Write this Down! with Dot Bowen

Dot Bowen
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Bible teacher, author and founder of Cup of Joy Ministries, Dot Bowen, teaches listeners what it truly looks like to know, love and follow Jesus. Each week, Dot invites you to sit down with her and her daughter, Cara, to have an authentic conversation about Biblical Scripture and God’s Truth. Their honest and thought provoking conversations are full of wit and wisdom which will have you diving deeper into God’s Word. Whether Dot is teaching, speaking or simply grabbing coffee with a dear friend, she can often be heard saying with excitement, “Write this Down!” Her heart for the listener is to take the things she asks you to write down before the Lord and ask Him to open your eyes to His Truth and love. John 8:32 says, “and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free.” By the end of each episode, you’ll find yourself grabbing a pencil so that you can Write this Down! with Dot Bowen.

  1. -5 j

    Episode 285: Plot Twist — You’re an Influencer

    What does it really mean to be the light of the world, and whose light are you actually shining? In this episode, Dot and Cara sit with Jesus' words in Matthew 5:14-16 and ask the harder question underneath them, are we living to be seen by God, or to be seen by people? It's an honest, sometimes uncomfortable conversation about motivation, influence, and who you're actually representing every time you walk into a room. Pull up a chair, grab your Bible, and lean in with us. Got a question about today’s episode or something else you’d like to hear us talk about on the show? Let us know!  Episode RecapIntro (00:00)Write this down: Matthew 5:14-16, you are the light of the world (00:00)Cara opens with this week's question, what light are we shining and who's influencing it (00:39)Dot admits this is a hard conversation to have without sounding judgmental (01:09)Keeping the why nearby, and the difference between existing and actually living (01:47)What Jesus really meant by being the light of the world, and checking whether it reflects him or us (03:27)You're representing someone everywhere you go, even when you don't realize it (06:39)Resting in the Lord lets his light shine through without you having to force it (09:26)Peter rebuking Jesus about the cross, and what it reveals about chasing our own agenda over God's (12:50)Closing challenge, ask God who you're influencing and who's influencing you, then write it down (17:54) Are you interested in having Dot come and speak to your community? Email us at hello@dotbowen.com. Watch Write this Down! on YouTube Find Dot Bowen on Instagram and Facebook  This Episode’s Scripture VerseMatthew 5:14-16 (ESV) — "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."

  2. 26 août

    Episode 284: But Do You Believe It?

    Do you know something, or do you actually believe it? On this episode, Dot and Cara dig into the real difference between knowing about God and believing Him, from Dot's own journey with a prediabetes diagnosis to Cara's honest confession that she has believed God loves her but has struggled to believe He truly cares about the details. It is a raw, honest conversation about what it looks like to move from head knowledge to a faith that actually changes how you live, even when your circumstances have not changed at all. Pull up a chair, grab your Bible, and lean in with us. Got a question about today’s episode or something else you’d like to hear us talk about on the show? Let us know!  Episode RecapIntro  (00:00)Write this down: Psalm 9:9-10, the Lord as a stronghold for those who seek Him (00:00)Today's question: what's the real difference between knowing something and believing it (00:29)Dot on birthdays as a turning point, and asking God "what's next" instead of pulling back from life (01:12)Dot's prediabetes diagnosis, and the moment the knowledge in her head finally became something she believed (06:30)Knowing what you deserve versus actually believing you deserve it (08:31)Cara gets honest about a hard season, and the moment she realized she believed God loved her but not that He cared (13:53)Choosing to believe God is tending the hard places even when nothing about the circumstances has changed (18:01)Why God wants a relationship, not a five step formula, and the invitation to just ask Him for the faith to believe (20:05)The miracle isn't God changing your circumstances, it's God changing your heart, something only He can do (23:03) Are you interested in having Dot come and speak to your community? Email us at hello@dotbowen.com. Watch Write this Down! on YouTube Find Dot Bowen on Instagram and Facebook  This Episode’s Scripture VersePsalm 9:9-10 (ESV) — "The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you."

  3. 19 août

    Episode 283: Put it in Park

    What does it actually look like to trust God when you have no idea what's happening around you? In this final episode of their Switzerland and France series, Dot and Cara tell the wild story of driving onto what they thought was a tunnel and ending up on a car shuttle train, flying through a mountain in the dark with no idea where they were headed. They talk about the difference between leaning on your own understanding and actually trusting God, why obedience sometimes comes before understanding, and what it means to put the car in park and enjoy the ride through whatever tunnel you're in right now. Pull up a chair, grab your Bible, and lean in with us. Got a question about today’s episode or something else you’d like to hear us talk about on the show? Let us know!  Episode RecapIntro (00:00)Write this down: Proverbs 3:5-8, trust in the Lord with all your heart (00:00)Cara sets the scene, driving from Switzerland to France through the Alps with no idea what they're doing (03:35)A confusing toll booth and a wrong lane start the chaos before the real story even begins (04:45)The cars ahead stop, chains appear between them, and nobody knows what's about to happen (06:32)Turns out it's a car shuttle train, and Scott has to decide whether to actually obey the sign (07:46)Flying through the mountain at 70 plus miles an hour, in the dark, engine off, for 13 miles (08:54)Why leaning on their own understanding of "toll booth then tunnel" could have messed up the whole line of cars (16:26)Our job is obedience, God takes responsibility for the outcome (19:03)Trusting God was never about being perfect, it just takes a little faith in a big God (20:09)Even in the dark parts of the tunnel, God wants you to feel the wind in your hair and enjoy the ride (24:16) Are you interested in having Dot come and speak to your community? Email us at hello@dotbowen.com. Watch Write this Down! on YouTube Find Dot Bowen on Instagram and Facebook  This Episode’s Scripture VerseProverbs 3:5-8 (ESV) — "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones."

  4. 12 août

    Episode 282: Perspective Changes Everything

    Have you ever noticed how much your view changes depending on whether you're standing in the valley or looking down from the mountain? In this second episode of their Switzerland and France series, Dot and Cara pick back up on the porch overlooking the Alps and talk honestly about what it means to keep your eyes up even when clouds hide the mountain, or when you're the one sitting in the valley. They talk about the women at the tomb who mistook Jesus for the gardener, why gratitude has become Dot's lifeline through a hard season, and how one storm soaked afternoon ended with a double rainbow over Mont Blanc. Pull up a chair, grab your Bible, and lean in with us. Got a question about today’s episode or something else you’d like to hear us talk about on the show? Let us know!  Episode Recap Intro(00:00)Write this down: Exodus 19:3-6, God calling Moses up the mountain (00:00)Why Dot has always been drawn to mountains, and how this trip felt different (01:22)Meeting God on the mountain versus in the valley, and how faith can move mountains (03:34)Watching mountain climbers and thinking about what it takes to hold on when you feel like you're barely hanging on (04:59)Seeing Mont Blanc from every angle, and how that changes the way you experience a mountain, not just how you see it (06:19)Clouds can hide the mountain, but that doesn't mean it isn't there, and neither is God (12:41)The women at the tomb almost missed Jesus because their tears and their focus were in the wrong place (16:15)Gratitude as a lifeline, and how thanking God for small things opens your eyes to bigger ones (19:41)A storm hid the mountain completely, then gave way to a double rainbow as a reminder that God keeps His promises (27:52) Are you interested in having Dot come and speak to your community? Email us at hello@dotbowen.com. Watch Write this Down! on YouTube Find Dot Bowen on Instagram and Facebook  This Episode’s Scripture VerseExodus 19:3-6 (ESV) — "While Moses went up to God, the LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, 'Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel: You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.'"

