S4 17: “Dear Softball, You Don’t Define Me” With Grace Lyons-Turk

Imagine if you got everything you ever wanted. Would it satisfy your soul? After experiencing great success in her athletic career, today’s wise-beyond-her-years guest realized that only Jesus could satisfy her soul and give her a firm foundation amid the ups and downs of life. Grace Lyons-Turk is the former captain of the Oklahoma University women’s softball team and a three-time Women’s College World Series champion. Rather than finding her identity in her athletic skills, accomplishments, or career, Grace has used her platform to make much of the Lord and point others to Him—from fellow teammates to the watching world. Listen in and hear how surrendering to the Lord and finding our identity in Him is the pathway to unshakeable joy.    Download your free Strong Women Advent resource guide! Advent began Sunday, December 3rd. Explore “Prepare the Way of the Lord-Advent 2023” for books, devotional, music, and art that tunes your heart to worship in preparation for the coming King this Christmas season. Landed.Colsoncenter.org/advent    Grace Lyons Reads Her ‘Dear Softball’ letter  Fellowship of Christian Athletes  The Player’s Conference gathering of college athletes  Grace’s husband, Michael Turk’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Hangtime37    Strong Women is partnering with our amazing friends at Drinklings to offer a special Flannery O’Connor mug and Strong Women coffee blend just in time for Christmas! Check out these products here and get yours today. These also make great Christmas gifts for the other Strong Women on your list!  Today, Christians face mounting pressure to conform to harmful secular ideologies about race, sexuality, human identity, and more. In response, the Colson Center seeks to equip believers with a Christian worldview on all these things, so they can know, live, and speak the truth in love. As we reach the end of the year, would you consider donating to support the ongoing work of the Colson Center? You can make your donation at colsoncenter.org/swyearend.  This Summer, give your teens an unshakeable faith that will last a lifetime. Summit Ministries' Student Conferences give students reasons to trust the biblical foundation you have laid for them. Students will wrestle through the hard questions as they build an unshakeable faith. Register for a two-week session in Colorado or Georgia. Use code STRONGWOMEN for an exclusive discount.  Learn more at summit.org/strongwomen.  The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/   Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly journal: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women  Join Strong Women on Social Media:   https://www.facebook.com/StrongWomenCC  https://www.facebook.com/groups/strongwomencommunitycc/  https://www.instagram.com/strongwomencc/