Hey, I’m Shannon,
and I’m so glad you’re here. From the platform, page, or podcasting microphone, it’s my joy to invite you to open your Bible with me, drink deeply of God’s story, then
live like it’s true.
Hey, I’m Shannon!
I’m so glad you’re here. From the platform, page, or podcasting microphone, it’s my joy to invite you to open your Bible with me, drink deeply of God’s story, then
live like it’s true!
The Podcast
Welcome to my brand new podcast: Live Like It’s True!
Please join my guests and me as we talk about our favorite jaw-dropping stories of the Bible, and the God who invites us all to live like the story is true.
In this first season, we’re discussing the stories of Jesus. What will we learn as we encounter the man who fed five thousand with one lunch, who forgave a paralyzed man’s sins, and who called Lazareth out of the tomb? What overarching story about God is being told? And what difference does it make if that story is true?
Come join us for conversations devoted to helping you know the story, share the story and live the story.
The Podcast
Join my guests and me as we talk about our favorite jaw-dropping stories of the Bible, and the God who invites us all to live like the story is true.
In this first season, we’re discussing the Stories of Jesus. What difference does it make that Jesus forgave the sins of the paralyzed man first? What does it mean that Jesus had the longest recorded theological conversation wtih—not only a woman, but an outcast? How does it change things to know that a man named Lazarus walked out of his tomb?
Do you know these stories? Do you live like they’re true?
Come join me for a series of conversations at Live Like It’s True, devoted to helping you know the story, share the story and live the story!
I had planned to be in Arkansas this weekend, but God had other plans. I’m sad to have missed what sounds like an amazing women’s conference at East Union Church in Hensley, AR! (Rain check? I was soooo looking forward to it!)
But I’m grateful to be feeling so much better after a week of Covid. Nice to be sitting in the living room with my guys—and with the fireplace on for the first time this year. 🍁
“I said to God in that moment... God, I just don't get it. Why would you give a woman like that three babies? She obviously is just annoyed with them and is not doing a very good job taking care of them. Why God? it feels so unfair.”⠀
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Erica shares so vulnerably about the condescending pride in her heart in that moment, and what it looks like to live like it's NOT true that Jesus died for her, too. ⠀
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Come listen as Erica helps us understand the true story unfolding at Simon's table, and how we can live like the story is true. ⠀
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Follow @ericawiggenhorn and check out her #unexplainablejesusstudy
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I’m so thankful for @mary.kassian ! And this book is gold. I’ve found myself sharing thoughts from it repeatedly and going back to read certain parts. ⠀
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Swipe right to read my endorsement. ⠀
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You’re going to want one for your daughter, your friend, and yourself! Link in my bio. I’d love to hear what you think. ⠀
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(PS. The book isn’t that big! It just looks big because I’m holding it close to the camera I think! LOL) ⠀
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#NewBook #BookRelease #ChristianWomen
Do you see the people around you like Jesus does? Or is a certain type of person you look at with disdain? Who do you see as appalling, or as an annoyance?⠀
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In episode 4, I'm so honored to have as my guest Erica Wiggenhorn, to talk about the True Story at Simon's Table from Luke 7:36-50.⠀
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Erica @ericawiggenhorn is a speaker, Bible teacher, and the award winning author of the Unexplainable Bible study series with @moodypublisherswomen . She lives in Phoenix with her best friend and husband, Jonathan, and their four kids—two of which are human. (The other two are furry and adorable.) She loves to bring the truth of God's Word to anyone who will listen, whether at a large women's conference, a church women's retreat, or her own kitchen table.⠀
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ericawiggenhorn.com⠀
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Come listen in as Erica and I discuss the astonishing story of a woman making a scandalous scene—and how Jesus saw her as a woman with an eternal soul, in desperate need of forgiveness. Come consider how to live like this story is true!
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"It’s extraordinary to think about what can happen when we put our little in the hands of the one who can do much...And he lets us distribute it."⠀
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Follow Jennifer at @comingalivejenn ⠀
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Have you listened to episode three of Live Like It’s True? I think you’re going to LOVE this inspiring, truth-packed conversation with Jennifer. More importantly we hope you’ll go live like the story at the well is TRUE! #livelikeitstrue ⠀
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#biblepodcast #livelikeitstrue #biblestorypodcast #biblereadings #biblereadingpodcast #readthebible #christianpodcast #christianpodcastsforwomen #newpodcast #christianpodcastcommunity #sparkmediapodcastnetwork #encouragement #podcastsforwomen #storiesofjesus #truebiblestories #truestory #biblediscusstiontopics #biblestudy #thestoryofthebible #beastoryteller #storyofthebible #dgroup #smallgroup #storying #feedingofthe5000 #loavesandfishes #12baskets #miraclesofjesus #mark6 ⠀
Senior night for my boy.🏈💕 So great to have our friends the Gebhards home from Taiwan and come to the game—along with Aunt Tami, mamaw and papaw, and Linds.
We love you #56! And we loved that scoreboard tonight against the Eagles! #godawgs🏈
“We had a situation where way more kids came than we knew would come and we were coming down to the bottom of the pot. I could not imagine sending those kids home without food, so we laid our hands over the pot of beans and rice which barely had anything left and prayed…”⠀
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Come listen to episode 3 of my brand new podcast: Live Like It’s True! I know you’re going to be so inspired by Jenn as she opens her Bible with us and shares her heart. ⠀
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You can find more of Jenn’s ministry by following @comingalivejenn or her site:⠀
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https://www.comingaliveministries.com⠀
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I’m the new recording studio of @editorialportavoz ! Isn’t it pretty?
I got to share tonight about No Te Compares with some friends in Mexico! It was a joy. Thanks for setting this up @petercerra and @d.coyotl and thank you for translating Jackie! 🥰
“In this particular story, he is exceptionally accessible. He crosses racial and any other barriers to go to someone who is outcasted in order to bring her in. And then she becomes his missionary. And we learn that people did come to Christ because of her. So this is pretty profound.” ⠀
This is a quote from episode 2 with @marydemuth .
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Follow Mary at @marydemuth⠀
If you haven’t listened yet ( link in bio) I think you’re going to LOVE this inspiring, truth-packed conversation with Mary. More importantly we hope you’ll go live like the story at the well is TRUE! #livelikeitstrue ⠀
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https://www.shannonpopkin.com/2021/09/29/the-true-story-at-the-well-mary-demuth/⠀
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#biblepodcast #livelikeitstrue #biblestorypodcast #biblereadings #biblereadingpodcast #readthebible #christianpodcast #christianpodcastsforwomen #newpodcast #christianpodcastcommunity #sparkmediapodcastnetwork #encouragement #podcastsforwomen #storiesofjesus #truebiblestories #truestory #biblediscusstiontopics #biblestudy #thestoryofthebible #beastoryteller #storyofthebible #dgroup #smallgroup #storying #womanatthewell #samaritanwoman #conversationswithjesus #john4 #marydemuth⠀
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Hey Leader. What do you do when…⠀
1. Your people aren’t doing it right and it’s making you crazy? ⠀
2. Some other leader is hitting their goals and their success is making you crazy?⠀
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I’m delighted to be a guest on the Christian Woman Leadership Podcast with @estherlittlefield and @hollycain to talk about these very things. ⠀
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I shared about:⠀
1. How I approach leadership from the platform and page. ⠀
2. My first leadership fiasco in 3rd grade. ⠀
3. How this influencer/leadership journey started for me. ⠀
4. Lessons God has been teaching me lately.⠀
5. Mentors who have encouraged me. ⠀
6. Godly responses to control and comparison. ⠀
7. And much more!⠀
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Hope you’ll take a listen and let me know what you think! ⠀
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Link in bio. ⠀
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https://estherlittlefield.com/episode173-two-challenges-that-can-destroy-our-leadership-and-how-we-can-respond-to-them-with-shannon-popkin/⠀
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What should you do when you don’t have enough? Maybe you’re stressed out, overwhelmed or burned out, and you just don’t have enough to do what Jesus has assigned to you today. If that’s you, I’m glad you’re joining us for this episode, because we’re going to talk about a situation where Jesus’s disciples were feeling exactly like that. ⠀
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On episode 3, I'm so honored to have my friend @comingalivejenn (Jenn Hand) to talk about the True Story of the 5,000. ⠀
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Jenn Hand @comingalivejenn is the Executive Director of Coming Alive Ministries. She’s an author, a speaker, and the host of the podcast “Coming Alive Conversations”. She has a master’s degree in trauma counseling and she travels around the world, doing trauma debriefing in the wake of natural disasters. Jenn loves to invite you to laugh with her and experience the love of Jesus, as you do. (Just wait till you hear her “Beans and Rice Story”!) ⠀
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My hope is that you'll be amazed by the astonishing story of not having enough and Jesus multiplying what they did have to satisfy everyone, and then I hope you'll live like the story is true!⠀
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#biblepodcast #livelikeitstrue #biblestorypodcast #biblereadings #biblereadingpodcast #readthebible #christianpodcast #christianpodcastsforwomen #newpodcast #christianpodcastcommunity #sparkmediapodcastnetwork #encouragement #podcastsforwomen #storiesofjesus #truebiblestories #truestory #biblediscusstiontopics #biblestudy #thestoryofthebible #beastoryteller #storyofthebible #dgroup #smallgroup #storying #feedingofthe5000 #loavesandfishes #12baskets #miraclesofjesus #mark6 #jenniferhand⠀
I took that first picture in an empty room @bairlakebiblecamp women’s retreat. I had just laid little slips of paper on each of the black chairs that filled the room and prayed over each one—that God would speak to the woman who would soon occupy that chair.
One of my favorite moments of the whole retreat was watching one woman, later that evening, come forward to the basket with her tiny folded paper. It was obvious that she was wrestling over the thought of laying down her burden. She hesitated, with eyes on the basket, then in fierce resolution she laid it down.
She listened. She obeyed. She surrendered.
As a speaker, I know that I can’t produce what happened in that young woman’s heart. I can open God’s Word and teach the truth and lay a fork in the road. I can extend an invitation to join me on the path of surrender. But I can’t force anyone to respond.
Each time someone does, it’s a #onlyGod moment. What a joy and privilege to watch Him work.
i’m praising God for all of the amazing things he did this weekend at @bairlakebiblecamp .
#livelikeitstrue #ispeaktoserve #lovemakingnewfriends #makeJesusknown #bibleteacher #letsopentheword #womensretreat21 #womensconference21 #womensevent21 #womenseventspeaker #christianspeaker #christianspeakersandwriters #christianwomensevent
“I see my story as the fertile ground for the need that I had to reach heavenward. Had I had a really easy upbringing, I don't know if I would have had the same need for Jesus as I did as a suicidal young teen, so I'm glad..”⠀
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Come listen to episode 2 of my brand new podcast: Live Like It’s True! I know you’re going to be so inspired by Mary as she opens her Bible with us and shares her heart. ⠀
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You can find more of Mary’s writing and speaking by following @marydemuth or her site:⠀
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www.marydemuth.com⠀
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#biblepodcast #livelikeitstrue #biblestorypodcast #biblereadings #biblereadingpodcast #readthebible #christianpodcast #christianpodcastsforwomen #newpodcast #christianpodcastcommunity #sparkmediapodcastnetwork #encouragement #podcastsforwomen #storiesofjesus #truebiblestories #truestory #biblediscusstiontopics #biblestudy #thestoryofthebible #beastoryteller #storyofthebible #dgroup #smallgroup #storying #womanatthewell #samaritanwoman #conversationswithjesus #john4 #marydemuth⠀
Stuck in traffic, on my way to speak at a retreat this weekend. Reminding myself that even though I forgot to paint my nails, I’m going to be late, I worry that what I’m planning to say won’t be riveting enough… God is enough! Thanks for this reminder, at @ericawiggenhorn !
