220: Michelle Rayburn and Growing in Christ

Michelle Rayburn is a freelance writer and podcaster who appreciates how life's difficulties can turn out to be opportunities learn and grow. Today, Michelle shares her sometimes Pharisaical approach to her faith as a young woman, learning to engage people who are not like her, and discovering herself through writing. In every story Michelle shares, she reminds us that it’s okay to be immature so we can eventually become mature in Christ. We only need to accept permission to grow.

Listen to Michelle’s story now!

Stories Michelle shared:

Editing books and writing to reach women
Growing up in Wisconsin in a Christian family
Rededicating her life to Christ at a youth event
Landing in a Wesleyan church and how that happened
Getting involved in Campus Crusade in college
The emotional impact of reading Luke 18
Becoming willing to share with others who are not like her
Joining other groups to interact with people not like her
Raising support for camp ministry and losing a transmission
Pondering why chickens never fly over
Harvesting cranberries in the marsh
Writing a marriage book with her husband
Developing tools for communication in marriage

Great quotes from Michelle:

I think we spend a lot of time debating which one is theologically correct. Outside of that there is this whole world that doesn’t care at all what the differences are between them. They just need some hope.

I realized at one point that I was living exactly as I would if I believed in a works-based religion.

What’s God going to do through this that’s beautiful?

What if the “old marrieds” ask the young marrieds how they can help?

Resources we mentioned:

Michelle’s website
Write to Publish Conference
The Repurposed and Upcycled Life: A Women’s Small Group Bible Study by Michelle Rayburn
Classic Marriage: Staying in Love as Your Odometer Climbs by Michelle Rayburn

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