by Shannon Popkin | Apr 17, 2024 | Christian Growth, Comparison, Differences, Humility, Matthew, Podcast - Jesus Stories, Podcast - Parables and Metaphors, 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...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 8, 2023 | Disgust, Freedom, Gender and Sexuality, Genesis, Genesis - Hot Topic, Marriage, Podcast - Torah, Podcast 4, Popular Podcast Episodes, Sin, True Story of the Beginning, Women
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, Genesis, Podcast - Torah, Podcast 4, True Story of the Beginning
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, Genesis, Parenting, Podcast, Podcast - Torah, Podcast 4, Popular Podcast Episodes, True Story of the Beginning
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...