Kate Motaung, author of Letters to Grief, offers comfort for your loss.

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Today's Guest: Kate Motaung is the author of Letters to Grief and A Place to Land: A Story of Longing and Belonging, and she co-authored Influence: Building a Platform that Elevates Jesus (Not Me). She is the founder of Refine Services and hosts the Five Minute Friday writing community. Kate and her South African husband have three young adult children and currently reside in West Michigan.

Things We Talk About:

• Letters to Grief gift book
• 101 Prayers for Comfort gift book
• A Place to Land (Kate's memoir)
• Ep. 107: Telling Your Story with Kate Motaung
• 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
• 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
• Lamentations 3:22-26
• 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14
• John 11
• Luke 22:39-44

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

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Lee and Katie candidly discuss their experiences and thoughts about hearing God's voice.

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Things We Talk About:

• Experiencing God Bible Study
• Tara-Leigh Cobble: The Bible Recap
• Romans 1:20
• John 1:1-5
• Meme about hearing God's voice
• John 14:25-26
• Comparison Girl for Teens book
• Isaiah 44:15-18
• 1 Samuel 3:9-10

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• The Martha + Mary Show webpage
• 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 reflect on last year and redirect in the new year with a candid conversation on the good, the hard, and God's faithfulness through it all.

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Things We Talk About:

• Reflect: Overcoming
• Joshua 14:6-15
• Lee's third book
• Miracles in the Waiting Room with Cherri Bornman: Episode #156
• They Call Me Mama with Nicole Homan: Episode #92
• Taryn Blanshan
• Reflect: Endurance
• New Patterns for a New Season: Episode #179
• Romans 5:1-5
• Reflect: Capacity
• Katie's fiction book deals
• Katie's non-fiction deal
• Reflect: Critical
• Lee and Live Global trips
• My Yes in on the Table Podcast Interview with Paula Faris and Jenn Hand
• Christmas Scavenger Hunt in the Hotel
• Reflect: Opportunity
• Reflect: Investment
• Matthew 6:19-21
• Redirect: Just Do It
• Redirect: Presence

Key Verse: Joshua 14:11

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• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky

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This throwback episode is sure to refresh and delight you as you get ready to celebrate the Christmas season.

Holly Haynes, the Christmas Queen, shares about the thrill of hope for the weary world through her testimony, red door analogy, and poetry.

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Today's Guest: Holly Haynes is a wife, mom, lover of Jesus and all things Christmas. She is also a writer, speaker, and owner of Just the Write Gift. She resides in Michigan with her hubby, two boys, and her extremely spoiled yellow lab Zara May.

Theme Music: "I'll Dream of Christmas" written by Lisa Troyer and Dawn Yoder, courtesy of Circle of Friends.

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Things We Talk About:

• Just the Write Gift shop
• A Very Bavarian Christmas novel
• Gull Lake Women's Conference
• "O Holy Night" song
• Renewed Women's Conference
• Walking through the red door
• John 10:9
• Red Door Christmas poem
• Holly's writing website
• Tips for when Christmas is tough
• The only thing perfect about Christmas is Jesus

Today's Verse: John 10:9

"I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture."

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• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky

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Kennita Williams shares her tips for leading from love and serving with humble strength.

Today's Guest: Kennita Williams is the CEO/Founder of Clear Vision L. L. C. and Clear Vision Academy. She has walked a path from not seeing a clear vision to knowing God's purpose for her life. Through her coaching and writing, she encourages others to be all God has created them to be. Kennita holds a doctorate of divinity and leadership from the School of the Great Commission. Kennita is a military spouse and mother of two.

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Things We Talk About:

• Speak Up Conference
• Megan Brown
• Psalm 119:133
• 1 Timothy 2:1-4
• Clear Vision Leadership

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

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Pat Layton, author of Life Unstuck, talks about healing from the pain of your past and finding hope for your future.

