The God's Design series is a 6 week series for small groups, families, and churches. Each season explores what the Bible has to say about God's design for you individually and as a community. This popular series goes through: 1. God's Design For Your Life 2. God's Design For Great Relationships 3. God's Design For Growing Spiritually 4. God's Design For Greatness 5. God's Design For Changing The World 6. God's Design For Authentic Worship Each episode includes free access to study guides and ...
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The Lifeway Bible Studies podcast is the perfect companion for your small group or Bible study. Join us each week as we go through the latest and most popular Bible studies available from Lifeway, a premiere Christian publisher. All Bible studies, including video materials and workbooks, are available at https://www.lifeway.com/en/shop/bible-studies
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Romans Chapter 8: Climbing to a Place of Confident Faith Take a journey together with your small group to greater faith! If you’ve ever had feelings like, “I’m not good enough,” “I’m never going to change,” or “Life is too hard,” Romans eight is the chapter for you! Pastor Tom Holladay taught this video series beginning at the bottom and moving to the top of Saddleback Mountain through each of the four sessions to help us see clearly the journey from doubt to faith—from discouragement to hop ...
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Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel, Mystie Winckler, and Abby Wahl
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Our goal is to cultivate the maximum number of thinking moms we can. This podcast is for classical homeschooling mamas who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it all done. We discuss topics that matter to those of us who believe that educating ourselves through reading widely, thinking deeply, and applying faithfully equips us for the task of educating our children.
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SS #161: Feminism Detox (Announcing the Fall Mentorship!!)
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In today’s episode, Abby, Mystie, and Brandy are discussing feminism and the view of women found in Herman Bavinck’s book The Christian Family. You’re going to love this conversation! *** Don’t forget to register for our annual online local retreat! There are many possibilities: watch live in the comfort of your home and get access to our zoom room…
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SS #160: We Did a Thing (Announcing Our Book!!)
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In today’s episode, Abby, Mystie, and Brandy are announcing a secret project they've been working on for over a year. It’s pretty exciting!! *** Don’t forget to register for our annual online local retreat! There are many possibilities: watch live in the comfort of your home and get access to our zoom room discussion groups for fruitful interaction…
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SS #159: Curriculum Is More Than Something You Buy
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In today’s episode, Abby, Mystie, and Brandy are geeking out about curriculum, which is the topic of this year’s annual retreat. Did you know? Curriculum is something you buy, and also something you can’t buy. You’re going to love this conversation! *** Today is the day! We are opening early bird registration for our annual online local retreat. Th…
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SS #158: Postmodernism Wants Your Kids
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In today’s episode, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy explain exactly why they chose this topic for the 2025 Spring Training Sessions and why they think it’s important for us to prepare our kids for the world we’re launching them into. You’re going to love this conversation! *** The annual Scholé Sisters Spring Training just happened, and replays are now av…
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SS #157: Reward Systems in Sunday School?
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In today’s episode, Brandy, Mystie, and Abby revisit the topic of rewards and prize systems – specifically what to do when one is implemented at church. This was a chance to try and apply our principles to a real life situation where we don’t want to be perfectionists and we DO want to be peacemakers. You’re going to love this conversation! *** If …
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SS #156: Wonderfully Inconvenient Motherhood (with JoAnn Hallum!!)
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Our guest today is JoAnn Hallum! JoAnn is a first-generation homeschooler from the Central Valley of California who has been teaching her four boys for about 10 years. She loves to read and to tell people at parties they should read Charles Dickens. With a fine art degree in Printmaking, she discovered she loved writing when she became a stay-at-ho…
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Today’s episode is a discussion about conversation. Or maybe it’s a conversation about discussion?? No matter, the point is that Isaac Watts has some helpful advice for us if we want to have fruitful interactions with others. You’re going to love this conversation! *** If you’ve considered upgrading your Sistership membership from FREE to Sophie le…
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SS #154: Discussion is Part of a Classical Education (with Everett Vencel!!)
