#148: Planting & Celebrating with Jess Connolly
Struggle Well School
Emily Thomas
5.0 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2018
⏱️ 60 minutes
🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Jess Connolly is a woman who wants to leave her generation more in awe of God than she found it. She is passionate about family, God's Word, and seeing women take their place in the Kingdom. She loves communicating, coffee, color, and the local church. She and her husband Nick live in Charleston, SC where they've planted Bright City Church. They have four wild and hilarious kids: Elias, Gloriana, Benjamin, and Cannon. They also have an unruly dog named Deacon. What we chat about: how her gift of being a prophet affects the way she teaches why she and her husband felt called to start a church Jess' struggle with being an intense person the transition from your kids feeling like work to feeling like family the benefits of allowing your kids to experience some of the darkness in the world being available for your children without prying into their lives the freedom of accepting that you are not enough to raise your children a different perspective on the Kardashians Links mentioned: All Good Things Collective Enneagram test The Five-Fold Ministry Test Connect with Jess: website | instagram | facebook | twitter | pinterest Episode Sponsors: Liquid IV: get 20% off any item using code STRUGGLE Prep Dish: get 2 weeks free by visiting PrepDish.com/msw Zip Recruiter: try it for free at ZipRecruiter.com/MSW Phulr: get 20% a three-fragrance sample set with code MSW Ways to support the show: Patreon Amazon Share the Struggle! Find me on Instagram because I want to hear YOUR thoughts! If you've been encouraged, share the episode with another mom. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together!
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | I don't do pajamas I have a kid sleep in tomorrow's clothes every day I like it yeah I don't |
| 0:06.3 | like pajamas they don't fit right they catch on fire like I don't like the labels |
| 0:10.6 | what is that about like hey we're gonna put something in that's like literally gonna |
| 0:14.8 | char your children right and there's like well we'll just slap this sticker on it and |
| 0:19.1 | then they know and then it's on them if they want to buy their kids cube |
| 0:22.5 | pajamas. |
| 0:23.4 | Or they're like, this has to fit just right |
| 0:25.1 | or they're going to explode. |
| 0:26.4 | This is Emily Thomas and you're listening |
| 0:30.2 | to The Struggle Well Project. |
| 0:32.2 | Podcasts. |
| 0:33.0 | Do I say podcast after that? |
| 0:35.0 | This is all so weird. Welcome back ladies. You are listening to the Struggle Well Project, the show dedicated to helping you not run away from home. |
| 0:54.9 | Each week I do my best to make sure you learn something new, laugh a whole lot, and remember, ladies, |
| 0:59.5 | you are already enough. |
| 1:00.8 | Last Monday, Jessica Haunager and I talked about going scared and what it looks like practically to have imperfect courage. |
| 1:07.0 | You don't want to miss that, so make sure to circle back and tune in if you haven't yet. |
| 1:11.0 | I'm confident that you're subscribed to the show, but if you aren't, |
| 1:14.4 | fix that. This is episode 148 and my guest this week is just Connolly. |
| 1:18.9 | As always though, at the top of this show, you heard my sister and I really struggling through some of life's |
| 1:24.2 | problems like pajamas that catch on fire and why is that allowed to be a thing? We |
| 1:29.0 | usually don't get very far when we're struggling through these problems but |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Emily Thomas, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Emily Thomas and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.