Grow on the Go: Recent Episodes
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Understanding the busy lives of women while highlighting the importance of growing in our relationship with God. Join Donna and Kevann Carter each week for fun and touching mother/daughter conversations about faith, the Bible, and everyday life. Spiritual teachings and honest discussions to help you Grow on the Go, a podcast from FaithStrongToday.com.
In their final episode of Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann share some memories from 7 seasons of the show! They talk about what they have learned personally, their favourite guests, awkward moments, funny moments, and moments of deep authenticity.
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Have you ever done anything motivated by pride? This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann discuss pride and the times it has gotten them into trouble. We value humility, but making ourselves small is not a Biblical value. Fostering humility is not the same as never stretching ourselves to do something important!
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna shares with us how her time in China's underground church helped to change her prayer life. They discuss how adopting the lessons learned in China has freed Donna from Western Christian baggage.
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Donna and Kevann acknowledge Valentine’s Day by talking about what love always does, and what it never does. They discuss the beauty of human love when it mirrors God’s love, and about the potential misery of being in a relationship with someone whose love isn’t tenacious.
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann reflect on their passion for Disney Movies and how all of them are “Christ-haunted”. Tolkien and CS Lewis not only wrote biblical themes into their stories, they recognized the very human tendency to reflect the transcendent in storytelling generally. Donna challenges parents to watch these movies with their kids and use them to teach principles like unconditional love, Jesus’ passion for justice, and value of free will.
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In this week's Share Show, Donna and Kevann talk about Jesus’ invitation to a relational, restful life. Our insistence on autonomy is actually self-destructive. His peace isn’t one size fits all -- Jesus custom makes it for each of us! Not only that, he made us, and knows what we need. We clarify the distinction between the peace of God and peace with God, and how we can experience both.
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It's hard to imagine how you can be friends with someone who doesn't live in time and space. This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann discuss the ways we can spend quality time with Jesus, and get to know him personally through a Spirit-powered imagination.
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann chat about the people in their lives who have shown them amazing love. Often we're only able to grasp God's love for us when we experience hints of it from a human. Truthfully, God delights in us! He is never disappointed in us. When we can grasp this idea, we can heal from experiences in our past that have left us feeling unlovable.
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This week, Donna and Kevann revisit a podcast originally aired in September 2019. While Kevann was in Australia, Donna's good friend Karen Taylor stopped by to gush about a book that helped her recapture the enthusiasm she had for the Bible as a baby Christian.
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Donna and Kevann kick off the New Year by talking about whether or not Navel Gazing is a real thing. They revisit a podcast from 2020 that focuses on what the unknown year ahead has in common with the Underground Railroad. Will you live intentionally, or just take life as it comes? The quality of the choices we make today will affect the quality of our lives tomorrow.
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It seems odd that Iraqi intellectuals would show up to worship the Jewish Messiah. Where did they come from? Why did they come? In this episode of Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann revisit a podcast they recorded last Christmas about the unexpected and exciting connection the Magi have to an Old Testament Prophet, and the Jewish scriptures.
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann talk about their memories of Christmas caroling and what those carols mean to them! Donna suggests that singing those familiar carols with understanding could turn a ritual into a reformation. She unfolds the beautiful theology in Hark the Herald Angels Sing, so that we can hear it with fresh ears.
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann revisit a previous episode that originally aired in February 2021. Anyone who hangs around a church long enough is boundto be hurt sooner or later. Every church has assets and deficits. Because of Jesus' commitment to the church, those of us who are Jesus followers really don't have the option of shunning it. Donna shares her story of hurt and healing, before discussing the importance of finding a local church for healing and growth!
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In this weeks Share Show, Donna and Kevann talk about babies, zombies, and the corruption inside all of us. Why can't we just will ourselves to be better? We need more than the how to, we need the heart to. We look at the hope that the Bible offers to help us be the people we really want to be!
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann discuss the ordinary things in our culture that influence our thinking, and how easy it is to buy into attitudes that don'thonour God! They compare what the Bible says with our own habits, and find ways we could be following Jesus even more closely.
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This week, Donna is joined by her friend Ardyce Worsley, who just retired from a remarkable missionary career. She shares how living among people who considered grass and gourds as "clothing" drew her into a deep appreciation for their differences, a more intimate relationship with her husband, and a deeper trust of God.
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This week, Donna and Kevann revisit a podcast originally aired in September 2019. While Kevann was in Australia, Donna's good friend Karen Taylor stopped by to gush about a book that helped her recapture the enthusiasm she had for the Bible as a baby Christian.
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The Lord’s Prayer isn’t really the Lord’s Prayer -- it’s really the Disciples’ Prayer. Jesus gave it to his disciples as a template for how to pray, not to be repeated verbatim. This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann discuss all the things that can be included in this prayer, and take a look at some of Jesus’ parables that provide some background and deeper meaning.
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Laughter alert: there’s a lot of giggling in this podcast! When they finally got past Kevann’s weird story, Donna and Kevann talked about how following Jesus can make us unusually creative. Wisdom is often perceived as being boring and unimaginative, but nothing could be further from the truth! They talk about what it means to pursue wisdom, and how that can help you solve specific problems.
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This week welcomes one of Donna's heroes, Anita McKeller. Anita and her husband were dreaming about their retirement when the unthinkable happened. In this podcast, Anita shares how she leaned on God and learned to choose joy as she began to define the new normal. She leaves us with advice for those who feel overwhelmed with traumatic circumstances and those facing a future more challenging than they ever could have imagined.
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Donna welcomes her dear friend Wendy Lowe to the show this week to chat about some insightful questions found in an old journal. Seasons of change can be disorienting, but knowing what to ask ourselves can help us learn more about who we are! Reflecting honestly on these questions can help us embrace a positive perspective, even when transition is hard.