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Our guest today is Brandy's son, Everett Vencel. Everett recently graduated from New College Franklin and now works as an audiovisual engineer at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church and as a personal assistant to the owner of a water heater company. In his spare time, he reads anything he can get his hands on and is studying Information technology. He …
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SS #153: You Probably Think This Episode is About You
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Today’s conversation is a discussion about the vice of vainglory. The sisters have been reading a book by Rebecca DeYoung called Vainglory: The Forgotten Vice and it’s so good! You’re going to love this conversation! *** If you’ve considered upgrading your Sistership membership from FREE to Sophie level, now is the time to do that! The live replay …
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SS #152: Freedom Isn't Free (with Lauren Scott!!)
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Our guest today is Lauren Scott! Lauren and her husband Nathaniel, a second generation homeschool dad, have enjoyed home educating their two sons from babyhood to the teen years. Lauren holds a degree in history, is a leader in her local homeschool community, and often finds herself vacillating between “brown thumb” and “crazy plant lady” when cari…
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SS 151: Death of the Scrappy Homeschooler
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Welcome to Season 26 of Scholé Sisters! At the risk of sound like grumpy old ladies, we are kicking off this season with a conversation about homeschool history and how you can tap in to some of homeschool culture’s strengths. You’re going to love this conversation! *** If you’ve considered upgrading your Sistership membership from FREE to Sophie l…
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SS #150: 'Tis the Season of Joyful Sacrifice
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Today’s episode is our annual Christmas episode! Mystie, Abby, and Brandy are discussing one of their favorite Christmas books, The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston. You’re going to love this conversation! *** It’s time for the Sophie Christmas gift! Every year, we give a little something to our Sophie members to say thank you a…
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Today’s episode is our annual retreat recording! We love recording when we are all together (even though the sound quality suffers). This episode is basically a follow-up in which we give Mystie a soap box and encourage her to talk more about de-institutionalizing classical education. You’re going to love this conversation! *** The Stable and Stead…
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SS #148: De-Institutionalizing School (featuring Heather Olsson!!)
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Our special guest today is Heather Olsson! Heather is wife to Dr. Phil Olsson, mother to seven, and Mimi to 14 grandchildren. She educated her children at home for 20 plus years. The Olsson family moved in 2020 from Green Bay, WI to Moscow, Idaho, where Heather has taught and been a Dean at The Jubilee School. She just began her second year as Head…
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SS #147: Strong Mothers, Special Needs (with Adelaide Garner!!)
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Our special guest today is Adelaide Garner. Adelaide is wife to Ben, and mother to four little treasures. They are Reformed Evangelical Christians. She was a pastor’s wife for many years, but their family has moved into Ben owning a small business. Adelaide and Ben are second generation homeschoolers and use Charlotte Mason’s principles. They live …
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SS #146: Education — Training Religious Habits
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Today’s episode is the fourth and final in our series exploring Charlotte Mason‘s chapters on habits from her book School Education and so Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss one of the most off-limits topics: religion. You’re going to love this conversation! *** The live kickoff for our newest Scholé Sisters Mentorship will take place on Friday, Octo…
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SS #145: Why Latin? (with Angela Reed!!)
