The Martha + Mary Show

Katie and Lee discuss how Mary from the Bible chose the good portion and how you can too in this busy season.

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Theme Music: "Found" by Lisa Troyer and Dawn Yoder Venture3Media/Circle of Friends

Today's Sponsor: Made Like Martha book by Katie M. Reid

Things We Talk About:

• Katie running for school board
• Luke 10:38-42
• Made Like Martha book
• Prodigal son story
• Exodus 33:14
• Matthew 20:20-28
• Vivian Mabuni
• John 7:37-39
• Dear Mushka Good Portion flag
• Psalm 16:5-8
• We starve worry when we feast on worship
• 1 Peter 5:7
• Lazarus: John 11

Your turn! Let us know how you are choosing the good portion in this season.

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

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Katie and Lee answer your pressing questions about friendship, hospitality, faith, and spiritual gifts.

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Theme Music: "Found" by Lisa Troyer and Dawn Yoder Venture3Media/Circle of Friends

Today's Sponsor: Made Like Martha book by Katie M. Reid

Things We Talk About:

• Walking in Wisdom Podcast Series
• Live from Morrison Part 1
• How do you pray with your kids?
• How do you know you have a talent from God?
• How do you make inroads in friendships when you're introverted?
• What do you do if someone wrote you off because you didn't call them enough?
• How can you overcome obstacles to having people in your home?

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

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Katie and Lee go live in this fun, deep dive conversation about the grit and gift of friendship.

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Theme Music: "Found" by Lisa Troyer and Dawn Yoder Venture3Media/Circle of Friends

Today's Sponsor: Brave Moms, Brave Kids: A Battle Plan for Raising Heroes by Lee Nienhuis

Things We Talk About:

• Rooted in Christ event
• Non-Compete Clause, Episode #63
• Our friend Abby, Episode #11
• Katie's book becoming a movie
• A Very Bavarian Christmas rom com novel
• Cindy Bultema, Episode 68
• Meaning of helper = ēzer (in Genesis 2)
• Meaning of Helper for the Holy Spirit = paraklētos (in John 14)
• Ephesians 6:12
• Uncompromising in conviction, sacrificial in preference
• Awaken Nashville
• Psalm 133
• Hebrews 10:24
• Matthew 18:20
• Friendship Court, Episode #28

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

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Today's Guest: Helen Smallbone is the author of Behind the Lights: The Extraordinary Journey of a Mum and Her Family, co-founder of MUMlife. Her passion is encouraging mothers and families with the wisdom she has gleaned during 32 years of active mothering. The mother of seven and grandmother of thirteen, Helen lives near Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband David and a small menagerie of animals.

Theme Music: "Found" by Lisa Troyer and Dawn Yoder Venture3Media/Circle of Friends

Today's Sponsor: Bring life to your creative project with the Inspiration Doula's help and encouragement. Book a coaching call today!

Things We Talk About:

• MUMlife Community
• Rebecca St, James
• For KING & COUNTRY
• Carmen
• Episode 116 with Kate Battistelli
• Calling and character
• God song
• Priceless song
• Aaron and Hur: Exodus 17:12-14
• Jesus came to serve not to be served: Matthew 20:28
• Jesus washed the disciples' feet: John 13:1-17
• Behind the Lights book
• Trust God on the mountain or in the valley

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

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Today's Guest: Carol Tetzlaff teaches Bible studies, speaks at retreats and special events, and mentors women of all ages. She serves as the content creation manager for Redemption Press. Carol and her husband live in Gilbert, Arizona, and enjoy spending time with their family and eleven grandchildren.

Theme Music: "Found" by Lisa Troyer and Dawn Yoder Venture3Media/Circle of Friends

Today's Sponsor: Take your writing and speaking to the next level by attending Carol Kent's Speak Up Conference (in person or virtual). We hope to see you there!

Things We Talk About:

• Speak Up Conference
• Ezra Bible Study
• Romans 12:1
• Ezra 8:21-22
• Haggai 1:3-11
• Nehemiah 3
• Exodus 32: Moses and Golden Calf
• Isaiah 6:1-10
• Matthew 15:8-9

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

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Today's Guest: Lisa Appelo is an author and speaker inspiring women to cultivate faith in life's storms. Her new book, Life Can Be Good Again: Putting Your World Back Together After It All Falls Apart, addresses the raw pain of loss with Biblical hope that God can reshape what has shattered.

