We have an Enemy and the Resistance is real, friend. Your gifts were given to bring light to the darkness and the darkness wants to shut you up. But maybe there is a gift hidden in the resistance if we pay attention. 

Links and Resources from this episode: 

Adorning the Dark by Andrew Peterson

A Million Little Ways by Emily P. Freeman

Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer

Curt Thompson at Grace College

John 10:10 (NIV)

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A couple of years into this journey into freedom and I was discovering I had more questions than answers. What is calling and how do we discover ours? Is calling something that we do or something that we are? Why is calling so difficult to live into? Let's explore these questions together. 

Links and Resources from this episode: 

A Million Little Ways by Emily P. Freeman

Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer

Ephesians 1:18, 19 (The Message)

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What is it about hard seasons that leaves us feeling empty and aimless? Is it even possible to flourish all the time? What do we do about the pain of our particular calling? Let's explore these ideas in today's episode. 

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Article on Languishing

Article on Dormancy

Article on Acedia

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero

Life Together in Christ by Ruth Haley Barton

Strong and Weak by Andy Crouch

Ecclesiastes 3 (NIV)

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In this episode, I share the story of a 1990 spelling bee and an unfortunate newspaper quote that revealed my ideas about the version of me that Christ loves.  It stemmed from a belief that God just wants to put us to good use. But there is a much deeper truth where real freedom lies. 

Links and Resources from this episode: 

Journey of Desire by John Eldredge

Abba's Child by Brennan Manning

Luke 1:28 (NIV)

Ephesians 1:5,6 (KJV and NAS)

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What's in a name? More than we might know. We spend our lifetime seeking to be named. It is when we turn toward the only One who can rightfully name us that we find what we are looking for. 

Links and Resources from this episode: 

To Be Told by Dan Allender

Ann Voskamp's Email Newsletter

Isaiah 43:1 (NIV)

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Is flourishing really possible? And if so, why does it seem so difficult? In this episode I share about a simple 2x2 chart that opened my eyes to the path and paradox of flourishing. 

Links and Resources from this episode: 

Strong and Weak by Andy Crouch

Paradox of Flourishing 2x2 Chart (Scroll down)

Life Together in Christ by Ruth Haley Barton

Psalm 37:4 (NIV)

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What do the movie Hook and the Emmaus Rd. have in common? The journey homewards that changes everything. 

Links and Resources from this episode: 

The Deeply Formed Life by Rich Villodas

Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle

Luke 24:30-32 (NIV)

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Once I left the counselor's office I began to discover that living freely was not as easy as I had imagined. I found myself at a wall, unsure how to move forward. But there was a moment of shift that led to my second lesson in living loved. 

Links and Resources from this episode: 

The Truths that Free Us by Ruth Haley Barton

Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Pete Scazerro

John 5:39-40 (The Message)

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In this episode, I share about a moment in my counselor's office when I moved toward an emotion I had been afraid of for a long time, and as a result discovered the first lesson of living loved. 

Links and Resources from this episode: 

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Pete Scazerro

The Soul of Shame by Curt Thompson

Changes that Heal by Henry Cloud

The Broken Way by Ann Voskamp

1 Corinthians 8:3 (NIV)

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I share a story of some childhood journals that helped me to unpack ways I've sought belonging from others and from God by becoming who I thought I should be. 

Links and Resources from this episode: 

The Soul of Shame by Curt Thompson

The Deeper Journey by Robert Mulholland

The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis

Abba's Child by Brennan Manning

1 John 4:19 (The Message Translation)

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