by Shannon Popkin | Mar 8, 2023 | Change, Deception, Gender and Sexuality, Humility, Marriage, Parenting, Perfectionism, Podcast 4, Sin, Teens, Women
What does it look like to be brave and tell the truth, when so many are saying, “Maybe I’m not a girl…”? And what is the truth about a person’s gender? Also, why is masturbation wrong if it’s not hurting anyone? And how can we...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 2, 2023 | Change, Deception, Gender and Sexuality, Humility, Pain, Perfectionism, Podcast 4, Rescue, Salvation, Sin, Teens
As a thirteen-year-old, Jessica innocently stumbled upon the world of pornography. She was lonely, and the porn chat rooms offered love and acceptance. And yet—similar to the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, pornography was not the harmless fruit Jessica...
by Shannon Popkin | Nov 2, 2022 | Control Girl, Disagreement, Humility, Podcast 4, Roles, Submission
Do you ever struggle with control? And do you sometimes feel like taking control is noble and right? Do you think, “If I don’t do something here, the whole world is going to come unhinged!” If that’s you, I can totally relate. But I can also...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 28, 2022 | Christian Growth, Freedom, Goals, Humility, Hustle, Perfectionism, Podcast 4
Are you a perfectionist? Do you run yourself ragged with your work, or your ministry? And have you asked yourself why? Now, I’ve often asked, “Why am I so tired?” But I think a better question is: “Why am I driving myself to exhaustion?”...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 26, 2022 | Comparison, Humility, Podcast 2
When my daughter was little she looked up at a lifeguard sitting on a tall chair and said, “That’s the king, isn’t it, Daddy?” She didn’t quite have everything figured out yet, but even at two or three years old, she knew that great...
by Shannon Popkin | May 21, 2018 | Humility, Uncategorized
I hope you’ll enjoy my latest post, which first appeared on TrueWoman.com, a ministry of Revive Our Hearts. It was a big moment for me. So big that I still remember it forty years later. Our music teacher, whom I adored, had gathered my kindergarten class to sit...