* 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
Sunday May 30, 2021
Episode 70: Kim Bell
Sunday May 30, 2021
Sunday May 30, 2021
Positive peer pressure was a factor in Kim Bell’s coming to trust in Jesus for her salvation. Listen to Kim and Taryn chat about how Kim came to faith, her love for teaching children the Bible, and how God has shaped and grown the ministry that brought her and her husband, Rory, to England where they produce both print and online Sunday School teaching materials.
EPISODE NOTES:
Positive peer pressure was a factor in Kim Bell’s coming to trust in Jesus for her salvation. Listen to Kim and Taryn chat about how Kim came to faith; her love for teaching children the Bible and how God has shaped and grown the ministry that brought her and her husband, Rory, to England where they produce both print and online Sunday School teaching materials.
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Kim Bell started trusting Jesus for her salvation when she was a teenager. Her love for teaching the Bible began shortly afterwards when she embarked on a theology degree at George Whitefield Bible College. Through student placement, she found herself teaching the Bible to toddlers and fell in love with littlies and with sharing God’s Word. It is fitting then that Kim now assists her husband, Rory, who runs TnT Ministries - an organisation that produces excellent Sunday School teaching materials both in print and online. Kim and Rory and their three children, Emma, Aidan and Nathan, live in the UK and are part of the Cornerstone Church family in Kingston Upon Thames.
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
George Whitefield Bible College
SHOW SNIPPETS:
“I love the Bible and love children and thought why not focus on this (children’s work) as a career move?”
“I loved every aspect of it. I loved building relationships with the kids. I loved teaching them the Bible. I loved everything about it.”
“As we left, I said to Rory, wouldn’t it be fantastic if we could do this full time? … a number of years later, they took us out for a meal (and asked us to take over their ministry).”
“Within a week, all those obstacles were gone.”
“I was trying to hold it together, you can’t fall apart with three little kids.”
“If it wasn’t clear that the Lord had led us here, I would definitely go home with you! … it was really hard!”
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Saturday May 15, 2021
Episode 69: Jo van der Avoort
Saturday May 15, 2021
Saturday May 15, 2021
Host Tori Walker chats via Zoom with Jo van der Avoort about mothering and ministry in times of pandemic lockdowns and distancing.
EPISODE NOTES:
Host Tori Walker chats via Zoom with Jo van der Avoort about mothering and ministry in times of pandemic lockdowns and distancing.
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Jo moved to Durban, South Africa because of two men - Jesus and Ryan. Her studies are a heady mix of Medical Sciences, English Literature, Education, and Theology. She grew up taking the glittering beaches and waterways of Sydney for granted - though she’s very grateful that Durban also includes sea breezes. For the last 7 years she’s been figuring out how to live in a country where to be uni-lingual is unusual; how to be married; and how to treasure the cyclical and hidden task of parenting a three and a six year old.
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Daily Prayer App - available via App Store of Google Play Store (orange with graphic symbol of sunrise)
Praying from the scriptures (praising God, confessing sin, thanking God and asking God): from Prayer Chat Hebrews 1
SHOW SNIPPETS:
"The ministry I’m doing is loving two small people, and doing whatever I can (and feeling very frail and human as i do it), to teach them about God and his world and what it looks like to live in it."
Regarding practical ministry during a pandemic: “Realising I’m not allowed to do any of those things, but I can pray for them, and I have to trust that that is the most meaningful thing I can do for them.”
"God is not a list of truths - he has called me into a relationship with him. And I’m actually allowed to relate to him as someone who meets me in the depths of my being rather than someone who gives me correct things to think about life and who I am."
Five Books to read along with Tori and Taryn at The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women
- Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop
- Beautifully Distinct edited by Trillia Newbell
- In His Image by Jen Wilkin
- Growing Together by Melissa Kruger
- Need to Know by Gary Millar
Head to The Wandering Bookseller for a 15% discount on any of our book club books.
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Monday May 10, 2021
TLP Book Club - 01 - Author Interview with Mark Vroegop
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
The Lydia Project's first book club episode is here! Listen in as Tori chats to Mark Vroegop - author of our first book club book, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy - about the devastating loss of his daughter to stillbirth and how he came to learn to embrace the grace of lament.
In the book, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament, Mark explains how lament is how you live between the poles of a hard life and trusting God’s goodness.
Lament is how we bring our sorrow to God—but it is a neglected dimension of the Christian life for many Christians today. We need to recover the practice of honest spiritual struggle that gives us permission to vocalize our pain and wrestle with our sorrow. Lament avoids trite answers and quick solutions, progressively moving us toward deeper worship and trust.
Exploring how the Bible—through the psalms of lament and the book of Lamentations—gives voice to our pain, this book invites us to grieve, struggle, and tap into the rich reservoir of grace and mercy God offers in the darkest moments of our lives.
Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy is available online or in bookstores worldwide. In Australia, a 15% discount is available for all Lydia Project Book Club books through The Wandering Bookseller. Simply use the discount code LYDIA15 at the checkout.
Bio:
Mark Vroegop is the lead pastor of College Park Church in Indianapolis and the author of Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament, the ECPA 2020 Christian Book of the Year, and Weep with Me: How Lament Opens a Door for Racial Reconciliation. He’s married to Sarah, and they have four children and a daughter-in-law.