157: Children, Finances, and Your Marriage (Lies Moms Believe Series #11) with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 25)
Release Date: 03/23/2022
171: Expecting Beauty in Motherhood with Laura Booz
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is a wife, mom, gardener and chicken keeper, and author of the book, . She joins me on the podcast today to encourage you with the joy that can be found in God's good design for motherhood. May you be encouraged and find yourself better equipped to fight back against today's toxic mommy culture. What we Chat about in This Episode ~Laura's book, what led her to write it, and what readers can expect ~The gifts of God's goodness, His character, and His sanctifying power that we find in motherhood ~God's perfect timing in the writing and release of this book ~Negative mommy...
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Re-Release: 85: Navigating Difficult Friendships with Rebekah Hargraves (Friendship Matters Series #6)
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Rebekah Hargraves is the host of the Home and Hearth Podcast, which, up until this point, has always been an interview-style podcast. Now, however, she is branching out into recording the first of (what will hopefully be many – that’s up to the feedback she gets from you!) her solo podcasts to talk on the topic of “Navigating Difficult Friendships”. What She Chats about in Today’s Episode: ~A bit of Rebekah’s own experience with difficult friendships ~How friendship is messy as a result of our living in a fallen world; why this should not come as a surprise ~5 red flag warning...
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169: Cultivating a Restful Prayer Life with Asheritah
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Asheritah CiuCiu is a wife, mom, podcaster, writer, and author of the new book "Prayers of Rest: Daily Prompts to Slow Down and Hear God's Voice." She joins me on the podcast today to inspire us with the understanding that prayer is not a drudgery, it is not a task to check off the list, it is not a burden that we "have" to do, but rather is a peaceful, restful, life-giving gift to our souls. May you walk away from this episode encouraged and built up to grow in your own prayer life with the Lord! What we Chat about in This Episode ~Asheritah's newest book, Prayers of Rest, what led...
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168: Answering the Call of Online Friendships (Solo Episode 32) with Rebekah Hargraves (Friendship Matters Series #5)
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About two months ago, we kicked off a brand new solo podcast series based on a book I co-authored with my dear friend, Amber Durgan, entitled "Friendship Matters: Cultivating Meaningful Connections in an Isolated World". Today we are focusing on chapter 5, a chapter that is all about online friendships. For Amber's perspective on this chapter, head on over to her podcast episode tomorrow! What I Chat about in Today’s Episode: ~The blessings that online friendships can be; the folly of believing them to be "less-than" ~Technology and the advent of online friendships ~How...
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RE-RELEASE: 026: The LGBTQ and the Church with Dr. Rosaria Butterfield
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In light of this being "pride month", I wanted to be sure to do a re-release of an episode which first aired over 4 years ago. I pray you walk away from it built up, edified, inspired, and encouraged. Dr. Rosaria Butterfield joins me on the podcast today and provides us with just the wisdom and insight we so desperately need in the church today for how to address issues of a LGBTQ nature with both truth and love. Rosaria has an amazing testimony of having been in that community herself when the Lord drew her unto Himself and changed the course of her life forever. It was an honor...
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167: Deepening Your Friendships by Jesus' Example (Solo Episode 31) with Rebekah Hargraves (Friendship Matters Series #4)
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About a month and a half ago we kicked off a brand new solo podcast series based on a book I co-authored with my dear friend, Amber Durgan, entitled "Friendship Matters: Cultivating Meaningful Connections in an Isolated World". Today we are focusing on chapter 4, a chapter that is all about deepening our friendships according to Jesus' own example. For Amber's perspective on this chapter, head on over to her podcast episode tomorrow! What I Chat about in Today’s Episode: ~The 3 reasons Christian friendship is so crucial (and how Jesus Himself emulated this fact): 1....
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RE-RELEASE: 139: God's Word and Our Hard Seasons with Bethany Beal
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Today on the podcast I wanted to do a special re-release of an episode I recorded with Bethany Beal last year. With so many people facing hard trials of different kinds around the world right now, I believe the wisdom and encouragement offered to us by Bethany in this episode is just what we need to hear right about now! May you walk away encouraged. Bethany Beal is a wife, mom, author, speaker, YouTuber, and podcaster, with a passion to reach out to women with truth and encouragement for their walk with Christ. She runs the ministry Girl Defined with her sister, Kristen Clark,...
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166: Cultivating Life-Giving Friendships (Solo Episode 30) with Rebekah Hargraves (Friendship Matters Series #3)
The Home and Hearth Podcast
A month ago we kicked off a brand new solo podcast series based on a book I co-authored with my dear friend, Amber Durgan, entitled "Friendship Matters: Cultivating Meaningful Connections in an Isolated World". In the first episode we covered the introduction and first chapter of the book, and in episode 2 we zeroed in on chapter 2. Today we are focusing on chapter 3, a chapter that is all about cultivating friendships - the how-tos, as well as the things which tend to stand in our way. For Amber's perspective on this chapter, head on over to her podcast episode tomorrow! What I...
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RE-RELEASE: 001: Chronic Illness and The Christian Walk with Angela Parsley
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I am delighted today to re-release the very first episode of the podcast, an episode that first released 5 years ago last month! In this first episode of the show I had a chat with my dear friend from church, . Angela is an absolute gem. Though she has struggled with an oftentimes debilitating chronic illness for nearly half her life, she nevertheless is always seeking to serve those around her and to minister to them with the love of Christ. She truly inspires me! I know you will walk away from this conversation built up and encouraged! What We Chat About in This Episode: ~What...
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165: Life-Giving Friendships of the Bible (Solo Episode 29) with Rebekah Hargraves (Friendship Matters Series #2)
The Home and Hearth Podcast
Two weeks ago we kicked off a brand new solo podcast series based on a book I co-authored with my dear friend, Amber Durgan, entitled "Friendship Matters: Cultivating Meaningful Connections in an Isolated World". In that first episode we covered the introduction and first chapter of the book, while this week we're zeroing in on chapter 2. This chapter is all about friendships of the Bible, and our focus today will be on friendships of the Old Testament and what we can learn from them. For a conversation all about friendships of the New Testament, head on over to Amber's podcast episode...
info_outlineOn today’s solo podcast episode, I am continuing the podcast series based on my book, Lies Moms Believe (And How the Gospel Refutes Them) with a chat addressing the lies "Children are Really Expensive" and "Children Ruin a Marriage". I hope you come away from this episode with your mind transformed and your heart encouraged by the truths of the gospel!
What I Chat about in Today’s Episode:
~The next lies covered in my book:
26. "Children are Really Expensive"
27. "Children Ruin a Marriage"
~The reality that children *can* be really expensive, but are not inherently so
~The freedom we have to make choices about how our children impact our finances; being good stewards of the money entrusted to us by God
~Viewing children as a blessing and reward as opposed to a drain on our resources
~The negative message we hear from culture about the adverse impact children have on marriages
~The freedom we have to choose to prioritize our marriages even in the midst of busy seasons of parenting
~The fact that it isn't just that children don't inherently ruin marriages, but that they can, in fact, make our marriages even better
~4 specific ways in which having children can actually improve your marriage
~The way Psalm 127 and 128 present marriage and family life as a joyful, blessed, happy institution
~And more!
For full shownotes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast