* 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
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Episode 54: Barbara Reaoch
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Barbara Reaoch chats to Taryn Hayes about her new Christmas family devotional A Better Than Anything Christmas and how she came to be a writing grandma. Barbara also shares her journey to faith in Jesus, her involvement in Bible Study Fellowship including years as a missionary in Cape Town and as the Children's Director in Texas.
EPISODE NOTES:
Barbara and her husband lived in Michigan before moving to Cape Town, South Africa, to teach Bible Study Fellowship classes. They also worked with the Rafiki Foundation to train young women in job and life skills. With her grandchildren far away, Barbara began to write Bible studies for them to bridge the distance.
After returning to the US, Barbara directed the Children’s Division of Bible Study Fellowship International. Barbara now lives in Minneapolis, MN, where she is learning to love snow again! She and her family are privileged to be a part of the wonderful body of believers at Bethlehem Baptist Church.
One of Barbara's favourite Bible passages is Acts 1:8. She says, “Because God has let me be part of His ministry to the ends of the earth."
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
A Better Than Anything Christmas" to be released 1 October 2020
A Jesus Christmas (book review)
SHOW SNIPPETS:
"Living and teaching overseas I learned in a new way that God's Word can reach children in every situation. I've seen the power of God's Word help children around the world — from Africa to Asia, India to the Alps, poor or rich. Whatever the challenge - God has given parents the privilege and power to reach their children with the transforming truth of his Word."
On reading the Bible for herself for the first time: “I felt like I had been invited to a banquet with all sorts of delicious foods and I just wanted to eat it all up.”
“I knew I had been given a lot of food but I didn’t understand the nutrition of it very much. I didn’t know what I needed to stay healthy as a Christian.”
"I can still remember markers along the way that I would hear from people who were obviously Christian that sunk into my brain and eventually ended in my heart."
"I was pretty bent on living the way I wanted to live."
"When you give kids a big picture like that then they can understand the individual stories more clearly."
"We also talk about who Jesus is - why he is the tabernacle; why he is the bread. It helps kids to understand how the Old Testament connects with the New Testament."
"In my heart is a passion to make parents successful in the job that they have … there’s nothing that gives me more pleasure than to equip parents in this task of discipling their children."
"A Better than Anything Christmas is a 25-day exploration about Jesus’ life. The Bible tells us that Christmas is all about the gifts that Jesus came to give to us."
"Statistically, most people who are in Christ, look back on a time between the ages of 10 and 12 in their childhood as a time when they came to embrace Christ as their saviour."
"I am asking God to teach me more and more what it means too abide in him and live in his presence every minute of everyday."
"I want my life to be him - I want him to be in me and through me. I don’t want to just know about it, I really want to live in him more completely so I’m still learning."
"I call that reverse mentoring, because I learn so much from (younger) people … a lot of the passion (they) have in (their) walk."
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Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Episode 53: A Life Well Lived
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
In this episode, the main feature is from the GROW Women's Conference in Brisbane when Tori interviewed three Christian women about living their lives in the light of the gospel. Recorded live at the 2019 GROW Conference, this episode is shorter than most. However, keep listening, because after the GROW interview, Tori shares some exciting news about the podcast platform and she introduces listeners to Katie - The Lydia Project's very own podcast assistant who has been working hard behind the scenes helping to keep this podcast chugging along.
EPISODE NOTES:
In this episode, the main feature is from the GROW Women's Conference in Brisbane when Tori interviewed three Christian women about living their lives in the light of the gospel. Recorded live at the 2019 GROW Conference, this episode is shorter than most. However, keep listening, because after the GROW interview, Tori shares some exciting news about the podcast platform and she introduces listeners to Katie - The Lydia Project's very own podcast assistant who has been working hard behind the scenes helping to keep this podcast chugging along.
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Kylie has four children in primary school and is a member of City North Baptist where she’s involved in Sunday school teaching. Her superpower of choice would be invisibility so that she could occasionally hide from her kids.
Val works in the One Williams street tower. She goes to Central Church and her super power would be the power of high metabolism so she could eat whatever she liked and not have to work it off
Dena has been a member of Grace Bible Church since it began. Her husband is the founding pastor and together they’ve been involved there. They have four adult children. If she could have a super power it would be the super fast running speed of Dash from The Incredibles so that she could dash all the way around the world seeing friends and family and be back in time for dinner.
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
GROW Chats 2020: Short podcasts to fix your thoughts on Jesus.
SHOW SNIPPETS:
Kylie: “It’s an ongoing process. His word is still convicting and it still offers a lot of mercy and a lot of grace.”
Dena: “I’m thankful for the freedom that comes in Christ.”
Val: “I’m tempted at times to be lukewarm and ashamed of the gospel.”
Val: “Your workplace is sometimes your main ministry because you’re there all the time.”
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