The Shieldmaidens

The Shieldmaidens
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Raising up warriors for Christ while standing in the way of the enemy.

  1. 5d ago

    From Witchcraft to Worship: A Radical Encounter with Jesus

    What happens when two broken stories collide—and Jesus begins to rewrite them both?  In Part 1 of this powerful two-part testimony, we sit down with Dalton and Natalie Webb, owners of The Unit Tattoo in McLeansboro, Illinois, to hear the story of how their lives became intertwined.  Dalton was battling suicidal thoughts. Natalie was practicing witchcraft.  What looked like a new beginning became a journey through darkness, brokenness, and struggles neither of them could simply outrun.  But even when our lives seem to be falling apart, God is not finished writing the story.  In this first episode, Dalton and Natalie open up about their lives before Christ, the struggles that shaped their relationship, and the circumstances that set the stage for a radical transformation neither could have imagined.  Their story is a reminder that no past is too dark, no life is too broken, and no one is beyond the reach of Jesus.  This is only the beginning. Join us next week for Part 2 as we continue Dalton and Natalie's incredible journey from brokenness to freedom in Christ.  📍Connect with Dalton & Natalie:  🎨 The Unit Tattoo: https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Unit-Tattoo-61554503027584/  🎙️ Listen to their podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/033UJcjJiZt5t1jv00DgvU  ❤️ If this story encourages you, please like, subscribe, and share it with someone who needs the reminder that Jesus still transforms lives.  #TheShieldmaidens #ChristianTestimony #JesusTransformsLives #FreedomInChrist #GodsRedemption  Check out our website and shop our latest merchandise here:  https://beashieldmaiden.com/  Connect with us on socials:  https://www.facebook.com/theshieldmaidens  https://www.instagram.com/theshieldmaidenspodcast/  Production by Hitchcock Visuals

  2. Oct 20

    You’re Not Here to Be Nice: Finding Your Identity in Christ

    What if being “nice” isn’t actually what God is asking you to be? In this episode of The Shieldmaidens, we’re joined by author, Bible study leader, and speaker Dr. Heather Burchfield, author of Not Here to Be Nice. Heather and the Shieldmaidens have an honest conversation about what it looks like to find our identity in Christ rather than in other people’s expectations—and why Christian women don’t have to shrink themselves, avoid hard conversations, or constantly prioritize being “nice.” We talk about Heather’s Bible study, her experience leading women, and what discipleship can look like when we move beyond simply talking about faith and start putting it into practice. We also dig into the struggles women face when trying to understand who they are in Christ, how people-pleasing can keep us stuck, and what it means to become women who are willing to live boldly and faithfully. This conversation is for the woman who has ever wondered: • Who am I, really, in Christ? • Am I confusing being “nice” with being godly? • How do I lead and love other women well? • What does hands-on discipleship actually look like? • How do I stop living for other people’s approval? • What does it look like to walk confidently in the identity God has given me? You are not here to be nice. You are here to follow Jesus. CONNECT WITH HEATHER: 🌐 Website: www.heatherburchfield.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drheatherburchfield Instagram: @drheatherburchfield Threads: @drheatherburchfield TikTok: @drheatherburchfield Women Speakers Profile: Heather Burchfield - Senatobia Christian Speaker - 📖 Get Heather’s book, Not Here to Be Nice: Amazon Not Here to Be Nice Leader’s Guide  Bulk Orders for Groups: Not Here to Be Nice | Ephesians Bible Study for Women SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS Not Here to Be Nice Leader Download  Bundles: Not Here to Be Nice | Free Leader  Resources & Leader's Kit If this conversation encouraged you, like this video, subscribe to The Shieldmaidens, and share it with a woman who needs to hear this message. #TheShieldmaidens #HeatherBurchfield #NotHereToBeNice #IdentityInChrist #ChristianWomen #ChristianDiscipleship #WomenOfFaith #BiblicalWomanhood Check out our website and shop our latest merchandise here:  https://beashieldmaiden.com/  Connect with us on socials:  https://www.facebook.com/theshieldmaidens  https://www.instagram.com/theshieldmaidenspodcast/  Production by Hitchcock Visuals

  3. Oct 13

    Who Are You Really Working For?