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Today's Guest: Pat Layton is a passionate and inspiring leader. She has led the founding of a variety of non-profit ministries including a one of the nation's largest pregnancy resource centers; a christian adoption agency and a national abstinence education program. Her post abortion recovery Bible study Surrendering the Secret was published by Lifeway in 2009 and updated in 2019. She has written many other books, including: Life UnStuck: Peace with the Past; Purpose in the Present and Passion for the Future.

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Things We Talk About:

• Surrendering the Secret
• Life Unstuck
• Pat's She Shed
• Psalm 139
• Revelation 12:11
• John 1:14
• Psalm 91:11-12
• Permission to Pause podcast

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

We are choosing to give thanks even when circumstances are difficult and inviting you to do the same.

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Things We Talk About:

• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Living in a hotel
• Psalm 103:13-14
• Hebrews 13:15-16
• 2 Chronicles 29:31

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• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
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Experience belonging as author, Katy McCown, invites you to engage in community instead of being isolated from it.

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Today's Guest: Katy McCown is a writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries, host of the Best Day Ever podcast, and author of She Smiles without Fear and She Belongs. Katy left her job as a television news reporter to join her husband, Luke, on their adventure in the National Football League. Luke and Katy have six children.

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Things We Talk About:

• She Belongs Bible Study
• Made Like Martha book
• She Smiles Without Fear Bible Study
• Prayer road
• 1 Peter 5:7-9
• John 10:10
• Ephesians 6:12
• Step 1: Recognize you have a real enemy who wants to isolate you from community.
• Step 2: Bring your hurt and offense to Jesus first and let Him heal you.
• Step 3: Continue in community at a pace and in a way that is best for you.

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Jenn Hand offers hope and practical help to those who have experienced trauma.

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Today's Guest: Jennifer Hand, Executive Director of Coming Alive Ministries, invites people to come alive in Christ. With a Master's degree in trauma counseling, God has opened a unique door for her to respond after natural disasters around the world, providing trauma counseling and the hope of Christ on the holy ground of suffering. Connect with Jenn at: comingaliveministries.com

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Things We Talk About:

• Ep. 23: Is Your Yes on the Table?
• My Yes Is on The Table book
• Coming Alive Ministries
• Psalm 103
• After Trauma Hope FREE Webinar
• Romans 5:1-8
• Living in a hotel
• Psalm 43:5
• Giving thanks, even in this
• Martha + Mary Sisterhood Group
• Ep. 179: New Patterns for a New Season
• Luke 22:41-44
• Becoming a noticer, without judgment
• Psalm 139:13-16
• John 11:38-40

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

Experience Scripture through a Middle-Eastern lens during this timely conversation with Professor Kristi McLelland.

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Today's Guest: Kristi McLelland is a professor at Williamson College, the best-selling author of Jesus & Women and The Gospel on the Ground Bible studies, Rediscovering Israel, and a biblical culturalist who teaches the Bible in its historical, cultural context. Kristi's study trips to Israel, Italy, Turkey, and Greece, as well as her in-person and online courses and resources—including her popular Pearls podcast, position Westerners to discover the Bible within the Middle Eastern context in which it was written.

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Things We Talk About:

• "Pearls" podcast
• Hebrews 4:12
• Rediscovering Israel book
• Jesus & Women Bible Study
• Ep. 179: New Patterns for a New Season
• Psalm 81:10
• Psalm 139:13-14
• Martha + Mary Sisterhood
• Ep. 39: Experience the Holy Land
• Luke 24:13-35
• Revelation 1:16-20
• Matthew 4:12-17
• Sea of Galilee
• Capernaum
• John 1:14
• Pastor Jon Tyson: "We are living in a Genesis 3 world with a Genesis 1 and 2 blueprint on our way to a Revelation 21 future."
• Genesis 12:1-9
• Genesis 22:1-19
• Revelation 21:1-5

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• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky