Journeywomen

Hunter Beless

  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    Discipling the Next Generation with Adam & Chelsea Griffin

    Parents are not the only ones called to disciple children! In this episode, Hunter talks with Adam and Chelsea Griffin about discipling the next generation—they talk about the biblical basis for it, offer encouragement to parents and church families, and also get into practical ideas to help the next generation of believers grow in their love for the Lord. 


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    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

    1. Why is discipling the next generation important?
    2. How can the church as a whole come alongside families to help disciple children?
    3. What are some specific areas in which you’d like to grow when it comes to discipling the next generation?
    4. If you are a parent, how does remembering the gospel for yourself affect how you interact with your children, especially in moments of discipline and instruction?
    5. Is there someone you know who does family discipleship well that you could learn from?
    6. What might you do or implement based on what you learned in this week’s episode?


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    On the Journeywomen podcast, we’ll help you know and love God through his Word, find your hope in the gospel, and invest deeply in your local church as you go out on mission for the glory of God.

    7 April 2025, 8:00 am
  • 52 minutes 10 seconds
    Discipleship in Every Season with Melissa Kruger

    Discipleship looks different in different seasons. We don’t always have the same capacity, schedule, or set of circumstances as our seasons of life shift and change. In this episode, Hunter talks with Courtney Doctor and Melissa Kruger about the practical elements of discipleship and pointing others to Christ in all of life.


    We’d love to hear your discipleship stories!

    If you have a good discipleship story to share, please record a 30-to-60-second voice memo and send it to info@journeywomen.org.


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    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

    1. What are some opportunities you have in your current season to invite a younger or older woman into your home? (After kids’ bedtime, lunch after church, etc.)
    2. How can you be intentional to make your conversations with Christians look different from conversations in the world?
    3. Before you enter a group or one-on-one discussion, what are some specific questions you can take time to think through beforehand?
    4. What are some healthy expectations for discipling?
    5. What might you do or implement based on what you learned in this week’s episode?


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    On the Journeywomen podcast, we’ll help you know and love God through his Word, find your hope in the gospel, and invest deeply in your local church as you go out on mission for the glory of God.

    31 March 2025, 8:00 am
  • 36 minutes 5 seconds
    Word-Centered Discipleship with Elizabeth Woodson

    In this episode, Hunter chats with Elizabeth Woodson about centering our discipleship relationships around the Word of God. What does it look like to be committed to Word-centered discipleship? This conversation is full of encouragement, inspiration, and practical ideas to ensure the Word is the focal point of your discipleship relationships.


    We’d love to hear your discipleship stories!

    If you have a good discipleship story to share, please record a 30-to-60-second voice memo and send it to info@journeywomen.org.


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    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

    1. Have you experienced firsthand the difference between secular mentorship and Christian discipleship? How are these distinct?
    2. How might you disciple differently when you’re reminded you have the help of the Holy Spirit?
    3. What is one way to fill up your cup behind the scenes in discipleship?
    4. Is there someone who has modeled Word-centered discipleship well for you?
    5. How can you take your current relationships to deeper places and bring conversations to the Lord? 
    6. What might you do or implement based on what you learned in this week’s episode?


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    On the Journeywomen podcast, we’ll help you know and love God through his Word, find your hope in the gospel, and invest deeply in your local church as you go out on mission for the glory of God.

    24 March 2025, 8:00 am
  • 41 minutes 45 seconds
    Discipleship in the Local Church with Bev Chao Berrus

    In this episode, Hunter chats with Bev Chao Berrus about discipleship in the local church and how God designed it for our spiritual good! Disciples are made within the context of the local church, and God himself gives us this example in the pages of Scripture and throughout the history of the Church. Friends, we pray this conversation is a helpful resource as you seek to come alongside the women in your local church and grow together in godliness!


    We loved hearing Bev’s discipleship stories, and we’d love to hear more!

    If you have a good discipleship story to share, please record a 30-60 second voice memo and send it our way at info@journeywomen.org.


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    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

    1. What could you do to help your church create or maintain a culture of discipleship?
    2. What are some specific ways you can “be the older woman that you yearn for”?
    3. What are some specific opportunities you might be able to use to disciple others in your local church?
    4. Do you have a “good story” of discipleship in the local church?
    5. In what ways are you “eating the fruit” of someone else’s faithfulness? 
    6. What might you do or implement based on what you learned in this week’s episode?


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    On the Journeywomen podcast, we’ll help you know and love God through his Word, find your hope in the gospel, and invest deeply in your local church as you go out on mission for the glory of God.