    What does it look like to build a successful business without allowing success to become your god? In this episode of The Shieldmaidens, we sit down with two local Christian business owners, Dedrick Cosby of Let Go and Lift and Hunter Slade of Slade Printing, for an honest conversation about faith and entrepreneurship. We talk about the tension between chasing success and surrendering your plans to God—and whether those two things actually have to be in conflict. Is it wrong for a Christian business owner to want to make a lot of money? How do you stay faithful when business is slow and the numbers aren't where you hoped they'd be? How do you know whether an opportunity is from God or simply a good opportunity? And what does it really mean to run a business God's way? We also talk about leadership, difficult employees, bringing faith into the workplace, discerning God's direction, and what these business owners would tell someone just starting out. Because maybe success isn't the opposite of surrender. Maybe surrender is what makes success worth having. In this episode: • Can you chase success without making success your god? • What does it actually mean to run a business God's way? • Profit vs. purpose • Trusting God when business is slow • How to discern a God-given opportunity • Leading employees with grace and wisdom • Faith in the workplace • Advice for young Christian entrepreneurs • What does success look like when God is at the center? Meet Our Guests Dedrick Cosby — Let Go and Lift Visit Let Go and Lift Hunter Slade — Slade Printing Visit Slade Printing If this conversation challenges you, we'd love for you to share it with another Christian business owner, entrepreneur, or someone trying to figure out what it means to pursue success while keeping Jesus at the center. Subscribe to The Shieldmaidens for more honest conversations about faith, life, purpose, and following Jesus boldly. #ChristianBusiness #ChristianEntrepreneur #FaithAndBusiness #ChristianEntrepreneurship #TheShieldmaidens Check out our website and shop our latest merchandise here:  https://beashieldmaiden.com/  Connect with us on socials:  https://www.facebook.com/theshieldmaidens  https://www.instagram.com/theshieldmaidenspodcast/ Production by Hitchcock Visuals

  4. Oct 6

    100 Episodes. Countless Stories. One Faithful God.

    🎉We made it to Episode 100 of The Shieldmaidens!🛡️  What started as a simple idea to create honest conversations about faith, life, struggle, friendship, and following Jesus has become so much more than we ever imagined.  For our 100th episode, we're turning the cameras on ourselves and answering questions that we imagine our listeners might have asked us after walking alongside us for the last 100 episodes. 😂  We’re talking about:  🛡️ How The Shieldmaidens started  ❤️ The conversations and stories that have stayed with us  😂 Some of our funniest behind-the-scenes moments  🙏 What God has taught us through this podcast  💬 The hard questions we’ve wrestled with  👭 Our friendship and what it’s been like doing this together  🔥 What being a “Shieldmaiden” really means to us  ✨ And what we hope the next 100 episodes look like  But more than anything, Episode 100 is a thank-you.  To everyone who has watched.  To every person who has shared an episode.  To everyone who has sent a message saying, “I needed this today.”  To the men and women who have trusted us with their stories.  And to every Shieldmaiden who has been here since Episode 1... or found us somewhere along the way.  YOU are part of this story.  We don't know exactly what God has planned for the next 100 episodes, but we're excited to keep saying yes, keep having the hard conversations, keep pointing women toward Jesus, and keep picking up our shields together.  Thank you for 100 episodes. ❤️  Now tell us: What has been your favorite Shieldmaidens episode or conversation so far?  #TheShieldmaidens #ChristianPodcast #ChristianWomen #Faith #Jesus #ChristianTestimony #WomenOfFaith  Check out our website and shop our latest merchandise here:  https://beashieldmaiden.com/  Connect with us on socials:  https://www.facebook.com/theshieldmaidens  https://www.instagram.com/theshieldmaidenspodcast/  Production by Hitchcock Visuals

  5. Sep 29

    When Worship Shows Up on Your Doorstep

    What if worship showed up on your doorstep?  In this episode of The Shieldmaidens, we’re joined by our friend Christina Hitchcock, founder of Knot Alone - a nonprofit with a beautiful mission: Tying love and worship together on your doorstep.  Once a month, Knot Alone brings a choir to the homes of local cancer patients, offering music, encouragement, prayer, and a reminder to patients and their families that they are not alone.  Christina shares the story of how Knot Alone began, what she has witnessed in the families they serve, the impact of simply showing up, and her dreams for where this ministry can go next.  And she tells us all about Songs of Hope - Knot Alone’s 4th annual fundraiser: a special evening featuring dinner, a silent auction, and a night of worship. If you’d like to support this ministry and attend the event, you can get your tickets below!  ❤️ LEARN MORE ABOUT KNOT ALONE: https://www.knotalone.org/  🎟️ GET TICKETS TO SONGS OF HOPE: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/songs-of-hope-4th-annual-knot-alone-worship-night-fundraiser  🎶 WATCH THE KNOT ALONE CHOIR SING AT ONE OF THE HOMES THEY SERVE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YAsWv3R43U&t=1s  We hope this conversation reminds you that ministry doesn’t always happen inside the walls of a church. Sometimes it looks like showing up at someone’s front door, singing over a family in the middle of a hard season, and reminding them that they are seen, loved, and not alone.  If this episode encouraged you, like, subscribe, and share it with someone who needs a little hope today.  #TheShieldmaidens #KnotAlone #SongsOfHope #CancerSupport #ChristianPodcast #Worship #Hope #ChristianEncouragement #Ministry  Check out our website and shop our latest merchandise here:  https://beashieldmaiden.com/  Connect with us on socials:  https://www.facebook.com/theshieldmaidens  https://www.instagram.com/theshieldmaidenspodcast/  Production by Hitchcock Visuals

  6. Sep 22

    I Wanted Healing. God Wanted Surrender.

