On Purpose and For a Purpose

In this episode, Claire & Savannah discuss the topic of gratitude as we begin to enter the holiday season this year. Claire discusses her experience with gratitude & practical ways she has intentionally acted on gratitude in her lifestyle. Claire mentions ways to use technology to allow us to be more mindful of gratitude. Savannah opens up about using a prayer journal to elaborate on her g...

Tune in with Claire & Savannah as they discuss Colossians 4. They talk about the importance of being intentional with your time & your speech. They also mention the joy that can be found in reading scripture. The Bible allows us to dive in & continually learn more about who God is every time we open our Bibles. Additional scripture mentioned: 1 Peter 3:15 |  Ephesians 6:12 | Acts 5 Fol...

Claire & Savannah are back this week to discuss Colossians 3. They discuss what it means to take off your old self & put on your new self each day. Tune in to listen to hear more about how you have a purpose right where you are & how you can steward it well. Resources: C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity Additional scripture mentioned: Ecclesiastes 3:11  | Mark 12:30

On this episode, Claire & Savannah are opening up their Bibles & discussing Colossians 2. Paul continues to point the church of Colossae to the true source of life, which is Jesus. Claire & Savannah mention the struggle that comes with legalistic views in Christianity, as well as idols that we may set in our lives. They talk about the emphasis on the power of the Gospel & how it ca...

Claire & Savannah understand the importance of spending time in God’s Word each day, and theyhope this series will encourage you & equip you with a plan to join us in Colossians! Over the next 4 weeks, they will tackle one chapter per episode. Through this study, they hope to give you the resources & accountability you need to create & maintain consistent meaningful time in scriptu...

In the final episode of the Friendship Series, Claire & Savannah recap their favorite parts of the previous five episodes + dive into a couple real-life problems that you might face in your friendships - forgiveness, communication & letting go. Resources: Sadie Rob Huff | Whoa That's Good | "When Friendships Change, It's Ok to Let It Go"

This week, we have a dear friend of Claire’s on the podcast, Lesa Gibson! Lesa & Claire met in a women’s bible study at church last spring, & it is a beauty to see Lesa’s passion for intergenerational friendships. In this episode, she will be sharing wisdom that she has learned from her friendships over the years & the value of connecting with people of all ages & stages of life. F...

How do we love our friends well? We’re talking about various ways we can such as carrying each other’s burdens, & being honest in our friendships. Follow us on Instagram at @onpurposepodcast to follow along with our reading guide! Scriptures: Psalm 139:1-16 | John 11:17-27 | John 11:28-44 | 2 Samuel 11:2-13 | 2 Samuel 11:14-27 | 2 Samuel 12:1-14 Resources mentioned: Love Languages - https://5l...

This episode is truly a great one because you get to "meet" one of my sweet friends Tracy Vandermeedan! She is a JOY to know & have in my life and I am so excited that y’all get to hear from her today. She is a pro at helping people feel welcomed & seen & I so hope that you leave our conversation today feeling encouraged! Follow us @onpurposepodcast to follow along with our reading gui...

Welcome back! Today, we are discussing practical ways on how to make friends & challenges that we may face with building community, especially in new stages of life. Along with Season 2 launching, we also have an Instagram! Follow along with us as we post our reading guides, daily encouragement, and updates about new episodes @onpurposepodcast Scripture: Ruth 1:16 | Ruth 2:22 | Ruth 4 Resource...

Season 2 is finally here & we are kicking it off strong with a 6-week series on FRIENDSHIP! We understand the importance of friendship & we cannot wait to deep dive into all of the different components over the course of the next 6 weeks. Today, we are going to talk about the importance of friendship & how Jesus modeled friendship for us. Let's get social!! Follow us on Instagram @onep...

Hi friends!! Wow - what a year it has been! I am so sorry that I left you hanging on the Fruit of the Spirit series - but the last few weeks of pregnancy + these past few months postpartum required all my attention. I'm so happy to be back & I'm here with all the updates! In this episode, we talk about all the things - adjusting into motherhood as a first time mama, postpartum, compari...

I’m really looking forward to us breaking down kindness because it really encompasses so many different things. But I am MOST excited to look at kindness because of how unmistakably kind God is to us. Each breath we take is His kindness. Every time He allows us to be a part of His plan is His kindness. He WANTS us to be a part of this with Him, He is kind in equipping us to do the work He has call...

Hello, hello friends! We are taking a break this week to pause & chat about the attributes of the Fruit of the Spirit that we have covered so far - love, joy, peace & patience. I am SO excited for y'all to meet my friend, Claire Reed!  Claire is the author behind the blog - By Grace Through Faith - and she's done her own intensive study of the Fruit of the Spirit, so this conversation...

Who doesn’t love a good talk about patience?! Patience can be anything from keeping your cool when traffic is horrible, and you are already 10 minutes late, to a much bigger situation where you are trying to stay hopeful when you feel like you have been waiting on something specific to happen in your life and it just…hasn’t. In this episode we talk about how we can worship in the waiting & dra...

Peace. What is it? What do you think of or what image comes to mind? This is one of those times when I wish we could be sitting across the table from one another & really talking about what we think of when we think of peace. Because I think that there is something about peace that causes us to all connect to it in a different way. Maybe you think of feeling calm, or maybe you think of silence...

Today we continue our Fruit of the Spirit study, by taking one characteristic at a time & going in depth on what it looks like to live out that aspect intentionally. And this week, we chat all about JOY!  First off, joy is more than happiness. As I have heard it described before, happiness happens to you. It is circumstantial and can change at the drop of a hat. In contrast to that, joy i...

Today we continue our Fruit of the Spirit study, by taking one characteristic at a time & going in depth on what it looks like to live out that aspect intentionally. And this week, we chat all about LOVE 💗 Love feels the most obvious & definitely the easiest to tackle in terms of God’s character. It’s so easy to hear the attribute of love listed in the Fruit of the Spirit & instantly...

In this episode, we are going to lay the groundwork for the Fruit of the Spirit series and talk through the basics of what the Fruit of the Spirit is, where the Fruit of the Spirit comes from, why it is important, and what significance it holds for us – then, over the next few weeks we will take one characteristic at a time & deep dive into scripture to see how Jesus modeled it for us & ho...

Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and put on the full armor of God.  Today we will break down what the armor of God is & how it is all we need to face our battles on purpose & for a purpose! 

We are fresh off of Easter weekend & these words are so tender & beautiful. Christ gave himself for us freely – as the final and complete sacrifice to God. No more sacrifices ever to be made or ever needed ever again. It is finished. It is over! & what does Paul tell us to do? He tells us to imitate this behavior. In the same way that little kids copy the actions of their parents or ol...

We are finally to the section of verses that this series was named after – Live Worthy. Ephesians 4:1-3 – “Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to live worthy of the calling you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” So, in other words, Paul is sayin...

Through Jesus – we have been brought fully into the family of God. So fully that we are coheirs & members of the same body - partners in the promise through Christ.  In this episode we break down Ephesians 3, so I hope you have your Bible ready to read together!  Download the Ephesians reading plan here !

BUT GOD. The best words you’ll read. In this episode we break down Ephesians 2, so I hope you have your Bible ready to read together!  Download the Ephesians reading plan here !

You know the drill - cue the High School Musical! 🎶 We're all in this together & it shows when we stand, hand in hand, make our dreams come truuueeee 🎶 I am so excited for us to jump into a six-week study of Ephesians - Live Worthy - together! We are going to have a blast reading through this letter. We will tackle one chapter each week, so that does mean the reading plan will be structured...