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The Strong Women Podcast

24. A Quiet Life with Wendy Smith

The Strong Women Podcast

Sarah Stonestreet

Christianity, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

2.4602 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Can we do great things living a quiet life? Sarah’s mom, Wendy Smith, is a living example of someone who chooses to be a vessel of the Gospel wherever she goes. From a full-time nurse and mom, mentor to many, and now retired and in prison ministry, her passion for truth and people has produced much fruit. This woman is full of wisdom!
 
 
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Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which “exists to help the next generation know truth,  pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/
 
The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/
 
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0:00.0

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

0:11.1

I'm your host, Erin Kunkel.

0:13.1

And I'm your co-host, Sarah Stone Street.

0:22.9

Well, hey, everybody.

0:28.4

Thank you for joining us for our very first video recorded podcast episode.

0:32.8

And you're in for a treat because our guest today is my mom, Wendy Smith.

0:36.3

So we want to just jump right into our conversation with her.

0:45.1

If you're a listener and you've already heard some of our episodes, one thing that you'll pick up right away is that the podcast was actually my mom's idea.

0:46.8

So we will talk about that in a little bit.

0:48.4

But hi, Mom.

0:48.9

Hi.

0:50.6

And Aaron.

0:51.2

Yeah. Hi.

0:51.8

Hi.

0:52.2

Hi.

0:53.1

So we just want to hear, why don't we start by telling our listeners just a little bit about you?

0:58.5

I mean, how about you start by telling our listeners a little bit about you? Where do you grow up?

1:02.8

And if you grew up in a Christian home, that sort of thing. Okay. Well, I grew up in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. My younger years were in Wormonster, but we moved to the Pocono

1:12.2

Mountains. Come from a family of six kids, five girls and one boy. My family would probably say they

1:18.0

were a Christian family, but they were not. And so there was no real Christian emphasis or truth

1:25.0

lived out in my family. And so without much grounding, after I graduated from high school, I went to nursing school,

1:33.3

and out of nursing school, I worked about a year and a half in the civilian world, and then

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