Finding Peace in the Midst of Chaos
When life feels chaotic, it can be hard to experience peace - life feels anything but peaceful. However, we can still have peace even in the middle of chaos. In this post, you’ll learn how to find peace when your circumstances are anything but.
The Uphill Battles We Face
We all face uphill battles in our lives. But when we get honest with ourselves, we can see that some of those battles are ones of our own making. How do we know the difference between the battles we create for ourselves and ones that God has called us to fight? In this post, you’ll discover the difference and learn how you can maintain your peace by fighting the right battles.
Living With a Spirit of Indifference
Recently, I’ve challenged myself to live with a spirit of indifference, being indifferent to anything that is not God’s will for my life. This isn’t for the faint of heart - it’s hard to surrender and be truly indifferent to the things that aren’t for me. In this post, you’ll find encouragement to live more open-handedly, accepting God’s will even when it isn’t what we thought we wanted.
Traveling Light for the Faith Journey
We often over-pack when it comes to vacations and our faith journey. We carry too much - our burdens, our baggage, and our agendas. They weigh us down and cause us to stumble. What if we laid it all down at the feet of Jesus and began to travel light? In this post, you’ll learn how to do just that!
Learning to be Fruitful Where We Are
God has called us to be fruitful in our life. But what does fruitfulness look like for us in our faith journey, especially in seasons where we aren’t seeing the fruit of our labor? In this post, you’ll discover the call to fruitfulness and practices for remaining fruitful and faithful - sowing seeds until the time of harvest.
Embracing Transitional Seasons
I’m in the middle of multiple transitions right now. When we face transitions, it can be hard to build a rhythm and live in the present moment. In this post, I’m sharing some practices for embracing transitional seasons as I’m in the middle of it.
The Water Crossings of Life
On a recent backpacking trip, we had to cross a rushing river over rocks. In the middle of the water, I was reminded that God often calls us to places like water crossings where we have to trust him as we cross the rough terrain. In this post, you will discover how to embrace the water crossings in your own life for deep spiritual growth.
Why Does God Give Us Hard Seasons?
We’ve all experienced seasons of life where we struggle to keep our footing. Why does God give us hard seasons anyway? In this post, learn why we experience trials and what we can do to remain firm in hard seasons.
Finding Goodness Within the Hardships of Life
When we face hardship, it’s tempting to run and hide. We often lose ourselves in nostalgia for the past or retreat inward. But what if I told you that there is still goodness and purpose within hardship? In this post, you will learn how to find goodness within trials so that you can grow in the middle of them.
The Detours of Life: Embracing God’s Redirection
How often do we have our sights set on something only to be led a different direction? God often redirects us to better things, but to us, it can feel like a punishment or an unmet expectation. But what if we learned to embrace God’s redirection, remembering that he knows better? In this post, you will discover how to better embrace God’s detours so you can trust him on the journey.
Walking Confidently into the Classrooms of Life
As we step into the various seasons and opportunities of life, we have to let go of the things that hold us back: our idea of how we thought it would go, our fear of what comes next, our worldly comforts, and our habits that no longer serve us well. In this post, we will discover how we can step into new opportunities with grace and confidence.
Pursued by God: A Weekend That Changed My Life
I recently attended a spiritual retreat weekend that deeply influenced my faith. In this post, I’m reflecting upon that experience.
What Gardening Taught Me About Intentional Living
Nature has a way of teaching us lessons, and my patio garden has continued to teach me about intentional living. Through seasons of pruning and planting, flourishing and hibernating, there is always a season for everything. In this post, I reflect upon lessons my patio garden have taught me this year.
Staying Connected to God in the Transitions of Life
Transitions are hard. These seasons are ones where we often find ourselves disconnected from our circumstances and from God. However, it’s imperative that we remain connected to God in this challenging seasons. In this post, we will discover how to stay connected to God in transitional seasons.
Standing at the Door of the Unknown
We often fall apart at the unknowns of life. Uncertainty causes us to despair and feel anxious over our circumstances. How can we knock on the door of the unknown, trusting that God has a good answer for us on the other side? Read this post to find out!
Seasons of Being Pruned: Where Flourishing is Born
We often view pruning as something painful and we tend to avoid it. However, it’s only through pruning that flourishing is born. In this post, let’s explore how pruning is actually a good thing.
Practicing Gratitude in the Midst of Uncertainty
When life feels up in the air, it can be difficult to practice gratitude. But God often has mysterious ways of drawing us near - just read this blog post! In this post, you will discover practices for practicing gratitude even when life is filled with uncertainty.
Choosing to Live in the Present Moment (Stewarding Your Season #4)
In the fourth and final part of the Stewarding Your Season series, we are exploring how we can choose to live more presently. Ultimately, it is a choice we make to be present in our circumstances so we can steward our season well. In this series wrap up, we will discover practices for choosing to live in the present moment.
Viewing Life as a Privilege (Stewarding Your Season #3)
In the third part of the Stewarding Your Season series, we are learning how we can begin to view our life as a privilege. We often forget the privileges that we hold. Many of us live lives of abundance, yet we view it through a lens of scarcity. In this post, we will learn how to view life as a privilege and make this important perspective shift.
Accepting Where You Are When It Isn’t What You Wanted (Stewarding Your Season #2)
In the second part of the Stewarding Your Season series, we are discussing something that is hard for most of us: accepting where we are when it isn’t what we wanted. In this post, you’ll gain practices for accepting where you are even when it’s hard.