I’m not much of a cook, but I’m always amazed at the power of a good meal to pull everyone away from what they are doing and spend time together talking and eating.

Today we’re talking about building and strengthening our family around the dinner table with the ever-inspiring Sally Clarkson. Sally shares how we can really make the most of our moments together.

Links Mentioned In This Episode:

1. The Lifegiving Table Book
2. SallyClarkson.com
3. Get on Kat's Email List!
4. HelloMornings.org
5. Hello Mornings Book
6. Love the song in the outro? It's called God Day. It's by Jen Stanbro and you can get it on iTunes by clicking here and check out Jen's site by clicking here.

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There is good news about the global water crisis. In 1990, 76 percent of the world had access to improved drinking water. Today, that number is nearly 91 percent and growing.

Unfortunately, nearly 1,000 children under age 5 still die every day from diarrhea caused by contaminated water, poor sanitation, and improper hygiene. Clean water frees children from deadly diseases, liberates women and children from a life spent gathering dirty water and opens the door to education, a promising future, and a full life

My guest Laura Blank from World Vision shares how you can get your family involved in ending the global water crisis in our lifetime.

In This Episode, You'll Hear...

• About World Vision’s Global 6K water initiative
• Ways to involve your kids with big global causes to help people in poverty
• Stories of how organizations are closing the gap for worldwide water shortage
• Why addressing water shortage impacts the futures of families in developing countries

Links Mentioned In This Episode:

1. Global 6K for Water
2. JJ Heller’s This Little Light of Mine
3. World Vision’s Clean Water Giving Page
4. Love the song in the outro? It's called God Day. It's by Jen Stanbro and you can get it on iTunes by clicking here and check out Jen's site by clicking here.

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With an upside down mortgage, growing family and a too-small income, Erin Odom and her husband were frustrated with their finances. She shares their powerful story of getting to the roots of their financial problems, making a plan to address them and keeping their marriage intact in the process.

“We didn’t know what we were doing wrong. We would come to the end of the month and look at our bank account and say, ‘Ok we can’t go to the grocery store. We have to try and make ends meet.’ We could not make our finances work.”

In This Episode, You'll Hear...

• Erin’s story of frustration, humility and faith in the face of difficulty making finances work
• The freedom of figuring out the roots of financial frustrations and making a plan to address them
• How asking God for contentment can be a gamechanger in finding financial freedom
• Practicals for cutting down spending, making a plan for your money and communicating with your spouse about finances

Links Mentioned In This Episode

1. More Than Just Making It
2. Brilliant Business Moms
   
3. iBloom in Business
   
4. Christy Wright’s Business Boutique
   
5. Eating Well on a Budget
   
6. Love the song in the outro? It's called God Day. It's by Jen Stanbro and you can get it on iTunes by clicking here and check out Jen's site by clicking here.

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Through some miraculous circumstances, my guest Heather MacFadyen took a powerful trip to Israel this past spring. She shares how that trip impacted her life, her walk with Jesus and changed her understanding of the Holy Land and the people who live there.

“If Christians want to really know God, and our faith and our roots, we need to know Judaism. We need to know what Jesus did and how he lived. It makes everything come to life more.”

In This Episode, You'll Hear...

• Heather’s miraculous trip to Israel and how it came at a pivotal time in her life
• Insight into the places and people of the Holy Land (both Israel and Palestine)
• How understanding Judaism can help Christians really know the roots of our faith and how Jesus lived

Links Mentioned In This Episode:

1. Israel Collective
2. Love the song in the outro? It's called God Day. It's by Jen Stanbro and you can get it on iTunes by clicking here and check out Jen's site by clicking here.

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We all search for peace and clarity in life’s big decisions. Life coach Carey Bailey shares how to build up faith-based decision-making processes in your life. “It’s not my job to try and be in control, instead it’s my job to trust God in the little things and the big... Read more

We all search for peace and clarity in life’s big decisions. Life coach Carey Bailey shares how to build up faith-based decision-making processes in your life.

“It’s not my job to try and be in control, instead it’s my job to trust God in the little things and the big things. This process is not about finding clarity, it’s about understanding and learning more about what it looks like to trust God in our every day.”

In This Episode, You'll Hear...

• Tips for setting up a discernment process for hearing God in your decision making
• How to get started with journaling as a way to talk to God
• Why decision making is ultimately a way we can grow in trusting God

Links Mentioned In This Episode:

1. Love the song in the outro? It's called God Day. It's by Jen Stanbro and you can get it on iTunes by clicking here and check out Jen's site by clicking here.

Your Kids Are Going To LOVE This -->

Get A FREE Week of JellyTelly!

How awesome is that? Get over 300 hours of incredible Bible-centered video content. My kids (yes, even my teenagers) love JellyTelly. They especially enjoy Heroes of the Faith, Torchlighters, Veggie Tales and What's In The Bible. There's something here for every age.

Click here to get your FREE week along with a fun coloring pack. Use the coupon code: INSPIRED.

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 Bestselling author, speaker and homeschooling mother of five, Chrystal Evans Hurst shares her rich wisdom on how to live the life God has called you to even when our dreams don’t match our current reality.

“Our life is a journey and God wastes nothing. Everything about you, your experiences, your personality, God will use it but he may not bring it together into a picture that makes sense to you until a few years down the road.”

In This Episode, You'll Hear...

