Planter Wives

Kaye Geiger on Relationships with Other Staff and Elder Wives at Your Church

Christine talks with Kaye Geiger, whose husband Eric is the lead pastor at Mariner’s Church in Orange County, California. Kaye has a deep passion for pastors’ wives and pastors’ kids and shares why unity and friendship among pastors' and elders' wives on the same church staff is are so important. Aside from sharing what she does to serve and connect pastors' wives and kids at her church, she addresses:

• Conflict
• Personality differences
• Covid related differences of opinion
• Loneliness
• Feelings of wanting to quit
• Expectations and the role of the pastor’s wife 

LINKS FROM THE SHOW
Mariners Church

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Garrett Kell on Hiding Sin While Pastoring and God's Kindness Leading to Repentance (Best Of By Faith)

Christine shares one of her favorite episodes from Season 5: her conversation with Garrett Kell, who details his dramatic conversion while a student at Virginia Tech and how the gospel changed him and those around him. Garrett then shares about his first years as a pastor and how he hid a secret sin from people in his life. God, in his goodness, brought his sin into the light and the way he did it changed Garrett forever.

Please note: this episode is not suitable for the listening ears of children.

LINKS FROM THE SHOW
Del Ray Baptist Church // Romans 2:4 // Ezekiel 38

Read more about Garrett's story:
I Was a Pastor Hooked on Porn
When God Chased Me
Finding Forgiveness After My Abortion

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Grace English on God's Forgiveness After Choosing Abortion

Christine talks with Dr. Grace English. Grace shares her experience with having an abortion as a college student and how that abortion continued to haunt her into her marriage and motherhood, which she now knows to be post-abortion trauma. She shares what made her decide to tell someone, how she came to understand Christ’s forgiveness for the abortion, and what she wants Christians to know about the many men and women in our lives who have been affected by abortion. At the end, she also speaks to those who are listening who’ve had an abortion, so if that’s you, listen all the way to the end to hear Grace’s words to you. 

LINKS FROM THE SHOW
Grace's ministry, CARE // Surrendering the Secret Bible Study // Men Hurt Too // Forgiven and Set Free

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Callie Nixon on Fighting the Sin of Lust

Christine talks with Callie Nixon, director of women’s ministry teams at Watermark Church in Dallas, Texas. She’s married to Ryan, who also works at Watermark, and together they have three kids. Callie shares about her 10 year addiction to lust and masturbation. She shares how it became a hidden sin for all those years and why she finally told a friend during college. Callie shares how she continues to fight against temptation to this day, how her sexual sin has affected her marriage, and what she’d say to women who are struggling privately with shame over lust, masturbation, or any sexual sin. 

LINKS FROM THE SHOW
Watermark Church // Reengage // Regeneration 

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Olga Zapolska on Choosing Love Rather Than Fear After the Death of Her Son

Christine sits down with Olga Zapolska to hear her story of watching her home nation, the Soviet Union, dissolve, and how she met Christ after coming out of a communist country. Olga then shares about getting the phone call every mother never hopes to get, a phone call where she learned her son had been killed by a drunk driver. Olga shares how God was near to her even as she was thousands of miles away from her son, how he provided miraculously for her family, and how she is learning to choose love rather than fear. She also shares what she said to the man who killed her son in her victim impact statement–a lesson to all of us in forgiveness that only God can author.

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Garrett Kell on Hiding Sin and God's Goodness to Bring it Into the Light

Christine is joined by Garrett Kell, who details his dramatic conversion while a student at Virginia Tech and how the gospel changed him and those around him. Garrett then shares about his first years as a pastor and how he hid a secret sin from people in his life. God, in his goodness, brought his sin into the light and the way he did it changed Garrett forever.

Please note: this episode is not suitable for children's listening ears.

LINKS FROM THE SHOW
Del Ray Baptist Church // Romans 2:4 // Ezekiel 38

Read more about Garrett's story:
I Was a Pastor Hooked on Porn
When God Chased Me
Finding Forgiveness After My Abortion

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Find out more about Labor With Hope by Gloria Furman at crossway.org/ByFaith2.

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Carolyn McCulley on Women, Work, and the Church

Carolyn McCulley joins Christine to talk about women and work, how we don’t often within the church talk about the entire arc of a woman’s life, and how this hinders our understanding of biblical womanhood. Carolyn also shares about being single in the church and gives us some super practical things we can all do to cultivate community for our single friends, as well as how we can encourage singles to use their gifts within the church.

LINKS FROM THE SHOW
Carolyn's book The Measure of Success // Carolyn's other books // City Gate Films // Ian & Larissa's documentary // Babylon Bee

Thank you to Baker Books for sponsoring today's episode! Find Rebecca Friedlander's new book, Finding Beautiful, on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Christianbook.com. Visit rebeccafriedlander.com for more information.

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Greg Gilbert on Living and Serving From Grace Rather Than Guilt

Christine talks with pastor Greg Gilbert about how we can discover grace, let go of guilt, and rest with great assurance in our salvation. He helps us discover the why behind our service and what it means to actually serve by faith rather than from a place of guilt.

This is a gospel-rich episode! Christine and Greg cover everything from doubting our salvation, wondering if we've committed what the Bible says is the unpardonable sin, worries about losing our salvation, and finding ourselves driven more by "shoulds" than the actual gospel. 

LINKS FROM THE SHOW
Third Avenue Baptist // Assured // What is the Gospel? // Greg's other books

Thank you to Baker Books for sponsoring today's episode! Find Greg's new book, Assured: Discover Grace, Let Go of Guilt, and Rest in Your Salvation, on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Christianbook.com. Visit bakerpublishinggroup.com for more information.

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