Mike and I are also chatting about:

🤩 Our Strengthfinders results,

🎈 The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and

📖 How paying attention to a seemingly small detail in the Bible can teach us something significant!

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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:

🎃 What we wore on Halloween,

📣 How I talk louder than I realize, and

➖How God may be inviting us to subtract, rather than add things, to our schedules

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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:

🗣️ How small words of encouragement make a big difference,

🧡 Gilmore Girls, and

✉️ A letter Mike recently received from his 2nd grade teacher.

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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

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.