#197 Susannah B. Lewis: Rooted and Rising!
Rambling Through Everyday Life Podcast
Release Date: 10/06/2025
#203 Everyday Joys & A Heart for Discipleship
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In this week's conversation, we’re talking about the simple joys of everyday life and the beauty of true discipleship. When someone comes to know the Lord, what happens next? Who is coming alongside them as they begin to grow? And are we growing in God’s Word so we can pour into the people around us? We also chat about accountability: what it is, what it isn’t, and why real accountability isn’t about policing behavior but holding someone’s heart with care and honesty. Plus, we share our November memory verse: Philippians 4:8. We’d love to hear your thoughts on discipleship,...
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#202 Thankful for good counsel, good laughter, and good growing together!
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In this week's conversation, we have an update on Fran's social experiment, her super fun estate plan, and our new favorite matchng sets, volunteer opportunities, and bible teachings. We also share our November Blessing Box project, our new favorite questions to ponder, Angela's new bible and our November memory verse. We hope that with each and every episode, you will find us talking about Jesus in our everyday lives while also learning, being challenged, and growing together while loving and laughing about what makes up our everyday lives. We are so thankful Jesus is...
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#201 Fall Rambling
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This week’s podcast might just be one of our favorites yet. We talked about cozy fall things like a cranberry orange simmer pot and deeper things, like our thoughts, our struggles, and the way God transforms us through them. Somewhere between laughter and reflection, we found ourselves saying, “We’ve lost our ability to consider other perspectives,” and it hit us hard. We also talked about how sin, as painful as it is, can be the very thing God uses to change us from the inside out. And then this question: “Are you thinking about what you’re thinking about?” Because we average...
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#200 Happy 200th Episode to All of Us!
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Happy 200th episode to all of us! We cannot believe it! In this fun conversation, we laugh and reminisce our way through some of our early days and how we even got here. So many of you have been right there with us the whole time, and this episode is dedicated to each and every one of you, regardless of how long you have listened. We love y'all so much! We hope that with each and every episode, you will find us talking about Jesus while also learning, being challenged, and growing together while loving and laughing about what makes up our everyday lives. We are so...
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#199 We Can Do Hard Things!
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This week’s episode is full of real life and real faith — from Wendy’s chili 🍲 and football chatter 🏈 to Fran’s NYC adventures 🗽 (hello, Oyster Bay!) and even a little zombie paintball 💥. But beyond the laughs and stories, we’re diving deep into what it means to do hard things — to step into new, uncomfortable, and stretching seasons — and how the Lord meets us right in the middle of it all. We are both learning that we’re not failing… it’s just new. We’re growing in dependence on the Lord, recognizing that self-sufficiency feels safe and...
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198 Fall Break Fun!
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This week's conversation is full of fall break fun including Angela's recent trip to Chicago and Fran's next adventure. Fran shares more great questions we can ask our children (and ourselves) as we consider who are becoming. We also contemplate the difference in ruminating vs. meditating as we consider our memory verse for October, 2 Timothy 1:7: "For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and a sound mind." We hope that with each and every episode, you will find us talking about Jesus while also learning, being challenged, and growing together...
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#197 Susannah B. Lewis: Rooted and Rising!
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This week, we are joined by our dear friend and best-selling author, Susannah B. Lewis. You will love Susannah's humor and authenticity as we discuss our faith and the challenge she placed before us at the Rooted and Rising Women's Event last month. We talk about the four types of soil and the condition of our hearts, and Susannah shares what prompted her to grow deeper in her relationship with the Lord. We hope that with each and every episode, you will find us talking about Jesus in our everyday lives while also learning, being challenged, and growing together, while...
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#196 Fear is a Liar
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This week, we share what we learned from our September memory verses in Colossians 1, and Fran shares our new memory verse for October, plus her takeaways from a powerful ministry event with Jaco Booyens on Union's campus last week. We talk about the power of confessing our sin and praying protection over one another, plus the prayer Jesus prayed over us in John 17. We hope that with each and every episode, you will find us talking about Jesus while also learning, being challenged, and growing together while loving and laughing about what makes up our everyday lives. We are so...
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#195 There is power in the name of Jesus
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Our hearts are so tender after the last two weeks and yours probably is, too. We recently spoke at the "Rooted and Rising" event with our dear friend Susannah Lewis and loved being with those precious ladies (it was so fun seeing several of our listeners there!) In this episode, we continue that conversation including what the Lord is teaching us and what we are constantly being convicted of. As always, we hope that with each and every episode, you will find us talking about Jesus while also learning, being challenged, and growing together while loving and laughing about...
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#194 How we are processing this past week, the death of Charlie Kirk, and the evil in this world
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Join us for a somber but hopeful conversation about how we are processing this past week, the death of Charlie Kirk, and the evil in this world. We are so thankful that we have the eternal hope of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. We share our personal testimonies and why Jesus is the only hope we have and the only hope we need. If you are struggling and need someone to talk to, please reach out to us. If you need help finding a church to attend, we invite you to come sit with us. Our time on this earth is so temporary, and it is our sincere hope and prayer that...
info_outlineThis week, we are joined by our dear friend and best-selling author, Susannah B. Lewis. You will love Susannah's humor and authenticity as we discuss our faith and the challenge she placed before us at the Rooted and Rising Women's Event last month. We talk about the four types of soil and the condition of our hearts, and Susannah shares what prompted her to grow deeper in her relationship with the Lord.
We hope that with each and every episode, you will find us talking about Jesus in our everyday lives while also learning, being challenged, and growing together, while loving and laughing about what makes up our everyday lives. We are so thankful Jesus is right there with us in the middle of it all.
Favorite quotes from this episode:
In praying for wisdom, the Lord gave me the desire for His Word. We have to be rooted in God's Word, or there is no fruit.
God wants to transform our hearts! Ezekiel 36:26 "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."
There is a difference between being saved and being surrendered.
The fruit doesn't come from dipping the plant in the soil. It has to be rooted there.
As I am growing spiritually, my thoughts have changed. My interests have changed. I am so on fire for the Lord that He has taken priority in my life, and my social media reflects that.
I have come to know just how much I need the blood of Jesus, which in turn makes me bolder to speak that. We are called to be bold! That's what he wants from us!
The older we get, the more hungry we become for the scriptures! We better understand what Jesus did for us, and we do not take that lightly!
If we are struggling to fast from something, it has become an idol.
We should be grieved by what grieves God. Our whole lives are a war between the flesh and the spirit.
"Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." Proverbs 4:23
Just because someone is older, that doesn't mean they are wise. Look for the fruit. Don't take spiritual advice from someone who is not in God's Word.
We can be aware of what is going on in the world without being consumed by it. We will drift if we aren't actively drawing closer to the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 1:18 "The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief. To increase knowledge only increases sorrow."
Our memory verse for October: 2 Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline."
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