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With lots of laughter, Donna and Kevann talk about a very serious topic that profoundly affects so many of us -- anxiety. What did Jesus mean when he used the greeting “Peace be with you?” You might be amazed to learn the depth in those words. We also discuss how neuroplasticity and Jesus’ finished work on the cross work together to offer us true Shalom.
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann share the stupid arguments they've had with people close to them, and how it relates to Attachment Theory. They discuss how the primal reactions of fight or flight affect our relationships, and the three destructive patterns they can create!
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Kevann leads the conversation in today's Share Show about the balance between self-indulgence and self-care. She explains to Donna how a meme on Facebook inspired her to unpack this topic -- they discuss how to manage the soul's needs, and the guilt one often experiences when taking care of themselves.
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We all have things we wish we'd done differently. This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann contemplate the idea of a "regret reset" so that one can build a legacy that pleases God.
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Why is it easier to give God our lives than our time? Why is it harder to give God our weaknesses than our strengths? This week, Donna and Kevann discuss what Jesus actually wants from us, and what full surrender looks like.
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This week welcomes Kevann back to the show! Donna and Kevann speculate on how often one can miss the voice of God by failing to create quiet in our lives. Expectancy can influence how often we hear from God -- but He has intentionality in approaching us uniquely as individuals!
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This week welcomes Donna's other half, Randy Carter to the show! They discuss self-esteem and self-image. Who we listen to has a profound effect on the entire trajectory of our lives! There is objective truth about who we are, and how to heal from our wounds.
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Do you ever feel trapped by your own anger, jealously, or some other toxic emotion? This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Randy re-introduce a previous episode discussing Andy Stanley's book "Enemies of the Heart." This book offers the one thing that can release jealousy’s hold on us! Learning what this book teaches can provide us with emotional freedom.
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This week features a conversation from a previous episode of Grow on the Go. Donna and Kevann talk about the spiritual practices that are in our power, so that one day we can do things beyond our current ability. Attending church includes many of these practices, but they aren't the only ones. God uses things like inconvenience to make us into the best person we can be right now!
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and her husband Randy talk about what salmon and Christians have in common and what it actually means to follow Jesus. They unpack Jesus’ description of followership which includes construction, seasoning, and manure. Looking at what it means for Christians in other times and places to follow Jesus helps us grasp what Jesus is asking of us here and now.
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and her eldest daughter Kendall talk about her motherhood journey. Kendall shares how being the mother of a two year old and a cleft palette baby has taught her about God’s sacrifice and delight rather than disappointment in parenting us. They also talk about how God’s consequences for our actions always come from a place of love and not punishment. We need to go out and find our village to help us raise our child but our best example of and resource for parenting is God.
Resources Mentioned in this Podcast:
Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster W Cline
Soul Print by Mark Batterson
Boundaries with Kids by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
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This week on Grow on the Go, we have this month’s share show, Donna's husband Randy joins her in the blanket fort to talk about the how's and why's of forgiveness. Every time we receive an emotional wound we are presented with a choice. To experience healing, we have to choose it. Randy shares through a powerful story that the only way out of the cul-de-sac of our harmful emotions is forgiveness. They talk about how Jesus showed us as he was crucified that forgiving is actually a process and not a single event.
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This week on Grow on the Go, Kevann and Donna discuss when pain avoidance is healthy and when it is not. If we insulate ourselves from the pain that sin creates in the world we can’t be Jesus’ hands and feet to help to heal it. Donna share's some of her experiences of the psychological and physical suffering of members of the Underground Church in China. We may never experience that kind of suffering but we can’t align our lives with Jesus without accepting emotional heartache. They conclude by talking about the suffering of the Ukrainian people and how we can share their heartbreak.
Resources Mentioned in this Podcast:
Jesus Freak by DC Talk and the Voice of the Martyrs
Ministries to the Persecuted Church: Open Doors Ministries, World Serve Ministries
Ministries to Ukrainian refugees: Hart Ministries www.hart.ca
Christian and Missionary Alliance- Ministry to Ukrainian Refugees via churches in Poland
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This week on Grow on the Go, Kevann and Donna revisit last year’s Share Show to talk about two of the major objections to the idea of Jesus being raised from the dead. They use Investigative reporter/lawyer Lee Stobel’s research to evaluate the evidence that Jesus actually died after being crucified, and if he was actually seen alive after. If the resurrection really happened, what does that mean for you? If God really was willing to die for us, and then live…Shouldn’t we at least investigate that?
Resources Mentioned in this Podcast:
The Case for Christ by Lee Strobels
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann discuss how could Jesus be celebrated so beautifully one week and so hated only one week later? Kevann and Donna talk about the significance of how Jesus approached Jerusalem Palm Sunday and what it meant to those who watched it happen. They also unpack who the crowd was and why this triumph was temporary. They land on a conversation about how our expectations of Jesus affect our contentment in following him.
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann discuss "big" emotions, and how they've learned to handle them. By the time we reach maturity, we have feelings about everything we encounter. We must teach our heads to talk to our hearts! Telling God the truth about our feelings brings us closer to Him, and helps us sense His care for us.
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann discuss our specific place in history and geography that was planned by God for a reason. They share a tip for helping one figure out what that plan is! If you’ve ever tried to serve in a way that doesn’t fit, you know the value of embracing the unique passion God placed in your heart by design.
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna reintroduces a previous episode about where to go, and what to do when church hurts. She also shares her own story of profound hurt, her journey to healing, and the wisdom she picked up along the way.
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How observant are you? There’s a difference between vision and sight -- when we focus on what’s important to us, we often miss what’s important to Jesus. Sometimes we might see an inconvenience, when Jesus sees a human in distress. This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann talk about how easy it is to dismiss what we see, and how hard it is to make a decision to act.
