You're listening to the Colson Center Podcast Network.

Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity, value, intellect, and creativity of women.

I'm your host Sarah Stone Street.

And I'm your co-host, Erin Kunkel.

Thank you. Street and I'm your co-host Erin Kunkel. On the podcast today, we get to talk to Katie Faust.

She is the founder and director of an organization called Them Before Us, which advocates for

the needs of children to be at the forefront of all of our

conversations and decisions that we make as a society surrounding the issues of marriage

and family. Katie is going to share with us her own story of growing up in her home and her

parents' divorce and how that shaped her.

And now as a pastor's wife, and it will really shed light on her heart for young people

and how she stays so courageous in the face of the hatred that she receives from people who don't necessarily agree with her on these

issues. And she faces a lot of hate. But she reminds us in this conversation that following

Christ is always going to cost us something. And if you want to hear more from

Katie after today's podcast, make sure you go to breakpoint.org because she collaborates with

the Colson Center on many projects, including the What Would You Say Videos? And she helped to

respond to the claim that love makes a family.

So make sure you visit the breakpoint.org website to hear more from Katie. Thank you so much, Katie, for being on the podcast with us today.

And we would love to start with just hearing a little bit about where you are right now.

And then we want to jump to your beginning and really your life as a young person

and how that shaped you to where you are today.

But let's start first with where are you right now living and also who's around you?

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