With today’s episode, we’re marking the start of our third season of the As You Go podcast. We’ve made an exciting new addition to the show for this season: Rolling Hills Women’s Ministry Director Miranda Kokes will now serve as co-host alongside our Counseling Director, Kathy Koon! If you’ve been a longtime listener, you might remember that Miranda was one of our guests back in March (2022). If you haven’t already, we recommend you check out that episode to get to know her and her story! But, thankfully, not everything has changed. As You Go is still meant to encourage and disciple women who are daily trying to follow Jesus by balancing work, family, friendship, health, and everything else life throws at us. Today’s episode starts our new season off strong, complete with our first-ever live audience! We’ll be in conversation with Christian author, speaker, and musician, Kelly Minter.Kelly tells us about her upbringing in the church her parents founded in her hometown in Virginia. Later, she shares what drove her to move to middle Tennessee and to begin her vocation as a communicator of the Gospel and Christian living. Now, in her mid 40s, Kelly is a seminary student, a well-known traveling speaker, and an author of numerous books and Bible studies. One such study, titled Encountering God, is currently blessing our Women’s Ministry Midweek bible study and small groups, which are collectively called “The Gathering”. The seven-week journey delves into the spiritual disciplines, especially with women in mind. Life gets busy, and if we’re not carefully prioritizing our time, it will feel like we don’t have enough hours in the day to pursue God. The first step toward getting more consistent and feeling more fulfilled in our spiritual disciplines is recognizing that taking care of our relationship with God is both our first and our last needs! Today, Kelly gives insight into what inspired her to write this new study, and just how significant of a need it aims to meet. Kelly also discusses the challenge of writing about disciplines that she herself has not mastered. As an example, Kelly explains how prayer didn’t come as naturally to her as other spiritual disciplines have. And she’s not alone: Christ-followers are always striving to live more like our Lord. But we’re not Jesus, and perfection should never be our expectation. Kelly shares encouragement and a challenge to stay the course as we pursue small but meaningful growth in these disciplines. Doing life in community makes lots of things easier, and pursuing spiritual growth is one of them. We hope you will take the time to listen to this wonderful conversation with Miranda, Kathy, and Kelly this week. May it encourage you and bless you As You Go. 

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