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Where is God when your heart is breaking? Lina Abujamra's life was suddenly nothing like she'd planned. But now, instantaneously single, she discovered she wasn't alone at all. Show Notes and Resources Visit Lina's website at livingwithpower.org Lina's facebook: @livingwithpower Purchase Lina's book: Fractured Faith: Finding Your Way Back to God in an Age of Deconstruction Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

How did Jesus view women? Professor Kristi McLelland unpacks ancient Middle Eastern culture to better understand Jesus' interactions with females. Show Notes and Resources Learn more about Kristi here: newlensbiblicalstudies.com Follow Kristi on Instagram @kristimclelland Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

What did Jesus think of women? Through the eyes Jewish culture, Kristi McLelland reveals how Jesus was radically empowering and compassionate toward women. Show Notes and Resources Learn more about Kristi here: newlensbiblicalstudies.com Follow Kristi on Instagram @kristimclelland Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

Dr. Jeremiah Johnston reveals research on the devices and social media our kids live on. What do we need to know? How can we manage both in holy ways? Show Notes and Resources Learn more about Jeremiah atchristianthinkers.com Follow Jeremiah on instagram @_jeremiahj Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

Blogger Tim Challies and his wife Aileen reflect on their passage through grief over the loss of their son, with thoughts for grievers and comforters alike. Show Notes and Resources Visit Tim's blog at challies.com Order Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God You can follow Tim on facebook: @challies Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

Blogger Tim Challies and his wife Aileen received the call every parent dreads: That their young, healthy, engaged-to-be-married son had suddenly collapsed and died. The Challies speak openly about muscling through their individual paces of grief and seasons of sorrow. Show Notes and Resources Visit Tim's blog at challies.com Order Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God You can follow Tim on facebook: @challies Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

Ever imagined a life without hurry, relentless work, multitasking, or scarcity? Jen Pollock Michel, author of In Good Time, believes we can live lives characterized instead by presence, attention, rest, rootedness, fruitfulness, and generosity. Show Notes and Resources Visit Jen's website at jenpollockmichel.com Follow Jen on instagram @jenpmichel You can purchase Jen's book,In Good Time: 8 Habits for Reimagining Productivity, Resisting Hurry, and Practicing Peace. Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

Author Jen Pollock Michel shows how to establish life-giving time-management habits and develop a grounded, healthy, life-giving relationship with the clock. Show Notes and Resources Visit Jen's website at jenpollockmichel.com Follow Jen on instagram @jenpmichel You can purchase Jen's book,In Good Time: 8 Habits for Reimagining Productivity, Resisting Hurry, and Practicing Peace. Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

Non-traditional families are now considered traditional. As churches, how do we meet changing needs and serve them well? Listen to Ron Deal's conversation with three senior pastors on why and how to love all families, despite the narrative of their past. Show Notes and Resources Visit Ron Deal's website at rondeal.org Listen to the entire podcast on FamilyLife Blended: The Fields Are White for Harvest: Teaching Pastors Speak Out About Blended Family Ministry Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

What do you do when you're grieved, bitter, or straight-up angry with God? Author Philip Yancey offers powerful ideas for unvarnished emotion. Show Notes and Resources After Parkinson's Diagnosis, Philip Yancey Aims To Be Faithful, Grateful Visit Philip's blog at philipyancey.com Order Phillip's new book, Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

Why is God hidden? Silent? Unfair? Author Philip Yancey wrestles with all-too-real disappointment with God—and looks our questions in the eye. Show Notes and Resources After Parkinson's Diagnosis, Philip Yancey Aims To Be Faithful, Grateful Visit Philip's blog at philipyancey.com Order Phillip's new book, Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

God's laced the Bible with stories of women strong or vulnerable, evil or deeply good. Author Nana Dolce examines a handful of these prominent females. Show Notes and Resources Find out more about Nana at nanadolce.org Connect with Nana on instagram: @nandolce1 Purchase Nana's book: The Seed of the Woman Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

The Old Testament is packed with the narratives of women whose lives foreshadowed Jesus. Author Nana Dolce examines several of their life stories. Show Notes and Resources Find out more about Nana at nanadolce.org Connect with Nana on instagram: @nandolce1 Purchase Nana's book: The Seed of the Woman Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

Are we making too much of the differences between men and women? Author Jen Wilkin knows how a woman thrives — and how to sidestep common marriage-role snags. Show Notes and Resources Learn more about Jen's devotionals on her website: jenwilkin.net You can follow Jen on instagram: @jenwilkin Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

Abandonment. Foster care. Juvenile hall: Tori Hope Petersen's life was looking bleak. But God had a different story in mind for this unlikely overcomer. Show Notes and Resources Visit Tori's website at torihopepetersen.com and check out her instagram You can purchase Tori's book at Fostered: One Woman's Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care Tori's organization: Beloved Initiative Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

Growing up with a mentally ill mother and living in twelve different foster homes, nothing was in Tori Hope Petersen's favor. How did she become a Track and Field All-American—and later, Mrs. Universe? Show Notes and Resources Visit Tori's website at torihopepetersen.com and check out her instagram You can purchase Tori's book at Fostered: One Woman's Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care Tori's organization: Beloved Initiative Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

When someone doesn't know Jesus, their brain isn't the only thing tossing out arguments. Author Sean McDowell looks to deeper hurt behind faith questions. Show Notes and Resources Purchase Sean's book A Rebel's Manifesto: Choosing Truth, Real Justice, and Love Amid the Noise of Today's World Double you gift this month when you give to FamilyLife Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

What's it look like to have effective, tough conversations about beliefs? Author and professor Sean McDowell equips you for hard conversations that matter about faith. Show Notes and Resources Purchase Sean's book A Rebel's Manifesto: Choosing Truth, Real Justice, and Love Amid the Noise of Today's World Double you gift this month when you give to FamilyLife Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

Sean McDowell, author of A Rebel's Manifesto: Choosing Truth, Real Justice, and Love amid the Noise of Today's World, knows Christians get angry and defensive about faith. He also knows people resist faith because of deep pain and issues of morality. He aims to encourage and inspire a generation of rebels who will dare to stand up to the madness in a just and loving manner. Sean offers clear guidance to navigate the many moral issues plaguing this generation. Listen in on his thoughts on conversations that hear a person's true concerns while remaining calmly, confidently grounded in biblical truth. Show Notes and Resources Purchase Sean's book A Rebel's Manifesto: Choosing Truth, Real Justice, and Love Amid the Noise of Today's World Double you gift this month when you give to FamilyLife Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

What if brave happens in the middle of fear? Annie F. Downs, bestselling author of 100 Days to Brave: Unlocking Your Most Courageous Self, had to learn the hard way how to be brave. She felt her challenges were too difficult, too scary, too much. Then she decided to stop allowing fear to hold her back. It wasn't easy or simple. But it was good. In fact, she asks, if you're not willing to step out, how could it affect your relationship with God? And what if you're braver than you know and stronger than you thought possible? Show Notes and Resources Annie's website can be found at anniefdowns.com Read Annie's testimony from WSJ Purchase Annie's new book here: Chase the Fun: 100 Days to Discover Fun Right Where You Are Double you gift this month when you give to FamilyLife Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network