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The Great Commission is the natural outflow of the Great Command. But to share one's faith without love as the motive may do more harm than good. This week, Donna and Kevann talk about the people who represent Jesus well, and how we can allow them to influence us.
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In this weeks Share Show, Donna and Kevann explore the reasons they are attracted to and repelled by the cross. Grace and truth are two elements of the cross that make it possible for imperfect people to have a relationship with our perfect God. They explore Jesus’ interaction with a woman, who experienced Jesus’ gracious acceptance in the most humiliating exposure. The richest relationship we can experience is found at the intersection of grace and truth of the cross.
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Followers of Jesus were given their job description in the form of a commission and a command. The command feels pretty overwhelming -- it’s to love our neighbor as much as we love ourselves. Who is our neighbor? Literally everyone! The only thing more important to Jesus than loving everyone we encounter practically and unconditionally, is loving God with all we’ve got. Our love is supposed to be practical and excruciatingly inclusive and the only way we can do it is by depending on the Holy Spirit. This week, Donna and Kevann share about the people they struggle to love, and why.
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Shame can be a visceral experience -- it's an integral part of human emotion. This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann discuss how shame is triggered, and how men / women experience shame differently. They share psychologically recommended strategies to rid the feeling, and explain the similar outlook between mental health professionals and the Bible. Jesus never heaps shame on us; Jesus knew how to shed shame, and when we know him, we can learn how.
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Most of us are only three questions away from tears. This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann discuss the universal need to share our own personal stories with an empathetic listener. Sometimes representing Jesus means getting over ones own awkwardness and getting nosy enough to ask sensitive questions. Doing this often can access a vulnerable place in peoples' hearts, and introduce them to the Healer of Hearts.
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Jesus was completely counter-culture when it came to the treatment of children. In ancient Middle Eastern cultures, children were often considered unimportant because they had no ability to contribute economically. Jesus raised their profile and value by embracing them, blessing them and making an example of them. He went as far as to say that offering a small kindness like a cup of cold water to a child was an act of love displayed to Him. We can love Jesus by loving on children and this episode looks at practical ways we can do that.
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Donna and Kevann talk about another weird event in Jesus life when he appeared to completely lose it in the temple. Was Jesus out of control or was there something else going on? Jesus was employing a technique his audience would recognize from the ancient Hebrew prophets to demonstrate how he hated that vulnerable people were being exploited. Jesus didn’t mind his own business and neither should we. What can we do to prevent the exploitation of others and what can we learn from what happened after Jesus chased the opportunists out of the temple?
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Was Jesus' cursing of the fig tree just a side effect of being "hangry"? This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann discuss why this living parable would have grabbed the attention of people who were there, and why Jesus suddenly pivoted to teaching about prayer in the shade of this withering tree. This leads into a greater conversation about what fruitfulness looks like, and the harm that we do when we're all leaf and no fruit.
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This week, Donna tells a great story of re-gifting and very inventive gift-wrapping. The most original gift wrapping ever though, was wrapping God in the womb of a virgin. Donna and Kevann discuss the second-most famous Christmas gifts; the gifts of the Magi. Why were their specific gifts mentioned in the Bible and what was their significance?
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Who were the wise men? Where did they come from? Why did they visit the baby Jesus? This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann dig into what the Bible (and other historical sources) tell us about the wise men.
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It's far too easy to make a distinction between "everyday" language, and the words we should be using / avoiding as Christians. This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann talk about speech, and the kinds of speech that are acceptable. The Bible tells us our words are important -- God may not be shocked by profanity, but He's not necessarily a fan of it.
"We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out." ~ Winston Churchill
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Many people struggle to establish a regular time with God that feels life-giving. God has made each of us unique, and He wants us to relate to Him in a way that makes sense to how He wired us. Once you begin to embrace the practices that fill you with life and joy, you’ll never dread “doing devotions” again!
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It's often difficult to comprehend things that don't yield immediate, observable results. God gave us dominion over the planet-- we were instructed to take care of it, and to protect it. This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann discuss the special type of leadership required to lovingly manage His creation.
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In this weeks Share Show, Donna and Kevann apply the design concept of "negative space" to five areas of life. It's important to monitor how we're doing emotionally, financially, physically, spiritually, and punctually -- it can make a huge difference in the quality of our lives!
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Most people like to be in control. But when storms roll into our lives, we quickly realize that we’re not. This week, Donna and Kevann discuss the three choices available to us when things get rocky, and the one question you need to ask before walking away from faith.
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On this week's episode of Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann discuss what makes us unique. Kevann is offended when someone calls her "bubbly", but appreciated when someone told her she loves "like an avalanche." This leads into a discussion about how early identity wounds can cause us to lose a part of ourselves, because we believed a lie that caused shame. Managing our memories in a productive way can free us to love ourselves and love others authentically! Our destiny is to become like Jesus but also to become like nobody else who has ever lived. Each of us worships God in a way no one else can. Our uniqueness isn’t just God’s gift to us-- it’s also our gift to Him!
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Why do people outside the faith like Jesus but reject his church? It has to do with the way we’ve represented Jesus to the world. To represent him well we have to learn to love the way Jesus loved. This week, Donna and Kevann talk about the need to experience Jesus’ love personally before we can give it away effectively, sharing practical and proactive ways to do so.
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On this month’s Share Show, Donna and Kevann discuss the consequences of broken relationships, and how to resolve them. We can’t always restore a broken relationship -- sometimes we have to release it. When we are hurt, we often feel the need to punish the person who wounded us. The problem with this strategy is that it tethers us to the perpetrator. It's important to understand what forgiveness is, and what it is not.
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It's easy to assume that our western filters give us the intended meaning of scripture. This week welcomes Rose Hennig to the show for a discussion about what the Bible can teach us about ethnicity. When we view everyone as "the same," we miss the richness that other cultures can bring to the body of Christ.
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It's too easy to fall into the trap of being negative, complaining people. This week, Donna is joined by her daughter Kendall to discuss the importance of maintaining a positive mindset. Kendall shares how she made the shift from being susceptible to the negativity of a room, to being the one who sets the mood. They examine the science of mirror neurons and ways to rewire our brains, as well as what scripture says about maintaining a positive mindset. Kendall provides three tools we can implement to learn to live the joyful life God intends for us.
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What can we do when the future seems scary? When we feel anxious? We know that everything doesn’t always work out-- it’s not always “going to be okay”. We can let go of our desire to know what lies ahead by focusing on what God is showing us right now. We can learn to talk ourselves down in those moments of anxiety by intentionally consulting with God. In this first episode of the new season, Donna and Kevann discuss some strategies for prayerfully talking yourself out of anxiety.
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In this weeks share show, Donna and Kevann open up with a vulnerable discussion on how culture has affected the way we form self-esteem. They examine alternative sources for cues on beauty and success from culture. Shifting the paradigm can transform the way we walk in the world -- instead of feeling apologetic and shameful, we can walk in comfort and contentment!
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A lot of us have grown up with the idea that God is on standby to destroy the world but in reality, He is all about restoration. How do we become the restored version of ourselves? By intentionally giving Jesus access to every area of our lives - including our work, our family, our recreation - we become who He made us to be. Andrew explains how he’s learned, even in painful circumstances, to start with the conviction that God is good.
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Compulsive reader Chet Kennedy shares with us a fictional memoire written by a mother that parallels St. Augustine’s spiritual journey of being drawn to Christ. The contest of wills between mother and daughter mirrors the conflict between ourselves and God. God is pursuing her and simultaneously chasing after her child, and the mother learns through both. Donna then shares her own painful experiences of emotionally distancing from her daughters and what those excruciating times taught her about the relentless love of God. Chet describes the emotional impact of this book and the spiritual healing in his own life.
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Joining Donna this week is Paul Gifford, who discusses how clinging to the old intentions for the nation of Israel have made the church less attractive to the world. Paul shares how his own faith has been reshaped by focusing on Jesus’ teachings of love, rather than the strict rules laid out in Old Testament scriptures. While the history of the Old Testament is an important backstory to our faith, it is not intended to be a guidebook for Christians.
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Many passages of scripture can be up to interpretation. This week on Grow on the Go, Donna & Kevann discuss the rules for proper interpretation of the Bible. They evaluate passages in John about the vine and the branches, to learn how proper understanding can yield some surprising meaning and clarity.
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In this weeks Share Show, Donna & Kevann discuss those things in our lives that are beyond our control. It's natural to be uncomfortable in these situations, but through personal stories and the wisdom of others we evaluate the possibility that God really is in control, and that he can be trusted with everything that touches our lives. It’s our choice whether we lean in and trust him, or fight against him.
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There are plenty of things we learn from our parents, but monitoring what's going on in our hearts isn't usually one of those lessons. Instead, we are taught to control our words and our actions. Today on Grow on the Go, Donna is joined by her husband Randy to discuss the powerful emotions we all deal with, and how the Bible instructs us to handle each one.
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This week, Donna & Kevann talk about the spiritual practices that are in our power, so that one day we can do things beyond our current ability. Attending church includes many of these practices, but they aren't the only ones. God uses things like inconvenience to make us into the best person we can be right now!
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This week, Donna and Kevann talk about motherhood, and the inevitability of leaving a legacy -- whether you intend to, or not! Donna opens up about her guilt surrounding certain mistakes she made as a parent, and they explore how to leave a faithful legacy through Playing home movies, Praying expectantly, and Paying attention.
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In today's Share Show, Donna uses the biblical story of Hagar to explain how no one is a minor character to God. Every single person is seen by God, known better than we even know ourselves, and fills an important role in the history of the world. In times when we feel invisible, anonymous and powerless, it is important to remember the truth that God knows us, and loves us more than we can possibly imagine.
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It's difficult to respond appropriately when approached by a panhandler. Especially as a Christian -- ignoring someone living such a difficult life feels wrong. Yet some Christian organizations warn against giving money to them. This week, Donna welcomes Andrew Gusztak of The Mustard Seed Ministry in Calgary to explain his analogy of wearing a mask, not a cape, to help the homeless.
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Whether we are introverted or extroverted, man or woman, we all need people in our lives to be all that we can be. This week on Grow on the Go, Donna & Kevann open up about the friends they've had who met those needs, and how such relationships can help us grow.
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This week, Donna invites her good friend Michelle Free Woeckener about the experiences that have propelled her to host the Rise Up Summit for women. They discuss the things they've lost this year, and what God has offered to them in it's place. God’s invitation is to rise up in joy and friendship!
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna & Kevann discuss why the resurrection matters so much to Christians. Did Jesus actually die? Was he ever seen "alive" after he died? We look at how a story that seems fantastical is actually supported by historical record, logic and eyewitness testimony!
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It's an inevitable reality that people who love will also grieve. We owe it to ourselves to prepare for times of grief in our own lives and the lives of people we care about. This week, Donna is joined by her good friend Shirley Thiessen to discuss the practical and meaningful things our "hope heroes" did for us when we were lost in grief. Out of Shirley’s painful learning came a great tool, The Hope Heroes Course, to help us learn their superpowers.
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Just as we each have a physiological heartbeat; God has given us each a spiritual heartbeat that can guide us when we learn to follow it. When we figure out what our "Big Yes" is, that helps us determine what all the smaller "yesses" should be along the way. Our passion to make a difference is something we share with Jesus!
