What is it that you and I really long for? Is it power and control? Or is it to release those desires so we can discover ourselves through the eyes of Jesus? This is my story about how I'm learning what my heart really wants. 

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A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson

Psalm 124 (NIV)

Mark 10:17-22 (NIV)

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In today's episode I lead you through the second step in Immanuel Journaling, an exercise that helps to improve our awareness that Jesus is glad to be with us in all of our emotions. Together we'll explore what makes this practice such a helpful path toward attunement and finding peace from difficult emotions. 

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Joyful Journey by Wilder, Kang, and Loppnow

Outsmarting Yourself by Dr. Karl Lehman

Immanuel Journaling Worksheet from Life Model Works

Exodus 3:7-8 (NIV)

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Today I introduce you to the first step of Immanuel Journaling, called interactive gratitude. Next week I’ll share the final steps of what has become a very meaningful practice for me. What I have come to understand through Immanuel Journaling is that gratitude quite literally opens the relational circuits in my brain, moving me from a difficult emotion to a place of openhearted connection. Let's explore it together. 

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Joyful Journey by Wilder, Kang, and Loppnow

Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson

Outsmarting Yourself by Dr. Karl Lehman

Immanuel Journaling Worksheet from Life Model Works

James 1:17 (NIV)

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When difficult emotions arise, we all have ways of coping. Often we try to push our emotions down - to our peril - usually leading to simply being stuck in the emotion. What if instead of ignoring our emotions, we paid attention to them with Jesus? In this episode, I share a day in my life, walking through a difficult emotion and the practices that I am learning to engage that help create a pathway back to joy. 

Links and Resources from this episode: 

The Other Half of Church by Michel Hendricks and Jim Wilder

Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson

NY Times Article

Immanuel Journaling Worksheet from Life Model Works

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Is it really possible that God feels good things about us? Why is it so much easier to believe that He is disappointed in us than that He delights in simply being in our presence? In this episode I share a story from my 18th birthday that God used recently to give me a glimpse of how He sees me. 

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Discovering our Spiritual Identity by Trevor Hudson

Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson

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In a world that tries to tie up hard things with a pretty bow, how do we embrace joy while resisting easy answers to suffering? In this story of a tender moment in the middle of tragedy, I explore the possibility that joy and sorrow can each make space for the other, if we will allow them. 

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A Liturgy for Embracing both Joy and Sorrow

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Join me: kaleyehret.com/gratitude 

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“Our brains need fuel to run properly” Michel Hendricks writes in The Other Half of Church. “The fuel that our brains were intended to run on is joy.” But most of us have a default emotion that is not joy and find it easier to get stuck in difficult emotions. The good news, however, is that we can reset our default emotion to joy with practice. In today's episode, I walk you through an exercise that was meaningful to me to get you started. 

Links and Resources from this episode: 

The Other Half of Church by Dr. Jim Wilder and Michel Hendricks

1,000 Gifts by Ann Voskamp

Romans 15:13

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What would it be like to see the face of God? This question stirred up a sweet encounter one morning that shifted my heart in a surprising and deeply meaningful way. It's a question that might do the same for you if you allow it. 

Links and Resources from this episode: 

Discovering our Spiritual Identity by Trevor Hudson

The Other Half of Church by Jim Wilder and Michel Hendricks

Numbers 6:24-26

Passages for question 2: 

John 8:1-11, Luke 10:38-42, Matthew 14:22-23

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In today's episode I share the story of a moment last month that left me in tears - partially out of sadness, partially out of shame, but mostly out of a soul that needed to be tended. What happened next reminded me of one of my soul's most vital needs in these days of distraction. 

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Discovering our Spiritual Identity by Trevor Hudson

Invitation to Solitude and Silence by Ruth Haley Barton

1 Kings 19:11-13 (NIV)

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