Friend to Friend: Hope for your Heart and Help from His Word
A Christian podcast where host Jessica Smallwood engages in friend-to-friend conversations with women who have experienced God's guidance through life's challenges. They share personal stories of meeting Christ in the midst of chaos and holding fast to faith. The conversations aim to provide hope and strengthen relationships for the sake of the Gospel.
Episodes
Friend to Friend LIVE 2026 | When Your Faith Has Been Shaken
This summer I have re-opened the podcast for a short season of sharing sessions from Friend to Friend LIVE 2026, themed,"My Heart, His Throne." I pray that these lessons will strengthen your relationship with God and His Word creating a fervor to, "...love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,". In today's episode, our guest teacher Francie Taylor shares a biblical lesson entitled, "When Your Fait
Friend to Friend LIVE 2026 | Where Do You Dwell?
This summer I have re-opened the podcast for a short season of sharing sessions from Friend to Friend LIVE 2026, themed,"My Heart, His Throne." I pray that these lessons will strengthen your relationship with God and His Word creating a fervor to, "...love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,". In today's episode I share a biblical lesson from Psalm 91 enititled, "Where Do You Dwell?" Happy listen
Friend to Friend LIVE 2026 | God Makes Impossible Possible: Increasing Faith Through Scripture
This summer I have re-opened the podcast for a short season of sharing sessions from Friend to Friend LIVE 2026, themed,"My Heart, His Throne." I pray that these lessons will strengthen your relationship with God and His Word creating a fervor to, "...love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,". In today's episode, our guest teacher Francie Taylor shares a biblical lesson entitled, "God Makes Impo
Friend to Friend LIVE 2026 | Dealing With Cultural Clashes
This summer I have re-opened the podcast for a short season of sharing sessions from Friend to Friend LIVE 2026, themed,"My Heart, His Throne." I pray that these lessons will strengthen your relationship with God and His Word creating a fervor to, "...love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,". In today's episode, our guest teacher Francie Taylor shares a biblical lesson entitled, "Dealing with C
Friend to Friend LIVE 2026 | My Heart, His Throne
This summer I have re-opened the podcast for a short season of sharing sessions from Friend to Friend LIVE 2026, themed,"My Heart, His Throne." I pray that these lessons will strengthen your relationship with God and His Word creating a fervor to, "...love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,". In today's episode I open the conference with session 1 enititled, "My Heart, His Throne." Happy listeni
F2F LIVE 2024 | Walking Wisely in Perilous Times
This summer I have re-opened the podcast for a short season of sharing sessions from F2F LIVE 2024, themed Keep Thy Heart! I pray that these lessons will strengthen your relationship with God and His Word, creating a fervor to, "Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life." Proverbs 4:23 In today's episode, our guest teacher Francie Taylor shares from scripture the im
F2F LIVE 2024 | Guarding Our Hearts: Where to Turn with Unmet Expectations
This summer I have re-opened the podcast for a short season of sharing sessions from F2F LIVE 2024, themed Keep Thy Heart! I pray that these lessons will strengthen your relationship with God and His Word, creating a fervor to, "Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life." Proverbs 4:23 In today's episode, Mindy Tingson teaches session 6, Guarding Our Hearts: Where to
F2F LIVE 2024 | Guarding Our Hearts with God's Word: Worth Its Value part 2
This summer I have re-opened the podcast for a short season of sharing sessions from F2F LIVE 2024, themed Keep Thy Heart! I pray that these lessons will strengthen your relationship with God and His Word, creating a fervor to, "Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life." Proverbs 4:23 In today's episode, our host Jessica Smallwood continues her opening lesson in par
F2F LIVE 2024 | Guarding Our Hearts: Where to Look When Lonely
This summer I have re-opened the podcast for a short season of sharing sessions from F2F LIVE 2024, themed Keep Thy Heart! I pray that these lessons will strengthen your relationship with God and His Word, creating a fervor to, "Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life." Proverbs 4:23 In today's episode, Jennifer Beil teaches session 4, Guarding Our Hearts: Where to
F2F LIVE 2024 | The War in the Mind: Spiritually Minded in a Carnally Minded World
