S4 17: "Dear Softball, You Don't Define Me" With Grace Lyons-Turk
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Imagine if you got everything you ever wanted. Would it satisfy your soul? After experiencing great success in her athletic career, today's wise-beyond-her-years guest realized that only Jesus could satisfy her soul and give her a firm foundation amid the ups and downs of life. Grace Lyons-Turk is the former captain of the Oklahoma University women's softball team and a three-time Women's College World Series champion. Rather than finding her identity in her athletic skills, accomplishments, or career, Grace has used her platform to make much of the Lord and point others to Him—from fellow teammates to the watching world. Listen in and hear how surrendering to the Lord and finding our identity in Him is the pathway to unshakeable joy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, Advent has already started, but it's not too late to get our Advent resource guide. |
| 0:08.9 | The Strong Women team has put together a resource for you for free. |
| 0:13.9 | In this resource, you will find ideas for Advent music to listen to, devotionals to pick up, |
| 0:20.7 | literature to read, resources for kids, |
| 0:23.8 | and much more. I hope you'll join us in this habit of Advent. Go to colsoncenter.org |
| 0:30.1 | slash advent. |
| 0:36.7 | Hey, you guys, I'm excited to announce that we have partnered with our friends at Drinkling's Coffee to bring you a special strong women mug that has the face of Flannery O'Connor on the front and a quote by her on the back, which is just fantastic. And then |
| 0:55.1 | drinklings also put together a special Strong Women coffee blend. What a great Christmas |
| 1:01.8 | present this could be for one of your friends or for you to put on your wish list. A Strong |
| 1:07.7 | Women mug and a bag of coffee to go with it. |
| 1:11.3 | We are going to put the link in the show notes so you can find how to order that. |
| 1:37.4 | Welcome to the Strong Women podcast, where we explore the beautifully diverse ways God invites and equips women to participate in his story. We're here to encourage one another as we step out of the shallow definitions of what it means to be a woman and into the flourishing life |
| 1:45.6 | that comes when we walk out our design. I'm your host Sarah Stone Street. I'm so glad you're here. |
| 1:54.0 | Welcome back. My guest today with me is Grace Lyons Turk, who was a softball America's NCAA defensive player of the year for the |
| 2:03.4 | 2023 college softball season. She was Oklahoma University's captain and was a five-year starter |
| 2:11.2 | shortstop for the Sooners. She won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award at her position this past spring of 2023. |
| 2:19.3 | In her redshirt senior season, Grace helped lead the Sooners to their third straight national championship and seventh in the program history. |
| 2:29.8 | Lyons was also named to the 2022 U.S. women's national team roster for the Japan All-Star Series, USA softball that took place in early August. |
| 2:42.5 | She married Michael Turk, who was a football player at OU, this past summer on June 23, 2023. |
| 2:51.3 | She received her Bachelor of Science and Biomedical Engineering in 2022, |
| 2:55.8 | and is currently pursuing a Masters of Business Administration. |
| 3:00.5 | And she works at FCA, Fellowship of Christian Athletes right now. |
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