    What if the healing you’re asking God for isn’t the only thing He wants to give you?  In her first year away at college, Grace found herself facing a season of severe sickness and seizures that would stretch on far longer than she ever imagined. As she struggled physically, she was also wrestling spiritually - resisting the obedience God was calling her toward and struggling to surrender her own plans to His.  Grace’s story isn’t simply a story of miraculous healing. In her own words, it is “a story of reluctant obedience that is met by an ever faithful God; of severe sickness met with His sustaining grace.”  In this episode of The Shieldmaidens, Grace vulnerably shares what happened when she finally stopped fighting God’s will and fully surrendered to Him. Her story is a reminder that sometimes God’s faithfulness doesn’t look like immediately removing the trial. Sometimes His grace sustains us through it... and sometimes surrender becomes the place where we discover just how faithful He has been all along.  If you’re in a season of suffering, waiting, resisting, or wondering why God hasn’t answered your prayers the way you hoped, Grace’s testimony will challenge you to ask a different question:  What if God is asking for my surrender before He gives me the answer I’m asking for?  Subscribe to The Shieldmaidens for more honest conversations about faith, suffering, obedience, and following Jesus when life doesn’t go according to plan.  #TheShieldmaidens #ChristianTestimony #Faith #SurrenderToGod #Obedience #GodIsFaithful #ChristianPodcast  Check out our website and shop our latest merchandise here:  https://beashieldmaiden.com/  Connect with us on socials:  https://www.facebook.com/theshieldmaidens  https://www.instagram.com/theshieldmaidenspodcast/  Production by Hitchcock Visuals

  7. Sep 15

    I Felt Invisible, But God Saw Me: Jillian’s Story of Restoration

    What happens when you spend years feeling invisible - even while surrounded by people who love Jesus?  In this powerful conversation, Jillian shares a deeply personal testimony of childhood assault, teen pregnancy, harmful secrets kept with good intentions, and the choices that followed as she struggled to find her identity and worth.  Growing up as a pastor’s kid, Jillian knew about God.  But knowing about God and truly trusting Him are not always the same thing. Behind the scenes, she carried pain, shame, secrets, and the overwhelming feeling that no one really saw her. But God did.  Even in the years when Jillian wandered, made choices she regrets, and tried to navigate life on her own, God never stopped pursuing her. And when she finally turned back toward Him, she discovered something beautiful: the God who saw her in her brokenness was also the God who could restore what had been broken.  Her story is a reminder that your pain does not make you invisible, your past does not disqualify you, and there is no place you can wander that puts you beyond the reach of God’s grace.  If you’ve ever felt unseen, buried a secret to protect someone else, wondered if your past has disqualified you, or questioned whether God could still redeem your story - Jillian’s testimony is for you.  God sees you. God pursues you. And God is still in the business of restoration.  Check out our website and shop our latest merchandise here:  https://beashieldmaiden.com/  Connect with us on socials:  https://www.facebook.com/theshieldmaidens  https://www.instagram.com/theshieldmaidenspodcast/  Production by Hitchcock Visuals

  8. Sep 8

    Someone Needs You to Pray | The Power of Intercession

    What happens when you faithfully pray for someone else?  In this episode of The Shieldmaidens, we sit down with Mary to talk about one of the most powerful (and often overlooked) ways we can love and serve others: intercession.  Mary shares real-life stories of how she has prayed for the people around her and witnessed God move in ways she never could have orchestrated herself. We talk about what it means to stand in the gap for someone in prayer, how to know what to pray, and why our prayers matter even when we can't see what God is doing.  We also get honest about some of the reasons we hesitate to pray for others. Are we afraid we'll look foolish? Are we afraid God won't answer? Do we sometimes wonder if our prayers actually make a difference?  The truth is, God invites us to participate in what He is doing through prayer.  Whether you're praying for a child, a spouse, a friend, someone who is struggling, or even someone who doesn't know Jesus yet, this conversation will encourage you to stop underestimating the power of your prayers.  Someone needs you to pray.  📖 “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people.” — 1 Timothy 2:1  If this episode encourages you, share it with someone who needs a reminder that their prayers matter.  #TheShieldmaidens #Intercession #Prayer #PrayingForOthers #ChristianWomen #PrayerWarrior #SpiritualWarfare #ChristianPodcast #Faith #Jesus  Check out our website and shop our latest merchandise here:  https://beashieldmaiden.com/  Connect with us on socials:  https://www.facebook.com/theshieldmaidens  https://www.instagram.com/theshieldmaidenspodcast/  Production by Hitchcock Visuals

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Raising up warriors for Christ while standing in the way of the enemy.

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  • Creator
    The Shieldmaidens
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    103
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