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At Home With Sally

843 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratings

Home is the place where the whispers of God’s love are heard regularly, the touch of His hands is given intentionally throughout the day, the words of His encouragement and affirmation pointed to lay the foundation of loving relationships where a woman conducts the beauty of this life within its walls. I hope you will find inspiration to cultivate such a life. I welcome you here!

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Episodes

Tea Time Tuesday: I'd Rather Be A Risk Taker - Episode 830

March 19, 2024 05:02 - 38 minutes - 70.9 MB

I'd rather be a risk taker, live by faith, believe that He is here present than to let fear of what might happen (or fear of failure, or fear of what people might think) squeeze the life and childlikeness of my believing and hoping out of me, to cause me to do nothing at all.

Strong Bodies, Strong Minds (with Ginny Yurich) - Episode 830

March 18, 2024 05:27 - 37 minutes - 68.7 MB

Today I talked with a wonderful friend, Ginny Zurich, who has a wealth of research, knowledge and understanding of an outdoor life. She is a treasure, a delight and an inspiration. Join us as we discuss many areas of this flourishing view of life.

Tea Time Tuesday: My Happy Place - Episode 829

March 12, 2024 07:15 - 38 minutes - 71.1 MB

I've been pondering why intentional words are so important and give so much life to people. Many I know are a bit empty, weary — but words of life have worked magic in them.

Tea Time Tuesday: It's The Small Things - Episode 828

March 05, 2024 05:29 - 37 minutes - 68.6 MB

When I look to God’s ways, I observe what He has made and listen to the voice of creation. He has made even the insignificant, a small child, a thing of glory, beauty to behold, heavenly art in which my heart is amazed. In His hands, the small becomes significant.

Tea Time Tuesday: Love One Another: Kindness, Gentleness, & Respect - Episode 827

February 27, 2024 05:42 - 37 minutes - 68.7 MB

The more we believe in His love, the more we live in the peaceful and generous acceptance we have from Him, the more we will exhibit it to others in our lives.

Tea Time Tuesday: Courage Wins The Day - Episode 826

February 20, 2024 07:21 - 49 minutes - 90.8 MB

What would a world hope for if there were not great women committed to serving, civilizing, bringing beauty from chaos and believing courageously in the truths of God, even during dark times?

Tea Time Tuesday: Why Does Submission Matter? - Episode 825

February 13, 2024 03:15 - 43 minutes - 79 MB

God does not arbitrarily issue us commandments to be hard on us. His commandments, which must be obeyed, are for our best — to protect us, to bless us, to cause us happiness and to help us become the best we can be.

Metaphors That Will Inspire For Life (with Joy Clarkson)

February 12, 2024 06:42 - 35 minutes - 65.9 MB

In the same way that we expose ourselves and children to great stories to shape our moral imagination, so Jesus used so many metaphors in scripture to give us a personal picture of what He is like.

Tea Time Tuesday: Honor: Giving Worth & Esteem To Others - Episode 823

February 06, 2024 05:04 - 37 minutes - 68.3 MB

Honor was one of the foundational values of our home. Honor, recognizing the worth of another human being and treating them as such, was foundational to our children learning to bow their knee before God.

Tea Time Tuesday: Discernment to Understand & See Truth & Beauty - Episode 822

January 30, 2024 05:38 - 42 minutes - 77 MB

Often, we live through daily rhythms and don’t realize that even common moments are shaping the impressions on our children’s hearts.

Tea Time Tuesday: Believing & Living In The Goodness Of God

January 23, 2024 04:32 - 41 minutes - 75.9 MB

Believing when we cannot see, practicing faithfulness when no one else sees is a long tradition of faithful saints throughout history.

Tea Time Tuesday: Courage To Stay Faithful - Episode 820

January 16, 2024 03:59 - 43 minutes - 79 MB

Biblical truths have held me through my own dark clouds, anchoring my thoughts and heart to know and understand the never changing attributes of God and his goodness. These truths, stored up in our minds and our children, will speak to us and carry us through.

