Worthy: Celebrating the Value of Women

Jessica Hooten Wilson joins us to chat about the importance of the Christian imagination, especially in and through literature. Jessica Hooten Wilson is Louise Cowan Scholar in Residence at the University of Dallas in the Classical Education and Humanities Graduate Program. She authored Giving the Devil his Due: Flannery O’Connor and The Brothers Karamazov, which received a 2018 Christianity Today book of the year award. In 2022, she will publish The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints (Brazos Press) and Learning the Good Life: From the Great Hearts and Minds that Came Before (Zondervan 2022). 

Jamie Ivey the host of the popular podcast The Happy Hour joins us to talk about her her latest children's book God Made You to be You. We delve into why identity is so important. 

Ruth Buchanan is a Christian writer who holds degrees in ministry and theology. She’s traditionally published in the areas of fiction, non-fiction, plays, and sacred scripts. She’s an eager reader, an enthusiastic traveler, and the world’s most reluctant runner. Ruth works as Director of Literary Services for Build a Better Us and currently lives in South Carolina. Learn more about Ruth at ruthbuchananauthor.com.

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Katy is an Editor at the Good Book Company. She likes climbing hills and exploring new places—both in books and in real life! Before Katy joined TGBC she used to work in a school, and now she teaches the Bible every week to children at her church. She also reads ancient Greek and has a master’s degree in Classics from Cambridge University. Katy authored The Promise and the Light: A Christmas Retelling.

Elyse and Eric chat with pastor Gavin Ortlund (gavinortlund.com) about valuing women in pastoral ministry.

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Sandra McCracken — Elyse and Eric chat with singer-songwriter Sandra McCracken about songwriting, worship, and her forthcoming book, Send Out Your Light.

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Elyse and Eric are joined by Joni Eareckson Tada, founder of Joni and Friends, a Christian non-profit that has advanced disability ministry and changing the church and communities around the world since 1979. Learn more at joniandfriends.org.

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Donna Harris shares about her calling to serve the broken as a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist. She oversees Builder and Backers. Learn more at buildersandbackers.com.

Kelsey Hency is CEO & Editor in Chief of Fathom, an online magazine that sets out to engage the whole of their readers to cultivate an embodied faith that furthers the kingdom of heaven on earth. Learn more at fathommag.com.

Elyse and Eric are joined by Jenny Steinbach, the producer of the her.BIBLE app—an audio Bible read by ethnically diverse women.