Ria and Liz: The Awkward Adventures of Church Girls

It's a celebration ya'll!!! Thank you for rocking with us for the last year. We love and appreciate all of you. We will be taking a little break, but we will see you in a few weeks. Grace and peace to you!

We are back talking about community again, we believe that this is important especially in the times we are living in, we need each other.

"See, what had happened was...", anytime some says this you know they are trying to come up with an excuse. In this episode we discuss excuses and how they impact our lives, relationships, and most importantly our walk with God.

In this week's episode, we talk about prayer. How do we pray? When should we pray? Why should we pray?

This week we look at the life of Joseph and all that he experienced. How do you forgive and move on from past hurt? What does overcoming hurt look like?

When is a lie okay? Actually, is it ever okay to lie? In this episode, we talk about lies and how they can impact our lives.

As Christians, a lot of topics are either off-topic or awkward to talk about and especially as Christians in this era of cancel culture. So we attempted to talk about some of these "hot" topics. Share with us what you think, and what other topics you think are "out of bounds".

Rejection. A nine-letter word no one likes to hear or experience. Unfortunately, it's an experience we all must go through. Listen in as we talk about our own personal experiences as well and how Jesus dealt with rejection.

In today's episode, we discuss seasons. Not just the physical seasons we see but, the spiritual ones that we encounter as well. We hope you enjoy it!

Being a creative is not the easiest purpose path to follow. Ria and Liz share their experiences of being creatives and what that looks like in their daily reality.

What does Biblical womanhood and felinity look like for modern Christian women? And yes fellas, we have something in there for you too.

The awkward adventures of church girls just keep writing themselves. This week's storytime is brought to you by weird men in shopping mall parking lots with no masks on, in the middle of a panoramic.

In this week's episode we discuss 10 misconceptions about Christianity and/or being a Christian. Share with us some misconceptions that we didn't mention.

In today's episode, we talk about Passion week. Focusing on Jesus and the sacrifice He made for all of us. We hope you love the episode. Also, if you gave your life to Christ make sure to connect with us, we would love to connect with you and help you on this journey.

In this episode, we talk about idolatry, and more particularly idolizing people. So many times we admire people and if not checked that admiration can turn into idolatry.

Uhmmmm, so this episode is dedicated to Jackie Hill Perry! We talk about how Gloria ended upon Jackie's page. We also do a review about living life through a pandemic, it's been a long year.

In today's episode, we are joined by Digital Marketer and Global Strategist Chawezi Thorne. So take out your note pads and pens because some gems were dropped. We dive deep into what it means to be a Christian entrepreneur in today's world and how to get started. Enjoy!

Finding a good church to plug into and be discipled is essential to our Christian walk. The next step after finding our church home is to serve. In this episode, we talk about how to find your place to serve and how to serve well.

In this week's discussion, we talk about when to let go and let God. This is definitely something we are still trying to figure out for ourselves. When is it our own selfish desire and when is it faith? Let us know if you have any experience with this.

This week we took a dive into Hebrews 11 and talk through the scriptures. We draw lessons from how these men and women of faith lived lives for the glory of God in the face of impossible situations.

In this week's special cross-over episode, we are joined by our good friends from the Shine A Light podcast as we discuss, Tik Tok Trends and the hyper-sexualization of the internet. How do young Christians stay pure and focused on the things of God when we are bombarded by so many overly sexual images? Where do we draw the line?

When you're forced to go into quarantine and isolate it's easy to completely isolate yourself from people too. We share some tips on how you can fight isolation.

We wanted to take a moment to check-in and find out, how are you? Sometimes we underestimate the depth of this question and quickly brush it off with an "I'm fine" when we really aren't.

Our tongues hold the power of death and life, and how we use them will shape our lives. In this episode, we discuss the power of the tongue and how we can use it to build and change our lives and that of others.

We are living in an age of information overload and we are constantly met with "new truths" every day. But as Christians whose voice and whose truth should be influencing us? Who are you listening to?

In this week's episode, we talk about being set apart, separating ourselves from things God has called us out of, and moving on to what God has for us.

What a year 2020 has been, we took some time to reflect on the lessons that 2020 did bring and focus on the future and what we are expecting in 2021. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone. It's definitely our top 2 holiday season and we made this episode especially for you to wish you a Merry Christmas. We pray you enjoy your time with your family and loved ones and take a moment to reflect on Jesus and the great gift He gave us by coming down to earth for us. Merry Christmas again from Ria and Liz.

In this week's episode, we have a special guest, Ria's brother Sammy, joins us to discuss how to get and stay motivated. We want to end the year strong and we hope this encourages you to keep going.

In this episode, we talk about decisions and their consequences. Kim also shares a story about how she was kinda held hostage and how she was forced to make quick decisions.

Being consistent is probably one of the hardest things to do but in order for us to lead progressive lives, we have to be consistent.

This week's episode was definitely not the easiest to record, but we have to talk about it, FORGIVENESS, and how we get to the point where we can walk in freedom.

Creating boundaries with our friends, family members, partners, co-workers, etc, can be a very daunting thing but it is necessary, In this episode, we discuss how to create boundaries and why it is important.

Do you ever find yourself re-living conversations, events, encounters you've had and thinking, I should have, I could've. In this week's episode, we talk about overthinking and how it can affect our lives and walk with God.

In this episode we feature our very good friend, Mikayla Arnold, she's a great example of what it means to live a purposeful life, and we thought she would be the best person to talk about PURPOSE with.

In this episode, we talk about "Waiting Well". What does waiting well look like when the waiting period is prolonged. How do we continue to wait in hope and faith even when we can't see the end.

This is a very special episode, we finally got Jasmine to be on the show with us and celebrate her birthday with us. We also talk about friendship and what that looks like in the life of a Christian.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! In this episode, we take a moment to give thanks to God for all the wonderful things He has done and is doing in our lives.

In this episode, we discuss our fears and try to bring practical solutions for how we can overcome them.

In this episode, we are joined by a special guest, Vinasha, from the Seville Street Podcast, and we discuss confidence and identity and what that looks like for us as children of God.

In this week's episode, we talk about setting goals and visions and what that looks like realistically for us as Christians.

In this weeks' episode, we celebrate Liz's (Kim) birthday. We also talk about giving back and highlight an amazing organization The Grace and Nelly Project.

In Episode 8 we talk about whether being a Christian is worth it. Is it worth the ridicule, the persecution, and mockery that comes with identifying as a follower of Christ.

In today's episode, we finally answer our most asked question, why the show is called Ria and Liz. We also remember the extraordinary life of legendary and inspirational actor, Chadwick Boseman.

We continue our conversation with our friends from Shine A Light podcast on relationships, dating, and all other things related to that. This episode is a little longer than usual, but we had so much to talk about. We hope you take away something from this episode. God bless.

This week's episode features our friends Emmanuel and Levi from Shine A Light podcast. We talk about relationships, dating, and all the awkward things that come with love stuff. This is part one of a two-part conversation.

In this week's episode of Ria and Liz, Gloria and Kim share their testimonies of how God has been faithful in their education journies. We hope you are encouraged by this episode.

This week we discuss what fighting the good fight of faith looks like in our daily walk and practical things we can do to contend for the faith.

This week Gloria (a.k.a Ria) share's her story of how she got saved and started her journey with Christ. We hope this encourages you.

In our first episode, we talk about how we have overcome some of our darkest days and are starting to find joy and contentment in the seasons that we are finding ourselves in.

We hope you take this journey with us as we share stories about our faith, friendship, and lives.