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Growing up means becoming the new you. And growing always comes with growing pains. This week we discuss mom-growing-pains and how to avoid the steps that lead to the pit of despair. The post It’s the Pit of Despair! appeared first on Sheologians.

In this episode we talk about things that are good to keep track of and things that are sinful to keep track of. How can you tell the difference? Join us! The post Keeping Track appeared first on Sheologians.

This week Joy explains why she said something so crazy a few months back about how she prayed in faith for another child and God gave her one (what a crazy thing to say!). The post God Answers Our Prayers appeared first on Sheologians.

Current reads, thoughts on sight reading, doomscrolling, postpartum head space, traveling the world when you're older, and the important life lessons you can learn from traveling to outer space. The post Exit the Time Warp appeared first on Sheologians.

This week Joy teaches us all how to be good students by relaying the encouraging history of a man that has definitely touched your life whether you realize it or not. Join us! The post The Peanut Butter Man appeared first on Sheologians.

Anxiety, catastrophe, intrusive thoughts, feeling afraid, assuming the worst....if these characterize your life, it is likely that you fear death. Join us this week as we talk through why conquering these in our thought lives matters, and how to confront it! The post What if Something Bad Happens? appeared first on Sheologians.

After we cover important home printer problems and remind you all of the import of CS Lewis telling fairy tales, we jump into this week's topic: being good at making accusations! There's actually a way to do this and we know what that is because God's word tells us so. Join us! The post Insert Accusation Here! appeared first on Sheologians.

This week we talk about the language we use to shroud what is just straight up rebellion. Ever blamed your enjoyment of books, movies, tv, etc., on someone else's enjoyment of it? Join us as we discuss the blessing of training our affections before the Lord. The post Untrained Affections Got You Down? appeared first on Sheologians.

It's another week where you have to be hospitable, check the homework, make the appointments, drink you water, remember your serums, and somehow finish the dishes. This week we talk the difference between productivity and drudgery for busy Christian women. The post how do i do it all and when does it end appeared first on Sheologians.

Our sinful hearts love to indulge themselves and that can leave us feeling fairly skeptical of our own tears. However, tears are often the most appropriate thing in the world. So how do we tell when that is? The post Can I Cry Now? appeared first on Sheologians.

We asked Summer's dad to join us and discuss weird church history as it relates to Christmas. Is December 25th actually meaningful? Have we always had traditions around it? He also lets us in on some truly odd traditions that make belief in Sasquatch seem normal. Join us! The post Weird Church History, X-Mas Edition (with Summer’s Dad) appeared first on Sheologians.

This week we discuss some very niche and extremely random items and habits we have around the holidays that we thought y'all might enjoy or want to implement in your own routine. We also meander down some trails about why we bother being merry at all. Join us! The post Maximum Merriment appeared first on Sheologians.

This week we do our best to avoid semantic games and talk about the difference between being picky and having preferences. What hills are worth dying on? Join us! The post Picky or Preferential? appeared first on Sheologians.

Welcome to this year’s interrogation of each other. Just kidding, but we do like to take a week every year to ask each other some questions and put each other in the hot seat. This time we meander through adult friendship, death, Deeper Heaven, and more. Join us! The post Summer & Joy Interview Eachother appeared first on Sheologians.

This week in our 2024 Feminism series we are discussing the ways in which feminism has influenced and also IS inherently pagan. How has feminism mainstreamed the occult? It's easy to see if you know where to look. Join us! The post Feminism is Pagan Poison appeared first on Sheologians.

Its our first long-distance episode! We haven't recorded together in months, so we do a lot of life-updating: whatcha cooking? What movie do you wanna see in eternity? What have you been learning lately? Join us! The post Scattershot (with a life update) appeared first on Sheologians.

This week we talk the Christian work ethic and why it's a good thing. If you've been feeling faint, we hope we can encourage you this week! The post Christians Do Hard Things appeared first on Sheologians.

In part two of our conversation with Zach Conover we discuss the practical implications of fighting sin. What is required of us? What will it look like on a day-to-day basis? How do we recognize the fruit of deceit around us and refuse to participate in it? Join us! The post The Deceitfulness of Pet Sins with Zach Conover (Part 2) appeared first on Sheologians.

