From Friendship to Sisterhood: A Conversation with Courtney Smallbone

Famous at Home

Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that being socially isolated is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day! What's really sad about this is that we're seemingly more "connected" than we've ever been, but research shows we're also more isolated.

Friend, it should be obvious by now that being "connected" does not equal relational intimacy.

That's why we're addressing the beauty found in friendship as we continue our series on The People Who Shape Us. In this episode, Christi hosts her dear friend turned sister, Courtney Smallbone (author of Technicolor Woman Devotional of which you'll want to grab a copy!) to talk about the beauty and goodness of deep, safe friendship.

Christi and Courtney talk about:

The struggle of finding friends you can have deep connection with
The surrender and fight for healthy friendship
Authenticity and vulnerability
What it looks like to both champion and step onto the battlefield on behalf of your friends
And the beauty and goodness of finding Kingdom friends who are moving lock and step in the same direction fighting for each other for the sake of transformation, and for the sake of seeing God's glory lived out through deep relational connection

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
3:30 Vulnerability, authenticity, and the search for deep connection
7:20 How to discern if a friend is “safe”
15:15 Moving from silos to friendship
29:20 Wombs, midwives, and the necessity of female friendships
47:02 Conflict in friendship and the transformation of healed wounds
1:04:05 Carrying the burden of a friend through intercession
1:11:45 Hosting the glory and presence of God in everyday life
1:20:00 Christi and Courtney digress into some joyous conversation about their current diet
1:26:00 Concluding thoughts

Show Notes:
Order a copy of Technicolor Woman Devotional by Courtney Smallbone.
Click here: https://technicolorwoman.com/products/technicolorwoman

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Whoever's ascending around you, maybe encourage them, grab their hand, learn from them, like yield, like, put down your pride and, and maybe think it's for you.
0:13.9	You know, it's not like, oh, that is for them, it's not for me. That's lack. Mm-hmm. That's poverty, where it's like, Father God has placed something in
0:25.2	you that no one else can birth, that no one else can do. Yes, that and you, they need to
0:32.5	birth something different. Yeah. So don't compare. Do not tear down. Be careful not to tear down and speak against it.
0:41.3	That is actually dangerous. Yes. It will not go well for you.
0:44.5	I won't lose hope in the night when the fire is going down. I'll just let go,
0:55.0	and I'll try, help me walk this road
0:59.0	and find my way back home.
1:03.0	Find my way back home.
1:06.0	Find my way back home.
1:13.6	Welcome back to the Famous at Home podcast.
1:19.6	We are in a series called The People Who Shape Us.
1:24.6	And we've been interviewing those in the people in our real lives that have most impacted us, that have shaped who we us. And we've been interviewing those and people in our real lives that have most
1:28.9	impacted us that have shaped who we are. And I can guarantee you one thing today you're going to cry.
1:35.7	I will cry, I should say. You will probably laugh. And this is a conversation about friendship.
1:42.8	And I am so honored to have my dearest friend, Courtney Smallbone, here.
1:49.3	And this feels like a long time coming.
1:53.6	My goodness.
1:54.2	I'm already teary and we just started.
1:56.4	So anyway, hello everyone.
1:57.9	Hello.
1:58.8	I don't want to make you like formally introduce yourself because I feel like, Courtney,
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