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Sonder, is the realization that each person you meet has a life as complex as your own. Often we are surprised when we take the time to get to know someone on a deeper level and find similarities you would have never guessed by simply looking at them. These moments are ordained by God to encourage us in our walk with him. Join Stacy, Jacque, and special guest Evangeline North as she shares about her complex trauma and how God has brought her to a place of healing. ============================= Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig 🎉 SPECIAL GUEST:: Evangeline North 🎛️ PRODUCER + MIXING:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of Lepard Productions + The Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Dating can be a hard and complicated journey. Join Stacy and Jacque as they talk about what dating looks like with special guest Madi Herring. The ladies discuss some struggles associated with dating, the purpose of dating, and how God can play a part in helping us work through honest feelings associated with it. ============================= Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig 🎉 SPECIAL GUEST:: Madi Herring 🎛️ PRODUCER + MIXING:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of Lepard Productions + The Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Body image is how you see yourself when you look in the mirror or when you picture yourself in your mind. It can be impacted by thoughts, feelings and experiences in your life. Join Stacy, Jacque and special guest K.C. Ledgerwood a licensed professional counselor, movement teacher, and fashion enthusiast as they discuss the dynamic relationship that many people have with their bodies. The ladies talk about how to look at the journey a little differently and understand the gift our bodies are from God. ============================= Resources ============================= Website K.C. Ledgerwood 📖 UnEarthed Life | www.unearthedlife.com collectivecounselingservices@gmail.com ============================= Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig 🎉 SPECIAL GUEST:: K.C. Ledgerwood 🎛️ PRODUCER + MIXING:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of Lepard Productions + The Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Christmas can be filled with all the joy of the season but sometimes the true meaning of Christmas gets pushed aside unintentionally with all the fun things we try and do. Join Stacy and Jacque as they talk about how to walk through the season a little more intentionally. The ladies discuss ideas to help you plan and respond to everything coming at you a little less. They discuss ways to consider what you want the season to look like and how to keep it about Jesus. ============================= Resources ============================= Kids Books 📖 Advent Story Book: 24 Stories to Share Before Christmas by Antonie Schneider 📖 An Orange for Frankie by Patrica Polacco 📖 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day by Lloyd and Karmel Newell 📖 Jotham’s Journey series by Arnold Ytreeide 📖 Joy to the World: Christmas Stories From Around the Globe by Saviour Pirotta 📖 Let There be Light” by Illustrated by Jane Ray 📖 The Christmas Blessing by Erin Guendelsberger 📖 The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado 📖 The Legend of the Candy Cane by Lori Walburg 📖 The Tale of Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt 📖 The Three Gifts of Christmas by Jennie Bishop Family Advent 🗓️ Jotham's Journey : A Storybook for Advent by Arnold Ytreeide 🗓️ Bartholomew's Passage : A Storybook for Advent by Arnold Ytreeide 🗓️ Tabitha's Travels : A Storybook for Advent by Arnold Ytreeide 🗓️ Family Advent Devotional by Matt & Lauren Chandler Devotions 🙏 Emmanuel by Ruth Chou Simons 🙏 In the Lord I Take Refuge by Dane C. Ortlund Movies 🎥 Best Christmas Pageant Ever 🎥 How the Grinch Stole Christmas the original or 2018 “The Grinch” 🎥 I Can Only Imagine 🎥 It’s a Wonderful Life 🎥 Klaus 🎥 The Muppet Christmas Carol 🎥 The Star - Animated 🎥 The Very First Noel Christmas: Journey with Three Wise Men on Their Wondrous Quest to Find the Newborn King 🎥 Veggie Tales: The Star of Christmas ============================= Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig 🎛️ PRODUCER + MIXING:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of Lepard Productions + The Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Join Kim Fearing and her mother-in-law, Dr. Molly Fearing, as they have a candid conversation about the dynamics of their “in-law” relationship alongside their theological understanding of Ruth and its contemporary application. ============================= Reflection: ============================= ✅ How do you live from a place of remembrance about who God is - in practical, everyday ways? ✅ What keeps you from intimacy in family relationships? What is there to celebrate in those relationships? ✅ How can you remain curious about challenging family members? What are some questions you can ask instead of judgment? ✅ What do you need from God in order to bring healing and restoration into some of those relationships? ============================= Healing, Hope, + Remembrance: A Product of Anchor + Waves Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing 🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

