Adam and Katie candidly share about a crazy life interruption they experienced during the holidays, and they discuss holy interruptions that Biblical characters also experienced.

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Today's Guest: Adam Reid is the lead pastor at Central Church. He has a heart for others to know Biblical Jesus and live “all in” for Him. His ministry verse is Psalm 78:4, “We will not keep silent, we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, His power and the wonders He has done. Adam has been married to Katie (that’s me!) for over 23 years and they have 5 great kids. Adam enjoys winter, hunting deer, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and cheering on Manchester United.

Show Sponsor: A Very Bavarian Christmas by Katie M. Reid. Pick up a copy for yourself and your friends today and enjoy a cozy rom com this holiday season.

Things We Talk About:

• Ep. 29: Meet Our Husbands
• Ep. 166: Hope in the Middle of Our Stuggles Part 1
• Ep. 167: Hope ini the Middle of Our Struggles Part 2
• Lack List
• Luke 1:5-25
• Luke 1:26-45
• A Very Bavarian Christmas
• James 1:2-4 
• Lavish List
• Bird's eye view from the hotel
• Christmas morning hotel scavenger hunt
• Isaiah 55:8-9
• Romans 15:13

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• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid 

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Author, Christine Trimpe, shares her wellness journey and invites us to seek joy in God's Word during advent.

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Today's Guest: Christine Trimpe is an award-winning author, speaker, joy seeker, and weight-loss warrior. After losing over a hundred pounds in her joy-filled healing journey, God instilled a passion within her to boldly exclaim the good news of great joy while encouraging others to do the same. Christine shares the freedom Christ offers when we choose to trust God and seek Him in His Word. Christine's debut book,  Seeking Joy through the Gospel of Luke, received the Christian Product Book Award, was a Christian Indie Award winner and Selah Award finalist. You can find her transformation story at ChristineTrimpe.com.

Show Sponsor: Made Like Martha: Good Things for the Woman Who Gets Things Done by Katie M. Reid

Things We Talk About:

• Seeking Joy through the Gospel of Luke Devotional
• Luke 10:38-42
• John 6:35
• Psalm 63:1
• Christine's weight loss journey
• Keto Cauliflower Stuffing recipe
• Lean proteins and healthy fats
• Candlelight Christmas Eve Service
• O Holy Night
• Hebrews 12:2-3

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• The Martha + Mary Show webpage
• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid @coachchristinetrimpe

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Writer and wellness coach, Tyra Lane-Kingsland, of Inspired to Live Fully, provides practical tips for a healthy mind, body, and spirit.

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Today's Guest: Tyra Lane-Kingsland is a speaker, women’s ministry leader, health coach and author committed to seeing women live well holistically. Through her speaking engagements, coaching programs and books, Tyra equips women to walk in radiant health of the mind, body and spirit. Tyra holds a Health Minister Certification from Wesley Theological Seminary and is a Certified Natural Health Professional through Trinity School of Natural Health. An attentive wife and mother of six, Tyra serves as the Director of the MOMSConnect Ministry at her local church.

Show Sponsor: The Kitchen Devotional: Readings and Recipes to Feed Your Soul, Nourish Your Faith, and Bring Joy to the Table.

Things We Talk About:

• The connection with weight gain and wounds from our past.
• Hebrews 12:6-7
• John 10:10
• "Everything is permissible but not everything is profitable." 1 Corinthians 10:23-24
• 1 Corinthians 10:13
• 1 Corinthians 6:19
• Start by eliminating the thing God already told you to stop.
• Genesis 2:15-17
• The Kitchen Devotional 
• 3 John 2
• "Soul Food" devo by Tyra
• "Someone's in the Kitchen with Martha" devo by Katie
• Exodus 33:14
• Deal with your thirst first.
• Buy food in bulk.
• Cook at home.
• Mind: "The Lord is my shepherd, I have everything I need" (Psalm 23 Prayer)
• Body: Go walk in nature.
• Spirit: Memorize God's Word.
• Seeds Family Worship
• Jesus's first miracle: John 2:1-11
• Whatever He tells you to do, do it!

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• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid @inspiredfully

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Rachael Adams, author of Everyday Prayers for Love, talks about loving God and people during the holidays.

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Today's Guest: Rachael Adams is the host of The Love Offering Podcast, and the author of A Little Goes a Long Way: 52 Days to a Significant Life. Rachael hopes to help women realize God’s love and their significance. She and her husband live in Kentucky with their two children.

Show Sponsor: A Very Bavarian Christmas by Katie M. Reid. Pick up a copy today and join our book club inside the Martha + Mary Show Sisterhood Group on Facebook.

Things We Talk About:

• Rachael's interview with Katie on The Love Offering Podcast
• A Very Bavarian Book Club Episode 
• Ep. 146: A Little Goes a Long Way
• Everyday Prayers for Love book
• "When Love Came Down" sung by Point of Grace
• 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
• Luke 10:38-42
• Matthew 5:43-44
• Which attribute of love do you embody best? Quiz
• What makes you loveable? Quiz

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• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid  @rachaeladamsauthor
• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky 

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Ponder the music and the gift of Christmas with the delightful Jackie Freeman, author of Unwrapping Christmas.

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Today's Guest: Jackie Freeman is a storyteller, an educator, Bible teacher, and speaker who finds healing through the power of words and music. Jackie’s passion is encouraging women to stand firmly in God’s Word and embrace His will, no matter what season they are in. Jackie's devotional, Unwrapping Christmas, invite readers to experience God through the joy of music.

