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Southeastern offers a variety of flexible degree options to equip you to serve in your local church, on the mission field, or in the relationships you engage with on a daily basis.

Southeastern believes God has commanded each of us to go and make disciples by teaching his word and sharing the truth about Jesus Christ.

That's why they offer a diverse selection of certificate programs, master's degrees, and advanced degrees to help equip women to serve in the church and fulfill the Great Commission.

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Welcome to the Journey Women Podcast. I'm your host, Hunter Beelis. Life's a journey we were never meant to walk alone.

We all need friends along the way. On the Journey Women Podcast, we'll chat with mentors about gracefully navigating the seasons and challenges we face on our journeys to glorify God.

Today, we're chatting with Kristen Getty, an award-winning singer-songwriter. Her voice is synonymous with hymns, having founded along with her husband, Keith, the Getty Music Organization, which helps people learn the Bible through hymns to carry for life.

Kristen performs annual shows at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Grand Old Opera, where she leads the Singh Conference based on her book by the same name.

She is particularly passionate about helping children and families learn their faith through song.

Kristen and Keith are originally from Northern Ireland, as you'll hear, and they now live in Nashville, Tennessee with their four daughters.

Today, we're talking about singing God's word and how our very lives ought to sing his praises.

Kristen, welcome to the Journey Women Podcast.

Thank you so much for having me thrilled to be here.

It's an absolute joy to talk to you. I was wondering before we started chatting, if we were like on totally opposite sides of the globe, chatting at entirely different hours of the day, but you are currently state-side, is that right?

We are closer than you think, yeah, we're done here in Nashville, Tennessee, which is where we live mostly, and my husband and I are both from Northern Ireland, and so sometimes you will find us over in that beautiful green island.

Yes, absolutely. Well, I have been doing a lot of personal study on Amy Carmichael, and I was just surprised to see that she has once lived in your hometown, Belfast.

That's exactly right, Belfast, and then further around the coast is where she grew up, and actually it was a thrill for us to bring.

We were home last year during COVID, new touring, so we took the girls, we have four girls, home to Northern Ireland for most of the year, and tried to do as many field trips as we could.

I was wondering before that year, and one of our big field trips was Amy Carmichael World, and so we took them all around.

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