From death to life. From famine to fertile land. From emptiness to fullness. We see the lives of Ruth and Naomi come full circle as God creates new life. With the creation of life comes the reminder that God desired his creation to live life to the fullest in the beginning and continues with that same desire. No one is forgotten in the story. Just as Obed is a sign of new life in Ruth, we live in remembrance that God will send his Son as the ultimate resurrection of new life. That is cause for celebration. ============================= Scripture/Book Reading: ============================= 📖 Ruth Chapter 4 ============================= Reflection: ============================= ✅ What would it take for you to boldly pray as Ruth, Naomi and Boaz do in this chapter? Could you boldly write that prayer or even say it? ✅ Has there been a time in your life where you’ve chosen the easier path that didn’t interrupt your journey, even though you felt a compulsion from God to do something different? What held you back (i.e. loss of status, fear of something, shame, false image of self or God)? I’m guessing at the root of that reason is a lie - either about who you are or who God is. Can you name it? ✅ When you think of others seeing the character of God within you, name what that would be or what you hope that would be. Ask God to help you with that spiritual formation. ✅ Where do you see signs of new life that could only come from God and give cause for celebration? “See, I am doing a new thing! Not it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19 ============================= Healing, Hope, + Remembrance: A Product of Anchor + Waves Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing 🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Perhaps one of the hardest things for me to receive is that God works through me to be an answered prayer to someone whom he deeply loves. A reminder they are not forgotten. You are not forgotten. A reminder that what once felt empty can now be full. I wonder if we can begin noticing the ways God uses Ruth, Naomi and Boaz to answer one another’s prayers as they begin to remember who God is and who he has always been. A reminder that perhaps life can still be lived to the fullest. ============================= Scripture/Book Reading: ============================= 📖 Ruth Chapter 3 ============================= Reflection: ============================= ✅ As you reflect on your own journey, does anyone come to mind who has been an answer to prayer? Does anyone come to mind where God used you to be an answer to their prayers? Take some to celebrate all of that! Maybe you feel compelled to send a note of gratitude to them. ✅ When is the last time you boldly asked God to redeem something in your life? And then believed God would be faithful to do it? Name it and write it somewhere so you can notice when his promises are fulfilled. Could you be brave enough to share it with a trusted friend? The individuals in Ruth share their burdens and prayers with one another. Perhaps trusting others with it reminds us to trust God with it too. ============================= Healing, Hope, + Remembrance: A Product of Anchor + Waves Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing 🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

In a world that speaks of coincidences, chapter 2 overflows with God’s sovereignty and providential timing. We can see him at work behind the scenes in every detail. Not only is it filled with reminders of God’s hesed love but also reminds us he will use anyone willing in order to reveal his character and love through them. ============================= Scripture/Book Reading: ============================= 📖 Ruth Chapter 2 ============================= Reflection: ============================= ✅ How has God called you by name to reveal his character and love through you? Think about your personality, character traits, and passions. How do they reveal the character of God and love for his people and encourage others to live life to the fullest? Can you receive the truth that God is reflected in you because of those? ✅ As you listened to the pottery story, what thoughts did it spark about centering your faith in Christ? How do you handle unknowns? What do you believe about God already knowing how the pottery will turn out even if you don’t? ✅ Where can you imagine yourself in the development of characters in chapter 2? Are you the one of worthy standing and faithfulness similar to Boaz? Perhaps something about Ruth reminds you of yourself: one who has questions while also pursuing who God is. Or is it Naomi in the midst of her grief and unknowns, living a very different life than she imagined? Sit with that and wonder about who they were and how they moved forward with God and how you might too. ============================= Healing, Hope, + Remembrance: A Product of Anchor + Waves Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing 🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Stacy Ludwig and guest host Kathy Stafford were able to sit down with Ruth Chou Simons to get to know a little more about Ruth the artist, faith-based speaker, entrepreneur and award-winning author. She was able to share her heart about being a mother for six boys, a little about her own spiritual journey, the origin of GraceLaced Co., and a loving word of encouragement to us all. Her newest devotional “Pilgrim: 25 Ways God’s Character Leads us Onward” is now available on Amazon Pilgrim and you can also check out all of Ruth’s products by going to GraceLaced.com. ============================= Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig 🎉 SPECIAL GUEST:: Ruth Chou Simons 🎛️ PRODUCER + MIXING:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of Lepard Productions + The Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

I wonder what our lives would look like and feel like if we understood what it meant to cleave to God and one another. To follow hard after someone requires trust. There is an innate trust between Ruth and Naomi, and between Naomi and God that we feel in Chapter 1. Ruth seems to feel it too, as she chooses to journey with Naomi back to her homeland, leaving behind everything - to begin living her life to the fullest. There is confusion and bitterness yet hope subtly hovers in the background with God, as two grieving widows cleave to one another walking into the unknown. ============================= Scripture/Book Reading: ============================= 📖 Ruth Chapter 1 ============================= Reflection: ============================= ✅ One of my favorite simple songs is “Beautiful Day,” by UpperRoom. The refrain is “Lord, thank you for sunshine; thank you for rain. Thank you for joy; thank you for pain. It’s a beautiful day.” I wonder what is hardest to be thankful for in your own life. When there is pain and grief, is there still a remembrance of who God is and what he has done? ✅ Are there any practices that could help you live in remembrance of who God is and what he has done? One of my favorites is to rewrite Psalm 136 with my own past remembrances of God’s “steadfast love that endures forever” in all circumstances. The practice of examen at the end of the day to reflect on where you felt the presence of God in the ordinary moments of your day can be a great daily practice. ✅ Is there anyone who comes to mind whom you feel compelled to come alongside in the midst of their pain and stick closely with him or her on their journey? Is there someone who has attempted to come alongside you whom you have been pushing away? Explore why. And then, go make that call! ============================= Healing, Hope, + Remembrance: A Product of Anchor + Waves Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing 🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

As we explore the Hebrew Scriptures, we begin to see that God’s desire is for his creation to live life to the fullest. There is historical and literary context that explains the significance of this leading up to the book of Ruth. We notice that God will use anyone willing to work alongside him in redeeming this messy world, and the theme of remembrance begins to emerge. ============================= Scripture/Book Reading: ============================= 📖 Genesis - Judges ============================= Reflection: ============================= ✅ What does remembrance (of who God has been for you and what he has done) look like for you? Are there parts of your life you can reflect upon and see him at work behind the scenes? ✅ Do you believe God desires you to live life to the fullest? Does he provide in abundance (teeming with life) or in scarcity? Can you notice why you believe what you do? ✅ What do your responses say about what you believe to be true about the character of God? ✅ What questions still linger about God as you understand him in the Old Testament? ============================= Healing, Hope, + Remembrance: A Product of Anchor + Waves Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing 🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Follow the unlikely story of a young, widowed woman who leaves behind everything she has known to follow her mother-in-law to an unknown future. Witness how trust in an ever-present God brings hope and healing to women beaten down by life's circumstances. Explore how looking at your own life through new eyes will reveal how God is even now at work in you. Remember your God and Reignite your joy. ============================= Healing, Hope, + Remembrance: A Product of Anchor + Waves Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing 🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

It feels like the topic of sexual identity is more prominent now than ever. People are discussing it, our kids are asking about it and people are struggling now with it more than ever. The question is how do we love each other the way Jesus would want us to love while discussing these questions and choices. Join Stacy, Jacque, and special guest Jeff Baxter, the Next Gen Pastor at Mission Hills Church, as they discuss how to handle these conversations in a healthy way. ============================= Resources ============================= Books: 📚 Living in a Gray World: A Christian Teens’ Guide to Understanding Homosexuality | Preston Sprinkle 📚 People To Be Loved: Why Homosexuality is Not Just an Issue | Preston Sprinkle 📚 Embodied: Transgender Identities, The Church and What The Bible Has To Say | Preston Sprinkle 📚 What Does the Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality? | Kevin DeYoung 📚 Go and Grow: 5 Keys to Moving Your Faith Forward and Adulting in the Real World (Student, Mentor/Parent editions) | Jeff Baxter Webpages: 📱 | https://news.gallup.com/poll/389792/lgbt-identification-ticks-up.aspx 📱 | https://www.beresfordresearch.com/age-range-by-generation/ 📱 | https://www.prestonsprinkle.com 📱 | https://www.centerforfaith.com 📱 | https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/topics/lgbt/ 📱 | https://www.gotquestions.org/sexual-immorality.html ============================= Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig 🎉 SPECIAL GUEST:: Jeff Baxter 🎛️ PRODUCER + MIXING:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of Lepard Productions + The Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Are we aware of how our actions and words impact others? In this episode, Ken West joins hosts Jacque and Stacy to share about his life, his personal experience with racism, and what he sees in our communities today. They explore how Ken was raised and how that has impacted his outlook and response to racism. The group discusses how to respect each other more so that we see each other as precious creations of God. ============================= Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig 🎉 SPECIAL GUEST:: Ken West 🎛️ PRODUCER + MIXING:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of Lepard Productions + The Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Are we aware of how our actions and words impact others? God made us to be in community with those that are not like us to help US grow and love others. Join Stacy, Jacque, and special guests Jan Junge and Lisa Mundy as they discuss how to encourage single people differently and make sure they feel seen. ============================= Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig 🎉 SPECIAL GUEST:: Jan Junge, Lisa Mundy 🎛️ PRODUCER:: Andrew Lepard 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

