This month, we wrap-up our summer series on play by sharing what we've each learned about the spiritual discipline of playfulness over the last couple of months. We also share the 2nd half of our interview with Courtney Ellis. If you didn't listen to our July episode, go back and listen, Courtney is a fount of wisdom when it comes to the art of playfulness and its importance to the Christian life. 

Also, in our introduction to Courtney's interview, we share some big news about the future of Woven!

To learn more about Courtney and her ministry visit her at www.courtneybellis.com. Her new book, Happy Now, released on August 1. You can find it wherever books are sold! 

Past Woven Episodes with Courtney: Episode 44: Uncluttered Episode 57: Spiritual Practices Episode 72: Mutual Submission

In July and August on Woven, we are talking all things "play". For our July episode, we discuss our own barriers to play and the areas where we'd like to become more playful. We also challenge each other to do something playful over the next month.

To enhance our discussion, we also talk to Courtney Ellis, the author of Happy Now: Let Playfulness Lift Your Load and Renew Your Spirit. We talk with her about why it's so hard for adults, even Christian adults to play. We also discuss that Jesus cares about our play, and how playfulness can even be a spiritual discipline. She also shares with us some practical ways to boost play and joy in our everyday lives. Come back in August to hear the 2nd half of the interview!

If, after listening to this episode, you want to join us in our play challenge, please hop over to IG and let us know!

To learn more about Courtney and her ministry visit her at www.courtneybellis.com. Her new book, Happy Now, releases on August 1. You can find it wherever books are sold! Pre-order today!

Past Woven Episodes with Courtney:

Episode 44: Uncluttered

Episode 57: Spiritual Practices

Episode 72: Mutual Submission

Woven is taking a short break in June, but we still want to share a little something with our listeners. Since we're talking about fun and playfulness in our July and August episodes, we asked Christie Cuthbert, author and friend of Woven, to read an excerpt from her book Mom I Farted in Church for our June episode. Christie is an expert in finding the humor and fun in parenting. We hope you enjoy this reading, and check out Christie and all her work.

Christie's Website

Mom, I Farted in Church

Mischief Maker Books

It's finally May! With a new season and the end of a school year approaching, lots of transitions are on the horizon. This month we talk life transitions- how we handle them differently, how we can prepare for them better and how we can keep growing even in times of transition. We also talk summer and share some ideas on surviving and maybe even thriving in this new season. 

Free 99 Fridge Ministry

Bonus Episode! Our May episode comes out on Tuesday, but in honor of Mother's Day, we thought we'd drop a bonus discussion on mothering- different types of mothering, our strengths and weaknesses as mothers, the Proverbs 31 woman (spoiler alert: it's not what you think), and how Mother's Day isn't always the easiest day for a lot of people. Enjoy!

Podcast Episodes Mentioned:

Don't Mom Alone: Owning Your Motherhood

Popcast Moms I'd Like to Friend Episode

For our April episode, we process what it means to grow slowly in different aspects of our lives. We talk about the areas where we struggle to grow low and slow versus fast and flashy. We also interview Jennifer Dukes Lee about her new book Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl. In our third segment, we talk about gardening, slow cooking, and books that are helping us to lean into the spring "growing" season and Eastertide.

About Jennifer:

Jennifer Dukes Lee lives on the fifth-generation Lee family farm in Iowa, where she and her husband are raising crops, pigs, and two beautiful humans. She writes books, loves queso, and enjoys singing too loudly to songs with great harmony. Once upon a time, she didn't believe in Jesus; now he's her CEO. Find Jennifer at JenniferDukesLee.com and on Instagram at @JenniferDukesLee.

Other Resources Mentioned:

Jennifer's New Book: Growing Slow

Tim Keller's New Book: Hope in Times of Fear

Surprised By Hope

The Four Winds

Episodes with Will Harris of White Oak Pastures- 

Episode 16

Episode 17

As we inch into spring, towards Easter, and slowly out of the COVID crisis, we talk about what we've learned in the past year and what it looks like to add things back into our lives after much has been stripped away. What does it mean to begin again?

We also interview home designer, Shannon Acheson, about her new book Home Made Lovely. Many of us during this pandemic have spent time reexamining our homes, because we've spent more time in them than ever. We've learned what it means to make a house a home, and how we can make our homes work better for our families. Also, as we move out of the pandemic, we get to reexamine how we practice hospitality in our homes. We talk about all of this and more with Shannon. 

In our last segment we talk charcuterie, Tim Keller's new book on Easter, and more.

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Our February episode is here, and so is Lent! That means it's time to do some Spring Cleaning, and we're not talking about the dusting the baseboards and cleaning out the pantry type of Spring Cleaning. This month, we discuss how to Spring Clean internally. What does it mean to unclutter our spirts, souls, hearts, minds, etc?

Joining us for the interview portion of this episode is Carla Gasser. Carla is the author of a new devotional entitled The Beauty of the Uncluttered Soul: Allowing God's Spirit to Transform You from the Inside Out. With Carla, we discuss what it means to unclutter our souls, but even more importantly, the fruit that uncluttering can produce in our lives. When we do the work, the fruit of God's Spirit can grow in us for His sake and for the sake of those around us. 

We also discuss, practically, what we're giving up for Lent this year and share resources to help as you prepare to Spring Clean during the Lenten season.

Resources Mentioned:

Jesus Over Everything Shopping Fast Guide

The Wisdom Pyramid article

Erin Moon's Lent Guide

Last Year's Lent Episode with Erin Moon

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Welcome to Woven Season 6! This season we are changing up our format a bit. We will release one long form, segmented episode a month on public channels, and one monthly unedited episode on Patreon. This new talk show-like format will include a devotional, an interview, recommendations, a recipe and a practical exercise segment all centered around one monthly theme. 

This month our theme is Reading: A Love Story. Instead of interviewing a guest, we interview each other on our reading journey, why we love to read, and how our reading lives have evolved over time. We also share our favorite reads from 2020, and what we're looking forward to reading in 2021. Rebecca Cochran also shares a recipe for a fun reading snack, and we talk about some practical ways we can all grow in our reading discipline. 

Books Mentioned:

Learning to Walk in the Dark

The Body

The Hidden Life of Trees

The Taste of Country Cooking

What Kind of Woman

Reading While Black

Homegoing

Compassion and Conviction

Team of Rivals

Jane Eyre

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent

The Daily Bible

Ten Words to Live By

The Vanishing Half

The Evening and The Morning

Transcendent Kingdom

The Good Neighbor

Brave New World

Quest Study Bible

God's Pursuit of Man

David Lebovitz's Mixed Nuts Recipe

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Happy New Year! Join us as we discuss what we learned in 2020, how we will bring those lessons into 2021, and the changes that are coming to Woven in the new year. 

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To wrap up our 2020 Advent series, we discuss the history and meaning behind the Christmas carol that happens to be both Rebeccas' favorite- O Holy Night. We also discuss how we're finding joy this Advent season in a year where joy and cheer seem to be elusive. Once again, thank you to Erin Freeman for lending her beautiful voice to our series. Merry Christmas listeners, and we will be back in your ears in 2021!

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