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Dec 31, 2020

Gretchen and Katie wrap up their conversation on parenting, otherwise known as "calling a thing what it is." They talk about confession and absolution in the home and standing back when we try to take over the Holy Spirit's role.

When our kids face failures, they will either give up, or beat themselves into...


Dec 23, 2020

In this unusual episode, recorded in Gretchen's basement, getting interrupted by children too often, Gretchen and Katie talk about parenting.

With 10 kids between them, they still don't feel qualified to offer any how-to instructions on raising children. So instead, they wrestle through understanding the purpose of the...


Dec 17, 2020

Gretchen and Katie, two women who are married with kids, sit around and talk about singleness. They unpack the false idea that it is in marriage that we find our sanctification and fulfilled Christian life.

God has used marriage to sanctify us. But our sanctification isn't found in marriage. It's found in Christ.

With...


Dec 10, 2020

In this episode, Katie and Gretchen talk about how law and gospel distinctions affect relationships we have at church and in ministry. It is often the first place where we substitute practical theology for things that appear more practical like guilt and manipulation in order to make a ministry "work." 

Church...


Dec 3, 2020

In the final episode on the 3 parts of friendship, Gretchen and Katie talk about what it means to bear one another burdens. It starts with a lot of humility and ends with us continually being realigned to tangible truth when our circumstances start to crush us.

While many of us like to be the one to rush to help and "be...