This summer I have re-opened the podcast for a short season of sharing sessions from F2F LIVE 2024, themed Keep Thy Heart! I pray that these lessons will strengthen your relationship with God and His Word, creating a fervor to, "Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life." Proverbs 4:23 In today's episode, our guest teacher Francie Taylor shares from scripture the im
F2F LIVE 2024 | Guarding Our Hearts with God's Word: Worth Its Value
This summer I have re-opened the podcast for a short season of sharing sessions from F2F LIVE 2024, themed Keep Thy Heart! I pray that these lessons will strengthen your relationship with God and His Word, creating a fervor to, "Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life." Proverbs 4:23 In today's episode, our host Jessica Smallwood opens the conference with session 1
F2F LIVE 2023 | Simplifying Fellowship
This summer we're sharing sessions from Friend to Friend LIVE 2023, themed "Renewed", where we gathered with good friends around God's Word looking to renew our minds in Christ. In today's episode, our guest teacher Jennifer Skaw shares the closing esson of our deep dive into the biblical practice of renewing the mind through scripture. Happy listening, friends! Connect with us! srbcnewnan.com I
F2F LIVE 2023 | Renewing Your Mind in Transitions
This summer we're sharing sessions from Friend to Friend LIVE 2023, themed "Renewed", where we gathered with good friends around God's Word looking to renew our minds in Christ. In today's episode, our Social Media Coordinator Mindy Tingson shares her testimony of learning to renew the mind in transitions of life. Happy listening, friends! Connect with us! srbcnewnan.com Instagram Facebook Medi
F2F LIVE 2023 | Renewing Your Mind in Trials
This summer we're sharing sessions from Friend to Friend LIVE 2023, themed "Renewed", where we gathered with good friends around God's Word looking to renew our minds in Christ. In today's episode, our Media Director Jennifer Beil shares her testimony of learning to renew the mind in trials through surrender and faith. Happy listening, friends! Connect with us! srbcnewnan.com Instagram Facebook
F2F LIVE 2023 | The Game Changer
This summer we're sharing sessions from Friend to Friend LIVE 2023, themed "Renewed", where we gathered with good friends around God's Word looking to renew our minds in Christ. In today's episode, our guest teacher Jennifer Skaw shares her second lesson of our deep dive into the biblical practice of renewing the mind through scripture. Happy listening, friends! Connect with us! srbcnewnan.com I
F2F LIVE 2023 | Reconnecting
This summer we're sharing sessions from Friend to Friend LIVE 2023, themed "Renewed", where we gathered with good friends around God's Word looking to renew our minds in Christ. In today's episode, our guest teacher Jennifer Skaw begins our deep dive into the biblical practice of renewing the mind through scripture. Happy listening, friends! Connect with us! srbcnewnan.com Instagram Facebook Me
F2F LIVE 2023 | Renewing Your Mind in Service {Confessions of a Hopeful Christian}
This summer we're sharing sessions from Friend to Friend LIVE 2023 themed Renewed. We gathered with good friends around God's Word looking to be renewed in our minds. In today's episode, our host Jessica Smallwood opens the conference with session 1. Happy listening, friends! Connect with us! srbcnewnan.com Instagram Facebook Media Director: Jennifer Beil Social Media Coordiantor: Mindy Tingson
Signing Off | The Friend to Friend Podcast Team
4 years ago, the Lord allowed me to launch the Friend to Friend podcast with the help of Jennifer Beil our media director and Mindy Tingson our social media coordinator. This ministry began as my heart's desire to partner with like-minded Christians, sharing their testimonies and biblical wisdom to equip and encourage the women of our church. It has been wonderful to see God use and bless my hear
Motherhood: God's Greenhouse for Growth
Motherhood: God's Greenhouse For Growth. Join me and 5 other guests as we share how motherhood has become a greenhouse of growth - a place of fruit and thorns, sowing and reaping, purging and cutting back. And for what purpose? To be grown in His likeness - our Shepherd and Savior, the Master Gardener, for in leading our children we become students led by His hand. Friends, in sharing these stori
When Life Goes Off Script, "I Cannot but Jesus in Me Can," series | Dan and Janice Wolfe
As children, we often dream of what our lives will be and make plans for carefully scripted ideals. But we've all seen carefully scripted lives go off script - whether through tragedy or even unexpected blessings. When life goes off script, we are quick to wonder, "What is God doing? Why did he allow this?" Trials, especially, remind us that the we are not the author of our own stories. We can be
