By Faith With Christine Hoover

Christine asks writer Lore Wilbert about the effects of moving and transition on relationships. Lore shares what she's bad at in friendship, how she purposes to be honest when someone asks her how she's doing, how getting married changed her friendships, why making couple friends is so difficult, and how God hasn't ever wasted loneliness in her life.LINKS FROM THE SHOWLore's Website // My conversation with Lore on SinglenessConnect with LoreWebsite // Twitter // InstagramConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine asks author and pastor Drew Hunter about male friendships. They discuss how men can prioritize friendship in their busy lives and how women around them can help them do so. LINKS FROM THE SHOWDrew's Church // Drew's Book, Made for FriendshipConnect with DrewTwitterSubmit a Question for the Ask Me Anything EpisodeConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine asks Kristie Anyabwile about how pastor's wives can pinpoint friends within their churches and how they can cultivate these friendships. They discuss obstacles and complexities for pastor's wives in making friends, as well as opportunities that come simply by being the pastor's wife.LINKS FROM THE SHOWKristie's church // Katie Orr on "Friendship for the Pastor's Wife"Connect with KristieWebsite // Her Writing // Twitter // InstagramSubmit a Question for the Ask Me Anything EpisodeConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine is joined by author and pastor's wife Tilly Dillehay, who shares how envy in a specific relationship destroyed it, how she learned to diagnosis and confess envy, and how we can recognize and respond to envy in our own lives.LINKS FROM THE SHOWTilly's book, Seeing Green // C.S. Lewis' Weight of Glory (includes The Inner Ring essay)Connect with TillyWebsite // Twitter // InstagramSubmit a Question for the Ask Me Anything EpisodeConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine asks Shauna Pilgreen, author of a new book called "Love Where You Live," how we can befriend and serve our neighbors, how we can turn conversations deeper, and how we can overcome the barriers of fear and busyness in order to love others better.LINKS FROM THE SHOWPreorder Shauna's book, Love Where You Live // Epic ChurchConnect with ShaunaWebsite // Twitter // Instagram Submit a Question for the Ask Me Anything EpisodeConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify 

Marissa Henley joins Christine to not only share her story of suffering but to share how her friends intentionally helped and ministered to her in the worst time of her life. She gives get insight on how we can love our friends through adversity.LINKS FROM THE SHOWMarissa's book, How to Love Your Friend Through Cancer // Enter to win a copy of the book!Connect with MarissaWebsite // Twitter // InstagramPrintable: What To Do For a Friend in SufferingSubmit a Question for the Ask Me Anything EpisodeConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine welcomes podcaster and author Jamie Ivey to the show to talk about insecurity and how it affects friendship, how friendship has been hard for Jamie, how we can help the men in our lives prioritize friendship, and how Jamie is helping her kids navigate relationships with their peers. LINKS FROM THE SHOWJamie's book, If You Only Knew // The Happy Hour Podcast // Jackie Hill Perry's episode on Jamie's podcast // Voxer app Connect with JamieWebsite // Twitter // Instagram // FacebookSubmit a Question for the Ask Me Anything EpisodeConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Jen Wilkin joins Christine on By Faith to share how friendship has been hard for her, how we must all be intentional in our relationships, and how she often sees women hindering their own friendships from growing deeper.LINKS FROM THE SHOWGenesis Study // In His Image // Jen's other books and Bible studies // Jen's free Bible studiesConnect with JenWebsite // Twitter // InstagramConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine and author Hannah Anderson discuss why it's important to define friendship, what we can do when there is distance in a friendship, how to have wise conflict, and how loneliness can sometimes be a gift.LINKS FROM THE SHOWAll That's Good // Humble Roots // Made for MoreConnect with HannahWebsite // Twitter // InstagramConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful FriendshipPaperback // Audiobook // EbookDownload your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guideLearn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine chats with artist and author Ruth Chou Simons, who shares how we can navigate hurts in friendship from a biblical perspective. Ruth shares how she's practiced forgiveness and how she's known when to overlook an offense versus when to address it with a friend. LINKS FROM THE SHOWThe Gracelaced Shoppe // Gracelaced the Book // Ruth's other books Connect with Ruth Website // Twitter // Instagram Connect with Christine Blog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books  Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful Friendship Paperback // Audiobook // Ebook Download your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guide Learn how you can support Christine's work on PatreonSubscribe to the "By Faith" Podcast iTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine speaks with Jani Ortlund, wife, mom, and grandmother, about making and maintaining friendships when children have left the house. Jani shares how she crosses invisible lines in order to befriend women of various ages and nationalities. The wisdom she shares is helpful for anyone, no matter what lifestage you're in. LINKS FROM THE SHOWRenewal Ministries // Acts 29 Network Download Friendship Cards Connect with Jani Website // Twitter // Instagram // Books Connect with Christine Blog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books  Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful Friendship Paperback // Audiobook // Ebook Download your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guide Learn how you can support Christine's workSubscribe to the "By Faith" Podcast iTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Catherine Parks joins Christine to talk about what true vulnerability in friendship looks like, how we can overcome our fears about vulnerability, and how we can practically take a friendship from surface level to deeper relationships. LINKS FROM THE SHOWCatherine's new book, Real // Marco Polo App // Catherine's first book, A Christ-Centered Wedding Connect with Catherine Blog // Twitter // Instagram // Facebook Connect with Christine Blog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books  Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful Friendship Paperback // Audiobook // Ebook Download your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guide Learn how you can support Christine's workSubscribe to the "By Faith" Podcast iTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine and Amber Williams talk about practical resources we all have at our disposal in order to invite deeper friendship beyond just a passing "How are you?" Amber shares her go-to questions to take conversation deeper and also talks about grieving a good friend moving away. LINKS FROM THE SHOWSojourn Midtown // Amber's Fettuccine Alfredo recipe Connect with Christine Blog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books  Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful Friendship Paperback // Audiobook // Ebook Download your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guide Learn how you can support Christine's workSubscribe to the "By Faith" Podcast iTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

