107. Advent Calendar pt. 3: TASTE

HomePartner With Us 107. Advent Calendar pt. 3: TASTE This is a story about what Christmas tastes like. Come and be introduced to pizza rice and mince pies and find out why these weird sounding foods taste like comfort, home and ease to us. Each week in December we’ll be counting down a new way…

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106. Advent Calendar Pt. 2: LISTEN

HomePartner With Us 106. Advent Calendar Pt. 2: LISTEN This is a story about music that climbs inside your bones and makes its home inside you. We tell the stories behind our favorite Christmas songs, both songs we share are a bit heavier this year than maybe in the past. This is music that reflects…

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105. Advent Calendar Pt. 1: READ

HomePartner With Us 105. Advent Calendar Pt. 1: READ This is a story about your five senses. Each week in December we’ll be counting down a new way to celebrate the season. Simple, ordinary, and totally do-able. We hope this Out of the Ordinary advent countdown calendar brings you practical ideas and real joy right…

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104. It Was a Good Surprise!

HomePartner With Us 104. It Was a Good Surprise! This is a story about good surprises. Today we talk about what it looks like when the extraordinary breaks into the ordinary, like light through the dark, when it is totally unexpected. And we share how several listeners surprised us in the most beautiful ways this…

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103. We Disagree. Now What?

HomePartner With Us 103. We Disagree. Now What? This is a story about battlegrounds. States, friendships, families. We’re all living through hard conversations these days. Is there a way to survive and maybe, even, thrive through them? Lisa-Jo and Christie walk us through their friendship and how to have a hard conversation. There’s nothing more…

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102. What Home Smells Like

HomePartner With Us 102. What Home Smells Like This is a story about what home smells like. We follow our noses home this week and what turns up is not what we expected. Not sweet, but smelly. More jarring, less pure delight. It surprised both of us. Also, thanks to the kind listeners for their…

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101. Homesick for the Holidays

HomePartner With Us 101. Homesick for the Holidays This is a story about how to go home when you can’t go home. We know this year feels different in so many ways. Which means the holidays might look different and going home might not be possible for all of us. Today Lisa-Jo and Christie both…

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100. 100 Conversations & The Meal We Could Not Make

HomePartner With Us 100. 100 Conversations & The Meal We Could Not Make This is a story about how Christie surprised Lisa-Jo with the perfect gift. And a reminder about how everything big still always starts small. Here’s to celebrating the small instead of keeping score. Thank you for being with us on this journey…

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99. But How Do You Find the Time for THAT?

HomePartner With Us 99. But How Do You Find the Time for THAT? This is a story about the difference between what is a pleasure and what is an essential. And how to tell the difference and why it matters? This conversation started because of a question a listener asked about how Christie finds the…

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98. Our Favorite Carbs

HomePartner With Us 98. Our Favorite Carbs This is a story about a God who offers Himself in the most ordinary, basic food we could ever imagine. Always in the pantry—whether it’s Wonderbread or a fancy French Baguette. There might be more to Christ calling himself, “the bread of life” than we’ve ever actually considered…

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