Summer of Mentorship 2018 Jen Wilkin Wk 6

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🗓️ 23 July 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

You desire your children to walk with God. But how do you lead them to that place?

Is that only your husband’s job? What if you are a single mom or functionally single mom?

What about your role as a leader in your faith community? Should women leaders be gentle and quiet?

Today’s guest is Jen Wilkin, author of “None Like Him” and “Women of the Word”. She debunks some myths we believe about spiritual leadership, inside and outside of the home.

Her desire is for women to be grounded in the truth of God’s Word. To study with both their hearts and their minds. To know God and who He is. Then from knowing Him and His character see how He crafted us uniquely and our high worth in His eyes.

In this episode Jen and I chat about spiritual leadership. How we can expand the definition of what we think that means. How leading our children changes over the years. How her own single mom prayed fervently for her and for God to grow big in her life.

We also discuss how to be a spiritual leader in your community. How to manage that responsibility with humility and boldness. And how women need to not just see cute Instagram posts but know who God is from His Word.

What we chat about:

Jen’s young mom journey with three kids in four years.
The need for accountability and structure in studying the Bible as a young mom.
How the Wilkins describe leading children spiritual–the differences over the years.
Tips for the woman who is spiritually leading her children.
Expanding the definition of “spiritual leader” in the home.
Jen’s journey of spiritual growth having a single mom.
Self-reflection asking “Am I stepping on people? Limiting the contribution of others?”
How to be a woman in spiritual leadership/ministry.
What do you do if women think you are more “spiritual” than them.
How to be grounded in theWord and not cute, Instagram posts.
What does it mean that God is transcendent.

Links Mentioned:

Revolutionary Parenting by George Barna**
When Dad Doesn’t Disciple by Jen Wilkin
None Like Him by Jen Wilkin **
In His Image by Jen Wilkin**
Flower Mound Women’s Bible Study
Jen’s Bible Study at the Village Church this Fall on Genesis
Jen’s Published Bible Studies –>

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey all, welcome back to the God Center Mom podcast. I'm your host Heather McFadden and
0:09.1	this is the place where we remind you through mentorship, friendship and discipleship
0:13.9	that you don't mom alone. You are listening to week six of the summer of mentorship this
0:19.3	week on featuring Jen Wilkin. To say, oh, only the husband is supposed to handle the instruction
0:26.5	of the children in spiritual matters or his voice needs to be the loudest voice. I think
0:32.8	that when we narrow it to be like the specific role instead of is he modeling godliness on
0:37.9	a daily basis in the home? That is a beautiful thing. Even if he never ever leads family
0:44.7	devotional, if he is living a life of godliness and demonstrating that he loves the Lord, then
0:50.6	why would we like guilt on him? Because his personality or his gifting haven't placed
0:55.8	him in that one specific role in the home. But it is important for someone who like me never
1:02.2	runs out of words to say, have I prevented him from opening up and joining the conversation
1:07.8	just by the sheer force of my words? This week's guest Jen Wilkin is the author of the book
1:14.1	None Like Him and Women of the Word had a study, the Bible with both our hearts and our mind.
1:19.9	She writes over at the gospel coalition and desiring god. And today she and I are answering
1:25.6	some questions that I've had. One of those questions is what do you do if your husband
1:31.7	is not the spiritual leader or what if you are a single mom or a functionally single mom
1:37.1	your husband is not a believer? How do you handle that role of being a spiritual leader
1:41.9	in your family? I also talk about what if you hold some kind of leadership position
1:48.2	in your church and your community? How to manage that well? And Jen shares some really
1:53.8	good wisdom and mentoring about how you approach God's Word and looking more at who God is
2:00.1	than naval gazing. And I think her newest book reflects that. Definitely check out the
2:04.4	show notes so you can see what Jen's been up to since this episode first aired two years
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