    17 March 2025, 8:00 am
  • 46 minutes 16 seconds
    What is Discipleship? with Courtney Doctor

    In this episode, Hunter chats with Courtney Doctor to begin our new series, Displaying the Gospel through Discipleship. One way we display the gospel and live on mission is through our discipling relationships. Yet, so many of us are intimidated by Christ’s command to go and make disciples. In this series, we will grow in our understanding of discipleship and how we can practically go about doing it. 

    Over the past two years, Courtney and Hunter have been working on a verse-by-verse Bible study on the book of Titus entitled Titus: Displaying the Gospel of Grace. Many of us are familiar with the classic Titus 2 passage on discipling, but through this entire series, we hope to highlight the beauty of intergenerational relationships in the church and what it actually looks like to display the gospel through those relationships. In this episode, they're talking about what discipleship is—whether formal or informal—what discipleship has looked like in their lives personally, and what Scripture says should be at the heart of it all.

    Courtney Doctor received an MDiv from Covenant Theological Seminary and currently serves as the Director of Women’s Initiatives for The Gospel Coalition. 


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    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

    1. How do you define discipleship?
    2. How has discipleship played a role in your life?
    3. What are the things to “insist on” in a discipleship relationship?
    4. What could formal or informal discipleship look like in your life right now?
    5. Who is someone (older or younger) who you could ask about beginning a formal discipleship relationship together?
    6. What might you do or implement based on what you learned in this week’s episode?


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    On the Journeywomen podcast, we’ll help you know and love God through his Word, find your hope in the gospel, and invest deeply in your local church as you go out on mission for the glory of God.

    10 March 2025, 9:00 am
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Applying the Gospel to Everyday Life with Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler

    In this week’s episode, Hunter chats with Laura and Emily of Risen Motherhood about applying the gospel to our everyday lives. They work through what it practically looks like to apply the framework of creation, fall, redemption, and consummation to the very real problems we face, and they also chat about the upcoming sunset of Risen Motherhood and what’s next for Laura and Emily!


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    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

    1. Have you ever heard of the Creation, Fall, Redemption, Consummation framework? How does this help you understand the gospel more fully?
    2. What is an issue in your life right now that you can apply CFRC to? Perhaps either journal through the framework or talk it through out loud with a friend.
    3. Emily mentioned growing in your understanding of Scripture and the spiritual disciplines. What is one small step you can take today to move toward this kind of growth?
    4. Who is someone whom you might connect with or go deeper with to discuss the issues you’re dealing with through a gospel lens?
    5. What might you do or implement based on what you learned in this week’s episode?


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    On the Journeywomen podcast, we’ll come alongside you in the seasons and challenges of life to help you know and love God through his Word, to find your hope in the gospel, and to invest deeply in your local church as you go out on mission for the glory of God.

    25 November 2024, 9:00 am
  • 48 minutes 19 seconds
    Living in Line with Your Conscience with Bobby Jamieson

    As believers we are united in Christ—and there will still be issues about which we disagree. As Bobby Jamieson reminded us in this week's episode, "Those disagreements can always threaten to become divisions." But there is hope! We can learn how to understand our conscience, listen to God's leading, and engage those we disagree with by showing kindness and respect and remembering the unity we share in Christ. We pray the practical and Scripture-based encouragement this episode offers will help you think through how to both understand and live in line with your conscience.


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    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

    1. What are some differing matters of conscience that you have encountered either personally, in relationships with others, or with those in your church?
    2. Are there friends or influencers who you have been tempted to “outsource your conscience” to, meaning you adopt their practices without gauging your own conscience?
    3. Bobby mentioned several passages (listed in our show notes) that would be helpful to better understand conscience. Perhaps select one today to read through or study with a friend.
    4. Is there a trusted pastor, friend, or mentor with whom you could have a conversation about your own personal questions about issues of conscience? Perhaps reach out to them today.
    5. What might you do or implement based on what you learned in this week’s episode?


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    On the Journeywomen podcast, we’ll come alongside you in the seasons and challenges of life to help you know and love God through his Word, to find your hope in the gospel, and to invest deeply in your local church as you go out on mission for the glory of God.

    18 November 2024, 9:00 am
  • 43 minutes 48 seconds
    Living a Prayerful Life with Megan Hill

    Do you ever find yourself subconsciously crying out to God in a desperate moment? Maybe it's a "Lord, help me" prayer in a time of need, or a "Jesus, come quickly" when your heart is heavy. Sometimes life brings us to the end of ourselves in a way that reminds our hearts to call out to God. As we reach the end of ourselves we realize, to whom else can we go (John 6:68)? He is the One who is sovereign, able, good, and kind. In this week's conversation with Megan Hill, Hunter and Megan talk about how vital prayer is to the life of the Christian.


