Work and Play with Nancy Ray
256 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 638 ratingsWork and Play with Nancy Ray is a weekly podcast all about learning to balance the two most competing areas of our lives: work and play.
She dives into topics like productivity, work life balance, leading a team, time management, contentment, play, sabbath, marriage, parenting, and rest, always pointing back to scripture, the ultimate guide for a life of faith. This is a podcast all about learning to work and play well, which ultimately leads to a healthy soul and a fulfilling life.
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Episodes
006 - Book | Anonymous
May 21, 2019 12:00 - 14 minutes - 22.6 MBToday’s episode is part of the very informal Nancy Ray Book Club. Every once in a while, an episode will be comprised of my thoughts on a book worth reading and my top three take aways from that book. Today we'll be looking at the book Anonymous and the ideas that have really stayed me with me since reading it. To give you a kind of a brief synopsis of the book, the title is Anonymous and the subtitle is Jesus's Hidden Years… and Yours. Because if you think about it, Jesus lived an anonym...
005 - Calling vs. Assignment
May 14, 2019 11:00 - 21 minutes - 27.4 MBI think it's pretty safe to say that when it comes to our work, we want to be part of something that we are called to do— something that is full of meaning and has purpose, something that is in line perfectly with our passions and gifting. But today I want to challenge our way of thinking, and really the language that we use describing our work and our calling. Ever since I was a young girl, I've wrestled with my “calling.” What am I called to do? What is the thing? What is God's calling ...
004 - Seasons of Business
May 07, 2019 14:04 - 34 minutes - 36.3 MBI recently shared the news that after this year, my twelfth year of business, the doors of Nancy Ray Photography will close. This was one of the hardest, most difficult decisions of my life. I love this work, I am going to miss this work, but the bottom line is this: God gently made it clear to me that this season has come to an end. This was a massive decision for me personally and for my family, and it all started one year ago. Today, it feels like I've turned the page into the next chap...
003 - The Contentment Challenge
April 24, 2019 21:18 - 33 minutes - 35.6 MBWhat is the Contentment Challenge? In a nutshell, it is a commitment to giving up shopping for clothes, accessories, household decor, stuff, really anything excessive, for 3 months straight in order to focus your heart and your mind on the root of true contentment. It's also a commitment to replace shopping with activities experiences and relationships— the things that really matter in your life. We live in a world where money seems to kind of fly out of our bank accounts with the simple p...
002 - Rule of Life
April 24, 2019 21:12 - 28 minutes - 32.7 MBI don’t know about you, but I love to imagine my life working seamlessly as I ease into the day, transitioning in and out of work without any stress. Me, walking with God and listening to Him throughout my day, breathing deeply and contently as I drift off to sleep at night. But does that happen in reality? Well, no. But there are simple practices that we can embrace throughout our days, weeks, months and years that will point us back to the Lord in a rhythmic way. It’s called a Rule of Life...
001 - Work and Play
April 24, 2019 21:02 - 17 minutes - 24.5 MB“In all we do in work or play, help us to be more loving every day.” There are countless opportunities to fill our minds with knowledge and messages, and it is so important to be intentional and filter that because of how it affects us and how it affects our home, our work, and the people closest to us. My hope for this space is that you will find words that will lift you up, that will inspire you to live a life that is not numb or sleepy or unaware, but that we together will learn to l...