250 episodes
Out of the Ordinary Lisa-Jo Baker & Christie Purifoy
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- Religion & Spirituality
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4.8 • 533 Ratings
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Welcome to Out of the Ordinary, the show that helps you grow a daily life that matters. In a world that loves bigger, better, fast, and famous, longtime friends and authors, Christie and Lisa-Jo, are here to remind you that the very best stories actually grow out of the soil of ordinary life.
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249. The Last One (for now)
Who needs rest from creating?
In the beginning, God didn't just rest from work but He rested from creating.
After burn out, Lisa-Jo and Christie wrap their arms around us and give us grace to pause. Whether you're entering a season of creation or needing a break from creating we can all relate.
Sometimes a season calls for a stop. for a pause. for less. You might not need anything new but need to revisit and savor what you already have.
"Maybe I don't need something new. Maybe what I need is already here and I need to slow down and savor it." - Christie Purifoy
Do we lose momentum in our life if we rest?
Feeling obliged to keep going but you want to stop?
Which alternative to saying "I Did Nothing" (thanks to Chalkboard Mag) resonates with you? God is telling Christie and Lisa-Jo to pause. Out of the Ordinary will be going on sabbatical for the remainder of 2023.
Christie and Lisa-Jo both have books coming out in the spring 2024! Out of the Ordinary podcast will return again in 2024 with new episodes!! It will be so exciting to be together again!
Podcast links:
Follow Lisa-Jo on Instagram @lisajobaker and Christie at @christiepurifoy and please leave a review about what you think about today's podcast!
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Christie mentioned these two books in the episode:
Invitation to Retreat: The Gift and Necessity of Time Away with God by Ruth Haley Barton
Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life by Margaret Kim Peterson -
248. Seven Basic Tools for Ordinary Living
This is a story about how to make ordinary life a little bit easier.
LJ and Christie laugh, talk, and recommend equipment for ordinary living: shoes, headphones, jasmine!, and more. Also, we learn that Lisa-Jo has never heard the memorable 1980s advertising slogan: "Calgon, take me away!"
Podcast links:
Follow Lisa-Jo on Instagram @lisajobaker and Christie at @christiepurifoy and please leave a review about what you think about today's podcast!
Click here to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around the podcast.
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247. Encountering Goodness
What does it mean to pursue goodness? Have we slighted it? Let's stay rooted in our deep and worthy ordinary virtues even though they aren't on a typical list for new year's resolutions. "I'd really like to be like Ted Lasso." Do you agree with Christie on this? Ted Lasso makes goodness and kindness appealing and powerful. *viewer discretion advised for R rated moments*
True goodness fights for you, inspires you and makes you braver and bolder. Life isn't about us being good enough for God. Christie lets us know that beauty has been linked with truth and goodness in all different kinds of philosophies.
The writings that are mentioned: Sean of the South by Sean Dietrich and Phantastes by George McDonald.
Podcast links:
Follow Lisa-Jo on Instagram @lisajobaker and Christie at @christiepurifoy and please leave a review about what you think about today's podcast!
Click here to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around the podcast.
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Sponsor appreciation: We're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible.
Click here to visit Green Chef and use code ordinary60 to get 60% off plus free shipping! The #1 Meal Kit for Eating Well!
Click here to visit Nutrafol to grow thicker, heathier hair with $10 off with the code ORDINARY!
Click here to treat yourself to the best shapewear on the market and save 20% Off @honeylove #honeylovepod
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246. These Are the Books That Made Us
This is a story about a book Christie loved and Lisa-Jo did not.
Actually, here are stories about quite a few books! Because these are the childhood favorites that helped make us the women we are.
In this week's conversation, we discover just how much our favorite books reveal about our deepest selves and our relationships. Christie and Lisa-Jo trade memories and titles from The Secret Garden to Lord of the Rings and quite a few you've probably never heard of, let alone read!
Listener invitation: Take a shelfie! Yep, that's a selfie of your bookshelf. We'd LOVE to see your favorite books -- tag us in Instagram @lisajobaker and @christiepurifoy
Podcast links:
Follow Lisa-Jo on Instagram @lisajobaker and Christie at @christiepurifoy and please leave a review about what you think about today's podcast!
Click here to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around the podcast.
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Sponsor appreciation: We're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible.
Click here to visit Green Chef and use code ordinary60 to get 60% off plus free shipping! The #1 Meal Kit for Eating Well!
Click here to visit Nutrafol to grow thicker, heathier hair with $10 off with the code ORDINARY!
Click here to treat yourself to the best shapewear on the market and save 20% Off @honeylove #honeylovepod
Click here to visit Stellar Eats and get 20% off your next order on healthy and tasty baking mixes!
Click here to visit Earth Breeze and get 40% off your next order with laundry detergent Eco Sheets! -
245. You're Allowed Everyday Extravagances
This is a story about painting a dining room nearly charcoal black. And the hundreds of hours it took.
