Stephen Mcalpine

Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't is the thoughtful work of Stephen McAlpine. In this chat, Steve discusses the cultural shift we find ourselves in where the Christian ethic is increasingly considered a moral wrong by the secular world. He also shares how he came to trust Jesus and his plan to publish a follow-up book in 2023.  Steve is a pastor and writer from Perth who has an interest in helping Christian organisations such as schools and churches to navigate the increasingly complex cultural settings of the West today. He is a board member of Swan Christian Education Association, a system of seven schools in Perth. He and his wife Jill have been involved in church planting and pastoring for almost three decades. Steve is a National Communicator for the workplace evangelism project, City Bible Forum. His book, Being The Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World that Says You Shouldn’t, was the Australian Christian Book of the Year 2021. LINKS Stephen's Blog: https://stephenmcalpine.comStephen's Podcast: Delorean Philosophy Podcast On church abuse and bullying by Stephen McAlpine: https://stephenmcalpine.com/bully-vol-1/ https://stephenmcalpine.com/bully-vol-2/ https://stephenmcalpine.com/bully-vol-3/ https://stephenmcalpine.com/clerical-bullying-and-spiritual-abuse-are-they-the-same-thing/ On Church Abuse and Bullying by Other Authors: Wade Mullen - Something's Not Right Chuck DeGroat - When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community From  Emotional and Spiritual Abuse Diane Langberg - Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church https://bit.ly/th-churchabuseresourcelist

Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't is the thoughtful work of Stephen McAlpine. In this chat, Steve discusses the cultural shift we find ourselves in where the Christian ethic is increasingly considered a moral wrong by the secular world. He also shares how he came to trust Jesus and his plan to publish a follow-up book in 2023.    Steve is a pastor and writer from Perth who has an interest in helping Christian organisations such as schools and churches to navigate the increasingly complex cultural settings of the West today. He is a board member of Swan Christian Education Association, a system of seven schools in Perth. He and his wife Jill have been involved in church planting and pastoring for almost three decades. Steve is a National Communicator for the workplace evangelism project, City Bible Forum. His book, Being The Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World that Says You Shouldn’t, was the Australian Christian Book of the Year 2021.   LINKS   Stephen's Blog: <a href="https://stephenmcalpine.com/bully-vol-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://stephenmcalpine.com</a> Stephen's Podcast: <a href="https://thirdspace.org.au/collection/8547" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Delorean Philosophy Podcast</a>   On church abuse and bullying by Stephen McAlpine:   <a href="https://stephenmcalpine.com/bully-vol-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://stephenmcalpine.com/bully-vol-1/</a> <a href="https://stephenmcalpine.com/bully-vol-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://stephenmcalpine.com/bully-vol-2/</a> <a href="https://stephenmcalpine.com/bully-vol-3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://stephenmcalpine.com/bully-vol-3/</a> <a href="https://stephenmcalpine.com/clerical-bullying-and-spiritual-abuse-are-they-the-same-thing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://stephenmcalpine.com/clerical-bullying-and-spiritual-abuse-are-they-the-same-thing/</a>   On Church Abuse and Bullying by Other Authors:   <ul><li><a href="https://bit.ly/sad-something" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wade Mullen - Something's Not Right</a></li> <li><a href="https://bit.ly/sad-chuck" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chuck DeGroat - When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community From  Emotional and Spiritual Abuse</a></li> <li><a href="https://bit.ly/tgc-tlpcwcw90r" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diane Langberg - Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church</a></li> <li><a href="https://bit.ly/th-churchabuseresourcelist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/th-churchabuseresourcelist</a></li></ul>

Episode 94: Stephen McAlpine - Book Club

Alison Muchira

Alison Muchira's story includes her journey from trusting Jesus as a young girl in Kenya to life in church ministry alongside her husband, Isaac. She shares about the ups and downs of ministry, church planting, moving cities, raising and schooling children, and letting go. Alison supports her husband in church ministry in a small seaside town in Kenya where Alison serves in the roles of women's and children's ministry.  *** Alison Muchira lives with her husband in Niani, Kenya where they are the leaders of a young church plant, Mamlaka Hill Chapel, Niani. Alison has homeschooled their four children until recently with her two oldest now finishing high school in Nairobi.   Links: https://www.facebook.com/mamlakahillchapeldiani/   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com.. The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women is a podcast co-hosted by Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes. It features informal chats with Christian women around faith, life, ministry and the ways in which God is shaping their thinking and their lives. The views of TLP guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts.

Alison Muchira's story includes her journey from trusting Jesus as a young girl in Kenya to life in church ministry alongside her husband, Isaac. She shares about the ups and downs of ministry, church planting, moving cities, raising and schooling children, and letting go. Alison supports her husband in church ministry in a small seaside town in Kenya where Alison serves in the roles of women's and children's ministry.  *** Alison Muchira lives with her husband in Niani, Kenya where they are the leaders of a young church plant, Mamlaka Hill Chapel, Niani. Alison has homeschooled their four children until recently with her two oldest now finishing high school in Nairobi.  Links: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mamlakahillchapeldiani/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/mamlakahillchapeldiani/</a> Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>. . The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women is a podcast co-hosted by Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes. It features informal chats with Christian women around faith, life, ministry and the ways in which God is shaping their thinking and their lives. The views of TLP guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts.

Episode 93 - Alison Muchira

Jonathan Andrews

Well-loved psychologist and author of The Reconnected Heart: How Relationships Can Help Us Heal, Dr Jonathan Andrews joins Taryn on the podcast today. They discuss his journey to faith, his time at L'Abri in his 20s, and his work in helping people overcome relationship injuries. Dr Andrews is also the director of the Heart in Mind psychological practice in Brisbane. It is his belief that the most helpful step we can take in life is to live with our hearts in our minds - that is, to live each day in conscious awareness of what we need to function well psychologically.  His book uses his 20 years of experience as a practising clinical psychologist, together with biblical foundations, insights from literature and scientific evidence to lead the reader through the steps of healing. The aim is a reconnected heart - one that will set you up for a life of trust, self-esteem, honour and belonging.   LINKS: Heart in Mind Psychology Practice The Reconnected Heart - The Wandering Bookseller  L'Abri Fellowship International The Gospel Coalition, Australia - Book Review of The Reconnected Heart

Well-loved psychologist and author of The Reconnected Heart: How Relationships Can Help Us Heal, Dr Jonathan Andrews joins Taryn on the podcast today. They discuss his journey to faith, his time at L'Abri in his 20s, and his work in helping people overcome relationship injuries. Dr Andrews is also the director of the Heart in Mind psychological practice in Brisbane. It is his belief that the most helpful step we can take in life is to live with our hearts in our minds - that is, to live each day in conscious awareness of what we need to function well psychologically.  His book uses his 20 years of experience as a practising clinical psychologist, together with biblical foundations, insights from literature and scientific evidence to lead the reader through the steps of healing. The aim is a reconnected heart - one that will set you up for a life of trust, self-esteem, honour and belonging. LINKS: <a href="https://www.heartinmind.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heart in Mind Psychology Practice</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/twb-the-reconnected-heart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Reconnected Heart - The Wandering Bookseller </a> <a href="https://labri.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">L'Abri Fellowship International</a> <a href="https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/profile/taryn-hayes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Gospel Coalition, Australia - Book Review of The Reconnected Heart</a>

Episode 92: Dr Jonathan Andrews - Book Club

Tori Walker

Co-host and founder of The Lydia Project, Tori Walker, is our guest today! In this episode, Tori chats with Taryn about her journey to faith - which began when she was invited to a local youth group - and the road the Lord has led her on since then.  Tori lives in Brisbane and is a member of Ann St Presbyterian Church. She has studied at theological college and has worked as a pastor with school students and uni students.  For some of her week, Tori runs a business that consults with the construction industry regarding energy efficiency compliance.  She loves teaching the Bible to women and talking with people about their faith in Jesus. Family time is important to her, especially if it includes a beach or mountain or bicycle! With Taryn Hayes, Tori co-hosts The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women.

Co-host and founder of The Lydia Project, Tori Walker, is our guest today! In this episode, Tori chats with Taryn about her journey to faith - which began when she was invited to a local youth group - and the road the Lord has led her on since then.  Tori lives in Brisbane and is a member of Ann St Presbyterian Church. She has studied at theological college and has worked as a pastor with school students and uni students.  For some of her week, Tori runs a business that consults with the construction industry regarding energy efficiency compliance.  She loves teaching the Bible to women and talking with people about their faith in Jesus. Family time is important to her, especially if it includes a beach or mountain or bicycle! With Taryn Hayes, Tori co-hosts The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women.

Episode 91: Tori Walker

Diane Langberg

Abuse in the church is, sadly, rife. It is in the light of this that Dr Diane Langberg has penned her latest book, Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church. In this chat, Dr Langberg discusses her journey to faith and her years of clinical work with trauma victims, including those impacted by church hurt.  Dr Diane Langberg is globally recognised for her 50 years of clinical work with trauma victims. She has trained caregivers on six continents in responding to trauma and to the abuse of power. For 29 years, she directed her own practice in Jenkintown PA, Diane Langberg PhD, and Associates. Now in partnership with Dr. Monroe, Langberg, Monroe &amp; Associates continues this work which includes seventeen therapists with multiple specialties.  Dr. Langberg’s newest book is Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church.  Her other books include Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse, On the Threshold of Hope (with accompanying workbook), In Our Lives First: Meditations for Counselors, Suffering the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores, Bringing Christ to Abused Women and many others. Dr. Langberg is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumna Achievements from Taylor University., the American Association of Christian Counselors Caregiver Award, The Distinguished President’s award, and the Philadelphia Council of Clergy’s Christian Service Award. She is married and has two sons and four grandchildren.    Links: www.dianelangberg.com https://twitter.com/DianeLangberg https://missio.edu/global-trauma-recovery-institute/ https://www.biblesociety.org.au/projects/trauma-support-ntd/  Review: Redeeming Power (The Gospel Coalition, Australia) For gospel workers who have experienced mistreatment, abuse, or unfair dismissal head to the Gospel Workers Advocacy group for confidential care: gospelworkersadvocacy.org.au For links to many more articles, videos, books and reviews this document is helpful: https://bit.ly/th-churchabuseresourcelist

Abuse in the church is, sadly, rife. It is in the light of this that Dr Diane Langberg has penned her latest book, <a href="https://bit.ly/wbtlpcwcw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Redeeming Power: Understanding</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/wbtlpcwcw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Authority and Abuse in the Church</a>. In this chat, Dr Langberg discusses her journey to faith and her years of clinical work with trauma victims, including those impacted by church hurt.  Dr Diane Langberg is globally recognised for her 50 years of clinical work with trauma victims. She has trained caregivers on six continents in responding to trauma and to the abuse of power. For 29 years, she directed her own practice in Jenkintown PA, Diane Langberg PhD, and Associates. Now in partnership with Dr. Monroe, Langberg, Monroe &amp; Associates continues this work which includes seventeen therapists with multiple specialties. Dr. Langberg’s newest book is <a href="https://bit.ly/wbtlpcwcw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church.</a>  Her other books include <a href="https://www.koorong.com/product/on-the-threshold-of-hope-american-association-of-christian_0842343628?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.koorong.com%2Fsearch%2Fresults%3Fw%3Ddiane%2Blangberg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse, On the Threshold of Hope (with accompanying workbook)</a>,<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Our-Lives-First-Meditations-Counselors/dp/1497444012" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> In Our Lives First: Meditations for Counselors</a>, <a href="https://wanderingbookseller.com.au/products/9781942572022-suffering-and-the-heart-of-god-how-trauma-destroys-and-christ-restores?_pos=3&amp;_sid=e8c115e60&amp;_ss=r" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Suffering the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores</a>, <a href="https://wanderingbookseller.com.au/search?type=product%2Cpage&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last&amp;q=diane%20langberg*" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bringing Christ to Abused Women</a> and many others. Dr. Langberg is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumna Achievements from Taylor University., the American Association of Christian Counselors Caregiver Award, The Distinguished President’s award, and the Philadelphia Council of Clergy’s Christian Service Award. She is married and has two sons and four grandchildren.  Links: <a href="http://www.dianelangberg.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.dianelangberg.com</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DianeLangberg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/DianeLangberg</a> <a href="https://missio.edu/global-trauma-recovery-institute/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://missio.edu/global-trauma-recovery-institute/</a> <a href="https://www.biblesociety.org.au/projects/trauma-support-ntd/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.biblesociety.org.au/projects/trauma-support-ntd/</a> <a href="https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/book-review/review-redeeming-power/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Review: Redeeming Power (The Gospel Coalition, Australia)</a> For gospel workers who have experienced mistreatment, abuse, or unfair dismissal head to the Gospel Workers Advocacy group for confidential care: <a href="http://gospelworkersadvocacy.org.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gospelworkersadvocacy.org.au</a> For links to many more articles, videos, books and reviews this document is helpful: <a href="https://bit.ly/th-churchabuseresourcelist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/th-churchabuseresourcelist</a>