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna & Kevann discuss the stereo-types we may have about missionaries. They then trace the roots of these ideas to the origin, and explain how they don't represent the Jesus movement at all-- Jesus intended for all of us to be on mission, every day.
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The way we perceive challenges in our lives says a lot about us. In these strange days, it’s very easy to complain about the restrictions surrounding us and the losses we’ve sustained. It’s fine to grieve those losses, but what we do next can change how we cope. This week on Grow on the Go, Donna & Kevann talk about the antidote-- the secret sauce; the Bible.
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Early on in the pandemic, one of the most searched words in online search engines was "prayer." Which raises an important point: there are a lot of people out there that don't know how to pray! On this episode of Grow on the Go, Donna and Kevann discuss prayer with a how-to approach that simplifies the process for new believers, while still answering those tricky questions that we all struggle with.
Resources Mentioned: Data Shows Surge in Bible Sales, Faith-Based Google Searches
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We've all experienced loss in some form or another due to the pandemic. In this episode, Donna & Kevann discuss the human tendency of shrinking the purposes of God, to solving the problems that cause us pain in the moment. What would it mean to zoom out, change perspective, and see the purposes God has in the middle of this "mess"?
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If you're a part of a church for long enough, you’ll probably get hurt. Why is that? What makes churches so vulnerable to conflict? Today's show examines the reasons for such conflict, as Donna and Kevann share their own pain and explain how to set healing in motion when we’ve been disappointed.
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Most Chinese Christians are willing to risk anything to own a Bible while virtually every North American church has a closet full of lost and unclaimed Bibles. This podcast reminds us why the Bible is so important and why we can be confident in believing and reverencing it.
Resources Open Doors Releases 2021 List Of Most Dangerous Countries for Christians
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In the midst of the Pandemic, most of us are having more anxiety than usual. In this Share Show, Kevann and I discuss our own experiences with anxiety, both the mental illness diagnosis and situational anxiety. We talk about the difference between trait anxiety and state anxiety and discuss coping strategies we’ve learned from new finds in psychology and ancient wisdom in the Bible.
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Kevann and I reintroduce a podcast I recorded last year with my hubby Randy Carter. We discuss a lie we tend to believe, that people aren’t interested in learning about Jesus. We talk about the legitimate reasons people become disenfranchised by the church, but does that mean they aren’t attracted to Jesus? Our fear of not having all the answers often prevents us from doing the most powerful thing we can do, and that’s to share parts of our story as it comes out naturally in authentic friendship.
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My guest Licia Corbella recently had a column published in the Calgary Herald that really made me think. In this podcast, we try to insert some biblical perspective into the facemask discussion. As a thoughtful Christian and an accomplished journalist, Licia brings some original thoughts to the controversy. We discuss the balance between rights and responsibility and what it looks like to love our neighbour in the midst of a pandemic in very practical ways.
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Want to know how to have a spiritual conversation with someone? Donna and Kevann want to help! On this podcast, you'll hear about a new idea rolling out later this month called the “Share Show” where they will discussing an interesting topic designed for you to share with your friends who don’t yet know God.
Listen with a questions in mind: who do I know who doesn’t have a relationship with God? Who would benefit from hearing this? Sharing the show will create an opportunity for you to have a spiritual conversation with that friend by introducing them to faith in a positive, non-threatening way. We can’t wait to hear about those conversations!
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Donna and Kevann talk about everything that is different about this Christmas season. And speaking of different, for the first time ever, we’re repeating part of a previous podcast because of how much we both learned from it the first time. There’s a lot more to the shepherd’s story than you may realize. In fact, it links Old Testament prophecy and the reason Jesus came in a truly remarkable way!
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With Christmas coming, let's find a fresh way to look at the Christmas story! This episode of the podcast explores the First Nations Version of the Gospels, called Walking the Good Road. There is such a beauty in the Native cadence, which flows in their oral tradition of storytelling, and idiom that is particularly relevant to Indigenous culture. Learn what the First Nations Culture has in common with the culture of the Jewish people in the Bible.
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Feeling misunderstood is something all families go through, but the tension it causes is varied. This week, Donna and Kevann talk about those points in their own relationship, discussing openly a stage of life when healthy communication wasn't happening. They also share the pivot point where they began to repair that disconnect. Of course, the Bible shows us we’re not alone and that Jesus also had these experiences. From the way He handled His hurt, we can learn to deal with ours, especially if the understanding gap has to do with our faith and our calling.
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Known as the "Christian Dr. Ruth," Ruth Clarence is a counsellor and coach specializing in sexual intimacy. She joins the podcast to talk about what God thinks about a sexual relationship between a husband and wife and why remaining uneducated is not what God wants for us. This is an open and honest conversation with helpful strategies for turning a humdrum sex life into one that is satisfying for both partners.
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Why do you believe the Bible? It's a question every Christian should ask and be able to answer. In this podcast, Donna and Kevann share and discuss an old family document that inspired the conversation and why things like archeology, philosophy and even astrophysics strike a chord of relevance to our everyday lives of faith.
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When it comes to conflict, we can choose to be Avoiders, Attackers, or Peace-makers. In this podcast, Donna shares with Kevann a season of grief in her life when had had to engage in conflict with several important relationships. They discuss the difference between peace-makers and peacekeepers and the difference between overlooking offense and living in denial. Is there a difference between calling someone out and calling them in? Find out on this episode of Grow on the Go.
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Ever wish you could hit rewind on some event in your life? Donna and Kevann talk about the difference between mistakes and sin and dialogue about the shame storms that result when regret pushes us into negative self-talk. Learn how we can deal with our self-talk by telling ourselves the truth, and once we do that, we can take the steps needed to move forward. They also look at the definitions of repentance and restitution, which are some of the steps we can take to get back on track. There is no rewind in life to undo our mistakes, but we can move forward. There is redemption.
