PRN: Pause, Renew, Next

On the Pause Renew Next Podcast, we’re in a new series, focusing on slowing down and renewing our minds. These are short episodes, 10 minutes or less, and will help give you an encouraging reset in your day. Each episode is made up of three sections:

• Pause: We will use grounding tools to calm our minds and bodies.
• Renew: We will meditate and reflect on Scripture, share a story, or practice a spiritual exercise together.
• Next: We’ll end each episode with a benediction as you prepare for the next part of you day.

In today’s episode, I’m sharing a prayer exercise that I absolutely love. This prayer practice was adapted and learned from Richard Foster, and it is a great avenue for practicing embodied faith. Join me as we release worries and cares and prepare our hearts and minds to receive good gifts from our Heavenly Father.

May you be encouraged on your journey with Jesus.

Pause, Renew, Next!

This is the first installment of a new series on the Pause Renew Next Podcast, where we’ll be focusing on slowing down and renewing our minds. Each of these episodes will be 10 minutes or less, to help give you an encouraging reset in your day. Each episode is made up of three sections:

• Pause: We will use grounding tools to calm our minds and bodies.
• Renew: We will meditate and reflect on Scripture, share a story, or practice a spiritual exercise together.
• Next: We’ll end each episode with a benediction as you prepare for the next part of you day.

In this first soul-care reflection episode, we will be meditating on Psalm 1. Join me as we read through the chapter, ponder it together, use our imaginations, and discuss takeaways from this Psalm.

If you like this episode, and you’d like to hear more short, soul-care episodes, please comment below or join the conversation on PRN’s Facebook page.

May you be encouraged on your journey with Jesus.

Pause, Renew, Next!

Welcome to Season 4 of the Pause Renew Next Podcast! We’re kicking off this new season with a great conversation between myself and my new friend, Rachael Groll of the She Hears Podcast. Rachael is a pastor, missionary, and author.  Rachael has a heart for pointing others to Jesus and serves across the globe in the areas of evangelism and discipleship. 

In this conversation, we chat about everything from our hearts for ministry, to hearing the voice of God, to soul-care, to the Enneagram. This was such a fun conversation, and I so enjoyed my time with Rachael.

If you’d like to know more about Rachael after listening to this episode, you can connect with her at her website, Shehears.org, or listen to her podcast, She Hears. Her latest book, She Hears: Learning to Listen to Jesus came out July 1 and is available wherever books are sold. 

If something from today’s podcast resonated with you, I’d love to hear about it! Comment under today’s show notes or join the conversation on PRN’s Facebook page.

May you be encouraged on your journey with Jesus.

Pause, Renew, Next!

This is the last episode of Season 3, and PRN is ending this season with a fantastic guest, Melissa Lewis. In this episode, Melissa and I talk about her nine-year career working in Costa Rica. She shares about culture, food, missions, and life change. Recently, Melissa moved back to the U.S. and has begun a new adventure. She’s navigated finding a new job and got married last summer. Yes, I definitely asked her to share details of her love story with us! As always, we rounded out this conversation talking about Scripture and soul-care.

Since moving back to the Charlotte, N.C. area, Melissa has started her own photography business. If you’d like to see some of her work, please visit her website: melissalewisphoto.com. You can also find her on Instagram at @melissalewisphoto.

Friends, I will be taking the months of June and July off as I revamp aspects of Pause, Renew, Next, and you can look for new episodes starting in early August. Have a great summer!

May you be encouraged on your journey with Jesus.

Pause, Renew, Next!

If you’ve listened to this podcast long, you know that I love a good biography. I am passionate about learning from saints who can teach us how to run and finish the race of faith well. Today’s biography episode is about just such a heroine of the faith: Amanda Berry Smith. Amanda played so many roles in her lifetime: mother, evangelist, preacher, missionary, and advocate. The newspapers of her day called her, “God’s Image Carved in Ebony.” If you have never heard her story, then I can’t wait to introduce you in this podcast episode.

Most of the information used in this podcast episode was taken directly from Amanda Smith’s biography: An Autobiography. The Story of the Lord’s Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith the Colored Evangelist.

However, I also gained information about her life from the following resources. If you’d like to learn more about her, I hope you’ll take the time to research her life for yourself! There are so many great resources out there; this is just a start.

• 50 Women Every Christian Should Know: Learning From Heroines Of The Faith by Michelle DeRusha
• Blackpast.org
• The podcast: Women Worth Knowing

If something about this podcast resonated with you, please comment below! You can also join the conversation on PRN’s Facebook page. If you enjoyed this podcast episode, please like, share, and subscribe!

May you be encouraged on your journey with Jesus.

Pause, Renew, Next!