by Shannon Popkin | Mar 23, 2022 | Podcast 2
If you were invited to a special dinner party, where the honored guests gathering around the table are all friends of Jesus who will be participating in a symbolic reenactment of the most important day in the history of the world, would you go? What I’ve just...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 19, 2022 | Podcast 2
When my son, Cade, was a baby, I was putting him in his carseat one day and I accidentally bumped his head as I lowered him in. He looked at me with an expression of shock and said, “Mommy! We don’t want to hurt your precious baby!” His assumption...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 16, 2022 | Podcast 2
Are you going through something really painful right now? Are you wondering, “Why, Jesus? Why didn’t you intervene?” There are two sisters named Mary and Martha, in our story today, who are asking that very question after the death of their brother,...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 16, 2022 | Podcast 2
Hey, hey! Welcome back to another season of Live Like It’s True! This season, we’re discussing the True Story of Easter. Have you ever wondered why Jesus didn’t tie everything together for his disciples? Why did Jesus not simply say, “I’m...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 15, 2022 | Ministry, Uncategorized, Women
Meg is twenty-six and has gone to church all her life. She loves Jesus and lives with her boyfriend. She also serves in children’s ministry at her church and attends a women’s small group Bible study. Meg knows that the Bible has some things to say about...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 14, 2022 | Ministry, Uncategorized, Women
How are the chairs arranged, when discipleship happens in your women’s ministry? Are the chairs arranged in Rows, facing a teacher at the front? Are the chairs gathered in Circles, where small groups of women gather? Or is there a single Chair, where a woman...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 8, 2022 | Control Girl
“Controlling Woman” I have my google alerts set to update me whenever this phrase is used in the media. The interesting thing is: virtually every alert points to the character in a movie, play, or (as in the one below) a book. Never a real person. Does...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 5, 2022 | Fitness
Have I mentioned I bought a new spin bike? Here’s a new Spotify playlist I put together with Christian spinners in mind. Each song has a strong spin beat and a hopeful-because-of-Jesus message to get you moving in the saddle and ready to face the day. No...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 10, 2022 | Beauty, Salvation, Significance, Sin, Wisdom
This is a photo of the puzzle I just threw out. (You can watch on Instagram.) Why did I throw away my unfinished puzzled? Because I used up all the pieces in my box and (as you can see), there were LOTs of pieces missing. I always store our puzzles on foam boards...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 18, 2021 | Podcast
How can you stir up curiosity in someone who thinks the story of a baby who was lying in a manger thousands of years ago is irrelevant to their lives? If you have no idea how to ask that question, I’m glad you’re here. Where else can I listen to the...