Living the Word Bible Podcast
Conversations with Women Who Love and Live God's Word
About the show
Do you long to connect with a variety of women just like you who live the Word of God in the world each day?
Join Sarah Christmyer, host and editor of the Living the Word Catholic Women's Bible, as she talks with other women about what they love about the Bible, how they read and understand it, and the difference it makes in their lives.
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Episodes
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Episode 34: Finding Inner Rest Featuring Sonja Corbitt
September 7th, 2023 | Season 1 | 43 mins 39 secs
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If you’ve ever felt like God has abandoned you, or if what you’re going through causes you to doubt his care: lean into that “desert”! Sonja Corbitt learned from Israel’s experience in the wilderness that God uses such times to help us grow in faith and find true rest in him. Tune in to gain a new perspective on troubles and learn to overcome negativity so you can experience fullness and peace.
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Episode 33: How to Read the (Actual) Bible with Children Featuring Colleen Vermeulen
August 31st, 2023 | Season 1 | 50 mins 11 secs
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Three years ago, Colleen Vermeulen and her husband decided to do something radical: read “the real Bible with all its words” daily with their young children. Following a pattern based loosely on the Liturgy of the Hours, their family prayer time is now grounded in Scripture and is feeding the kids’ growing relationships with Jesus. Listen to this episode to hear how they did this and why. Colleen gives four practical tips for reading the Bible with children and shares advice on everything from facing the fidgets to helping kids hear God speak to them.
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Episode 32: Scripture, Faith, and Identity: A Path to Ministry Featuring Christine Kelly Baglow
August 24th, 2023 | Season 1 | 39 mins 56 secs
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Christine Kelly Baglow shares her journey through scripture and prayer to deeper faith and the discovery of her identity in God—a journey that gave her a heart for young people and led her into lay ministry at a Catholic school. She also bears witness to the living power of Scripture while unpacking Isaiah 43, which has particular meaning to her.
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Episode 31: Nothing is Impossible with God featuring Patty Breen
August 17th, 2023 | Season 1 | 33 mins 43 secs
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Do you sometimes wonder if God can use even you? Imagining Mary in the Annunciation helped Patty Breen see the “both-and” of life—the beautiful and the difficult, sometimes messy side of things that God enters and transforms with his Spirit. In this episode, she tells of the value of Ignatian meditation on Scripture and shares how seeing the humanity of women like Martha, Bathsheba, and Mary Magdalene gives her hope in following God.
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Episode 30: Reaching the Unchurched in a Culture of Relativism Featuring Tamra Hull Fromm
August 10th, 2023 | Season 1 | 37 mins 51 secs
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When Christianity is seen as just another narrative, how do we proclaim it is Truth? Scripture professor Tamra Hull Fromm describes her research into pre-evangelizing young adult “native nones” and shares insight from God’s approach to Moses and Paul’s address to the Gentiles in Acts 17. She also explains how to read the Bible in a Catholic way; why she loves the image of Scripture as food; and the value of the Old Testament to understanding the faith.
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Episode 29: Jeremiah: Speaking God’s Love in the Hard Times featuring Debora Holiday
August 3rd, 2023 | Season 1 | 37 mins
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Don’t be afraid of reading the prophets! Their lives and their messages still speak to us today. Scripture teacher Deborah Holiday shares how at a low point in her life, she felt Jesus prompting her to read Jeremiah—and found there the God who loves us and has a plan for good, even in hard times.
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Episode 28: Mary: Our Mother and Seat of Wisdom featuring Heidi Hess Saxton
July 27th, 2023 | Season 1 | 32 mins 5 secs
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In this repeat visit to the podcast, Heidi Hess Saxton tells how as a Catholic convert she came to know Mary as a mother and as “Seat of Wisdom” and reflects on Mary’s role in raising Jesus as he grew in wisdom and stature in her home. She also shares how Mary has helped her as a mother—and how her own mother came to know Mary, late in life, and what that did for their relationship.
