34. The Life of Elisabeth Elliot with Ellen Vaughn

The Strong Women Podcast

Sarah Stonestreet

Christianity, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

2.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Ellen Vaughn, New York Times bestselling author and speaker, shares with us about a great woman of faith from her book, “Becoming Elisabeth Elliot”. Ellen helps us see Elisabeth as she was – a strong woman who had struggles and heartbreaks but had a heart truly surrendered to God.

Ellen Vaughn Show Notes:

Ellen Vaughn’s Website: https://ellenvaughn.com/

“Becoming Elisabeth Elliot” by Ellen Vaughn: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Elisabeth-Elliot-Ellen-Vaughn/dp/1535910933/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2A3JWRXC8VM8Y&dchild=1&keywords=becoming+elisabeth+elliot&qid=1614019444&sprefix=becoming+elisabe%2Caps%2C189&sr=8-1

All Books by Ellen Vaughn: https://ellenvaughn.com/index.php/books/

Books by Elisabeth Elliot: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=elisabeth+elliot&crid=2UGYW2AJ515O5&sprefix=elisabeth%2Caps%2C207&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_9

“Do the Next Thing” Poem: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/do-the-next-thing/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity,
0:07.9	value, intellect, and creativity of women. I'm your host, Erin Kunkel. And I'm your co-host, Sarah Stone
0:14.8	Street. Today's episode is a recording from our live event with Ellen Vaughn from a few weeks ago.
0:29.5	If you guys want to stay informed about upcoming live events and episodes that we record with your input, you can join our Facebook page and we'll make sure
0:39.2	that you stay up to speed on what's happening. I hope you enjoy today's episode.
0:48.3	Welcome to our Facebook Live episode with Ellen Vaughn. We're so glad that you all chose to join us.
0:59.9	So let's introduce Ellen to all of you. Ellen Vaughn is a New York Times bestselling author and speaker who has written and co-written 23 books. That's right, 23 books. She is the former
1:15.6	vice president of executive communications at prison fellowship. And she collaborated with the late
1:22.2	Chuck Colson on a number of his seminal works. And this podcast is a Colson Center podcast.
1:28.5	So we're excited to talk to you, Ellen, about your relationship with Chuck and how you met him.
1:33.2	So we'll get to that in just a minute.
1:35.4	But anyway, so she speaks at conferences and travels around.
1:39.7	And she serves on the board of ICM as a global church developer.
1:46.4	And she lives right now in Northern Virginia with her husband, who's a pastor and a daughter.
1:53.0	And she has two grandchildren and a clueless dog, she says.
1:57.3	So welcome, Ellen, to the podcast. We are so honored to have you. Thanks for being with us.
2:04.7	Thanks for having me with you guys. This will be fun. So, Ellen, I had picked up becoming Elizabeth
2:12.1	Elliott and started reading it and got way into it before I realized, oh, I've met Ellen before.
2:19.8	I've actually had dinner with Ellen before.
2:21.8	And then also, I didn't put all the pieces together that you had worked so closely with Chuck Colson.
2:28.2	So I have a funny story to tell.
2:29.6	And I think you might have a funny story to tell too because most people who were around Chuck had a funny
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