Learning Little Lessons

What is really important? You know lots of people had tag lines for this year “the year of perfect vision” Imagine if God was out to give us perfect vision in 2020. Imagine if He was out to show us the things that really matter to us. . . . What would He do? Give us time to rest? A lot of time to be with our favorite people? Time to step away from the traditions and rules we’ve created for our wor...

My friend Hannah Nitz has been Christian for almost forever, but recently she found out there is so much more. She tells her story of how God wrecked her and took her to a place where she realized there is so much more to a relationship with God. She tells how she’s been hanging out in the lobby of the resort, but there is a whole resort full of goodness. Listen in you will love her energy :)

Join author and speaker Crystal Stine as we chat about her book Holy Hustle and that balance between work and rest. She shares about her new book Quieting the Shout of Should and the message inside it. (Whew! It’s an important topic!) Go listen to the episode, get introduced to Crystal’s books, and hear her sweet servant heart. Be sure to give Crystal a follow at @crystalsine or sign up for her em...

We all have disappointments. Maybe even more today than we did at the start of 2020. We can’t stuff it all inside us, we can’t give satan an inch. Get the disappointments in the open, grieve them, that way you can move on. Move on and Worship!!

I found myself looking out of a dirty window. Cleaning it did not change my view. But boy... it sure changed my perspective. Maybe you need a little perspective change with COVID-19. Listen in as I tell a couple stories from history that gave me a bit of perspective change.

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Special Sister Share Online Episode... featuring three stories of God showing up in the perfect timing. These stories are from Sue Weaver, Larisa Maibach, and Jill Welti

Marriage is such a learning process. I don’t think I’ll ever have it all figured out. This episode I share five little things I’ve been learning. 1. Team. 2. Be a Student of your spouse. 3. Intimacy is glue. 4. Go to bed angry sometimes. 5. The enemy is satan.

Join me, as Kira and Kenzie from Alongside Them, chat about discipling our children. We talk about what discipling looks like, why it’s important, and how to go about doing it.

In episode two of our series on Boundaries we talked about lots of practical things. In episode three Erica shares some advice she learned that helps us deal with these difficult people. We chat about what to do if you are struggling with the first steps of setting boundaries. We end the series by reminding everyone the end goal; more balanced relationships, healthy boundaries, all framed in God’s...

Last week we chatted about trash dumping neighbors... this week Erica and I are putting some words to this analogy. We paint some pictures of what this looks like in real life. We add some feeling words to how it feels when our boundaries are violated. During the episode, Erica mentions the book Boundaries for Your Soul by Alison Cook and Kimberly Miller. (Find link here: https://www.amazon.com/Bo...

How do you love people that are a negative force in your life?? The answer to that question really begins with learning about boundaries. My friend, Erica Steffen and I sat down and chatted about Boundaries. We talk about the book by Dr Henry Cloud and John Townsend. We talk about how difficult people tend to put their “trash” inside our fence. We chat about how to live by a trash dumping neighbor...

What have you been asking God? Have you really asked or are you whining? What do you actually want? I chat about some lessons I’m learning about asking and know what I really want. And then, what am I really doing about it. Is my everyday life pointing to what is really important to me?? Take a listen! I pray you are blessed.

Isabel Tom came on the show to talk about one of her great passions, the elderly. Isabel is the author of the soon to be released book “The Value of Wrinkles” During the show we chat about all things elderly; their value, the lessons we can learn by watching them, why it’s important to lean in and listen, and how we can come alongside and bless them as they age. I think you will really enjoy her s...

This week on the podcast I’m chatting about an idea my friend Becky thought of. It’s about Soul Care; a 30 day focus on Health, Happiness, and Heaven. I think this idea is something that could really work for you!  It sure has helped me.  Listen to the podcast episode here. And when you are finished listening be sure to download the 30 day challenge worksheet. You can find this free download (alon...

Have you thought about the women found in the Christmas Story? In this episode I chat about these seven women. I share what lesson stuck out to me most in each story. I also share three ways that you and I are called to be a part of the great Christmas Story this year. Jesus also invites us to be a Woman of the Christmas Story. . . . Want to dig in more? Here is where you can find these women’s st...

I have a short little podcast episode for you. Its a honest chat about last week and some mistakes I made. And what I learned about hoping in the Lord.

Last week we were chatting about making new brain pathways... this week I wanted to show you what this has looked like in the past for me. Practically. Picture a stack of sticky notes. Putting Truth in our brain in a very intentional, almost elementary way. — I’d love to hear from you! What truth is on your stack of sticky notes? Email me at learninglittlelessons@gmail.com

It’s thanksgiving. We are thinking about everything we are thankful for. We are talking about it with our kids. We are making our lists. We all know we should be thankful all year. We’ve heard it. Yet can we talk about the opposite? Can we talk a moment about what happens when we aren’t thankful? What happens when we don’t do this thankful thing the rest of the year? In this episode we will touch...

I’m excited to have Darcy join me on the podcast agian! This week we are chatting about the ACTS method of prayer. What ACTS stands for and how this can help focus your prayer life. I get a little geeky and talk about how Nehemiah prayed this method.

Darcy and I sit down to chat about prayer journaling. We chat about how reading Psalms is peeking into someone’s prayer journal, why she started prayer journaling, and 5 benefits she’s found by keeping a prayer journal. Run to her website to check out the prayer journal she mentions during the show. Use the coupon code “prayerjournal10” to save $10! Code ends November 17th, 2019. Link to the journ...

This episode is the last of the four part series on “When Motherhood Feels Like a Wilderness” We are chatting about why Moses would do a thing like leading 4.5 million grumbling kids through a wilderness... (contrary to possible belief, it was NOT so his instagram post would go viral) We have a choice, but when we choose to bring God glory through our calling as a Mama... then Motherhood is worshi...

As Moses led 4.5 people through the wilderness I wonder how often he asked himself; What’s the point of all this work I’m doing? As a mom, I hate to admit it but I used to often wonder the same thing... What’s the point of doing all this work I’m doing for my kids?! Time in this episode didn’t allow me to go into all the “What’s the point questions” that I ask myself. . . But we dig into the circu...

Have you ever found yourself some where you never thought you’d be? Found yourself doing something you didn’t ever dream of ... or never wanted to do. Perhaps it’s you wanted children and didn’t get them, perhaps it’s a job you didnt want and you have it now, maybe a marriage that didn’t turn out “happily ever after” Moses found himself with a calling I don’t think he ever set out to have; being a...

This episode is part one of the new four week podcast series, titled “When Motherhood Feels Like a Wilderness” Go take a listen. And I’d LOVE to know... can you relate?