Happy Hour #38 is with my friend Jessica Thompson. This is now Jesssica's second time to be on the Happy Hour and I love it and love her. She's one of my most fun guests that I have had on this whole time. I feel like I could sit with her over chips and salsa and laugh for hours. Jessica lives with her husband and three kids in Southern California. She's an author and speaker who has great things to say.
On this show we talked about how we both love the show Nashville, her newest book, grace for those around us, and her most recent crazy vacation. I compared Sister Wives to the Church, and then we both shared books we're loving now.
Jessica's latest book is called Everyday Grace: Infusing All Your Relationships with the Love of Jesus. This book tackles how we can be in relationships where you will get hurt, and your friends will let you down and yet we can still show them grace. I loved this book so much and it helped me re-evaluate the way I had put such big expectations on my kids.
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What we are reading:
Jessica: Homeschool Sex Machine by Matthew Pierce & Suburbianity by Byron Yawn.
Me: Everything You Ever Wanted by Jillian Lauren – I have finished this book since this podcast was recorded and LOVE LOVE LOVED this book.
Connect with Jessica:
Facebook // Twitter // Instagram // Blog // Amazon
EVERYDAY GRACE giveaway:
Jessica has two books to give away to you guys and this time we're going to do something a bit different. To win these books you need to be following me on Instagram (@jamieivey) and then leave a comment tagging a friend that you think might like the Happy Hour podcast, or this book. Either way! I'll pick a winner on Tuesday. (Contest ends Monday at midnight CST.)
Excited for another podcast! I was at dinner with my friend Lindsey the other night & I basically forced her to get out her phone and add the Happy Hour to her podcast app. Well the next day she told me she’d already listened to 2 episodes and then made everyone at her bible study do the same thing with their phones! Thanks for such an encouraging, inspiring, and fun podcast!
LOVED this episode! I was so challenged by what Jessica said – that we should expect our friends to sin. Whoa. I definitely hold the people I interact with to an unattainable standard. Talk about uncovering uncomfortable sin patterns. Yikes.
Thankful for fun and honest conversations. Plus you’ve given me motivation to initiate this conversations with my friends. Thanks again, Jamie (& Jessica)!
I really, really enjoyed this conversation – God is clearly trying to teach me about grace since this was about the third time in a 2-week period of time that He’s spoken to my heart. I listened to the podcast then went right out to my local bookstore (which I never do because hello, Amazon!) and bought Jessica’s book, Everyday Grace. Looking forward to reading it!