BONUS EPISODE: Book Club - The Way of Life: Experiencing the Culture of Heaven on Earth by Bill Johnson

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

BONUS EPISODE: Book Club - The Way of Life: Experiencing the Culture of Heaven on Earth by Bill Johnson

We're back with a bonus episode discussing our March book club read: The Way of Life: Experiencing the Culture of Heaven on Earth [https://amzn.to/49oHtqw]by Bill Johnson. This is the first time both Joy and Gretchen have read a Bill Johnson book, and they were both challenged by the content. This book offers a no-holds-barred guide to living life as a follower of Jesus. We believe this discussion will provide an insightful overview of the book and help you determine if this should go on your TBR. 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

Journaling Through Genesis and Revelations of the Prodigal Son

We're back in our regular groove! This week's Top Two includes Bible journaling habit suggestions, deeper insights into Genesis, and tender takeaways from reading Henri Nouwen's The Return of the Prodigal Son [https://amzn.to/3OJxVzh]. Also mentioned on the pod, Lisa Harper's podcast Back Porch Theology, "Mountains, Valleys, & the Voice of God pt. 1 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mountains-valleys-the-voice-of-god-part-1/id1603918454?i=1000731551346]." 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