In All Things...Unshakable Joy: Is your joy unshakable? Children can be quick to giggle, but sometimes as adults we can struggle to find our joy. The Apostle Paul may have known something we don't for in the book of Philippians, he describes joy that is certainly not affected by his circumstances. Today, Melissa Kruger shares… Read More

God for Us: Does God ever feel far away? On this episode of the enCourage podcast, Abby Hutto joins Karen Hodge to talk about God's love and the struggle most of us face in believing God is for us. Abby shares her own struggle with feeling distant from God, and how her study of the… Read More

Even Better Than Eden: How do you think of eternity? Can you even imagine a place better than Eden? On this episode of the enCourage podcast, Nancy Guthrie joins Karen Hodge to talk about God's glorious plan for a new Eden--and spoiler alert...it will be better than the original! Nancy shares how the hope of… Read More

"Women's Ministry 101" Susan Hunt's Workshop at the 2018 Women's Leadership Conference Each year, CDM hosts a women's leadership training conference to help strengthen churches. This summer, you will get a chance to listen to some of the speakers. You can access all of the audio files from this year's conference in the Ministry Toolbox… Read More

Preparing Your Heart to Lead Others to the Word How do you prepare your heart as a Bible teacher? Whether you're teaching a class, sharing Biblical truth with a friend, or instructing your children, sharing the Bible can be intimidating. On today's episode, we are replaying Karen's conversation with Susan Tyner on preparing to lead… Read More

Shattered--Breaking Free of the Image of Good, to Become the Image of God: Are you tired of living with that "good girl" mask? Do you long to stop doing and start being? Today, we are replaying Karen's conversation with Elizabeth Garn as they discuss what it means to be an image bearer of God. Discussion… Read More

"I'll Stick By You" from CB Campano's Workshop at the 2018 Women's Leadership Conference Each year, CDM hosts a women's leadership training conference to help strengthen churches. This summer, you will get a chance to listen to some of the speakers. You can access all of the audio files from this year's conference in the… Read More

Coming Alongside Those Who are Suffering: How do you move toward those who are in pain? What do you say when someone you know suffers a great loss? What really helps? Today, we are replaying Karen's conversation with Nancy Guthrie as she shares her own experience with the loss of two children. Nancy shares a… Read More

Faithfulness in the Afternoon of Life What does it mean to grow old with grace and purpose? Let’s be honest, aging is hard. We are revisiting  Sharon Betters conversation with Karen Hodge as she reminds us that as believers, we have the key to faithfulness in the afternoon of life. In God's Word, we can… Read More

"Fostering Cross-Generational Conversations" from Bethany Phillis's Workshop at the 2018 Women's Leadership Conference Each year, CDM hosts a women's leadership training conference to help strengthen churches. This summer, you will get a chance to listen to some of the speakers. You can access all of the audio files from this year's conference in the Ministry… Read More