Episode #211-The Made from Scratch Kitchen with Melissa K. Norris

Episode #211-The Made from Scratch Kitchen with Melissa K. Norris

by | Aug 2, 2016 | Home, Podcast, Recipes, tips and ideas | 0 comments

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Buy The Made from Scratch Life Do you long for simpler days? Do you wish you had the time to offer your family home-grown meals? Does your heart cry for a quiet place in this fast-paced world? Blogger and homesteader Melissa K. Norris inspires with practical and easy methods to help you cook from scratch, garden, preserve your own food, and see God’s fingerprints in your everyday busy life. You’ll learn how to plan, plant, and harvest for eating and preserving troubleshoot common gardening problems with natural solutions improve your family’s health with natural cooking and cleaning methods Whether you live in the middle of the asphalt jungle or on the side of a mountain, you can experience the pioneer lifestyle and start your own homesteading journey. Because when you surround yourself with things made from the hand of God, you can’t help but see Him. Home Made Citrus Cleaner Recipe The full recipe and instructions here! Ever dreamed of being like Laura Ingalls Wilder, living off the land? Or at least being able to grow your own tomatoes without the squirrels getting them before you do? Today I talk with Melissa K. Norris, author of The Made from Scratch Kitchen, about living the pioneer life in modern times. Even if you are a city girl, she shares tips for gardening, cooking, and cleaning with wholesome ingredients that you can make today. Mentioned in this podcast: Melissa’s podcast: Pioneering Today Podcast The $64 Tomato (book) Win a copy of Melissa’s book The Made from Scratch Life by leaving a comment telling me one step you are going to make towards homesteading!

 

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The full recipe and instructions here!

 

Meet Our Guest

Melissa K. Norris

Melissa K. Norris

Hey, there, I’m Melissa K. Norris. I’m just a plain country girl who loves Jesus, playing in the dirt, stuffing food into Mason jars (after I wash my hands of course), and hunting down as many traditional old-fashioned skills as I can to put into use on our homestead.

Occasionally I chase down a chicken and I’ve been known to wrangle a cow or two back into the pasture when they get the hankering to leave our field.

Visit www.MelissaKNorris.com for heirloom gardening, preserving the harvest (all forms of canning, dehydrating, and any other way to preserve food at home), raising critters aka livestock, from scratch cooking, frugal living, and any other kind of old-fashioned skill I come across and am determined to master.

P.S. I love to chat, so you can visit with me and listen to my podcast at www.MelissaKNorris.com/podcast

Episode #211-The Made from Scratch Kitchen with Melissa K. Norris

Episode #210-Breaking Up with Perfect with Amy Carroll

by | Jul 26, 2016 | God, Podcast, Relationships, The Me Project | 0 comments

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Breaking Up with Perfect Online Study

HOW DOES THIS WORK?

WHEN: August 1-September 5
WHERE: On Amy Carroll’s blog and on Facebook too!
WHY: There are lots of great reasons to do your study online. Here are just a few:

  • This is easy study format, and you can participate as much or as little as you like. Twice a week, you’ll get a lesson in your email box by subscribing here, and you can join the private Facebook page here for more interaction.
  • You’ve got an irregular schedule because of work, kids, appointments, or other interruptions. You can do an online study on your own time–right on schedule with the group or at your own slower pace.
  • You’re mobility is limited, and you’re at home. This is a way to connect with other women right in your living room.
  • This is a safe place to build relationships with others while maintaining your privacy. You can share freely without fear of judgement. Authenticity is a cornerstone of my book, and I was very vulnerable in writing. I hope it makes you feel free to be your truest self too.
  • This is a super-easy way to lead a small group. The group can meet together once a week to discuss your personal take-aways, but I’ll lead the weekly assignments. If you’d like to have a Leader’s Guide with tips, videos, and a schedule for leading your group, click here to purchase it.

10 Steps of Fun and Transformational Things You Can Do Today to Stop Trying to Be Perfect

Trying to be perfect is exhausting. Start taking steps to break up with perfect TODAY by using this FREE download from Amy. Thank you Amy!

Are you striving and trying hard to do everything right? Is this beginning to hurt your relationships with friends, spouses, even God?

