Hey friends, I'm Jess Connolly. I'm an author, a coach, a Bible teacher, and a local church leader,

and I love talking to real people who know what it means to have full lives, but also want to walk in abundance.

This podcast is for you. It's not my podcast. It's ours. It's for people who crave lighthearted conversations and deeply

spiritual truth. It's for people who are busy, tired, waiting, growing, dreaming, working,

or praying about what's next. Wherever you're listening from, if it's quiet, mundane, or busy,

I am praying for you and I'm so glad you're here from, if it's quiet, mundane, or busy, I am praying for you,

and I'm so glad you're here. Let's go.

Welcome to another episode of the Bible Babes series. We took a break, but we are back to Bible Babes and we are talking about James.

We're going to open the word together.

We're going to let the word of God read us and we're going to get bold about living what we believe.

Today's passage is from James chapter 2 verses 14 through 16, also known as one of the most fire-filled conviction-heavy faith-igniting passages in the entire letter.

We're talking about faith and how we live it out.

Thankfully, I am grateful I will not be going there alone.

I've got my girl Mayor Knox on the mic with me.

She is a woman I deeply admire.

She is a friend, a pastor, a student of scripture, and she has a gift for calling people higher with grace and truth. When I think of

women who live out what they believe, I think about my friend mayor. So whether you're folding

laundry or on a walk or taking notes with your Bible cracked open,

let's get ready and dive in to talk about faith that works.

Mayor Knox, welcome to the podcast. I'm so grateful you're here.

Jess Connolly. I might start a podcast just to hang out with my friends.

It's not a bad gig, to be honest. I mean, I don't, I'll tell you, in fact, you and I are doing this over the internet. I never turned my video on, but I just wanted to see you. I have to see your face. Are you kidding? I know. I usually just do audio because I think it makes a better episode. Because when I see somebody's face, I do too much in body cues. Yeah, I understand. But I'm going to work against you today. Because that's why I want to see your face. Yeah. I got to see your face when you laugh like that. What are you talking about? That's what we need. Yeah, but it is problematic. I listened to one of my podcast episodes this week. It was the episode that came out the week that we're recording this with my

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