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...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 8, 2023 | Disgust, Freedom, Gender and Sexuality, Marriage, Podcast 4, Popular Podcast Episodes, Sin
What can Christian do about her same-sex attraction? How is an LGBT Christian to respond to the Bible’s blueprint for marriage, in Genesis? What impact does a Christian’s disgust over sexual brokenness have on those around her, who are suffering? I’m...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 21, 2022 | Beauty, Comparison, Generosity, Podcast 4
Do you ever think of God as stingy? Do you focus on the things that He hasn’t given you? The opening scene of Genesis shows us a different view of God. As we see the waters teaming with life and the birds filling the sky and plants popping up everywhere from the...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 14, 2022 | Differences, Enemy, Gender and Sexuality, Parenting, Podcast 4, Popular Podcast Episodes
Is gender a social construct? And what does it mean to bear God’s image? And how are the two related? The earliest pages of our Bible begin to answer these questions, as we watch our origin story unfold in Genesis 1-3. I’m so thankful to have my friend...
by Shannon Popkin | May 4, 2022 | Comparison
Are you exhausted by comparison? Do you become more consumed with jealousy every time you glance sideways at “her”? Do you become more weighed down with inadequacy, every time you scroll or drive or walk past “them”? Are you worried...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 26, 2022 | Comparison, Humility, Podcast Retelling
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...