Breaking up with perfect is about grace. Grace for myself and grace for others.

Join me as I talk with Amy Carroll, author of Breaking Up with Perfect as we get real about how are different personality styles affect our ability to walk beside our friends during the ups and downs of life. **Win a copy of the book Breaking Up with Perfect by Amy Carroll by leaving a comment below   Mentioned in this episode: Breaking Up with Perfect Online Study Strengths Finder Share on FacebookGod's-Love-for-Us---Facebook-Eps-210   Share on Pinterest Not-by-job-to-Judge-Eps-210-Pinterest

 

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Trying to be perfect is exhausting. Start taking steps to break up with perfect TODAY by using this FREE download from Amy. Thank you Amy! Click here to download. 

Meet Our Guest

Amy Carroll

Amy Carroll

Amy Carroll is a speaker, writer, and International Initiatives Coordinator with Proverbs 31 Ministries. She’s the author of Breaking Up with Perfect as well as the director and coach of Next Step Speaker Services. Amy and her husband live in lovely Holly Springs, NC with a bossy miniature dachshund. You can find her on any given day texting her two sons at college, typing at her computer, reading a book, or trying to figure out one more alternative to cooking dinner. Share life with Amy at www.amycarroll.org

Episode #211-The Made from Scratch Kitchen with Melissa K. Norris

Episode #209-Fawn Weaver and Happy Marriages: The Ultimate Resource Guide for (trying to be) Awesome Wives Part 5

by | Jul 18, 2016 | Love Your Husband, Marriage, Podcast, Proverbs 31 OBS, The Husband Project | 0 comments

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Having trouble with the Husband Project when you’re not in the best place in your marriage? You are not alone.

It’s hard to talk about, but some marriages are difficult and you may be doing the Husband Project Online Bible Study with Proverbs 31 Ministries, but your heart is just not in it.

In this episode, I talk with Fawn Weaver who has interviewed over 110 couples around the world to see what common threads could be found in strong, happy marriages. What she found is surprisingly empowering.

Listen in to hear her tips on how to find hope when there is a marital mismatch or if you feel like you’ve tried everything and you’re stuck.

Mentioned in this episode:

Fawn Weaver’s TedTalk “The Argument Free Marriage“

 

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Meet Our Guest

Fawn Weaver

Fawn Weaver

Fawn Weaver, a USA Today and New York Times and bestselling author, is an investor, marriage advocate, TEDx alum and the founder of the Happy Wives Club, a community of nearly 1,000,000 women in more than 110 countries.

Episode #211-The Made from Scratch Kitchen with Melissa K. Norris

Episode #208-Dineen Miller and Lynn Donovan and The Ultimate Resource Guide for (trying to be) Awesome Wives

by | Jul 11, 2016 | Love Your Husband, Marriage, Podcast | 0 comments

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Are you married to a non-Christian? Do you have friends that are? 

For the Husband Project, I really want women to see God active in their marriages whether they have a pre-believing spouse or a believing spouse.

That is why I am speaking with Dineen Miller and Lynn Donovan who co-wrote the book Winning Him Without Words: 10 Keys to Thriving in Your Spiritually Mismatched Marriage and host the website Spiritually Unequal Marriage. In this episode we will gain wisdom of what we can do for our husbands regardless of whether or not he is a believer and how we can be a better friend to those who are married to non-Christian husbands.

Another great book Dineen and Lynn wrote is Not Alone: Trusting God to Help You Raise Godly Kids in a Spiritually Mismatched Home.

Meet Our Guest

Lynn Donovan and Dineen Miller

Lynn Donovan and Dineen Miller

Lynn Donovan is a speaker, author, and an ordinary woman who shares with audiences her everyday adventures of walking in the Presence of God. Her delight is igniting women’s hearts with Holy Spirit fire, inspiring wives and mothers to step fully into their high and holy calling of marriage and motherhood with joy, laughter and God’s favor.

She has been featured guest on the 700 Club Interactive, Focus on the Family, Dr. James Dobson’s FamilyTalk and FamilyLife Today. She coauthored the award winning book, Winning Him Without Words and also Not Alone, Trusting God to Help You Raise Godly Kids In a Spiritually Mismatched Marriage. She has a son and a daughter and a granddaughter. She lives with her husband in Temecula, California. Visit Lynn online at MismatchedAndThriving.com.