Messy Life, Perfect Peace, "I Cannot but Jesus in Me Can," series | Jennifer Skaw
In today's episode entitled, Messy Life: Perfect Peace, you'll hear Jennifer Skaw's story of how God has used her mental illness diagnosis to draw her to Himself and into a deep and abiding relationship. My guest, Jennifer, will be sharing her story which includes the topics of both depression and mental illness. She will share her knowledge gained through her own personal experience and countless
Parenting in the Power of His Spirit, "I Cannot but Jesus in Me Can," series | Erica Lerisse
Parenting is such a gift but it is also not without its trials too. As believers, we know that it is through Christ that God wants to equip us to parent our children well. Galatians 5 tells us that as Christians we are to walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh. Today, my guest Erica Lerisse joins me to share how the Lord is teaching her to parent in His power vs. the strength of her own flesh. W
Overcoming Guilt and Shame, "I Cannot but Jesus in Me Can," series | Chris Segers
Thanks for tuning in today for our second episode of Season 5, themed "I Cannot but Jesus in Me Can," words that were once spoke by Holocaust survivor and Christian, Corrie Ten Boom. One of the greatest lessons that Corrie spoke of was that because of Christ in her, she was enabled to forgive one of her once Nazi captors. Corrie traveled the world for 30 plus years after the war sharing this lesso
The Significance of the Swaddling Clothes | Pastor J.R. Smallwood
During the month of December my husband J.R. often preaches a series of Advent sermons that prepare our hearts so well to celebrate the birth of our Saviour. This past Sunday morning he preached the following sermon, "The Significance of the Swaddling Clothes" depicting the wondrous fullfilment of the prophesied Messiah - the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world. I pray that like me y
"I Cannot, But Jesus In Me Can" | The Phenomenal Story of Corrie Ten Boom
Welcome back listeners! Today begins Season 5 of the podcast! We've started this season by inviting Wendy Burks back to the podcast to share the story of Corrie Ten Boom and her courageous witness in the face of evil. Each month after, you can look forward to unique stories of overcoming adversity, healing after an abortion, parenting in the power of the Holy Spirit, one woman's story of battling
Favorite Things 2022 Conclusion | F2F Podcast Team
Join me and the podcast team as we catch up on the blessings and favorites of 2022. We hope that in listening today you'll get some fun gift-giving ideas, book titles to add to your to-read list and some simple tools for living life! If you're like us, if you love something you want others to love it too! We hope you'll give one of our favorites a chance! But remember that all we truly need is Jes
Favorite Things 2022 Part 2 | F2F Podcast Team
Join me and the podcast team as we catch up on the blessings and favorites of 2022. We hope that in listening today you'll get some fun gift-giving ideas, book titles to add to your to-read list and some simple tools for living life! If you're like us, if you love something you want others to love it too! We hope you'll give one of our favorites a chance! But remember that all we truly need is Jes
Favorite Things 2022 | F2F Podcast Team
Join me and the podcast team as we catch up on the blessings and favorites of 2022. We hope that in listening today you'll get some fun gift-giving ideas, book titles to add to your to-read list and some simple tools for living life! If you're like us, if you love something you want others to love it too! We hope you'll give one of our favorites a chance! But remember that all we truly need is Jes
Holiday Replay | Hospitality: The Gospel Invites Us Home
The holidays are quickly approaching and as they do, two words come to mind: hospitality and relationships. Two words that come with both blessings and burdens. Linda Wilkerson joined me for episode 29 in season 2 for a conversation centered around Hospitality: the Gospel Invites us Home. This episode is full of both practical tips and biblical truth to help prepare your heart to receive guests i
Holiday Replay | Boundaries and Benefits: God's Plan for Difficult Relationships
The holidays are quickly approaching and as they do two words come to mind: hospitality and relationships. Two words that come with both blessings and burdens. In season 1 of the podcast, my good friend Julie Tarr joined me to discuss relationships and the topic of "Boundaries and Benefits: God's Plan for Difficult Relationships." This holiday season, for some, may include navigating difficult fa