Greater Love Has No Mama Than To Lay Down Her Life - Episode 819

January 15, 2024 04:00 - 20 minutes - 37.1 MB

One of the strengths and profound work of a woman, is to bring civility and order out of chaos, to bring beauty, intelligence, excellence in subduing her kingdom of home into a life-giving haven.

Tea Time Tuesday: Cultivate Your Own Joy - Episode 818

January 09, 2024 04:57 - 33 minutes - 60.8 MB

Today on my podcast, I am starting a new series—training in truth, virtue, discipling your children and discipling yourself.

Tea Time Tuesday: Endurance With Grace Through All Seasons - Episode 817

January 02, 2024 04:48 - 44 minutes - 81.6 MB

Today, I have been thinking about how to move through the different years, the varied seasons of life with generous grace. And life requires intentional endurance to keep going strong with determination to make it a beautiful story.

Tea Time Tuesday: Decluttering Your Heart & Soul For 2024

December 27, 2023 04:10 - 38 minutes - 53.1 MB

Every year this time, I go away by myself with a journal to search my heart in order to clear it from attitude, heart clutter.

Tea Time Tuesday: Keeping Joy in the Holidays Amidst Tension - Episode 815

December 19, 2023 04:00 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MB

I am praying for all of you — but even more, God is praying for you and loves you. Don't give into discouragement or inadequate feelings. With God all things are possible. He is so glad you are trying and that you care.  You are precious to Him and He is training your character to grow strong as you are training your children.

Tea Time Tuesday: Practicing Presence With Our Precious Ones - Episode 814

December 12, 2023 04:00 - 30 minutes - 41.3 MB

It's hard for all of us—especially in the hurry and flurry of the Christmas season—to take time to stop and listen to our children. But I've realized that's the most important thing of all. If I want my children to be open to hearing the messages I have for them, I must listen to the ones they have for me.

The Beauty of Advent with Malcolm Guite

December 11, 2023 05:13 - 36 minutes - 16.7 MB

Today on my podcast, I am reintroducing you to my friend, Malcolm Guite, a scholar in Cambridge, a Poet and very winsome and informative teacher. You will love hearing about why and how we celebrate Christ throughout the church year.

Tea Time Tuesday: Making Christmas Live for a Lifetime In the Hearts of Your Children - Episode 813

December 05, 2023 02:37 - 27 minutes - 37.1 MB

The goal of  Christmas traditions is not to do the most elaborate and difficult things, but to help my children love Jesus, revere Him, enjoy His story, to embed the beauty of Christmas deeply into their hearts.

Tea Time Tuesday: Waiting For God's Light To Break Into Our Darkness (with Joel Clarkson) - Episode 812

November 28, 2023 06:20 - 56 minutes - 78 MB

Join me as I speak today about the Biblical meaning of waiting. Advents finds us waiting for His light to come into our darkness.

Tea Time Tuesday: We May Never Pass This Way Again

November 21, 2023 06:32 - 42 minutes - 58 MB

The holidays bring such an array of activities, things to do, traditions to occupy our time. Yet, if we want to make this holiday memorable and special, we need to determine to be present in the moment with those in our midst, our children, friends, relatives, neighbors. This is the day, this is the moment the Lord has made.

Tea Time Tuesday: Celebrating Autumn & Enjoying the Steadfast Love of God

November 07, 2023 06:29 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MB

None of us will ever be perfect. We are in process. And at every step, God who is steadfast in His love and never changing, loves us and wants to companion us and carry our load.

Tea Time Tuesday: A New Human Being Has Come Into Our Midst

October 31, 2023 03:00 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MB

Week by week, our family waited for the arrival of our precious baby to come. Yet, this mysterious journey of motherhood means that every time a baby is born, it is miraculous and unpredictable. Finally, on her due date, my newest grandchild decided to hint that she might be on her way.