Episode 90: Diane Langberg - Book Club

Nina Hampton

Nina Hampton chats to Taryn about her battle with cancer and her story of faith. In this chat, Nina shares how her cancer journey led her to not only begin to better understand the connection between mind and body, but also to trust Jesus with every moment of her life. Nina's journey has led her to start a personal Instagram account (@faith_love_and_breastcancer ) where she shares her story with others.  Nina is a wife and mum passionate about working with and teaching children.  She and her husband Nick serve in their church as bible study leaders. They are also parents to their delightful young son, Thomas. Nina was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer in October 2020 aged 38, and since then has been on a journey healing and growing mentally, physically, and spiritually. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:   @faith_love_and_breastcancer - Nina's health journey through instagram  SHOW SNIPPETS:   “If I didn't have my faith then I'm not sure how I would've gotten through that time.”   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com.. The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women is a podcast co-hosted by Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes. It features informal chats with Christian women around faith, life, ministry and the ways in which God is shaping their thinking and their lives. The views of TLP guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts.

Nina Hampton chats to Taryn about her battle with cancer and her story of faith. In this chat, Nina shares how her cancer journey led her to not only begin to better understand the connection between mind and body, but also to trust Jesus with every moment of her life. Nina's journey has led her to start a personal Instagram account (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/faith_love_and_breastcancer/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@faith_love_and_breastcancer</a> ) where she shares her story with others. Nina is a wife and mum passionate about working with and teaching children.  She and her husband Nick serve in their church as bible study leaders. They are also parents to their delightful young son, Thomas. Nina was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer in October 2020 aged 38, and since then has been on a journey healing and growing mentally, physically, and spiritually. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/faith_love_and_breastcancer/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@faith_love_and_breastcancer</a> - Nina's health journey through instagram SHOW SNIPPETS: “If I didn't have my faith then I'm not sure how I would've gotten through that time.” Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>. . The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women is a podcast co-hosted by Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes. It features informal chats with Christian women around faith, life, ministry and the ways in which God is shaping their thinking and their lives. The views of TLP guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts.

Episode 89: Nina Hampton

Barbara and Stacy Reaoch put the mother-and-daughter-in-law relationship under the microscope (starting with their own) in their new book, Making Room for Her (B&amp;H Publishing). In this Lydia Project Book Club chat, Barbara and Stacy share their wisdom and failures - from over 20 years of forming a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law bond - as well as Biblical insight into growing healthier, God-glorifying in-law relationships.  Making Room for Her is available at all leading bookstores, including at The Wandering Bookseller with a 15% discount with the code LYDIA15.  *** Barbara Reaoch, author of A Better Than Anything Christmas (2020), is the former director of the children’s division at Bible Study Fellowship International. Her home is in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her husband, Ron. Prior to her role at BSF, Barbara and Ron lived in Cape Town, South Africa, to teach Bible Study Fellowship classes. They also worked with the Rafiki Foundation to train young women in job and life skills. You can connect with her at www.barbarareaoch.com.  Stacy Reaoch is a pastor’s wife, mother of four, and the author of Wilderness Wanderings: Finding Contentment in the Desert Times of Life. She has written for various ministries including Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, and Revive Our Hearts. Stacy and her husband, Ben, live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with their children. You can find more about Stacy and her writings at www.stacyreaoch.com.

Barbara and Stacy Reaoch put the mother-and-daughter-in-law relationship under the microscope (starting with their own) in their new book, Making Room for Her (B&amp;H Publishing). In this Lydia Project Book Club chat, Barbara and Stacy share their wisdom and failures - from over 20 years of forming a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law bond - as well as Biblical insight into growing healthier, God-glorifying in-law relationships.  <a href="https://wanderingbookseller.com.au/collections/the-lydia-project/products/making-room-for-her-biblical-wisdom-for-a-healthier-relationship-with-your-mother-in-law-or-daughter-in-law" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Making Room for Her</a> is available at all leading bookstores, including at <a href="https://wanderingbookseller.com.au/collections/the-lydia-project" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Wandering Bookseller </a>with a 15% discount with the code LYDIA15.  *** Barbara Reaoch, author of A Better Than Anything Christmas (2020), is the former director of the children’s division at Bible Study Fellowship International. Her home is in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her husband, Ron. Prior to her role at BSF, Barbara and Ron lived in Cape Town, South Africa, to teach Bible Study Fellowship classes. They also worked with the Rafiki Foundation to train young women in job and life skills. You can connect with her at <a href="http://www.barbarareaoch.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.barbarareaoch.com</a>. Stacy Reaoch is a pastor’s wife, mother of four, and the author of Wilderness Wanderings: Finding Contentment in the Desert Times of Life. She has written for various ministries including Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, and Revive Our Hearts. Stacy and her husband, Ben, live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with their children. You can find more about Stacy and her writings at <a href="http://www.stacyreaoch.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.stacyreaoch.com</a>.

Episode 88: Making Room For Her - Book Club

Karl Grice

In this episode, Taryn chats to the man behind our Book Club partner, The Wandering Bookseller. Karl shares about his love for books and how The Wandering Bookseller came to be. He also speaks about his struggle with anxiety and God's hand in helping him deeply grasp his love and forgiveness. Karl and The Wandering Bookseller are again offering 15% off all The Lydia Project book club books for 2022.    *** Karl Grice has been matching books with people – and people with books – since the turn of the century. He started The Wandering Bookseller to provide hand-picked bookstalls for Christian events across Australia. Karl also curates an indie bookshop in Katoomba, with a piano hidden upstairs, poetry readings and second-hand chairs. Karl and his wife Naomi live with their four children, a few chooks, a vegetable garden and, yes, even more books!"   LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Review of Down But Not Out, Chris Cipollone - https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/book-review/review-down-not-out-by-chris-cipollone/ Andrew Petersen - https://www.andrew-peterson.com/ (songwriter and author of The Wingfeather series) SD Smith - https://sdsmith.com/ (author of The Green Ember series) The Wandering Bookseller - https://www.wanderingbookseller.com.au/  The Little Lost Bookshop - https://www.littlelostbookshop.com.au/     Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com . .  The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women is a podcast co-hosted by Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes. It features informal chats with Christian women around faith, life, ministry and the ways in which God is shaping their thinking and their lives. The views of TLP guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts.

In this episode, Taryn chats to the man behind our Book Club partner, The Wandering Bookseller. Karl shares about his love for books and how The Wandering Bookseller came to be. He also speaks about his struggle with anxiety and God's hand in helping him deeply grasp his love and forgiveness. Karl and The Wandering Bookseller are again offering 15% off all The Lydia Project book club books for 2022.  *** Karl Grice has been matching books with people – and people with books – since the turn of the century. He started The Wandering Bookseller to provide hand-picked bookstalls for Christian events across Australia. Karl also curates an indie bookshop in Katoomba, with a piano hidden upstairs, poetry readings and second-hand chairs. Karl and his wife Naomi live with their four children, a few chooks, a vegetable garden and, yes, even more books!" LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: <ul><li>Review of Down But Not Out, Chris Cipollone - <a href="https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/book-review/review-down-not-out-by-chris-cipollone/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/book-review/review-down-not-out-by-chris-cipollone/</a></li> <li>Andrew Petersen - <a href="https://www.andrew-peterson.com/music/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.andrew-peterson.com/</a> (songwriter and author of The Wingfeather series)</li> <li>SD Smith - <a href="https://sdsmith.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sdsmith.com/</a> (author of The Green Ember series)</li> <li>The Wandering Bookseller - <a href="https://www.wanderingbookseller.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.wanderingbookseller.com.au/</a></li> <li> The Little Lost Bookshop - <a href="https://www.littlelostbookshop.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.littlelostbookshop.com.au/</a> </li> </ul> Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a> . . The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women is a podcast co-hosted by Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes. It features informal chats with Christian women around faith, life, ministry and the ways in which God is shaping their thinking and their lives. The views of TLP guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts.

Episode 85: Karl Grice

Jan and Chrissy began meeting together when Chrissy began a traineeship at her local church. Their one-to-one disciplining relationship developed over the course of the year, bringing them both much joy, encouragement, and growth. In this episode, Taryn chats with Jan and Chrissy about the value of mentoring relationships among women and how they grew both relationally and spiritually in their 5 years of meeting together regularly.   Jan Wilson has been a Christian for about 35 years after discovering Jesus as an atheist in her mid-thirties. Jan has four adult children and 2 grandchildren. When she is not helping out with grandchildren, she enjoys having great theological chats with her husband, spending time with God, doing her best to keep fit, walking her dog or spending time with Christian sisters. She also likes to relax by reading mediocre novels, watching French films and AFL matches - sometimes while knitting and hoping she doesn't make too many mistakes!   Chrissy Vellacott found during year 10 - when she changed schools and was dealing with much uncertainty - that she could trust God, she could know Him, and she could let Him change her life. She enjoys one-to-one discipleship with women from her church, working in AV, and teaching flute. Chrissy and her husband, Andrew, look forward to welcoming their first child in a few months.

Jan and Chrissy began meeting together when Chrissy began a traineeship at her local church. Their one-to-one disciplining relationship developed over the course of the year, bringing them both much joy, encouragement, and growth. In this episode, Taryn chats with Jan and Chrissy about the value of mentoring relationships among women and how they grew both relationally and spiritually in their 5 years of meeting together regularly. Jan Wilson has been a Christian for about 35 years after discovering Jesus as an atheist in her mid-thirties. Jan has four adult children and 2 grandchildren. When she is not helping out with grandchildren, she enjoys having great theological chats with her husband, spending time with God, doing her best to keep fit, walking her dog or spending time with Christian sisters. She also likes to relax by reading mediocre novels, watching French films and AFL matches - sometimes while knitting and hoping she doesn't make too many mistakes! Chrissy Vellacott found during year 10 - when she changed schools and was dealing with much uncertainty - that she could trust God, she could know Him, and she could let Him change her life. She enjoys one-to-one discipleship with women from her church, working in AV, and teaching flute. Chrissy and her husband, Andrew, look forward to welcoming their first child in a few months.

Episode 84: Jan and Chrissy

This year is to be one with a focus on relationships - women to women, across the sexes, within the church, with our communities and as Christians in an increasingly hostile world. Join us this year as we chat with Christian women about their personal stories of Christ at work.  The episode that follows this one will be Tori and Taryn discussing the book Growing Together: Taking Mentoring from Small Talk and Prayer Requests by Melissa Kruger. Still available from The Wandering Bookseller with a 15% discount. Following that episode, we will chat with two women who have had a wonderful experience of one-to-one fellowship. Soon after that we will introduce our first book club book of the year with an interview with the author.  If you would like to get cracking on reading our book club books for the year, here's the list:Being the Bad Guys - Stephen McAlpineBeyond Awkward Side Hugs - Bronwyn LeaThe Reconnected Heart - Jonathan AndrewsRedeeming Power - Diane LangbergMaking Room for Her - Barbara Reaoch and Stacey Reaoch (available soon from The Wandering Bookseller)  Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com.. The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women is a podcast co-hosted by Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes. It features informal chats with Christian women around faith, life, ministry and the ways in which God is shaping their thinking and their lives. The views of TLP guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts.

