Outside of Sunday
NZ-based Christian women's podcast. Genuine conversations, inspiring testimonies, and biblical encouragement to live our faith in and outside of Sunday.
Episodes
202 episodes
Episode 205 - Shut Down During Worship & Miraculously Healed: Paris Vashti, Part 1
Growing up as a pastor's kid, Paris Vashti loved Jesus - but after one comment at a Christian conference, she spent years believing she was "worshipping wrong." What followed was a long battle with fear, insecurity, and feeling unable to ...
Episode 204 - Insights on Christianity, Politics & Matariki
This week Laura and I tackle a couple of topics we've genuinely been wrestling with. We discuss Brian Tamaki's suspended firearms licence, what role Christians should play in politics, and whether we're called to fight for our beliefs—or faithf...
Episode 203 - Matariki, Te Tiriti & Māori Spirituality: Henare Whaanga, Part 2
In Part 2 of our conversation with Henare Whaanga, we move into some of the practical questions New Zealand Christians are wrestling with today.Should Christians celebrate Matariki? What does Toitū te Tiriti actually mean? How should be...
Episode 202 - Insights On Viral Conversions: Christ Above Culture
In this Insights episode of Outside of Sunday, Laura and I chat through a couple of topics that have been getting a lot of people talking lately: viral conversions and what it really means to keep Christ above culture.We start by discuss...
Episode 201 - The Toughest Questions on Māori & Christianity: Henare Whaanga, Part 1
Last year, I had the privilege of interviewing Henare at the Thinking Matters Conference. Clips from that conversation reached hundreds of thousands online, sparking passionate discussion from people on all sides. Recently, Henare joined me aga...
Episode 200 - Insights on Why Christian Self-Sufficiency Doesn't Work
In this special 200th episode of Outside of Sunday, Laura and I sit down for another Insights conversation as we reflect on some of the themes that surfaced in part two of Sonia Barrish's testimony and unpack a topic that keeps coming ...
Episode 199 - Sleep Deprivation Broke Me: Sonia Barrish, Part 2
In this episode of Outside of Sunday, Sonia continues her testimony by sharing the frightening reality of severe sleep deprivation and the mental and physical toll it took on her life. As her health rapidly declined, she experienced terrifying ...
Episode 198 - Insights on Loving Through Secondary Issues
In this Insights episode of Outside of Sunday, Christa and Laura reflect on the recent conversations surrounding women in ministry and explore how Christians can hold differing convictions on secondary issues while still preserving unity and lo...
Episode 197 - More Than Urban Self-Sufficiency: Sonia Barrish, Part 1
In this episode of Outside of Sunday, Christa sits down with Sonia from Urban Self Sufficiency, from transforming an ordinary suburban section into a thriving food-producing garden (that harvests over 500 kilograms of food each year!!) to raisi...
Episode 196: Insights on Trusting Christ in a Confused Culture
In this Insights episode of Outside of Sunday, Christa and Laura reflect on several conversations currently shaping the Christian space online. They discuss the recent abortion announcement from Jesse and Ashley Ridgeway, explore John Lennox's ...
Episode 195 - He said "I Love You" and Stopped Breathing: Rebekah Heslop, Part 2
In Part 2 of my conversation with Rebekah Heslop, we dive into an extraordinary love story that began long before either of them realised where it would lead. Rebekah shares how her husband pursued her for years, the terrifying allergic reactio...
Episode 194 - Insights on Earthly vs Heavenly Adoption
In this week's Insights episode, we reflect on Rebekah Heslop's testimony and the powerful biblical picture of adoption that runs throughout Scripture.What does it mean to be adopted into God's family? Is adoption the whole story, or do...
Episode 193 - Finding My Birth Mother Didn't Fix Everything: Rebekah Heslop, Part 1
In this episode - the first we are releasing from our South Island recording series - I sit down with Rebekah Heslop to hear her story. Rebekah was adopted at just 10 days old, she shared with us the internal feeling of rejection that followed ...
Episode 192 - South Island Debrief & Can Christians Disagree?
In this Insights episode of Outside of Sunday, Christa and Laura catch up after Christa’s South Island trip - reflecting on answered prayers, unexpected moments, and some of the stories from the road.They also unpack the conversation spa...
Episode 191 - Why We’ve Been Quiet
In this solo episode of Outside of Sunday, I wanted to sit down and give you a bit of a life and podcast update - including why we’ve moved to one episode a week for a short season.I'm talking about our upcoming South Island rec...
Episode 190 - Woman in Ministry and Biblical Balance: Phylicia Masonheimer
In this episode of Outside of Sunday, we sit down with Phylicia Masonheimer, founder of Every Woman a Theologian, for an honest and thought-provoking conversation about faith and what it means to be a woman passionate about ministry.Phy...
Episode 189 - Insights on Helping vs Nagging in Marriage
In this Insights episode, Christa and Laura unpack a topic many wives wrestle with - the difference between helping and nagging. With honesty and biblical insight, they talk through communication in marriage, checking our motives, and learning ...
Episode 188 - I Made A Covenant: Chantelle Nunez, Part 2
In part two of Chantelle’s story, the journey continues through heartbreak, hard biblical questions, and the painful reality of a marriage falling apart. At the centre of this episode is a deep conviction Chantelle carried through it all: I...
Episode 187 - Insights on Wisdom & Boundaries in Christian Dating
In this Insights episode of Outside of Sunday, Christa and Laura open up a candid conversation about Christian dating - from boundaries to red flags, wedding jitters, and the deeper purpose of marriage itself. With wisdom, laughter...
Episode 186 - I Thought I Married a Christian: Chantelle Nunez, Part 1
In this episode of Outside of Sunday, Chantelle shares a deeply personal testimony all about faith, love, and how things don’t always turn out the way we hope.Chantelle grew up in New Zealand, came to know and love Jesus from a young age...
Episode 185 - Insights on Loving (or Resisting) Biblical Truth
In this Insights episode of Outside of Sunday, Christa and Laura open up a thoughtful and honest conversation around our response to biblical truth - do we love it, or resist it?Reflecting on Julie Colbeth’s recent episodes, we revisits ...
Episode 184 - Whispers of Grace Takeover, Part 4: Mistakes
In this final episode of the Whispers of Grace takeover on Outside of Sunday, Julie leans into a confronting but necessary conversation around mistakes—and the way we approach God.Looking at both Old and New Testament accounts, this epi...
Episode 183 - Whispers of Grace Takeover, Part 3: Ministry
In this third takeover episode of Outside of Sunday, Julie Colbeth from Whispers of Grace continues her powerful teaching series - this time turning to the heart of ministry.Drawing from the Old Testament priesth...
Episode 182 - Whispers of Grace Takeover, Part 2: Method
In this second takeover episode of Outside of Sunday, Julie Colbeth from Whispers of Grace continues her four-part teaching series - this time exploring the method behind how we serve God.Following on from 'Motivation', this episode shi...
Episode 181 - Whispers of Grace Takeover, Part 1: Motivation
In this special takeover episode of Outside of Sunday, Christa hands the mic over to Julie Colbeth from Whispers of Grace for the first of a four-part teaching series - and it couldn’t come at a better time.As Christa t...
