S4 34: Seeing God in Tiny Moments with Ned Bustard
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
This week we’re joined by author and illustrator Ned Bustard. Ned lost his wife Leslie to cancer last year, but her beautiful spirit and faith are captured in the new book, Tiny Thoughts That I’ve Been Thinking. Leslie saw God’s goodness in life’s smallest details and infused ordinary moments with Christ’s light. Come hear about her legacy of faith and the exercise of trusting God’s plan in the face of grief and uncertainty.
Tiny Thoughts That I’ve Been Thinking: Selected Writings of Leslie Anne Bustard edited by Ned Bustard or find it on Square Halo Books
Every Moment Holy by Douglas McKelvey and Illustrated by Ned Bustard
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Creation is about more than HOW God created the world. It’s about why. From the beginning, God’s purpose has been to dwell with His image bearers in unbroken fellowship. It’s tempting to think that our sin ruined that plan, and that Jesus was God’s Plan B. But as Edward Klink says, Jesus and the Church were always Plan A. More than that, God is not replacing creation; He’s renewing it, and you and I have been invited to participate in that renewal as God’s agents of redemption. Klink’s latest book, The Beginning and End of All Things, will give you a bigger, more accurate perspective on God’s plan for creation and your place in it. Request a copy by giving a gift of any amount to the Colson Center in April at colsoncenter.org/swklinkresource.
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| 0:00.0 | Creation is more than how God created the world. It's about why. From the beginning, God's purpose has been to dwell with his image bearers in unbroken fellowship. It's tempting to think that our sin ruined that plan and that Jesus was God's plan B. |
| 0:21.0 | As Edward Klink says, Jesus and the church were always plan A. |
| 0:26.6 | More than that, God is not replacing creation. |
| 0:30.2 | He's renewing it, and you and I have been invited to participate in that renewal as God's |
| 0:36.5 | agents of redemption. |
| 0:38.9 | Klink's latest book, The Beginning and End of All Things, |
| 0:41.8 | will give you a bigger and more accurate perspective |
| 0:44.5 | on God's plan for creation and your place in it. |
| 0:48.8 | Request a copy by giving a gift of any amount to the Colson Center in April |
| 0:53.3 | at colson Center.org |
| 0:55.5 | forward slash SW. clink resource. Welcome to the Strong Women podcast, where we explore the beautifully diverse ways God invites and equips women to participate in his story. |
| 1:22.8 | We're here to encourage one another as we step out of the shallow definitions of what it means to be a woman |
| 1:29.2 | and into the flourishing life that comes when we walk out our design. I'm your host Sarah Stone Street. |
| 1:35.7 | I'm so glad you're here. Well, welcome back to the Strong Women podcast, and I am thrilled to |
| 1:44.0 | introduce you to my guest today, Ned Bustard. |
| 1:46.8 | Ned is an author, an illustrator, an elder at his church, the creative director of Square Halo Books. |
| 1:53.8 | He's an art curator. |
| 1:55.3 | He has three daughters and lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. |
| 1:58.9 | I met Ned because a mutual friend introduced us because of his |
| 2:05.3 | wife, Leslie. And Leslie has gone to be with Christ. Very recently, she had a whole bout with |
| 2:13.5 | cancer that we're going to talk about in this conversation. But the mutual friend, Brian Brown, |
| 2:20.6 | introduced us because Ned has compiled Leslie's writings into a beautiful book called Tiny Thoughts. |
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