In this episode we are joined by Zach Conover to discuss the importance of battling sin. How? Why? What does it mean for the Christian life if we are not actively engaged in this? What are the weapons we are given for this fight? Join us! The post The Deceitfulness of Pet Sins with Zach Conover (Pt.1) appeared first on Sheologians.

In this episode we discuss transhumanism—what is it, how is it a worldview, why should Christians care, and what does feminism have to do with it? Join us! The post The Transhumanist Worldview appeared first on Sheologians.

In our annual summer recommends episode we talk the ONE book you MUST read this year (according to Summer), sourdough hot tips, Joy’s salad of the summer, books for the grieving, Christian music worth buying, and an invite to our first Summer Challenge. Join us! The post Summer Recommends appeared first on Sheologians.

In this painfully long episode (but still less painful than someone you haven't seen from high school messaging you about their new "business opportunity") we are joined by the dudes from Cultish to discuss MLMs & being a Christian. Can Christians be a part of MLM? What is our Christian duty towards business and making money? Let's chat! The post Sheologians & Cultish Present: MLMs & Pyramid Schemes appeared first on Sheologians.

This week Joy tells the unbelievable story of Ruth Finley & the poet of Wichita. Plagued by threatening letters, stalked at her work and at home, Ruth Finley was truly a woman pushed to the brink. Finally she was abducted by her stalker and barely escaped to survive. Eventually a new detective is brought in who starts to see patterns in the case that crack it wide open...or did he? Join us! The post The Poet of Wichita appeared first on Sheologians.

In this episode, after we discuss some fun listener emails, Summer tells the story of Angela Hammond. She was four months pregnant when her fiancé witnessed her being abducted. Thirty years later, a ransom note is released that might have clues to her whereabouts. Join us! The post The Unsolved Mystery Around Angela Hammond appeared first on Sheologians.

In this episode we talk the value of letting relationships change you. Your church should change you. Your marriage should change you. You don't get to cut & run at the first sign of discomfort. Let it happen! The post Free to Change appeared first on Sheologians.

The American public school system has explicitly catechized generations of Americans to believe that egalitarian thinking is the only way to achieve some kind of utopia for the most amount of people. In this episode we talk through areas that you might unwittingly egalitarian in your thinking. Join us! The post Egalitarian Infection Sites appeared first on Sheologians.

Every now and then we like to put each other in the hot seat so to speak and interview each other. We ramble from current efforts, what makes a coming-of-age-tale, to what we hope our grandkids have to say about us. Join us! The post The Interview appeared first on Sheologians.

In this episode we discuss the myth of "being open minded" and how to speak and think clearly when everyone else holds their opinions as if they were precious. Join us! The post And Then All Your Brains Fall Out appeared first on Sheologians.

In this episode we discuss accidentally being prepared and how chronic cynicism is a matter of first-world decadence. The post Cynicism and All appeared first on Sheologians.

In this episode we are joined by Brian Sauve and Ben Garrett to discuss their new podcast, Haunted Cosmos, dropping March 15th. Creatures of the deep, hollow earth, lost cities....should Christians care about the strange and fantastical? Join us! The post Haunted Cosmos with Brian Sauve & Ben Garrett appeared first on Sheologians.

The numbers don't lie: women vastly outnumber men when it comes to self-reported anxiety and depression medication use. Is there something inherent in women that makes them more prone to feeling anxious? In this episode we talk about anxiety, being fearful, and what it means to be bold but cautious in a world that full of evils. The post Notes from the Non-Toxic Matriarchy: The Scaredy Cat appeared first on Sheologians.

No, it's not another discussion about how we shouldn't care what people post on social media. Women are made to influence, to be beautiful, and to love beautiful things. So how do we do THAT, without indulging the flesh? Let's chat! The post Notes from the Non-Toxic Matriarchy: The Instagram Influencer appeared first on Sheologians.

For the next several weeks, we want to talk about common ways that women twist what is innate and good into something ugly and awful. In this episode we talk about the phenomena of the Karen and why women are tempted towards needing to speak with the manager. Is there a place to channel this impulse that would actually make it valuable? Let's chat! The post Notes from the Non-Toxic Matriarchy: The Karen appeared first on Sheologians.

In this episode we talk about what's wrong with popular chick lit and how to avoid reading soul-sucking garbage (even if its popular on booktok). Join us! The post In Love with the Wrong Thing appeared first on Sheologians.

In this episode we discuss rollerskating mishaps, what to do when your parenting beliefs clash with your friends, the supremacy of the church over social media, and how not to overthink every little thing. The post Answering the Mailbag appeared first on Sheologians.

Productivity! Getting things done! Making it happen! So many of us feel fussy around knowing what to do, when to do it, or how to get it all done. We are busy fussing around the dishes when we know what we should be doing is....well, what, exactly? Let's chat mission, motherhood, duty, and knowing how to do it all. The post Return on Investment appeared first on Sheologians.

"Your feelings are valid" might be one of the most toxic, underhanded messages we send to each other today. There is an appropriate time to be sad, there is an appropriate time to struggle, but if you are one of the women who is always on the struggle-bus, it's likely because you continue purchasing a one-way ticket. The post I want to be sad. appeared first on Sheologians.

Have you ever heard the radical neutrality inherent in some well-meaning catchphrases like, "Fed is best"? Ever had to come to terms with decisions you've made that had consequences you have not enjoyed? In this episode we chat about what it means to take responsibility in a fallen world. Join us! The post When It’s Not the Best appeared first on Sheologians.

Join us as we catch up on random thoughts from the last several months as we took a break from recording. It's random. It's weird. It's....us. The post The End of the Year Kitchen Sink appeared first on Sheologians.

Do you have zero palate for anything pleasant at all? In this episode we talk How the Grinch Stole Christmas, whether or not it was a Christian story, and how to have a hopeful palate during this busy season! The post A New Heart appeared first on Sheologians.

Join us live from ReformCon2022! We chatted the differences between moms and dads, how women in education tip the scales towards emotion, and whether or not we should be bothered if we live in a gynocracy. The post What’s Wrong with a Gynocracy? (Live from ReformCon2022) appeared first on Sheologians.

Filmmaker and friend of the pod, Les Lanphere, joins us to discuss his next project, a film called Cessationist. We make him explain why he would do such a thing and why Christian films matter. Join us! The post Cessationist with Les Lanphere appeared first on Sheologians.

Value, worth, self-esteem, self-image, "finding your identity in blah blah blah"....it's an old record that we have been playing in evangelicalism for several years now and the vinyl is worn out. In this episode we talk about common missteps in the identity conversation. The post Valuing Who You Are appeared first on Sheologians.

In this episode we discuss the last three years of pregnancy (duh) and the right way to want more and more and more. The post Always Wanting More appeared first on Sheologians.

This week we are joined by our friends from the A Couch Divided podcast to discuss mental illness—and in particular, whether or not anyone is REALLY a psychopath or narcissist, or whatever-have-you that those ladies on the internet swear their husbands are. The post Everyone’s a Narcissist (with A Couch Divided) appeared first on Sheologians.

In this episode Joy tells the story of a missing hiker and a mysterious mountain in Japan. Join us for this unsolved true crime story time! The post The Case of the Missing Hiker appeared first on Sheologians.

If you bring up scary movies you'll receive mixed reactions, and rightly so, because the "horror" genre truly is a mixed bag. In this episode we discuss whether or not there is any value to be had in the horror genre and how Christians ought to think about storytelling. The post The Horror Genre appeared first on Sheologians.

Welcome back to true crime story time with Summer & Joy! This week Summer tells the story of Elisa Lam and the Cecile Hotel. Arguably the first viral true crime story thanks to YouTube, the disappearance of Elisa Lam had internet sleuths coming together to watch creepy footage and trawl Tumblr. Let's go back to pre-AirBnB times and talk about the biggest mystery from the infamous Cecile Hotel. The post The Mystery of the Cecile Hotel appeared first on Sheologians.

It's another church history story time! We invited Summer's dad back to talk to us about the man, the myth, and the legend, Martin Luther. By the end of this episode he will be less of a myth and hopefully more understood as the the man that he was. Join us! The post Who Martin Luther Really Was with Dr. James White appeared first on Sheologians.

After a brief discussion about why restaurants in the South are terrible and which Great White Shark went crazy a few months back, we discuss the sin of pragmatism. The post Pratty Pragmatism, Round 2 appeared first on Sheologians.