S2 7: How the Colson Fellows Taught Me to Listen with Melissa Keown
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Melissa Keown loves history and the outdoors and has a heart for people who are different from her. Melissa is also on the leadership team in the Colorado Springs Colson Fellows Cohort (so she's good friends with Sarah!), and she shares about her experience in the program. When Melissa participated in Colson Fellows, it helped her learn to be a better listener. She also did the program with her daughter, so it was formative for their faith together!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where each week we explore a deeper understanding of the |
| 0:07.2 | humanity, value, intellect, and creativity of women. I'm Sarah Stone Street. And I'm Erin Kunkel. Glad |
| 0:14.2 | you're here. On the Strong Women podcast today, we have my friend Melissa Cowan on. |
| 0:22.1 | And we're going to talk to her about a lot of things. |
| 0:24.2 | And one of the main things we want to talk to her about is Colson Fellows. |
| 0:27.6 | And that is really how our friendship got deeper, right? |
| 0:31.8 | I mean, we knew each other, but we just have really bonded over that program. |
| 0:36.2 | But we also just want to hear Melissa's story, |
| 0:38.6 | and like we always do with our guests, |
| 0:40.6 | we'll ask her about how she came to faith and all of that. |
| 0:44.5 | I want to tell you a little bit about Melissa, |
| 0:46.6 | because you really need to understand a context of who she is. |
| 0:50.3 | I described you to Erin, and I said, |
| 0:53.1 | Melissa's kind of this Renaissance woman. I mean, I have to tell you a story that will kind of give you a little perspective on Melissa. So she works at this Rockledge Ranch at Garden of the Gods, which is kind of like a reenacting of, well, maybe I'll let you describe it. |
| 1:11.2 | What is Rockledge Ranch? |
| 1:12.4 | So Rockledge Ranch is a living history program where we bring history to life using |
| 1:18.6 | clothing, cooking, animals, the homes that were built on that site to let people know about |
| 1:26.4 | the history of the Pikes Peak region. |
| 1:28.1 | She homeschools. She has a ranch with her husband. Melissa is on the leadership team for the |
| 1:34.3 | Colson Fellows program that I facilitate here in Colorado Springs. So if you're Colorado |
| 1:38.9 | Springs people, don't you want to come study with me and Melissa? I mean, just saying. I was walking with her out to her car |
| 1:45.7 | to put some things in her car. And she owes the car. And there's, you remember this? There's this huge |
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