• The importance of the journey God takes us on to find our calling in him.
• Finding something that is good enough, for now, is really a powerful way to start following the dreams God has placed in you
• Giving your best to your kids is one of the greatest accomplishments you can achieve
• Figuring out our “Ground Zero” in each season to keep us from drifting

Links mentioned in this Episode:

1. Get Chrystal's BOOK:  She’s Still There
2. Previous Chrystal Hurst Episodes- Ep. 37 and Ep. 38
3. Free Printable, “Babies Don’t Keep” 
4. Love the song in the outro? It's called God Day. It's by Jen Stanbro and you can get it on iTunes by clicking here and check out Jen's site by clicking here.

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Mom and pediatrician, Dr. Meg Meeker shares wisdom and rich insight on parenting, teens, and fatherhood. You’ll want to bookmark this one to listen to again and again!

Highlights...

“You pursue your children, enter their world and stay there.”
“A parent helps develop the identity of a child”

“Being in the same house with your mom and dad, even if you don’t talk much, that alone transforms children.”

“In a child’s eyes, every dad is a hero who is larger than life.”

In This Episode, You'll Hear...

• Encouragement for parenting teenagers and pursuing relationships with them
• Ways to include dads in parenting from the beginning
• How to honor and encourage dads to be active parents

Quick Links

1. BOOK: Hero: Being the Strong Father Your Children Need
2. BOOK: Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
3. Love the song in the outro? It's called God Day. It's by Jen Stanbro and you can get it on iTunes by clicking here and check out Jen's site by clicking here.

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https://megmeekermd.com

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When stories about knights, battles and medieval heroism caught her boys’ imaginations, Heather Haupt used it as an opportunity to teach them about the code of chivalry. Drawing from real accounts in the middle ages, she challenged her boys to become modern-day knights in training.

“This has so shaped the culture of our family. We talk a lot about becoming an honorable man and what that looks like. It has given my sons, especially my oldest, a sense of purpose.”

In This Episode, You'll Hear...

• Heather’s parenting story and the origin of her new book Knights in Training
• The ten principles of the chivalry challenge
• How to call your boys to a higher standard and coach them as they get older
• Ways to get started on your own chivalry challenge

Quick Links

1. BOOK: Knights in Training
2. BOOK: Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
3. Free printable knight’s code poster
4. Love the song in the outro? It's called God Day. It's by Jen Stanbro and you can get it on iTunes by clicking here and check out Jen's site by clicking here.

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Actress and mom Lisa Lloyd shares how God brought her to a deep place of surrender after a painful experience in her life. Through that experience, she felt called by God to make his name famous and invite others to do the same.  

“Wherever we’re at in life, God has called us to live for the glory of his name-- not wishing we were somewhere else. We can make God famous and glorify him in the season we’re in.”

In This Episode, You'll Hear...

• How to be vulnerable and share struggles with close community
• Lisa’s stirring story of choosing to make God famous over focusing on worldly fame
• Ways to shift the spotlight from ourselves to God and disciple our kids to do the same
• Encouragement to “wait well” and focus on the season of life and motherhood we’re in

Quick Links

1. BOOK: Chasing Famous
2. Love the song in the outro? It's called God Day. It's by Jen Stanbro and you can get it on iTunes by clicking here and check out Jen's site by clicking here.

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With the beginning of summer right around the corner, keeping our kids occupied and enjoying family activities are typically high on everyone’s list. What if you could accomplish both by adding the simple activity of reading aloud together?

Sarah Mackenzie, homeschooling mom of 6 and founder of the Read Aloud Revival podcast shares how her family got hooked on reading aloud and some great books to add to your summer reading list.

In This Episode, You'll Hear...

• The benefits of reading aloud and playing audiobooks for your children, especially those who can read on their own.
• How to keep your kids engaged while reading aloud or listening to an audiobook
• A starter list of great books to read to your kids

Books Mentioned:

1. Paul Galdone Fairy Tales
2. Books by Robert McCloskey
3. Books by Jan Brett
4. Books by Tomie dePaola
5. A Bear Called Paddington (and others by Michael Bond)
6. Books by E.B. White
7. Books by Beverly Cleary
8. My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
9. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
10. Half Magic by Edward Eager
11. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
12. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
13. The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic by Jennifer Trafton
14. The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson
15. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
16. The Wilderking Trilogy by Jonathan Rogers
17. Books by J.R.R. Tolkien
18. Download Sarah Mackenzie’s Excellent Book List -->

Quick Links:

1. Click here to get your free 2 week trial of PrepDish.com
2. More about the Read Aloud Revival podcast
3. Love the song in the outro? It's called God Day. It's by Jen Stanbro and you can get it on iTunes by clicking here and check out Jen's site by clicking here.

Connect with Sarah Mackenzie

Blog:

https://amongstlovelythings.com

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Christian music singer and songwriter Kari Jobe shares about her motherhood journey and the story behind her new album The Garden.

After a tragedy in her family, Jobe wrote worship songs about finding hope in the midst of loss, peace in the midst of uncertainty and God’s presence in the midst of pain.

“It was one of those experiences that knocked the air of my lungs. I remember thinking, God, I really don’t understand why you would allow this to happen.”

In This Episode, You'll Hear...

• How worship brings breakthrough and questions don’t -- questions bring more questions.
• About processing loss with God and surrendering your disappointment to Him
• Giving yourself the grace to let God meet you, listening for His voice and spending time with Him.

Quick Links

1. Click here to get your free 2 week trial of PrepDish.com
2. The Garden album
3. Hallelujah Cover on YouTube
4. Kari’s spoof of Adele song
5. Love the song in the outro? It's called God Day. It's by Jen Stanbro and you can get it on iTunes by clicking here and check out Jen's site by clicking here.

Connect with Kari Jobe

Website:

https://karijobe.com

Social media:

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