As women we have been designed to be helpmates and life givers, but we also have a sin nature that seeks to dominate and control. We often have an inner battle that rages, because we want our husbands (or future husbands) to lead and protect us, but so often we get in the way of them.  To encourage our men to lead, we must step out of the way, pray for them, and ask them questions before decide for them.  Listen in to this and more, as we discuss the following questions:

1. How should Christian women view dating?

2. How can we encourage Christian brothers to lead and initiate?

3. What do we need to know about the differences - God given- between men and women?

4. How do we think through Eph 5:23 as we begin dating?

5. What character traits should be non negotiable?

6. What about equal vs unequal yoking in dating?

7. How can we respect without expecting them to meet all our emotional needs and end up smothering him?

8. Should we make a list?

9. And we introduce the Hospitality of the Half-Circle!

We couldn't possibly say it all in one episode, but here's a start, to get you thinking about the importance of being on mission with Christ, before you start dating.  Listen in as we discuss the following questions:

1. How do I know God’s will for my life?  

2. For some women, having children is a terrifying thought - depending on your upbringing, if you have siblings or not, your outlook on life in general - what if she doesn’t want to have children?

3. For those who desire marriage and family, how do you live well as a single woman?

4. I used to wonder when I would meet “THE ONE”.  How do you know who to marry?

5. Is our only purpose as women to get married and have children? What if there is no desire to get married or have children?

6. How long should a single woman live in her parent’s home?

7.  How do you stay sexually pure for the long haul?

8. How do we navigate as parents of teens, how to help our daughters have a healthy view of dating and commitment and marriage?  Some young girls can get so obsessed with the idea of marriage, or waiting for that part of their life to happen, that they can’t fully serve the Lord where they are at.  Or it could even be the opposite, where there is too much pressure on our young people to meet and marry at a young age, that they don’t even want to try.

When it comes to anger, we tend to want to justify it, suppress it or believe it doesn't affect us.  However, anger is not just an outward act of rage, it can be an inward seething of hatred.  But not all anger is sinful, sometimes anger is the just response to evil.  So how do we know the difference? We hope that this episode will answer some of your questions, as we discuss the questions below"

 The bible tells us not to let the sun go down on our anger.  How do we practically live this out?

If someone listening is having real trouble with anger and can’t seem to get it under control on their own - what would you recommend they do?

Join us on the episode as we collaborated with the A to Z Podcast with Abby and Zoey.  The two of them had joined us at a recent event we held "Rise Up for the Next Generation" Tween Event.  The theme had been "Seek First" with specialized topics of "Friendship" and "Emotions".  After the event, we asked for questions on these topics and asked Abby and Zoey to join us.  You are sure to have some laughs, but also be impacted by the depth of the answers that these young women give as we ask the following questions:

1. Abby and Zoey, what advice would you give a young girl who desires to have a best friend or group of friends, but is struggling to find someone.  And Susie, what would you tell this girls mother to help her?

2. Abby and Zoey, what helps you manage your emotions during highly hormonal times and Susie, what advice do you have as a mom who has parented 2 girls through adolescence?

3. How do you handle being in the middle of two friends who don’t get along with each other?  There is a lot of drama between them, but I want to hang out with them both, but they don’t want to be around each other.

4. How do you talk to your friends about modesty at this age? Especially about crop tops and what to wear at church and kids club and middle school youth.

5. How do you have a good friendship with your siblings when they are in the “annoying” stage?

6. How do you handle a friend who is super negative?

7. When you become friends with a brand new believer, how do you help them to grow without feeling like you’re pointing out all the areas that need to change?

8. I have a friend who always talks about herself.  When I try to change the subject, she just brings it back to stories about herself that I’ve heard before.  How should I handle this?

Have you or a loved one, ever lost all hope and fell into despair?  If you want to know more about responding to a heart in despair, listen to this heartfelt episode as we answer the following questions:

1. How would you define and describe depression?

2. Where does sadness end and depression begin or are they the same thing?

3. What are some warning signs that women can look out for that they might be falling into depression and what can combat this?

4. From the perspective of a biblical counsellor, what are your thoughts on medication for depression?

5. Is depression a brain disorder - something about the physical body or chemistry in the brain, is it a heart issue, could it be a spiritual issue?  What is the root cause?

6. Biblically, how can we help heal or deal with depression?  

7. How can we find hope in the midst of deep depression?

We've all had an anxious heart to one degree or another.  For some, anxiety seems to be at the background of their life, for others, it controls them daily. If you want to respond to an anxious heart, with hope and righteousness, listen in as Susie and Sandi discuss anxiety and share some personal stories.

Have you ever had the inner doubt, that says, "You are loved. But am I?"  In our darkest moments, we can at times wonder if God truly loves us. It's easier to believe that God loves others, but it's not always easy to believe that He loves me. If others abuse us, abandon us, say cruel words against us, there must be something terribly wrong with us, we think.  Or what about our ongoing struggle with sin.  Doesn't that disqualify us?  If you have ever had these thoughts, we pray that you will be encouraged by this episode.

In this episode we are joined by two wise, Canadian women in ministry, to discuss biblical womanhood in the "Tradwife Era".  You are sure to be blessed by both Erin Coates from Alberta and Jenn Martin from Ontario.

We had some fun with this podcast after recognizing that each of us say "clique" a little bit differently.  Google didn't give us a clear answer, so we stuck with what we knew best!  If you've ever felt excluded because of a clique, or if you've ever wondered if you are crossing the boundary of being cliquey rather than considerate, listen in as we discuss the following questions:

1. Can you give us a clear distinction between close friendships and cliques?

2. When you explain it, it brings me back to high school, but you said you see some of it in the church too.  How do cliques manifest themselves within the Christian community?

3. What is the danger of cliques within the church? How do they hurt people?

4.  How can we break the habit of gravitating toward the people in our close friend group on a Sunday morning and being more welcoming to others?

5. As a mom of kids in youth groups, and seeing how your children have been intentional in this area, what can you tell moms who are seeing that their kids could be more welcoming?

6. I think we can all identify with feeling left out.  It’s not a nice feeling, what counsel can you give to the women who are feeling isolated by the women around them?

This episode was inspired by a few women reaching out to ask us to consider talking about aging, in women.  Since, we are all getting a bit older, every day, we thought it'd be a great time to talk about it.  Some of the questions we discuss on this episode, were questions submitted by our listeners.

1. How do we embrace the process of growing older in the best way possible?

2. addressing our fears, is very important and something we want to do regularly, first, for the glory of God now, but it will also prepare us for the changes as we age. What are some other biblical principles that we need to embrace?

3. How can we display the fruit of the Spirit when it feels like our hormones are taking over?

4. My question is about being in the sandwich generation. I am married. I have adult children and young grandchildren. I also have an aging mom who is requiring more and more care.  What kind of boundaries would be good to have in place to keep these relationships in their proper priority?

5. What should the Christian approach be to aging when it comes to Botox and filler?

6. What do you wish someone had told you about menopause? 

7. What helped you through this time?

8.  Final tips....