Real Sisters, Real Talk
Join sisters, Jody and Shawna, as they talk about how God is at work!
Episodes
172 episodes
Show Up Like Jesus
We often talk about being like Jesus. Loving like He loves. Forgiving like He forgives. But have you ever thought about being present like He is present? Jody and Shawna discuss how we can show up in the lives of others like Jesus. <...
The Way Back to God
Real Sisters, Real Talk Episode 178 : TheNana(Jody) and Faye were walking hand in hand when something caught Faye’s attention and without even realizing it, she let go. There are times when we let go of God’s hand in this walk of life. When tha...
Meet Our Guests Klarc & Bobbie Korver
Jody and Shawna have a great time talking with Pastor Klarc and Bobbie Korver, hosts of Wake Before the Day podcast. We talked about how we can continue to grow in our walk with God, spiritual gifts and natural talents, when we have felt closes...
Stay Close to Jesus
We were created for connection - connection with God and with one another. Jody & Shawna open up about what that has looked like in their own walk with God. Jody shares a time when she found herself beating herself up - self loathing....
Faster Isn't Always Better
We’re always looking to shave off seconds, get more done in less time, move faster! As Jody and Shawna are on the road to recovery everything has slowed down. Everything but life, that is. The question they are both asking is, “God, what do you...
Learning the Power of Prayer, God's Presence and God's People
Breaking her heel was not on Shawna’s Bingo card, but, here we are! She tells us the story of how it happened. And with Jody’s recent injury to her knee in Chicago, both sisters reflect on what God is teaching them through it all. In summary, t...
Replay Episode 112 "God, I Trust You (???)"
What is God doing if He’s not answering your prayers? Jody shares how God spoke to her when she got honest about the weight she felt as she waits on God. What He spoke to her changed the way she prayed. Also, Jody opens up about the th...
Prepare You Heart, Not Just Your House
What if hospitality is more than having clean floors? What if it’s more a matter of our heart being ready for others than our home being ready? Jody & Shawna love a clean floor but push the conversation to showing hospitality wherever you g...
Control or Trust?
If I could control every circumstance in my life, I would. We would. The truth is we can’t. We don’t. But that doesn’t mean that life is out of control. Jody and Shawna open up about times that they wanted, even tried to control circumstances -...
From Retail to Renewal
Shawna was treated poorly yesterday and about 15 minutes later she had the random thought to buy a pair of pants she was looking at online. But before she did, she got curious about why this thought showed up now. God showed her that she was br...
Finding Your Sweet Spot in Service
Wouldn’t it be great if you could always only serve in your sweet spot? . Fnding our sweet spot can be a bit of a journey. Jody & Shawna process how serving where there is opportunity, and being willing to hear from others can help you to d...
Rethinking Normal
We all have our own normal. Ways we fold the towels, celebrate birthdays or handle conflict and spend time with the Lord. Whatever is familiar to us can easily be accepted as normal. We may not even question if it's good. Jody and Shawna consid...
If You're Not Looking for Him, You Will Not Find Him
If you want to learn to see God at work in your life, pay attention to how God is at work in your life. Shawna shares how when she’s freaking out about how things are going to shake down, she recounts all the times God has come through in the p...
Before YouTube, We Called Mom
Where do you turn when you need help? The mighty internet, of course! There are solutions for everything from “how to change a tire” to “the purest way to make sourdough bread.” (Why do I always want bread after listening to this podcast?) Befo...
When Obedience Doesn't Make Sense
Do you need to understand in order to obey God? We all want to—but is it necessary? In this episode, Jody and Shawna explore the moment Jesus told Peter, an exhausted fisherman who had caught nothing all night, to lower his nets one more time. ...
Information Isn't Transformation
Jody and Shawna unpack the difference between simply gathering information and actually being transformed by it. From “fruit salad” faith to real spiritual growth, they explore the gap between knowledge and wisdom, and why God’s goal isn’t just...
The Slow Work of Spiritual Maturity
If there is a 6 week course on becoming like Jesus, sign me up. But there isn’t. Having our character shaped by God takes a life time. Jody and Shawna talk about their own impatience on the journey of spiritual maturity and find encouragement f...
A Prescription for Anxiety
Don’t you wish there was a prescription for your anxiety? Not from the pharmacy but from the Lord? Jody and Shawna talk about: how our bodies often know we’re anxious before we realize it, how much of our thinking is about the past and the futu...
Did I Hear God Wrong?
When things don’t go the way you want them to, does that mean you didn’t hear from the Lord? Jody and Shawna process moments in their own lives when they asked that same question. It's a gentle reminder that our job is obedience and the outcome...
Living From Approval, Not For It
After a full, productive day of work, Shawna went back to her hotel room and ruminated over one moment she wished she could do over. Til the Holy Spirit intervened and took her thoughts in a brand new direction. Jody and Shawna process how easy...
Walking On Water
You can judge Peter for taking his eyes off of Jesus but he’s the only disciple who stepped out of the boat and actually walked on water! Jody and Shawna process how “walking on water” is how we are meant to live every day - eyes on Jesus - not...
Forgiveness, Grace, Growth
On Shawna’s flight to Cali to film the podcast a guy she met on the plane said he was heading home and didn’t know how he would be received. Jody and Shawna talk about how forgiveness can lead to being curious about how others might respond to ...
The Peace We Carry
No matter what is going on around you, you can set your internal temperature on joy. As you do, you can be someone who brings the peace of Christ into the chaos of life. Instead of feeling the pressure to keep all the plates spinning you can tr...