Posts by Lisa-Jo

HomePartner With Us 45. Can we Trust God with our Kids? This is the story about trusting God with our kids I’ve heard Christie tell this story before. So have you. As part of practicing rest this summer, Christie and Lisa-Jo each chose their favorite episode from the past year to re-share. This is the…

HomePartner With Us 44. Confessions of a Carb Loving Author This is a story about how books are born Christie interviews Lisa-Jo today and takes us all behind the scenes of the writing of Lisa-Jo’s new book, The Middle Matters, which is on sale everywhere today! How she ended up on her own book cover, what people…

HomePartner With Us 40. Christie Was Wrong (and Martha Stewart Was Right) This is a story about Martha Stewart’s magazine. And how Christie was disappointed by the gardening issue. Until this happened.  Christie did not used to be a gardner.  Lisa-Jo has no idea what Dahlias are. They both have strong feelings about Martha Stewart. …

HomePartner With Us 39. Eat This! This is the story about summer foods. If you’re like us then you also associate summer with certain foods. And therefore with certain memories. These are the foods and memories that have shaped our summers for decades.  We hope listening leaves you hungry. And also, makes you remember. The…

HomePartner With Us 38. How to Leave a Critical Review This is the story of our first critic. Once upon a time in a coffee shop in Chicago when Christie was a brand new English Literature professor a stranger asked her a question about reading and writing. He was pointed. He had opinions. He was…

HomePartner With Us 35. Why We Cancelled Our First Podcast Party This is the story of a party that never happened. And the reasons why we’re grateful for that. May 4th was supposed to be our first live podcast event at Christie’s Black Barn. But, as so often happens in life, our eyes and dreams…

HomePartner With Us 34. My Worst Mother’s Day This is the story of a new mom crushed by one sentence on her first Mother’s Day. And how a decade later she got to re-write those words.  This one’s for anyone who felt disappointed by Mother’s Day. This one’s for anyone who got her expectations crushed…

HomePartner With Us 32. Still Surprised By Motherhood This is a story from Lisa-Jo’s favorite book baby, Surprised by Motherhood: Everything I Never Expected About Being a Mom. With Mother’s Day just around the corner, Lisa-Jo invites us to celebrate the ordinary wonder of ordinary motherhood. Spoiler alert: there’s really nothing ordinary about it. Or, if there…

HomePartner With Us 31. Our Favorite Neighbor This is a story about a man who moved into our neighborhood and it changed everything. This week Lisa-Jo and Christie remember the cultures and friendships and travel that have defined their understanding of their favorite neighbor.  Lisa-Jo takes us back to her two years in Kyiv, Ukraine…

HomePartner With Us 30. You’re Allowed Everyday Extravagances This is a story about painting a dining room nearly charcoal black. And the hundreds of hours it took. This is a story about how it turned a dining room into an everyday extravagance. This week Lisa-Jo and Christie remember the great farmhouse dining room painting saga…