Ponder the music and the gift of Christmas with the delightful Jackie Freeman, author of Unwrapping Christmas.

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Today's Guest: Jackie Freeman is a storyteller, an educator, Bible teacher, and speaker who finds healing through the power of words and music. Jackie’s passion is encouraging women to stand firmly in God’s Word and embrace His will, no matter what season they are in. Jackie's devotional, Unwrapping Christmas, invite readers to experience God through the joy of music.

Show Sponsor: A Very Bavarian Christmas by Katie M. Reid. Pick up a copy today and join our book club inside the Martha + Mary Show Sisterhood Group on Facebook.

Things We Talk About:

• Speak Up Conference
• Luke 2:15-19, Mary pondered these things in her heart
• Unwrapping Christmas Advent devotional
• "One day you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through and it will be someone else's survival guide. -Brené Brown
• Keep a Song in Your Heart
• "Joy to the World" sung by Francesca Battistelli
• "Away in the Manger" sung by Carrie Underwood
• A Very Bavarian Christmas book
• Pickleball kids' book, Bend Your Knees, Louise
• "Hush Missus Teenage Mary" song
• "In the Bleak Midwinter" song
• Jackie's holiday book giveaway (subscribe to her website to enter)

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• The Martha + Mary Show webpage
• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid @jackiefreemanauthor
• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky

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Rachael Adams, host of the Love Offering podcast, interviews Katie M. Reid about A Very Bavarian Christmas as they kick off a holiday book club.

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Show Sponsor: A Very Bavarian Christmas by Katie M. Reid. Pick up a copy today and join our book club inside the Martha + Mary Show Sisterhood Group on Facebook.

Things We Talk About:

• The Love Offering Podcast
• The real Holly Noel
• Carol Kent's Speak Up Conference
• A Very Bavarian Christmas playlist
• "Everything" song written by Katie
• Bronner's in Frankenmuth, MI
• "A Very Bavarian Christmas" musical album
• Jesus's open hands on the cross
• Made Like Martha book
• Clip of original audiobook
• Join the book club

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• The Martha + Mary Show webpage
• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid @rachaeladamsauthor
• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky

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Rachel Wojo, author of Desperate Prayers, guides you from frenzied desperation to dependent faith.

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Today's Guest: Rachel Wojo is a public speaker and freelance writer. She hosts Bible reading challenges on her popular blog, which rallies readers of all ages to search God’s Word for solutions to life’s problems. Her Bible reading plans are used by more than four million people worldwide. Rachel is the author of One More Step: Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up and Desperate Prayers: Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life's Darkest Moments. She and her husband, Matt, reside in Ohio and are the parents of eight children, two in heaven and six on earth.

Show Sponsor: Brave Moms, Brave Kids: A Battle Plan for Raising Heroes by Lee Nienhuis

Things We Talk About

• Desperate Prayers book
• Romans 8:25-28
• A Praying Life book
• A Praying Wife book
• Seasons of Sorrow book
• A Grace Disguised book
• Like a River book
• When Mountains Crumble book

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• The Martha + Mary Show webpage
• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid @rachelwojo
• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky

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Award-winning fiction author, Toni Shiloh, shares about her writing process and her holiday novella, The Christmas Catch.

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Today's Guest: Toni Shiloh is a wife, mom, and an award-winning Christian contemporary romance author. She writes to bring God glory and to learn more about His goodness. Her novel, In Search of a Prince, won the first ever, Christy Amplify award. She loves connecting with readers and authors alike via social media. You can learn more about Toni's writing on her website.

Show Sponsor: A Very Bavarian Christmas by Katie M. Reid. Pick up your copy today get ready for our November Sisterhood book club.

Things We Talk About:

• Planner or Pantser?
• The Detroit Lions vs. the Dallas Cowboys
• In Search of a Prince book
• The Christmas Catch book
• Are you going to believe what you see or believe what God said?
• Hebrews 11:1

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• The Martha + Mary Show webpage
• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid @tonishiloh
• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky

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Author, Ann Swindell, invites us to awaken our hearts through fiction and timeless truth.

