The (in)courage Podcast

It's the final episode of this seasons podcast! Today (in)courage and DaySpring team members Anna and Joy share about their experiences leaning into God’s power, how their confidence in Him can be tested, and how they relate to the stories of Rahab and of David and Goliath.We also spill the beans on some VERY exciting changes coming next month to the podcast! Subscribe today and stay tuned.You'll hear an excerpt of the Bible study read by author Becky Keife, and a selection from the companion Bible Study videos! These video discussions feature (in)courage writers Lucretia Berry and Grace P. Cho alongside Becky, and they offer us a seat beside them in the living room as they go through Courageous Kindness together.Listen to these weekly episodes and also join the discussion in our Monday online study right here! Yep, we’ve been going through Courageous Kindness both on the podcast AND as an online community, and you’re invited to both. We hope you’ll read back through the posts and join in!Get your copy of the Courageous Kindness Bible study from DaySpring.com, and be sure and subscribe to the (in)courage podcast so you don’t miss a single episode when we resume in January!Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

Today, (in)courage and DaySpring team members Anna and Joy talk their way through week five of the Courageous Kindness Bible study. They share about their experiences with 'long haul' type friendships, and their connection to the story of Mary and Martha from Luke 10.You'll also hear an excerpt of the Bible study read by author Becky Keife, and a selection from the companion Bible Study videos! These video discussions feature (in)courage writers Lucretia Berry and Grace P. Cho alongside Becky, and they offer us a seat beside them in the living room as they go through Courageous Kindness together.Listen to the weekly episodes and also join the discussion in our Monday online study, right here! Yep, we’re going through Courageous Kindness both on the podcast AND as an online community, and you’re invited to both. We hope you’ll join us!Listen to today’s episode below or wherever you stream podcasts, be sure and subscribe to the (in)courage podcast so you don’t miss a single episode! Get your copy of the Courageous Kindness Bible study from DaySpring.com, and use code PODCAST25 to save 25% and get free shipping on your copies of Courageous Kindness.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

Welcome to the (in)courage podcast! Today, listen in as (in)courage and DaySpring team members Anna and Joy  share stories from Thanksgivings past, discuss the story where Jesus feeds thousands of people with just seven loaves and fishes, and the ways in which kindness can look a lot like inconvenience (in a really good way).You'll also hear an excerpt of the Bible study from special guest Aliza Latta!  She reads her very timely story of a Thanksgiving she won't forget from Week 4 of the Courageous Kindness Bible Study, which you can also read here.Finally, hear a selection from the Bible Study companion videos! These video discussions feature (in)courage writers Lucretia Berry and Grace P. Cho alongside study author Becky Keife, and they offer us a seat beside them in the living room as they go through Courageous Kindness together. Watch the videos in full anytime. We hope you'll also join the discussion in our online Bible study right here! Yep, we’re going through Courageous Kindness both on the podcast AND as an online community, and you’re invited to both. Join us!Listen to today’s episode below or wherever you stream podcasts! Subscribe to the (in)courage podcast so you don’t miss a single episode! And pick up your copy of the Courageous Kindness Bible study from DaySpring.com, and be sure to use code PODCAST25 to save 25% and get free shipping on your copy.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

Today Becky Keife, Courageous Kindness author, joins us again! She talks with fellow (in)courage team member Anna about Week 3 of the Courageous Kindness Bible study, they discuss the ministry of childcare, kindnesses offered that are big and small, and become benchmark moments. They let us know that you cannot miss Mary Carver's story from this week, which involves a school dumpster and a missing retainer, and goes right along with Psalm 40:1-3. And they finish up with reflections on that Psalm.You'll also hear an excerpt of the Bible study read by author Becky Keife, and a selection from the companion Bible Study videos! These video discussions feature (in)courage writers Lucretia Berry and Grace P. Cho alongside Becky, and they offer us a seat beside them in the living room as they go through Courageous Kindness together.Listen to the weekly episodes and also join the discussion in our Monday online study, right here! Yep, we’re going through Courageous Kindness both on the podcast AND as an online community, and you’re invited to both. We hope you’ll join us!Listen to today’s episode below or wherever you stream podcasts! Subscribe to the (in)courage podcast so you don’t miss a single episode! And pick up your copy of the Courageous Kindness Bible study from DaySpring.com, and be sure to use code PODCAST25 to save 25% and get free shipping on your copy. Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

Today we have a special treat -- Becky Keife, Courageous Kindness author, joins us! She talks with fellow (in)courage team member Anna about week two of the Courageous Kindness Bible study, and they discuss a couple of times when someone gave something small, yet it made a big impact on their day, or even their life. They talk about the ministry of coffee, what happened when a whole crowd forgot their lunches, and then they visit a story in Mark 12 where Jesus points out to His disciples that an offering from a poor widow has schooled the rich.You'll also hear an excerpt of the Bible study read by author Becky Keife, and a selection from the companion Bible Study videos! These video discussions feature (in)courage writers Lucretia Berry and Grace P. Cho alongside Becky, and they offer us a seat beside them in the living room as they go through Courageous Kindness together.Listen to the weekly episodes and also join the discussion in our Monday online study, right here! Yep, we’re going through Courageous Kindness both on the podcast AND as an online community, and you’re invited to both. We hope you’ll join us!Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