This year is to be one with a focus on relationships - women to women, across the sexes, within the church, with our communities and as Christians in an increasingly hostile world. Join us this year as we chat with Christian women about their personal stories of Christ at work.  The episode that follows this one will be Tori and Taryn discussing the book Growing Together: Taking Mentoring from Small Talk and Prayer Requests by Melissa Kruger. Still available from The Wandering Bookseller with a 15% discount. Following that episode, we will chat with two women who have had a wonderful experience of one-to-one fellowship. Soon after that we will introduce our first book club book of the year with an interview with the author.  If you would like to get cracking on reading our book club books for the year, here's the list:<a href="https://wanderingbookseller.com.au/products/9781784985981-being-the-bad-guys" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Being the Bad Guys</a> - Stephen McAlpine <a href="https://wanderingbookseller.com.au/products/9781400215003-beyond-awkward-side-hugs-living-as-christian-brothers-and-sisters-in-a-sex-crazed-world?_pos=1&amp;_sid=c314fb85f&amp;_ss=r" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beyond Awkward Side Hugs</a> - Bronwyn Lea <a href="https://wanderingbookseller.com.au/products/9781664215641-the-reconnected-heart?_pos=1&amp;_sid=c8fd86784&amp;_ss=r" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Reconnected Heart </a>- Jonathan Andrews <a href="https://wanderingbookseller.com.au/products/9781587434389-redeeming-power?_pos=1&amp;_sid=2159f648b&amp;_ss=r" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Redeeming Power</a> - Diane Langberg <a href="https://www.barbarareaoch.com/making-room-for-her" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Making Room for Her</a> - Barbara Reaoch and Stacey Reaoch (available soon from The Wandering Bookseller) Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>. . The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women is a podcast co-hosted by Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes. It features informal chats with Christian women around faith, life, ministry and the ways in which God is shaping their thinking and their lives. The views of TLP guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts.

Episode 82: Introducing 2022

* Conversations with Christian Women *  Hosts: Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes chat to women from Australia and around the world about faith, life and ministry. Ordinary women trusting an extraordinary God makes for inspirational stories and great wisdom shared about all aspects of life as a Christian woman.

* Conversations with Christian Women * Hosts: Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes chat to women from Australia and around the world about faith, life and ministry. Ordinary women trusting an extraordinary God makes for inspirational stories and great wisdom shared about all aspects of life as a Christian woman.

The Lydia Project

Sue Duke counts herself blessed that her youth was saturated in Jesus through the faithful teaching and relationships of others, allowing her to grow in her understanding and love of Christ year on year. In this episode, Sue shares honestly about the fears she has as she faces a year of challenges that includes caring for an elderly mum and her family who have all experienced great trauma in the past 18 months. She also shares stories of trusting God even in the midst of personal weakness.      EPISODE NOTES: While Sue counts raising her children in Christ as her biggest ministry, she also serves her home church family, Tokai Community Church, in Cape Town, South Africa in various ways, including serving on the women’s ministry team, opening her home to bible study ministry, and closely loving and supporting a missionary family.  Sue is married to Kevin and they have three children, 17, 15 and 11 years old. Education has been a big part of her working and home life, starting out with over a decade as a maths and English teacher and switching over to the role of a home-educating mum for the past 17 years. Books also form an integral part of her Christian walk and she takes courage from the stories of others who have faced trials of many kinds. Ultimately, however, Sue is grateful that it is the Word of God that forges her path and thinking. After a year of great sadness, it is no surprise that one of her favourite verses is Philippians 4: 6 – 7:  “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode, Sue mentions two books that have encouraged her in this year. Both detail the lives of extraordinary women serving Christ in extraordinary circumstances. Sue speaks of being encouraged by the work of God’s grace in their lives and their commitment to continue to serve Christ through great tragedy and heartache. Daring to Hope, by Katie Davis Major Joni and Ken, by Joni Erickson At the end of this episode, there is mention that you can win a beautiful devotional book this Christmas called A Jesus Christmas, by Barbara Reaoch. You can read a review here on The Gospel Coalition, Australia.  Head to The Lydia Project’s Facebook page to find out how you can win. CONTEST CLOSED.   SHOW SNIPPETS: "God has carried us through hard times … We still have a road to travel … I have moments of fear… But then you look back and you see where God has taken you and how he has helped with seemingly insurmountable problems all those years ago and you have to just trust that he has been faithful in the past and he will be faithful in the future – whether or not our prayers are answered the way we want them to be."   "We had a very tough year, and walking an elderly parent through death and bereavement has been a challenge. Just all the decisions and complexities and heartaches of that stage of life … no one really has any answers … that is a new phase of life for us."   "The best part has been working on a committee with other women who are passionate about where God has placed them, being involved in the lives of the women at our church."   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com

Sue Duke counts herself blessed that her youth was saturated in Jesus through the faithful teaching and relationships of others, allowing her to grow in her understanding and love of Christ year on year. In this episode, Sue shares honestly about the fears she has as she faces a year of challenges that includes caring for an elderly mum and her family who have all experienced great trauma in the past 18 months. She also shares stories of trusting God even in the midst of personal weakness.    EPISODE NOTES: While Sue counts raising her children in Christ as her biggest ministry, she also serves her home church family, <a href="https://www.tokaicommunitychurch.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tokai Community Church</a>, in Cape Town, South Africa in various ways, including serving on the women’s ministry team, opening her home to bible study ministry, and closely loving and supporting a missionary family.  Sue is married to Kevin and they have three children, 17, 15 and 11 years old. Education has been a big part of her working and home life, starting out with over a decade as a maths and English teacher and switching over to the role of a home-educating mum for the past 17 years. Books also form an integral part of her Christian walk and she takes courage from the stories of others who have faced trials of many kinds. Ultimately, however, Sue is grateful that it is the Word of God that forges her path and thinking. After a year of great sadness, it is no surprise that one of her favourite verses is <a href="https://www.esv.org/Philippians%204/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Philippians 4</a>: 6 – 7:  “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode, Sue mentions two books that have encouraged her in this year. Both detail the lives of extraordinary women serving Christ in extraordinary circumstances. Sue speaks of being encouraged by the work of God’s grace in their lives and their commitment to continue to serve Christ through great tragedy and heartache. <a href="https://wanderingbookseller.com.au/p/biographies-daring-to-hope?barcode=9781780784601" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daring to Hope</a>, by Katie Davis Major <a href="https://www.koorong.com/product/joni-and-ken-an-untold-love-story-ken-tada-joni-eareckson-tada_9780310344438?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.koorong.com%2Fsearch%2Fresults%3Fw%3Djoni%2Band%2Bken" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joni and Ken</a>, by Joni Erickson At the end of this episode, there is mention that you can win a beautiful devotional book this Christmas called <a href="https://www.thegoodbook.com.au/a-jesus-christmas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Jesus Christmas</a>, by Barbara Reaoch. You can read a review here on <a href="http://bit.ly/tlpcwcw-giveaway1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Gospel Coalition, Australia</a>.  Head to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/tlpcwcw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Lydia Project’s Facebook</a> page to find out how you can win. CONTEST CLOSED. SHOW SNIPPETS: "God has carried us through hard times … We still have a road to travel … I have moments of fear… But then you look back and you see where God has taken you and how he has helped with seemingly insurmountable problems all those years ago and you have to just trust that he has been faithful in the past and he will be faithful in the future – whether or not our prayers are answered the way we want them to be." "We had a very tough year, and walking an elderly parent through death and bereavement has been a challenge. Just all the decisions and complexities and heartaches of that stage of life … no one really has any answers … that is a new phase of life for us." "The best part has been working on a committee with other women who are passionate about where God has placed them, being involved in the lives of the women at our church." Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>

Episode 38: Sue Duke

Jen Logan

Why should Christians care about art? Does God care about art? How can art be used to express Christian truth to today's post-Christian Western society? Join Tori Walker in conversation with Jen Logan to hear her fascinating answers to these questions.   EPISODE NOTES: Jen Logan came to Christ in her early 20s. She trained and worked in the area of social work in Australia before moving to England. There she studied at the London School of Theology and King’s College London. One of Jen’s main focuses this year is as director and conceptual and visual lead for Fer, an initiative that produces creative, theologically inspired projects that communicate explicitly or implicitly the Christian narrative and worldview through art and apply it deeply to the whole of life today. Jen lives in a hyper-local Christian community in the heart of London with her husband, David, and their two children: daughter, Aoife, and son, Tate. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Fer – “a collaborative project following the tradition of art used as a theological medium; as an instinctive mode for communicating the faith.” Anglican Deaconess Ministries – Jen received funding through ADM to further the work of the gospel through Fer. See this link for her interview with ADM.  SHOW SNIPPETS: (Regarding the problem of evil) "… everything else did not feel like the solution was as weighty as the problem. Whatever the solution was, it seemed to me that it did need to come from outside of ourselves. I could not be the source of my own enlightenment."   "The beauty and wonder of the person of Christ is pretty hard to go past for anyone who has given him serious attention."   "If you go through the deep history of Christianity, art has always been such a key player in the communication and expression of the Christian Faith and theology."   "Even beyond the text of the Bible we see so much art involved. Beginning with creation … even in the description of the way God created is art in itself. It’s a poem of the act of creation."   "Ritual is an art form … the routine, the daily obedience of breaking bread … sometimes feels boring … but I find those things are more transformational for me than the big wow inspirational moment."   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com

Why should Christians care about art? Does God care about art? How can art be used to express Christian truth to today's post-Christian Western society? Join Tori Walker in conversation with Jen Logan to hear her fascinating answers to these questions. EPISODE NOTES: Jen Logan came to Christ in her early 20s. She trained and worked in the area of social work in Australia before moving to England. There she studied at the <a href="https://lst.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">London School of Theology</a> and <a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">King’s College London</a>. One of Jen’s main focuses this year is as director and conceptual and visual lead for <a href="https://www.ferproduction.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fer</a>, an initiative that produces creative, theologically inspired projects that communicate explicitly or implicitly the Christian narrative and worldview through art and apply it deeply to the whole of life today. Jen lives in a hyper-local Christian community in the heart of London with her husband, David, and their two children: daughter, Aoife, and son, Tate. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: <ul><li><a href="https://www.ferproduction.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fer</a> – “a collaborative project following the tradition of art used as a theological medium; as an instinctive mode for communicating the faith.”</li> <li><a href="https://www.deaconessministries.org.au/news/creativity-gospel-truth-and-the-dignity-of-making-art" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anglican Deaconess Ministries</a> – Jen received funding through ADM to further the work of the gospel through Fer. See this link for her interview with ADM.</li> </ul> SHOW SNIPPETS: (Regarding the problem of evil) "… everything else did not feel like the solution was as weighty as the problem. Whatever the solution was, it seemed to me that it did need to come from outside of ourselves. I could not be the source of my own enlightenment." "The beauty and wonder of the person of Christ is pretty hard to go past for anyone who has given him serious attention." "If you go through the deep history of Christianity, art has always been such a key player in the communication and expression of the Christian Faith and theology." "Even beyond the text of the Bible we see so much art involved. Beginning with creation … even in the description of the way God created is art in itself. It’s a poem of the act of creation." "Ritual is an art form … the routine, the daily obedience of breaking bread … sometimes feels boring … but I find those things are more transformational for me than the big wow inspirational moment." Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>