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Donna and Kevann talk about the buffet of disappointments COVID-19 has brought to people and how we are coping with them. If God is in control, why doesn’t he end this thing? They explore Scripture where Isaiah compared our complaining to God with clay talking back to the sculptor. There we find how God wants us to deal with our disappointments. They also talk about modern and Biblical day role models who show us how to allow God to use our disappointment and frustration to refine our character and help us learn to be compliant clay.
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Donna and Kevann discuss the inner clothing described by the Apostle Paul in Colossians 3. Their conversation takes them down the roads of how we treat people who are different from us, sexuality and forgiveness. Work through how to practically take off our sweaty, dirty inner clothes and what the spiritual equivalent of the little black dress is.
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There is a difference between knowing about God and actually knowing Him. Shared experience is the heart of any relationship. How can we have experiences with God? Kev and I talk about shopping, lunching and generally hanging out with God. We get into the specifics of sharing the experiences of Jesus with him and making ourselves aware of the ways Jesus shares our experiences with us.
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This week, Kevann sits down with Canadian broadcasting legend Darrel Janz. We discuss his work today with Inspiring Albertans and he shares some of the stories that made the most profound influence. Through it all, we ask ourselves what it means to be called to serve, and is there a right or wrong way to answer that call?
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Kevann and I have a heart to heart about what we see when we look in the mirror. We discuss our desperation to hide the parts of ourselves that we reject and the various “fig leaves” we use to hide our shame. We explore our tendency to become overly attached to what makes us special and build our whole identity on that one part of us. To learn how to extract our true identity from the false identities we’ve built to gain acceptance, we look at what Jesus knew that made him dangerously and gloriously free.
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What do Leonardo DiCaprio and the Virtuous Woman of Proverbs 31 have in common? They've both experienced winds of change and survived. Kevann and I talk about how we can withstand and rebound from the storms in our lives and deliberately build resilience. We also discuss what happens when change rocks our world and we haven't taken steps to anchor our souls to God.
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Is journaling for every Christian? Did Jesus journal? These are some of the questions Kevann and I discuss in this first podcast together in almost six months. We talk about the different kinds of journaling we’ve done and the benefits we’ve experienced from it. We discuss its value to internal processors vs. external processors and explore emotional callouses and bullet journaling.
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My friend Carolyn Scheil isn’t a fan of introspection. She’s always held the opinion that it’s pointless to look back. She believed you should just go forward from where you are. That was until she read Soul Care by Rob Reimer. In this episode, we speak with Carolyn about this book and how it helped her self-awareness and spiritual identity. Learn why we can’t just modify our behaviour, we have to go back and correct lies we’ve believed with truth.
Resources Mentioned in this Podcast: Soul Care, 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul by Rob Reimer
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This week, Karen Taylor joins Donna to talk about a parable out of the imagination of C.S. Lewis. The fictional story, The Screwtape Letters, describes ways Satan tempts us and tries to trip us up in each chapter. Karen shares how this insight has changed her relationships and why the combination of COVID and this book has provided a phenomenal opportunity for growth and grace.
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The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
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Chatting with Calgary Herald Columnist Licia Corbella is always fascinating. Apparently, God thinks so too. In one of the lowest times of her life, Licia began to hear God speak in an audible voice. She shares with us an amazing story that came out of obeying that audible voice. She also shares lessons learned through the book River Dwellers about prioritizing time alone listening to God, abandoning her tendency to being a “human doing” and becoming a human being”, and allowing the Holy Spirit to carry her like a river.
Resources Mentioned in this Podcast:
River Dwellers by Dr. Rob Reimer
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I welcome my history-loving friend Paul Gifford into the virtual blanket fort to talk about a history book, of all things. As a Sunday school teacher and avid Bible reader, it was Paul’s curiosity about what appear to be gaps in the biblical record that caused him to pick up this book. There is so much context surrounding the scripture narrative that requires deeper digging. Paul discovered that doing that digging can help us read between the lines of scripture and find deeper meaning.
Resources Mentioned in this Podcast: Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Family friend Evan Menzies joins the podcast to talk about a book that totally changed the way he parents, as well as lives. They discuss the secret sauce of parenting, the idea that families are groups of sinners living under one roof, and showing vulnerability to your kids when you've done something wrong. Learn why every interaction with your child is an opportunity to feed the Gospel into them in this episode of Grow on the Go.
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This week, Wendy Lowe helps us Grow on the Go through and open and honest discussion about racism in Canada. She is the Senior Pastor at NEXT Christian Community, serving Christian compassion ministries as well as teaching leadership and team building in the corporate sector. Wendy talks with Donna about the racism hidden in our own hearts and how not acting hatefully toward anyone is not enough for a Christ-follower. Learn why confronting racism is Kingdom work and the ways we can each make a difference in this podcast episode.
Resources mentioned:
- How to be an Antiracist by Ibram Kendi White Fragility by Robin Diangelo I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown The Third Option: Hope for a Racially Divided Nation by Miles McPherson Woke Church by Eric Mason
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We all need people who know our hearts and have our backs. In this episode, Donna and Randy Carter discuss the importance of intimate friendships. These are the people who help us succeed in reaching our goals, rescue us when we’re in over our heads, are real and vulnerable with us, and fight for us when we’re too weak to fight for ourselves. Learn how to find that kind of friend and how to be that kind of friend in this Grow on the Go podcast.
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Jesus pursued Intimacy with his Father from the beginning to the end of his life. What does that look like for us? This week, Donna and Randy talk together about how intimacy with God resembles emotional intimacy with a spouse or close friend. They talk about what we can do to stay spiritually healthy, sharing 7 ways to connect deeply with God, including the ways that work best for them based on their unique personalities.
