Have you ever felt like you are both too much and not enough at the same time? That maybe you got the raw end of the personality deal? Do you feel afraid to be who you most fully are? Sweet friend, if you can only see the downsides of your personality, take heart. If you […]
#104: Skill Set: Practicing faith + building trust in the Lord with Carrie Rogers
We want to grow our faith and trust in the Lord, but we aren’t sure exactly how to go about doing it. This isn’t an episode filled with platitudes and shoulds; it’s an episode about Christ meeting us in the hardest, most excruciating moments and in our daily, walking-around life. This is an episode full […]
#103: Living in hope when you feel like you’re not meeting your own standards with Kristina Ward
If you’ve ever felt like “lowering your standards” was a four-letter word, you simply could not fail, or if you’ve felt resentful when your parenting/work/marriage isn’t progressing as you planned, listen in to writer Kristina Ward point you back to Christ. Writer Kristina Ward tackles the frustration we feel when we aren’t meeting our own […]
#102: Skill Set: Accepting your enough-ness in Christ with Rachael Gilbert
Why do we battle against receiving our enough-ness in Christ? What’s going on when we turn “shining our light” into a call to be Super-Jesus? What’s one simple way to receive our belovedness? Listen in to this episode with counselor and author Rachael Gilbert as we tackle how not feeling enough leads us to shame […]
#101: Spiritual Health: Hearing from God for freedom with Jennifer Barnett
How do we hear from the Lord? How do we know that it’s Him we hear and not just our own wishful thinking? What’s going on when we hear silence? Author Jennifer Barnett shares the answers to these questions and more in the fifth and final episode of our Spiritual Health series. Through this series, […]
#100: Spiritual Health: Imitating Christ as we suffer with author K.J. Ramsey
How do we encounter our suffering without rushing ourselves through to God’s goodness? What is self-sufficiency really? How can we show our “honest sadness” to others? Author K.J. Ramsey answers these questions and more in the fourth episode of our Spiritual Health series. Through this series, we’ll walk through 5 spiritual disciplines: Studying the Bible with […]
#99: Spiritual Health: Celebrating Sabbath with Mark Buchanan
How do you keep Sabbath when you’re a mom and constantly needed? What does Sabbath look like when you love working and taking a break sounds like The Worst? What do you do when kids’ activities interfere with Sabbath rest? Author Mark Buchanan addresses these questions and so much more in the third episode of […]
#98: Spiritual Health: Praying to connect with the heart of Christ with Kimberly Coyle
What does it look like to connect with the heart of Christ through prayer? How do we do that in real life? How do we talk with God instead of at God? To kick off this year, we’re in a new series called Spiritual Health. In it we’ll walk through five spiritual disciplines: Studying the […]
#97: Spiritual Health: Studying the Bible with Amber Palmer
We’re kicking off the new year with a new series on the spiritual disciplines. My prayer for us is that through the Spiritual Health series we would grow in spiritual health. That the habits you either establish or continue would bring hope and joy and peace and freedom. That this year, you’ll continue to be […]
The grace-girl’s approach to a new year
All feels new, full of potential and hope at this time of year. And yet… as grown-ups we know not much is magically different by the turning of a calendar page. Our hearts long for new: to learn new truths, to act in a new + more healthy way, to try something new because we […]