Episode 35: Jen Logan

Hannah Begg

Recorded at a live event, Hannah Begg shares with women in North Brisbane, Queensland about her genuine struggles with God over the deep darkness in this world. Interviewed by Nicky Wilton, Hannah explains how she grappled with heavy questions around the brokenness of our world and how she came to the conclusion that the gospel profoundly answered her deepest questions and struggles, allowing her to find comfort in God's anger.   EPISODE NOTES: Hannah Begg is a young woman in her 20s. Until recently she worked as an occupational therapist in Brisbane. She now works and lives in the UK. While she grew up in a loving Christian home, she found herself grappling with the brokenness of the world. Her journey to having a real, honest relationship with God included many deep and confronting questions and struggles with what she believed to be true. In her quest to reconcile the God she worshipped with the darkness of this world, Hannah found uni to be a healthy part of the journey, by mixing with people who challenged her thinking. It was during this time that the gospel ultimately profoundly answered her deepest questions and struggles with trusting God.    LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: This is Amazing Grace by Phil Whickham   SHOW SNIPPETS: “I think I felt quite terrified that there was this darkness was in the world. I knew the world was broken, but I felt like I was saying to God, “Is it really this broken? Like, this is really bad?”   “I wasn’t sure if God could understand how I was feeling.”   “I was trying to reconcile the God that I knew with the darkness that I was confronted with. I needed to know if He was there as well.”   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com

Recorded at a live event, Hannah Begg shares with women in North Brisbane, Queensland about her genuine struggles with God over the deep darkness in this world. Interviewed by Nicky Wilton, Hannah explains how she grappled with heavy questions around the brokenness of our world and how she came to the conclusion that the gospel profoundly answered her deepest questions and struggles, allowing her to find comfort in God's anger. EPISODE NOTES: Hannah Begg is a young woman in her 20s. Until recently she worked as an occupational therapist in Brisbane. She now works and lives in the UK. While she grew up in a loving Christian home, she found herself grappling with the brokenness of the world. Her journey to having a real, honest relationship with God included many deep and confronting questions and struggles with what she believed to be true. In her quest to reconcile the God she worshipped with the darkness of this world, Hannah found uni to be a healthy part of the journey, by mixing with people who challenged her thinking. It was during this time that the gospel ultimately profoundly answered her deepest questions and struggles with trusting God.  LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/music-video/this-is-amazing-grace-official-music-video/1447396312" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This is Amazing Grace</a> by Phil Whickham SHOW SNIPPETS: “I think I felt quite terrified that there was this darkness was in the world. I knew the world was broken, but I felt like I was saying to God, “Is it really this broken? Like, this is really bad?” “I wasn’t sure if God could understand how I was feeling.” “I was trying to reconcile the God that I knew with the darkness that I was confronted with. I needed to know if He was there as well.” Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>

Episode 39: Hannah Begg

Amanda Stoker

Amanda Stoker entered Federal politics in 2018 and works hard to give voice to her convictions. In this episode, she talks with host Tori Walker about her faith in Christ, freedom of speech, the role of families and the democratic process in Australia.   EPISODE NOTES: Amanda Stoker didn’t start out her career as a lawyer with the view to become a Member of the Australian Parliament. Yet, it was with a growing concern for her country that brought Amanda to make the decision that sees her representing Queensland in the Australian Senate today. Prior to her role in the Senate, Amanda spent many years serving as a lawyer in varying capacities, including serving as a Commonwealth prosecutor and as a judge’s associate in the Supreme Court of Queensland. Amanda is married to Adam and together they have three daughters.   SHOW SNIPPETS: "Freedom of speech matters because if we restrict the things we can speak about we are only a generation away from restricting our ability to think."   "Freedom of speech is absolutely core to future-proofing our country."   "Of course there are limits [to free speech]. The question for our time is where we draw that line."    "Universities are supposed to be places where all ideas are in bounds and we can be the most creative with our thinking, and yet these are now places where some speakers are no longer welcome because their views challenge the post-modernist identity politics orthodoxy.  They are supposed to be the protectors of intellectual freedom and freedom of speech and [yet] they are abandoning the cause of standing up for people whose ideas may be a little different. This process takes away the resilience of current students … they become [our future leaders]."   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com

Amanda Stoker entered Federal politics in 2018 and works hard to give voice to her convictions. In this episode, she talks with host Tori Walker about her faith in Christ, freedom of speech, the role of families and the democratic process in Australia. EPISODE NOTES: Amanda Stoker didn’t start out her career as a lawyer with the view to become a Member of the Australian Parliament. Yet, it was with a growing concern for her country that brought Amanda to make the decision that sees her representing Queensland in the <a href="https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Senate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Australian Senate</a> today. Prior to her role in the Senate, Amanda spent many years serving as a lawyer in varying capacities, including serving as a Commonwealth prosecutor and as a judge’s associate in the Supreme Court of Queensland. Amanda is married to Adam and together they have three daughters. SHOW SNIPPETS: "Freedom of speech matters because if we restrict the things we can speak about we are only a generation away from restricting our ability to think." "Freedom of speech is absolutely core to future-proofing our country." "Of course there are limits [to free speech]. The question for our time is where we draw that line."  "Universities are supposed to be places where all ideas are in bounds and we can be the most creative with our thinking, and yet these are now places where some speakers are no longer welcome because their views challenge the post-modernist identity politics orthodoxy.  They are supposed to be the protectors of intellectual freedom and freedom of speech and [yet] they are abandoning the cause of standing up for people whose ideas may be a little different. This process takes away the resilience of current students … they become [our future leaders]." Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>

Episode 37: Amanda Stoker

Mel Kutosov talks with Tracey McHugh about her new life in Christ. Listen in to hear how God used the visiting Jehovah's Witnesses and Beach Mission visits to bring her to faith in Christ. Tracey lives in Brisbane with her husband and kids.

Mel Kutosov talks with Tracey McHugh about her new life in Christ. Listen in to hear how God used the visiting Jehovah's Witnesses and Beach Mission visits to bring her to faith in Christ. Tracey lives in Brisbane with her husband and kids.

Episode 30: Tracey McHugh

Kylie talks with Tori about ministry in the form of pastoring and coaching. She explains the difference between coaching and counselling. Her passion is to help Christian leaders take the next step.   EPISODE NOTES: Kylie has served as pastor, leader and coach with many organisations. Kylie’s passion is to help Christian leaders take the next step.  She is a Professional Certified Coach and has a Cert IV in Business Coaching, a Diploma in Christian Leadership Coaching and she has studied Business at Monash University, Theology at ACOM and her Masters (in Church Practice) through Eastern College Australia. Kylie is married to Adam and has 2 children (Toby and Lily). They live in Melbourne, Australia.   LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Christian Coaching Institute: www.christiancoachinginstitute.com.au    Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com

Kylie talks with Tori about ministry in the form of pastoring and coaching. She explains the difference between coaching and counselling. Her passion is to help Christian leaders take the next step. EPISODE NOTES: Kylie has served as pastor, leader and coach with many organisations. Kylie’s passion is to help Christian leaders take the next step.  She is a Professional Certified Coach and has a Cert IV in Business Coaching, a Diploma in Christian Leadership Coaching and she has studied Business at Monash University, Theology at ACOM and her Masters (in Church Practice) through Eastern College Australia. Kylie is married to Adam and has 2 children (Toby and Lily). They live in Melbourne, Australia. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: <ul><li>Christian Coaching Institute: <a href="http://www.christiancoachinginstitute.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.christiancoachinginstitute.com.au</a></li> </ul> Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>

Episode 32: Kylie Butler

Simone Richardson

Episode 29: Simone Richardson

Sarah Condie

Episode 31: Keith and Sarah Condie

Joni Leimgruber

Episode 28: Joni Leimgruber

Taryn Hayes

Immigration guilt, homeschooling, a difficult diagnosis, writing a novel - these are some of the things that Taryn Hayes shares with Tori Walker, host of The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women. Join Tori as she welcomes Taryn to her dining room table to chat about living in the light of the gospel. Keep listening to hear the easter egg at the end!   EPISODE NOTES:   Taryn and her family moved to Brisbane, Australia from Cape Town, South Africa in 2017, due to her husband's job transfer. Taryn's day job consists of homeschooling their four kids and ferrying them to sports and activities, however she also makes time for small group church ministry, writing, reading, and connecting with people in various ways.   In 2019, Tori asked Taryn to join the The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women podcast team. Eager to exercise her creative muscles, Taryn agreed to be involved in the background, but was soon roped into doing some interview work too. Reluctant at first, given her lack of interviewing experience or confidence, Taryn has come to love this part of the job for how it allows her to connect with others and hear, first hand, their stories of how they came to trust Jesus and how He is working in their lives.  In her spare time, Taryn enjoys creating memorable moments for her family, writing for various online platforms including The Gospel Coalition, Australia and spending time with friends and family. She hopes to get to bigger writing projects in the future and continues to pray for opportunities to grow in her love and understanding of God's Word.    LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Home Church in Cape Town: St James Church, Kenilworth (Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church in South Africa) Home Church in Brisbane:  Mitchelton Presbyterian Taryn is the author of the gospel-highlighting novel, Seekers of the Lost Boy (Naledi, 2013) set in Apartheid South Africa    SHOW SNIPPETS:   "From that point onwards, I understood assurance in a growing sense."   "Here I am at 42, still so often on my knees saying,  “Oh,Lord, I am so glad that I don’t have to work out my salvation, and that you have saved me because I’m really bad at this obedience thing!”"   "We fell head over heels in love with each other, and everything that comes with, just you know, teenage romance: not thinking carefully about physical boundaries and getting embedded in that very deep, very intense relationship to the exclusion of many other relationships. So, a lot of lack of wisdom. But, God, in His incredible grace kept us, and six years after we met, we got married and we’ve been married for 20 years."   "Initially I thought homeschoolers were nuts! I thought they were crazy and felt so sorry for poor children who are homeschooled because I imagined that they would be stuck inside all day; they wouldn’t get to socialise; they would be socially awkward; they would grow up to be people who would have a very limited understanding of the world. Basically every stereotype many think people think about homeschoolers, I thought, with enormous amounts of judgement."   "My advice to new homeschoolers always is answer (critical questions) with oodles amounts of grace and admit that before we started homeschooling that these were my concerns too, but this is how we’ve solved it."   "It (homeschooling) does mean putting a lot of my passions on hold. I love to write. I have discovered, through having written my own book, that to do that requires enormous amounts of time because once I'm in the zone, that's all I want to do. I want to live, breathe, eat, sleep the book. I don't want to be a mum. I don't want to be a wife. I want to just write. And I know I can't repeat that until my kids are grown."   "The marketing is soul-sapping … you as an author have to self-promote. It’s putting yourself in a space that is not comfortable at all. I’m fearful, if I’m honest, to wade back into that world."   "I will never forget the look on Murray, my brother-in-law’s face when he came out to tell me… he looked ashen. I just knew that something was wrong."   "For a whole week we didn’t know and there was a possibility that it was cancer. Everyone was skirting around that without saying the C word. There was a lot of uncertainty and concern."   "It was a very very traumatic time. But it was a time where we sensed enormous amounts of peace as well. That sense of people’s prayers carrying us was felt, very supernaturally … although we did have fear and we did cry, sob, worry, undergirding that was a sense of the most enormous amounts of peace."   "ldquo;She on her own, as an 11-year-old, came to the conclusion, “why not me?"   "It’s one thing entertaining an idea, it’s another thing when it becomes something you have to make a decision about."   "Along with our move (to Australia) has been a lot of immigration guilt."     Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com