Theme Music: "Found" by Lisa Troyer and Dawn Yoder Venture3Media/Circle of Friends

Today's Sponsor: Bring life to your creative project with the Inspiration Doula's help and encouragement.

Things We Talk About:

• Widow Mama Collective
• Life Can Be Good Again book
• 2 Corinthians 10:5
• Romans 8:26
• James 1:5
• Psalm 139:16
• Psalm 23:3-4
• Psalm 46:7 and 11

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

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Today's Guest: Danita Jenae is a young mom and recent military widow learning to carry both joy and sorrow in the same breath. As an author, speaker, poet, and artist, she walks alongside the broken-hearted, offering practical ways to lead a Spirit-led life at danitajenae.com and @CompanionInSorrow. Grab your free copy of Find Your Footing Grief Guide at WhenMountainsCrumble.com.

Theme Music: "Found" by Lisa Troyer and Dawn Yoder Venture3Media/Circle of Friends

Today's Sponsor: Brave Moms, Brave Kids: A Battle Plan for Raising Heroes by Lee Nienhuis

Things We Talk About:

• She Speaks Conference
• Made Like Martha book
• Matthew 27:46
• Psalm 31:7
• Psalm 18:19
• When Mountains Crumble book
• Grief work
• Hebrews 13:15
• 2 Samuel 12:16-23 (King David grieving)
• Grief bomb
• Grief brain
• Psalm 46:2

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

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Christie Purifoy, author of Garden Maker, shares practical and spiritual insights gleaned from cultivating flowers.

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Today's Guest: Christie Purifoy is a writer and gardener who loves to grow flowers and community. She is the author of Garden Maker: Growing a Life of Beauty & Wonder With Flowers. Along with her husband Jonathan and four children, she welcomes frequent guests to the Maplehurst Black Barn.

Theme Music: "Found" by Lisa Troyer and Dawn Yoder Venture3Media/Circle of Friends

Today's Sponsor: Made Like Martha: Good News for the Woman Who Gets Things Done by Katie M. Reid

Things We Talk About:

• Garden Maker by Christie Purifoy
• Maplehurst Gardens on Instagram
• The peonies in Katie's yard
• Anne of Green Gables
• The Little Prince book
• Beautiful table settings
• Isaiah 58:11
• Discipleship (Word for the Year)
• Genesis 1:29
• 1 Corinthians 3:6
• Experiencing God Bible Study

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• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid @christiepurifoy

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Today's Guests:

Jennifer Marshall Bleakley is the author of Joey, the Pawverbs devotional series, and Project Solomon. She holds a master's degree in mental health counseling and worked for several years as a grief counselor before discovering her passion for writing.

Jodi Stuber is the Co-founder and Program Director for HopeWell Ranch. HopeWell uses rescued horses to reach out to children and adults who may have emotional, spiritual, physical or social needs. One of those horses, Solomon, was the inspiration for Project Solomon, co-written with Jennifer Bleakley.

Today's Sponsor: HopeWell Ranch provides a loving environment of hope, healing, and purpose where lives are transformed in order to succeed, through the redeeming love of Christ.

Things We Talk About:

• HopeWell Ranch
• Operation Deploy Hope Event May 21st
• Eventbrite Link to register for free
• The Incredible Dr. Pol Show
• Project Solomon book
• Project Solomon program
• Donate to HopeWell
• Jeremiah 29:11
• Luke 10:38-42
• Joey book
• Pawverbs book
• Romans 5:5 (hope does not disappoint)

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• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid @hopewell_ranch @jenbleakley

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Today's Guest: Lauren Alexander is a relatable Bible nerd who communicates timeless truths to form 21st century disciples by teaching women to study God's Word and develop a deeper commitment to living it out. Lauren founded the ministry All The Things with Lauren Alexander and has ministered to thousands online and through events, pointing them faithfully to the one true God and his powerful Word.

Theme Music: "Found" by Lisa Troyer and Dawn Yoder Venture3Media/Circle of Friends

Show Sponsor: Countercultural Parenting: Building Character in a World of Compromise by Lee Nienhuis

Things We Talk About:

• Philippians 2:12-13
• Made Like Martha book
• Elijah and Elisha, 1 Kings 19
• Lauren's IG: Offer what you wished you had received.
• Lauren's IG: Don't perpetuate half-truths
• Luke 9:23-25
• Zephaniah 3:17
• Matthew 11:28-30
• Lauren's IG: A praying parent won't be a panicked parent
• Philippians 4:7
• Lauren's speaking ministry

Connect with Us:

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

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