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Fostering Kingdoms

Fostering Kingdoms

Written by: Jessica Smithers-Jones
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 The Podcast for Christian Foster Carers. Opening up conversations to deepen our faith, support through challenges and build strong communities. Hi I'm Jess, a wife, a mum of 3 boys & a Foster Carer. I've been a foster carer for over 6yrs, and a parent for 15yrs. I've seen a lot, but also have a lot to learn. This podcast has been created to help Foster Carers see God has big plans for their lives, and how we can take time for our own personal growth and relationship with Jesus as we try to navigate through the storms of life and fostering. It's not easy, but with God we can do anything.Jessica Smithers-Jones Christianity Ministry & Evangelism Spirituality
Episodes
  • The Wilderness Season | What to Expect in the Early Years of Fostering

    The Wilderness Season | What to Expect in the Early Years of Fostering
    Mar 3 2026

    Welcome to season 3 - This season walks along side you as you start your fostering journey.

    Foster care can harden you if you’re not careful. In this episode, we talk about how to stay soft, tender, and faith-filled even in challenging environments.

    If you’ve felt yourself becoming guarded, reactive, or emotionally armoured, this conversation will help you return tosteady strength without losing your heart.

    Fostering often requires resilience, boundaries, and emotional strength. But somewhere along the way, strength can quietly turn into hardness.

    In this episode of Fostering Kingdoms, weexplore:

    * Why emotional hardness is often a copingmechanism
    * The difference between boundaries and emotional shutdown
    * How to protect your heart without closing it
    * What tender strength really looks like in foster care
    * How Jesus models softness without weakness

    Staying soft doesn’t mean being naive.
    It means leading from security rather than self-protection.

    This episode is for UK foster carers navigating difficult placements, system pressure, and emotional exhaustionwho want to remain grounded in faith without becoming hardened by experience.You don’t have to armour up to survive.

    For more support and information visit us at FosteringKingdoms
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    18 mins
  • Living a Beautiful Blessed Life

    Living a Beautiful Blessed Life
    Feb 18 2026

    Living the Vision — Building a Beautiful, Blessed Life in Alignment

    How to live what God has shown you peacefully, faithfully, and without striving, this is your time to live for yourself, not for the outside world. It's time to say yes to you, an no to the things that drain you.

    In this episode I ask you 3 simple but powerful questions:

    • Does this support the life I’m building?

    • Does this protect my peace?

    • Does this honour my faith, my family, and my calling?

    If you would like to connect with us, get in touch at FosteringKingdoms.com
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    10 mins
  • Build Your Life Vision with God

    Build Your Life Vision with God
    Feb 11 2026

    More Is Possible. Building Your Life Vision With God, Not Pressure

    In this episode we talk about how foster carers can build a future with faith, clarity, and hope without striving & struggling.

    God wants us to get clear on our futures, to build Kingdom homes and live for his glory.

    If this episode resonated with you and you would like to connect more, visit us at FosteringKingdoms.com
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    10 mins
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