Confessions of a Hopeful Mom | Jessica Smallwood
Motherhood is not for the faint of the heart, nor for those without a sense of humor, but I'm learning that most of all, motherhood is not for the proud Christian: the woman who doesn't realize how much she needs Jesus. I have learned that motherhood does not fit me when I am not fixed on Christ. My prayer today is that my testimony will allow you to say, "What? You too? I thought I was the only o
Looking for New in All the Wrong Places
Have you ever found yourself craving something new? Perhaps a fresh start in a new year, a new job, new relationships or a different season of life? I have often found myself discouraged by outer circumstances - craving something new, yet finding lack in everything around me. I find myself looking for new in all the wrong places. Like all of humanity, we demand new from life and end up disappoint
Sunday Morning Heart Prep
One of the greatest ways we can show gratitude to our pastors is to prepare our hearts to both receive the Word and to serve at church. In doing so, we honor the Lord most of all. Today's bonus episode is a recent lesson I taught during our ladies Bible study at SRBC, a lesson that was born out of my own heart's need to be reminded that prior to stepping into church - I always need a heart prep. H
Don't Bite the Apple | Jennifer Beil
Today's episode features our media director and my good friend, Jennifer Beil. This past spring Jenn was invited to speak to the single ladies during a break-out session at the SoCal Ladies Conference hosted by her home church in California. Whether you are single or married, you're sure to be helped through Jenn's lesson on bitterness, "Don't Bite the Apple." Happy listening friends! Connect with
F2F LIVE 2022 | I Cannot, But Jesus in Me Can
Today's epidsode concludes our F2F LIVE 2022 conference sessions. We hope hope that you've been encouraged and equipped through this study in Titus and that you will be resolved to be a woman, yielded to her Maker. Remember friends, "I cannot, but Jesus in me can!" Connect with us! Instagram Facebook friend2friend.home.blog Media Director: Jennifer Beil Social Media Coordinator: Mindy Tingson Log
Where We Started and What's Ahead | Jessica Smallwood
This year we'll celebrate 4 years as a podcast, a ministry in process and a work that has come a long way! As we head into our 5th season, I wanted to share with you, the listener, how we started and what to look forward to in this next season! Connect with us! Instagram Facebook friend2friend.home.blog Media Director: Jennifer Beil Social Media Coordinator: Mindy Tingson Logo Design: Jamie Hurs
F2F LIVE 2022 | Watch Your Tongue and Guard Your Heart: Lifting Up Christ in Our Homes
This summer we're sharing sessionsfrom F2F LIVE 2022 themed Womanhood: Yielded to Our Maker. In today's episode our guest teacher, Bethlie Young continues our study in Titus. Connect with us! Instagram Facebook friend2friend.home.blog Media Director: Jennifer Beil Social Media Coordinator: Mindy Tingson Logo Design: Jamie Hurst
F2F LIVE 2022 | The Mindset of Modesty: Desiring a modesty that is grounded in the fruit of the Spirit.
This summer we're sharing sessions from F2F LIVE 2022 themed Womanhood: Yielded to Our Maker. In today's episode, Mindy Tingson, our Social Media Coordinator, who joined us via video from Australia, shares a mini-lesson on "The Mindset of Modesty: Desiring a modesty that is grounded in the fruit of the Spirit." As women yielded to our Maker, today's lesson is vital! Happy listening! Connect with u
F2F LIVE: A Sound Mind & Selfless Love | Loving Like Jesus
This summer we're sharing sessions from F2F LIVE 2022 themed Womanhood: Yielded to Our Maker. In today's episode, our Media Director Jennifer Beil continues our study in Titus. Connect with us! Instagram Facebook Website Media Director: Jennifer Beil Social Media Coordinator: Mindy Tingson Logo Design: Jamie Hurst
F2F LIVE 2022: A Biblical Pattern | Leading Like Jesus
This summer we're sharing sessions from F2F LIVE 2022 themed Womanhood: Yielded to Our Maker. In today's episode, our guest teacher Bethlie Young continues our Titus study in this session. Connect with us! Instagram Facebook Website Media Director: Jennifer Beil Social Media Coordinator: Mindy Tingson Logo Design: Jamie Hurst
F2F LIVE 2022: He Leadeth Me|Submission At Its Finest
This summer we're sharing sessions from F2F LIVE 2022 themed Womanhood: Yielded to Our Maker. In today's episode, I open the conference with Session 1 of our study in Titus. Happy Listening, friends! Connect with us! Instagram Facebook Website Media Director: Jennifer Beil Social Media Coordinator: Mindy Tingson Logo Design: Jamie Hurst
F2F LIVE 2022 |"Lord, Here's My Plate!"
This summer we're sharing sessions from F2F LIVE 2022 themed Womanhood: Yielded to Our Maker. Today's episode was an exercise designed to prompt us all to look at our lives through the lens of God's will. If you weren't able to join us in person , I'd encourage you to grab a pen & paper plate, and get busy thinking. I hope that you too will be able to join us in saying, "Lord, here's my plate!" Ha
One Gospel, Different Stories: An Interview with Mindy Tingson
In today's episode our Social Media Coordinator, Mindy Tingson, joins me to share her story of coming to know Christ as her Saviour. Once deceived by self into believing that she could be "good enough" to earn God's salvation, Mindy shares how Christ brought her over that barrier to salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone. She also shares how God continues to patiently show her that His l
One Gospel, Different Stories: An Interview with Lou and JoJo Guarneri
In today's episode I've asked our Media Director, Jennifer Beil, to interview her parents Lou and JoJo Guarneri. Mr. and Mrs. Guarneri are both native New Yorkers who grew up in NYC and in the Roman Catholic Church. They met while attending the prestigious Stuyvesant High School, with visions of affluent career paths. Pastor Lou went on to attend Columbia University where he played rugby, football
One Gospel: The Greatest Story Ever Told
In today's episode, I've invited our social media coordinator, Mindy Tingson, to share the greatest story ever told - God's plan of salvation. It's our prayer that God will use today's episode to share Gospel hope with unbelievers and equip believers with a tool to witness to others. Happy listening, friends! Connect with us! Instagram Facebook Website Media Director: Jennifer Beil Social Media C
One Gospel, Different Stories: An Interview with Meghann Wineka
In today's episode, my guest Meghann Wineka, joins me to share her story of coming to know Christ after many years of doubt, fear and pride. Thirsty for truth, Meghann allowed God's Word to correct faulty thinking, transforming her faith from the inside out. Meghan's journey as a new believer led her to where she is today - passionate about the authority of God's Word, assured of the ever-present
One Gospel, Different Stories: An Interview with Tabitha Murdock
Today, my friend Tabitha Murdock, missionary to Germany, joins me to share her story of God's pursuit in her life. If you've ever wondered, "Does God see me? Does He really care?," I can assure you, friend, He does! Tabitha's story today attests to the pursuit of our Shepherd in finding His lost sheep. We may not always see His hand working in the present but to look back is to see the evidence o
One Gospel, Different Stories: An Interview with Carol Everett
Today's episode #48 is our second episode of Season 4 : Salvation: One Gospel, Different Stories. The power of the Gospel is seen over and over in the result of a changed life. In Acts chapter 9, the Bible gives us the account of Saul - a persecutor of Christians - whose encounter with Christ turns him into a preacher of the very Gospel that he sought to silence. A life radically changed. My gu
One Gospel, Different Stories: An Interview with Tom & Linda Gang
Tom and Linda Gang of Jackson, OH join me to share how God opened their eyes to their need for a Saviour and how those decisions made an impact on their lives. You'll hear about their early days of marriage lived without Christ and then how God faithfully walked along side this couple for 3 1/2 years while one was a believer and one had not yet trusted Christ. Happy listening friends! Connect wit
Best of 2021: A Few of Our Favorite Things
Join us for this annual favorite things Christmas episode, as we conclude Season 3's "Best Of" episodes! In today's episode, the podcast team and I catch up on our year's highlights and share lots of laughs, all while sharing with you a few of our favorites! Some of this year's favorites include favorite memories, favorite gift given and received, and new family traditions. And of course we share
Seeing Christ In Suffering: Mental Illness & Suicide (Best Of F2F)
Available today! Episode 45 | Seeing Christ In Suffering: Mental Illness & Suicide is our #1 most-listened to episode. As a whole, we've seen the rise of fear, anxiety, depression and suicide in our society. Current events have not only served as a catalyst to the furtherance of these issues but has also brought to the surface of many a Christian's heart a faith strengthened or even a faith questi
