by Shannon Popkin | May 7, 2025 | 1 Samuel, Anger, Anxiety, Control Girl, Faith, Fear, God, Hardship, Parenting, Podcast, Podcast - Historical, Podcast 10, Prayer, Suffering
Where do you go with your desperate prayers? In this episode of the Live Like It’s True podcast, we’re picking back up with part 2 of my conversation with Rachel Wojo about Hannah’s story. Her situation is complex. Her heart is aching. She’s misjudged and...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 30, 2025 | 1 Samuel, Anger, Anxiety, Control Girl, Faith, Fear, God, Hardship, Parenting, Podcast, Podcast - Historical, Podcast 10, Prayer, Suffering
Are you feeling desperate or even angry or hopeless over your situation? In this episode of the Live Like It’s True podcast, I’m joined by Rachel Wojo, who shares about the deep sorrow of losing her daughter—and the desperate prayers that followed. Together, we look...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 20, 2024 | Anger, Anxiety, Control Girl, God
Are you bothered by a controlling mother-in-law, or a controlling sister or friend? If so, perhaps you’ve vowed that you’ll never be anything like her. But if you back the reel up a few decades, there’s a good chance this controlling woman in your...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 19, 2014 | Anger, Roles, Submission
As a friend and I were enjoying a long catch-up session, she mentioned the difficulties and strains of marriage.As she talked generically about her struggles, I secretly wondered if she gets frustrated with her husband the way I get frustrated with mine. I thumbed...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 22, 2014 | Anger
Journal entry from 2005Oh, Lord, I am so full of sin and I’m so tired of it. I’ve lost my temper with all three kids already this morning, and It’s only 8:10 a.m.Cade pulled his diaper apart and wanted me to change him and he kept whining over and...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 23, 2014 | Anger
It was Saturday morning–the only morning of the week which held the possibility of sleeping in. But rather than hugging my pillow, I was gripping the steering wheel, frantically scanning unfamiliar old buildings for an address which matched the brochure in my...