By Faith With Christine Hoover

Christine sits down with Dorena Williamson, a pastor's wife and mom of four, who is passionate about helping others revel in the beauty of the diversity of God's kingdom. She calls this passion "bridge building": seeking to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God. Dorena shares what bridge building practically looks like in her life, how God is expanding the reach of her message through children, and the truth she turns to when she feels hopeless and wants to give up. LINKS FROM THE SHOWStrong Tower Church // Colorfull // Thoughtfull // Gracefull // Be The BridgeThank you to The Good Book Company for sponsoring today's episode! Find Melissa Kruger's new book, 5 Things to Pray For Your Kids, on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Christianbook.com. Visit thegoodbook.com for more information.Connect with Dorena Twitter // Instagram // WebsiteConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Subscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // SpotifyMusic for By Faith cr

Christine chats with wife, mom, women's minister, and author Melissa Kruger about how she's cultivated the gift of teaching. Melissa shares about her unlikely start as a teacher, and how she helps other women learn to teach and hone their craft. She says we're all teachers in some form, whether we're teaching our children or counseling a friend over coffee. Melissa gives us helpful advice on growing in our understanding of Scripture and passing that knowledge along to others.LINKS FROM THE SHOWUptown Church // The Gospel Coalition // Five Things to Pray for Your Kids // In All Things // Melissa's other booksThank you to The Good Book Company for sponsoring today's episode! Find Melissa Kruger's new book, 5 Things to Pray For Your Kids, on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Christianbook.com. Visit thegoodbook.com for more information.Connect with Melissa Twitter // Instagram // WebsiteConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Subscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Googl

Christine talks with Dr. Russell Moore about what the gift of prophecy is, how we see it in the church today, and how we can endure in our service to others when we're discouraged, weary, or facing criticism. LINKS FROM THE SHOWEthics and Religious Liberty Commission // The Storm Tossed Family // The Dip by Seth Godin // Dr. Moore's other booksThank you to The Good Book Company for sponsoring today's episode! Find Melissa Kruger's new book, 5 Things to Pray For Your Kids, on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Christianbook.com. Visit thegoodbook.com for more information.Connect with Dr. MooreTwitter // Instagram // Website // FacebookConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Subscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // SpotifyMusic for By Faith created by The Silver PagesArtwork for By Faith created by Reed Harmon

Christine talks with her friend Lori McDaniel about the gift of leadership. Lori shares how she first knew she was a leader, what challenges she's faced as a woman leader, and what leadership looks like for women in complementarian church contexts. LINKS FROM THE SHOWInternational Mission Board // The McDaniel's Church // Spiritual Gifts Inventory // Oswald Sanders' Spiritual LeadershipThank you to The Good Book Company for sponsoring today's episode! Find Melissa Kruger's new book, 5 Things to Pray For Your Kids, on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Christianbook.com. Visit thegoodbook.com for more information.Connect with Lori Twitter // Instagram // WebsiteConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Subscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // SpotifyMusic for By Faith created by The Silver PagesArtwork for By Faith created by Reed Harmon

Christine chats with author Christie Purifoy about her ministry of what she calls "placemaking": cultivating a sense of home and place in a way that loves God and our neighbors well. She says placemaking is for everyone, no matter if you live in a dorm room or a high-rise in the city, no matter if you have the gift of hospitality or if you're an introvert. Christie shares practical and simple ways we can all be placemakers where we live, both in our homes and in our communities.LINKS FROM THE SHOWChristie's new book, Placemaker: Cultivating Places of Comfort, Beauty, and PeaceThank you to The Good Book Company for sponsoring today's episode! Find Melissa Kruger's new book, 5 Things to Pray For Your Kids, on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Christianbook.com. Visit thegoodbook.com for more information.Connect with Christie PurifoyWebsite // Twitter // Instagram // Facebook // PodcastConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Subscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google

Christine talks with singer/songwriter Caroline Cobb about how she uses her voice and creative talents to serve God and others. Caroline shares how she begin writing songs and taking the huge risk of playing them for others. She also talks about the temptations that lay like landmines in any type of service that puts you up in front of others--things like comparison, envy, isolation, and control. Though we may not all be songwriters like her, Caroline helps us see how even the little things we do everyday matter in the Kingdom of God.LINKS FROM THE SHOWWhite Rock Fellowship // "There is a Mountain" // "Only the Sick Need a Physician" // Caroline's music on iTunes // Follow Caroline on SpotifyThank you to Baker Books for sponsoring today's episode! Find Sarah Beth Marr's new book, Whispers and Wildflowers: 30 Days to Slow Your Pace, Savor Scripture, and Draw Closer to God on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Christianbook.com. Visit sarahbethmarr.com for more information.Past Episodes of By Faith Mentioned in this Ep

Christine chats with author Jared Wilson about what spiritual gifts are, how we should think about them, and why the church is so important in helping us know how we're gifted. Jared shares how we can avoid a self-focus when it comes to how God's created us to serve him and how we can know if we're serving in the Spirit's strength rather than our own. In addition, Jared and Christine talk about when Jared left the pastorate, how he knew it was time to make a change, and how times of transition can often reveal the idolatry we place in our identity.LINKS FROM THE SHOWMidwestern Baptist Theological Seminary // Jared's new book, The Gospel-Driven Church // The Imperfect Disciple // The Pastor's Justification // Spiritual Gifts passages: 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, Ephesians 4 Thank you to Baker Books for sponsoring today's episode! Find Scott Kedersha's new book, Ready or Knot? on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Christianbook.com. Visit ScottKedersha.com/Ready for more information.Connect with JaredTwitter // Instag