A Word Fitly Spoken: The Power of the Tongue (Best Of F2F)
A Word Fitly Spoken: The Power of the Tongue is our 2nd most-listened to episode in our "Best Of" Season 3. My guest, Francie Taylor, shares how she has learned to recognize the powerful influence of the tongue both publicly and privately, at home and in all relationships. She also shares how the most powerful use of our words - sharing the Gospel, brought her to Christ during a job interview! Fr
Cross-Cultural Living: A Trusting Heart and Yielded Life (Best Of F2F)
Today's episode Cross- Cultural Living: A Trusting Heart & Yielded Life, with my guest Rachel Wyatt, has been our 3rd most-listened to episode among listeners. Rachel shares the lessons God has taught her since moving to Tanzania, Africa with her husband Jerry. She also shares how cross-cultural living has given her a new perspective in many areas of life. I left this conversation with a new per
Grief and Loss: My God Is Still Good (Best Of F2F)
Today's episode, Grief and Loss: My God is Still Good, is one of our top 5 most-listened to episodes. My guest, Kim Tarr, candidly shares her journey of grief and the loss of her husband just 4 months after his cancer diagnosis. Friends, as you listen to today's episode, I pray that you will be reminded of our Ever-Faithful God. Our Shepherd, that gently leads through the darkest of valleys. Happy
Pornography: Guarding Our Hearts and Our Homes (Best Of F2F)
In this "Best Of" season, we will be sharing our top 5 most listened to episodes from the past 2 years. If you're new to the podcast, take note of these topics that most resonated with listeners. For returning listeners, I assure you that these are conversations worthy of listening to again and sharing with friends. Tune in to hear new intros and even feedback from listeners! Today's Episode 41 |
Friend to Friend Q&A: Grace to Grow Radio Program with Linda Wilkerson
Today's Bonus Episode is provided by the Key 91.5, a Christian radio broadcast, a ministry of the First Baptist Church in Hammond, IN, pastored by John Wilkerson. I recently had the opportunity to join his wife Linda and friend Jamie Lapina on the radio program, Grace to Grow, switching roles from host to guest! In this conversation, you'll get to hear my heart behind starting the Friend to Friend
Friend to Friend LIVE 2021: Our Forever Sacrifice
The theme for Friend to Friend LIVE 2021 was "His Worth, Our Walk." It was my goal to have lessons centered on lifting up Christ for who He is, for to know His worth will inevitably impact our walk, resulting in a life that reflects our Saviour. Join myself, the podcast team, and our guest speaker, Francie Taylor, for these summer bonus sessions @friendtofriendpodcast! Session 6 | Our Forever Sa
Friend to Friend LIVE 2021: Three Great Prayer Requests
The theme for Friend to Friend LIVE 2021 was "His Worth, Our Walk." It was my goal to have lessons centered on lifting up Christ for who He is, for to know His worth will inevitably impact our walk, resulting in a life that reflects our Saviour. Join myself, the podcast team, and our guest speaker, Francie Taylor, for these summer bonus sessions @friendtofriendpodcast! Session 5 | Three Great
Friend to Friend LIVE 2021: The Art of Self-Denial
The theme for Friend to Friend LIVE 2021 was "His Worth, Our Walk." It was my goal to have lessons centered on lifting up Christ for who He is, for to know His worth will inevitably impact our walk, resulting in a life that reflects our Saviour. Join myself, the podcast team, and our guest speaker, Francie Taylor, for these summer bonus sessions @friendtofriendpodcast! Session 4 | The Art of Sel
Friend to Friend LIVE 2021: Our High Priest
The theme for Friend to Friend LIVE 2021 was "His Worth, Our Walk." It was my goal to have lessons centered on lifting up Christ for who He is, for to know His worth will inevitably impact our walk, resulting in a life that reflects our Saviour. Join myself, the podcast team, and our guest speaker, Francie Taylor, for these summer bonus sessions @friendtofriendpodcast! Session 3 | Our High Pries
Friend to Friend LIVE 2021: Wait Training
