Have you ever felt like people online are inspiring but not always that relatable? We have too. We're just two ordinary young women staying faithful to Jesus in our everyday lives. We come from small towns and value the simplicity of the everyday. So if you love homemaking, biblical truth, ordinary living, and even a little bit of controversy... then join us on Tuesdays for each episode!
Slaves to Our Emotions: A Follow-Up on Anger, Therapeutic Shortfalls & Reconciling Our Feelings with Scripture
As two psychology majors, we’ve spent a lot of time learning about emotions, thoughts, behavior, and the ways they all influence one another. But what happens when the therapeutic framework we’re given doesn’t line up with the word of God?
In this episode, we’re talking honestly about some of the places we believe modern therapeutic culture can fall short, especially when it comes to emotions and self-control. Abby shares personally about her own struggle with anger and why, for her, the distance between anger and bitterness or rage can feel dangerously small. We unpack the difference between acknowledging an emotion and justifying it, and why we have to be careful about validating feelings that may be leading us toward sin.
We talk about the difference between suppressing our emotions, battling them, and exercising godly self-control over them—because having control over your emotions doesn’t mean pretending they aren’t there.
This isn’t a conversation about pretending emotions don’t matter. It’s about learning to bring our emotions under the authority of God’s Word rather than allowing our feelings to become our Holy Spirit.
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29 Sept 2026
Faith & Abby Disagree… Again: Motherhood, Anger & What It Means to Live in Light of the Gospel
It’s been a challenging week for Abby, but in the middle of motherhood, big emotions, and unmet expectations, the Lord has been reminding her of what actually matters.
In this episode, Abby shares some of the things God has been teaching her lately: that the goal of motherhood isn’t well-behaved children or simply making it to the end of the day, but raising children who know Jesus and that our only true hope and satisfaction is found in Christ.
Faith and Abby also talk about what it looks like to actually live connected to the Gospel in our ordinary, everyday lives, and how pursuing the fruit of the Spirit changes the way we respond to the people and circumstances around us.
And then… Faith and Abby disagree. Again. This time, they’re talking about anger: Is anger itself a sin? Where is the line between righteous anger, sinful anger, rage, and bitterness? And how much control do we actually have over our emotions?
It’s honest, a little tense, and ultimately a conversation about what it looks like to keep coming back to Christ in the middle of real life.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Only Christ by The Worship Initiative (https://open.spotify.com/track/7b7AJblgFyQEQV1PYPBAIo?si=b6390e831923416a)
Abby’s 4:45 playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2hyegUxRPqBkGAiPwSlA48?si=3436c018eff34c36)
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22 Sept 2026
Confession & Community: Sin, Redemption, & Displaying the Gospel with Gracin Johnson
Why is confession so uncommon in the modern church when Scripture calls us to confess our sins to one another?
In this episode, we’re joined by Gracin Johnson to talk about the beauty, difficulty, and importance of confession in Christian community. We unpack what confession looks like, why we should practice it, and how to find people who are safe and trustworthy enough to invite into the messier parts of our lives.
Gracin takes us to the Old Testament and we discuss how openly Scripture displays both the reality of sin and the redemption God brings from it. When we’re willing to share not only where we’ve sinned, but how God has redeemed us, our testimonies become a picture of the Gospel for the people around us.
Confession isn’t always comfortable, and it isn’t always received the way we hope. But we are called to confess, to walk honestly with one another, and to pursue the healing that comes through bringing sin into the light. When we do, we get to see God’s forgiveness and redemption displayed through His people and point one another back to Christ and the beauty of the Gospel.
Other episodes in our community series:
Sacredly Ordinary Stewardship (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bv4M50Kzn4ao67V15hwNS?si=4706a30d00624ceb)
The Art of Friendship (https://open.spotify.com/episode/7LOlNIYRQ4QgD3oKVS3469?si=701d118986984e60)
The Truth of Motherhood (https://open.spotify.com/episode/7LOlNIYRQ4QgD3oKVS3469?si=701d118986984e60)
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