Charley and Anna interview our friend Caroline about joy. 

Charley interviews  Anna Joy Putt about Joy! 

Charley interviews Heidi about her testimony, how she experiences joy in the good and bad times and some top tips for how to be more joyful. The audio quality isn't great in places, Charley is really sorry! She forgot the connector for her mic! 

Anna interviews Charley about her experiences of Christian Joy and what helps her cultivate an attitude of joyfulness.

Charley and Anna chat through the biblical concept of joy. 

We introduce Season 4 our new podcasts on joy and how you experience it in the Christian life. 

Anna interviews her friend Anna Risbridger about life in her 20's and the challenges and joys it brings.   They talk about transitions and choices, moving, making friends, churches and seeking God's guidance and contentment in each one. Anna shares some of the challenges of the 'Is this all there is?' syndrome of working and the daily grind and talks a bit about the temptation of identity building in each new area of life. As well as some top tips for how those the other side of our...

Anna chats to Charley about the issue of Miscarriage.  A topic that has been in the news a lot recently with some high profile people talking about their experiences. Anna shares her personal experience of her own miscarriage and they talk about what Christians can say of importance into the conversation.  As 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage chances are there are a lot of people around that have been touched by this. Verse for the episode Psalm 139 v 13-16 13For you created my inmost...

Anna speaks to Liv Chapman from EMU music about the role of music in faith corporately and individually.   She shares some of her own experiences of living on different continents and how its helped her longing for a heavenly home. We hear how she thinks through what to write songs about, how the new EMU album 'Joy in Sorrow' came about and how it can help us to lament. Check out how to support the work of EMU music, buy their new album and partner with Liv at www.emumusic.com  

Charley and Anna talk about what is prayer and what it's not. Why we find it so hard to pray and what things might help in pursuit of a better prayer life. Verse for the episode is 1 Thessalonians 5 v16-18 'Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.' Resources recommended include: Paul Miller 'A Praying Life' Timothy Keller 'Prayer; experiencing awe and intimacy with God' Julian Hardyman 'Fresh Pathways in...

In this episode we talk about why gratitude is such an important topic for this moment in history. Biblical ideas of gratitude and why its more than the mumbled grace at the dinner table or the forced thank you cards we make the kids write. We think about what stops us from being grateful including affliction, doubt and busyness. Finally we talk about how we can show gratitude/make the choice to be grateful despite our circumstances. We go to a few places in the Bible in this episode, here...

We introduce ourselves for new listeners and catch up a little on our Summer. We introduce this coming series. 

In this episode Charley shares some of her experience's as a thirty something singleton. We talk about how the Christian's view of singleness as a gift from God is different from that of the world's and maybe different from our heart's. Then we talk about some of the Myths of Singleness that Sam Allberry highlight's in his book '7 Myths of Singleness.' We think about how Churches and Friends can best look out for those who are single before ending with a section about how to do singleness...

Our amazing friends Doreen and James talk about their story of adoption. They also remind us of the amazing picture of God adopting us and encourage us to all rejoice on this amazing truth. Practical hints and tips for supporting families adopting in the church too.  This episode was recorded in April, so Anna talks about snow! 

What is Self Care? Hot topic at the moment as lots of us are struggling to transition back to ‘normal life’ after pandemic lockdown, especially with navigating the increased demands on time with outside commitments.  How can we look after ourselves? We go through the positives of Self Care and look at a few examples of it in the Bible before thinking about how we can expand our definition to include soul care. We start to examine some of the potential problems Christians might have with...

We recorded this just after Easter so our encouragements are from a few weeks ago.  We interview Charley's friend Salome Laschinger who is a counsellor therapist who works with children and young people in schools as well as adults in private work. She shares her tips on how to keep mentally well and how to help others who might need counselling and how to choose one. She shares how her faith impacts her work. 

Anna and Charley share something of their story of long term sickness and how God has helped us to sing his praises through it all. We talk about how suffering has deepened our Christian life by;  Pointing us to the gospel, softening our hearts and humbling us, testing our faith, growing in patience and dependency on God. How we can support others in suffering, role of church family and walking alongside others. We also reviewed a few resources to help us in this. Including; Dale Ralph...

Whether you've been doing a quiet time for years or you have no idea what on earth one is Anna and Charley seek to debunk some myths and encourage one another with some truths about what we do and why we do it as well as thinking about some of the...

In this episode we talk about how comparing ourselves to others rob us of joy and contentment.We've been reading 'Compared to Her' by Sophie de Witt in which she talks about two types of comaprisons;Looking up, where we think i wish i had her......and...

Join us as we think about life in Lockdown and what lessons we can learn.  We answer some of your questions,  and listen to some of your advice.We talk about good habit setting, boundaries, coping with homeschooling, fears, hunkering down and how to...

Using the end of one year and the start of another to think about things we might like to work on as we explore the idea of Change.Book of the episode: 'You can Change' by Tim ChesterWe talk about choosing a change project, one that is specific and...

Charley and Anna discuss what makes Christmas, Christmas and why those things are often a let-down. There's a quiz, revelations on hostess trollies and what not to buy Charley if you're one of her students. They even manage to not quote any Hebrews this...

Advent

Anna and Charley chat about friendship: what makes a good friend, why they find friendship hard and valuable, why Christian friendship is so encouraging and why the ultimate friend is the Lord Jesus. Scripture reference of the episode: Hebrews...