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Today's Guest: Ann Swindell is the owner of Writing with Grace, where she teaches Christ-centered writing courses for women across the globe. She lives is West Michigan with her family and writes for many ministries, including the Gospel Coalition, Well-Watered Women, and Risen Motherhood.

Show Sponsor: A Very Bavarian Christmas by Katie M. Reid. Pick up your copy today get ready for our November Sisterhood book club.

Things We Talk About:

• Christmas in the Castle Library Book 1
• Still Waiting book
• The Path to Peace book
• Develop your writing voice.
• Read broadly in the genre you want to write in.
• Karen Kingsbury
• Great American Family
• God spoke the world into existence (See Psalm 33:9)

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• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid @annswindell
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Bestselling author, Melissa Ferguson, chats about her family's farmhouse lifestyle, the inspiration for her novels, and writing in the margins.

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Today's Guest: Melissa Ferguson is the bestselling author of titles including Meet Me in the Margins, How to Plot a Payback, and The Perfect Rom-Com. She lives in Tennessee with her husband and children in their growing farmhouse lifestyle and writes heartwarming romantic comedies.

Show Sponsor: Join us for A Very Bavarian Feast Experience with dinner, music, and more, on November 8th, in Frankenmuth, MI!

Things We Talk About:

• Melissa on Instagram
• Hunger Games books
• Epic the Musical
• Famous for a Living book
• Meet Me in the Margins book
• The Perfect Rom Com book
• A Time to Keep by Tasha Tudor
• Gretchen Powers illustrator
• Schleich animals
• Around the Year by Tasha Tudor
• Puppet show at the farmhouse
• Melissa's newsletter

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• The Martha + Mary Show webpage
• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid @ourfriendlyfarmhouse
• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky

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Beloved author, Robin Jones Gunn, shares about her latest book, Tea with Elephants, and discusses the power of story and the gift of friendship.

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Today's Guest: Robin Jones Gunn is the bestselling and award-winning author of more than one hundred books, including the Sisterchicks series and the Christy Miller series for teen girls. Her books have sold more than six million copies. Robin and her husband have two grown children and four grandchildren and live in southern California, where she cohosts the Women Worth Knowing podcast.

Things We Talk About:

• Christy Miller series
• Victim of Grace book
• Luke 1:5-25 (Elizabeth from the Bible)
• Child of the Promise musical
• "When the Dream Never Dies" song
• Romans 2:4
• Glenbrooke Book 8: Wildflowers
• James 4:10
• Resources on Robin's website

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• The Martha + Mary Show webpage
• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid @robingunn
• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky

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Katie and Lee discuss some of their favorite fiction books and what they are currently reading.

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Show Sponsor: Join us for A Bavarian Feast Experience with a multi-course dinner, holiday music, an inspiring message, book signing, and more, on Friday, November 8th 2024, from 6:00-8:30pm at the Bavarian Inn, in Frankenmuth, Michigan. Space is limited so grab your ticket, today!

Things We Talk About:

• A Very Bavarian Christmas book
• The Martian by Andy Weir
• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
• The Widow Wore Pink by Robyn Dykstra
• It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping by Lisa-Jo Baker
• The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
• The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
• The Christy Miller Series by Robin Jones Gunn
• Bethany Turner books
• Melissa Ferguson books
• Louise Penny novels
• The Baxter Family series Karen Kingsbury
• The Baxters TV series
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• John Grisham books
• Charles Martin books
• A Very Bavarian Christmas Experience

Connect with Us:

• The Martha + Mary Show webpage
• Podcast Group on Facebook: Martha and Mary Show Sisterhood
• IG Handles: @leenienhuis @katie_m_reid
• Producer: Jeanna Lesausky

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