We Digress with Joi and Jess

The Crafted Conference was a few weeks ago and Jess and Joi and super excited to debrief with each other about the conference and how it has impacted them and so many others. Special thanks to Autumn Acheampong, Ricki Downing, Christie Farley, and Candace Simpson for speaking at Crafted '23, as well as our friends at Encounter Christian Church (encounterccb.org) for hosting.

We had a topic this week, but we never actually got there. Our bad. This one goes all the way from canine painkillers to saging your house and everything in between. Also, how NOT to be a narcissist.

The Devil's Lettuce, Mary Jane, Wacky Tobaccy. We're going suuuuper controversial (maybe?) with our discussion of Christians and Cannabis. Also, Jess is plagued by dehydrated amphibians. There's a lot happening in this one, guys.

Prayer is one of the most important spiritual practices of people of faith, but it can get so complicated. So today, the girls are unpacking prayer and taking a hard look at how we often pack a lot of baggage onto our prayer lives. There's a detour around Messy TikTok and plenty of digressions in store.

Common sense ain’t so common anymore, so it’s high time the girls talked about how they’re smarter than everyone else. Okay, maybe not that, but they do get into a great discussion about teaching kids about consequences, and they discuss how not all sparkling water is created equal. We’re looking at you Creamsicle Waterloo. Also, shoutout to the technical difficulties that stole Joi’s intro. We can 1000% guarantee that she sang it, though.

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Should personal bias play a role in our theology, and are Joi and Jess actually the same person? Both questions are equally important and will be answered in this week's episode. We know you really wondered.

After an abrupt left turn at the beginning of this episode, the girls are getting to the meat and potatoes of things. When a magazine trademarks something church-related and then come after churches who have been using that term for decades, what's really going on? If you are in worship ministry, you might have heard about this. It's gonna get spicy, y'all!

Joi's got some gnarly laryngitis, but that won't stop the conversation! This episode is really a tribute to how awesome God has been to bring the Girls through some challenging seasons. Also, Joi's students think she's famous (and she low-key is).