This is a story about how it turned a dining room into an everyday extravagance.
This week Lisa-Jo and Christie remember the great farmhouse dining room painting saga of their first Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania and how it nearly ruined Christie and her husband's respective backs and arms and attitudes. But how it was more than paint. It was the kind of extravagance we get to give one another on the daily.
Because this is lavish, insanely beautiful grace -- being willing to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, the boring into the extravagant, if only we have eyes to see, and sometimes paint buckets and brushes.
Did Lisa-Jo recognize the transformation? Did her family appreciate the effort taken to create extravagance ahead of their visit? Did Jon and Christie survive the hundreds of hours it took to paint walls and CEILINGS a dark charcoal color? Tune in today to find out as they remember that single room that nearly broke them and all the back-breaking, heart-aching work that went into preparing the way.
Podcast links:
Follow Lisa-Jo on Instagram @lisajobaker and Christie at @christiepurifoy and please leave a review about what you think about today's podcast!
Click here to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around the podcast.
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Sponsor appreciation: We're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible.
Click here to visit Green Chef and use code ordinary60 to get 60% off plus free shipping! The #1 Meal Kit for Eating Well!
Click here to visit Nutrafol to grow thicker, heathier hair with $10 off with the code ORDINARY!
Click here to treat yourself to the best shapewear on the market and save 20% OFF @honeylove #honeylovepod
Click here to visit Stellar Eats and get 20% off your next order on healthy and tasty baking mixes!
Click here to visit Earth Breeze and get 40% off your next order with laundry detergent Eco Sheets! -
244. Eat This!
If you're like us then you also associate summer with certain foods. And therefore with certain memories. These are the foods and memories that have shaped our summers for decades.
We hope listening leaves you hungry. And also, makes you remember. The tastes of your favorite summers and the memories that you can bite into when you close your eyes and picture your plate.
Listener invitation: Won't you tag us on Instagram and share YOUR favorite summer food memory with us? Just share a photo and tag @lisajobaker and @christiepurifoy
Podcast links:
Follow Lisa-Jo on Instagram @lisajobaker and Christie at @christiepurifoy and please leave a review about what you think about today's podcast!
Click here to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around the podcast.
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Sponsor appreciation: We're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible.
Click here to visit Green Chef and use code ordinary60 to get 60% off plus free shipping! The #1 Meal Kit for Eating Well!
Click here to visit Nutrafol to grow thicker, heathier hair with $10 off with the code ORDINARY!
Click here to get 20% OFF @honeylove #honeylovepod
Click here to visit Stellar Eats and get 20% off your next order on healthy and tasty baking mixes!
Click here to visit Earth Breeze and get 40% off your next order with laundry detergent Eco Sheets!
Customer Reviews
Finally writing this review
I’ve been listening from the beginning and have many times thought that I would sit down and write a lovely review to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for your work on this podcast. But I have three small kids and it took several years to follow through on those good intentions. So here we go. This podcast has truly been a gift. Lisa Jo and Christie, your stories have become a section of my mind, to paraphrase Richard Preston. You’ve shaped how I see the world and you’ve given me the courage to value the small things and to embrace a quiet life. I’ve caught the gardening bug from Christie and deeply resonated with Lisa Jo’s stealth attempts at running. I’ve learned to see my own inclination toward quieter, less exciting things, not as a handicap, but a gift, drawing me towards the deeply meaningful. When I listened to your most recent podcast, I was cheering you on for your wisdom and courage in giving yourselves rest from this space. I’ve always felt intimidated by those who are able to produce an endless stream of content with seemingly no fatigue. Thank you for being real people. It’s giving me a chance to give those early episodes another listen. :) Rest well, friends.
A Gift
This is my favorite podcast! I love listening to these rich conversations as I navigate my “daily life that matters.” This podcast is a gift I look forward to each week. Thank you so much for sharing your lives with authenticity and openness.
I love this podcast
I’m typically drawn to more academic Christian podcasts so I was a bit surprised at how much I enjoy this podcast. I think it’s because it really does feel like I’m getting coffee with two women from church who are a season ahead of me and listening to what God has been teaching them the past week which has been such a blessing and holistic complement to the more academic/teaching/preaching podcasts I listen to, showing me how these truths actually look in these two women’s lives.
Since I can’t figure out how to send an email to either one of you I just wanted to share that like Christie, my inner monologue the past 5 years of having four babies has been “I’m so tired”, but last week I was convicted to shift it to “I’m so weak” so that my brain instinctively replies with “and when I am weak, He is strong” (and the rest of 2 Cor 12) which has been a helpful way for me to bounce my eyes off myself and get them back on Christ and his promises and faithfulness (in addition to your recent episodes of not ignoring the exhaustion your body and soul are screaming at you!!) Thank you so much for this podcast!
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