Around The Table

Today, we brought in Janet Arneson, homeschool mom of 4. For many of us, we are homeschooling either out of desire or necessity. Janet gives us some perspective on teaching and discipling our kids at home. She also gives us some great life hacks to make this a season of flourishing. And finally, a liturgy for Chromebooks. 

Deana and Carrie take a look at John's life as an older, exile living on Patmos. We also talk through how at home church can be both good and worshipful.

Peace seems to be a spiritual unicorn-everyone wants to have it, but it seems difficult to find. Scattered within his questioning, doubt, and turmoil, Gideon proclaims, "The Lord is Peace." How can we declare Jesus as our peace regardless of the battles that surround us? 

Deana Rogers, Caitlin Anderson, Susie Lackey, and Carrie Vaughn join Erin Amsden for a time of virtual GATHER. While we can't meet together for our typical GATHER event, this conversation and time of musical worship reminds us that God is shepherding us in the simple and the hard. 

Kay shares with us several insights from her study of shepherds and sheep. We had a great discussion about the various ways a shepherd protects, cares for, and disciplines his sheep.

We travel with Ruth and Naomi as they Boaz, a figure of redemption. Also joining us is college student, Selah Vaughn. Growing up in China and going to university in America, she has an inside look into being a foreigner in two different countries. There was also a mention of Depression Era meatloaf. Join us as we understand the deeper meaning behind Haggo'el.

Understanding the Lord as our Banner (Nissi) is timely. Join Deana and Carrie as they talk about Aaron and Hur's obligation to Moses and how we are to support those on the front lines of COVID-19. We also talk through God's demonstration of faithfulness to the Israelites as they battle it out with the Amalekites. 

Disruption, inadequacies, and control. In the midst of this quarantine, these are all things we've been confronted with. The three of us sit down to see how Moses and God tackle these fundamental human flaws.  We see how God disrupted Moses through the burning bush and then, by revealing His name as YAHWEH.  

Today we unearth the meaning of Jehovah Jireh with Erica Day. She spent over 7 years living and working in China and is now serving at ASU. Erica shares stories of taxi cab mishaps and how God has been a Jehovah Jireh in her own life. We also look at how this provision given to Abraham and Isaac is pulled forward in the gift of Jesus. 

Holly Butler joins us to talk through Hagar's encounter with El Roi in the wilderness. The three of us wrestle with God asking us to enter back into hard places, but walking into it confident of El Roi-the God who sees. 

This week we sit down with Susie Lackey and talk about El Shaddai. From packing up her life in Colorado and moving to Tempe to my crazy relationship with automated cars, we cover the gamut this week. We also dig into the various angles that make up the name, El Shaddai, through the understanding of a Rabbi from New Jersey. Thanks for coming!

We love launching each season with a Gather Event where we eat together, sing, reconnect with friends and meet new women who are joining an ID group to study with us.  This podcast includes two excerpts from our evening together.  Emma Tautolo interviewed Nicky Stevens, from HOPE, an organization that serves the homeless in our community.  We are excited to partner with HOPE as our Outward Focus this season.  Deana Rogers introduced our new study: The Names of God: To Know Him and Be Known.  Enjoy!

Welcome back to our Spring Season of Around the Table.  We are launching our new study this week about the Names of God and gather around our podcast table to talk about names and their meanings. As we discover the stories behind the names of God, our prayer is that we will encounter Jesus and know more deeply the presence of his Spirit in our lives.

This episode has two parts. We begin with an interview from our October Gather event with Erin Vucurevich and foster mom, Jen Hanson.  Jen opens our eyes to the life of foster care and adoption, her family’s stories,  and the way God and community are vital to caring for the vulnerable.  Next, we hear from  Kiersten Traina and Erin to take a deeper dive into the work of Foster Care, Kinship, and Adoption and how God is and internal part of every piece of that story.

We loved having Sandy Shrader join us at our October Gather Event to highlight our study of Hebrews 7&8.  With both stories and a love of Scripture she helped us think more deeply about Jesus as the One Who Intercedes for Us.  

Listen in as Deana and Caitlin talk about Hebrews 9 and 10: the connections between the Old Covenant and Jesus, and the way we engage our senses to remember our redemption. 

Deana and Caitlin discuss some of the questions we are encountering in our ID groups as we dive into our study of Hebrews.  Be encouraged ro persist in our study —the pieces are coming together! Listen in to their conversation about the spiritual practices they are practicing to grow their faith.

Hey Redemption Women -- our Fall 2019 season is underway and we are so glad you have chosen to join us as we study Hebrews together.  Enjoy these excerpts from our September Gather Event.

R/ women is launching the Fall 2019 season with our new study journal, Hebrews: Looking to Jesus. Join Lori Greene, Caitlin Anderson, and Deana Rogers at the podcast table today for a preview of our study.  We’d love to have you join us in a ID group this season!

We loved sitting around the table with Erin and are excited for you to hear her story. As a little girl she learned to love music and Jesus, and those two loves have shaped her life. God has made his presence very real in her life through music, community, and miracle answers to prayer. You are going to love this one!