Tea Time Tuesday: Hospitality Through the Colors and Tastes of Fall - Episode 808

October 24, 2023 03:00 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MB

A truth told without love and grace is a truth that is rejected. Would Jesus' message have had the same impact without His feeding thousands, taking children into HIs arms, and washing the feet of His friends? It is in service that God incarnate is recognized. And service begins with serving those who are closest to us, making home the very best place to be.

Tea Time Tuesday: Building on Foundations of Wisdom - Episode 807

October 17, 2023 03:08 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MB

Creating and noticing beauty, the loveliness of life, the gift of sweet relationships with my littles is an emotional and spiritual defense against being overcome by evil and darkness.

Tea Time Tuesday: Hope That Keeps Us Moving Forward - Episode 806

October 10, 2023 05:12 - 41 minutes - 56.5 MB

Our walk with God, our hope in His reality, His companionship, His presence every day gives our children a way forward to know how to engage with the realities of a dark, broken world. The way we narrate life to them becomes their instructor for how to narrate life for themselves.

Tea Time Tuesday: Persevering & Thriving Through Motherhood - Episode 805

October 03, 2023 05:08 - 49 minutes - 67.6 MB

We all go through struggles and dark seasons as women and mothers. The battles are real and can seem overwhelming. Along the way, I have had a few people who have met me at my point of need, my point of depression, my hunger, for wisdom and instruction.

Tea Time Tuesday: Delighting in Autumn: Recipes, Traditions, Music, & Fun - Episode 804

September 26, 2023 03:49 - 40 minutes - 55.7 MB

Autumn is a time for savoring, for choosing to make a memory. We intentionally take the opportunity to look into the eyes of our beloveds, to make one more sweet memory with a full knowledge that seasons change and that the moment might pass.

My Fabulous Friend S.D. Smith & the Green Ember Series - Episode 803

September 25, 2023 05:03 - 38 minutes - 52.6 MB

I hadn’t had a conversation with my friend, Sam, for quite a while, so we met for a chat to catch up and I knew many of you would enjoy listening in.

Lighting A Fire Of Vision To Last A Lifetime - Episode 802

September 19, 2023 05:24 - 31 minutes - 42.8 MB

We were created to be message makers, healers, redeemers. There is a kingdom of darkness but we are people of the light and the light will overcome all that is evil, dark, meaningless, and harsh.

Tea Time Tuesday: A Spot Of Tea Is Just What I Needed - Episode 801

September 12, 2023 06:20 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MB

Let us embrace the joy worth repeating, again and again, and seek out those warm conversations that nourish our spirits and remind us of the beauty of connection. And may we never underestimate the power of tea and a friend to bring peace, comfort, and a touch of magic to our lives.

Tea Time Tuesday: Peace in the Storms of Life - Episode 800

September 05, 2023 04:22 - 38 minutes - 53 MB

He who was with Jesus, is with me. He is still the calm in the midst of storms, the peace and rest in the torrents, the comfort and lover and One who is powerful above all and still says to the powers that threaten, “Be still.”

Tea Time Tuesday: Bearing Even More Fruit - Episode 799

August 29, 2023 05:12 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MB

So often, God prunes my branches of life. He takes away, he cuts my life back—and truly I have learned that I bear more fruit from these times of discipline than I could have understood when I was younger. He has the best for me in mind—that I may bear even more fruit.

Serving & Loving With an Eternal Purpose - Episode 798

August 22, 2023 04:33 - 44 minutes - 61 MB

It is a legacy of faith we are passing on, when we daily stoop to serve, patiently giving our energy to meet the needs of others.

Teatime Discipleship for Mothers & Daughters - Episode 797

August 15, 2023 04:58 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MB

I invested a lifetime of building heart-to-heart connections through words of grace, rhythms of shaping thoughts, convictions, and imagination of His goodness, beauty, and love. These happened in all the moments of the days and were underlined by the intentional special times when we would meet alone, share a cuppa of something soothing and warm, a treat, and speak of eternal virtues that inspired a lifetime of joy.

Essential Joy for Flourishing - Episode 796

August 14, 2023 05:15 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MB

Learning to be responsible for your own sense of well-being, your sense of contentment, and the ability to thrive is one of the most foundational aspects of flourishing over a lifetime.

Tea Time Tuesday: Does Hidden Faithfulness Matter? - Episode 795

August 08, 2023 05:31 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MB

His spirit shapes us as we shape a generation for His glory. And we are able to take one more step of obedience and pour out His unconditional love and wisdom to children who are not always aware of our sacrifice until they are older.

Ask Your Questions! - Episode 794

August 06, 2023 18:00 - 25 minutes - 35 MB

As I look to the years ahead, I wonder how I could best invest my time and my love for all of you whose lives matter so much.

Tea Time Tuesday: Happy Birthday To Me! - Episode 793

August 01, 2023 04:09 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MB

As I ponder where I have been and where I am going, I have realized that I want to consider how to best invest my life for Him in the years ahead, how to love well, to encourage generously, to grow a little bit more like Jesus every day.

Building An Immovable Foundation - Episode 792

July 31, 2023 13:29 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MB

For our children to have a strong standard of truth speaking to their invisible thoughts, their minds must be filled with thousands of teachings of scripture so their brains will have a "go-to" place when they are making decisions about their lives.

Tea Time Tuesday: Preparation for Fun and Adventure - Episode 791

July 25, 2023 04:43 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MB

Today on my podcast I share many of the ways Clay and I prepared for our home for our grandchildren to be child friendly, a place to rest and be at peace, and a welcome to their parents.

All Relationships Are Fraught - Episode 790

July 24, 2023 04:43 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MB

As believers, we need to understand the principle of unconditional love. It is natural to disdain or criticize people—it is supernatural to love, to forgive, to be patient.

Never Too Old To Dress Up - Episode 789

July 11, 2023 05:28 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MB

“Even grown ups love to play dress up once in a while.” Add to that a cold gas of sparkling Elderflower juice, shared with a dear friend with lots of laughter and you have an unforgettable memory to come back to again and again.

Bear With One Another - Episode 788

July 10, 2023 03:51 - 19 minutes - 27.4 MB

Unless we learn to give these wounds into the file drawer of heaven, to allow Christ to take these burdens of heart for us, we will be overwhelmed by a shadow of bitterness, anger or disappointment. That is why forgiveness is so very essential to the message of Christ.

Tea Time Tuesday: Hospitality: Serving the Least of These Pleases Jesus Greatly - Episode 787

June 27, 2023 03:00 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MB

Tending to the hearts of the “least of these” is what pleases Jesus. We are His hands, voice, and touch to those He has trusted into our care.

In Quietness is Your Strength - Episode 786

June 26, 2023 03:00 - 13 minutes - 18.4 MB

In a broken world where we are subject to our own foolishness and sin as well as the chaos of the world and other sinful people, in quietness and rest in God is our strength.

Tea Time Tuesday: Bonnie Scotland - Episode 785

June 20, 2023 03:00 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MB

Sometimes there are places that wrap their vast beauty around your heart and hold you there with a sense that you are experiencing another world. From the first time I visited St. Andrews, I was charmed, inspired, and held such a sense of belonging.

Sacred Celebrations - Episode 784

June 19, 2023 03:00 - 12 minutes - 17.3 MB

Celebrations live in the hearts, minds, souls of the one celebrated for a lifetime and gives hope and courage when hard times come.

Tea Time Tuesday: A More Excellent Way - Episode 783

June 13, 2023 03:00 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MB

I am convinced that if we women understood that we have a capacity to work a little harder, give more and cultivate more intentionally, we would indeed be able to see greatness of soul, depth of faith arise out of our children’s lives.

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