From Our Front Porch: Recent Episodes

Josh & Karri Beard

Josh and Karri Beard are serving God locally at their home church and through their professions while raising 5 children to love and fear the Lord.

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Hey y’all and welcome back to our podcast, From Our Front Porch.

Just when I thought the weather would cooperate with the season changing to fall…last week was just a teaser. It was 94 degrees today in Odessa. Oh well, tis the season…Thanksgiving is knocking on our door. It will be here in like 2 ½ weeks…so tis the season of meal planning, decorating and shopping. The first part of November is when I start planning for the holidays…this might be a little late for some people and a little early for others. Nonetheless it all gets accomplished… I am particularly excited about this upcoming season. Cal is a little over 2 ½ years old…and for those of you that have kids or have small grandchildren then you know these are fun and memorable moments for not only the child but as a family.

This upcoming weekend our older kids know that “Santa” starts the shopping…and I’ll go ahead and tell you a little sthing sthing “If “Santa” hears that you do n [...]

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Hey y’all and welcome back to this week’s podcast, From Our Front Porch.

I just cannot believe it’s the last day of October. The weather is finally cooperating, and it feels like fall.  I woke up this morning and just looked around at all the different pictures of our kids of past Halloween costumes that adorn our entry, living room and dining room. You should see the adorability in these pictures. There are a few pictures that just completely melt this momma’s heart. We live simple lives and I love taking pictures of my kids to remind them of the things we have done as a family, such as the church carnivals, trunk or treats…and our favorite…going to Ma and Pa’s house in the evening for pizza and looking over a buffet of treats and bubbling punch from the dry ice and trying to decide what should be eaten first. These are sweet and precious memories.

Last week was filled with Homecoming festivities and getting ready for Brayden’s school carnival. Kara [...]

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Hey y’all! This is Karri Beard and thank you so much for tuning back in this week to our podcast, From Our Front Porch. I’ll be honest…it was such a relief that more than 2 people listened to our podcast last week😊 Thank you for your feedback, we loved that people were critical, positive, gave a word of encouragement…we listened, made changes and will be running with this new adventure.

Josh will share with us The Risen King on the Emmaus Road. Jesus is with us in our sorrow and confusion, He is the focus of all the scriptures and Jesus makes Himself known to His people.