#SpeakerLife #ChristianSpeaker #Women’sRetreat #GodIsEnough
What are you thirsty for? What’s the habit or person or behavior you’ve returned to repeatedly—always dipping your bucket and yet coming up dry? And what difference should it make that Jesus has offered you his living water? ⠀
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On episode 2, I'm so honored to have as my guest Mary DeMuth, to talk about the True Story at the Well. ⠀
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@marydemuth is an international speaker, literary agent, podcaster, and the author of over forty books, including The Day I Met Jesus. Mary loves to help people re-story their lives. She lives in Texas with her husband of 30 years and is the mom to three adult children. Be prayed for on her daily prayer podcast with 2 million downloads: #prayeverydaypodcast
My hope, as you listen, is that you'll be amazed by the approachableness of Jesus and his thirst-quenching water, and then I hope you'll live like the story is true!⠀
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What difference does it make to know that Jesus told the paralyzed man that his sins were forgiven FIRST? Why does it matter that Jesus had the longest recorded theological conversation with—not only a woman, but an outcast? What does it mean for you and me to know that Lazarus walked out of his tomb?⠀
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Join me for season one of my new podcast Live Like It’s True and let’s talk about how to live as though these stories are true!⠀
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Come check out my podcast page at ShannonPopkin.com with all the info and FAQ's, and listen to the trailer and episode one! ⠀
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“These were focused, determined friends. What does it look like for me? I'm going to stop what I'm doing, get on my knees, and carry their need to Christ. And believe that Jesus sees the faith that I have in that moment.” ⠀
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Have you listened to episode one (!!!) of Live Like It’s True? I think you’re going to LOVE this inspiring, truth-packed conversation with Kelly. More importantly we hope you’ll go live like the story on the roof is TRUE! ⠀
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Follow Kelly at: @kellyneedham
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I love making new friends! And making new friends who love the Bible and women’s ministry like I do??! What a TREAT!
Thanks for meeting for coffee at the Popkin abode, @rachel.joy.bailey and @designedbychey !
I feel like I found new kindred spirits. 💛 And can’t WAIT for the Christmas event at @peacechurchmi !
PS. I am two for two on inviting new friends to go walking with me and having them show up on my doorstep looking waaaay cute. At least I had a little makeup on this time, ti offset my yoga pants @kellyjoyhover ! 🤦♀️🤷🏼♀️👟😍
#newsisterfriends #kindredspirits #sistersinchrist #whowantstogowalking
“And I remember praying.. God I don't believe that praying for her is enough. I don't believe it's enough. Carrying this to you, just me and you in prayer doesn't feel good enough. He exposed in me that I really didn't value intercessory prayer.”@kellyneedham⠀
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Come listen to episode 1 of my brand new podcast: Live Like It’s True! I know you’re going to be so inspired by Kelly as she opens her Bible with us and shares her heart. ⠀
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Please follow Kelly at @kellyneedham
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Would you be willing to carry your friend up onto a roof, to get her to Jesus? What if praying for your friend is the equivalent of bringing her—on a stretcher—to Jesus? ⠀
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In Episode 1 of Live Like It’s True Podcast (woo hoo!), we’re focusing on the True Stories of Jesus. In this episode, I'm joined by Kelly Needham to discuss the True Story on The Roof! It's the story of the paralytic, whose four friends carried him on a stretcher and dug up a roof to lower him down to Jesus.⠀
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Whether writing or speaking, Kelly’s aim is to convince as many people as possible that nothing compares to knowing Jesus. Kelly is married to singer/songwriter and speaker Jimmy Needham, and is the author of Friendish: Reclaiming Real Friendship in a Culture of Confusion. You can find more of her writing and speaking by following her @kellyneedham
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My hope is that you’ll be amazed by this story of healing and forgiveness, then live like it’s true!⠀
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