If you are looking for a deeper dive into the women and historical context we discussed this season, this is the episode for you. Join Kim and Dr. Craig Blomberg of Denver Seminary as they take a scholarly perspective on questions that were submitted throughout the Audacious Love season. ============================= Scripture/Book Reading: ============================= 📖 Luke 7:36-50 ============================= Reflection: ============================= ✅ Do you experience joy? Where are you in the order of things? --) Repentant heart. Is there anything that has been stirred up in you that is causing tension and you need to repent and ask forgiveness? --) Offer of forgiveness from God. Do you believe that God wants to forgive you in order to save and heal you? Spiritually, physically, emotionally, mentally. If not, why? There is nothing you could do that could keep his forgiveness out of reach. He shows us time and time again that he enters into the places where the outcasts live. --) Are you extending the love of Christ to others by showing acts of love so that it remains flowing rather than stagnant? Is there someone you need to forgive today? ============================= Audacious Love: A Product of Anchor + Waves Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing 🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Welcome back to another exciting episode here on Anchor + Waves! We love bringing you stories, ideas, and tools to help you through the tough and joyful moments in your life. And pressing on our hearts has been the topic of "marriage" over this last year. So what do we do if we struggle in our marriage? How do we honor God as things seem tough? Today we have Coletta Smith back on to talk about guarding your marriage from sudden catastrophe and the slow drift. Also, stick around for another "I'm Diggin' It" with Kelly McSparran as she and Stacy go through some really cool aspects of life they're enjoying.

Deb Mitchel, director of Re engage, and Eileen and Mike Sienkiewicz, are sharing with us how they took their marriages to the next level and how you can too. Re|engage is a ministry here at Mission Hills (created by WaterMark) that offers hope to marriages by helping couples move toward oneness through stories of grace and teaching, focusing on things like humility, confession, forgiveness, and commitment. Don’t you want to be fulfilled in your most intimate relationship? Whether your marriage is a solid “8” and you want to get to a “9” or you’re stuck on “2” and wondering if you’re going to make it through another year . . . settle in and listen to this.

Join Stacy, Jacque, and special guest Kim Fearing as they discuss the “Importance of an Invitation”. Kim’s calling is guiding women towards rediscovering the joy, laughter, and purpose in their everyday lives. As a speaker and writer, she delivers a vulnerability and humor while connecting God’s fundamental truths about who He uniquely designed each of us to be. She will challenge each woman to consider God’s calling on her life and to boldly live it out as an adventurer. In this podcast, the ladies discuss the Bible as a collection of invitations, that we are called to follow this example and invite others into God-ordained moments that grow us as well as them.

We live in a time in which we are hyper-focused on how we see ourselves and how others see us, we can often then begin to assign worth and value to ourselves based upon those labels. The sad and tragic reality is that underneath a label or classification is a person, a purposeful creation of God, who has been reduced to a cheap descriptor. Join Jacque, Stacy, and special guest Amy Grace as she shares her personal story of battling against labels put on her, she put on herself, and how God redeemed ALL of it. ============================= Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig 🎉 SPECIAL GUEST:: Amy Grace 🎛️ PRODUCER:: Andrew Lepard 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland A Product of the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved