Best of Strong Women: Staying Faithful Under Public Pressure With Lorie Smith
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
We are taking a small break this July to gear up for season five of the Strong Women podcast. But during this break, we decided to re-air some episodes that we thought you would enjoy.
Lorie Smith is a graphic designer and the founder and owner of 303 Creative. She’s also the center of a landmark Supreme Court case regarding freedom of speech—a case she has just won thanks to her perseverance and the hard work of the Alliance Defending Freedom. She joins us to share her story of coming to Christ, developing as an artist and creator, and starting her business. In taking a public stand for religious freedom over the last seven years, Lorie has experienced backlash, hatred, and misrepresentation. But she has also experienced great strength from the Lord and support from His people. Her story of courageous faith displays the faithfulness of God and the role of the Church in helping Christians persevere through difficulty.
Lorie’s Website 303 Creative
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. We are taking a small break this July to gear up for season five of the Strong |
| 0:05.8 | Women podcast. But during this break, we decided to re-air some episodes that we thought you |
| 0:10.8 | would enjoy. So we will be back on August 7th with the launch of season five. And our guest is |
| 0:19.1 | Auntie Ann Biler, who is the Auntie Anne's pretzel lady, so you're going to love her. |
| 0:24.6 | But in the meantime, here's a conversation I had with Lori Smith about staying faithful under public pressure. |
| 0:31.9 | I hope you enjoy. |
| 0:35.9 | Welcome to the Strong Women podcast, where we explore the beautifully diverse ways God invites |
| 0:41.9 | and equips women to participate in his story. |
| 0:45.4 | We're here to encourage one another as we step out of the shallow definitions of what it means |
| 0:50.7 | to be a woman and into the flourishing life that comes when we walk out our design. |
| 0:56.1 | I'm your host Sarah Stone Street. I'm so glad you're here. |
| 1:02.8 | All right, well, welcome to the Strong Women podcast today. I am delighted to introduce you to my |
| 1:07.9 | new friend, Lori Smith. And Lori is an artist, a wife, a mother, and a business |
| 1:13.8 | owner. And here's where you might recognize Lori's name. She's the founder and owner of 303 |
| 1:19.8 | creatives in Denver, Colorado. And Lori has been through a lawsuit the last seven years. And recently, |
| 1:29.5 | there's been a positive verdict on it. |
| 1:34.6 | But I want Lori to tell you about it because she knows all the ins and outs. So before we really jump into our conversation, Lori, first, thanks for coming. Thank you for having me. It's an honor. |
| 1:40.0 | Yes. And will you fill our listeners in who aren't familiar with the lawsuit? Tell us what it is. |
| 1:47.2 | Sure. Well, about seven years ago, I decided to stand and challenge some injustice that I was seeing from the state of Colorado. |
| 1:57.9 | I am a Christian business owner, and I want to create and design consistent with my faith, but the state of Colorado. I am a Christian business owner and I want to create and design consistent with my faith, |
| 2:04.4 | but the state of Colorado was not allowing me to do that. So I decided to take a stand, |
| 2:09.7 | not only to protect my right to speak freely, but everyone's right to speak freely. So I challenged |
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