Dineen Miller readily admits that one of the greatest lessons she’s learning about life is that there’s purpose in our trials. It’s all about trusting God and putting our hope in Him. Her favorite stories are of the miracles God has wrought in the lives of her family. Through this lens she also believes her years as a youth counselor, a Stephen Minister, a women’s ministry leader and a life group leader fuel her desire to ignite the souls of others through words of truth. She’s also a retreat and conference speaker and has been featured on the Moody Radio Network, Focus on the Family Radio, Dr. James Dobson’s FamilyTalk, FamilyLife Today and INSIGHT on Miracle Channel.

In addition to writing for the SpirituallyUnequalMarriage.com community, Dineen has won several prestigious awards for her fiction, and is the author of the ACFW Carol Award winning book The Soul Saver and the novella, A Love Meant To Be, part of the Central Park Rendezvous Collection. She is the co-author of Winning Him Without Words: 10 Keys to Thriving in Your Spiritually Mismatched Marriage, named Non-Fiction Book of 2011 by the San Diego Christian Writers Guild, and Not Alone: Trusting God to Help You Raise Godly Kids in a Spiritually Mismatched Home.

She and her husband are proud parents to two adult daughters and a son-in-law. They love to collect shells and walk the famous white sands of Siesta Key Beach near where they live in Sarasota, Florida. For more information about Dineen’s current projects and speaking engagements, check out her News & Events and Speaking pages.

Episode #211-The Made from Scratch Kitchen with Melissa K. Norris

Episode #207-Sheila Wray Gregoire and The Ultimate Resource Guide for (trying to be) Awesome Wives

by | Jul 4, 2016 | Marriage, Podcast, The Husband Project | 0 comments

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WARNING: NOT FOR LITTLE EARS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ADULT CONTENT IN THIS EPISODE

Did you think we would have The Husband Project and NOT talk about sex? Of course not. So I brought in our resident sex-pert, Sheila Wray Gregoire, to share her wisdom.

As the author of the book The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex: (And You Thought Bad Girls Have All the Fun) and creator of the website To Love, Honor and Vacuum, Sheila has done the research and can answer the most commonly asked questions that I hear (and all the others that I DON’T hear.)

So, put the earbuds in to listen if the kids are around because we are about to have some serious girl talk!

Meet Our Guest

Sheila Wray Gregoire

Sheila Wray Gregoire

Sheila Wray Gregoire is a Christian speaker, columnist, and author. She’s written five books, including The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex. She loves speaking about marriage, parenting, and keeping our eyes on Jesus. She lives in Ontario, Canada, with her husband of 20 years and her two daughters, whom she homeschools.

Episode #211-The Made from Scratch Kitchen with Melissa K. Norris

Episode #206-Nicki Koziarz and The Ultimate Resource Guide for (trying to be) Awesome Wives

by | Jun 26, 2016 | Podcast, The Husband Project | 0 comments

Episode 206: Don't Quit Nicki Koziarz

Not all marriages are “created” equal. Sometimes circumstances, situations, unexpected turns in life and things both in and out of our own control can make our marriages less than ideal.

In this episode, I speak with Nicki Koziarz from Proverbs 31 Ministries, who even admits that the project had its challenges, but as the author of 5 Habits of a Woman Who Doesn’t Quit, Nicki knows the key to getting past her feelings to the reward of reaping what she sows. Both Nicki and I have gone through quite a bit in our marriages and we know the beauty of never quitting. So if you aren’t sure you even WANT to do The Husband Project Online Bible Study, please listen in for some encouragement.

 

 

Meet Our Guest

Nicki Koziarz

Nicki Koziarz

Nicki Koziarz is an author and speaker with Proverbs 31 Ministries. Each week she helps leads thousands of women through P31 Online Bible Studies. She and her husband, Kris, own a fixer upper farm just outside Charlotte, NC. There they are raising their three beautiful [but hormonal] daughters, a barnyard of misfit animals and one slightly famous pug. After a broken experience in the Church, Nicki is consumed with learning to lead her generation on the pursuit of Truth and Love.