Christine talks with Missie Branch, Assistant Dean of Students to Women and Director of Graduate Life at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Missie says the job she's in now "found her," but before that she was at home with her kids, homeschooling them, helping her husband pursue his career goals, and serving in what she calls "the obscure years." Whether or not we're married or single, mothering or not, homeschooling or not, most of our service happens in obscure, unseen ways. Christine asks Missie about how she navigated times when she felt uncertain, when she felt her gifts and passions were going untapped, and how she cultivated contentment in where God has had her along the way. Missie looks back over the course of her life and service and shares how God doesn't waste a single gift or season in our lives.LINKS FROM THE SHOWSoutheastern Baptist Theological Seminary // Paul Zach's song, "Our Labor is Not in Vain" // The Porter's Gate Album, "Work Songs"Connect with MissieTwitter // Instagram // Face

Listen to the first three chapters of Christine's book, Messy Beautiful Friendship, for free!Purchase the full audiobook from this episode's generous sponsor, Christian Audio, for only $9.99 from January 1-8, 2019.

Christine and her longtime friend Jo answer listeners' questions regarding friendship. They tackle questions about ministry and friendship, boundaries, reengaging after you've been hurt, if we should be friends with someone we don't really want to be friends with, and much more.LINKS FROM THE SHOWConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine asks writer Lore Wilbert about the effects of moving and transition on relationships. Lore shares what she's bad at in friendship, how she purposes to be honest when someone asks her how she's doing, how getting married changed her friendships, why making couple friends is so difficult, and how God hasn't ever wasted loneliness in her life.LINKS FROM THE SHOWLore's Website // My conversation with Lore on SinglenessConnect with LoreWebsite // Twitter // InstagramConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine asks author and pastor Drew Hunter about male friendships. They discuss how men can prioritize friendship in their busy lives and how women around them can help them do so. LINKS FROM THE SHOWDrew's Church // Drew's Book, Made for FriendshipConnect with DrewTwitterSubmit a Question for the Ask Me Anything EpisodeConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine asks Kristie Anyabwile about how pastor's wives can pinpoint friends within their churches and how they can cultivate these friendships. They discuss obstacles and complexities for pastor's wives in making friends, as well as opportunities that come simply by being the pastor's wife.LINKS FROM THE SHOWKristie's church // Katie Orr on "Friendship for the Pastor's Wife"Connect with KristieWebsite // Her Writing // Twitter // InstagramSubmit a Question for the Ask Me Anything EpisodeConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine is joined by author and pastor's wife Tilly Dillehay, who shares how envy in a specific relationship destroyed it, how she learned to diagnosis and confess envy, and how we can recognize and respond to envy in our own lives.LINKS FROM THE SHOWTilly's book, Seeing Green // C.S. Lewis' Weight of Glory (includes The Inner Ring essay)Connect with TillyWebsite // Twitter // InstagramSubmit a Question for the Ask Me Anything EpisodeConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine asks Shauna Pilgreen, author of a new book called "Love Where You Live," how we can befriend and serve our neighbors, how we can turn conversations deeper, and how we can overcome the barriers of fear and busyness in order to love others better.LINKS FROM THE SHOWPreorder Shauna's book, Love Where You Live // Epic ChurchConnect with ShaunaWebsite // Twitter // Instagram Submit a Question for the Ask Me Anything EpisodeConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify 

Marissa Henley joins Christine to not only share her story of suffering but to share how her friends intentionally helped and ministered to her in the worst time of her life. She gives get insight on how we can love our friends through adversity.LINKS FROM THE SHOWMarissa's book, How to Love Your Friend Through Cancer // Enter to win a copy of the book!Connect with MarissaWebsite // Twitter // InstagramPrintable: What To Do For a Friend in SufferingSubmit a Question for the Ask Me Anything EpisodeConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine welcomes podcaster and author Jamie Ivey to the show to talk about insecurity and how it affects friendship, how friendship has been hard for Jamie, how we can help the men in our lives prioritize friendship, and how Jamie is helping her kids navigate relationships with their peers. LINKS FROM THE SHOWJamie's book, If You Only Knew // The Happy Hour Podcast // Jackie Hill Perry's episode on Jamie's podcast // Voxer app Connect with JamieWebsite // Twitter // Instagram // FacebookSubmit a Question for the Ask Me Anything EpisodeConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Jen Wilkin joins Christine on By Faith to share how friendship has been hard for her, how we must all be intentional in our relationships, and how she often sees women hindering their own friendships from growing deeper.LINKS FROM THE SHOWGenesis Study // In His Image // Jen's other books and Bible studies // Jen's free Bible studiesConnect with JenWebsite // Twitter // InstagramConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine and author Hannah Anderson discuss why it's important to define friendship, what we can do when there is distance in a friendship, how to have wise conflict, and how loneliness can sometimes be a gift.LINKS FROM THE SHOWAll That's Good // Humble Roots // Made for MoreConnect with HannahWebsite // Twitter // InstagramConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine chats with artist and author Ruth Chou Simons, who shares how we can navigate hurts in friendship from a biblical perspective. Ruth shares how she's practiced forgiveness and how she's known when to overlook an offense versus when to address it with a friend. LINKS FROM THE SHOWThe Gracelaced Shoppe // Gracelaced the Book // Ruth's other books Connect with Ruth Website // Twitter // Instagram Connect with Christine Blog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books  Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful Friendship Paperback // Audiobook // Ebook Download your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guide Learn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" Podcast iTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify