I'm finishing up the Aging with Grace series.  I loved the book and I hope you will get it and love it too.

Here are the previous episodes in this series if you are new here.

Aging 1
Aging 2
Aging 3

Get the book!

Here are your 5 tips for helping you get through the upcoming busy holiday season:

1.  Invite others over on a whim
2.  Use store bought
3.  Everything Doesn't have to match
4. If Kids are involved, make it fun, not stuffy
5. Say no - have time where you are not hosting


My husband's favorite dessert

I love reading!  I love thinking about what I read and how to put it into practice - or just remember it! 

So, on today's show I talk about three quotes I've read recently and how I've been thinking about them.

Quote 1: Winn Collier: A Burning in My Bones "And still, this lifelong desire to congruence between the outward appearance and the inward life: I'd like to actually be what people think I am."

Quote 2: John Starke: The Secret Place of Thunder "If our performative culture has led to disintegrated inner lives, then Jesus provides a path toward wholeness."

Quote 3: Christopher Ash: Psalm Commentary vol 1: "The glorious King and flawless man of Psalm 24 here leads his covenant people in passionate prayer, interwoven with sweet meditation, that each of us may walk in his paths and that the whole people of God may in the end be delivered out of all our troubles." (on Psalm 25)

My friend Jodi joins me today to talk about her new book, Trust Issues, and we talk a lot about her journey and how the spiritual disciplines have helped shape her life and ministry. 

Trust Issues
Jodi's info

The church can be a tricky subject.  It is not a perfect thing.  But, Jesus died for her and the Word tells us to be a connected and integral part of the church.  So, in this episode, I'm encouraging us to do the same

Invitation to a Journey
Habits of Grace

Praying is on the easiest and hardest disciplines there is for the Christian. I hope you are encouraged in this episode.

Prayers in the Night
Invitation to a Journey
Every Moment Holy
Valley of Vision

Hey yall!  On this episode we are talking about what we do with the Word as we are reading it: meditating on it, memorizing it, journaling through it, writing it out.

I hope you find just one thing that you can incorporate into your "quiet time" to help you understand, know, and love, and obey the Word better.

here are some resources:

Andrew Davis on Memorization
Glenna Marshall on memorizing

I'm back!  We are starting a series on the spiritual disciplines.  I can't wait to share and grow with you as we talk about rhythms of how God works grace in our lives through habits!

This first episode of the series we are talking about Bible intake: hearing, reading, and studying. I fly through these, it is just an overview. If you have any questions, reach out.  And I share some resources below:

An Infinite Journey
Habits of Grace
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
Invitation to a Journey
Slugs and Bugs
Seeds Family Worship
Jesus Story Book Bible
Shanes sing the Psalms
Sandra Sings the Psalms

Sarah Bragg is one of the people that encouraged me to start this podcast years ago when we both lived in the same city.

Now, Sarah is back and has just released her new book.  She was on the podcast a few years back and you can listen to that here

Are you ever so busy during the holidays that you forget its about Jesus until everything pauses and stops at midnight on Christmas Eve - after all the stores are closed, the post office won't deliver any more, the church services are over...

This episode is for you and me.  My friend Ashton joins me again - so hope this short episode will encourage your heart!