226 - Gratitude Out Loud: This Is What It Might Ignite in Your Life
But what if we've tried to keep gratitude too quiet? What if it gets buried in the lines of our journals? What if gratitude is looking for a way to ripple beyond us–spilling over like uncontained laughter? Links mentioned: The Spill-Over Gratitude Challenge To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up HERE. Read the written version of this episode HERE.
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225 - Reverse the Hurry of the Holidays With One Simple Trick
Reversing the hurry of the holidays sounds lovely, but let's get practical. Without a plan, I get swept into the busyness of the holiday season. I don't linger. I squeeze in more and move faster and connect less. You too? Links mentioned: The Spill-Over Gratitude Challenge The Greatest Gift: Unlocking the Full Love Story of Christimas by Ann Voskamp Merry and Bright: Rediscover the Hope, Peace, and Joy of Christamas by One Story Well. The Spirit of Christmas: Discovering His Presence Throughout the Advent Season by Cyntha Ruchti. To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up HERE. Read the written version of this episode HERE.
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224 - Confessions Of A Half-Marathoner: The Truth About Breaking Pace
You might find yourself in a similar situation, caught between what you think you should be able to do, and what you can, at this moment, achieve. Between the voice in your head that says slowing down is shameful and the kind tone you'd use to encourage anyone besides yourself. So until you have the courage to tell this to yourself, here is permission to break pace. Do solid B work. Set a boundary. Begin something brand new. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up HERE. Read the written version of this episode HERE.
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223 - The Big DON'T DO When Your Life Is Going Well
Perhaps the biggest threat to thriving is apathy. Have you found this to be true? Stop reading your Bible and your hunger for it dissipates. Stop listing gratitude and it's harder to find gift in the hard. Stop praising God and fear settles in. Stop praying and God feels farther away. Stop investing in your marriage and it begins to fray. Stop your workout rhythm and it's difficult to pick it back up. Stop your healthy eating habits and old cravings come back. The law of inertia comes into play when we pause forward momentum in anything. We either keep learning, growing, becoming–or our gains begin to dissolve. There is no stand-still. It's forward or backward. Growth or regression. Thriving or declining. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up HERE. Read the written version of this episode HERE.
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222 - For the Fall Season: 10 Truths That Will Steady You Now
We enter autumn a bit unsteady. Feeling behind but also needing soul stillness. Burning candles as we grasp for inner peace. So for both you and I, here are ten fall-back-on truths to anchor us this autumn season. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up HERE. Read the written version of this episode HERE.
Welcome to a becoming-space. A place for imperfectly ready people to say yes to more Jesus and actual friendships with their neighbors. A place for introverts and workaholics and people-pleasers and self-doubters. Welcome, welcome, if that's you!
I get that pull you feel to go deeper. Find purpose, meaningful conversations, community. I also get how you think you're not ready.
Want to know a secret?!
None of us are, least of all me!
Also true is that we BECOME ready after, not before, we say yes. Yes to baby steps that deepen relationships and let God spill out everywhere. Yes to becoming more curious, more approachable, more moldable in the tender hands of Jesus.
It's a process. A beautiful, becoming process where we look less and less like we used to and more and more like Him.
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