In episode 67, we chat with Dawn McAvoy, founder of Both Lives, a pro-women and pro-life movement – imagining a people and place that values the life and health of women and unborn children, and pursues the wellbeing of both (which is part of the Evangelical Alliance in the UK).

We chat with Dawn about:

• Her story in falling pregnant unwed
• Why the pro-life movement and pro-women movement go hand-in-hand
• Why all Christians should be pro-life
• How to be confident in your pro-life stance as a Christian
• How to navigate compassionate conversations involving women and abortion

This topic is a much needed one in our Christian culture and we hope it empowers you to be for life and for women in a culture that so easily celebrates the death of babies.

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In episode 66, we get the pleasure of chatting with Leisha, Belle and Kathryn from Simply At The Table Podcast.

Leisha is a homeschooling mother of four, food blogger and homesteader. Her daughters, Belle and Kathryn join her on this podcast to chat about homemaking for God's glory, building a family legacy, cultivating lasting sibling friendships and lessons from homeschooling.

The wisdom all three women share throughout this episode is phenomenal, so make sure you're able to tune in with minimal distraction.

You are in for a treat from this conversation!

Check out the Simply At The Table podcast website here.

Follow them on Substack.

Check out Leisha's homesteading blog.

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This week on the pod, Jess and Bella wrestle with one of the purposes of marriage – having and raising kids. They explore reasons couples may put off having kids or even go childless. What about IVF? Single-mum by choice? They also discuss the difficult reality of declining birth rates across the globe. We hope the episode encourages you this week!

Please bear in mind that we are sensitive to the fact that many couples desire to have children but experience infertility, so we are not talking about these couples in today's conversation.

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Bible Verses

Genesis 1:28
Genesis 38
Psalm 127: 3-4
Proverbs 7:6
1 Corinthians 7:7
Matthew 28:19-20

Links

Are Christian couples required to have kids?

Is it okay for Christian couples not to have children?

Are all women called to have children?

Should I have children?

This week on the pod, Jess and Bella chat about the viral pop psychology label of personality types and how they can be applied too quickly and readily in boxing us all into a comparison game.

Our values may drive some of the ways we approach things as mums, but sometimes we are different in different seasons, and sometimes we just don't meet the real and imagined standards of culture. And that's okay. We hope the episode encourages you this week!

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Links:

5 Things I Have Unlearned as a Teacher from Homeschooling my Children

Friends, it's time we go there.

This episode is a response to some comments we have received in a previous episode about what biblical leadership and submission looks like in a marriage.

We also chat about what that looks like when it comes to sex and intimacy with your spouse.

We encourage both wives and husbands to listen to this together, because we think it will be a benefit to your marriage in some way (maybe get your husbands to skip the life update part as there is mention of some TMI girly stuff!)

We want to add a disclaimer that we are not qualified Pastors, Counsellors or Theological Experts on this subject. We are coming to this conversation having wrestled with a lot of these things in our own marriage, looking honestly at what Scripture says and how we can best apply that to our marriages.

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Links

What is submission in marriage – John Piper

Submitting to an unbelieving husband

Love your wife like Christ loved the church

11 Characteristics of a Godly marriage

Sex and submission

Scripture

Ephesians 5: 21-22

Ephesians 5:25

Colossians 3:18-19

1 Peter 3:1

Ephesians 5:33

Episode Chapters

00:00:00 The girls catch up on their week

00:14:45 Biblical submission

00:33:35 What does equal submission look like?

00:48:40 Unequally yoked

00:52:00 Sex and submission

In episode 62, Jess and Bella reflect on their mental health struggles over the years.

Collectively dealing with insomnia, depression, postpartum depression and anxiety, we reflect on some dark times and what God has taught us about Himself through those times.

We pray that this episode will be an encouragement to your faith, whether you have dealt with mental health struggles or any type of struggle that you have had to wrestle God with.

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In this episode, Bella is back and here to share her birth story with her second baby girl.

We hope you enjoy this raw, vulnerable and insightful episode of Bella's birth story.

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In episode 60, Jess chats with Caitlin Estes, founder of Woven Natural Fertility Care and Author of Woven Well.

Caitlin is a Christian Certified Fertility Care Practitioner passionate about educating women about their fertility while honouring their faith.

In this conversation Caitlin sheds light on the fertility model she teaches, the science behind birth control, advice for women walking through infertility and how to raise daighters who feel empowered about their cycles.

Caitlin also shares with us her new book 'Woven Well' and the heart behind writing it.

This episode is a necessary conversation for women in the Christian faith, so make sure to share the episode with someone who could be encouraged by it.

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Want to learn about Caitlin's work? Check out her website here.

If you'd like to purchase her book Woven Well, you can purchase it here.