Immigration guilt, homeschooling, a difficult diagnosis, writing a novel - these are some of the things that Taryn Hayes shares with Tori Walker, host of The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women. Join Tori as she welcomes Taryn to her dining room table to chat about living in the light of the gospel. Keep listening to hear the easter egg at the end! EPISODE NOTES: Taryn and her family moved to Brisbane, Australia from Cape Town, South Africa in 2017, due to her husband's job transfer. Taryn's day job consists of homeschooling their four kids and ferrying them to sports and activities, however she also makes time for small group church ministry, writing, reading, and connecting with people in various ways. In 2019, Tori asked Taryn to join the <a href="https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/the-lydia-project/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women </a>podcast team. Eager to exercise her creative muscles, Taryn agreed to be involved in the background, but was soon roped into doing some interview work too. Reluctant at first, given her lack of interviewing experience or confidence, Taryn has come to love this part of the job for how it allows her to connect with others and hear, first hand, their stories of how they came to trust Jesus and how He is working in their lives.  In her spare time, Taryn enjoys creating memorable moments for her family, writing for various online platforms including <a href="https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/profile/taryn-hayes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Gospel Coalition, Australia</a> and spending time with friends and family. She hopes to get to bigger writing projects in the future and continues to pray for opportunities to grow in her love and understanding of God's Word.  LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: <ul><li>Home Church in Cape Town: <a href="https://www.stjames.org.za/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">St James Church, Kenilworth</a> (Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church in South Africa)</li> <li>Home Church in Brisbane:  <a href="https://mpc.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mitchelton Presbyterian</a></li> <li>Taryn is the <a href="http://tarynhayes.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">author </a>of the gospel-highlighting novel, <a href="http://amzn.to/seekers-au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seekers of the Lost Boy </a>(Naledi, 2013) set in Apartheid South Africa</li> </ul> SHOW SNIPPETS: "From that point onwards, I understood assurance in a growing sense." "Here I am at 42, still so often on my knees saying,  “Oh,Lord, I am so glad that I don’t have to work out my salvation, and that you have saved me because I’m really bad at this obedience thing!”" "We fell head over heels in love with each other, and everything that comes with, just you know, teenage romance: not thinking carefully about physical boundaries and getting embedded in that very deep, very intense relationship to the exclusion of many other relationships. So, a lot of lack of wisdom. But, God, in His incredible grace kept us, and six years after we met, we got married and we’ve been married for 20 years." "Initially I thought homeschoolers were nuts! I thought they were crazy and felt so sorry for poor children who are homeschooled because I imagined that they would be stuck inside all day; they wouldn’t get to socialise; they would be socially awkward; they would grow up to be people who would have a very limited understanding of the world. Basically every stereotype many think people think about homeschoolers, I thought, with enormous amounts of judgement." "My advice to new homeschoolers always is answer (critical questions) with oodles amounts of grace and admit that before we started homeschooling that these were my concerns too, but this is how we’ve solved it." "It (homeschooling) does mean putting a lot of my passions on hold. I love to write. I have discovered, through having written my own book, that to do that requires enormous amounts of time because once I'm in the zone, that's all I want to do. I want to live, breathe, eat, sleep the book. I don't want to be a mum. I don't want to be a wife. I want to just write. And I know I can't repeat that until my kids are grown." "The marketing is soul-sapping … you as an author have to self-promote. It’s putting yourself in a space that is not comfortable at all. I’m fearful, if I’m honest, to wade back into that world." "I will never forget the look on Murray, my brother-in-law’s face when he came out to tell me… he looked ashen. I just knew that something was wrong." "For a whole week we didn’t know and there was a possibility that it was cancer. Everyone was skirting around that without saying the C word. There was a lot of uncertainty and concern." "It was a very very traumatic time. But it was a time where we sensed enormous amounts of peace as well. That sense of people’s prayers carrying us was felt, very supernaturally … although we did have fear and we did cry, sob, worry, undergirding that was a sense of the most enormous amounts of peace." "ldquo;She on her own, as an 11-year-old, came to the conclusion, “why not me?" "It’s one thing entertaining an idea, it’s another thing when it becomes something you have to make a decision about." "Along with our move (to Australia) has been a lot of immigration guilt." Can't see clickable links? 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Episode 33: Taryn Hayes

Kerry Newill

Trauma, Counselling and Youth Ministry - Kerry explores how all three of these topics, centred around God's Word, have shaped her understanding of God and how we live our lives in response to Him. In this way, Kerry has found herself better equipped to teach the Bible, to counsel others and to serve in a youth ministry that builds deep relationships and teaches teens exegetic skills in reading and understanding the Bible.   EPISODE NOTES: Kerry was born in Cape Town, South Africa to her parents, Rog and Les Palmer. They served in uni ministry at the University of Cape Town during her formative years. Kerry studied at George Whitefield Theological College in Cape Town during her first few years of marriage. After completing her studies, she worked in uni ministry while also serving alongside her husband, Craig, in his role as a pastor at St James, Kenilworth. Their focus was on youth and young adult ministry, with a particular emphasis on training others in Bible reading and teaching skills. Today, Kerry, Craig and their three children find themselves celebrating their 10th year at Westminster Presbyterian Church Bull Creek, in Perth, where Craig serves as lead pastor.   LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: No Guts, No Glory, by Ken Moser, Ed Vaughan and Al Stewart Andrew Olson, psychologist and counsellor in Perth, Australia Inside Out, by Larry Crabb Healing the Wounded Heart, by Dan Allender    SHOW SNIPPETS: "Terrorists came to our church that night with their AK47s and their bombs … By the time they left, there were 11 people dead and 50 people injured. That was a point where I thought I really needed to make sure that Christianity is true.  I didn’t understand. If God loves me and my church family, why he would let this happen? I started questioning if there even was a God."   "He asked us, “If you believe that God’s word is truly powerful, why are you entertaining teenagers? Why don’t you just let the lion out of its cage? Let the Bible do its work!”"     "Our youth ministry started to turn around when we started teaching teenagers the Bible – it was a remarkable thing to have Bible teaching front and centre."   "I’ve spoken to people over the years about the very real and awful things that have happened to them. But when I talk to them about their stories and I hit something particularly traumatic, I end up seeing something that happens over and over again. Their response to this deeply traumatic event is to minimise it in some way. “Yeah well, you know, other people have had worse things happen.” It is something quite jarring given what they’ve just told me."   "Human beings do not want to feel helpless in the face of radical evil. They want to be able to save themselves. If evil truly is as terrifying as what they’ve just experienced, they will feel helpless and vulnerable. They don’t want to feel like that because if they’re helpless and vulnerable they won’t be able to save themselves. I think our default setting is that we don’t want a Saviour. We want to save ourselves. So we tell ourselves a lie; a parallel story. We tell ourselves a different version of the events that took place so that we don’t have to be afraid or we don’t have to face how radically evil our experience is."   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com

Trauma, Counselling and Youth Ministry - Kerry explores how all three of these topics, centred around God's Word, have shaped her understanding of God and how we live our lives in response to Him. In this way, Kerry has found herself better equipped to teach the Bible, to counsel others and to serve in a youth ministry that builds deep relationships and teaches teens exegetic skills in reading and understanding the Bible. EPISODE NOTES: Kerry was born in Cape Town, South Africa to her parents, Rog and Les Palmer. They served in uni ministry at the University of Cape Town during her formative years. Kerry studied at <a href="https://www.gwc.ac.za/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">George Whitefield Theological College</a> in Cape Town during her first few years of marriage. After completing her studies, she worked in uni ministry while also serving alongside her husband, Craig, in his role as a pastor at<a href="https://www.stjames.org.za/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> St James, Kenilworth</a>. Their focus was on youth and young adult ministry, with a particular emphasis on training others in Bible reading and teaching skills. Today, Kerry, Craig and their three children find themselves celebrating their 10th year at <a href="https://wpcbc.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Westminster Presbyterian Church Bull Creek</a>, in Perth, where Craig serves as lead pastor. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: <ul><li><a href="https://www.matthiasmedia.com.au/no-guts-no-glory" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">No Guts, No Glory</a>, by Ken Moser, Ed Vaughan and Al Stewart</li> <li><a href="http://andrewolsencounselling.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Olson</a>, psychologist and counsellor in Perth, Australia</li> <li><a href="https://www.koorong.com/search/product/inside-out-25th-anniversary-edition-larry-crabb/9781612913124.jhtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inside Out</a>, by Larry Crabb</li> <li><a href="https://www.koorong.com/search/results.jhtml?w=healing%20the%20wounded%20heart&amp;af=&amp;isort=&amp;keywords=healing%20the%20wounded%20heart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Healing the Wounded Heart</a>, by Dan Allender</li> </ul> SHOW SNIPPETS: "Terrorists came to our church that night with their AK47s and their bombs … By the time they left, there were 11 people dead and 50 people injured. That was a point where I thought I really needed to make sure that Christianity is true.  I didn’t understand. If God loves me and my church family, why he would let this happen? I started questioning if there even was a God." "He asked us, “If you believe that God’s word is truly powerful, why are you entertaining teenagers? Why don’t you just let the lion out of its cage? Let the Bible do its work!”" "Our youth ministry started to turn around when we started teaching teenagers the Bible – it was a remarkable thing to have Bible teaching front and centre." "I’ve spoken to people over the years about the very real and awful things that have happened to them. But when I talk to them about their stories and I hit something particularly traumatic, I end up seeing something that happens over and over again. Their response to this deeply traumatic event is to minimise it in some way. “Yeah well, you know, other people have had worse things happen.” It is something quite jarring given what they’ve just told me." "Human beings do not want to feel helpless in the face of radical evil. They want to be able to save themselves. If evil truly is as terrifying as what they’ve just experienced, they will feel helpless and vulnerable. They don’t want to feel like that because if they’re helpless and vulnerable they won’t be able to save themselves. I think our default setting is that we don’t want a Saviour. We want to save ourselves. So we tell ourselves a lie; a parallel story. We tell ourselves a different version of the events that took place so that we don’t have to be afraid or we don’t have to face how radically evil our experience is." Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>

Episode 34: Kerry Newill

From miscarriage to mentorship: Kristie shares how losing her first child in miscarriage led her and her husband to the foot of the cross. Kristie's work in church ministry, alongside her husband, Thabiti, has equipped her with life experience and biblical knowledge that has her passionate about the Bible and passionate about mentoring. She is particularly encouraged when women mentor other women in a way that leads them to a deeper relationship with God and a better understanding of His word. This passion has also led her to publish a devotional on Psalm 119 written solely by women of colour. Listen here as Kristie shares her journey.   EPISODE NOTES: Kristie Anyabwile remembers saying evening prayers every night by her bedside with her grandma. Her grandma was her first Christian influence, but it was only years later, as a newly-married woman suffering the trauma of a recent miscarriage, that Kristie came to truly understand who Jesus was. From the time she and her husband were first rocked by the gospel message they heard on television until this day, Kristie continues to live in the light of that same gospel. Three kids and a few moves later, Kristie’s ministry in the Lord revolves around her family; Anacostia River Church in southeast Washington where she disciples and teaches women in her church, and joyfully supports her husband of 28 years, Thabiti, as he pastors the church; and the work of the Charles Simeon Trust – an organisation that seeks to equip lay folk with Bible reading and teaching skills.  Close to her heart is the practice of women mentoring other women. In this interview, Kristie speaks about what that can look like. Kristie also shares about the recently released devotional she was privileged to see through from conception to reality.  “His Testimonies, My Heritage: Women of Color on the Word of God is a collection of devotions by a diverse group of women of colour—African-Americans, Hispanic, Caribbean, and Asian women. Contributors include Kristie Anyabwile, Jackie Hill-Perry, Trillia Newbell, Elicia Horton, Christina Edmondson, Blair Linne, and more. It is a faithful exposition of Psalm 119 and incorporates each contributor’s cultural expression both within the teaching and as they bring the word of God to bear on their lives. Readers will be thrilled and encouraged by hearing God speak through his word as it is expounded by these faithful women teachers, and they will long for more.”* ENDORSEMENTS: His Testimonies, My Heritage: Women of Color on the Word of God “A rich collection of wise, talented voices. My soul has been refreshed by this timely reminder of God’s kind and gracious provision for his people through his word. It’s been a while since I’ve read a book that so emphasized the sufficiency and relevancy of Scripture for today’s problems. – KATE MOTAUNG, Author, A Place to Land: A Story of Longing and Belonging; Co-Author, Influence “His Testimonies My Heritage is an edifying book. What the essayists in this collection have in common are two things: they are all women of color, and they all write out of deep and moving experience of joyfully coming under the authority of holy Scripture.” – D.A. CARSON, President, The Gospel Coalition “This book is like entering a type of class reunion, where the various shades of skin are beautifully enveloped in the exact same grace blanket. I feel comfortable and in very good company. Our Father doesn’t ignore our context or race-linked struggles when speaking to us about his testimonies, and he soothes us through each other. I invite you to join my sisters and be encouraged and uplifted by looking at his eternal truth through these eyes.” – AIXA DE LOPEZ, Author; Speaker; Board Member, Christian Alliance for Orphans LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Revenge of Conscience, by J. Budziszewski Anacostia River Church in Washington DC Charles Simeon Trust  His Testimonies, My Heritage: Women of Color on the Word of God, edited by Kristie Anyabwile  SHOW SNIPPETS: "I guess part of it is just hoping that we would open our eyes a little bit more in our local context and see who God has placed right in front of us, and that we would take the steps and the initiative to learn from one another." "I didn’t notice that there is so much that I learn from older women in my life by them just talking to me and telling me about their life." "She was the kind of person who, just in normal conversation, was pouring out wisdom that she did not even recognise." "All of us, in the body of Christ, can only (but) benefit when we learn from someone outside of our own culture."   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com