  5. 5 août

    Episode 281: The Things That Never Satisfy

    Dot and Cara just got back from Switzerland, and this episode kicks off a new series on what the Lord showed them there, starting with a well they hiked a mountainside to find again. They land in John 4, the story of the woman at the well, and Dot makes a confession right up front: "I am that woman." Together they talk about the difference between things that satisfy for a moment and the living water Jesus offers, and what it looks like to get honest about what you're really thirsty for. Pull up a chair, grab your Bible, and lean in with us. Got a question about today’s episode or something else you’d like to hear us talk about on the show? Let us know!  Episode Recap Intro (00:00)Write this down: John 4:7-14, Jesus and the woman at the well (00:00)Cara welcomes listeners and introduces a new series on their recent trip to Switzerland and France (01:21)Dot says "I am the woman at the well" and Cara admits she has been mildly depressed since leaving the Alps (01:59)Behind the beauty of this trip was real hardship, and Cara opens up about the anxiety she carried into it (04:11)A rough itinerary turned into what could only be described as the perfect trip (04:47)The story behind the well, how Dot first tasted the best water of her life in Switzerland ten years ago and knew she had to find it again (05:48)Hiking a small mountain village to track down one specific well, and finding it exactly as good as they remembered (08:15)Dot connects the moment to Jesus meeting the woman at the well, and to a lifetime spent looking for love and validation in the wrong places (08:50)Why the things we chase to feel whole never quite satisfy, and how you can be thirsty for something you cannot even name (11:54)Jesus did not stumble onto this woman, He intentionally sought her out, the same way Dot and Cara intentionally sought out that well (15:34)What it looks like to be honest with God about what you are really thirsty for and let Him meet you there (22:01) Are you interested in having Dot come and speak to your community? Email us at hello@dotbowen.com. Watch Write this Down! on YouTube Find Dot Bowen on Instagram and Facebook  This Episode’s Scripture VerseJohn 4:7-14 (ESV) — "A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, 'Give me a drink.' (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, 'How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?' (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, 'If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, "Give me a drink," you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.' The woman said to him, 'Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.' Jesus said to her, 'Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.'”

  6. 29 juil.

    Episode 280: Whose Glory Am I Chasing?

    What does it actually mean to give God glory, and why should we even care? In this episode, Dot and Cara turn to John 17 and the prayer Jesus prayed right before the cross to talk through what glory really means, why we all default to putting ourselves in the middle of the circle, and how surrender and dying to self become the surprising pathway to peace and joy. Pull up a chair, grab your Bible, and lean in with us. Got a question about today’s episode or something else you’d like to hear us talk about on the show? Let us know!  Episode RecapIntro (00:00)Write this down: John 17:1-5, Jesus' prayer right before Gethsemane (00:00)Cara's honest question: I know I should want to give God glory, but do I actually care? (01:22)What does glory even mean? Dot breaks it down to worship, honor, and bringing light to who God is (03:29)We were made to worship something, and God put desires in us that only He can fulfill (04:21)Why Jesus prayed this prayer before the cross, and what it means that He came to glorify the Father (05:13)The middle of the circle, why so much of our frustration comes from putting ourselves where God belongs (07:12)Being honest about the days you don't feel like you want God to get the glory (10:50)The only way out, recognizing it as sin, humbling yourself, and letting the Holy Spirit do what you can't (11:46)Dying to self isn't a one time thing, it's a daily surrender, and it's the real pathway to peace (13:29)Getting a front row seat to what God is doing, and why we don't bring God value, we just get invited in (20:07)Wanting the crowd's applause is its own kind of sin, and what to do when you catch yourself chasing it (24:05)A simple question to ask yourself this week: am I expecting life, people, or even God to operate the way I think they should? (27:43) Are you interested in having Dot come and speak to your community? Email us at hello@dotbowen.com. Watch Write this Down! on YouTube Find Dot Bowen on Instagram and Facebook  This Episode’s Scripture VerseJohn 17:1-5 (ESV) — "When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, 'Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.'"

  7. 22 juil.

    Episode 279: Is It Ever Too Late?

