S5 06: Does Your Church Reflect Heavenly Beauty? With Roberta Ahmanson
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
“When our churches are ugly, it’s a bad witness.” That’s what this week’s guest believes—what do you think? Roberta Ahmanson is Christian, journalist, and art lover. Alongside her husband Harold, she advocates for Christians filling the world and the Church with beauty. Tune in to discover why art matters and why our sacred spaces should reflect the beauty of the Heavenly City.
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| 0:00.0 | On the Strong Women podcast, we love to talk about habits because our habits, our daily habits |
| 0:08.1 | and rhythms are what point us and aim us in a particular direction, either towards Christ, |
| 0:15.0 | towards truth, towards the flourishing life, or away from it. No habit is neutral. |
| 0:22.6 | And because the world practices a rival habit, |
| 0:26.2 | a rival rhythm that directs us away from Christ, |
| 0:30.6 | and it's kind of those assumed habits |
| 0:33.4 | that we just naturally fall into, |
| 0:36.4 | we need to take time to kind of check where our habits are pointing us. |
| 0:41.3 | So, I have good news. |
| 0:43.3 | To help you develop Christ-centered habits, |
| 0:46.3 | grab a copy of our latest Strong Women resource, |
| 0:49.3 | habits that aim our affections. |
| 0:52.3 | My prayer is that it will help you take inventory of your current life rhythms |
| 0:58.0 | and cultivate habits that shape your affection for God and the people that he's placed in your life. |
| 1:04.9 | You can grab your free copy at colsoncenter.org slash habits. |
| 1:23.3 | Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where we explore the beautifully diverse ways God invites |
| 1:28.9 | and equips women to participate in his story. We're here to encourage one another as we step |
| 1:34.8 | out of the shallow definitions of what it means to be a woman and into the flourishing life |
| 1:40.3 | that comes when we walk out our design. I'm your host Sarah Stone Street. I'm so glad you're here. |
| 1:48.5 | Hey everybody. I'm so glad you're with us today. My guest is Roberta Amundsen. Now let me tell you |
| 1:53.9 | a little bit about Roberta. She is a writer and a philanthropist. She really focuses her energy and all |
| 2:00.3 | her time on a few things. |
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