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What did John mean when he invited us to walk as Jesus walked? Do we have to go green and stop driving? No, it means we need to follow him closely and adopt his gait traits. One of these traits was to surrender to and obey his Father. Donna and Randy Carter chat about what the Bible teaches us about Jesus' obedience to God, discussing why surrender is about our attitude and obedience is the action that comes from our motivation. What does it look like for us to surrender and obey today? It’s not about trying harder.
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Helping busy women grow is what this podcast is all about. Michelle Woeckener shares this passion and joins the program to talk with Donna about an exciting project she is working on. It's called The Ruby Challenge and it looks to help women find their unique purpose in life and live it out with determination and confidence. Learn all about it in this week's episode of Grow on the Go.
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The power of our words can lift others up and drag them down. This week on the podcast, Donna and Randy Carter share personal stories to illustrate several strategies you can use to leverage your pain. They talk about the tyranny of our culture to dictate what we desire, and the necessity of filtering our values through the grid of scripture. Learn how we can respond to the embrace of our Father and the beautiful the future He has for us.
This series is based on the book Kick the Boring out of Your Life by Donna Carter. You can receive a special offer on this book by emailing donna@donnacarter.org.
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Donna and Randy Carter continue talking about how to kick the boring out of our lives, discussing how labels can both damage us and empower us. They chat about how being casual with our purity is like dangling off a cliff and why the pain in our lives allows us to choose our identity.
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A crisis has a way of nudging us to evaluate how we want to live and the changes we want to make in our lives going forward. So, what changes will emerge from this pandemic? Donna and Randy Carter discuss in this podcast, exploring how a state of upheaval can help guide us in the changes we want to make in our values and priorities.
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Picking up from last week's podcast, Donna and her daughter Kendall share their individual prayer journeys. They discuss the need for both the big picture and small picture prayers, meditation and their most profound answers to prayer. Plus, some great resources that will help you change your prayer styles in this episode of Grow on the Go.
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Times of crisis can often increase our need for prayer, but it should always be an essential part of our lives. In this podcast, Donna is joined by her daughter Kendall to discuss how God invites us to change our style and even the language of our prayers. Embrace the power of authenticity and imagination when going deeper in prayer in this of Grow on the Go.
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Just in time for Mother's Day, Donna Carter and her eldest daughter Kendall have an honest discussion about being a mom. They talk about what motherhood can teach us about ourselves, parenting, and God. As Kendall looks forward to her first Mother's Day as a Mom, she also reflects on how she was brought up and shares what she might do the same and different in raising her own child.
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Creating and enjoying beauty can benefit us emotionally. In this podcast, Donna and Randy suggest ways to reconnect with your creative side and introduce scripture and science to support the idea that we can actually calm our hearts with art. Because we were created in the image of God we need to do more than produce. We need to create, and you'll learn all about that in this episode of Grow on the Go.
Check out Donna’s art: http://www.donnacarter.org/donna-creates
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Learning to replace entitlement with gratitude can free us to move from a short term investment strategy to an eternal one. This week, Donna and Randy talk about times they bought into the "I'll be happy when" mantra and how it stole their happiness. Learn what a starving Trinidadian grandmother and the Apostle Paul can teach us about contentment in this episode of Grow on the Go.
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This week on Grow on the Go, Donna and Randy talk about all or nothing endeavours like marriage, summiting Everest and following Jesus. Are these things worth it? Does the cost outweigh the payoff? Learn why we are called beyond involvement in our commitment to Jesus and the value that brings to us as Christians.
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We kind of like the lie that our friends don’t want to hear about our faith because it lets us off the hook: we don’t have to deal with our insecurities or risk offending anyone. Through the story of Jesus' interaction with members of a Samaritan community, we learn the truth that contradicts this lie. Donna and Randy talk about the reasons it sometimes seems like our friends aren’t interested in faith and ways we can plant seeds of faith.
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With Kevann in Australia, Donna welcomes back her husband Randy to talk about how condemnation comes much more naturally to us than compassion. Psychology tells us the root of this lie is responsible for almost all emotional disturbances. Randy shares his particular battle with this lie and how replacing it with truth has changed his world. They then turn to the story of Jesus’ interaction with an unfaithful woman and learn how grace can replace shame and blame.
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The lie that "God is not good" is a troubling one, and a hard one to answer. In this podcast, Donna and Kevann explore the ideas people have about God based on the suffering they see in the world. They share from scripture and their own lives how God is intimately involved with us and speculate on why He allows evil to exist. Is God paying attention to us? Of course! Learn why in this episode of Grow on the Go.
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This week, Donna and Kevann discuss how the labels assigned to us can impact the trajectory of our lives and why we need to identify the things that feed into the lie of worthlessness. They talk about the moving target of artificial, superficial and fickle standards our culture imposes on us, as well as what God has a lot to say about our value in the Bible. Get on the same page as God about your worth in this Grow on the Go podcast.
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The relationship with our parents often influences our relationship with God, but when we believe the lie that God is like our own parental figure, we open ourselves up to someone else’s sin. In this podcast, Donna and Kevann share family memories and how it helped them know God, as well as discuss steps that can be taken to separate our negative relationships with authority figures from our relationships with God.
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Believing the lie that failure is fatal can take you down some destructive roads. In this podcast, Donna and Kevann discuss how powerful self-talk can be and how the fear of failure can manifest in our lives. Learn how this lie can threaten your happiness and security, as well as the difference between striving for excellence and striving for perfection, in this episode of Grow on the Go.
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Donna and Randy continue to unpack the learning associated with the seasons of our lives together. In this podcast, they share candidly about their pain, pride and shame. They also share more about the challenging season the family, but especially Kevann is navigating right now.