Christine chats with the co-founders of Risen Motherhood, Emily and Laura, about how busy moms can cultivate friendship. Covering everything from comparison to conversations during playdates, Emily and Laura get real about the relational challenges many moms face.

Christine sits down with Kelly Needham to discuss how we define friendship and why that matters so much. Kelly not only gives warning signs that we have an unhealthy understanding of friendship, but she offers a biblical perspective and practical ways we can practice biblical friendship. LINKS FROM THE SHOWKelly's Desiring God ArticlesTrue Friends Are Hard to Find // A New Kind of Couple: When Best Friends Become Romantic // More Than BFFs: When Friendship Goes too Far Connect with Kelly Website // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter  Connect with Christine Blog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books  Order Your Copy of Messy Beautiful Friendship Paperback // Audiobook // Ebook Download your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guide Learn how you can support Christine's workSubscribe to the "By Faith" Podcast iTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify

I don't think we talk about friendship enough, especially the hard stuff, and I'm here to change that. Listen in as I share a sneak peek of what's to come this season on By Faith. LINKS FROM THE SHOWOrder Your Copy of Messy Beautiful Friendship Paperback // Audiobook // Ebook Download your free Messy Beautiful Friendship group discussion guide Learn how you can support Christine's workSubscribe to the "By Faith" Podcast iTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify Connect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books 

Christine and her husband Kyle answer listeners' questions about the hurts and hangups in ministry: how to respond to criticism, how to respond when people leave the church, dealing with private hurts, and finding time to rest. LINKS FROM THE SHOW Christine's Ministry-Related BooksThe Church Planting Wife // Partners in Ministry // Partners in Planting Learn how you can support Christine's work Subscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify Connect with Christine Blog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books 

Christine chats with Irene Sun about the dual role of being a mom and the pastor’s wife on Sunday mornings (and all the other times we’re parenting while being available to people in the church). Irene is also a pastor’s daughter, so she shares some really good stuff about what she experienced as a kid and how her parents handled difficult situations in ministry. LINKS FROM THE SHOW Submit a question for next week's "Ask Me Anything" Episode Christine's Ministry-Related Books The Church Planting Wife // Partners in Ministry // Partners in Planting Learn how you can support Christine's workSubscribe to the "By Faith" Podcast iTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify Connect with IreneFacebookConnect with ChristineBlog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books 

Christine is joined by Katie Orr to discuss how pastor's wives can make friends inside and outside the church, including how we tend to hinder ourselves unknowingly, and what we can share (and what we can't) and how to do so wisely. LINKS FROM THE SHOW The Orr's Church // Katie's Books // Lori Frank's article, "What I Wish I'd Known About Friendship" Submit a Question for the "Ask Me Anything" EpisodeChristine's Ministry-Related BooksThe Church Planting Wife // Partners in Ministry // Partners in Planting Learn how you can support Christine's work Subscribe to the "By Faith" PodcastiTunes // Stitcher // Google Play // Spotify Connect with Katie Website // Instagram // Twitter // Facebook Connect with Christine Blog // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Books 

Christine chats with D.A. & Elicia, church planters in Long Beach, California, about the dynamics and often blurred lines pastors and pastor's wives experience in marriage because of ministry. They share about how they're proactive in helping one another thrive.