* Conversations with Christian Women * Hosts: Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes chat to women from Australia and around the world about faith, life and ministry. Ordinary women trusting an extraordinary God makes for inspirational stories and great wisdom shared about all aspects of life as a Christian woman.
Episodes
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Episode 43: Karen Fowler
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Karen Fowler talks to Tori Walker about deeply tragic and personal events, including a divorce and the death of her son. But hers is a story of hope. Her faith has given her strength to process and trust in God’s sovereign care. Karen will help you fall in love with her gorgeous kids as she talks about them. Listen as she shares the grief that she and her husband experienced, as well as the robust faith in God’s goodness that has continued to grow in them both.
EPISODE NOTES
Karen Fowler and her husband Ryan lost their beautiful baby boy in October 2018. Strengthened by their trust in God’s goodness and sovereignty, they have responded to their grief with compassion and selflessness. They have set up Rio’s Legacy, a charity which aims to see at least one hospice in every state of Australia, with the specific aim of supporting children with a terminal illness and their families. Karen lives with her family in Sydney.
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Rio’s Legacy – https://rioslegacy.org.au/
SHOW SNIPPETS:
"I was raised in a Christian family… I continued to go to church, didn’t really develop my relationship with God until probably late teens and then went to and fro from that."
"I’ve had definite moments where God’s touched me or spoken to me or revealed things to me. But I wouldn’t say that I suddenly became a Christian in a moment, it was just a gradual feel. My faith’s something that’s been refined and developed through life. I feel like I’ve grown into the Christian I am today. I don’t feel like I woke up and suddenly it was that."
"He was seeing someone else and the marriage fell apart within months."
"I did learn though, but I’m forever appreciative for what I have, and sometimes I think if you don’t learn that way you don’t fully appreciate what you’ve got, and I’m continually like daily appreciative of how easy our relationship feels compared to being in a wrong relationship."
"When you can’t do anything for your child medically, all you want to do is make them not scared and help them feel comfortable and safe."
"God can bring him peace. God can bring us peace, even if the scenario is that he doesn’t make it through the night, God can just be. And surrendering everything in the moment to God is what we became dependent on doing."
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Friday Apr 10, 2020
Episode 42: Hayley Tubman
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
What does living each day in the light of the gospel mean? How does that impact our daily decisions? Hayley Tubman talks with Taryn Hayes about how she came to be a Christian; her work in student and women’s ministry, and how she longs to have the gospel inform her daily decisions. Listen as Hayley shares some of her thoughts around what it means to be a part of a church as a Christian woman and how much her church youth group influenced her as a young teen to stand firm for the gospel in a hostile school environment.
EPISODE NOTES:
Hayley has been a Christian for nearly 30 years. After graduating from George Whitefield College, she worked as a student worker at the University of Cape Town, and later as the women’s worker at St. James Church, Kenilworth in Cape Town, South Africa. She is married to Scott, a Sydney boy who is a fellow George Whitefield College graduate. Scott serves as the Associate Rector at St. James Church.
Scott and Hayley have been married for 19 years, and have two children: Benjamin, who is 14, and Jemma, who is 12. Hayley loves reading a good book, drinking great coffee, and teaching God’s Word to women.
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Talks by Hayley
- Hayley’s 3-part series: Wisdom in a World of Fools | 2015 REACH-SA Cape Town Convention
SHOW SNIPPETS:
"I viewed my own father quite differently at that point, realising that like me, he has a problem with sin and yes he had done wrong but he is blind by his sin and it doesn’t excuse his behaviour, but there is a sense in which I can’t stand in judgment of him. That is God’s work to do because he is blinded by sin like I was and needs a saviour just like I did."
"But there is a sense in which multi-generational meetings are just so helpful because you don’t just need the women who is going through what you’re going through."
"I think for me, it’s the daily exercise of getting up and reminding myself that the gospel is true and that one day as God promises in his word, Jesus will come back. And I don’t know if that will be tomorrow or if that will be in 50 years time. But I do know that I’m called now to live in the light of that and to live as if it may be today, that I will meet Jesus. None of us really, we don’t know when we’ll meet Jesus, but we are called to live as if today will be the day."
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