Bonus Episode | Friend To Friend LIVE 2021 Our theme for Friend to Friend LIVE 2021 was "His Worth, Our Walk." It was my goal to have lessons centered on lifting up Christ for who He is, for to know His worth will inevitably impact our walk, resulting in a life that reflects our Saviour. Join myself, the podcast team, and our guest speaker, Francie Taylor, for these summer bonus sessions @frien
Friend to Friend LIVE 2021: His Worth, Our Walk
Our theme for Friend to Friend LIVE 2021 was "His Worth, Our Walk." It was my goal to have lessons centered on lifting up Christ for who He is; for to know His worth will inevitably impact our walk, resulting in a life that reflects our Saviour. Join the podcast team and I, and our guest speaker Francie Taylor, for these summer bonus sessions @friendtofriendpodcast! Session 1 | Our Great Shepher
Lessons Learned: Season 2 Recap
In today's episode, the podcast team and I reflect on and celebrate all that God has done through Season 2 of the Friend to Friend podcast. We're excited to share how God has used the podcast to provide hope and help for listeners, while in turn, also teaching us in His own unique way. With many miles that separate us, and many more to come with Mindy's upcoming move to Australia, we seized the op
The Later Years: Time to Care for Mom
Episode 39 | Mother's Day is just around the corner! And as we prepare to celebrate and honor the special women in our lives, we're concluding our Motherhood Mini-Series with, "The Later Years: Time to Care for Mom." There are hard conversations to be had, questions to be answered and burdens to be carried when seasons of life change; but through it all, God is faithful! In today's episode, my mot
The Middle Years: Setting Goals and Letting Go
Episode 38 | In today's episode, my guest Sherri Patterson and I discuss "The Middle Years: Setting Goals and Letting Go." The responsibility to guide our children's hearts wisely and then prepare to see them leave the nest can at times feel a bit overwhelming. But knowing this, that we can have confidence in God's Word and in His ways will guide us in both setting these goals and in preparing ou
The Year of Jubilee
Bonus Episode | My husband J.R. recently preached the following message, "The Year of Jubilee," and I knew immediately that I wanted to share it with you, the listener. I pray that you will find your greatest hope and help from your personal relationship with God and through the teaching and preaching of your local church. This podcast is meant only to be icing on the cake of that foundation. 20
The Little Years: Innocence and Kindness
The Little Years: Innocence and Kindness | Is it possible to keep our girls little longer in a culture bent on doing the opposite? Can we train up young women who reflect loving-kindness when our hearts are so often bent toward self? The answer is yes! Join me and my guest, Debi Young, for this first episode of our Motherhood Mini-Series, as we discuss these topics and look to God's Word for help
Divorce: Holding His Hand While Healing My Heart
Episode 36 | On today's episode, my guest Theresa Schwenke and I, discuss the topic of divorce. Specifically, how she has found hope and healing from Christ in His Word. God's perfect plan is one man and one wife for life, yet we know that because of the hardness of a person's heart divorce happens and seemingly more frequent today than in times past. Relationships are severed and homes are broke
I Cannot but Jesus in Me Can
Listeners, there are days when I think, "Me? Cultivate a heart for Christ? Bear the Spirit's fruit and reflect His image? How could I ever? Today's episode serves to remind us all that, "I cannot, but Jesus in me can." On our journey of walking with God, it is so important to find courage from those who have followed Christ also. Today, I'll share the story of Corrie Ten Boom, a courageous Christi
Emotions: For Our Help, Not Our Hurt
Feelings can frequently blind us from the truth, prevent us from growing spiritually, and even cause us to harm others with our words and actions. We live in a world that promotes the mantra: "If you feel it then say it, do it and it must be true." But praise God that as born-again believers we have the Holy Spirit as a guide to help navigate our emotions. Kayte McCoy joins me to share how God has
Cultivating a Heart For Christ: Walking With God