This season, (in)courage and DaySpring team members Anna and Joy talk their way through the Courageous Kindness Bible study. Each week, you'll hear their stories and conversations, along with an excerpt of the Bible study read by author Becky Keife. Also, every episode features a selection from the companion Bible Study videos! These video discussions feature (in)courage writers Lucretia Berry and Grace P. Cho alongside Becky, and they offer us a seat beside them in the living room as they go through Courageous Kindness together.Listen to the weekly episodes and also join the discussion in our Monday online study at incourage.me! Yep, we're going through Courageous Kindness both on the podcast AND as an online community, and you're invited to both. We hope you'll join us!Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

In today’s episode, Anna and Joy finish up their discussion on the Courageous Influence Bible study and talk about the power of sharing our stories. Joy talks about being seen and loved by God through the little things in her life with a recent story about finding a long held-on-to set of antique jars. Anna speaks to the way in which school lunches ministered to her heart over the last year. They talk about Psalm 34:18, and how God has comforted them during their most difficult times, and where their influence really comes from.Sharing a story today is (in)courage contributor Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young, who shares her story as published in Week Six of the Courageous Influence Bible study.Also today, hear from Kathi Lipp, Becky Keife, and Grace P. Cho (author of Courageous Influence)! Each of them share parts of their story, and you don’t want to miss it. Listen in to find out which of them experienced God’s grace through a bouquet of peonies, felt God’s love through a hummingbird’s presence, and lived God’s redemption even as she had an incredibly difficult experience with her son.The (in)courage podcast will be back in a few weeks with Season Three, so be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss a single episode!Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"We have to push through the awkward -- especially at church."Anna and Joy talk today about connecting with people and building relationships around the dinner table. They share their stories of having people over, bringing them together, and what that kind of influence has looked like in their lives. They discuss how being deeply plugged in to church community takes strength and guts, their favorite, and end with Luke 24:13-16 as they talk through what it means to be in discipleship. Sharing a story today is (in)courage contributor Grace P. Cho. She reads her story about influence at the dinner table, as published in Week Five of the Courageous Influence Bible Study.Also, in each episode of this season (today included), hear from very special guests Kathi Lipp, Becky Keife, and Grace P. Cho (author of Courageous Influence)! Today, each of them share the ways in which serving, gathering, and hosting has led to discipleship in their lives. Listen in to find out which of them learned and served by cleaning toilets, which prayed for couple friends, and which encourages us to go first with our invitations. Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

Welcome to a special bonus episode of the (in)courage podcast! In these bonus episodes, (in)courage community manager and author Becky Keife discusses with friends how every small kindness makes a big impact.Today, Becky's joined by friend and (in)courage contributor, Anjuli Paschall. Anjuli shares the story of how an afternoon meltdown full of embarrassment became a gateway to receiving a simple yet profound kindness from a neighbor. They ask and answer the question, Who can you carry in your heart today and bless with what you already have? They remind us that "Kindness is the good kind of contagious," and they invite you to take The Simple Difference Challenge on Instagram with Becky!Connect:Get your copy of The Simple Difference: How Every Small Kindness Makes a Big Impact by Becky Keife.Follow @beckykeife on Instagram to join The Simple Difference Challenge.Connect with Anjuli at @lovealways.anjuli.Learn more at bethesimpledifference.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"Even when we plant the seeds and water them, God brings the growth." Anna and Joy talk about influence for a season, and how God is faithful afterwards. They disagree on puzzles,  talk about their crying babies, and what both taught them about sowing seeds of influence. Finally, they look at Colossians 3:23 and , discussing the ways God operates in a system of generosity (not scarcity).  Sharing a story today is (in)courage contributor Becky Keife. She reads her story as published in Week Four of the Courageous Influence Bible Study.Also this season, joining us are very special guests Kathi Lipp, Becky Keife, and Grace P. Cho (author of  Courageous Influence)! These three friends spent a few days together as they went through the study and -- lucky us -- they recorded their conversations so we can all listen in. Today they talk about grace as waterfalls and ice cream sundaes, and how "God's economy isn't about equal."Listen wherever you stream podcasts!Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"I'm not enough, and everyone's going to find out." Have you ever had a similar thought? Joy and Anna have, and today they talk about how to show fully as your whole, entire self. This is how we'll have influence. They talk about David & Goliath, and how we can work with Jesus to defeat imposter syndrome. Sharing a story today is (in)courage contributor Tasha Jun. She reads her story as published in Week Three of the Courageous Influence Bible Study.Also this season, joining us are very special guests Kathi Lipp, Becky Keife, and Grace P. Cho (author of  Courageous Influence)! These three friends spent a few days together as they went through the study and -- lucky us -- they recorded their conversations so we can all listen in.Listen wherever you stream podcasts!Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"I believe. Help me in my unbelief." Have you ever heard this phrase from scripture? Anna and Joy felt this one hard this week, along with the time Jesus said, "What do you mean if I can?". They talk about Mary (Jesus' mother) getting the news of a lifetime, what we can learn about obedience from her, and what it means to give God our willing yes.  Sharing a story today is (in)courage contributor Robin Dance. She reads her story as published in Week Two of the Courageous Influence Bible Study.Also this season, joining us are very special guests Kathi Lipp, Becky Keife, and Grace P. Cho (author of  Courageous Influence)! These three friends spent a few days together as they went through the study and -- lucky us -- they recorded their conversations so we can all listen in.Listen wherever you stream podcasts!Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

