I was standing in the kitchen whipping up a pan of lasagna when my daughter Chloe said something that caught me completely off guard: she told me I was beautiful, right in the middle of taking care of our family. That moment is where this episode starts.

Chloe is my very first guest since we rebranded to Becoming a Wisdom Woman, and she’s sharing her own journey with femininity and modesty — from dressing to fit in during public school, to swinging hard into legalism once we started homeschooling, to finally landing in a heart-focused, Christ-centered understanding of what it means to dress and carry yourself as a daughter of God. You’ll hear us talk about the difference between immodesty and frumpiness, why the mother sets the tone for the whole home, and how embracing softness and beauty is a gift, not a burden.

Job was a good man, yet God allowed him to be stripped of everything he held dear— testing him almost to the breaking point. Why? Because God had something important to show Job in that season.

Today I’m walking through Job’s story, plus sharing my own (much smaller, but very real) tested-to-the-brink experience.

Loyalty and redemption — these two things play a fitting role in the story of Ruth, and they might just be looking for a place in your story too. Today I’m walking through her story and what it looks like to stay the course when everything in you wants to walk away.

“Perhaps you were made queen for a time such as this.”

The story of Esther — an orphaned Jewish girl who became Queen of Persia — reminds us that God blesses obedience and courage. Today I’m walking through her story, plus what obedience has looked like recently in my own life and marriage.

The Proverbs 31 woman is not a Pinterest board — in fact, she’s not even a real woman at all. Today I’m unpacking Proverbs 31:10-31 alongside the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5, taking a fresh look at what this often-misunderstood passage is actually meant to teach us.

Confession: driving over bridges is one of my biggest fears — But a recent drive across a long bridge over the Mississippi turned into one of the most powerful reminders I’ve had in a while: Jesus is the bridge.

Before you’re a mom, a wife, a cook, a cleaning lady, or anything else — you are a Kingdom daughter.

In this episode, I’m sharing about how God met me while I was scrubbing a toilet and helped me jump off the “hamster wheel” of motherhood to reclaim my deepest identity. If you feel swept up in the chaos of a busy life, this is a message you need to hear! 

It’s been almost two years… and I’m finally coming back to the mic! Welcome to a brand new season of the podcast (and a new name, too!) — Becoming a Wisdom Woman.

In today’s episode, I’m sharing an honest life update, plus three simple things that wise women can do to grow in their faith.