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Episode 27: Exploring the Bible through an Adult Lens featuring Cathryn Torgerson-Wade
July 20th, 2023 | Season 1 | 40 mins 7 secs
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“I want more of this (Bible),” 13-year-old Cathryn Torgerson-Wade told herself, “This is good information for life!” It was decades before she acted on that desire, but growing up gave her a new perspective on Scripture and a fresh vision of God’s love. The biblical school director explains why the first books of the Bible are foundational and provide a path for reading that moves from meeting God to learning how he meets us in the day-to-day.
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Episode 26: Fierce, Feminine, and Faithful featuring Samantha Kelley
July 12th, 2023 | Season 1 | 29 mins 9 secs
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What does it mean to be female, an athlete, and Catholic? Samantha Kelley, president of FIERCE Athlete (and a fierce athlete herself) shares wisdom from the Bible and the Catholic faith about female identity, competition, and running the race of life. Learn what biblical woman she thinks most exemplifies “fierce”—and pray with the scripture that both encourages and challenges her in the race.
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Episode 25: How to Hear God’s Voice Featuring Barbara Heil
July 6th, 2023 | Season 1 | 38 mins 16 secs
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Have you wanted to hear God speak to you? Would you recognize his voice, if he did? Barbara Heil shares her story of conversion from a god-less childhood to Christian missionary evangelist and eventually to the Catholic Church—drawn by the voice of God in his word. Hear what she learned in the process about the power of Scripture and how to hear him speak.
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Episode 24: Why Read Paul’s Letters? Featuring Colleen Vermeulen
June 29th, 2023 | Season 1 | 42 mins 32 secs
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Has your life ever changed because someone asked you a question? Colleen Vermeulen tells Sarah Christmyer how two questions drove her to search for truth in scripture—leading to a relationship with Christ and into the arms of the Catholic Church. Colleen shares her journey and tips for why and how to read difficult scriptures like Paul’s letters.
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Episode 23: Discovering Jesus’s Heart in His Word Featuring Emily Jaminet
June 22nd, 2023 | Season 1 | 35 mins 48 secs
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Are you so busy that you don’t have time for the Bible? Emily Jaminet explains that she went from drinking morning coffee on the go to having that first cup with Jesus every day. She found that putting him first brought peace and joy to her family life. Jaminet—executive director of the Sacred Heart Enthronement Network—also talks with Sarah Christmyer about how discovering Jesus’s Word through devotion to his Sacred Heart revitalized her faith.
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Episode 22: Life in the Vine Featuring Teresa Tomeo
June 15th, 2023 | Season 1 | 37 mins 10 secs
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Does success in the world leave you empty? Teresa Tomeo tells Sarah Christmyer about her journey from secular broadcast journalism to Catholic author and talk show host, and explains why “life in the vine” is a great analogy for the Christian life.
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Episode 21: Learning Virtue from Saints, Supergirls, and Women of Scripture Featuring Maria Morera Johnson
June 8th, 2023 | Season 1 | 38 mins 46 secs
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How can we respond to challenges and ethical dilemmas with goodness and trust? In this episode, Sarah Christmyer talks with Maria Morera Johnson—author of My Badass Book of Saints—about three pairs of women in the Old Testament: Potiphar’s wife and Susannah; Jezebel and Esther; and Lot’s wife and Martha. Learn how these biblical heroines and bad girls still speak to us today.
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Episode 20: God’s Amazing and Personal Love Featuring Ashley Crane
June 1st, 2023 | Season 1 | 44 mins 28 secs
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In this episode, scripture teacher Ashley Crane talks with Sarah Christmyer about the gift Bible that made a difference in her life. Ashley identifies two powerful images of God in 1 John and also shares how motherhood taught her to rely on God’s love.
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Episode 19: Why Read the Old Testament? (and How to Read those Dark Passages) Featuring Kelly Anderson
May 25th, 2023 | Season 1 | 39 mins 38 secs
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Do you struggle to find God’s love in the Old Testament or to understand the difficult “dark passages”? Kelly Anderson offers compelling reasons to read the Bible, particularly the Old Testament. She and Sarah Christmyer also discuss Jael and Judith, two biblical heroines who kill their enemies. Kelly also shares the verse she considers the blueprint of her life.