A Lovely Place

Bonus episode with Corrie and Stephan Ainley. Today we are chatting about our marriage, the baby we lost to misscarriage in 2014, and about how magnets helped us define our marriage bringing more unity. We are not experts at marriage, but we have learned a few things from other marriage experts and want to share lots of resources with you.  Our prayer is that the things that have helped us bu...

Today we finish up our discussion on Rhythms of Renewal and share our thoughts on the last few practices in the book and how they are impacting us this week. Mentioned Resources Purchase our featured book, “Rhythms of Renewal” here to read along with us! Check out Rebekah Lyons here The Lazy Genius Way Luke 10:38  Credits: Follow us on our Facebook page for more updates and community events....

Today we are asking some questions in order to help us make room for creativity in our routine.  Create is the fourth rhythm Rebekah writes about in her book “Rhythms of Renewal”  Two questions to ask ourselves: What is God calling you to create? And What might be in the way for you to be creative? Mentioned Resources Purchase our featured book, “Rhythms of Renewal” here to read along wi...

Hello Friends!  Thanks for choosing to connect with us by listening along as we continue to share what has encouraged us through Rebekah’s stories and examples of connecting with others and specifically with our spouse.  Hugs all around, Marriage retreat, and Apologize first are the chapters we are discussing this week.   I wish I could give you a big HUG! Mentioned Resources P...

Hello friends, thanks for joining us in our continued conversation of   “Rhythms of Renewal” by Rebekah Lyons.  Today we are discussing the first output rhythm Connect.  We are made to be in community with others and share life together.  We need to take a lil risk and be vulnerable and be a friend so we can make a friend.  Let's share each other's stories and hold space i...

Today's episode is about Restoration, so fitting to be coming out on Good Friday 2022.  Jesus has made the ultimate sacrifice for us to have complete restoration. Today is a GOOD DAY!!!  Jesus invites us into an abundant life with Him. Tess and Corrie discuss ways we can pursue Jesus and to accept the invitation Jesus is extending to us to live a full life with HIM!!!! We talk about ways...

Hello Friends!  Thanks for joining us in our continued conversation of Rebekah Lyons’ book Rhythms of Renewal.  Today we are talking about the Restore Rhythm.  We only get one body and we are challenged to take care of our body, mind and heart.  We are children of God and we get to delight and play each day and find beauty all around us.  And playing is just as important a...

Hello Friends!  Thanks for joining us in our continued conversation of Rebekah Lyons’ book Rhythms of Renewal.  Today we are chatting about the rhythm of rest, what true rest looks like for our body, mind and spirit.  Today we shared some of our moments we need to check in with our heart and our attitude.  Honoring our need for sleep and rest each week with the practice of sabb...

Today we’ll introduce and start talking about our next book “Rhythms of Renewal”, by Rebekah Lyons.  We're excited to start this third book with you and look forward to your comments and thoughts on our Facebook page.  See you there! Mentioned Resources Purchase our featured book, “Rhythms of Renewal” here to read along with us! Check out Rebekah Lyons here The Lazy Genius Way Don’t Mom...

Hello Friends!  This is the last episode of our conversations about the book “Don’t Mom Alone” by Heather MacFadyen, O so many good points to ponder and think about today.  Sometimes we can get stuck in wanting different things in our life but today Tess and Corrie discuss what if our “different” is what makes us unique and loved so much.  We also talk about the two connecting truth...

Today’s episode we are continuing to discuss Heather's book “Don’t Mom Alone”. In chapters 9 and 10 we are unpacking a common emotion, anger. Tess and I share some things that have helped us become more aware of our emotions so we can use calming tools like Heather suggests in this chapter. Mentioned Resources: The Lazy Genius Way Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Emotionally Healthy Relationships...

Hello Friends!  Welcome back to our conversations about “Don’t Mom Alone” by Heather MacFadyen.  In today’s chapters, seven and eight, we talk about the mom/life balance.  We discuss how to balance all of our roles in a way that is personal to each of us by figuring out what is truly important.  Deciding what gives life to our hearts, our marriage and our families no matter how...

In today's episode we talk about chapters five and six of Heather's book “Don't Mom Alone.” We discuss how life is messy, but we are never too messy for Jesus.  He comes into our mess and helps us get to the other side.  We don’t need to be alone in our mess, but we do need to invite others into our lives. We need to be brave and seek out friendships while learning from each other and th...

In this episode we talk about chapters 3-4 of our featured book: “Don’t Mom Alone”. You can support our podcast and Heather MacFadyen by purchasing the book here and reading along with us! In this episode we talk about our need for God in the midst of our days as well as how we can take heart in the fact that God sees us even when we feel like we don’t belong! Mentioned resources: Being Known Podc...

Today we are talking about our second book, sharing what we are learning and what Jesus is teaching us through Heather MacFadyen ’s book, “ Don’t Mom Alone ”.  We are huge fans of Heather, and over the next six podcast episodes we are going to be unpacking the “connecting truths” as Heather highlights at the end of each chapter. In this episode, we’ll talk about the first two chapters’ connec...

In this episode we wrap up exploring The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi.  We’re also happy to announce we are going weekly!  See you next week as we start discussing Don’t Mom Alone by Heather MacFadyen. Helpful Resources: Clutter Bug Quiz Dawn the Minimal Mom’s Website Dawn the Minimal Mom “Silent To Do List” Dawn the Minimal Mom “The Onion Method” Dawn the Minimal Mom “Decluttering F...

In this episode we continue exploring what A Lovely Place with Jesus looks like for each of us as we jump right in to our first book that we’ll be exploring together: The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi Find Kendra Adachi here and look for her new book, “The Lazy Genius Kitchen” coming in March Watch the video for Disney Encanto’s Surface Pressure here Matthew 11:28-30 Buy our next featured book...

In this episode we continue exploring what A Lovely Place with Jesus looks like for each of us as we jump right in to our first book that we’ll be exploring together: The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi Find Kendra Adachi here and look for her new book, “The Lazy Genius Kitchen” coming in March Listen to The Purpose Show about Rhythms here Buy Essentialism by Greg McKeown here Learn more about th...

In this episode we continue exploring what A Lovely Place with Jesus looks like for each of us as we jump right in to our first book that we’ll be exploring together: The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi Mentioned Resources: If you want to read Kendra Adachi’s The Lazy Genius along with us, you can purchase it here Find Kendra Adachi here and look for her new book, “The Lazy Genius Kitchen” coming...

In this episode we explore what A Lovely Place with Jesus looks like for each of us and we jump right in to our first book that we’ll be exploring together: The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi Mentioned Resources: If you want to read Kendra Adachi’s “The Lazy Genius” along with us, you can purchase it here Our friend Pepper Sweeney can be found here For our Spokane listeners, here is the link to...

Hello friends, we're Corrie and Tess and In this episode, we introduce ourselves and what we hope to accomplish with this podcast. The first full episode will be coming out shortly as we figure out the process and technology.  We don't have a schedule for releases just yet, but we hope to be regularly releasing episodes very soon. Follow us on our Facebook page for more updates and community...