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The Allender Center Podcast

Welcome Back, Rachael!

The Allender Center Podcast

The Allender Center

Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Christianity, Trauma, Health & Fitness, Theology

4.6628 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We are thrilled to welcome back podcast co-host Rachael Clinton Chen, who is returning to us from maternity leave! In this conversation with Dan, Rachael catches us up on life as a new mother, her experiences with labor and the first few months, and her observations on the incredible burdens that women bear. If you are a parent or caregiver, we think this episode will be especially relatable, but we hope that all who listen will walk away with a renewed sense of the awe, terror, and joy of the responsibility of caring for those who are most vulnerable in our lives.

Congratulations Rachael, Michael, and family on your precious blessing, and welcome Evelyn Grace!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Thank you for listening to the Allender Center podcast.

0:06.7

I'm Dr. Dan Allender.

0:08.7

And I'm Rachel Clinton-Centen.

0:10.5

We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world.

0:14.7

And restoration for the heart.

0:17.2

Thank you for joining us.

0:18.5

Let's get this conversation started.

0:29.6

Thank you for joining us. Let's get this conversation started. I have the pleasure of being with six pastor's wives this morning and delightful group of women who met when they were at Covenant Seminary and have retained

0:45.6

and grown in friendship and love for one another.

0:50.4

And from my standpoint, I think the hardest job in the universe is to be a pastor,

0:56.1

but the hardest role, because most pastor's wives don't have a job as a pastor wife.

1:05.0

But nonetheless, the hardest role in the world is to be a pastor's wife. So in this lovely

1:10.0

conversation, I had to end

1:12.8

and say, I'm so sorry, I need to go and do a podcast. And I explained that it's an exciting podcast

1:22.1

because I get to welcome back not only a dear friend and colleague, but my good friend, Rachel Clinton Chen.

1:37.6

So, Rachel, before I say you're here, and people can hear your lovely laugh, two of the women who heard me say that

1:45.2

just literally just clapped. It was like, oh, she's back. She's coming back. I'm like, yes,

1:57.2

she's coming back. What a gift just to have it again.

2:03.3

It would have been all six, but only two really heard what I was saying.

2:07.6

You know, the sense that it was so nice to see people who listen to us,

2:12.3

and particularly in this case, to people who have missed you deeply.

2:19.3

And I can say, I suspect that there is far many more people who are like, oh, God,

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