Welcome to Season Two of the (in)courage Podcast! This season, friends and (in)courage team members Anna E. Rendell and Joy Groblebe are working through what it means to have  influence.  . . and it might not look like what you're thinking.In todays episode, Joy and Anna talk about the best cinnamon rolls they ever had (spoiler alert: they were from Bennigans'), and how Jesus makes the difference between influence and influencing.  Listen below or wherever you stream podcasts!Sharing a story today is (in)courage contributor Dawn Camp. She reads her story as published in Week One of the Courageous Influence Bible Study.Also this season, we will have very special guests Kathi Lipp, Becky Keife, and Grace P. Cho (author of  Courageous Influence)! These three friends spent a few days together as they went through the study and -- lucky us -- they recorded their conversations so we can all listen in.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

This final week of our first season,  hosts Becky Keife and Mary Carver discuss what they've learned about joy from God's perspective through this series of conversations. They talk about how joy is a gift from God and though happiness can be fleeting, difficult to access, or hard to maintain, joy in the Lord will last through every season.If you'd like to go deeper into this topic of joy, check out the Courageous Joy Bible Study at DaySpring — use code PODCAST25 to save 25% + get free shipping! Find it at http://bit.ly/ci_dayspring.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

This week, our hosts Becky Keife and Mary Carver discuss how we can find so much joy in community and how, in order to truly love God and love others, we must value every believer by embracing and celebrating what makes us unique. Michelle Reyes, (in)courage contributor, joins the show to share her own story of joy found in community.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

This week, our hosts Becky Keife and Mary Carver ask if it's possible to find joy even when life is at its hardest. They talk about how it's not bad or weird or even uncommon to feel both grief and joy at the same time, and they share when this has been true in their lives. (in)courage editor and contributor Grace P. Cho joins the show to share her story of finding joy during a difficult season.Find full episode notes here: https://incourage.me/2021/07/season-one-episode-06.htmlConnect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

Our hosts Becky and Mary talk about why it's a good thing for us to purposefully rejoice in what God has done, is doing, and will do in our lives. They discuss making the most of every opportunity to rejoice, remembering that every good and perfect gift comes from God (James 1:17), and also share a few things they're celebrating right now. And Anna E. Rendell, (in)courage contributor and digital content manager, joins the episode to share her story of celebration.Whether you’ve gone through the Courageous Joy Bible study, haven’t started it yet, or haven’t even heard of it, you’re invited to this series of conversations. Get your copy of Courageous Joy at DaySpring.com — use code PODCAST25 to save 25% + get free shipping!Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

This week, Becky and Mary are looking at how we can find joy in how God made us, how when we gaze upon God and then see ourselves through His eyes, we can’t help but feel love and joy for the person He’s made us to be. That's hard! Our brave hosts share how they've struggled to love the way the Lord made them—and how Scripture tells us that no matter how the world sees us, God looks at the heart. Joining today is (in)courage contributor Lucretia Berry, who shares her own story about finding our joy in the Lord and how He made us.Find full show notes here: https://incourage.me/?p=217489 Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

This week, our hosts Becky Keife and Mary Carver take a look at what it means to find our joy in the Lord—and what gets in our way of doing so.Robin Dance, (in)courage contributor joins the episode to share her own story of joy from Week 2 Day 3 of Courageous Joy, leading Becky and Mary to discuss how easy it is to lose our focus on God and attempt to find joy elsewhere. They also turn to Scripture for the story of the “sinful” woman who anointed Jesus’s feet. (You can find the full story in Luke 7:36-50.)Get the full show notes: https://incourage.me/?p=217487Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

This week, Becky Keife and Mary Carver dive into this season’s topic of courageous joy by starting with some foundational questions. They ask (and answer), “What is joy? And why is it important?”In this episode, we also hear from Aliza Latta, (in)courage contributor, as she shares her own story of joy from Week One, Day Two of the Courageous Joy Bible Study.Find the full show notes here: https://incourage.me/?p=217485 Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!