by Shannon Popkin | Sep 25, 2024 | Comparison, Gifts, Hope, Parenting, Podcast 9 Stand Alone
What if that other mom is able to homeschool six kids and raise twenty chickens, plus make her own cheese, but you can barely keep up with the laundry for your one kid, and get him to school on time? On the Live Like It’s True podcast, my guest Lara...
by Shannon Popkin | Jun 5, 2024 | Comparison, Differences, Podcast 7 Comparison, Popular Podcast Episodes
Have you been comparing yourself? Are you envious of someone who has it “better” than you? In a story about envious grumblers who are comparing, Jesus invites you to be one of the happy ones instead. Guests: Melissa Kruger Bible Passage: Laborers in the...
by Shannon Popkin | May 15, 2024 | Comparison, Compassion, Disgust, Humility, Podcast 7 Comparison, Wisdom
Have you ever felt unworthy, because of your sin? Or have you every tried to comfort yourself by comparing with someone who sinned in worse ways that you? In this series, we’re looking at comparison stories that Jesus told, and this one is a story about...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 24, 2024 | Comparison, Disgust, Forgiveness, Hospitality, Humility, Podcast 7 Comparison, Salvation, Shame, Sin
What if Jesus could read your thoughts about other people’s sins? And what about your own sins? Do you have shameful secrets that seem too awful to even confess? In this episode, we’re going to consider a story Jesus told at a dinner party where someone...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 17, 2024 | Christian Growth, Comparison, Differences, Humility, Podcast 7 Comparison, Problems
What would Jesus say about your efforts to get healthy? When you wake up in the morning, is your first thought about what you ate the night before? Has your lifelong obsession been to finally like what you see in the mirror? With the launch of Comparison Girl for...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 16, 2024 | Comparison
Once after my friend, Angela, visited, my husband asked why I was so grumpy. “You usually love having Angela come,” he said. But I replied, “Yeah . . . I don’t think I like Angela anymore.” My husband was puzzled. “Shannon . . . ” he said. “You love Angela! What’s...