Journaling Through Genesis and Revelations of the Prodigal Son

Summer Goals

This week we’re wrapping up our season and heading into a summer break! In this episode, we talk about why we’re stepping away for a few months, what we’re hoping to learn during this season of rest, and the personal goals we’re working toward while we’re off. From growth and discipline to margin and restoration, we’re sharing what this summer looks like for us and inviting you to consider what you might need in this season too. Thank you for being part of As We Grow. We’ll see you after the summer!

Rhythms of Listening in Community

Joy jumps in this week to talk about the necessity of developing a rhythm of stopping and listening before we make any decision, and then she ties it to the unavoidable need for community. This conversation is the kick you need to recalibrate your life rhythms to God's rhythms before summer roars in. We also have many personal updates on this show, so follow us on Instagram @aswegrowpod [https://www.instagram.com/aswegrowpod] to see all the corresponding pictures in our stories. And speaking of summer, we're announcing our summer schedule. We'll be taking the next few weeks off to recharge, so now more than ever, it's vital that you follow our pod wherever you listen to podcasts! That way, when we return, our new episode will auto-populate in your feed. Also mentioned on the show, we have not been able to adequately keep up with the Fable app during our book club, so we are giving notice that we will not be using that app anymore. Thanks for your understanding. SHOW NOTES Podcasts mentioned: "The Secrets of Prophesy (hearing God, assignments, and childlike faith)" w/Dale Mast - 101" [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-secrets-of-prophecy-hearing-god/id1500492987?i=1000767592176] on The Deep End podcast. "1: Trust the Story" [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bema-podcast/id1373610566?i=1000448536444] on BEMA Discipleship podcast (for a detailed explanation of a chiasm). As We Grow is on Instagram! Follow @aswegrowpod [https://www.instagram.com/aswegrowpod]for BTS pictures, episode highlights, and personal connections with Joy & Gretchen. To listen to Joy's solo podcast, search for The Mentor's Table [https://www.joyabad.com/podcast] wherever you listen to podcasts.

Catching Up With Luke

We only got through one topic this time, so you'll have to tune in next week for our second of the TOP TWO. In this episode, Gretchen lays out the difference between excuses and speaking truth. We talk about the difference between the two and how to identify when excuses are masquerading as truth. Prepare for some conviction. This one will sharpen you. As We Grow is on Instagram! Follow @aswegrowpod [https://instagram.com/aswegrowpod] for BTS pictures, episode highlights, and personal connections with Joy & Gretchen. To listen to Joy's solo podcast, search for The Mentor's Table [https://www.joyabad.com/podcast] wherever you listen to podcasts. *Contains affiliate links

BONUS EPISODE: Book Club - Redeeming Your Timeline by Troy Brewer

We're gonna push the limits of your faith and spiritual understanding with this one. Buckle up! We're talking time travel, redemption, and a wild testimony from Gretchen! We did the best we could to summarize Redeeming Your Timeline by Troy Brewer, but you really just need to read this one yourself. Here's a link to purchase. Can't wait to hear what you think! Redeeming Your Timeline: Supernatural skillsets for healing past wounds, calming future anxieties, and discovering rest in the now [https://amzn.to/3Rjt1tM] by Troy A. Brewer As We Grow is on Instagram! Follow @aswegrowpod [https://instagram.com/aswegrowpod] for BTS pictures, episode highlights, and personal connections with Joy & Gretchen. To listen to Joy's solo podcast, search for The Mentor's Table [https://www.joyabad.com/podcast] wherever you listen to podcasts. *Contains affiliate links

The One Where We Have 7 Topics

This is the episode that never ends . . . it just goes on and on, my friends! I promise we tried for under an hour, but we just had too many good things to chat about. Today's TOP TWO focuses on seeing God in literally everything, and how a surrendered life seems like the harder way in the beginning but ends up being the harder way with eternal consequences. And we might sprinkle in some book reviews (we finally get back to Project Hail Mary), mermaids, and a theological question about when the first sin was committed. Buckle up! SHOW NOTES Numbers That Prophesy [https://amzn.to/4eqZIz7]by Troy Brewer (at the time of this recording, it's only 99 cents on Kindle!) "Eighteen Days in Heaven with Gabe Poirot" [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blurry-creatures/id1526885135?i=1000760093262] on Blurry Creatures Confessions [https://amzn.to/4wdeIah] by Saint Augustine (at the time of this recording, it's only 84 cents on Kindle!) Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus [https://amzn.to/4uz3ifn] by Lois Tverberg and Ann Spangler (currently free on KindleUnlimited) Bible passages mentioned: 1 Kings 5:1-9 and Ecclesiastes 10:10 As We Grow is on Instagram! Follow @aswegrowpod [https://instagram.com/aswegrowpod] for BTS pictures, episode highlights, and personal connections with Joy & Gretchen. To listen to Joy's solo podcast, search for The Mentor's Table [https://www.joyabad.com/podcast] wherever you listen to podcasts. *Contains affiliate links