Gabe and Rebekah Lyons are a power couple. They are people who get ISH done. Join me for a conversation with them that ended as though it had only just begun. 

(Well, technically, it did. They left me so their kids wouldn’t be the last ones picked up from gymnastics class. Whatever!)

We discuss the foundation of friendship in marriage, starting an organization together, having children with special needs, growing old and fighting well, plus a few “Would You Rather” questions that I just can’t seem to stop asking these days.

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The Skip-Ahead Notes: 

0:00– Introducing Gabe and Rebekah

0:34- Lightning-round questions for Rebekah

2:36– Lightning-round questions for Gabe

3:51– How do Gabe and Rebekah fight?

6:05– Q ideas  + Joy hyperventilating

8:23– 19.7 different ways Joy/Gabe/Rebekah met*

9:53– How Love and Respect influenced their marriage (even after 16 years)

11:23– Rebekah and Gabe’s love story

14:11– Humor in friendship and in marriage (even after 16 years)

17:26– What made them mature overnight

18:33– Advice on navigating being the parent of a child with special needs

22:18– How Kade influenced their other children

24:41– Their ideal growing-old scenario

*including IF:gathering, Eric Metaxas, and Tarzan

p.s. Since we didn’t get to talk about Q as much as I had wanted to, and to give you an idea of the “why” behind it all, check out the 7 Channels of Cultural Influence HERE.

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Gabe Lyons is the founder of Q Ideas—a learning community that mobilizes Christians to advance the common good in society and author of The Next Christians: Seven Ways You Can Live the Gospel and Restore the World (Multnomah, 2012). Additionally, he is the co-author of UnChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity and Why It Matters, a bestselling book based on original research that revealed the pervasiveness of pop culture’s negative perceptions of Christians.

Rebekah Lyons is the author of Freefall to Fly: A Breathtaking Journey Toward a Life of Meaning. She is a mother of three, wife of one and dog walker of two living in Nashville, TN. She’s an old soul with a contemporary, honest voice who puts a new face on the struggles women face as they seek to live a life of meaning. Through emotive writing and speaking, Rebekah reveals her own battles to overcome anxiety, depression, and consumer impulses challenging women to discover and boldly pursue the calling God has for them. As a self-confessed mess, Rebekah wears her heart on her sleeve, a benefit to friends and readers alike.

Alongside her husband, Gabe, Rebekah serves as cofounder of Q Ideas, a nonprofit organization that helps Christian leaders winsomely engage culture. Her favorite pastime is spent with her nose in a book and a discriminating cup of coffee in hand. You can find Rebekah on Twitter and Facebook.

Find out more about Q Ideas HERE and Q Women HERE. Find Gabe on Twitter HERE. Read his books HERE and HERE. Find Rebekah on Twitter HERE, on Facebook HERE. Go to her website HERE and check out her book HERE.

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