Guys, not only did I learn SO MUCH during this episode, it also made me laugh so hard while editing it that my husband thought something was wrong. I love Rach’s honesty, humour, and willingness to go first and put herself out there in order that others might be encouraged.
This conversation covered the gamut from reading classics to people without bums, what it is like working as an Emergency Department nurse to how to love the person we are married to (and not who we think they should be). Rach shared honestly about growing up as a travelling preacher’s kid, her struggle with doubt and the doctrines of predestination, and what she has learned about marriage and body image. It makes you want to catch up with your friends and share about how you’re really doing. Plus she has the BEST recommendations for podcasts and books (see below for the most glorious list).
Rach Steadman is married to Dan, and they have three kids: Harvey (8), Callie (6), and Shelby (4). She is an ED nurse, a part of Gosnells Baptist Church, and a talented musician, with a rapidly expanding cast of extracurricular commitments.
Mentioned in the show:
Alisa Childers podcast - start with Top 5 Archeological Finds That Affirm the Bible with Dr Scott Stripling
Verity with Phylicia Masonheimer Podcast, Every Woman a Theologian - start with 5 Views of Communion
History of Rome podcast
Exploring My Strange Bible podcast - start with series on Jonah
The Birth Hour podcast
Truth on Fire: Gazing at God Until Your Heart Sings by Adam Ramsay
Jen Wilkin - Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible With Both Our Hearts and Our Minds, None Like Him: Ten Ways God is Different From Us (And Why That’s a Good Thing).
“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” (Matthew 7:9-11 NIV)
“I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.” C.S. Lewis
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
A Change of Affection: A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Redemption by Becket Cook
Cormoran Strike novels by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling)
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Little Pilgrim’s Progress by Helen L. Taylor
Marion Grasby: Marion’s Kitchen, Asia Express, Laksa
Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - John Gottman & Nan Silver
Poetry: Kate Baer, Mary Oliver, Ada Limon
Jackie Hill Perry - Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been; Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him, music (start with Woman!), Thirty Minutes with the Perrys, and Let’s Talk.
Renewing Your Mind - R.C. Sproul teaching podcast
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