: how she cultivates beauty in her home, family, marriage and relationships. 

Chris shares her word of the year, "tend" and how God is teaching her the power and profoundness of being tender and how she tends to her relationships.

Chris shares how she would describe beauty and the life of a beauty chaser.  She encourages us with wisdom, eloquence and scripture about how beauty is demonstrated in her home through reasonableness in raising her 3 girls and how being reasonable "changes the culture in the home".  

Scripture mentioned:
I Timothy 2:24
Psalm 115:5-8
Phil 4:5-9 ESV

Favorite quotes:
"The life of a beauty chaser is someone who sees” - Chris

"We want to teach our girls to order their affections...we want them to love what is beautiful and hate what is profane" - Chris

"The enemy of our children's souls is out there and he is after them....if we are not in the fight to teach them beauty, then they are going to fall" - Chris

"In order to bring beauty into the home, it has to start with us" - Chris

"You have to have a baseline....to show (our kids) what is true, what is noble, what is lovely" - Chris

"Raising children is not a relaxing job" - Jenn (Marilynn Chadwick)

Come back soon for Part 2 where Chris will share how she cultivates beauty within her marriage.

Thanks for joining us on The Journey Expressed!

Find Chris on Instagram: @splintersong
Find Chris's newsletter & more: https://bio.site/Splintersong?fbclid=PAAaYqf-dMcrYOMH1HWEBTPG0ceXJ4BW9DVz5SjrMrc7b-flfGBDT_ObRm-cA

In this episode Mel and Jenn recap 2022 with fun stats about The Journey Expressed podcast as well as how their "words of the year" worked out for them.  They share about intimate ways God used their words to bring them hope and encouragement throughout 2022.

Mel and Jenn also talk about what they are learning now which includes a conversation about obedience, surrender, trusting God, miracles, wisdom and unpacking the word 'becoming' with a nod to the ongoing series called, Becoming Whole. 

A favorite 1-liner from this episode: "The gifts in us, unlock the gifts in each other"

The episodes referred to with Kelanie Webb are episodes 19-21.  

Sign up for The Journey Expressed newsletter: [email protected] to stay up to date when a new episode is released and other information. 

Thanks so much for joining us on The Journey Expressed!

In this episode Jenn and Mel wrap up their conversation on overcoming trauma with friend and licensed therapist Buffy Wimmer. 

Today, Buffy shares about what God is teaching her in this season and she shares the hope that Jesus offers in living a lifestyle that is filled with Holy Spirit. 

In part 1 Buffy defined trauma and how, if not addressed, can affect you in your body.  Buffy also shared practical tools to help deal with stress and anxiety.

In part 2 Buffy shared about the impact that trauma can have in our soul (mind, will and emotions) as well as our spirit, our connection with God.

We hope you've found this conversation to be hope-giving and freedom-inducing!

Buffy Wimmer's website: https://www.collaborativecounselinggroup.org/ 

Thanks for joining us on The Journey Expressed!

In this episode, Mel and Jenn continue their conversation with friend and licensed therapist Buffy Wimmer.  

In the previous episode Buffy shared what trauma is and how it can affect the body if not dealt with.  In this episode, Buffy shares about the impact that trauma can have on the human soul and the spirit. 

In the next and final part of our conversation with Buffy she will share about what God is teaching her at this time and how there is always hope, healing, freedom and fullness of life when connected to God and being filled with His Spirit.  

Thank you so much for joining us on The Journey Expressed!