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    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

    1. How has the Lord used prayer to help you navigate hard things?
    2. What has it looked like (or what might it look like) for you to incorporate prayer into your daily rhythm, even with all of the distractions of life?
    3. Has the Lord used prayer to draw you toward other believers? How so?
    4. What might you bring to the Lord in prayer today?
    5. What might you do or implement based on what you learned in this week’s episode?


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    On the Journeywomen podcast, we’ll come alongside you in the seasons and challenges of life to help you know and love God through his Word, to find your hope in the gospel, and to invest deeply in your local church as you go out on mission for the glory of God.

    11 November 2024, 9:00 am
  • 47 minutes 22 seconds
    Looking to Christ with Whitney Newby

    Have you ever felt like you have nothing left…and yet you’re being asked to give more? Sometimes this place of utter depletion and emptiness can feel scary, but it is actually here that we can lift our eyes to Jesus and find so much more of God’s goodness, strength, and nearness. In this week’s episode, Hunter chats with Whitney Newby about how we can orient our gaze to Christ in the midst of the various challenges of life. We pray this episode encourages you—wherever you are and whatever you’re walking through—and presses you to lean on the Lord for strength.


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    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

    1. Have you ever felt like you are pouring from an empty cup? How have you seen Christ’s sufficiency in those moments?
    2. What Scriptures that Whitney and Hunter shared (you can find them all in the show notes!) resonated most with you? Consider memorizing it this week!
    3. Have you faced a season that felt like it was too much? How did God use it to help you learn to fully cast yourself on him?
    4. Did you resonate with Hunter and Whitney’s conversation about lack of self-control and anger? Where do you find yourself struggling most, and how do you practice walking in repentance and receiving God’s grace?
    5. What might you do or implement based on what you learned in this week’s episode?


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    On the Journeywomen podcast, we’ll come alongside you in the seasons and challenges of life to help you know and love God through his Word, to find your hope in the gospel, and to invest deeply in your local church as you go out on mission for the glory of God.

    4 November 2024, 9:00 am
  • 54 minutes 19 seconds
    The Remedy for Discontentment with Jill Atogwe

    In this week’s episode with Jill Atogwe, Hunter and Jill talk about our natural tendency toward discontent, and how even our areas of deficiency and lack can press us more into Jesus. We pray this episode reminds you that even in—perhaps especially in—those places where you feel most weak and humbled, there is space for growth and intimacy with God.

     “Is God really good?” Have you ever found yourself asking this question? When the diagnosis comes back, when everything crashes down, when the other shoe drops… In the midst of suffering, if you listen to your feelings and to the world, the answer to that question is “No.” But, as Jill reminded us in this week’s episode, “if you open the Word, you will see the One that God loved most—himself—he allowed to live a life of suffering and to die a death of the ultimate untouchable suffering for us to live with him in eternity forever.”

    Sister, in your difficulty remember what is true: God is good and he can only do good (Psalm 119:68). You can trust him.


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    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

    1. What are some things you feel that God has “left out” of your story? 
    2. How have these deficiencies, or things you felt like God left out, pressed you into more of Christ?
    3. What does it look like for you to deal with discontentment in your life? What root sins come up when you are faced with lack?
    4. Are there any passages from Scripture that you find encouraging in your struggle with discontent? Consider memorizing one this week!
    5. What might you do or implement based on what you learned in this week’s episode?


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    On the Journeywomen podcast, we’ll come alongside you in the seasons and challenges of life to help you know and love God through his Word, to find your hope in the gospel, and to invest deeply in your local church as you go out on mission for the glory of God.

    21 October 2024, 11:58 am
  • 1 hour 11 seconds
    Navigating Divorce with Wendy Alsup

    Have you had to navigate divorce or do you know someone who has? In this week’s episode Hunter talks with Wendy Alsup about how God was faithful to walk her through the incredibly difficult circumstances surrounding her divorce. Wendy shares how she found solace in meditating on God’s Word and in immersing herself in a safe local church body. We hope this episode offers you encouragement if you are in a similar situation or that it gives you tangible ways to care for those in your community who are hurting.


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    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

    1. How has your knowledge and love of God carried you through the various challenges you’ve faced?
    2. Do you know anyone personally who has been impacted by divorce? Is there someone in your local church who you might serve as they walk through this difficult season?
    3. Wendy said “God's kingdom grows through suffering people, not in spite of our suffering.” How does that statement encourage you?
    4. How have you found that meditating on Scripture sustains you throughout your day? What verse might you look to this week to meditate on for encouragement?
    5. What might you do or implement based on what you learned in this week’s episode?


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    On the Journeywomen podcast, we’ll come alongside you in the seasons and challenges of life to help you know and love God through his Word, to find your hope in the gospel, and to invest deeply in your local church as you go out on mission for the glory of God.

    14 October 2024, 8:00 am
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