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 | 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 | 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 | Dec 17, 2014 | Differences
As I strolled through the room of tables, which were all decorated and ready for our ladies’ Christmas event that evening, I heard someone say, “It’s not a competition.”Of course we were all aware that no one was scoring or ranking the tables,...
by Shannon Popkin | Jun 24, 2014 | Differences
I was in kindergarten, and our music teacher had gathered the class to sit at her feet. She hummed a series of notes and asked, “Did those go up or down?”In unison, the class answered, “Dooooown.”But the teacher responded, “Which one of...
by Shannon Popkin | May 29, 2014 | Differences, Friendship
Thanks to Katie Wassink, from Fruitful Vine Wife for guest blogging today.I have a friend named Samantha who goes by the nickname of Sam.We have been walking together through the same season of life for nearly 4 years now. Our first children were born hours apart,...