S2 34: Doing Hard Things With Leah Church

The Strong Women Podcast

Sarah Stonestreet

Christianity, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

2.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Leah Church was an NCAA Division One basketball player for the University of North Carolina when, as she would say, she was met with the choice of basketball or Jesus. Today we hear her inspiring story of how God led her to UNC but then gave her the courage to step away when she was asked to compromise her convictions.

Leah Church Show Notes

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Leah's viral video of making basketball shots backwards

Choosing God Over Basketball article by the Gospel Coalition

This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti

Goliath Must Fall by Louie Giglio

Sylvia Hatchell: The Life and Basketball Legacy by Roberta Teague Herrin & Sheila Quinn Oliver

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where each week we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity, value, intellect, and creativity of women.
0:10.7	I'm Erin Kunkel.
0:11.8	And I'm Sarah Stone Street. We're so glad you're here.
0:18.6	Today on the Strong Women podcast, our guest is Leah Church.
0:23.1	Leah is a 23-year-old high school basketball coach and trainer from Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
0:30.6	And she's a graduate from the University of North Carolina.
0:33.8	And she graduated the bachelor's in exercise and sports science in 2020. Now, Leah played
0:41.4	basketball and was in the program, but left the program. And that story is how Sarah and I found out
0:48.3	about her. We read an article about her on the gospel coalition, and after reading it, we thought, oh, we have got to talk to
0:56.3	Leah. So Leah, thank you so much for joining Sarah and I on the Strong Women Podcast. We're so
1:02.0	excited to talk to you today. I'm super excited. And thank you so much for the opportunity.
1:08.3	Okay, so tell us about your family growing up. Do you grow up in a Christian home?
1:12.0	Yes, ma'am, I did. My dad was a pastor for several years, and then he was called into full-time
1:17.5	missionary evangelism. So me and my family, we spent a lot of time traveling around with him, and he would
1:23.1	preach at different churches, and we even went to Brazil on a mission trip, and my mom was a stay-at-home mom. And she actually homeschooled me and my older sister, Taylor, who's three years older than me. So I grew up in a very Christian home. And for that, I'm very grateful. Okay. So do you just have one sister or do you have more siblings? Yes, ma'am. I just have the older sister. And now she's married and she's got two
1:45.7	kids. So you're an aunt. I'm an aunt. Yes, so we just had, or she just had Nate who was born
1:52.1	about a month ago. And then I have a niece who's two years old. So I'm a proud aunt. Oh, is the, are you
1:58.5	teaching your niece to be a baller already?
2:04.0	You know, actually, she's kind of athletic already.
2:06.8	She just had her gymnastics award ceremony today.
2:09.6	And, of course, I'm not biased at all, but she killed it, you know.
2:11.5	She's the best, 100%. Of course, absolutely, the absolute best of all 20 kids, you know.
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