We are BACK! 🥳 We took some time off this summer and had so many adventures! We are sharing with you the highs (seeing the Backstreet Boys at the Sphere! 🪩), the lows (some health challenges for Mike), and God moments from this summer (youth camp in Colorado ⛰️) — and we’d love to hear about yours!

Since I am officially back on social media, send me a DM @carlycommunicates and share with me a few highlights from your summer!

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☀️ If there is any way I can support you on your ditching perfection journey or you’re looking for a preacher for your next event, reach out to me at carlycommunicates.com/contact

Mike and I are also chatting about:

📖 My recent preaching travels,

🌻 Our summer plans, and

🎵 Early 2000s boy bands

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If there is any way that I can support you on your ditching perfection journey or if you’re looking for a preacher for your next event, reach out to me at carlycommunicates.com/contact

Mike and I are also chatting about:

💭 The pros and cons of being a futuristic thinker,

🧐 The importance of remembering, and

❓How We Navigated Through Big Decisions in our Young Adult Years

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If there is any way I can support you on your ditching perfection journey or you’re looking for a preacher for your next event, reach out to me at carlycommunicates.com/contact

Mike and I are also chatting about:

📚 Habit stacking,

🥪 Our favorite condiments (pesto aioli 🤤), and

❤️ How the life and teachings of Jesus recorded in the Gospels shape the way we interact with our broken world.

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If there is any way that I can encourage you in your ditching perfection journey, you can connect with me on Instagram @carlycommunicates or reach out to me via my website carlycommunicates.com.

The podcast is back! Today Mike and I are chatting about what we’ve been up to the last few months.

We are also talking about:

📚 Slowing down & reading more

📖 Seeing people in the Bible as real humans with real pain, rather than storybook characters, and

🏀 How Mike’s love of the NBA is slowing influencing me to become a fan. 😂

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If there is any that that I can encourage you in your ditching perfection journey, you can connect with me on Instagram @carlycommunicates or reach out to me via my website carlycommunicates.com. 🎉

Today is our final conversation in the Caring for Creation series! I trust that you have been encouraged, challenged, stretched, and inspired by J.D. and David!

Please reach out to them and let them know how much you’ve appreciated their insights and passion for this topic.

You can email them at

[email protected] and [email protected].

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If there is any way that I can support you in your ditching perfection journey, please reach out to me at carlycommunicates.com or on instagram at @carlycommunicates.

Do you want to learn about practical ways to make changes that will help care for creation?

J.D. and David have great ideas for you (and me)!

Join us for part 3 of our September series and learn how you can help preserve the earth’s resources through simple in your homes, in the grocery store, and in your landscaping. 🌱

Let me tell you about my friends, David and J.D….

Dr. David Hille completed a Masters in Biology and PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Oklahoma, during which he studied the populations and conservation issues of parrots in the Central American country of Nicaragua and co-authored a field guide to the birds of Nicaragua. David is now a professor in the Biology Department at NNU where he teaches Wildlife Biology and Ecology. David is married to Sarah, and they have two wonderful kids.

J.D. Henry received his Mdiv. From George Fox Evangelical Seminary (now Portland Seminary). He served as a youth pastor for 15 years in Phoenix and Portland. His family moved back to his hometown in Idaho, where J.D. now serves as the lead chaplain for Keystone Hospice. J.D. is married to his wife, Alaina, and they have three awesome kids.

If you’d like to reach out to David or J.D. to let them know how much you appreciated what they shared, you can email them at

[email protected] and [email protected].

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If there is any way that I can support you in your ditching perfection journey, please reach out to me at carlycommunicates.com or on instagram at @carlycommunicates.

In part two of our Sept series, J.D. and David share with us about:

📚Reliable research & resources in the creation care conversation,

⚠️ What concerns they have about the state of the earth, and

⭐️ What gives them great hope for the future of creation.

This is an incredibly meaningful conversation, where we are reminded not to despair or live with toxic positivity… but to lament & live with hope. God is a restoring, creating God. 🌍🌷🐋

Let me tell you about my friends, David and J.D….

Dr. David Hille completed a Masters in Biology and PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Oklahoma, during which he studied the populations and conservation issues of parrots in the Central American country of Nicaragua and co-authored a field guide to the birds of Nicaragua. David is now a professor in the Biology Department at NNU where he teaches Wildlife Biology and Ecology. David is married to Sarah, and they have two wonderful kids.

J.D. Henry received his Mdiv. From George Fox Evangelical Seminary (now Portland Seminary). He served as a youth pastor for 15 years in Phoenix and Portland. His family moved back to his hometown in Idaho, where J.D. now serves as the lead chaplain for Keystone Hospice. J.D. is married to his wife, Alaina, and they have three awesome kids.

If you’d like to reach out to David or J.D. to let them know how much you appreciated what they shared, you can email them at

[email protected] and [email protected].

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If there is any way that I can support you in your ditching perfection journey, please reach out to me at carlycommunicates.com or on instagram at @carlycommunicates.

We are kicking off our new four part series today! Each week in September, we will be unpacking the idea of caring for creation. We will be talking about how to partner with our Creator God to take care of the creation around us. We will looking at this topic from a theological and scientific lens.

My friends, Dr. David Hille & J.D. Henry are going to guide us through these inspiring and important conversations this month.

Today, in part 1 of the series, we are going to hear from David and J.D. about what has led them to be passionate about this topic, why this is a significant conversation for Jesus followers, and how caring for the earth and caring for people are intertwined.

Let me tell you about my friends, David and J.D….

Dr. David Hille completed a Masters in Biology and PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Oklahoma, during which he studied the populations and conservation issues of parrots in the Central American country of Nicaragua and co-authored a field guide to the birds of Nicaragua. David is now a professor in the Biology Department at NNU where he teaches Wildlife Biology and Ecology. David is married to Sarah, and they have two wonderful kids.

J.D. Henry received his Mdiv. From George Fox Evangelical Seminary (now Portland Seminary). He served as a youth pastor for 15 years in Phoenix and Portland. His family moved back to his hometown in Idaho, where J.D. now serves as the lead chaplain for Keystone Hospice. J.D. is married to his wife, Alaina, and they have three awesome kids.

If you’d like to reach out to David or J.D. to let them know how much you appreciated what they shared, you can email them at

[email protected] and [email protected].

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If there is any way that I can support you in your ditching perfection journey, please reach out to me at carlycommunicates.com or on instagram at @carlycommunicates.

When is too much of a good thing no longer a good thing?

Us perfectionist and people-pleasing types have a tendency to take on too much. We’re afraid to let others down or we don’t want to miss out on significant opportunities so we keep saying yes… to the point that we’re left exhausted and overwhelmed.

Proverbs 2:1-11 helps us reframe the way that we view success and reminds us that the fulfillment we long for comes from God’s wisdom — not earthly successes.

God’s wisdom is “pleasant to our souls” (Prov. 2:10), so in order to experience the health rhythms that God has for us, we have to determine when our yeses are wise and when they are not.

Through the lens of Proverbs 2:1-11, I am sharing four key questions that I am learning to ask before I say “yes.” I hope you find these questions helpful too.

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