From miscarriage to mentorship: Kristie shares how losing her first child in miscarriage led her and her husband to the foot of the cross. Kristie's work in church ministry, alongside her husband, Thabiti, has equipped her with life experience and biblical knowledge that has her passionate about the Bible and passionate about mentoring. She is particularly encouraged when women mentor other women in a way that leads them to a deeper relationship with God and a better understanding of His word. This passion has also led her to publish a devotional on Psalm 119 written solely by women of colour. Listen here as Kristie shares her journey. EPISODE NOTES: Kristie Anyabwile remembers saying evening prayers every night by her bedside with her grandma. Her grandma was her first Christian influence, but it was only years later, as a newly-married woman suffering the trauma of a recent miscarriage, that Kristie came to truly understand who Jesus was. From the time she and her husband were first rocked by the gospel message they heard on television until this day, Kristie continues to live in the light of that same gospel. Three kids and a few moves later, Kristie’s ministry in the Lord revolves around her family; <a href="https://anacostiariverchurch.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anacostia River Church</a> in southeast Washington where she disciples and teaches women in her church, and joyfully supports her husband of 28 years, Thabiti, as he pastors the church; and the work of the <a href="https://simeontrust.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charles Simeon Trust</a> – an organisation that seeks to equip lay folk with Bible reading and teaching skills.  Close to her heart is the practice of women mentoring other women. In this interview, Kristie speaks about what that can look like. Kristie also shares about the recently released devotional she was privileged to see through from conception to reality.  “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/His-Testimonies-My-Heritage-Women/dp/1784983756" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">His Testimonies, My Heritage: Women of Color on the Word of God</a> is a collection of devotions by a diverse group of women of colour—African-Americans, Hispanic, Caribbean, and Asian women. Contributors include Kristie Anyabwile, Jackie Hill-Perry, Trillia Newbell, Elicia Horton, Christina Edmondson, Blair Linne, and more. It is a faithful exposition of <a href="https://www.esv.org/Psalm%20119/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Psalm 119</a> and incorporates each contributor’s cultural expression both within the teaching and as they bring the word of God to bear on their lives. Readers will be thrilled and encouraged by hearing God speak through his word as it is expounded by these faithful women teachers, and they will long for more.”<a href="https://www.amazon.com/His-Testimonies-My-Heritage-Women/dp/1784983756" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">*</a> ENDORSEMENTS: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/His-Testimonies-My-Heritage-Women/dp/1784983756" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">His Testimonies, My Heritage: Women of Color on the Word of God</a> “A rich collection of wise, talented voices. My soul has been refreshed by this timely reminder of God’s kind and gracious provision for his people through his word. It’s been a while since I’ve read a book that so emphasized the sufficiency and relevancy of Scripture for today’s problems. – KATE MOTAUNG, Author, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Place-Land-Story-Longing-Belonging/dp/162707662X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Place to Land: A Story of Longing and Belonging</a>; Co-Author, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Influence-Building-Platform-Elevates-Jesus/dp/1726685799/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=influence+motaung&amp;qid=1565421109&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Influence</a> “His Testimonies My Heritage is an edifying book. What the essayists in this collection have in common are two things: they are all women of color, and they all write out of deep and moving experience of joyfully coming under the authority of holy Scripture.” – D.A. CARSON, President, <a href="https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/profile/don-carson-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Gospel Coalition</a> “This book is like entering a type of class reunion, where the various shades of skin are beautifully enveloped in the exact same grace blanket. I feel comfortable and in very good company. Our Father doesn’t ignore our context or race-linked struggles when speaking to us about his testimonies, and he soothes us through each other. I invite you to join my sisters and be encouraged and uplifted by looking at his eternal truth through these eyes.” – AIXA DE LOPEZ, Author; Speaker; Board Member, <a href="https://cafo.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christian Alliance for Orphans</a> LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: <ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Revenge-Conscience-Politics-Fall-Man/dp/1608997529" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Revenge of Conscience</a>, by J. Budziszewski</li> <li><a href="https://anacostiariverchurch.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anacostia River Church</a> in Washington DC</li> <li><a href="https://simeontrust.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charles Simeon Trust </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/His-Testimonies-My-Heritage-Women/dp/1784983756" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">His Testimonies, My Heritage: Women of Color on the Word of God</a>, edited by Kristie Anyabwile</li> </ul> SHOW SNIPPETS: "I guess part of it is just hoping that we would open our eyes a little bit more in our local context and see who God has placed right in front of us, and that we would take the steps and the initiative to learn from one another." "I didn’t notice that there is so much that I learn from older women in my life by them just talking to me and telling me about their life." "She was the kind of person who, just in normal conversation, was pouring out wisdom that she did not even recognise." "All of us, in the body of Christ, can only (but) benefit when we learn from someone outside of our own culture." Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>

Episode 36: Kristie Anyabwile

EPISODE NOTES As Mother’s Day was approaching this year, Taryn and I had the idea that we could ask our kids some questions about us as mothers and then have a brief chat about Mother’s Day, motherhood and a few associated topics.  As we were thinking and chatting about this, we kept deciding not to do it because it just felt a bit awkward to talk about our own roles as mothers and then ask our kids about it.  And then we decided to do it, because as podcast listeners we really enjoyed being able to get that behind-the-scenes, lighthearted look about people’s lives, and especially people who we knew a bit through listening to a podcast.  So with a sense of awkwardness, we did continue on.  We hope that you find it fun and enjoy listening.  We certainly found it really instructive, and learnt quite a bit along the way, including how we most embarrass our kids!  On a more serious note, we do begin this episode with a brief discussion around how Mother’s Day began, what we value about it and our thoughts around the question of how to best care for others for whom Mother’s Day is an emotionally difficult day. We hope that you enjoy the episode and that Mother’s Day is a day when you are reminded of the blessing God gives the world in mothers.   LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:   Queensland Theological College Foundations Counselling   SHOW SNIPPETS: ”I’ve had varying feelings about Mother’s Day over the years… how do we find the balance between honouring mums … and yet take into consideration those for whom Mother’s Day is hard.”   ”What would your ideal Mother’s Day look like?"   ”My mum was great at enthusing us about good things … I do find myself doing that with my kids.”   ”If you could rewind and do things differently as a mum, what would they be?”   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com

EPISODE NOTES As Mother’s Day was approaching this year, Taryn and I had the idea that we could ask our kids some questions about us as mothers and then have a brief chat about Mother’s Day, motherhood and a few associated topics.  As we were thinking and chatting about this, we kept deciding not to do it because it just felt a bit awkward to talk about our own roles as mothers and then ask our kids about it.  And then we decided to do it, because as podcast listeners we really enjoyed being able to get that behind-the-scenes, lighthearted look about people’s lives, and especially people who we knew a bit through listening to a podcast.  So with a sense of awkwardness, we did continue on.  We hope that you find it fun and enjoy listening.  We certainly found it really instructive, and learnt quite a bit along the way, including how we most embarrass our kids!  On a more serious note, we do begin this episode with a brief discussion around how Mother’s Day began, what we value about it and our thoughts around the question of how to best care for others for whom Mother’s Day is an emotionally difficult day. We hope that you enjoy the episode and that Mother’s Day is a day when you are reminded of the blessing God gives the world in mothers. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: <a href="https://www.qtc.edu.au/courses/short-courses/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Queensland Theological College</a> <a href="http://foundationscounselling.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Foundations Counselling</a> SHOW SNIPPETS: ”I’ve had varying feelings about Mother’s Day over the years… how do we find the balance between honouring mums … and yet take into consideration those for whom Mother’s Day is hard.” ”What would your ideal Mother’s Day look like?" ”My mum was great at enthusing us about good things … I do find myself doing that with my kids.” ”If you could rewind and do things differently as a mum, what would they be?” Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>

Episode 45: Mother’s Day with Tori & Taryn

Emmeline Williams

In this special Mother’s Day episode, Taryn has the pleasure of interviewing Karola Williams and her 18-year-old daughter, Emmeline. They talk about how they became Christians, the importance of one-to-one discipleship, and how both Karola and Emmeline have grown in their understanding and love of Jesus. Hearing from Emmeline about some of her mum's habits that have left a profound impression on her is both inspiring and encouraging.   EPISODE NOTESChristian families – worldwide – can look different, one from another – and that’s totally okay. And yet, there is a common mandate and that is for parents to raise their children in the knowledge and fear of the Lord, to share the gospel with them, and to teach them God’s Word. It’s a colossal task that is daunting and yet also a joy and a privilege. In this episode, we get to sneak a peek at what that has looked like in the Williams household by hearing from a mum, Karola, and one of her daughters, Emmeline. Why? Well, with Mother’s Day on the horizon, Tori and Taryn saw the opportunity to learn from others: not only how Jesus has rescued them, but also how they are passing the love and knowledge of God down to their own children. We personally love learning from other mums, but this episode allowed us a glimpse into the heart of a daughter who has learned from her mum. Perhaps the most striking thing is hearing how some of the most simple habits of this mum have left an enormous, gospel-sustaining impression on her daughter.  *** About Karola and Emmeline Williams Karola started life out in Namibia, but love and marriage brought her to the shores of Australia. She and her husband, David, and their three children, Emmeline, Charlotte and Elliot, settled in Brisbane eight years ago.  For many years, Karola worked as a goldsmith, but her commitments to her family changed her focus. Nowadays, Karola’s focus includes sharing her passion in one-to-one ministry. She serves together with her family at Christ Central in Eatons Hill, Brisbane.   Emmeline is an 18-year-old nursing student. She is also a homeschool graduate, who went on to experience the YouthWork’s Year 13 programme in 2019. Emmeline serves in the music team and as a youth leader of year 7 girls at their family church, Christ Central in Eatons Hill, Brisbane. Both Emmeline and Karola are passionate about the gospel, reading the Bible and great literature. Their shared favourite things include To Kill A Mockingbird and quiet spots to relax and think.   LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:   Jen Wilkin’s books available at: The Wandering Bookseller, Koorong, Amazon Jack Klumpenhower: Show Them Jesus Paul E Miller: The Praying Life   SHOW SNIPPETS: ”And I’m so amazed at this God that we serve and Jesus who we follow, or try to very feebly, who is so gracious and merciful to us and loving and kind and you know, a lifetime is not enough to, to know.” ”And my pastor just in his sermon explained the gospel and it just made so much sense. And I just remember sitting there thinking, ah, so that’s what Jesus was on about. That’s why you died. And yeah it definitely took a few years for it to sink in. But I think through especially youth ministry, and the way that God used people in my life and through his word. I think I was about 15 when I kind of realised that if all of this is true, it needs to change my life in some way or have an impact on my life.” ”I think when we first started going to this church, I kept hearing people talk about getting together and reading the Bible. And I couldn’t imagine what that looks like. So one day I asked this lady in our church, can you show me what that looks like? I need to see, you know, experience it. And she didn’t have the time to take on another thing. So she gave me this book, which is called Women of the Word by Jen Wilkin and it was such a life changing book for me because it shows you how to read the Bible, which so much of the Christian life is about it being modelled to others, isn’t it. Jesus walked with his disciples and made his disciples for three years and he calls us to do the same.” ”You have, in the last few years, really modelled the importance of reading the Bible with people and I think that’s really inspired me.”   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com

