Today's episode is a conversation all about living into your season with my friend, Bible teacher and podcaster Shannon Scott.

Shannon is the host of the Everything Made Beautiful podcast and Director of Content for QAVA, a Christian streaming platform that creates digital biblical resources to help people go deeper in their faith.

Shannon and I got to talk about

• why seasons matter

• what growth looks like in different seasons

• leaning into the joys and challenges of the season you're in

• dangers of rushing through a season and getting stuck

• the anxiety so many of us wrestle with, and

• living with expectancy and choosing hope over fear in every season

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Listen to Shannon's podcast, Everything Made Beautiful

Check out QAVA

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Can we be honest about what we want? Is it okay for Christians to want things, or is that selfish? How does what we want impact our perception of waiting seasons?

My friend Ashley Minor and I are going all in on questions like these today!

Ashley is the host of the Come Like a Child podcast, co-host of the Minutes to Hours podcast, and debut author of her new book, Aisle 29: Where Heaven Met My Hurry.

Ashley is a two time guest here on the pod (check out her first episode, Episode 26!). Our first show together was all about your calling and God's timing, and I'm thrilled to have Ashley back to celebrate the release of her first book and seeing this part of her calling come to fruition.

If you were around for Ashley's first episode, you already love her, and if you've joined us since then, I can't wait for you to meet her!

Join Ashley and I as we talk about:

• anxiety that can be attached to our waiting
• identifying the difference between fear and impatience
• making space for quiet
• being honest about what we want
• how our desires impact our perception of waiting seasons

LINKS

Connect with Ashley on Instagram

Get your copy of Ashley's new book, Aisle 29: Where Heaven Met My Hurry

Listen to Ashley's first episode on The Bitter and the Sweet: Your Calling and God's Timing, Episode 26

Listen to Ashley's podcast, Come Like a Child

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Get ready to laugh, cry, and feel so seen. I did all three while we were recording this!

I loved this conversation with a new friend of mine, Cynthia Yanof, and I'm thrilled to share it with you today.

Cynthia is the host of the MESSmerized podcast and the author of two books, including her latest How'd I Miss That?: Gas Pump Confessions, Drive-Thru Obsessions, and Figuring Out What Really Matters.

Cynthia is a deep well and also deeply funny, which really matters around here :)

Join Cynthia and I for a conversation about:

• how we figure out what really matters in a world where there is so much to care about
• not missing the people God puts in front of us each day
• deciding what success looks like
• the good work God wants to do in us as we grow into the people He made us to be
• getting honest with God in our conversations
• the most important thing about us

LINKS

Connect with Cynthia on Instagram

Get a copy of Cynthia's new book How'd I Miss That?: Gas Pump Confessions, Drive-Thru Obsessions, and Figuring Out What Really Matters

Check out Cynthia's podcast, MESSmerized

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