
Podcast by Sonja and Lexy
Podcast by Sonja and Lexy
02 June 2025
In this uplifting final episode of Season 4, Sonja chats with Elizabeth Matuschka, a pastor's wife, midwife, and mother from Rainbow, Victoria. Elizabeth shares how she became Lutheran and discusses her life in Rainbow, where her husband serves multiple congregations. She also shares her journey of becoming a mother despite facing years of fertility challenges, and how prayer and patience in God's timing carried her through.
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12 May 2025
Elizabeth Jentz, an American deaconess, loves to travel the world and serve others. She came to Australia earlier this year where she met up with Lexy and presented talks on deaconesses to the Tasmanian Lutherans.
In this episode, Elizabeth shares her testimony of becoming Lutheran, why she decided to become a deaconess, and how she serves women in the sex industry.
Elizabeth’s deaconess presentation in Hobart, Tasmania:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HKAcCrcUNc&t=2782s
Ministries for women in the sex industry:
Light in Darkness Ministry (USA)
https://lightindarknessministry.com/
Rahab Ministries (Australia)
https://www.rahab.com.au/
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21 April 2025
Christa Petzold is a LCMS pastor’s wife, homeschool mum, PHD student and published author from Illinois, USA.
Her non-fiction books, Journey Through Church History, Gathered by Christ: The Overlooked Gift of Church, and Male and Female: Embracing Your Role in God’s Design are all available from Concordia Publishing House (https://www.cph.org/christa-petzold).
In today’s episode, Christa talks about her new romance trilogy, New Augsburg. She shares the inspiration and purpose behind these novels, as well as delves into how fiction, especially Lutheran fiction, can edify and build the Church.
SHOW NOTES
Christa’s Website:
Purchase Christa’s Non-Fiction Books:
https://www.cph.org/christa-petzold
Purchase Christa’s New Augsburg Trilogy:
List of Lutheran Fiction Writers:
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31 March 2025
Today's guest is Meg Pearce from Adelaide and hospitality is one of her favourite things to talk about and practice! In this episode she digs into the spiritual side of hospitality and how it mirrors what Christ has done for us. She also leaves us with some practical tips on how to make our hospitality experience stress-free.
BIBLE VERSES
Matthew 10:40
Matthew 25:35
Luke 14:12-14
Romans 12:13
1 Timothy 3:2
1 Timothy 5:9
Hebrews 13:2
1 Peter 4:9
3 John 1
RESOURCES
The Gospel Comes with a House Key: Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in Our Post-Christian World - by Rosaria Butterfield
Bible Verses About Hospitality
https://scripturesavvy.com/bible-verses-about-hospitality/
Mother Teresa Quotes
https://www.vaticansite.com/st-mother-teresa-quotes-smile/
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10 March 2025
Maricel Theodorsen was born in the Philippines and moved to Australia when she married her husband, Joseph. In this episode she talks about the incredible way God sustained her through a dark childhood, depression, and times of doubting His care for her.
BIBLE VERSES
Mark 10:23 - All things are possible with God
Romans 8:28 - God works all things together for those who love Him
The Book of Job
The Psalms
RESOURCES
A Hobbit Devotional
https://www.amazon.com.au/Hobbit-Devotional-Ed-Strauss/dp/1616267437
Luther’s Small Catechism - Hard Copy
https://www.cph.org/luthers-small-catechism-with-explanation-2017-edition-large-print
Luther’s Small Catechism - Free Online Version
Chris Jaensch Music
Pastor Joshua Pfeiffer’s YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@JoshuaPfeiffer
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