Category Archives: Emotions

E: 83 Flourishing: Beyond Burnout with Stephanie Hubach

by Cami Summers, in category Discipleship, Emotions, Encouragement, Faith, God's Word, Podcast, Prayer, Reading, Relationships, Rest, Sanctification, Spiritual Disciplines, Suffering, Theology, Thought Life, Womanhood, Worry, Worship
Flourishing: Beyond Burnout with Stephanie Hubach Are you suffering from burnout? Stephanie Hubach joins Karen Hodge to share her own experience with burnout, some of the signs and what to do to go from burnout to flourishing. 5 Diagnostic Questions: 1. How has God uniquely created me at the core of my temperament? How do those… Read More

E: 81 Hospitality by the Book with Kathy Stair

by Cami Summers, in category Christmas, Community, Discipleship, Emotions, Encouragement, Faith, God's Word, Hospitality, Podcast, Relationships
Hospitality by the Book with Kathy Stair How is hospitality an eternal investment? Kathy Stair joins Karen Hodge to encourage us not to be intimidated with the expectation of hospitality because it has nothing to do with giftedness. Kathy challenges us to think biblically about hospitality and casts a vision for how God can use our… Read More

E: 80 When the Holidays are Hard: Working Through Forgiveness with Pey Chu

by Cami Summers, in category Christmas, Community, Discipleship, Emotions, Encouragement, Faith, God's Word, Hospitality, Podcast, Relationships
When the Holidays are Hard: Working Through Forgiveness with Pey Chu Where are you hanging your hope this holiday? Pey Chu acknowledges the holidays can be hard, but as she joins Karen Hodge, she teaches us to think biblically about conflict. Pey encourages us to examine our hearts in the face of conflict by working… Read More

E: 72 Loving Christ in the Midst of Loss with Patsy Kuipers

by Cami Summers, in category Discipleship, Emotions, Faith, Fear, Grief, Podcast, Sanctification, Thought Life, Worry
Loving Christ in the Midst of Loss with Patsy Kuipers How do we love Christ in the midst of profound loss when it hurts so much? Patsy Kuipers joins Karen Hodge to share that loss should not define us or be the final word of our story...but rather our story of suffering loss is about our… Read More

E: 71 All Stressed Out—Anxiety and our Faith with Rebecca Meyer

by Cami Summers, in category Discipleship, Emotions, Faith, Fear, Grief, Podcast, Sanctification, Thought Life, Worry
All Stressed Out—Anxiety and our Faith with Rebecca Meyer Do you struggle daily with the enemies of anxiety and worry? Rebecca Meyer joins Karen Hodge to help us think biblically about anxiety but also learn the grace of “casting our cares on Him....because he cares for us." (I Peter 5:7) About the Speaker:  Rebecca Meyer Rebecca … Read More

When Anger Rears Its Ugly Head

by Christina Fox, in category Emotions

DUSKI VAN FLEET|GUEST I’ve been trying to get control of my temper since my husband and I were married.  A day planned and interrupted by children with different agendas; a husband who needs my support instead of first offering his, longings unrealized; efforts unseen—all of this often leads me not to a dependent conversation with… Read More

Don’t Give Up The Battle

by Christina Fox, in category Emotions

CHRISTINA FOX|CONTRIBUTOR My kids are one belt away from earning their black belt in martial arts. One of the tasks they have to accomplish to before receiving the belt is to break a stack of four wooden boards with their hand. In a recent attempt, my youngest hit the boards over and over without success… Read More