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Today’s guest is Latin teacher extraordinaire, Angela Reed! Angela has been a student of lingua Latina and classical civilization for over twenty-five years. She started on this path in high school when she took her first Latin class and, for extra credit, joined the Latin club. Angela has been enthusiastically carrying a classical torch ever since…
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SS #144: De-stress With Natural Consequences
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In today’s episode Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss the idea of natural consequences with a perspective shift that can really de-stress your motherhood. You’re going to love this conversation! *** Are you ready for our annual Homeschool Essentials retreat?? This year’s topic is attention, because without attention, we cannot learn. Join us LIVE on …
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The Parable of the Talents - Session 6 of Stories Jesus Told with Daniel Fusco
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God isn't finished with you yet. Your life matters and what you do with your life is important to God! This session is the parable of the talents and it comes from Matthew 25:14-30. Today, talent means gifting because of this parable! But originally it was a unit of measurement. Let's listen as we find out just how valuable you are! To get the full…
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In today's episode, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy dig into the history of the Scholé Sisters annual retreat, giving you a behind-the-scenes glance at our decision making that we've never shared before. *** Are you ready for our annual Homeschool Essentials retreat?? This year’s topic is ATTENTION, because without attention, you cannot LEARN. Join us LIV…
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The Parable of the Prodigal Son - Session 5 of Stories Jesus Told with Daniel Fusco
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Jesus was one of the most influential people in our entire culture. The story from today's session is incredibly famous and influential, not just for Christians but for all of western culture. Today we will take a closer look at the original tale of the prodigal son. To get the full study, visit https://www.lifeway.com/en/product-family/stories-jes…
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The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds - Session 4 of Stories Jesus Told with Daniel Fusco
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Expectations ruin relationships! Through the parable of the wheat and weeds we learn about how our expectations for church affect our relationship with church. To get the full study, visit https://www.lifeway.com/en/product-family/stories-jesus-told And for more great studies, curriculum, and podcasts, including Lifeway series like this one, head o…
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SS #142: Attention is a Homeschool Essential
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In today’s episode Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss ATTENTION, because it’s the topic of the 2024 Scholé Sisters retreat. They do this using a chapter on solitude from AG Sertillanges’ book The Intellectual Life. You’re going to love this conversation! *** Are you ready for our annual Homeschool Essentials retreat?? This year’s topic is ATTENTION, …
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The Parables of Lost Things - Session 3 of Stories Jesus Told with Daniel Fusco
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Why does Jesus tell so many "lost things" parables? The parable of the lost coin, the lost sheep, and the prodigal son all tell the story of someone finding something that was lost. These parables are central because they are Jesus telling us his mission; the reason why he came. To get the full study, visit https://www.lifeway.com/en/product-family…
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The Parable of the Soils - Session 2 of Stories Jesus Told with Daniel Fusco
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How is your heart? In the parable of the sower, we see Jesus tell the story about the state of the heart. Hear this profound parable and share with your group today! To get the full study, visit https://www.lifeway.com/en/product-family/stories-jesus-told And for more great studies, curriculum, and podcasts, including Lifeway series like this one, …
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Why Parables? - Session 1 of Stories Jesus Told with Daniel Fusco
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The big question that we want to answer is, why did Jesus speak in parables? It's a great question. If Jesus came on a rescue mission for the world, why would he use parables as one of the primary ways to communicate with the people who he talked to? Simple, so that anyone could hear whether they had extensive education or whether they didn't even …
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Season 4: Stories Jesus Told featuring Daniel Fusco: Exploring the Heart of the Parables
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Exploring the Heart of the Parables: Find all studies and guides at https://www.lifeway.com/en/product-family/stories-jesus-told Stories Jesus Told is a six week mini-series with teaching from author Daniel Fusco. Everyone loves a good story. Whether it’s a novel, film, or song, we are products of the narratives that have formed us—for good or bad.…
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BONUS New Series: Making Time - Chapter 1
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Introducing a new series: Making Time! DIGITAL GROUP GUIDE How are you at making time? Do you feel like you have enough time in the day? Do you know if you have enough time in the day? Is there a difference between how you feel about time and what you think about your time? This is the first of a 6 part series on Making Time. Everyone has the same …
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BONUS New Series: Making Time - Chapter 1
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Introducing a new series: Making Time! DIGITAL GROUP GUIDE How are you at making time? Do you feel like you have enough time in the day? Do you know if you have enough time in the day? Is there a difference between how you feel about time and what you think about your time? This is the first of a 6 part series on Making Time. Everyone has the same …
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BONUS New Series: Making Time - Chapter 1
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Promo: Making Time You have the same 24 hours in your day as the most accomplished people in the world. So why doesn't it feel that way? Follow along on this special 6 episode series as we take a look at how to make more time. By following biblical principles and taking a look at what you really want, Making Time shares the secret to having all the…
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