In this special Mother’s Day episode, Taryn has the pleasure of interviewing Karola Williams and her 18-year-old daughter, Emmeline. They talk about how they became Christians, the importance of one-to-one discipleship, and how both Karola and Emmeline have grown in their understanding and love of Jesus. Hearing from Emmeline about some of her mum's habits that have left a profound impression on her is both inspiring and encouraging. EPISODE NOTESChristian families – worldwide – can look different, one from another – and that’s totally okay. And yet, there is a common mandate and that is for parents to raise their children in the knowledge and fear of the Lord, to share the gospel with them, and to teach them God’s Word. It’s a colossal task that is daunting and yet also a joy and a privilege. In this episode, we get to sneak a peek at what that has looked like in the Williams household by hearing from a mum, Karola, and one of her daughters, Emmeline. Why? Well, with Mother’s Day on the horizon, Tori and Taryn saw the opportunity to learn from others: not only how Jesus has rescued them, but also how they are passing the love and knowledge of God down to their own children. We personally love learning from other mums, but this episode allowed us a glimpse into the heart of a daughter who has learned from her mum. Perhaps the most striking thing is hearing how some of the most simple habits of this mum have left an enormous, gospel-sustaining impression on her daughter.  *** About Karola and Emmeline Williams Karola started life out in Namibia, but love and marriage brought her to the shores of Australia. She and her husband, David, and their three children, Emmeline, Charlotte and Elliot, settled in Brisbane eight years ago.  For many years, Karola worked as a goldsmith, but her commitments to her family changed her focus. Nowadays, Karola’s focus includes sharing her passion in one-to-one ministry. She serves together with her family at <a href="https://www.christcentral.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christ Central</a> in Eatons Hill, Brisbane.   Emmeline is an 18-year-old nursing student. She is also a homeschool graduate, who went on to experience the <a href="https://www.year13.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouthWork’s Year 13</a> programme in 2019. Emmeline serves in the music team and as a youth leader of year 7 girls at their family church, Christ Central in Eatons Hill, Brisbane. Both Emmeline and Karola are passionate about the gospel, reading the Bible and great literature. Their shared favourite things include To Kill A Mockingbird and quiet spots to relax and think. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Jen Wilkin’s books available at: <a href="https://wanderingbookseller.com.au/search?type=product&amp;q=jen+wilkins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Wandering Bookseller</a>, <a href="https://www.koorong.com/c/jen-wilkin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Koorong</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=jen+wilkin&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> Jack Klumpenhower: <a href="https://reformers.com.au/products/9781939946393?variant=10491329609771¤cy=AUD&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw7qn1BRDqARIsAKMbHDa_w3Yz1h1crUnw_KM07bATi67eIiLFOSDzvPDmXm1ivbQLg8A1ZiYaAu5CEALw_wcB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show Them Jesus</a> Paul E Miller: <a href="https://reformers.com.au/products/9781631466830?variant=10490229162027¤cy=AUD&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw7qn1BRDqARIsAKMbHDZYDbN-Lm6fkrFh5HD5-PaS-lW8a-xizR861iHwfD32TK1DN_m3odwaAnL1EALw_wcB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Praying Life</a> SHOW SNIPPETS: ”And I’m so amazed at this God that we serve and Jesus who we follow, or try to very feebly, who is so gracious and merciful to us and loving and kind and you know, a lifetime is not enough to, to know.” ”And my pastor just in his sermon explained the gospel and it just made so much sense. And I just remember sitting there thinking, ah, so that’s what Jesus was on about. That’s why you died. And yeah it definitely took a few years for it to sink in. But I think through especially youth ministry, and the way that God used people in my life and through his word. I think I was about 15 when I kind of realised that if all of this is true, it needs to change my life in some way or have an impact on my life.” ”I think when we first started going to this church, I kept hearing people talk about getting together and reading the Bible. And I couldn’t imagine what that looks like. So one day I asked this lady in our church, can you show me what that looks like? I need to see, you know, experience it. And she didn’t have the time to take on another thing. So she gave me this book, which is called <a href="https://www.koorong.com/product/women-of-the-word-how-to-study-the_9781433567148?gclid=Cj0KCQjw7qn1BRDqARIsAKMbHDaeyg1PNnsm_S_cVJex77XkeqlA15zCFvXxOQ65HjujzmEslXz7nkIaApDkEALw_wcB#product-tabs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Women of the Word</a> by Jen Wilkin and it was such a life changing book for me because it shows you how to read the Bible, which so much of the Christian life is about it being modelled to others, isn’t it. Jesus walked with his disciples and made his disciples for three years and he calls us to do the same.” ”You have, in the last few years, really modelled the importance of reading the Bible with people and I think that’s really inspired me.” Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>

Episode 44: Karola & Emmeline Williams

Karen Fowler

Karen Fowler talks to Tori Walker about deeply tragic and personal events, including a divorce and the death of her son. But hers is a story of hope. Her faith has given her strength to process and trust in God’s sovereign care. Karen will help you fall in love with her gorgeous kids as she talks about them. Listen as she shares the grief that she and her husband experienced, as well as the robust faith in God’s goodness that has continued to grow in them both.   EPISODE NOTES Karen Fowler and her husband Ryan lost their beautiful baby boy in October 2018.  Strengthened by their trust in God’s goodness and sovereignty, they have responded to their grief with compassion and selflessness.  They have set up Rio’s Legacy, a charity which aims to see at least one hospice in every state of Australia, with the specific aim of supporting children with a terminal illness and their families.  Karen lives with her family in Sydney.   LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Rio’s Legacy – https://rioslegacy.org.au/   SHOW SNIPPETS: "I was raised in a Christian family… I continued to go to church, didn’t really develop my relationship with God until probably late teens and then went to and fro from that."   "I’ve had definite moments where God’s touched me or spoken to me or revealed things to me. But I wouldn’t say that I suddenly became a Christian in a moment, it was just a gradual feel. My faith’s something that’s been refined and developed through life. I feel like I’ve grown into the Christian I am today.  I don’t feel like I woke up and suddenly it was that."   "He was seeing someone else and the marriage fell apart within months."   "I did learn though, but I’m forever appreciative for what I have, and sometimes I think if you don’t learn that way you don’t fully appreciate what you’ve got, and I’m continually like daily appreciative of how easy our relationship feels compared to being in a wrong relationship."   "When you can’t do anything for your child medically, all you want to do is make them not scared and help them feel comfortable and safe."   "God can bring him peace. God can bring us peace, even if the scenario is that he doesn’t make it through the night, God can just be. And surrendering everything in the moment to God is what we became dependent on doing."   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com

Karen Fowler talks to Tori Walker about deeply tragic and personal events, including a divorce and the death of her son. But hers is a story of hope. Her faith has given her strength to process and trust in God’s sovereign care. Karen will help you fall in love with her gorgeous kids as she talks about them. Listen as she shares the grief that she and her husband experienced, as well as the robust faith in God’s goodness that has continued to grow in them both. EPISODE NOTES Karen Fowler and her husband Ryan lost their beautiful baby boy in October 2018.  Strengthened by their trust in God’s goodness and sovereignty, they have responded to their grief with compassion and selflessness.  They have set up <a href="https://rioslegacy.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rio’s Legacy</a>, a charity which aims to see at least one hospice in every state of Australia, with the specific aim of supporting children with a terminal illness and their families.  Karen lives with her family in Sydney. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Rio’s Legacy –<a href="https://rioslegacy.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://rioslegacy.org.au/</a> SHOW SNIPPETS: "I was raised in a Christian family… I continued to go to church, didn’t really develop my relationship with God until probably late teens and then went to and fro from that." "I’ve had definite moments where God’s touched me or spoken to me or revealed things to me. But I wouldn’t say that I suddenly became a Christian in a moment, it was just a gradual feel. My faith’s something that’s been refined and developed through life. I feel like I’ve grown into the Christian I am today.  I don’t feel like I woke up and suddenly it was that." "He was seeing someone else and the marriage fell apart within months." "I did learn though, but I’m forever appreciative for what I have, and sometimes I think if you don’t learn that way you don’t fully appreciate what you’ve got, and I’m continually like daily appreciative of how easy our relationship feels compared to being in a wrong relationship." "When you can’t do anything for your child medically, all you want to do is make them not scared and help them feel comfortable and safe." "God can bring him peace. God can bring us peace, even if the scenario is that he doesn’t make it through the night, God can just be. And surrendering everything in the moment to God is what we became dependent on doing." Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>

Episode 43: Karen Fowler

Hayley Tubman

What does living each day in the light of the gospel mean? How does that impact our daily decisions? Hayley Tubman talks with Taryn Hayes about how she came to be a Christian; her work in student and women’s ministry, and how she longs to have the gospel inform her daily decisions. Listen as Hayley shares some of her thoughts around what it means to be a part of a church as a Christian woman and how much her church youth group influenced her as a young teen to stand firm for the gospel in a hostile school environment.   EPISODE NOTES: Hayley has been a Christian for nearly 30 years. After graduating from George Whitefield College, she worked as a student worker at the University of Cape Town, and later as the women’s worker at St. James Church, Kenilworth in Cape Town, South Africa. She is married to Scott, a Sydney boy who is a fellow George Whitefield College graduate. Scott serves as the Associate Rector at St. James Church. Scott and Hayley have been married for 19 years, and have two children: Benjamin, who is 14, and Jemma, who is 12. Hayley loves reading a good book, drinking great coffee, and teaching God’s Word to women.   LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Talks by Hayley  Hayley’s 3-part series: Wisdom in a World of Fools | 2015 REACH-SA Cape Town Convention  SHOW SNIPPETS: "I viewed my own father quite differently at that point, realising that like me, he has a problem with sin and yes he had done wrong but he is blind by his sin and it doesn’t excuse his behaviour, but there is a sense in which I can’t stand in judgment of him. That is God’s work to do because he is blinded by sin like I was and needs a saviour just like I did."   "But there is a sense in which multi-generational meetings are just so helpful because you don’t just need the women who is  going through what you’re going through."   "I think for me, it’s the daily exercise of getting up and reminding myself that the gospel is true and that one day as God promises in his word, Jesus will come back. And I don’t know if that will be tomorrow or if that will be in 50 years time. But I do know that I’m called now to live in the light of that and to live as if it may be today, that I will meet Jesus. None of us really, we don’t know when we’ll meet Jesus, but we are called to live as if today will be the day."     Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com

What does living each day in the light of the gospel mean? How does that impact our daily decisions? Hayley Tubman talks with Taryn Hayes about how she came to be a Christian; her work in student and women’s ministry, and how she longs to have the gospel inform her daily decisions. Listen as Hayley shares some of her thoughts around what it means to be a part of a church as a Christian woman and how much her church youth group influenced her as a young teen to stand firm for the gospel in a hostile school environment. EPISODE NOTES: Hayley has been a Christian for nearly 30 years. After graduating from <a href="https://www.gwc.ac.za/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">George Whitefield College</a>, she worked as a student worker at the <a href="http://www.uct.ac.za/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Cape Town</a>, and later as the women’s worker at <a href="https://www.stjames.org.za/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">St. James Church, Kenilworth in Cape Town, South Africa</a>. She is married to Scott, a Sydney boy who is a fellow George Whitefield College graduate. Scott serves as the Associate Rector at St. James Church. Scott and Hayley have been married for 19 years, and have two children: Benjamin, who is 14, and Jemma, who is 12. Hayley loves reading a good book, drinking great coffee, and teaching God’s Word to women. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: <ul><li><a href="https://www.stjames.org.za/sermons/?keywords=Hayley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talks by Hayley </a></li> <li>Hayley’s 3-part series: <a href="https://www.stjames.org.za/sermons/?series=cape-town-womens-convention-2015-wisdom-in-a-world-of-fools-womens-convention" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wisdom in a World of Fools | 2015 REACH-SA Cape Town Convention</a></li> </ul> SHOW SNIPPETS: "I viewed my own father quite differently at that point, realising that like me, he has a problem with sin and yes he had done wrong but he is blind by his sin and it doesn’t excuse his behaviour, but there is a sense in which I can’t stand in judgment of him. That is God’s work to do because he is blinded by sin like I was and needs a saviour just like I did." "But there is a sense in which multi-generational meetings are just so helpful because you don’t just need the women who is  going through what you’re going through." "I think for me, it’s the daily exercise of getting up and reminding myself that the gospel is true and that one day as God promises in his word, Jesus will come back. And I don’t know if that will be tomorrow or if that will be in 50 years time. But I do know that I’m called now to live in the light of that and to live as if it may be today, that I will meet Jesus. None of us really, we don’t know when we’ll meet Jesus, but we are called to live as if today will be the day." Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>

