167. Highs and Lows

HomePartner With Us 167. Highs and Lows Key Conversation Points: Let’s take stock with some highs and lows, including dirty, dumb dogs, hypochondriacs, friends and tea. There’s “not a lot not to love” about Christie’s new book! If you haven’t bought it yet, click here to read about reflecting God’s majesty and glory as our Creator…

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166. When You Feel Like You’re Drowning

HomePartner With Us 166. When You Feel Like You’re Drowning Key Conversation Points: The podcast starts with Lisa-Jo desperately needing answers about finding equilibrium when she’s drowning in life and she gets her answer! Find out how! Lisa-Jo states that “God is not waterboarding us.” Since he’s not, then what’s the purpose through this pain in…

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165. How To Make Your Life Make Sense

HomePartner With Us 165. How To Make Your Life Make Sense Key Conversation Points: It’s possible to make sense of the weird parts of our stories. No part of your past is insignificant. God isn’t just allowing randomness in our lives for no reason but he’s making a pattern.  Do you see it in your life?…

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164. Garden Maker

HomePartner With Us 164. Garden Maker Key Conversation Points: Have you killed a house plant before? It actually doesn’t mean you are doomed for garden making. Who knew?! No green thumb? There’s grace here. Christie Purifoy has written a new book named “Garden Maker: Growing a Life of Beauty and Wonder with Flowers.” Thankfully, it’s not…

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163. Encountering Goodness

HomePartner With Us 163. Encountering Goodness Key Conversation Points: What does it mean to pursue goodness? Have we slighted it? Let’s stay rooted in our deep and worthy ordinary virtues even though they aren’t on a typical list for new year’s resolutions. “I’d really like to be like Ted Lasso.” Do you agree with Christie on…

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162. Take a Load Off

HomePartner With Us 162. Take a Load Off Key Conversation Points: This year we have permission to know what happens isn’t on us. Lying in bed in a hole is okay in this new year with the Lord. He doesn’t need a clean pantry or tidy bedrooms to be present with you in the hole. Lisa-Jo…

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161. Hope in Winter

HomePartner With Us 161. Hope in Winter Out of the Ordinary Winter Reflections: “Making friends and family comfortable is an art.” What do you want people to feel when they enter your home? It’s okay if there’s chaos, we’re talking about the heart of your home…in the ordinary and in the crazy! Winter is either…

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160. Finding the Face of God in the Storm

HomePartner With Us 160. Finding the Face of God in the Storm Out of the Ordinary Winter Reflections: Where’s Jesus on the days when it seems He has fallen asleep in the storm?  Jesus was asleep on the boat because he wasn’t afraid of the waves. Let’s lean into our dear friendships when it gets…

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159 . Quiet Your Soul

HomePartner With Us 159 . Quiet Your Soul Out of the Ordinary Winter Reflections: Guess what’s under the barren branches and cold, hard dirt? There’s bulbs underneath and they will bloom in time. Fairy Tales can encourage our hearts. How? You’ll hear about it in this episode. Have you ever thought “if only my strength…

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158. The Reflective Pause of Winter

HomePartner With Us 158. The Reflective Pause of Winter Out of the Ordinary Reflections: This season is full of expectations but we aren’t living the expectations we see on Hallmark.  We are living in real lives, needing a real Jesus in the darkness. We all need a balm of hope to nourish our hearts during…

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