Show Sponsor: A Very Bavarian Christmas by Katie M. Reid. Pick up a copy today and join our book club inside the Martha + Mary Show Sisterhood Group on Facebook.

Things We Talk About:

• Speak Up Conference
• Luke 2:15-19, Mary pondered these things in her heart
• Unwrapping Christmas Advent devotional
• "One day you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through and it will be someone else's survival guide. -Brené Brown
• Keep a Song in Your Heart
• "Joy to the World" sung by Francesca Battistelli
• "Away in the Manger" sung by Carrie Underwood
• A Very Bavarian Christmas book
• Pickleball kids' book, Bend Your Knees, Louise
• "Hush Missus Teenage Mary" song
• "In the Bleak Midwinter" song
• Jackie's holiday book giveaway (subscribe to her website to enter)

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• The Martha + Mary Show webpage
• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid  @jackiefreemanauthor
• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky 

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Rachael Adams, host of the Love Offering podcast, interviews Katie M. Reid about A Very Bavarian Christmas as they kick off a holiday book club.

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Show Sponsor: A Very Bavarian Christmas by Katie M. Reid. Pick up a copy today and join our book club inside the Martha + Mary Show Sisterhood Group on Facebook.

Things We Talk About:

• The Love Offering Podcast
• The real Holly Noel
• Carol Kent's Speak Up Conference
• A Very Bavarian Christmas playlist
• "Everything" song written by Katie
• Bronner's in Frankenmuth, MI
• "A Very Bavarian Christmas" musical album
• Jesus's open hands on the cross
• Made Like Martha book
• Clip of original audiobook
• Join the book club

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• The Martha + Mary Show webpage
• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid  @rachaeladamsauthor
• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky 

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Rachel Wojo, author of Desperate Prayers, guides you from frenzied desperation to dependent faith.

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Today's Guest: Rachel Wojo is a public speaker and freelance writer. She hosts Bible reading challenges on her popular blog, which rallies readers of all ages to search God’s Word for solutions to life’s problems. Her Bible reading plans are used by more than four million people worldwide. Rachel is the author of One More Step: Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up and Desperate Prayers: Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life's Darkest Moments. She and her husband, Matt, reside in Ohio and are the parents of eight children, two in heaven and six on earth.

Show Sponsor: Brave Moms, Brave Kids: A Battle Plan for Raising Heroes by Lee Nienhuis

Things We Talk About

• Desperate Prayers book 
•  Romans 8:25-28
• A Praying Life book
• A Praying Wife book
• Seasons of Sorrow book
• A Grace Disguised book
• Like a River book
• When Mountains Crumble book

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• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid  @rachelwojo
• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky 

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Award-winning fiction author, Toni Shiloh, shares about her writing process and her holiday novella, The Christmas Catch.

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Today's Guest: Toni Shiloh is a wife, mom, and an award-winning Christian contemporary romance author. She writes to bring God glory and to learn more about His goodness. Her novel, In Search of a Prince, won the first ever, Christy Amplify award. She loves connecting with readers and authors alike via social media. You can learn more about Toni's writing on her website.

Show Sponsor: A Very Bavarian Christmas by Katie M. Reid. Pick up your copy today get ready for our November Sisterhood book club.

Things We Talk About:

• Planner or Pantser?
• The Detroit Lions vs. the Dallas Cowboys
• In Search of a Prince book
• The Christmas Catch book
• Are you going to believe what you see or believe what God said?
• Hebrews 11:1

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• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid  @tonishiloh
• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky 

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Author, Ann Swindell, invites us to awaken our hearts through fiction and timeless truth.

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Today's Guest: Ann Swindell is the owner of Writing with Grace, where she teaches Christ-centered writing courses for women across the globe. She lives is West Michigan with her family and writes for many ministries, including the Gospel Coalition, Well-Watered Women, and Risen Motherhood. 

Show Sponsor: A Very Bavarian Christmas by Katie M. Reid. Pick up your copy today get ready for our November Sisterhood book club. 

Things We Talk About:

• Christmas in the Castle Library Book 1
• Still Waiting book
• The Path to Peace book
• Develop your writing voice.
• Read broadly in the genre you want to write in.
• Karen Kingsbury
• Great American Family
• God spoke the world into existence (See Psalm 33:9)

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• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid  @annswindell
• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky 

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Bestselling author, Melissa Ferguson, chats about her family's farmhouse lifestyle, the inspiration for her novels, and writing in the margins. 

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Today's Guest: Melissa Ferguson is the bestselling author of titles including Meet Me in the Margins, How to Plot a Payback, and The Perfect Rom-Com. She lives in Tennessee with her husband and children in their growing farmhouse lifestyle and writes heartwarming romantic comedies. 

Show Sponsor: Join us for A Very Bavarian Feast Experience with dinner, music, and more, on November 8th, in Frankenmuth, MI!

Things We Talk About:

• Melissa on Instagram
• Hunger Games books
• Epic the Musical
• Famous for a Living book
• Meet Me in the Margins book
• The Perfect Rom Com book
• A Time to Keep by Tasha Tudor
• Gretchen Powers illustrator 
• Schleich animals
• Around the Year by Tasha Tudor
• Puppet show at the farmhouse
• Melissa's newsletter

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• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid  @ourfriendlyfarmhouse
• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky 

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