    What do you do when Jesus stops to heal someone else while your own miracle feels like it's running out of time? In this episode, Dot and Cara sit with the intertwined stories of Jairus and the woman who bled for twelve years, two people desperate enough to fall at Jesus' feet and ask for what only He could do. They talk honestly about waiting on God, wrestling with faith versus fear, and what it means to want God's presence more than just what He can do for you. Pull up a chair, grab your Bible, and lean in with us. Got a question about today’s episode or something else you’d like to hear us talk about on the show? Let us know!  Episode RecapIntro, Dot's signature invitation to grab a Bible, a journal, and a cup of coffee (00:00)Write this down: Luke 8:40-43, the story of Jairus and the woman who bled for twelve years (00:04) ⚠️The detail neither Dot nor Cara think is a coincidence, Jairus's daughter was twelve and the woman had been bleeding for twelve years (03:08)Jesus stops to heal the woman while Jairus's daughter is dying, and what it feels like to wait on God when time seems to be running out (04:58)The gut punch moment, word comes that Jairus's daughter has died while they waited (06:46)"Your faith has made you well," and why faith doesn't produce miracles, God does (08:16)A synagogue ruler and a woman who wouldn't have been allowed inside one, proof God isn't playing favorites (10:29)If something in your life feels dead or dying right now, this one is for you (12:08)What it means to have just enough faith to ask, even when you're scared of the answer (24:32)Why God will never give you something that would destroy you, even when what He gives is hard (29:19) Are you interested in having Dot come and speak to your community? Email us at hello@dotbowen.com. Watch Write this Down! on YouTube Find Dot Bowen on Instagram and Facebook  This Episode’s Scripture VerseLuke 8:40-43 (ESV) — "Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. And there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue. And falling at Jesus' feet, he implored him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As Jesus went, the people pressed around him. And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone."

  8. 15 juil.

    Episode 278: Are We Fighting the Wrong Battle?

    Ever feel like you keep fighting the exact same battle, no matter how many times you thought you'd dealt with it? This week Dot and Cara talk about roots, the patterns, lies, and old wounds that keep resurfacing no matter how hard we try to manage our behavior instead of the actual cause. Using the picture of Dot's flower beds (and a seriously stubborn pile of leaves), they dig into the difference between trimming the fruit and getting to the root, why unforgiveness keeps us stuck, and how to ask the Holy Spirit to show you where a lie first took hold. Pull up a chair, grab your Bible, and lean in with us. Got a question about today’s episode or something else you’d like to hear us talk about on the show? Let us know!  Episode RecapIntro (00:00)Write this down: Hebrews 12:14-15, guarding against a root of bitterness (00:00)Cara sets up today's topic: roots, not the kind in a garden, but the kind in our own hearts and patterns (00:35)Dot's leaf blower story on her deck becomes a picture of managing behavior instead of dealing with the root underneath it (01:08)Why behavior modification can slow things down without ever actually solving them (05:16)Asking the Holy Spirit to reveal the real root behind anger, anxiety, or fear instead of just trying harder (08:05)Dot's dead flower and the root that had spread everywhere it touched, a picture of how an unaddressed root never stays contained to just us (12:06)Looking back without staying back, and asking God where a lie first took root, even one planted by someone we trusted (18:23)The lie that we're not enough, and what it means to rest in being enough because we belong to God (22:43)Why telling yourself the truth isn't the same as believing it, and what it actually takes to get free (26:13) Are you interested in having Dot come and speak to your community? Email us at hello@dotbowen.com. Watch Write this Down! on YouTube Find Dot Bowen on Instagram and Facebook  This Episode’s Scripture VerseHebrews 12:14-15 (ESV) — "Strive for peace with everyone and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled."

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Bible teacher, author and founder of Cup of Joy Ministries, Dot Bowen, teaches listeners what it truly looks like to know, love and follow Jesus. Each week, Dot invites you to sit down with her and her daughter, Cara, to have an authentic conversation about Biblical Scripture and God’s Truth. Their honest and thought provoking conversations are full of wit and wisdom which will have you diving deeper into God’s Word. Whether Dot is teaching, speaking or simply grabbing coffee with a dear friend, she can often be heard saying with excitement, “Write this Down!” Her heart for the listener is to take the things she asks you to write down before the Lord and ask Him to open your eyes to His Truth and love. John 8:32 says, “and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free.” By the end of each episode, you’ll find yourself grabbing a pencil so that you can Write this Down! with Dot Bowen.

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    Dot Bowen
  • Années d’activité
    2019 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    287
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