Bonus Episode | Cultivating a Heart For Christ: Walking With God is the 3rd session of Friend to Friend LIVE 2020, hosted by our church this last October. Our media director, Jennifer Beil, shares how cultivating a heart for Christ comes through walking with God, by reading His Word and talking to Him in prayer. Jenn shares her personal journey of learning to walk with God and equips us with pract
Purity In Preparation: "Let God Write Your Love Story"
Episode 34 | Teen Listeners! Here's an episode we've recorded with you in mind …and perhaps your parents! Dating and purity can be a tricky road to navigate in today's culture, but thankfully we can look to God's Word for principles to guide us and to testimonies like that of today's guest. Whether you parent teens or one day will, minister to teens or are a single person, I promise you'll be enc
Pornography: Guarding Our Hearts and Our Homes
Episode 33 | In today's episode, Bethlie and I discuss the reality of this aggressive industry in today's culture, but how we, as Christians, can look to Christ to guard both our hearts and our homes through spiritual and practical safeguards. Although a sobering topic, Bethlie's kind spirit and consistency to point us to Scripture were both refreshing and encouraging! Happy listening, friends! Co
Busy Days: Looking to God
Episode 32 | For most, A New Year means a new calendar and how quickly the calendar days fill up! Busy days can be defined as blessed or stressed but in order to choose the latter, we must look to the Lord to order each step. Keep the Heart, Making Bible Study Meaningful Check Us Out: Instagram Facebook Website Media Director: Jennifer Beil Social Media Director: Mindy Tingson Logo Design: Jamie
12 Days of Christmas: Favorite Things 2020
Join the Friend to Friend Podcast Team as we share a few of our favorite things for the year 2020! Make sure to check out this episode which was also released in short videos on social media, our annual 12 Days of Christmas! Check Us Out: FB Instagram Website Media Director: Jennifer Beil Social Media Coordinator: Mindy Tingson Logo Design: Jamie Hurst
The Christmas Story: A Cast of Unique Characters
Episode 31 | The Christmas Story: A Cast of Unique Characters. In today's episode, the Podcast Team and I have each chosen a person from the nativity scene to study in order to better understand God's unique plan and purpose. Listen carefully, friends, and you'll find your own heart reflected in these special characters! Merry Christmas, friends! Check Us Out: FB Instagram Website Media Director
Cultivating A Heart For Christ: Idols of the Heart, Get Your Guard Up!
Bonus Episode | Today's Episode is the second session from our recently hosted Friend to Friend Live Ladies Conference. In this lesson, I share how cultivating a heart for Christ is not without its enemies. The throne of our heart belongs to the rightful King and if we're not careful, like the children of Israel, we'll bow down to idols of our past, our upbringing and our culture. God alone is wor
Cultivating A Heart For Christ: Connected to the Vine, Empowered By His Spirit
Today's Bonus Episode is Session 1 of our recently hosted Friend to Friend Live Ladies Conference. Jennifer Beil, our Media Director, shares how cultivating a heart for Christ begins with a relationship with Him, knowing Christ as your personal Saviour. After salvation, Jenn shares how a Christian continues to cultivate a heart for Christ by walking in the Spirit. She lays the biblical foundation
Gratitude: An Expression of the Heart
Looking back is often a catalyst for cultivating a heart of gratitude in one's own heart, and in today's episode my guest, Kelly Gray, shares stories of God's faithfulness in both good times and hard times. She points us to a faithfulness that has laid the foundation for a truly grateful heart. The Classroom of Contentment by Niki Lott Safer Than A Known Way by Pamela Moore Check us Out: Facebo
Hospitality: The Gospel Invites Us Home
My guest, Linda Wilkerson, joins me as we discuss how hospitality is both a gift we receive and a gift we extend to others. Hospitality comes in many forms - from detailed meal plans and beautifully decorated tables to coffee for mamas and cheerios for kiddos! I've found myself enjoying and planning for both settings, and as we head into the holiday season it's probable that our days will be busy
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