A weekly Christian podcast that celebrates the value of women in the church, home, and society. Our guests come from a variety of perspectives. We won’t always agree on everything, but we do agree that God is glorious, the Bible is true, women are valuable, and respectful conversation on this topic is essential in our day.
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Elyse Fitzpatrick Podcasts
Front Porch with the Fitzes, is a weekly chinwag featuring author Elyse Fitzpatrick and two of her three kids, Jessica Thompson and Joel Fitzpatrick. Sometimes some unexpected folks might even drop by and sit for a spell. Every week they’ll jibber about faith, family life, things that interest them in culture or news, and what they’re learning about the Lord and their Christianity. Imagine sitting on the front porch of your ol’ Kentucky home, listening to three slightly off-kilter believers ...
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For Real with Kimberly Stuart invites listeners to eavesdrop on conversations with folks who live and love well, create beautiful things, teach us a ton, and let us in on what they know. Never one for successful small talk (JUNIOR HIGH WAS A STRUGGLE), Kim asks her guests to get right to it, mining stories of honesty and courage and finding plenty of snort-laughter and tears along the way. They tackle faith and grit and joy and sorrow and leave us with hope and renewed perspective to walk th ...
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Episode 228: Interview with Martin Cachero
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As we continue our series on divorce in the church, Martin Cachero from Risen Church joins us to discuss how to pastor congregants going through divorce. He received his B.A. from Cal State San Marcos and his Masters in Theological Studies from Bethel Seminary. He is currently co-vocational serving as co-Pastor at Risen Church and as the Director o…
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Episode 227: Interview with Vaneetha Risner
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Vaneetha is passionate about helping people find hope in their suffering. All her books: the Bible Study, Desperate For Hope, her memoir, Walking Through Fire, and her devotional, The Scars That Have Shaped Me, encourage people to turn to Christ in their pain. Her story includes childhood bullying, losing an infant son, developing post-polio syndr…
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Episode:226 Beyond “God Hates Divorce”: Scripture, Safety, and Healing - a conversation with Chris Moles and Leslie Vernick
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Chris Moles is a pastor and biblical counselor dedicated to helping churches and families confront domestic violence and cultivate healthy, God-honoring relationships. Through his ministry—PeaceWorks and PeaceWorks University—he delivers training on abuse prevention, intervention, and transformation, including resources like the Men of Peace progra…
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Episode 225: "I'm divorced, now what?" with Kathey Batey
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Kathey Batey is a court-appointed mediator, divorce coach, and has held divorce support groups for the past 20 years. She has led hundreds of men and women through the process and the trauma of divorce. She also works with people rebuilding their life after divorce. She is an author of 7 books on divorce. She is also a corporate trainer on conflict…
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Episode 224: Divorce & the Church: Three Stories, One Hope
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Divorce is often whispered about in the church, but rarely talked about honestly and openly. In this first episode of our series on divorce, we sit down with three women from different stages of life—each with her own story of walking through divorce while navigating faith and community. Together, they share the heartbreak, the hope, and the ways t…
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Episode 483: Stolen goods, Stolen first place, and Shame
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In this week's episode, we talk about our FIRST PLACE PADRES. We talk about some stolen goods. And Joel closes us out with a personal story on shame.By Fitzpatricks
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Kelly M. Kapic (PhD, King’s College, University of London) is a professor of theological studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, where he has taught for twenty years. He is an award-winning author or editor of more than fifteen books, including You’re Only Human and Embodied Hope, which each won a Christianity Today Book Award. Ka…
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Rachel Wojo is an inspirational author, public speaker, and podcaster. Through her biblical approach and personal life experiences, Rachel empowers women to discover strength and hope in everyday situations. Despite enduring the loss of her mother, adult special needs daughter, and father, Rachel remains resilient. She has authored the uplifting bo…
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Episode 482: Padres, Immaturity, and more immaturity.
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In this week's episode, we talk about the Padres' trade deadline. We talk about being immature and we keep talking about it.
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Episode 221: Elyse Fitzpatrick speaking on Matthew 20:1-16
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Listen in as Elyse speaks about the parable of the vineyard workers in Matthew 20:1-16.By fitzpatrick
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Episode 481: Good Weed, Pop's Bday, and our Neighbors
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Jessica talks about her big mess-up while preaching. We talk about our recent trip to the Padres game to celebrate Pop's 75th birthday. Elyse shares about a conversation she had with her landscaper that encouraged her.By Fitzpatricks
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Episode 220: Interview with Bri Stensrud
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Bri Stensrud is an author, human dignity advocate, and the Director of Women of Welcome. Her passion is to equip the Church to engage more consistently and tangibly in holistic human dignity issues. Throughout her previous work in the pro-life movement, she continually heard questions from those concerned about immigrants and refugees. Understandin…
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Episode 219: Colleen Ramser at Broken to Beloved
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"Returning to Community After Spiritual Abuse" from the Broken to Beloved Summit of 2025.By Ramser
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Episode 480: Little League, Padres, and Healing
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In this week's episode we talk about a recent experience with a little league game. We give an update on the Padres. Pop closes us out with a great devotional on the willingness of Jesus to heal us.
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Episode 218: Elyse on contentment and aging.
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Elyse speaks at a breakout session on contentment and aging.By Fitzpatrick, Ramser
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Episode 479: Pop is 75! He tells us what he has learned
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We celebrate Pop's 75th birthday. He tells us what he has learned about life. And that somehow digresses into how often he changes his chonies. Just absolute ridiculousness.By Fitzpatricks
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Nijay Gupta (DPhil, University of Durham) has written several academic books including A Beginner’s Guide to New Testament Studies, Paul and the Language of Faith, 15 New Testament Words of Life, and Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church. He has co-edited The State of New Testament Studies, Dictionary of Paul and…
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Episode 478: Europe, Castles, and Building
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We are finally back! Joel tells us all about his vacation to Europe. He gets pretty deep with the lessons he learned. Elyse closes us out with a devotional written by N.T. Wright.By Fitzpatricks
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Episode 479: Protests, Padres, and Prayer
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In this week's podcast, we talk Padres vs. Dodgers. We recorded this on the night that the fight happened. So, we hadn't seen it yet. But we did predict it. We talk about going to the "No King" protest. Then Pop closes us out with a short devo on praying for others.By Fitzpatricks
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