To catch up, check out The Timeline of My Life (Part 1) on Faith Strong Today or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Some lessons are hard, others are exciting. In this podcast, Donna invites her husband Randy back into the blanket fort to reflect on what God has taught her in the different phases of life. They assign symbols and word pictures to each phase to help remember those lessons and invite you to identify a symbol for this season of your life. Learn to embrace what God is showing you in this episode of Grow on the Go.
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A nobody who empowers others is really a somebody. In the last podcast of the Obedient Nobodies series, Donna and Kevann reflect on how one small act in obedience to a great God can change the world and even affect eternity. They also talk about how when we are obedient faith trumps fear and acceptance wipes out antagonism.
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There were many life-defining moments in Peter’s life that happened between the two catch and call events that bookended Jesus’ human relationship with Peter. In between, there were many other pivotal moments that influenced peter’s destiny. In this podcast, Donna and Kevann talk about failure and faith and share personal moments when they were invited to get out of the boat and walk on water.
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Donna and Kevann explore the poetic symmetry of Simon Peter’s life with Jesus and how that relationship so profoundly touched Jesus that Simon later became Peter the Rock. Because even in the middle of their relationship Simon sometimes lost his way, he began and ended with obedience.
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How do you want to live this year? Donna and Kevann chat about their holidays, the difference between an intentional journey and a spontaneous one, and how to approach life in this new decade. Learn how to match your goals with God's goals for you and how to build healthier emotions and relationships in this episode of Grow on the Go.
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While it seems irreverent and totally inappropriate to call Jesus a nobody, his obedience took him from the ultimate eminence to complete obscurity and vulnerability. Donna and Kevann chat about how if it were possible to separate ourselves from the familiarity of the Christmas story, we’d realize how shocking it really is. They also talk about the intersection of Christmas and Good Friday when Jesus’ vulnerability caught up with Him.
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In this episode, Donna and Kevann talk about AHA! moments when they earned something new about the ancient Christmas story. They discuss the where and why the shepherds were chosen and the amazing ways they foreshadowed Jesus’ mission. Learn from this rag-tag group of obedient nobodies and the significance of the shepherds’ perspective of Jesus’ birth in this Grow on the Go podcast.
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In this second episode of the Obedient Nobodies series, Donna and Kevann look at Joseph’s perspective on Mary’s pregnancy. The way God spoke to Joseph was different than the way he spoke to Mar,y but the result was the same. Immediate obedience. Joseph’s compliance in taking Mary as his wife came at a cost to him. It also came with an enormous responsibly that went far beyond teaching: protecting and providing for the Son of God.
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Most of the people we see as Biblical heroes were nobodies until they stepped up and obeyed God. In the first episode of this new Grow on the Go podcast series, Donna and Kevann chat about the miraculous and mundane aspects of the Christmas story. They discuss all the reasons Mary could have said no to God and why it makes her obedience all the more astounding. From Mary we learn that our obedience is in direct proportion to how well we know God.
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Author Deanna Oelke and Donna Carter continue their discussion about the Biblical gift of prophecy. They unpack the difference between the harshness of Old Testament prophecy and the totally different purpose of New Testament prophecy. In this episode of Grow on the Go, learn how to express a word received from God for someone else so it can be accepted by people in all different environments and at any stage of their spiritual journeys.
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In this episode, Deanna Oelke shares with Donna how our desire to hear from God can be the catalyst for receiving the gift of prophecy. They chat about how finding a safe community helps us learn to trust ourselves to hear God and appropriately share what we’ve heard.
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A deep relationship with God is dependent on learning to hear his voice. Author Deanna Oelke returns to the podcast to chat with Donna about how we often dismiss God’s voice when he speaks to us because his voice sounds a lot like our own. They discuss the “tells” of the Holy Spirit’s voice and why biblical knowledge is such a critical grid to filter the words we hear.
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Author Deanna Oelke explores with Donna the arena of the prophetic in this episode of the podcast. They discuss how experiencing a prophetic community wrecked her for ordinary fellowship and how God led her to pioneer prophetic teaching in churches where you wouldn’t expect to find it. They also talk about why having others in our lives who are operating in the prophetic realm is so important to living an exciting Christian life.
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Donna welcomes her friend Karen Taylor to the podcast to discuss faith, grief, and what happens when what we plan isn’t what God has in mind. They talk about Karen's transition to living in a developing country, how faith gave her the resilience to grieve the death of the future she imagined, and how to embrace the one God has planned.
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In the last podcast of their series in Ephesians, Donna and Kevann do their best to explain how to put on pieces of spiritual armour and why it is important. They talk about labels, demonic influence, and why there is no such thing as a conscientious objector to spiritual warfare. Don't misinterpret what is happening in your life, learn how to recognize that we're in a constant spiritual battle in the Grow on the Go podcast.
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The discussion of Ephesians chapter 5 wraps up with the Apostle Paul's thoughts on marriage and what loving our partners has to do with worship. Donna and Kevann discuss whether or not husbands and wives need the same things from each other, brainstorm ways wives can communicate respect to their husbands, and how husbands can meet their wives’ emotional needs.
http://media.blubrry.com/faithstrongtoday/p/fst.mc.tritondigital.com/GROW_ON_THE_GO_P/media/GOTG-S04E06_oct15-19.mp3
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Are we pretending to be better Christians than we really are? In this podcast, Donna and Kevann confess their struggles with being light in the world and explore Ephesians to see what Apostle Paul has to say about it. They discuss authenticity and truth, as well as depression and joy. They also chat about our tendency to be controlled by things other than the Holy Spirit and why we have to be very intentional about the story we’re telling with our lives.
http://media.blubrry.com/faithstrongtoday/p/fst.mc.tritondigital.com/GROW_ON_THE_GO_P/media/GOTG-S04E05_oct08-19.mp3
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