Episode 42: Hayley Tubman

Liz Preston

How big an issue is abortion in our society?  Who does it affect and how do they deal with it?  Liz Preston has devoted her life’s work to thinking about this topic and helping women facing unplanned and crisis pregnancies.  In this episode, she talks with Tori Walker about how she and her husband got involved in this work, the type of counselling and support that Priceless House is involved in, and shares some of the stories of the men and women she has helped.   EPISODE NOTES: Liz Preston and her husband Graham were planning to head overseas to be involved in mission work, but when that door closed, they became involved in supporting women facing unplanned pregnancies – a work that Liz has been doing since 1966.  Liz has contributed an enormous amount to this work through the Priceless Life Centre in Brisbane.  How big an issue is abortion in our society?  Who does it affect and how do they deal with it?  Liz Preston has devoted her life’s work to thinking about this topic and helping women facing unplanned and crisis pregnancies.  In this episode, she talks with Tori Walker about how she and her husband got involved in this work, the type of counselling and support that Priceless House is involved in, and shares some of the stories of the men and women she has helped. A note from Tori: This episode is a bit of a difficult one because it covers a really tricky topic, and that’s the topic of abortion. We chatted to Robyn Bain about the issue in Episode 26, and we were really chatting a lot about the theology of abortion as well as her work in thinking through a practical response – really from a big picture perspective. In today’s episode, we talk with Liz Preston, who has been on the ground working for an organisation called Priceless Life, which is in Southeast Queensland. Liz has so much experience and so much warmth and I know that the people who are counselled by her or who are trained as counsellors with the organisation really benefit from her experience and her humility. It just comes out so much in how she talks about this issue and the kind of people that she loves as she shares the hope that they can have and the options that they have in the future with their unwanted pregnancy. I say that it’s a difficult topic because I know that some people may have been really closely affected by this issue. But there are words for you in this episode, so if you think you can handle it, I think it’s a good one to listen to. Liz talks about how she and her husband got involved in this work and how God was at work in closing a door to open up what has really becomes such an important work for them. She also talks about some of the barriers that people face when they do have an unexpected or unplanned pregnancy. And also the hope that she has both for people that she counsels but also for our society and for the work that she does.   LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Priceless House – www.pricelesshouse.org.au Circle of Security Course – www.parentingworkshop.com.au Pregnancy Help Australia Network – www.pregnancysupport.com.au How big an issue is abortion in our society?  Who does it affect and how do they deal with it?  Liz Preston has devoted her life’s work to thinking about this topic and helping women facing unplanned and crisis pregnancies.  In this episode, she talks with Tori Walker about how she and her husband got involved in this work, the type of counselling and support that Priceless House is involved in, and shares some of the stories of the men and women she has helped.   SHOW SNIPPETS: "(re: the issue of abortion) In a way, we’ve all become complicit and now we just don’t know what to do with it."   "We all have a sense deep down that there’s something rather unpleasant about abortion."   "We do know that people have been significantly helped by a phone conversation."   "They are not going to be willing to sort things through with someone they don’t think gets it."   "I don’t know anywhere else or anyone else where we can find such truth and love than in Jesus."   "We didn’t do a lot in some ways, but obviously our support at that time had meant a lot to her."     Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com

How big an issue is abortion in our society?  Who does it affect and how do they deal with it?  Liz Preston has devoted her life’s work to thinking about this topic and helping women facing unplanned and crisis pregnancies.  In this episode, she talks with Tori Walker about how she and her husband got involved in this work, the type of counselling and support that Priceless House is involved in, and shares some of the stories of the men and women she has helped. EPISODE NOTES: Liz Preston and her husband Graham were planning to head overseas to be involved in mission work, but when that door closed, they became involved in supporting women facing unplanned pregnancies – a work that Liz has been doing since 1966.  Liz has contributed an enormous amount to this work through the Priceless Life Centre in Brisbane.  How big an issue is abortion in our society?  Who does it affect and how do they deal with it?  Liz Preston has devoted her life’s work to thinking about this topic and helping women facing unplanned and crisis pregnancies.  In this episode, she talks with Tori Walker about how she and her husband got involved in this work, the type of counselling and support that Priceless House is involved in, and shares some of the stories of the men and women she has helped. A note from Tori: This episode is a bit of a difficult one because it covers a really tricky topic, and that’s the topic of abortion. We chatted to Robyn Bain about the issue in <a href="https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/the-lydia-project/episode-26-robyn-bain-abortion-human-value-gospel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 26,</a> and we were really chatting a lot about the theology of abortion as well as her work in thinking through a practical response – really from a big picture perspective. In today’s episode, we talk with Liz Preston, who has been on the ground working for an organisation called Priceless Life, which is in Southeast Queensland. Liz has so much experience and so much warmth and I know that the people who are counselled by her or who are trained as counsellors with the organisation really benefit from her experience and her humility. It just comes out so much in how she talks about this issue and the kind of people that she loves as she shares the hope that they can have and the options that they have in the future with their unwanted pregnancy. I say that it’s a difficult topic because I know that some people may have been really closely affected by this issue. But there are words for you in this episode, so if you think you can handle it, I think it’s a good one to listen to. Liz talks about how she and her husband got involved in this work and how God was at work in closing a door to open up what has really becomes such an important work for them. She also talks about some of the barriers that people face when they do have an unexpected or unplanned pregnancy. And also the hope that she has both for people that she counsels but also for our society and for the work that she does. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Priceless House – <a href="http://www.pricelesshouse.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.pricelesshouse.org.au</a> Circle of Security Course – <a href="http://www.parentingworkshp.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.parentingworkshop.com.au</a> Pregnancy Help Australia Network<a href="http://www.pregnancysupport.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> – www.pregnancysupport.com.au</a> How big an issue is abortion in our society?  Who does it affect and how do they deal with it?  Liz Preston has devoted her life’s work to thinking about this topic and helping women facing unplanned and crisis pregnancies.  In this episode, she talks with Tori Walker about how she and her husband got involved in this work, the type of counselling and support that Priceless House is involved in, and shares some of the stories of the men and women she has helped. SHOW SNIPPETS: "(re: the issue of abortion) In a way, we’ve all become complicit and now we just don’t know what to do with it." "We all have a sense deep down that there’s something rather unpleasant about abortion." "We do know that people have been significantly helped by a phone conversation." "They are not going to be willing to sort things through with someone they don’t think gets it." "I don’t know anywhere else or anyone else where we can find such truth and love than in Jesus." "We didn’t do a lot in some ways, but obviously our support at that time had meant a lot to her." Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>

Episode 41: Liz Preston

Karen Nelson

Karen is the co-founder and CEO of the ISeeU Trust. Listen as she shares how growing up in Apartheid South Africa led her to long to help marginalised young women succeed in a world that is hostile to their circumstances. Karen's gratitude to the saving grace of God leads her to share her joy in caring for others, whether her own family, the many couples that she and her husband, Hugo, have taken through premarital counselling, or the young women she and her Trust partner, Haley, have mentored over the past few years.    EPISODE NOTES: Karen Nelson is married to Hugo and together they have four children. Karen began her working life as a lawyer and lobbyist. Growing up in a marginalised community within the context of an Apartheid South Africa, Karen was determined to be self-sufficient and she was eager to contribute towards a changing nation. While her work challenged her, it also took her away from home enough to cause her to take pause and ask the tough questions that many mums find themselves facing. With much prayer, wise counsel and evaluation of her family’s own needs, Karen made the difficult choice to set her career aside for the sake of the health of her family. She says that God has used her children to empty, humble, shape and refine her. Through them, I have seen the hidden places in my heart where I most need God to shine His light. In time, Karen started to feel more and more burdened for the many young women living in marginalised communities around Cape Town. Her concerns actioned her and fellow founder of the ISeeU Trust, Haley, to begin their non-profit organisation. ISeeU works to up-skill teenage girls and provide them with opportunities to see themselves through the eyes of God: deeply loved by Him, with God-given potential and great value. Karen finds Genesis 16:13 particularly comforting, especially in the light of the work she does with young women through the ISeeU Trust: “She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: ‘You are the God who sees me,’ for she said, ‘I have now seen the One who sees me.” LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The ISeeU Trust: www.iseeu.org.za I See U – Facebook page Contact: info@iseeu,org.za  SHOW SNIPPETS "I tend to be a control freak. I want to organise my life to the nth degree. And in that process, I often leave no space for God. It’s become very clear to me over the years that actually the best place for me to be, even in the midst of a storm, is his will for me at that point."   "By God’s grace, these girls will become role models in their families, in their communities. And my dream was actually that you’re starting a little revolution in that street, in that little block, in that rundown flat or apartment block with these girls becoming role models."   "One of the ways we can support them is just to say that you don’t have to make the perfect decision. You just have to keep moving. And the road is littered with detours. But those detours often are where you learn."   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com

Karen is the co-founder and CEO of the ISeeU Trust. Listen as she shares how growing up in Apartheid South Africa led her to long to help marginalised young women succeed in a world that is hostile to their circumstances. Karen's gratitude to the saving grace of God leads her to share her joy in caring for others, whether her own family, the many couples that she and her husband, Hugo, have taken through premarital counselling, or the young women she and her Trust partner, Haley, have mentored over the past few years.  EPISODE NOTES: Karen Nelson is married to Hugo and together they have four children. Karen began her working life as a lawyer and lobbyist. Growing up in a marginalised community within the context of an Apartheid South Africa, Karen was determined to be self-sufficient and she was eager to contribute towards a changing nation. While her work challenged her, it also took her away from home enough to cause her to take pause and ask the tough questions that many mums find themselves facing. With much prayer, wise counsel and evaluation of her family’s own needs, Karen made the difficult choice to set her career aside for the sake of the health of her family. She says that God has used her children to empty, humble, shape and refine her. Through them, I have seen the hidden places in my heart where I most need God to shine His light. In time, Karen started to feel more and more burdened for the many young women living in marginalised communities around Cape Town. Her concerns actioned her and fellow founder of the ISeeU Trust, Haley, to begin their non-profit organisation. ISeeU works to up-skill teenage girls and provide them with opportunities to see themselves through the eyes of God: deeply loved by Him, with God-given potential and great value. Karen finds <a href="https://www.esv.org/Genesis%2016%3A13/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Genesis 16:13</a> particularly comforting, especially in the light of the work she does with young women through the ISeeU Trust: “She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: ‘You are the God who sees me,’ for she said, ‘I have now seen the One who sees me.” LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: <ul><li>The ISeeU Trust: <a href="http://www.iseeu.org.za/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.iseeu.org.za</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/iseeunonprofit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I See U – Facebook page</a></li> <li>Contact: <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&amp;fs=1&amp;tf=1&amp;to=info@iseeu.org.za" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">info@iseeu,org.za</a></li> </ul> SHOW SNIPPETS "I tend to be a control freak. I want to organise my life to the nth degree. And in that process, I often leave no space for God. It’s become very clear to me over the years that actually the best place for me to be, even in the midst of a storm, is his will for me at that point." "By God’s grace, these girls will become role models in their families, in their communities. And my dream was actually that you’re starting a little revolution in that street, in that little block, in that rundown flat or apartment block with these girls becoming role models." "One of the ways we can support them is just to say that you don’t have to make the perfect decision. You just have to keep moving. And the road is littered with detours. But those detours often are where you learn." Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: <a href="https://tlpcwcw.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlpcwcw.podbean.com</a>

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