We tone things down a bit in our latest airing when we tackle the subject of failure. Katie discusses some of the failures she has experienced in life and how to overcome the feeling of inadaquacy and guilt of failing God time and again.

We are losers.

Some of the material we cover here comes from:

• Mark #17: The Wisdom to Deal With Failure (By: J. Hampton Keathley, III , Th.M.) as found on Bible.org

• "Embracing Brokeness: How God Refines Us Through Life's Disappointments" by Alan Nelson
  

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This is what the producer of Online Christian Talk Radio came up with as a teaser for The Sue and Katie show. It gives one a taste of some of our podcasts and soon to be radio show that will be aired on Fridays, beginning Friday, July 20, 2007. See previous post for more info.

Hope you'll listen!

Katie and I will have some of our podcasts aired on Fridays on this new Internet Radio station. Listen for "The Sue and Katie Show", and watch for more podcasts coming soon!

"The Blogosphere" is a recent series that WBBJ, the local ABC news affiliate, has been running. Katie and I were interviewed for part of this series and after about an hour and a half of chatting, this 3 minute clip is what came from it.

Here you can see the interview. (10mb .wmv)

I think they did a great job of sharing the story of Sisters' Weblog: It Bloggles the Mind! and if you want an signed photo of the two of us, just let us know! LOL

The Sisters' present their very first podcast of 2007!

Woohooo!

This podcast is special for a couple of reasons, but not-so-special for many more! Special because it is our first one this year, and it comes by special request of our fan. Lydia...this podcast is dedicated to you!

In this podcast we discuss some bad movies we've seen. We talk about our "baseline" for bad movies "The Little Angels" (or whatever it was called!) and the most recent we've seen, "Children of Men". We discuss some other bad ones like "Whale Rider", "Rabbit Proof Fence" and "Citizen Kane".

We did digress a little, as is our trademark, to talk a bit about the trouble my dog has getting onto the couch, but for the most part we stayed on the topic of bad movies and what makes them that way.

Oh, we also finally found the "sign off" we've been looking for and battled it out through some minor technical glitch at the end of the podcast.

Disclaimer: We are amateurs who know not what we are doing. Listen at your own risk.

Katie and Sue observe some of the "stupid questions" they are asked at the post office, airport and various other places.

Katie shares about some of the experiences single parents sometimes have with the "odd jobs" they need to do in order to keep food on the table.

And...we all have 'em...you know, those crazy experiences at the drive thru? Well, Katie and Sue share some of their experiences with placing orders to a microphone.

We still have no idea what we are doing, but we are having fun doing it! We haven't podcasted since last April, so, you have had plenty of time to recoup! It was time for some fresh material!

Sue, the "podmaster", and Katie, the _________? (you need to listen to be able to fill in this blank, and boy did it provide for a HUGE laugh!), share some parenting tips for single moms.

Katie's main responsibility as a parent is to set a Godly example for her children.

Single parents have needs that are often not recognized by society and/or the church. Katie addresses some of these needs and offers some suggestions as to how the Church, can assist these single parents with their responsibilities.

1 Timothy 5:3

"Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need."

The divorced and single mothers are the "widows" of today's society. The church should recognize this and strive to provide for the needs of single parents, and for the children of these single parents.

Some needs of single mothers:

• financial
  
• providing a paternal role model for her children
• personal fulfillment
  
• emotional and spiritual support
• basic household repairs and maintanence
• transportation issues (I can't be in two places at once!)

Ministry suggestions for the Church:

• Care for the "widows"
• financial support
• offer help with transporting children to/from school, church, community activities, games, etc. Carpool!
• Provide emotional and spiritual support through ministries to singles; bible studies, support groups in which ideas and struggles of parenting can be shared.
• Provide a ministry that would allow for skilled people to help single moms with household repairs and maintanence.
• Healthy two-parent homes can "adopt" the children of the single parent and care for them for a weekend, or a day. to give mom "a break" and instill the values of a functional home.
  

Single moms have so many needs and often they feel "guilt" asking for help because it seems like they are always needing it. Christians are to be known for their love so love one another and care for the widows!

For comedy relief, this podcast will again feature a visit by Whyzer, the "wonder-dog", who really knows how to push Sue's buttons, which triggers an on-air "conniption".

We hope you enjoy these tips for single parents, namely, for single moms.