Taste and See Podcast: Savoring & sharing God's goodness through home.

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Welcome to Taste and See; a conversational podcast where we discuss what it looks like to savor and share God’s goodness through home! I’m interviewing people from all over the world, in different life stages and cultures, to explore the many ways we can use our unique homes and lives to invite others into the goodness of God. I hope these conversations spark creativity and give you practical tips towards this end.

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EPISODE 2.4 Book Club: Building friendships through books, with Jessica Economidis

May 16 2024 32 mins  
Jessica and I have been friends since the early days of married life, and while we have much in common and attend the same church, books + book club is where our friendship has flourished the most.Jess and I talk about why we think reading is important, as well as why book club is a perfect opportunity to show hospitality and build a framework for purposeful conversations that go d

EPISODE 2.3 Mayhurst Estate: full-time hospitality with Casey Cashell

May 02 2024 45 mins  
Today I'm talking with Casey, who owns and runs the beautiful Mayhurst Estate in Virginia with her husband and four kids. I loved hearing how God led them to choose a life of full-time hospitality, "for the glory of God and the good of others."Casey is a gifted hostess with a deep love for people, and I think you will love learning from her expertise about how to ser

EPISODE 2.2 Rural Hospitality: Farm life with Laura Good

Apr 25 2024 34 mins  
Today I'm talking with Laura, a mom and wife to a Mississippi farmer. We're tackling an oft requested topic; what does hospitality look like when you live in a rural area, outside of the typical neighborhood and community?I hope this episode is helpful and thought provoking as we discuss how to prioritize getting people in your home even when you live in the middle of cor

EPISODE 2.1 - Broken Bread: A Theology of Food with Tilly Dillehay

Apr 18 2024 45 mins  
"If Jesus called himself the "bread of life," why is it that our relationship with food is so complicated? We love it. We hate it. We hate that we love it. Whether we're obsessing over what not to consume--carbs, sugar, alcohol--or what we will devour--fat free, dairy free, gluten free--food has become burdensome." (Harvest House Publisher)Join me as I talk

EPISODE 8 - Hospitality & teenagers, with Maryanne Helms

Jul 04 2023 30 mins  
Today I'm talking with Maryanne, a wife and mom to 4 kids, most of whom are teenagers. We discuss how to make our homes a warm and compelling place where our children are eager to come home, and somewhere they feel free to bring their own friends. We also touch on how as moms we can gladly send our young adult children out into the world instead of clinging to them when it&apo

EPISODE 7 - Hospitality and Orphan Care, with Courtney Allison (part 2)

Jun 27 2023 39 mins  
If you haven't already listened to last week's episode I recommend going back and doing that first, but today I finish my conversation with Courtney by talking about how God has grown her family with bio kids and several different kinds of adoptions. We talk about how orphan care is an important part of showing hospitality to the vulnerable, and the many ways we can make

EPISODE 6 - Hospitality as a pastors wife with chronic illness, with Courtney Allison (part I)

Jun 20 2023 35 mins  
Today I'm talking with Courtney, she's a pastors wife, bio and adoptive mom to now 6 little ones (having recently completed the adoption of the 2 she mentions in the interview), who has dealt with severe chronic illness for all of her adult life.This is a 2 part conversation and today we talk about what hospitality as a pastors wife has looked like for her over the years,

EPISODE 5 - Expat hospitality, with Deborah Gandi

Jun 14 2023 30 mins  
Today I'm talking with Deborah, and American wife and mom who's currently living in Oxford, England, while her husband works on a PhD. We discuss some of the differences she's experienced while hosting in a new country, and what hospitality has looked like for her through a difficult pregnancy and a husband in school full time. Find us on instagram:Taste & See: @

Monday's Short: The Art and Work of Caring

Jun 12 2023 4 mins  
In today's episode I'm sharing a few excerpts from a book I've been enjoying recently by Andi Ashworth, "Real Love for Real Life: the art and work of caring." Excerpts taken from chapter 4: Coming Home, and chapter 5: Celebrating the StoryHighly recommend reading the whole book, you can find it on Amazon here: https://a.co/d/6WyIlK2(affiliate link)Find me o

EPISODE 4 - Loving people through seasons of grief and loss, with Kristen Morris

Jun 06 2023 43 mins  
Today I'm talking with longtime friend, Kristen, a wife and mom from Florida. Kristen and her husband Caleb are well acquainted with seasons of grief and loss, having both lost family members to cancer, and even more recently having walked through a serious cancer diagnosis and treatment for Caleb.If hospitality is a love for people, and it is, then it is so much more than jus