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Welcome to Broken Sparrows - a Christian podcast for women who have suffered trauma and trials. My name is Connie. I am a wife, a mother, and a faithful Christian woman. Yet my life has been full of both joy and pain. I suffered with autoimmune diseases, infertility, eating disorders, and miscarriages. There are many truths I share through my ministry. My consistent message is that not only can you follow Jesus in the midst of your struggles, but you can also learn to be faithful, and the st ...
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Welcome to the Broken Sparrows podcast. Friends, today, I discuss what to do when you find yourself in a season of the good things being stripped away from you, why this happens, and what God might be doing behind the scenes. Scripture, Job:1:21 To learn more about me, my ministry work, and my podcast, please visit my website: Broken Sparrows #loss…
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Welcome to the Broken Sparrows podcast. Friends, October is infant loss awareness month. In today's episode I pay tribute to my son, Jeremiah. Reflecting on his short but powerful life, as well as, the goodness of God. Scriptures: Ps. 116:15, Ps.139:12-17 To learn more about me, my ministry work, and my podcast, please visit my website: Broken Spar…
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Welcome to the Broken Sparrows podcast. Friends, it has been a tough week. When I have weeks or seasons that are this hard, I feel lonely. Do you feel that way? Suffering tends to do that to us. Yet I want to show you in Scripture that like a tree bending in a storm, we too have to bend toward God's will--no matter how hard that might be. Because b…
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Welcome to the Broken Sparrows podcast. This is my most raw, real, vulnerable podcast episode yet in which I discuss mental illness. How tough it is for those of us whose brains don't work correctly. It's upsetting to realize that our minds--that most precious and personal part of our human bodies--isn't functioning the way we know it should. There…
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Welcome to the Broken Sparrows podcast. In this episode, I talk about "The Fourth Watch" and what that is with regard to the story of Peter walking on water. It's an incredible piece of scripture that reminds us all that sometimes, we get distracted or scared, and we take our eyes off of Christ. And then we do that, we start sinking. Yet there is h…
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Welcome to the Broken Sparrows podcast. In this episode, I talk about gifts. Do you like gifts? I do. But.... sometimes we are given gifts we don't necessarily love or need or want. Here's a secret I'll share with you all: I have a regifting box, where I put gifts I won't use or didn't especially like to re-gift later. Sometimes, friends, God gives…
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Welcome to the Broken Sparrows podcast. In this episode, I dive into the topic of how we will often have a narrative written in our minds about how God is going to work in our lives, how are healing is supposed to look, how are dreams are supposed to unfold. Yet God often doesn't work the way we think He's going to work, or how we want Him to work.…
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E4: "The Protection of God in the Moment Can Feel Like Betrayal"
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Welcome to the Broken Sparrows podcast. In this episode, I discuss how sometimes, when God takes away something from us, or removes us from a situation we thought was good, or doesn't give us what we'd prayed for, it can often feel like betrayal. And that can hurt. But what I show you through scripture, and through my own tale of the death of my in…
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Welcome to the Broken Sparrows podcast. In this episode, I want my listeners to understand that God can do the impossible. He can open doors you thought were shut. He can open doors that even humans insist are impossible to open. When I was a child, I contracted a rare autoimmune disease called PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder…
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Welcome to the Broken Sparrows podcast. In this second episode, I want to share with my listeners an epiphany I had about suffering. Too many of us, especially women, struggle with understanding how suffering in our lives fits with the God we know as good and loving. There's a particular verse in Isaiah that's challenging to read, but that makes se…
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Welcome to the Broken Sparrows podcast. This is the debut launch episode, in which I provide an introduction including who I am, the purpose of the show, and what listeners will gain by subscribing and following me. I also share (with faithful and humble vulnerability) some background info on me and my past ministry. I am a woman who's had a tough …
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